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That's vintage 1978. My parents bought it when they bought the house. Until 2018 we had a refrigerator of the same vintage: We replaced it with this because it was a power hog: Still have the old fridge in the basement as a storage cabinet. It still works in a pinch, too. I doubt anything...

Holy crap! I find 90s incredibly uncomfortable. I don't even want to think about how temps like that would feel.

We bought some Chinese food yesterday after bringing my mother home from her doctor's appointment. I thoroughly washed down the containers before opening them. When they were drying on the stove I noticed something strange: Apparently it's a new strain of coronavirus which is visible to the...

It's entirely plausible many of those 12,000 who didn't die from that list of ailments did in fact contract covid, which in turn killed them. Remember this diseases LOVES preexisting conditions. Also, many of those with those conditions would be in nursing homes, and hence more likely to...

That's downright icy compared to the 128°F recorded in Death Valley. After sparing us so far it looks like the Northeast is getting hit by heat also this week. Not quite 120, but mid 90s and high humidity, which likely feels like 110. Totally disgusting outside.

I think it's more a case of being cautious so they don't have to back track later if they give out incorrect info. As we've seen, there's only so many times experts can be wrong before they lose credibility with much of the general public. As an engineer and scientist myself, I'm a lot more...

I agree but given the PPE shortage I don't see how they could have handled it any differently. Also, we knew about the virus in December. We should have used that time to build up a supply of masks to avoid the exact situation we found ourselves in. Another factor here is we're learning about...

Since "freedom" is often been the reason people aren't wearing masks, here's a good article on what freedom really means: https://theweek.com/articles/925896/what-americans-are-finally-learning-about-freedom In essence, you only own something if the government says you do. If so, then said...

A spread in nursing homes is probably inevitable due to the nature of them, with caretakers often working at multiple facilities. I know it's fashionable now to blame the governors in some US states for helping it spread in nursing homes, but it was destined to happen. Nursing homes has always...

I wanted to address this separately. No, the riots aren't about Floyd. They never were. They're partially career criminals simply taking advantage of the situation, partly white supremacists and/or cops trying to discredit protesters, and partly just a lot of pent-up anger over what has been...

Because those same police forces are actively staging a work slowdown which their unions are doubtless strongly encouraging. The unions obviously don't want to have fewer members, which is exactly what would happen if police forces are cut. And in most cases, those cuts won't result in more...

You're forgetting that deaths lag case count by at least several weeks. In this case, it might be more because the majority of new cases are younger people, versus when this started and a lot of older people were getting sick. Basically, it would work something along the lines of young people...

The smarter states like those here in the Northeast are now requiring a 14-day quarantine for people traveling in from states where the virus is out of control. Of course, the larger question is how rigorously will this be enforced. If it were up to me, I would march people right from planes...

This was the hottest I ever saw by me (July 22, 2011):

Some of us said as much in the coronavirus thread. I see several angles to his tactics: 1) Use the protests to create disorder by infiltrating the ranks of protesters with white supremacists or even police offices. This will appeal to people's desire to get back security at any cost. Of course...

Honestly, this is the start of a planet of the apes scenario. Today the cities burn. Who knows if or when we'll come out of the ashes? I would hate to be a kid in today's world. I've already told young people don't waste your time or money on school since there's no future for you. That's even...

The difference is that you can always put on more clothing to deal with the cold. We had no power after Sandy for 4 days. Temps outside were in the 30s. I kept a pot of water boiling on the gas stove. That was good enough to keep us in the high 50s/low 60s indoors. With an extra layer of...

I was wondering about that as well. We've only had a few warmish days in NYC this May, meaning upper 70s to low 80s. That's hot enough to remind me how much I hate hot weather, and dread the coming of summer. The house holds at least 10 degrees over outdoor temperature, so even mid 70s makes...

Yes, it looks like the number of new cases is still rising linearly worldwide but linear is far better than exponential. I also noticed the increase in the number of deaths actually is slowing down. You can clearly see it here: We're probably getting better at treating this, which is good...

Brazil is now in the number two spot for number of cases. Number six for number of deaths but that's rising so rapidly I'd say they'll be at number two in less than two weeks. They may even ultimately give the US a run for its money for the top spot. So much for the hopes the virus doesn't...

Of course not. It's just a little humor. I wanted to photoshop bat wings on her as well, but I couldn't get the end result to look credible. Cats can actually get covid from humans but my understanding is they can't pass it to humans and they don't show severe symptoms...

It looks like my cat caught it. She's fine other than for some very strange side effects.

You're probably right. A lot of Democrats are hypocrites where they might do stuff like give lip service to climate change, but are driven everywhere in limos, have huge houses, and constantly fly. Of course they don't want a true progressive to come to power because it might knock one zero off...

Totally agree with everything. Biden is better than Trump in the way a glass of lukewarm milk is better than sour milk but seriously, what an uninspiring choice. The Democrats complain about Trump winning, but maybe if they ran and picked better people in the primaries this wouldn't have...

