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Post by Marshall on Apr 27, 2020 8:18:52 GMT -5
The Walmart oximeters run from $24 to $85. My fitbit tracks heart rate. I went for the cheap one.
Another gizmo.
Oh well.
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Post by Dub on Apr 27, 2020 8:30:19 GMT -5
The Walmart oximeters run from $24 to $85. My fitbit tracks heart rate. I went for the cheap one. Another gizmo. Oh well. My Fitbit (Versa) also tracks SpO2 but the bastards won’t tell me what it is unless I pay them a monthly fee. The “Premium” service also includes exercise videos, dietary advice, etc. which is the part that costs them money to produce but the SOBs hold my data hostage so I’ll buy stuff I’ll never use. Fitbit really pisses me off. I bought the thing before they were acquired by Google. Now every step I take is probably being sold to advertisers somewhere. I need to find another supplier.
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Post by coachdoc on Apr 27, 2020 8:44:16 GMT -5
The Walmart oximeters run from $24 to $85. My fitbit tracks heart rate. I went for the cheap one. Another gizmo. Oh well. My Fitbit (Versa) also tracks SpO2 but the bastards won’t tell me what it is unless I pay them a monthly fee. The “Premium” service also includes exercise videos, dietary advice, etc. which is the part that costs them money to produce but the SOBs hold my data hostage so I’ll buy stuff I’ll never use. Fitbit really pisses me off. I bought the thing before they were acquired by Google. Now every step I take is probably being sold to advertisers somewhere. I need to find another supplier. The 24 dollar oximeters work just fine. No connections to the online world. Advantage cheap oximeter.
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Post by epaul on Apr 27, 2020 9:16:11 GMT -5
Rats, I bought the $80 one. But, it really does a nice job with the vegetables and it has a built-in flashlight.
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Post by millring on Apr 27, 2020 9:18:57 GMT -5
Who here believes they are not going to contract the virus before there is a vaccine?
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Post by Marshall on Apr 27, 2020 9:25:06 GMT -5
The Walmart oximeters run from $24 to $85. My fitbit tracks heart rate. I went for the cheap one. Another gizmo. Oh well. My Fitbit (Versa) also tracks SpO2 but the bastards won’t tell me what it is unless I pay them a monthly fee. The “Premium” service also includes exercise videos, dietary advice, etc. which is the part that costs them money to produce but the SOBs hold my data hostage so I’ll buy stuff I’ll never use. Fitbit really pisses me off. I bought the thing before they were acquired by Google. Now every step I take is probably being sold to advertisers somewhere. I need to find another supplier. Interesting. I have the Charge 2. I like it. They're advertising the Charge 4 now. Looks interesting. They say it has GPS. Didn't realize Google was involved now. So they'll be tracking everywhere you go then. I'm an anti-subscription guy. Decide if you want it. Buy it once. No commitment beyond that.
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Post by Marshall on Apr 27, 2020 9:27:56 GMT -5
Who here believes they are not going to contract the virus before there is a vaccine?
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Post by epaul on Apr 27, 2020 9:28:53 GMT -5
Who here believes they are not going to contract the virus before there is a vaccine? Well, I have a metaphysical outlook, being a metaphysical type by nature and inclination, and as such, I make no distinction between belief and hope. And I can safely say, I hope I don't contract the C-flu before there is a vaccine. I hope I don't contract it after there is a vaccine. I haven't caught any other type of flu for over 40 years, hoping and believing for this one to be the same.
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Post by millring on Apr 27, 2020 9:50:25 GMT -5
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Post by majorminor on Apr 27, 2020 10:15:12 GMT -5
Who here believes they are not going to contract the virus before there is a vaccine? Either I already had it or you will be up to your balls in nice guitars before the year is over.
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Post by Russell Letson on Apr 27, 2020 11:03:34 GMT -5
It's a highly contagious virus, so it's going to spread through any part of the population that is available, as soon as an pathway opens to it. The population-side variables are density and behavior--that is, the number and nature of opportunities for contact with an infected individual. The virus-side variables include things like virulance, half-life in various environments (air, surfaces), and the quantity of virus needed for infection. (I don't have time to look up the virological terms for this stuff, and there may be other variables.)
So: Without a vaccine or some genetic fluke that renders my immune system super-strong, I'm eventually going to run into enough of this bug to get infected. How that plays out is up to a different bunch of variables. Herd immunity might slow down the time to my encounter, but slow ain't never. And given the number of asymptomatic-infected we're finding, it's possible I've already encountered it--though I think it highly unlikely that, given last year's siege of bronchitis, pneumomia, and lingering asthma-like symptoms, C. would not get very sick should she catch it from me. So I'm going with "uninfected, so far" as my condition.
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Post by fauxmaha on Apr 27, 2020 11:11:10 GMT -5
"The food supply chain is breaking."
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Post by millring on Apr 27, 2020 11:40:20 GMT -5
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Apr 27, 2020 11:53:47 GMT -5
Who here believes they are not going to contract the virus before there is a vaccine? I don’t know what the future holds. But as a friend of mine says, people plan, God laughs. Mike
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Post by Russell Letson on Apr 27, 2020 12:09:07 GMT -5
George Gilder of the Discovery Institute (q.v.)? And he has a good word for "virus-killing sunshine and germicidal air"? (Though to be fair, those aren't his words but those of William Briggs.)
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COVID 19
Apr 27, 2020 12:35:27 GMT -5
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Post by TKennedy on Apr 27, 2020 12:35:27 GMT -5
The public is getting a good look at how research really works in the biological sciences.
Lots of calculated trial and error, lots of failures, lots of unexpected blind alleys, a few tragedies, some people hurt or killed, and eventually something works (sometimes unexpectedly) but you don’t know for sure until it’s been out there a couple of years.
It’s not like science on TV or the movies.
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Post by majorminor on Apr 27, 2020 12:56:24 GMT -5
It’s not like science on TV or the movies. Does this mean no busty tightly clothed she scientist special agent who can shoot bullseyes from a galloping horse or sliding Ferrari and control military satellites with her cell phone is on our near horizon then?
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Post by AlanC on Apr 27, 2020 13:28:49 GMT -5
Asian Boss interviews top vaccine expert in S.Korea. youtu.be/5cYWd0N8nO4I didn't watch the whole thing but the normal development time for an effective vaccine is 5 to 10 years. Us old farts are going to have to dodge this bitch for a while.
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COVID 19
Apr 27, 2020 13:45:34 GMT -5
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Post by TKennedy on Apr 27, 2020 13:45:34 GMT -5
It’s not like science on TV or the movies. Does this mean no busty tightly clothed she scientist special agent who can shoot bullseyes from a galloping horse or sliding Ferrari and control military satellites with her cell phone is on our near horizon then? There are a few of them out there but they are elusive.
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Post by Marshall on Apr 27, 2020 15:15:42 GMT -5
My son-in-law said their company had 43,000 employees in institutional food service. 38,000 had to be furlowed. They get their 90 days unemployment benefit. And the company is picking up all their health insurance. But Geeeze ! This thriving business has, all of a sudden, ZERO income. Management is scrambling coming up with contingency plans for all sorts of scenarios to what and when and how things might open up.
Scary.
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