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I just feel he has been consistent throughout. He has paused at various stages when the cases went up after threatening to do just that. His messaging was consistent on cases, what we need to do, and some cause and effect of this whole thing. Some states are just hard to watch their governor speak, because I don’t even think they believe what is coming out of their mouth. On both sides of the aisle.

I have said it before and I will say it again, I really have been impressed by him during this pandemic.

I don’t know how everyone else’s school district is, but Huntington’s is looking like 1/4 - 1/2 will be virtual. We aren’t very big and a large portion already signed up for virtual. After the school board meeting there is expected to be a lot more going virtual. We were already at close to a 1/4 before the meeting. Ours had vocal parents on both end of the spectrum voicing opinions. Pretty much they will highly recommend masks, especially in the halls and at lunch. They stopped short of mandating masks. But their planning did not make many people happy. On either side really. It seemed all wanted one way or the other and that will lead to a high amount of virtual. Any kid has the option once to switch. On the flip side our Catholic School is about as detailed as anyone I have seen. They had about every situation laid out and pretty much it starts with you don’t come through the doors without a mask. Very few instances is it aloud to not wear one. Beyond that lunches, pickup and drop offs were laid out by grade. Will be interesting.

Good luck man. Glad you aren’t experiencing symptoms either way.

Agreed. We need a unified message one way or the other. It wouldn’t help everyone. But we sure could control this better than we have.

A man can dream.

That’s fair for the most part. I have seen people trying to oversell their background in infectious disease when it’s obvious it’s minimal. I have seen people claim N95 masks are for open wounds when they are not. Look at the FDA who is in charge of that level of protection in a health care setting and they explicitly say those are for airborne particles. I knew that just working with Parkview’s Infectious Disease coordinators while working with them every day, getting fitted for the various masks and the various courses we have to take when patient facing on which mask is for which circumstance. My thing is the opinion based misinformation from lack of knowledge or understanding being placed on here. A lot of it is really common sense, but social media really has proven to have created a generation of idiots. This is why it’s important to have a top infectious disease office and the information starts there. Not Facebook. It’s turned into Wikipedia for aspiring scientists or people with an agenda on both sides. If you are a true scientist or someone that legitimately cares with proper information you have the proper channels to provide important data. Goes back to that Wikipedia saying I had. There is some factual information in Wikipedia, but there is a reason you can’t cite it and have to go to scholarly data. I just wish people would use that same simple logic for life altering pandemics too.

I really felt bad for seniors last year, but man I feel horrible for kids that were juniors last year.

Full 60 minutes quote on masks... LaPook, March 8: There’s a lot of confusion among people, and misinformation, surrounding face masks. Can you discuss that? Fauci: The masks are important for someone who’s infected to prevent them from infecting someone else… Right now in the United States, people should not be walking around with masks. LaPook: You’re sure of it? Because people are listening really closely to this. Fauci: …There’s no reason to be walking around with a mask. When you’re in the middle of an outbreak, wearing a mask might make people feel a little bit better and it might even block a droplet, but it’s not providing the perfect protection that people think that it is. And, often, there are unintended consequences — people keep fiddling with the mask and they keep touching their face. LaPook: And can you get some schmutz, sort of staying inside there? Fauci: Of course, of course. But, when you think masks, you should think of health care providers needing them and people who are ill. The people who, when you look at the films of foreign countries and you see 85% of the people wearing masks — that’s fine, that’s fine. I’m not against it. If you want to do it, that’s fine. LaPook: But it can lead to a shortage of masks? Fauci: Exactly, that’s the point. It could lead to a shortage of masks for the people who really need it.

Sounds like Vic is planning on playing now. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/victor-oladipo-says-theres-a-strong-possibility-he-will-play-in-orlando/ar-BB16Mcbw?li=BBnbfcL

Man, I gotta say it has to suck to be on the floor below Jimmy Butler. Dude has always had a crazy work ethic. Funny story I read earlier today that someone had to call security on him because he was doing dribbling drills in his room at 3 am. Imagine being that dude that got stuck with that room. Someone drew the short end.

I didn’t see a post from him on either Twitter or Instagram since mid June. I am missing something? Hope he is able to get up to speed quick. I am excited to see some baseball. I always liked him as a player. As a Cubs fan I am excited to see Schwarber as a DH. I am disappointed about not being able to walk across the street after work and take in some Tin Cap games this year. But give me 60 games and it’s better than nothing.

I would agree with you, but I wonder what that waiver process would be like at this point. Hopefully they work with the kids as much as possible.

Oopsie doodle I had an answer put out there but it’s wrong for the 10. Not honestly sure where to tell you on the new phone. I will probably have to download tapatalk too like everyone else.

Completely understand. I am with you. My biggest disappointment in the current state of America is everything is a political issue. Something as simple as wearing a mask for the betterment of a whole is the ultimate kick in the nuts for some, or the ultimate weapon for others. It’s a ******* mask meant to help. Like I said early on they won’t block all, but with that, social distancing, and good personal hygiene we wouldn’t have ******* threads up wondering if we are even going to have a season. It’s not a ******* political argument. It’s a simple ******* humanitarian discussion. In the military Aloha, I bet that heavy equipment gets pretty uncomfortable in the middle of a desert. I doubt anyone is arguing with why you need to wear yours, or a firefighter needs to wear their heavy gear in a fire, or a police officer wears their vest. I just don’t get why it’s so ******* hard. Hope you get to enjoy abroad.

