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Posted By tgm1024
OH THAT'S THE ONE I WAS WRACKING MY BRAINS FOR! ...

OH THAT'S THE ONE I WAS WRACKING MY BRAINS FOR!

+1sville!
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Posted By tgm1024
Re: Coronavirus

Adorable. Hmmmm..... I wonder if there's a psychological or visual development issue down the road with this.

"I panic when I put on glasses."
"I panic when my windshield fogs up."
"I panic at...
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Posted By tgm1024
That's actually really refreshing to hear. You...

That's actually really refreshing to hear. You might be a dwindling breed. Here's AH's take on this:Usage Note: In military usage, a casualty is a serviceperson who has been killed, injured,...
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Posted By tgm1024
Fair.

Fair.
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Posted By tgm1024
Re: Coronavirus

There might be one more thing adding to the confusion.

Despite common belief, the term casualties actually includes wounded/injured/etc. It's only recently through common usage that "deaths only"...
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Posted By tgm1024
Focusing away from cops would certainly be...

Focusing away from cops would certainly be less......flame worthy.

Back to lethality and other cheery @#$%:

The "curve flattening" thing thus far does seem to be working...I'm scared by a...
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Posted By tgm1024
Yes. As I look further into it, it's a...

Yes.

As I look further into it, it's a really tricky med. People need to stop looking at this as some kind of "ta-da" moment, and let the medical community figure things out.

And for the love...
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Posted By tgm1024
Too many people aren't trained in recognizing the...

Too many people aren't trained in recognizing the fundamental logical fallacies (cum hoc ergo propter hoc / post hoc ergo propter hoc / survivorship bias <------check out that last one, super...
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Posted By tgm1024
Law enforcement by definition have a different...

Law enforcement by definition have a different charter regarding their conduct than the general populace.

It shouldn't be murky to you and me. It absolutely would be murky as a compelled...
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Posted By tgm1024
A low-road proof of me: You're likely safe...

A low-road proof of me:

You're likely safe from "lengthening" too. {chuckle}
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Posted By tgm1024
Allow me to beg everyone: I'm the last person in...

Allow me to beg everyone: I'm the last person in the world to speak with authority on dangerous subjects from any kind of high road, but regardless, maybe don't bring up that word again. It's just...
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Posted By tgm1024
I'd argue that if we're talking about a set of...

I'd argue that if we're talking about a set of guidelines that law enforcement is somehow compelled to comply with, it's absolutely a very murky line to discern. Far murkier than "just cause" as a...
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Posted By tgm1024
+1

+1
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Posted By tgm1024
In general, giving cops a whole other set of...

In general, giving cops a whole other set of murky guidelines to follow, in addition to all the other ones they have, seems like a bad idea, at least to me.

This is a new situation. Not sure of...
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Posted By tgm1024
Re: Coronavirus

By the way, having the cops engage in "social distancing" is a no-go at the start----I have no idea why that was mentioned other than to confuse people. Cops cannot perform their job in any way by...
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Posted By tgm1024
Yes, words of wisdom. I disagree with "jerks"...

Yes, words of wisdom. I disagree with "jerks" until I know more about what the emergency ordinance says, but I'll certainly support banning this nonsense of having the race card get thrown about.
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Posted By tgm1024
No. Sorry. The majority of folks I talk to do...

No. Sorry. The majority of folks I talk to do not "understand the law".

"last person to understand the law" ??????????????

Hyperbole doesn't help here. That's setting us up for a...
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Posted By tgm1024
Re: Coronavirus

The sign isn't what's important. What's important is whether or not the law had been changed or not to disallow anyone at the park since the sign went up.

If the officers are required to stop any...
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Posted By tgm1024
Zeeeeeeeeeero issue with a 99°. Compared to the...

Zeeeeeeeeeero issue with a 99°. Compared to the textbook 98.6°? If you asked her to take your temp again, it could have been above or below that, and the human body gets warmer and colder all the...
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Posted By tgm1024
That actually makes dying seem less worrisome.

That actually makes dying seem less worrisome.
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Posted By tgm1024
Distancing is likely to do a lot more good than...

Distancing is likely to do a lot more good than the masks I think (I'm not an epidemiologist, but it seems to be what they're saying).

But yeah, it's nice to not see the "But but but X thousand...
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Posted By tgm1024
Re: Coronavirus

Part of the confusion about lethality is that there are actually two terms that sound the same but as vastly different.

There's more though. This is a good article written a couple days ago:...
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Posted By tgm1024
Hah! c'be.... LOL! Well, nothing...

Hah! c'be....



LOL! Well, nothing says "worth it" quite like needing a tetanus shot...