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New comment by rosybox in "Severe Outcomes Among U.S. Patients with Covid-19, Feb 12–Mar 16, 2020"

rosybox — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 01:28:35 +0000

Could this be skewed at the moment due to the number of nursing homes in Washington State that were hit early on?

New comment by rosybox in "The state of the restaurant industry"

rosybox — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 00:56:59 +0000

Yes it's all crazed conspiracy and you happen to be one of the few people to see through it all. Your medical pedigree must be amazing. Your scientific prowess beyond imagination. You're not helping.

New comment by rosybox in "The state of the restaurant industry"

rosybox — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 21:00:26 +0000

I never said "years", 2021 is in less than a year. I think you're contrarian, misinformed and in deep denial. Anyway, facts are what they are and we'll see in due time.

New comment by rosybox in "The state of the restaurant industry"

rosybox — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 20:02:59 +0000

What research papers have you seen with more optimistic projections? You're calling the projections that two governments are relying on as ill informed based on what credentials?

New comment by rosybox in "The state of the restaurant industry"

rosybox — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 19:41:49 +0000

I imagine the WSJ Editorial Board is focusing on a solution to keep businesses surviving, not employment. They may have other ideas to help with that later. Without businesses, there will be no employment.

New comment by rosybox in "The state of the restaurant industry"

rosybox — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 19:37:46 +0000

Doomsday panic? Ill informed opinion? I'm literally looking at the chart used by the White House that comes from the data generated by the UK government. Look for yourself:

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/s...

New comment by rosybox in "The state of the restaurant industry"

rosybox — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 18:37:37 +0000

The WSJ Editorial Board has suggested that the Fed create a new facility that gives very cheap loans to businesses that need them. These loans will not need to be repaid right away and should sustain any business that needs it during this period. It sounded workable.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/financing-an-economic-shutdown-...

New comment by rosybox in "The state of the restaurant industry"

rosybox — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 18:34:18 +0000

It's going to be wiped out far beyond June. Based on the recent models run by UK, the same models that prompted the White House to warn against gatherings of greater than 10 people, the curve doesn't end even without intervention until August. With intervention what we are going through right now could last well into 2021.

New comment by rosybox in "The state of the restaurant industry"

rosybox — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 18:32:34 +0000

I feel for the industry, but I'm having a hard time seeing myself buying gift cards at a moment when I'm wondering if I will have a job or food for my family.

New comment by rosybox in "How to get your money back on a non-refundable hotel"

rosybox — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 04:57:27 +0000

If that is so then you should make your point without having to create a false story.

New comment by rosybox in "How to get your money back on a non-refundable hotel"

rosybox — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 03:55:32 +0000

Just FYI, if you're lying to get out of paying for something, or to get reimbursed on false pretenses that is called fraud and is illegal. It's also wrong to do, it is an action taken in bad faith.

New comment by rosybox in "Amazon to hire 100k warehouse and delivery workers"

rosybox — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 21:50:03 +0000

You likely couldn't panic buy anyways, stores are limiting what you can buy. Online and offline.

New comment by rosybox in "Open letter from Italy to the international scientific community"

rosybox — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 01:46:54 +0000

It's unlikely that other countries can do what China has done. As an example, China is able to do 200 CT scans a day at each fever station throughout the affected regions. In the US we can maybe do what 10 CT scans a day with a single machine? In China they were able to figure out within a short duration if someone needed to be quarantined. They built hospitals in days. It's not just about locking down. China has people taking temperatures of people entering their apartments or when they show up at work. There are drones patrolling the streets that detect people with a high temperature. I have a hard time seeing us in the US build out what China did in just a few days.

New comment by rosybox in "Trump Declares National Emergency"

rosybox — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 20:21:46 +0000

Everyone who is going to has already made their mind about Trump. Nothing that happens in the next few months is going to change that after the last 3 years. If he botches the coronavirus response his detractors will yell about it and his defenders will blame someone else.

New comment by rosybox in "Trump Declares National Emergency"

rosybox — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 20:19:33 +0000

Cannot stay 2 meters away at the check stand. How would that work?

New comment by rosybox in "The sound of the Hagia Sophia, more than 500 years ago"

rosybox — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 20:27:26 +0000

I'm not sure HN is the venue for you to begin your race war or make whatever point you're trying to go for here.

New comment by rosybox in "The sound of the Hagia Sophia, more than 500 years ago"

rosybox — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 19:55:54 +0000

Just listening to the balloon pop in the Hagia Sophia was amazing to hear. Are there any other structures with similar acoustics that still holds performances?

Also there's a YouTube playlist of the recording they mention at the end, the Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VrJ8XOwJzw&list=OLAK5uy_k98...

New comment by rosybox in "Adobe Summit Cancelled"

rosybox — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 00:43:20 +0000

Longer than April, it's been spreading in China since December and it's still spreading now, 3 months later, it's just beginning to spread elsewhere. It's probably going to be a while. The goal of the various health organizations is to slow the spread so that hospitals and medical services aren't overwhelmed by everyone getting sick all at once.

New comment by rosybox in "Google's ambitious push into gaming is floundering"

rosybox — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 17:51:06 +0000

I'm saying that Google does sometimes stick with products that aren't doing well initially if they see the promise in it.

New comment by rosybox in "Google's ambitious push into gaming is floundering"

rosybox — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 03:46:15 +0000

iirc Google Maps was initially not a success. MapQuest had a majority market share of online maps up until the release of the iPhone. So they floundered for about a year or two.

https://www.businessinsider.com/mapquest-a-symbol-of-everyth...