posted by Ironman92

I’m not associated with Athens.....but representing the SE District well

As someone who went to OU, what is the root cause? I'd normally be thinking college kids partying all the time and keeping Court Street packed, but it's summer, so I wouldn't think the college numbers would be wrecking the place.

posted by jmog

Trying to be logical and use reason with SnL is about as fruitful as doing the same with QO and Spock.

You win 

posted by Heretic

As someone who went to OU, what is the root cause? I'd normally be thinking college kids partying all the time and keeping Court Street packed, but it's summer, so I wouldn't think the college numbers would be wrecking the place.

What I’m hearing is 70% of the current cases are 20-29 and those have all been beaching/protesting and in the bars.

posted by ptown_trojans_1

Not good today. 951 deaths. Hospitalizations are on the rise too. 

Our update is published. States reported record tests completed (852k) and cases (77k) for the second day in a row, as well as 951 deaths.

One significant caveat: the total cases include ~5k cases from a reporting backlog in Texas. pic.twitter.com/Ky60XDlluD

— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) July 17, 2020

I woul guess more people are wearing masks now than in March-April. Yet there's a spike trending higher than at that time. I don't think masks are all that relevant to altering how COVID behaves.   I think this thing is going to run its course regardless of our actions. Like everyone, I hope it's soon. 

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

I woul guess more people are wearing masks now than in March-April. Yet there's a spike trending higher than at that time. I don't think masks are all that relevant to altering how COVID behaves.   I think this thing is going to run its course regardless of our actions. Like everyone, I hope it's soon. 

OH NO! We found another ANTI-MASKER! Tar and feather him now!

posted by justincredible

Oh, I'm well aware of Dankhouse, it's my favorite brewery. I don't make a trip to Newark without at least one visit. I love their collab with Pretentious, so I'll be sure to stop by Pretentious on the way up.

Damn if your ever up there on a weekend let me know I’ll buy you a beer. It’s about a 30 minute drive but I use any excuse to get Dankhouse

posted by Heretic

As someone who went to OU, what is the root cause? I'd normally be thinking college kids partying all the time and keeping Court Street packed, but it's summer, so I wouldn't think the college numbers would be wrecking the place.

I went to OU as well. I would guess students got bored of being stuck at home and were able to go to their off campus housing and party without worrying about their parents health. If your under 30 and have no pre existing conditions your like 99.99999999% to survive so I probably would have took the risk to if I was a student and knew I wouldn’t hurt my parents.

posted by Heretic

As someone who went to OU, what is the root cause? I'd normally be thinking college kids partying all the time and keeping Court Street packed, but it's summer, so I wouldn't think the college numbers would be wrecking the place.

I went to OU as well. I would guess students got bored of being stuck at home and were able to go to their off campus housing and party without worrying about their parents health. If your under 30 and have no pre existing conditions your like 99.99999999% to survive so I probably would have took the risk to if I was a student and knew I wouldn’t hurt my parents.

posted by sportchampps

Damn if your ever up there on a weekend let me know I’ll buy you a beer. It’s about a 30 minute drive but I use any excuse to get Dankhouse

Current plan is the 31st-1st, and then maybe the week of the 9th-15th. 

posted by justincredible

Current plan is the 31st-1st, and then maybe the week of the 9th-15th. 

LMK I’ll purchase my OC membership thru some beers lol

posted by jmog

OH NO! We found another ANTI-MASKER! Tar and feather him now!

Not anti-mask. I wear mine where required. 

posted by jmog

No one is saying you shouldn’t have gone to the protest.

People are saying that doing so, then calling others that are doing, what you deem, risky behavior “MORONS AND IDIOTS” is completely hypocritical.

Not a single person is saying you were wrong or is blaming you for going to a protest. I said myself I would have gone to a protest if I knew 100% there was no chance for violence.

People are just calling out your hypocrisy afterwards.

Jesus shut up

How come masks work everywhere else but Americans be like .. “nah no proof”...? 

My buddy goes to Athens once a month for work. He said he was pretty sure no one in Athens knew what Covid is. 

posted by Spock

I just got an email from the Miami county health board and they said that the CDC states that wearing a mask DOES NOT reduce the risk of transmission and if you are exposed to a active person that regardless of a mask being on or not, you are quarintined for the same amount of time.

So theres that.

Did they at least spell quarantined right? 

posted by Spock

I just got an email from the Miami county health board and they said that the CDC states that wearing a mask DOES NOT reduce the risk of transmission and if you are exposed to a active person that regardless of a mask being on or not, you are quarintined for the same amount of time.

So theres that.

"Cloth face coverings may help prevent people who have COVID-19 from spreading the virus to others. Wearing a cloth face covering will help protect people around you.." - June 28th

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/about-face-coverings.html

So, are you lying or is the Miami County Health Board full of shit?

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

Not anti-mask. I wear mine where required. 

I was laying on the sarcasm pretty thick for the sanctimonious crowd.

posted by SportsAndLady

Jesus shut up

STFU

posted by friendfromlowry

"Cloth face coverings may help prevent people who have COVID-19 from spreading the virus to others. Wearing a cloth face covering will help protect people around you.." - June 28th

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/about-face-coverings.html

So, are you lying or is the Miami County Health Board full of shit?

Spock gonna spock

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

I woul guess more people are wearing masks now than in March-April. Yet there's a spike trending higher than at that time. I don't think masks are all that relevant to altering how COVID behaves.   I think this thing is going to run its course regardless of our actions. Like everyone, I hope it's soon. 

I think masks help, but certainly not as much as some posters wishfully think they do. If masks helped as much as some people believe they do, then reopening schools wouldn’t even be a debate.

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

I woul guess more people are wearing masks now than in March-April. Yet there's a spike trending higher than at that time. I don't think masks are all that relevant to altering how COVID behaves.   I think this thing is going to run its course regardless of our actions. Like everyone, I hope it's soon. 

Zuh? Things were trending down, then a ton of people took "things can reopen" to mean that all is well. From personal viewing, mask wearing has gone down a lot locally. Going back up now, but it def went down over the past couple months.

posted by Heretic

Zuh? Things were trending down, then a ton of people took "things can reopen" to mean that all is well. From personal viewing, mask wearing has gone down a lot locally. Going back up now, but it def went down over the past couple months.

+1

posted by Heretic

Zuh? Things were trending down, then a ton of people took "things can reopen" to mean that all is well. From personal viewing, mask wearing has gone down a lot locally. Going back up now, but it def went down over the past couple months.

I'm sure masks count for something.  I just don't believe they are the powerful force that can change the trajectory much.  I'm all in favor of wearing them if it helps and I wear them wherever I am required.  

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

I'm sure masks count for something.  I just don't believe they are the powerful force that can change the trajectory much.  I'm all in favor of wearing them if it helps and I wear them wherever I am required.  

I don’t understand the extreme hyperboles you guys speak in

“Powerful force” lol wtf we said masks work, THATS ALL. Powerful force? Fuck off