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Postby offsides » Thu Sep 17, 2020 1:50 pm

This was on the front page of my local paper today. If true sounds pretty good at least to me.

Allegheny County has gone a month with the number of new COVID-19 cases stabilizing, even though schools and colleges have been back in session.
“Thank, goodness, we’re seeing modest increases,” Debra Bogen, director of the county’s Health Department, said Wednesday

Fitzgerald said the stable case count in Allegheny shows that people are taking precautions against the virus, such as mask-wearing in public, staying socially distant and frequent hand washing. He said the colleges have been proactive in the effort to slow the spread of the virus, that things “can be done safely if they are done right.”

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Postby nocera » Thu Sep 17, 2020 2:03 pm

This was on the front page of my local paper today. If true sounds pretty good at least to me.

Allegheny County has gone a month with the number of new COVID-19 cases stabilizing, even though schools and colleges have been back in session.
“Thank, goodness, we’re seeing modest increases,” Debra Bogen, director of the county’s Health Department, said Wednesday

Fitzgerald said the stable case count in Allegheny shows that people are taking precautions against the virus, such as mask-wearing in public, staying socially distant and frequent hand washing. He said the colleges have been proactive in the effort to slow the spread of the virus, that things “can be done safely if they are done right.”
I saw a similar article where officials were content with the number of cases. It's a little odd that they were talking about case numbers instead of positive rate, but whatever. Case numbers have been stable but a lot of that is due to lower testing levels. Positive rate has increased since schools opened (from ~5% to ~8% on average) while testing rate decreased. Tests seem to be back around average numbers now, though, and today was a good day at only about 6%.

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Postby count2infinity » Thu Sep 17, 2020 3:37 pm

I find the quarantine suggestions a bit funny at the moment... our company is going by the PA DOH/Wolf's suggestions for quarantining after travel. We're the #2 rising case rate city/area in the nation. Wouldn't traveling anywhere other than the #1 spot be better?

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Postby MWB » Thu Sep 17, 2020 3:39 pm

NC allowing schools to go full in person for K-5 in October.

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Postby count2infinity » Thu Sep 17, 2020 3:40 pm

:thumb:

Start with young kids and special needs and then go from there.

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Thu Sep 17, 2020 4:47 pm

SC started 5 day for elementary this week. It has gone well here.

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Postby tifosi77 » Thu Sep 17, 2020 4:59 pm



When's the new deadline?

I'll probably wait until then.
Extended another year, October 2021.
I have to get a new one in November. Mustache, chops and hair haven't been touched since February. Going to be an amazing drivers license.
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Postby Shyster » Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:11 pm

Is lower testing necessarily a bad thing? Wouldn't the number of test be driven primarily by demand, so if fewer people are seeking out tests, that means that fewer people are showing symptoms that might be Covid or fewer people are believing they might have been exposed?

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Postby PFiDC » Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:12 pm

Or fewer people just don't care enough to get tested. But you definitely have a point.

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Postby Shyster » Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:19 pm

It's not just the US:

Thousands of Montrealers march to protest against wearing masks
https://montrealgazette.com/news/thousa ... ring-masks
The backdrop for the speakers included a QAnon flag. The U.S.-based group promotes a conspiracy theory that says U.S. President Donald Trump is battling against a cabal of pedophiles, which includes a number of prominent liberal politicians and businessmen.

“It’s not that serious,” said a man in his 20s named Tony. “It’s like a bad flu and I read a story that said masks don’t contain the spread.”

He couldn’t remember the origin of the story. The consensus from epidemiologists is that masks do, in fact, contain the spread of COVID-19, and organizations including the World Health Organization, Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and national and provincial public health departments strongly encourage their use.

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Postby mikey » Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:25 pm

I think Vancouver had one the other day, not sure if I saw it here or not...

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Postby NTP66 » Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:28 pm

Are we surprised that there are idiots in other countries or something...?

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Postby meow » Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:30 pm

Is lower testing necessarily a bad thing? Wouldn't the number of test be driven primarily by demand, so if fewer people are seeking out tests, that means that fewer people are showing symptoms that might be Covid or fewer people are believing they might have been exposed?
We’ve drastically reduced the number of locations that can administer tests because the demand is way down here.

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Postby tifosi77 » Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:52 pm

One other good thing that might be a side-benefit. Hopefully enough people will maintain mask discipline through the autumn and winter that it will mitigate the regular flu season somewhat. Fingers crossed.

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Postby nocera » Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:13 pm

Some Chiefs fans told to quarantine after person at game tests positive for COVID-19
https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/a ... 04410.html

:o It’s only 10 fans/staff who were in close contact with the infected person.

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Postby offsides » Thu Sep 17, 2020 9:09 pm

One other good thing that might be a side-benefit. Hopefully enough people will maintain mask discipline through the autumn and winter that it will mitigate the regular flu season somewhat. Fingers crossed.
:thumb: Cross my fingers too, but you mentioned flu, not good in this thread. :scared:

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Postby King Colby » Thu Sep 17, 2020 9:58 pm

Its weird because at one point it was like oh sht the positivity rate is going up were in trouble, and now its like oh its only going up bc less people need tested. And they're kinda both right

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Postby count2infinity » Fri Sep 18, 2020 8:27 am

Good. We'll see how this thing mixes with flu season... hopefully with the precautions people are taking, it's a down flu year.

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Postby MrKennethTKangaroo » Fri Sep 18, 2020 8:39 am

Good. We'll see how this thing mixes with flu season... hopefully with the precautions people are taking, it's a down flu year.
There will probably be a lot of people that are like me. I usually don't get a flu shot, but this year i sure as hell am. So that should help out, too.

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Postby Dickie Dunn » Fri Sep 18, 2020 8:53 am

Haven’t gotten a flu shot since the navy forced them on us. I’ll be getting one this year.

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Postby robbiestoupe » Fri Sep 18, 2020 9:15 am

I never received a flu shot until I had kids. This year's is less painful than most years. I wasn't sore at all after the shot.

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Postby Sam's Drunk Dog » Fri Sep 18, 2020 9:35 am

My last employer gave the option of receiving the shot for free on site, so I got it every year. I just switched jobs in April, and we won't be going back until January at the earliest. In fact,I haven't even been in the office other than for the interview. Guess I'll have to go to CVS or somewhere to get it. I've read that it's recommended to wait until October to get the shot, so I plan on getting it then.

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Postby NTP66 » Fri Sep 18, 2020 9:39 am

Source of the post Guess I'll have to go to CVS or somewhere to get it. I've read that it's recommended to wait until October to get the shot, so I plan on getting it then.
Yeah, I got mine a little early (few weeks ago). I get it at my local grocery store, as they give you a $10 coupon if you do. Might be worth seeing if Giant Eagle does something similar.

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