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But, but I thought Chicago had very strict gun laws. How could this happen?

Only if Trump says something optimistic about it.

I do not believe there have been any randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind studies indicating either way for Hydroxycloroquine. Maybe I missed that, but studies I have seen have been observational or retrospective studies (like the VA, where it appears that more people were dying, but the HCX was administered only to the sickest patients). Based on the evidence (again, nothing objective yet) it appears to help if it is administered under the right indicatations (sounds like early is better) and in conjunction with Zinc and Azithromycin. Remdesivar also looks good and so far the randomized, controlled studies have produced statistically significant results to indicate that.

Medcram has several videos on different modes of pneumonia (V/Q mismatch, shunt, diffusion abnormality), and different ways to use the ventilators to address different pneumatic issues and modes. It is pretty amazing stuff. We are fearfully and wonderfully made!

Many of the Fitbits have capability. Mine started giving me info on blood oxygen levels after a recent firmware update. Unfortunately, it only tells me about how much the blood oxygen level varies during sleep. I think it has ability to give instantaneous readings, but not FDA approved so Fitbit does not support it.

I have bought a lot of supplies from Vitacost. Good prices and selection, from canned/jar, dry rice, beans, pasta, crackers, snacks, etc. I can always find 10%-20% coupons with a few minutes search, and free shipping over $50. They pack things very well too--I have had a few breakages, and it is very easy to do refund or replacement on their website. I started ordering a lot about 4 weeks ago, and the last two weeks noticed a lot of out-of-stock, but it seems to be coming back gradually. https://www.vitacost.com/

We visited a Dr's office last week and was impressed with their measures: All chairs were removed from waiting room except a few that were in front of the registration window to force people to distance. Everyone wearing masks. No vital signs taken. Dr. did not enter the room, but stood outside and we talked through open door. We were the only people there because they are spacing appointments out. OTOH A friend of ours saw a chiropractor -- no masks, no distancing, no visible measures taken there.

Yeah, sneezing and coughing is really the issue, but that happens in normal times, and I can't remember the last time I have had a flu or cold. If I stop because of that now I don't think I could ever go back ;-) And rationally, everyone is wearing a mask now, so this should be the safest time for produce. But I am thinking that anything with a hard skin (like cucumbers and avocados) should be OK as long as I wash it and discard the skins into the compost heap. I can blanch things like celery and scallions (80-90°C for 10 seconds should kill anything) and skip the lettuce for awhile. And I am cooking most of the other fresh produce anyway.

Doing 3&4. I have been wearing the mask at grocery store for a month or so, and shop once per week. I really only go for produce, but I usually look around and pick up other stuff if I need. Produce scares me because anyone could be touching it. But gotta have avocados, tomatoes, lettuce, celery, cukes, etc. I'm rethinking that now, but it would be hard not to have that and it'll be months before I have muck from the garden. No restaurants yet. I continue to order stuff online from Amazon and Vitacost to replenish our long term supply.

I was just looking for stats for heart disease in NYC. Could only find the number for entire state, and that's about 5 deaths per hour. However, that number is averaged over one year. Any one day could be much worse, or much better. The Covid-19 death rate will rise and fall- hopefully close to peak now. With the non pharmaceutical interventions going on, that death rate should start to fall in a week or two ( there is a lag between taking measures to slow the spread and when you actually see changes in new infections, then changes in deaths).

I saw a stat that around 50% fatality rate for CoViD19 patients that go on ventilators. It seems an acceptable risk at that point. But I'm not sure how early you need to administer the Hydrocloroquine to be effective. But hasn't this been used for malaria for years? If it is acceptable risk for malaria, why not CoViD19 when it is serious or critical? With informed consent.

I had not used them for awhile, but made an order about one month ago. A few days after that, they were swamped and took the store offline to catch up. Took them about two weeks to ship my order, but I did get it.

SGAmmo now requires you to send a picture of FID. But they still ship to NJ. Good luck getting anything right now though.

No wonder he has not heard any complaints--every time I hit "submit" I get "HTTP Status 500 - Internal Server Error" No indication as to what it did not like or why it failed. Who writes these crappy websites? a little input sanitization and maybe report back specific error info rather than just a generic HTTP error. Makes me wonder what kind of cybersecurity they have on these websites too.

And that's what will happen. Those stores will move out of these areas and then they'll have nothing.

A few of the medcram episodes have talked about clinical trials for Aluvia not promising, but the RDRP inhibitors like Hydrocloroquine+zpacks being statistically effective.

Understood, not good odds for a test case.

I really don't understand the point, I thought the 2A sanctuary people in VA were saying they would not enforce unconstitutional laws. Perhaps I have a different understanding of the word sanctuary

Was a rhetorical question. 2A sanctuary really doesn't mean anything

So if the county or township is 2A sanctuary, does that mean one can CCW without fear of prosecution?

I've been watching Peak Prosperity too. Good information, but he tends to think worst case (which is, of course, a possiblity) and kinda long winded. I have found medcram to take a more balanced view and also focus more on medical viewpoint. If you are under 60 ish and don't suffer from any co-morbidities (cardio vascular, CRD, diabetes, hypertension), your odds are good. Also, consider the number of unreported cases, and I think the denominator is vastly under stated. Look at South Korea, with a much lower fatality to total case rate due to very aggressive testing.

I believe retired LEO can qualify for CCW, so there is that option too. ;-)

Sounds good, but the resolution does not really say much other than to support lawful use of firearms, feel-good language. Will WM refrain from infringing on any keeping or bearing of arms within their jurisdiction? For example, OC or CCW?

Understand, never agree to such access.

Article seems to say that one must opt in to this (although recognizing the source is WaPo): "Ring allows users to decline police requests for video and does not directly identify them based on their refusal, which Huseman wrote would “eliminate the pressure implicit in receiving an in‐person request from police.” “Users must expressly choose to assist police, the same way they would traditionally answer the door or respond to a public request for tips,” he added."