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Post by _gabe_ »

jcpst wrote: post #110
ITB wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

COVID is never going to be over. So at some point it becomes your decision to move on with your life. And if you decide to continue being protective of a vulnerable loved one, then it’s not the pandemic— it’s the burden of caring for a loved one that many others have to deal with outside of COVID. This is not to disavow your personal difficulties. It’s just that I struggle to understand what else we can do as a socie…

Still a pandemic, not an endemic. No scientific body has declared we have moved past the pandemic. Now our health care systems are at the edge of their breaking point, people disregard spreading it through the community. We’re likely hitting another wave soon. Not good. In the US, we have had a sustained 400-500 dying a day. The 4th leading cause of death, on average. That’s a huge deal for something that didn’t exis…

> In the US, we have had a sustained 400-500 dying a day.

Are you saying this is still currently happening? If so, I'm curious where you're getting this number from. The CDC says the current 21 day rolling average is 358 deaths[0].

Edit: I just wanted to add, if this is the case then the deaths per 100,000 is approximately 358/300,000,000*100,000 = 0.1193 over that 21 day period. If I did those calculations correctly and the statistics don't fail if I try to calculate a deaths per 100K based off a rolling average, then this means you're about 100 times more likely to die from a car crash[1] then covid right now.

[0]: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/covidvi...

[1]: https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/...

Re: Getting Out of a Rut

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Post by jcpst »

_gabe_ wrote: post #111
jcpst wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still a pandemic, not an endemic. No scientific body has declared we have moved past the pandemic. Now our health care systems are at the edge of their breaking point, people disregard spreading it through the community. We’re likely hitting another wave soon. Not good. In the US, we have had a sustained 400-500 dying a day. The 4th leading cause of death, on average. That’s a huge deal for something that didn’t exis…

> In the US, we have had a sustained 400-500 dying a day. Are you saying this is still currently happening? If so, I'm curious where you're getting this number from. The CDC says the current 21 day rolling average is 358 deaths[0]. Edit: I just wanted to add, if this is the case then the deaths per 100,000 is approximately 358/300,000,000*100,000 = 0.1193 over that 21 day period. If I did those calculations correctly…

Sorry, I’m not seeing how you figured that.

Ok, so 2566 weekly deaths from covid: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#datatracker-home

That’s 366 per day currently. The crash stats you linked to say 36,096 deaths from crashes in 2019.

366 x 365 = 133,798

So what I see is there’s currently 3.7 times as many people dying from covid in US that from crashes.

Re: Getting Out of a Rut

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Post by jcpst »

jcpst wrote: post #110
ITB wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

COVID is never going to be over. So at some point it becomes your decision to move on with your life. And if you decide to continue being protective of a vulnerable loved one, then it’s not the pandemic— it’s the burden of caring for a loved one that many others have to deal with outside of COVID. This is not to disavow your personal difficulties. It’s just that I struggle to understand what else we can do as a socie…

Still a pandemic, not an endemic. No scientific body has declared we have moved past the pandemic. Now our health care systems are at the edge of their breaking point, people disregard spreading it through the community. We’re likely hitting another wave soon. Not good. In the US, we have had a sustained 400-500 dying a day. The 4th leading cause of death, on average. That’s a huge deal for something that didn’t exis…

Not sure why this was downvoted, besides it being an unpopular perspective. If you’re curious, pay attention to what epidemiologists are saying- they are society’s experts on the topic.

Re: Getting Out of a Rut

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Post by wizofaus »

jcpst wrote: post #112
_gabe_ wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> In the US, we have had a sustained 400-500 dying a day. Are you saying this is still currently happening? If so, I'm curious where you're getting this number from. The CDC says the current 21 day rolling average is 358 deaths[0]. Edit: I just wanted to add, if this is the case then the deaths per 100,000 is approximately 358/300,000,000*100,000 = 0.1193 over that 21 day period. If I did those calculations correctly…

Sorry, I’m not seeing how you figured that. Ok, so 2566 weekly deaths from covid: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#datatracker-home That’s 366 per day currently. The crash stats you linked to say 36,096 deaths from crashes in 2019. 366 x 365 = 133,798 So what I see is there’s currently 3.7 times as many people dying from covid in US that from crashes.

You can even just ask Google how many road deaths a day there are in the US, and it responds with a sentence from wikipedia including the phrase "an average of 102 per day".

Re: Getting Out of a Rut

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Post by agent008t »

andrewallbright wrote: post #93
dubeye wrote: post #73

I felt much the same before my kid was born. I would concentrate on enjoying what time you have left as a free man to tick off any bucket lists that might be tricky being tied to your kids post code.

Any advice for others going through this phase of their life? I have a terrible feeling this will be me; when I think of having a child I do think about it as if I will only be living for someone else (which is fine) but I have ambitions I want to materialize. How has living a post child life given you more insight into your pre child thoughts?

Why have a child? It is completely optional.

Re: Getting Out of a Rut

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Post by cnagesh »

A colleague of mine expressed he is in depression to manager, he told that he cannot do anything and asked to take time off.

I'm in similar situation, was very physically fit but was injured in gym (tfcc tear) now I'm still recovering lost the urge to even getup from the bed. I feel like I'm slipping in depression, but I'm fighting for it.

So I have decided to get a complete blood test done. Getup early in the morning and start working out.

But I still need to drive enough motivation to spend quality time on the work and get my professional/hobby done. Most of the time I will slip into watching videos on YouTube.

Tried pomodoro technique, but didn't succeed, don't know where I will endup with all this. Hope one day I will reach best of myself.

Re: Getting Out of a Rut

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Post by tux2bsd »

angrais wrote: post #107
HWR_14 wrote: post #89

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Why on earth would it by hygienic to trap the sweat in the bed as opposed to letting things air dry? Air itself isn't unhygienic. Meanwhile, design is a circular argument. It only "looks as it should" if you think you should make the bed.

For reference, I thought of those points of the fly so perhaps you or others can think of positive and negative points too. I agree with you, which is why I personally fold down the top half of my bedding. As for design/looks I likely described this wrong. Bedding is designed to be made full on the bed. It's not a circular argument. The design is best when the bed is made as you can see whatever design is on the pill…

It's amazing that guy was confused.
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