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In line with that, in addition to staying home to avoid the virus, don't do anything stupid or risky...if you have to go to a hospital, you are probably going to come back home with something worse. And if you flatline at a hospital, or arrive at a hospital DOA, they likely aren't going to do...

oooh, somebody referenced this Twilight Zone episode...the full episode is behind a paywall, but somebody made a 5 min abridged (i.e., "TL;DW") version: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5pzSwYaxLg

I'm not a huge fan of the asymmetrical design, but the interior seems like the perfect design for a small/medium size ship. I'm looking forward to it!

Paywall Solution --> go to your browser prefeerences, and search for all cookies from NYTimes (I just do a search for "nyt", change for each website), empty them, and voila! Article is now free to read! A lot of places (NYTimes included) are also making all COVID-19 related articles free if you...

Welcome aboard, eh?

There may still be value in making and wearing masks. Yes, the actual SARS-CoV-2 virus particle thingee is nanometers in diameter, BUT, it is most likely transmitted through droplets of snot, spit, whatever, and those are going to be larger and potentially filtered out by cloth or whatever. If...

When's it coming to Netflix? I'll start popping the popcorn now...

Interesting map of where the cases and deaths have been the last 4 weeks: The full article has a lot of interesting graphs, if you are into that sort of thing: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/03/upshot/coronavirus-metro-area-tracker.html

More on that: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6482/1061 On one hand: On the other hand:

People have been questioning the "low numbers" in China/Asia and the rest of the world, there may be a simple explanation for this: Unfortunately, you likely aren't going to get told to wear a face mask, because of the acute shortages...we don't even have enough right now for our medical staff...

More great news today...and I haven't even had my first cup of coffee yet! https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/02/politics/trump-ventilators-stockpile-coronavirus/index.html

Wait, WTF? https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/01/politics/anthony-fauci-security-detail/index.html

Are you his mom?

I think the difference is that these are *excess* deaths on top of who would have died on any given day. Don't forget a certain percentage of those dying are healthcare workers putting their lives on the line ... I just read this surgeon's obit, yeah "he was old" but he still was seeing patients...

Oh no! https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/3/thread/new-technical-revisions-for-star-citizen/199155

Wow, 800 deaths on Tuesday (yesterday)! For comparison, that is like crashing 2 or 3 airliners in day! Imagine how differently we would all be reacting to that...and how upset people would be if a large number of firefighters, paramedics (and nurses and doctors) died responding to the crashes...

I think some government officials #1 priority is not the safety of their people, but their re-election chances and/or interests of their top donors... I think some are doing some political calculations along the lines of, "The dead aren't going to vote against me*, and the people who live...

Great information in this video...it is from March 23rd, so some numbers are a bit smaller: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J0d59dd-qM

Cool, now we have a great experiment...we can compare the outcomes of states that instituted preventive measures vs. those who didn't, on a large scale: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article241433806.html

Do I get 2 if I subscribe at the Imperator level? Maybe they'll have a yellow one?