Did Texas "Re-open" too Soon?

So what I hear you say is that unless you have been tested positive for the Chinese virus from Wuhan, China, then you don't have it. Wouldn't that also mean the test causes it? Wouldn't that also mean that everyone in the entire country would have to be tested everyday for evah?


No! The math is people who die from the Chinese virus from Wuhan, China compared against the population. Then you have to sift through the deaths to determine if in fact the Chinese virus from Wuhan, China is the cause of death versus being present at the time of death..

Using Dallas Morning News numbers (1434 deaths, 51929 cases), the mortality rate (1434/51929= .0276) for Texas 2.76%.

Originally Posted by Munchmasterman

No! The math is people who die from the Chinese virus from Wuhan, China compared against the population. Then you have to sift through the deaths to determine if in fact the Chinese virus from Wuhan, China is the cause of death versus being present at the time of death.. Originally Posted by Why_Yes_I_Do

It's too late if you're trying to educate Munchie. He relies on the media for his numbers aka "Dallas Morning News" where they apparently find it acceptable to arrest a hair salon owner for opening her business a week early after several weeks of nonsensical, unsupported delays. What did the Dallas rag say?

I'm not on a "plant based" diet (if that means vegetarian).

I consume little beef. I eat chicken and fish . all baked/broiled.

With vegetables and fruit daily ... the latter laced with yogart.

Eating out is a challenge at times, which includes traveling and eating at friends' houses. But I'm there.

I have friends who are not. Originally Posted by LexusLover

I did not mean to imply that you were on a plant-based diet.

Personally, I have little to no restrictions in my diet. I eat fast-food but limit it. My downfall is drinking non-diet colas and my blood sugar is high but not in the danger zone. All other metrics are great, including a resting heart rate in the mid 50s. I do not monitor my vital signs, other than heart rate while exercising, more than a few times a year. At some point in time, maybe the very near future, my diet choices will start making a negative impact on my life. Until then, I eat what I enjoy.

I did not mean to imply that you were on a plant-based diet.

Personally, I have little to no restrictions in my diet. I eat fast-food but limit it. My downfall is drinking non-diet colas and my blood sugar is high but not in the danger zone. All other metrics are great, including a resting heart rate in the mid 50s. I do not monitor my vital signs, other than heart rate while exercising, more than a few times a year. At some point in time, maybe the very near future, my diet choices will start making a negative impact on my life. Until then, I eat what I enjoy. Originally Posted by SpeedRacerXXX

If you want to stop drinking coke tour a Coca Cola bottling plant. I use to know this guy who worked at a Coca Cola Bottling plant, although I've never been a coke drinker he said if you knew how Coke was made you would never drink it. Without getting into too much detail he said it starts off warm and it smells, lol.

Not to hijack the thread but I worked at the Dr Pepper plant back in the 70s. A fresh bottle off the line is incredible.

I know, right? 2 of his 29 total posts are about your God Damn basement, LOL... Originally Posted by Chung Tran

...and an even higher percentage of my posts are dedicated to your bad football takes.

Do you feel better? I hope so because I feel your pain.

Do you mind letting me know what your other handle is so I know why you are so sassy about my basement because it is certainly not worth 10% of your posts in a few hours of your 30 posts in almost 7 years since your join date. Just come clean so I can know who has a hard on for me. Don't be scared. Just be honest. I don't give a fuck about anyone's basement but my own. Why do you care so much about my downstairs 2nd living room? LOL Originally Posted by Lucas McCain

Hard on? You clearly have a reputation for lying or at the very least embellishing. The only reason that I responded to this one was that you waded into a topic that I have borderline expertise in. You could very easily prove me wrong if I was but I do not expect that you will. You will just deflect.

If you want to stop drinking coke tour a Coca Cola bottling plant. I use to know this guy who worked at a Coca Cola Bottling plant, although I've never been a coke drinker he said if you knew how Coke was made you would never drink it. Without getting into too much detail he said it starts off warm and it smells, lol. Originally Posted by Levianon17

Now I need to know the gross details and I do not think that a simple search engine query will be enough. Red pill me on Coke. Is it really that bad? I have seen videos about the conditions at poultry processing plants but I still eat a lot of chicken.

Not to hijack the thread but I worked at the Dr Pepper plant back in the 70s. A fresh bottle off the line is incredible. Originally Posted by gnadfly

I don't know how it's made. I am just going by what this guy told me. I don't drink either Dr. Pepper or Coca Cola. I do know both of those drinks contain a whole lot of sugar about 45g per can.

Hard on? You clearly have a reputation for lying or at the very least embellishing. The only reason that I responded to this one was that you waded into a topic that I have borderline expertise in. You could very easily prove me wrong if I was but I do not expect that you will. You will just deflect. Originally Posted by smokedog01

I have no idea why you are so obsessed with my basement and I really don't understand why you even care. I will say that the one thing I learned in my life when I gained success is that those don't have any care about what you have. On the flip side, I could give a fuck what anyone has.