Agreed. Our lack of empathy is alarming. It’s honestly just sad more than anything. It really shouldn’t surprise me with people, but it does. Down here in Florida a person with political interests tried suing over mandatory masks. That one got thrown out real quick. Like how f’ed up do we have to be to sue over something like that? How hard is it to wear a ******* mask? Even if you don’t agree with it at worst you are out the inconvenience of wearing a mask. At best you can save someone’s life, potentially someone you love. Like I don’t get the huge deal. For years if you travel abroad and you see an Asian person they are wearing a mask. There is a reason why. They have things like this quite a bit. I trust they know more than Facebook. It’s just ******* sad and pathetic.

Yeah its the same in Cape Coral. Well Walmart not so much, but your Publix, Target, etc. it’s pretty much everyone. Not meant to be a crack at Walmart just the way it is down here. Most places refuse service if you don’t wear one.

Ha you might want to get a cream for that one man. Maybe an antibiotic as well. But if they take your temp just make sure it’s not a doctor that would work at MSU or OSU.

I just don’t see us having much of a sports season at all in any sport this year. I don’t see when basketball starts many of our cupcakes will travel. B1G/ACC and other games where there is travel in any direction will probably not happen. It sucks, but if I am not making money in college I am not risking that.

I can’t speak for their current testing strategies but 429 seems like it would be a current Covid test and not an antibody test. I would think the numbers would be higher on an antibody test. Plus the way the world is the cynic in me feels like they would jump through a hoop to make themselves look better and say only xx amount are currently testing positive. I would vote for currently infected and contagious. It just sucks. As much as for selfish reasons I want sports I don’t want anyone to go through this in an unsafe environment.

I really like what Texas did here. They rated activities based on risk. Obviously a lot of it is common sense. But helpful nevertheless.

That sucks. I truly fear we are at a point of no return and when sports are supposed to start there is just no way sports with larger rosters or non money makers won’t cancel this year. That would be horrible and a doomsday scenario for college athletics. If football can’t be played safely this year I have no clue how many programs even survive. In the grand scheme of things it isn’t that important, but I don’t think people truly think of or underestimate the mental aspect of things like this not being available daily does to a large portion of people. It’s July 8th and this year has felt like 3 years already. Lol I watch Korean Baseball now. Korean Baseball!!! Definitely beats the alternative. Around now in a normal year of course we would have the July evaluations, training camps for football, little league World Series, summer ball for NBA, and just coming out of the all star game. This year just sucks.

We have officially started the process to pull out of the WHO during a pandemic. I can’t believe I just typed that. There are many angry things I can say about that, but we have officially isolated ourselves, buried beneath propaganda that in no way protects us, and further harms us going forward. I understand some that don’t like the initial response and I get that, but every time you go to work and disagree with your boss are you walking out? The key difference here is I am uncertain how we as a country can be frustrated with an organization that we never fully followed their advice. We are the worst country in the world with response, message, cases, and deaths. It’s not even really close. Let’s pray for a weak flu season. We are going to need it. Before the hand full of Trump supporters that come out frequently on stuff like this start bashing my post I don’t blame him. I blame the people that enabled him more than him. The checks and balances have failed us. This move in no way makes us safer. That should be the only question on a decision like this. Are we safer with or without? We just aren’t. We are removing the most prominent scientific resource with world data during a pandemic where we are far and away the worst. Incredible

Yep and you have to think that 50% includes every small community ICU. Like Parkview for instance in Northern Indiana funnels everything to PRMC or Randallia. The community hospitals don’t have a ton of people in ICU longer than a day or two. If so they funnel to their main hospitals. That’s pretty common in Indiana. The overflow rooms wouldn’t be counted as ICU rooms until they switch their designation if needed. Currently they would be looked at as a normal inpatient room. It’s all based on how they set up billing if that makes any sense. But I would be willing to bet that 50% number the majority of those patients are in a handful of hospitals across the state. The emptiness is from the community hospitals. Which is pretty normal. As things sit today I am not worried about Indiana. But if they ever start to fill up and one day the state data said like 95% and then the next day said 65%, that isn’t anyone fudging with numbers. That’s just they created more ICU rooms which is fairly normal even in non-Covid times. The crazy part is all of the heart disease in Indiana. There are probably more people in CVICU today across the state than in actual ICU rooms. There are plenty of beds and ventilators in Indiana and room for expansion.

It’s actually more common than you would think. I know you are southern Indiana so me describing Parkview in Fort Wayne doesn’t mean much. But if memory serves me correct Parkview Regional Medical Center is where everyone is funneled into. They had 99 ICU beds. Of those 99 around 50 are CVICU. Out of those 99 they sit at least at 85% capacity daily. The 2nd floor is all ICU and PICU. Completely separate. Third floor is all long term ICU. The overflow used to be shift everyone a floor up. I won’t pretend to know the plan for this, but a floor is around 60 beds. 30 of those can be converted. With this I am sure they have more that can be converted. With Indiana having horrible heart issues they won’t take away from CVICU. Those rooms are set up in a way they can do emergency surgery in the room. Most health systems have actually reduced rooms over the last 20-30 rooms so they could stay at 80%+ capacity. If you aren’t, your health system is losing money. ICU in Northern Indiana including smaller hospitals regularly stay at 80% or higher. I have no clue on Texas, but I doubt in a larger city they would drop much further below that number.