Posted on 04/08/2020 9:40:31 AM PDT by Mariner
Yesterday's thread here:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3832668/posts?page=1
What is water glassing eggs?
“My concern is that testing a low prevalence population will result in many false positives unless the test nears 100% specificity. A test our lab is evaluating has 96% clinical specificity. If antibody prevalence is 1%, 80% of positive tests will be false positives.”
I can’t explain this but see such claims often
LOL...I think I remember seeing a few miserable boys, in Clothworld, back then.
What a treasure your dear mom sounds like.
I hope my kids look back on the costumes, etc., that I’ve sewn, over the years....like you do, with your mom.
(I’ve kept most of the costumes that I made....they’re in a box, in the guest room closet. I figure the grands can use them for play.)
I love how you say you’re guarding your mom....really special.
https://timbercreekfarmer.com/water-glassing-fresh-egg-storage/
https://vintagerecipesandcookery.com/preserve-eggs-slaked-lime-water-glass/
Dr Stephen McColgan, with Vivera Pharmaceuticals talking about the antibodies testing kits, that his company makes.
He said Germany is using same/similar tests, as are several other countries.
Also said that Trump is trying to cut through FDA redtape, but, it’s just a tough thing to do :(
“GE workers demand to save jobs, make ventilators to fight coronavirus pandemic”
NYC
Official New York City
Cases: 80,204
Total hospitalized*: 20,474
Deaths: 4,260
As of: 04/08/2020, 5:00pm
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page
GA
COVID-19 Confirmed Cases: No. Cases (%)
Total 10189 (100%)
Hospitalized 2082(20.43%)
Deaths 369 (3.62%)
https://dph.georgia.gov/covid-19-daily-status-report
WA
Cases: 9,097
Deaths: 421
https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/Coronavirus
FL
Total Cases 15,698
Positive Residents 15,234
Hospitalizations 2,082
Deaths 323
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/96dd742462124fa0b38ddedb9b25e429
MA
There are 1588 new cases
for a total of 16790.
• 77 new deaths were
reported for a total of 433.
https://www.mass.gov/doc/covid-19-cases-in-massachusetts-as-of-april-8-2020/download
IL
Positive 15,078
Deaths 462
http://dph.illinois.gov/covid19
LA
17,030 positive cases
652 deaths
1983 hospitalized
COVID-19 cases have been reported by 93 nursing homes in Louisiana. For context, there are a total of 436 nursing homes and adult residential care facilities in Louisiana. Within nursing homes, 557 patients have been reported to have COVID-19; among nursing home residents 130 deaths have been reported.
http://ldh.la.gov/index.cfm/newsroom/detail/5533
Thanks for the links.
That is fascinating.
You should post that on the homesteading thread.
20 Homesteading Skills To Learn In 2020
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3821084/posts
“A test our lab is evaluating has 96% clinical specificity. If antibody prevalence is 1%, 80% of positive tests will be false positives.”
The test is accurate 96% of the time, wrong 4% of the time. So if 1% of the people have antibodies, you’ll get “1” (0.96) accurate positives and “4” (3.84) false positives. 80% of your positives will be false positives.
“Fortunately” prevalence will be much, much larger than 1% by the time this is over. But I’d rather have 80% false positives than any number of false negatives.
Got a house on 1/4 acre, and my mortgage will be paid off this month. Paid off my Wells Fargo Mile One (Honda) card last month and paid my entire Discover bill this month. Will only have little charges here and there from now on, if I can help it.
Glad to know I can freeze produce. Would I need a vacuum sealer and appropriate bags to pull that off?
CT
CT coronavirus death toll up another 49 fatalities; total is 326
https://www.ctpost.com/news/coronavirus/article/CT-coronavirus-death-toll-up-another-49-15187782.php
TN
4,362 cases
79 deaths
592 recovered
449 hospitalized
https://www.tn.gov/health/cedep/ncov.html
I’m trying to teach myself to cook. Made up some broccoli (from frozen) this afternoon, and I can whip up tuna salads upon request. Made a grilled cheese, but using Mexican 4-cheese shreds, since I didn’t have slices, last night. Made a big ol’ mess, with cheese shreds burning on the stove top. Oh, well.
TX
9,353 Cases Reported
177 Fatalities
https://txdshs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/ed483ecd702b4298ab01e8b9cafc8b83
MI
20,346 cases
959 deaths
https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98163-520743—,00.html
Good planning.
Now for the prepping.......
Was Clay Jenkins the same idiot who visited Thomas (?) Duncan’s house without PPE during the Ebola incident down there?
I’m trying to get back into running. This virus is taking all the fun out of my life.
I’d go to the liquor store, but I don’t want to drink potentially COVID-infested beer, and I must keep a keen mind during this crisis.
Thanks, I’m beginning to see a little light.
Produce can be frozen but it is not the same quality as fresh when it thaws out.
Most recommendations are that the produce be blanched in boiling water for a certain amount of time to destroy the enzymes that will break down the food even frozen.
A vacuum sealer is a good investment as food keeps in the sealed bags MUCH better than in Ziploc bags.
Mr mm found a new source for vacuum sealer bags that we like. He doesn’t care for the Food Saver brand. He thinks they are too flimsy. We liked the Ziploc brand but Runnings quit carrying that.
The new brand he found that he likes is this......
The brand name is Out of Air.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=out+of+air+vacuum+sealer+bags&i=garden&ref=nb_sb_noss_2
They come in big rolls and are very cost effective.
BTW, you can buy the vacuum sealer machines in camo.
Well if you want a laugh..you should see what happened to prince harrys new foundation site..because he was too stupid to register it. Someone claimed it and it redirects to kanye west song Gold digger
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