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What is not plausible? And for the record, I’m not against the vaccine. I will gladly take it. I’m asking what the benefit is health wise for a low risk individual. I work from home, my wife already had it (three days of symptoms). I tested negative towards the end of her 14 day quarantine and I quarantined for an additional 14 days. Didn’t bother getting tested again. I’m young and healthy. Seems selfish to take the vaccine when it’s in scarce supply. But I guess to the “bUh mY OuTDOOr COncERt” crowd; I’m the selfish one? My wife is a nurse. If I go get tested for covid and test positive she has to quarantine. If I get the flu and test negative for covid, she has to quarantine. If I get the vaccine and experience symptoms of covid, she has to quarantine. If I get covid, have symptoms, and self isolate away from her....she still has to quarantine. If I get covid and have no symptoms she doesn’t have to quarantine because it’s unknown if I have it. If I get the vaccine and don’t get covid symptoms I could still spread it and be contagious. (Per CDC) Effectively she has to quarantine for everything and the vaccine provides no benefit to me or her (if I take). I simply take a dose from someone else when the vaccine is in short supply.

Attending live concerts, international travel, admittance to in-person university classes, contributing to the greater good as it relates to herd immunity. And, you know, Gates and Soros whispering in your ear through the chip You can still spread and carry covid even after receiving the vaccine (per CDC). Edit: I love the responses from the holier than thou assholes on this forum. Neither asked me why. Neither answered the question from a health perspective on an individual basis. Here is a question for you two. Why should a young person take the vaccine which is in limited supply over and elderly high risk individual or frontline worker? Overly emotional individuals like yourselves are cancer to society. Scream louder.

What is the benefit of taking the vaccine for healthy individuals under the age of 30?

Merry Christmas all!

Robinhood to lower margin rates from 5% to 2.5%

An acquaintance of us bought an Airstream this summer. I have seen his wive walkthroughs of the interior and a lot of pictures but none where on the road. I wonder if they used it at all. I do think 2 years from now there will be a buyers market for used ones. My parents own a Bambi model. They drove all over the country this past year. Honestly, they are pretty sweet little campers.

Agree with all the above. I'm adding quite a bit more here. Getting close to a 15% position

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Richard what evidence is there regarding this statement? You and I both know that you don't care at all about the answer to this question, because the answer's obvious to everyone who's followed American pandemic news even the tiniest bit for the past 9 months. One doesn't need to provide supporting evidence to say that the sky is blue, ice is cold, and the sun rises in the east. So, I'm just going to save us both time, and not bother with an answer. I do care about the answer. And see? You don't care about any of this. That's what I mean by it being as obvious as the sky is blue. And it's equally as obvious that you don't actually care to have an accurate view of how the actions of the President of the United States may have contributed to the explosion of cases during the worse pandemic in the USA in 100 years. That's why it's a waste of both our time. By the end of JULY there was 26 million people who attended BLM rallies and protests crossing state lines. Since then that number is likely about 50%+ more. It was the largest event in US history. You can take all of Trumps rallies and its population total is a drop in the bucket compared to GLM rallies, protests and riots. Rule for thee, but not for me. The fact is all of these behaviors likely influenced the spread rate....plenty of foolishness to go around.

What do you mean by false positive? -not contagious, no disease, no virus (true error) -not contagious, no disease, immaterial virus -not contagious, immaterial disease, virus+ As you likely know, the distribution of results along the Ct-threshold axis is different in the community vs when becoming hospitalized with Covid-19 confirmed by both clinical criteria and PCR test. Still, the trends in positive tests and test positivity in the community vs hospitalizations tend to be correlated. Do you think people who have become hospitalized with Covid-19 are falsely labeled positive as a result of the casedemic? I think the heart of the question is at what CT is an individuals a risk of spread? PCR is sort of rudimentary no? I mean at a CT of say 40, you have found the covid virus. But you’ve also “amplified” it way beyond the actual existing amount. I guess it doesn’t really matter if the goal is to err on the side of caution. I find it interesting at the lack of standardization from a global perspective. If the US is counting 40CT as positive and Portugal isn’t a positive until it’s 25 then there is clearly big discrepancies of Covid cases. I guess that’s not all that important either as the individuals who are in hospitals are there regardless.

