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on Framing the News About Bicycling? Let’s Try ‘Safety First’: “I think you mean to turn right on WPL. I do it everyday and will not stop! Thank you for…” May 6, 08:57
on Framing the News About Bicycling? Let’s Try ‘Safety First’: “Yeah,Steph and super-bright headlight beams. That’s my beef. Just a simple drive from OB to East County I see so…” May 5, 21:37on Framing the News About Bicycling? Let’s Try ‘Safety First’: “I encountered this self-serving semantic argument several years ago. Attempts to control language like this is not anything new, but…” May 5, 21:37
- on Framing the News About Bicycling? Let’s Try ‘Safety First’: “Don’t be so freaking offensive. Okay,maybe I read your comments wrong. You seemed to be nit-picking and missing the main…” May 5, 21:35
on Framing the News About Bicycling? Let’s Try ‘Safety First’: “Looks like CA could use the Idaho & Portland stop law. Idaho adopted the law way back in 1982. Portland…” May 5, 21:26
on Framing the News About Bicycling? Let’s Try ‘Safety First’: “Frank, I don’t recall ever agreeing with anything related to Carl Demaio, so I’d be shocked if that were the…” May 5, 20:15
on Framing the News About Bicycling? Let’s Try ‘Safety First’: “If the cyclist did exactly as you describe, yes it absolutely would have been his/her fault. Most cyclists (myself included)…” May 5, 19:31
on Framing the News About Bicycling? Let’s Try ‘Safety First’: “Jeff and Javiar, I appreciate that you took the time to comment. Reporters need to hear from people who disagree…” May 5, 19:26
on Framing the News About Bicycling? Let’s Try ‘Safety First’: “Your bicyclist friend may be a candidate for a Darwin Award. However, you are right to be over cautious when…” May 5, 19:22
on Framing the News About Bicycling? Let’s Try ‘Safety First’: “I can relate to this, George. One thing that drives me crazy is the number of cars that have heavily…” May 5, 18:24
- on Mission Bay: From Wetlands to Resorts to Largest Aquatic Park on West Coast: “Well gee Kramer, back in the 40s, 50s and early 60s, the Calif coast was not threatened as much as…” May 5, 16:38
on Framing the News About Bicycling? Let’s Try ‘Safety First’: “Yes, and I was knocked down crossing on a “walk” signal by a cyclist who ran the red light at…” May 5, 16:31
- on Framing the News About Bicycling? Let’s Try ‘Safety First’: “Jeff, hey it’s been quite a while since you’ve made comments here. Is that what you mean when you say…” May 5, 16:27
on Framing the News About Bicycling? Let’s Try ‘Safety First’: “Jeff, dont bother asking Kate for any bike data – her position has been that her anecdotal diatribes are infallible…” May 5, 15:32
Jim Grant is arguably one of the best photographers to ever walk the streets of OB.
Agreed.
According to the biologists/infectious disease specialists I’m talking to (and reading), this is the entire country in the next four weeks. At least the more intelligent parts of the country.
Then it gets worse.
sealintheSelkirks
How did this work out?
As the latter half of the 2nd Wave slams the ‘re-opened for bizness’ areas of the country, as people argue about the value of masks to the Trump Virus will go away like a miracle as sick people continue to radically increase daily while the crowds of people not paying attention because they are tired of it all (short attention spans, eh?) put themselves at risk in ways that they do not have the educational background to understand. So, in reply to your question, it has worked out just dandy for the billionaires like Amazon’s Bezos whose wealth has increased $10 BILLION a month since March! And you did get your $1,200, right?
I personally know two people who have died of this, one a 52 yr old extremely healthy organic farmer friend and the other being a 37 yr old firefight woman. Another local woman that has always been a very healthy ‘century’ bike rider who regularly rides 15 miles a day 27 yr old who ‘recovered’ and can barely function three months later. She is nearly bedridden and, like Tom Hanks reported, has a hard time thinking along with the physical ailments that continue to slam her in mid-July. And my county is one of the least affected in the state.
As my retired biologist/virologist ex-Army biological weapons lab neighbor keeps telling me, wait until August/Sept when the 2nd Wave is expected to slam into this country.
Read the article link below, please.
sealintheSelkirks
Think a ‘Mild’ Case of Covid-19 Doesn’t Sound So Bad? Think Again
Otherwise healthy people who thought they had recovered from coronavirus are reporting persistent and strange symptoms – including strokes
Guardian UK
https://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/63892-think-a-mild-case-of-covid-19-doesnt-sound-so-bad-think-again
Conventional wisdom suggests that when a sickness is mild, it’s not too much to worry about. But if you’re taking comfort in World Health Organization reports that over 80% of global Covid-19 cases are mild or asymptomatic, think again. As virologists race to understand the biomechanics of Sars-CoV-2, one thing is becoming increasingly clear: even “mild” cases can be more complicated, dangerous and harder to shake than many first thought.
Throughout the pandemic, a notion has persevered that people who have “mild” cases of Covid-19 and do not require an ICU stay or the use of a ventilator are spared from serious health repercussions. Just last week, Mike Pence, the US vice-president, claimed it’s “a good thing” that nearly half of the new Covid-19 cases surging in 16 states are young Americans, who are at less risk of becoming severely ill than their older counterparts. This kind of rhetoric would lead you to believe that the ordeal of “mildly infected” patients ends within two weeks of becoming ill, at which point they recover and everything goes back to normal. Article continues at link above…
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Correction! Latter half of the 1st Wave!
I forgot to mention that I really like ACE’s pics, too!
sealintheSelkirks
Of course! We like ACE’s pics – after all he’s my cuz.