DNC has postponed its convention until August 17; here’s one source, and I’m sure there are many others: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/02/dnc-postpones-presidential-convention-until-august-17-161459?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Around here there’s reminders every year that if you don’t want to eat what you kill (deer), please donate it.
Of course, up until last year when the state changed the first day of rifle deer season to a Saturday many schools (including mine) also got the first day off from school as an official holiday.
I’m not at all sure why people think hunting deer (and eating them) is riskier than any other meat source. Our policy on our farm is “We feed them for 11 months of the year, they feed us for as long as supplies last!” My family prefers deer to beef in most of the dishes I make. Once when my lads were young I ran out of deerburger and used hamburger in a noodle dish. Their instant reaction was yuck telling me something wasn’t right with the meal. I’ve never made that substitution since. I just don’t make the dish if we don’t have deerburger for it. I can’t recall the last time I bought beef outside of a restaurant.
Chronic wasting disease has been found in Wisconsin deer, but, according to this article, there have no cases of humans being infected by eating venison: https://fox6now.com/2019/11/21/get-your-deer-tested-wisconsin-dnr-warns-hunters-of-chronic-wasting-disease/
The country has had the resources for the last 50 years so why hasn’t the problem been fixed already?
America does feed it’s poor people…McDonalds, Oreos, Bologna, Chicken Tenders, Potato Chips…how’s that worked so far?
I’m sure the hungry people would love filet but venison is a much better choice than what they currently get…which is sometimes nothing.
The problem is that they aren’t practicing social distancing. They are walking holding hands.
So you think two kids will stay six feet apart? The reason I brought up this example is that a town member reported seeing teenagers walking down our main street, some of them holding hands.
And when I see groups of walkers, runners, or bicyclists out, they are not maintaining six foot distance in most cases.
Every time a household member has contact with anyone else, you’re risking everybody else in your household. That’s why we’re being super careful.
Some interesting observations. I too prefer home and can’t imagine living anywhere other than Canada, though I did live in the U.S. for a few years when I was younger (if you consider Puerto Rico the U.S. We lived next to the Coast Guard base and I went to school with the kids of the AF and CG stationed there, so not your typical PR experience). It didn’t feel any different to me than living in Canada at that time. Now that I’m older though when travelling to the US I definitely get a different vibe crossing the border. It’s just a generalized feeling and not anything I can really put my finger on. If I had to emigrate the only other countries I could imagine living in are the Nordic ones or maybe the UK. I just get a sense that they would feel more similar to what I’m used to.
I always find it fascinating talking to people who have immigrated to learn what drove them to leave their home country. My mother is an immigrant and I know she still misses home even though she’s been here for 50 years. Some of my closest friends are immigrants who left their home countries for various reasons and I always find their stories as to why they decided to emigrate interesting. I also volunteered at DS19’s high school for a few years with the ESL students. Many of them given the chance would prefer to go back to their home countries, even the refugees from war torn countries.
Dh and I are from different parts of the same province. He grew up rural"ish" and I grew up suburban. We currently live in the same city where I lived the longest growing up but he is longing to move back to his home town when he retires.
For older people who had the TB vaccine - is it possible that it still helps?
@amsunshine @MaineLonghorn yes I am very confident that the two of them would stay apart. They are very responsible and level headed. DS18 has been very conscientious about following all the guidelines. They also aren’t overly demonstrative, at least not in public.
@suzyQ7 It sounds like maybe? Although the correlation from the original paper was done on a country wide level. So there’s no data about any specific population or any real evidence of protection.
Here’s another write up with a link to the original paper:
https://www.nyit.edu/box/features/tb_vaccine_could_be_a_valuable_weapon_in_covid_19_fight
“The team compared various nations’ BCG vaccination policies with their COVID-19 morbidity and mortality and found a significant positive correlation between the year when universal BCG vaccination policies were adopted and the country’s mortality rate. In other words, the earlier a policy was established, the more likely that a significant portion of the population, especially the elderly, would be protected.”
OK, if you’re sure. I don’t think I could have stayed that far away from my boyfriend at that age!
I like Chris Cuomo and I find Andrew Cuomo’s updates very informative but I could do without all the Cuomo brother banter. I have better things to do than watch them joke back and forth about who’s better looking or who Mom loves more. Information please!
On the other hand, it was fascinating and frightening to hear Chris Cuomo describe how rough his night was after his evening broadcast. He had hallucinations and was shaking so hard he chipped a tooth. It makes you realize how quickly the virus can take an otherwise healthy adult down. It’s quite scary and puts a public face to the virus.
@suzyQ7 the TB events we had in school were exposure tests. If you had a reaction, you had to be further screened for TB
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The cat is a potential vector for toxoplasmosis.
“More than 61 percent of all human infectious diseases have an animal source.”
https://www.sgu.edu/blog/veterinary/what-is-a-zoonotic-disease/
And the diagnosis is… schizophrenia with paranoia.
Any hope my smallpox scar will save, me? (Told you I was OLD.) 
Cardiac arrest victims whose hearts cannot be restarted at the scene are now being left there — rather than being brought to coronavirus-strained hospitals for further revival attempts, according to a new guidance for medical responders.
The Regional Emergency Medical Services Council of New York, which oversees the city’s ambulance service, issued the guidance on Tuesday in a letter obtained by The Post.
Previously, people whose hearts could not be restarted on the scene would be brought to the hospital.
How do you know if it is doing any good? You don’t know that you are missing what you want to miss.
I have a few ignores but I have no idea if it is helping or not since I don’t know what’s in their posts.