Yup, I brought this up in the spring, and it was widely determined by the experts here not to be relevant to anything even though cycle threshold is 10000% relevant to everything regarding spread/severity of this "cold". Or that the vast majority of positives in the US would have been negatives in other countries..... So the questions are ... if I’m reading the article correctly. What CT is indicative of infection and spread? What is the average CT of current test history in the US? Edit: current CDC stance Can cycle threshold (Ct) values be used to assess when a person with COVID-19 is no longer infectious? No. Although attempts to culture virus from upper respiratory specimens have been largely unsuccessful when Ct values are in high but detectable ranges, Ct values are not a measure of viral burden, are not standardized by RT-PCR platform, and have not been approved by FDA for use in clinical management. CDC does not endorse or recommend use of Ct values to assess when a person is no longer infectious; however, serial Ct values may be useful in the context of the entire body of information available when assessing recovery and resolution of infection. Nov 18, 2020

I'm not the landlord...

That’s what I figured would be the case. I pretty much told my friend to just leave and then clean when they get back if they’re worried about catching covid. It’s got to be give and take. Landlords have it pretty rough right now too. I can see a lot of renters putting up a fight over this though. And in some cases, say an immune compromised person I can see some reason for caution.

Not sure where to put this but... For those of you who are landlords, how have you been handling showings during the pandemic? I had a friend who is moving out of an apartment and is pissed because their landlord is showing the place as normal. They work third shift in the healthcare field and people coming in during the middle of the day doesn’t work well. They also are pretty nervous about covid and don’t like a dozen different people coming in their home every week. They also are supposed to be extra careful because of their occupation. I haven’t seen any laws or restrictions on this. And quite honestly, haven’t thought about it since I don’t rent. Seems like a pita to deal with.

Encourage masks, hand washing, social distancing. Encourage high risk individuals to stay home/be cautious and to get the vaccine when it comes out. Allow others to go on with life. To me that's reasonable It remains to be seen if there will be enough hospital beds. What’s your point?

Encourage masks, hand washing, social distancing. Encourage high risk individuals to stay home/be cautious and to get the vaccine when it comes out. Allow others to go on with life. To me that's reasonable

These stories are/will become the norm.

Sold out of PLTR and NIO today and yesterday. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

I'm not so sure that their lockdown is entirely responsible for their low case count. Australia is in summer right now and it's becoming increasingly clear that this virus is highly seasonal. We didn't hit zero in the US during summer. The numbers actually went UP as we entered summer coincident with lifting restrictions. The summer increase in the US was almost entirely relegated to the sunbelt stats, where it was so hot that people had to gather indoors. Perhaps seasonal isn't the right word but rather the conditions that force people to gather in enclosed settings. And holiday travel. On the other hand, restaurants and bars were able to seat people outdoors. But how does this differ from Australia's state of Victoria? So you're advocating for extreme lockdowns like Australia? Didn't they only allow people 1 hour of "outside time"?

Happy Thanksgiving everyone

50% of PLTR 200% gain 70% of NIO 270% gain I'll play with house money from here :o I thought there was supposed to be a rotation into value happening....Hopefully it comes soon enough. Edit: r/wallstreetbets is having one hell of a day

Originally picked up 100 shares around $3.50 After my GOOG options play in May I said F it and added 400 shares at $17 end of August. Completely speculative position with really high risk, but hey I'm young and the EV boom is only going to happen once.

I agree, the EV bubble is insane. Did not expect this to run up so fast. My joke of a position is quickly turning from "Hey babe, we can get a new range, dishwasher, and fridge." To "Hey babe, we can get a new range, dishwasher, fridge, tankless water heater, washer/dryer and possibly a new set of irons :o" I can't help but smirk at my NIO position ;D

What time do you start and end work? That can make all the difference for making family events (sports, recitals, etc). Test the route out if you’re considering it. There are nice easy long commutes and ones which could be shorter but much more involved (heavier traffic, multiple exists, terrible roads etc.). Make a pros and cons list. If you really want the dream home and 100% work from home then talk to your boss. I just went through this process. I’m moving 1.5hrs away from where I am now to get more land, better house at a cheaper price, closer to family (not too close ;D). I will be 100% wfh permanently with a requirement of 1 day a month in office for training etc. My commute is literally 4 turns and 95% of the trip is one main highway. I also needed manager approval specifically for my team (no big deal) and it will not affect my career in any aspect since my team is smattered globally anyways.

I would assume masks are certainly beneficial during surgeries. But I cannot speak to that. My wife has worked in a few different hospitals now, all top of their field level 4 NICUs. Some hospitals required gloves and masks for specific procedures and others did nor require anything except washed hands for the same procedures. It seems there is not a lot of uniformity in some healthcare best practices (which is shocking). She looked into this as it worried her at first, but both hospitals took stances with peer reviewed research to back their "best practice" choices.