Yep. I've noticed the same. For what it's worth narcissistic personality disorder leads exactly to the kinds of brutal dictatorships I mentioned under the right circumstances. Thank goodness for our system of checks and balances, at least so far. Give Trump another term though, and he might find...

Kind of like some other people we know from history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Zedong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idi_Amin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol_Pot

If nothing else, this might make the election a nonissue. If he kills himself taking this, I doubt Pence will get enough votes to become President. I know Trump wasn't the brightest bulb on the string, but this just shows the depths of his ignorance.

Talk about a case of the worst timing ever: https://www.tmz.com/2020/05/07/2020-us-quarters-fruit-bat-bad-timing-coronavirus/

What I'm finding really interesting is that there are countries with extremely low case fatality rates. Singapore has 25,346 confirmed cases but only 21 deaths. That's a case fatality rate of only 0.083%. Qatar has 26,539 cases and only 14 deaths, for a CFR of 0.053%. Both of these countries...

Or it mutated into a strain which spreads even faster but is less lethal, and this displaced prior strains. From a Darwinian evolution standpoint this would make sense. In fact, as a general rule viruses generally mutate to less lethal forms, which in the long run could be good news for us. It...

:ROFLMAO::LOL: Trump is busy rewriting history to increase his chances of being reelected. Now I'm no fan of Biden, but I'll take him over Trump at this point. Last thing we need is someone in the White House in the middle of a pandemic who is clueless about science. Trump is a legend in his...

I'll go with the vodka. After all, it supports the opinion of that great medical expert our President that taking disinfectants internally might be a cure for this.

It sounds like our only option then is to remain in lock down forever. Without an effective vaccine we're not returning to normal. Getting to herd immunity is unthinkable given the mortality rate. So what's left? Hope the virus mutates to a much less lethal strain and that strain displaces...

That seems to be a conspiracy theory. A hospital can lose its license by making too many false reports. I doubt many will do that just to receive a little extra funding. On another note, I really feel parts of the country are reopening way too soon. Until we have widespread testing and contact...

That's entirely plausible, but this still doesn't means the virus couldn't have originated due to the conditions created by wet markets. Not sure what China would stand to gain from a deliberate leak though. This has hurt their economy as much as anyone else's.

Well, those have to go also. Along with factory farming. It's time to put a lot of R&D into cultured meat. It seems to be the only sustainable way we can continue consuming meat.

Maybe you don't understand that the term for farmer's market means something completely different in the US, and probably much of the rest of the developed world. Sure, we have farmer's markets, even in NYC, and they sell fruits and vegetables. They don't sell animals at all, much less a mixture...

I think the game changer here will be automation. Up until now the justification for having stuff made in China was cheaper labor and the fact it's hard to find American workers willing to do factory work at any price. Automation will change all that. Short term we'll probably continue having a...

I urge everyone here to sign this petition: https://www.change.org/p/us-congress-china-s-wet-markets-have-reopened-ban-travel-to-and-from-china-until-they-are-closed? First off, I can't believe they reopened the markets while the pandemic is still raging across the planet. If this wasn't a...

Still not a bad deal for $100. I would imagine for occasional non-occupational use, the cartridges last a long time.

I got one of these today. I'm surprised something like this is available given the short supply of PPEs.

I actually thought about a treatment involving light where you expose the inside of the lungs to enough light to kill the virus but not the lung cells. I've been trying to find who I might contact regarding this.

From here: New York State Governor Cuomo said that preliminary findings from an antibody study conducted on 3,000 people at grocery stores across New York State found a 13.9% had coronavirus antibodies, suggesting a 13.9% actual infection rate statewide (21.2% in New York City), which...

If you can get your monitor apart fairly easily it might not be a big deal to take it out. It looks to me like it's in between the backlight and the panel. Backlights are usually fairly easy to remove. Once you clean everything up maybe put a bead of silicone or some other sealant between the...

Just looked at this again: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page Here's a sobering statistic: In NYC the death rate per 100,000 people for people over 75 is 575. Nearly 0.6% of the over 75 population in NYC has already died from this, and we're far from done.

Thank you, Newtun. Needless to say, me and my siblings won't be having our usual Easter get together. Honestly, I think we'll be lucky if we're able to get together for Thanksgiving, or even Christmas. This is the new normal, and it's going to last a lot longer than most people think.

I meant just in terms of the number of deaths. Obviously the drastic actions we had to take to result in this number of deaths are something unprecedented.

My guess would go with better treatments and the fact the pandemic isn't hitting the entire country at once. Resource use in NYC peaked a few days ago but in most of the rest of the country the pandemic is just getting started. As a result, our hospitals weren't overwhelmed because we got help...

Well, the media got it wrong this time around, too. They were rallying around Warren but her campaign fizzled. Now they have Biden, whom I'm sure they're less than enthusiastic about. Maybe the media needs to acknowledge that a candidate's race or sex is less important than if they're the best...

I really hope their government isn't that callous. I know they generally don't give a shit about human life, but even by their standards restarting a pandemic is beyond the pale. And doing so will make things for them even worse on the world stage since the restarted pandemic will undoubtedly...