Anyway, no more nonsense from you. I welcome you to believe whatever you want about me. You are definitely a complete waste of my time. You can keep talking about my basement if you want to. Shit, I'm not trying to go back to 1st grade with you. This is really dumb. I know my house. I paid for it and I live in it and I have a clown on a whore board arguing with me about my own house that he has never seen. Yeah, that's normal. LOL

By the way, the purple is cute. It's my little girl's favorite color.

...and an even higher percentage of my posts are dedicated to your bad football takes.





Hard on? You clearly have a reputation for lying or at the very least embellishing. The only reason that I responded to this one was that you waded into a topic that I have borderline expertise in. You could very easily prove me wrong if I was but I do not expect that you will. You will just deflect.





Now I need to know the gross details and I do not think that a simple search engine query will be enough. Red pill me on Coke. Is it really that bad? I have seen videos about the conditions at poultry processing plants but I still eat a lot of chicken. Originally Posted by smokedog01

I don't drink Coke, but I do eat a lot of Chicken. Apparently there is a lot of chemicals and sugars that go into the making of coke. It's warmed under high pressure to assure all these ingredients marry together and under these preliminary conditions it really stinks.

I have no idea why you are so obsessed with my basement and I really don't understand why you even care. I will say that the one thing I learned in my life when I gained success is that those don't have any care about what you have. On the flip side, I could give a fuck what you have.

Anyway, no more nonsense from you. I welcome you to believe whatever you want about me. You are definitely a complete waste of my time.

By the way, the purple is cute. It's my little girl's favorite color. Originally Posted by Lucas McCain

I love the smell of deflection in the morning.

I don't drink Coke, but I do eat a lot of Chicken. Apparently there is a lot of chemicals and sugars that go into the making of coke. It's warmed under high pressure to assure all these ingredients marry together and under these preliminary conditions it really stinks. Originally Posted by Levianon17

That is funny that Coca Cola lets their customers take a tour through a stink chamber. I was hoping for something a little more stomach turning. I do not drink any Coke products, either. The only soda that I ever liked was Dr Pepper but I have not had one since Snapple shut down Dublin.

It should have never closed.

I don't drink Coke, but I do eat a lot of Chicken. Apparently there is a lot of chemicals and sugars that go into the making of coke. It's warmed under high pressure to assure all these ingredients marry together and under these preliminary conditions it really stinks. Originally Posted by Levianon17

I agree with you about Coke. The funny thing is since I don't have to be in the office now, I don't touch it. But I do drink it regularly when I am there. A coworker gave me a lecture about Coke and how bad it is for you. She was a chain smoker and drank coffee all day. I wasn't exactly looking for unsolicited health tips from her but she gave them. It kind of cracked me up listening to her because I was just drinking a 20 ounce bottle of diet coke a day. I was just kind of like, "you are much worse than me and my one Coke. Why are you giving me health tips?"

He's got game!


Originally Posted by Why_Yes_I_Do

Using Dallas Morning News numbers (1434 deaths, 51929 cases), the mortality rate (1434/51929= .0276) for Texas 2.76%.

Originally Posted by Munchmasterman

The "case" mortality rate. Not the "crude" mortality rate, which the other graphic represents. Please be specific. Originally Posted by eccielover

Which other graphic?
Please be specific.

Moot point. The number shown isn't a "crude mortality rate" anyway. It only uses one cause of death.

Since we were discussing the virus, my equation mentioned cases and the "crude" rate is for all deaths over the course of a given time period for a given geographical area and really has nothing to do with this, it is obvious which one I was referring to.

Sorry you were confused.

Originally Posted by Munchmasterman

So the graphic I was referencing is my first quote, which I guess I mistakenly thought you were responding to/refuting with your quote as my second above.

That you randomly tossed out the numbers with evening putting any context into it shows you're level of discussion(or lack thereof).

You indeed were using the Case Mortality rate and the graphic I mentioned was the crude Mortality rate for Wuhan virus.

Which simply puts us again as people will use or reference whichever statistic or "rate" that best supports what they are trying to argue.

And that none of them are "accurate", just numbers being tossed about to make political hay at this point.

And just for your edification, crude mortality can indeed be a single cause over the entire population and seemingly you knew what graphic I was discussing after all.

https://ourworldindata.org/covid-mortality-risk

The crude mortality rate – sometimes called the crude death rate – measures the probability that any individual in the population will die from the disease; not just those who are infected, or are confirmed as being infected. It’s calculated by dividing the number of deaths from the disease by the total population. For instance, if there were 10 deaths in a population of 1,000, the crude mortality rate would be [10 / 1,000], or 1%, even if only 100 people had been diagnosed with the disease.

You are welcome for the information.

I did not mean to imply that you were on a plant-based diet.

Personally, I have little to no restrictions in my diet. I eat fast-food but limit it. My downfall is drinking non-diet colas and my blood sugar is high but not in the danger zone. All other metrics are great, including a resting heart rate in the mid 50s. I do not monitor my vital signs, other than heart rate while exercising, more than a few times a year. At some point in time, maybe the very near future, my diet choices will start making a negative impact on my life. Until then, I eat what I enjoy. Originally Posted by SpeedRacerXXX

Sugar water is the worst dietary item you can consume.

Real sugar is no problem in moderation, HFCS is garbage.