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The Coronavirus thread

Ron Burgundy said:
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Coronavirus: Pepperoni getting costlier, harder to find amid COVID-19 pandemic

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By: Kelli Dugan, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Updated: August 16, 2020 - 9:48 PM

The United States’ most popular pizza topping is the latest foodstuff casualty of the novel coronavirus pandemic as supplies tighten and pizzerias nationwide grapple with rising costs.

According to Bloomberg, demand has risen sharply as large sections of the public continue avoiding public dining, while production snags at meat processing plants nationwide have kept supplies tight.

In fact, some smaller shops are paying as much as $2 more per pound compared with pre-pandemic costs, Bloomberg reported.

Pepperoni is made from a cured mixture of pork and beef that is seasoned with spices such as paprika and chili pepper to give it a smoky flavor, Today reported.

Barry Friends, a partner at foodservice consultant Pentallect, told Bloomberg the ingredient’s labor-intensive process and low profit margins have forced some producers to abandon the product entirely as they “streamline operations” amid the pandemic.

According to Bloomberg, larger chain pizzerias typically buy ingredients on long-term contracts with pre-negotiated prices that are not subject to market changes, so Domino’s, Papa John’s, Pizza Hut and Little Caesars have avoided pepperoni shortages or price increases to date.

Citing a YouGov survey conducted in 2019, 53% of U.S. respondents selected pepperoni as one of their top three favorite pizza toppings, Today reported.
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man that pizza looks good
 
Steelworth said:
And you just wait Indy, Flog is gonna "getcha" because the numbers aren't right to the moment up-to-date. Forget that that's not even the purpose of why you posted the graph, he's still gonna pull a "drive-by" on dat ***.
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Use those numbers. What’s .4 percent of 331 million? What did they say would happen if the virus went unmitigated?

Too easy. What is it with you guys and math? I mean, really?
 
Troglodyte said:
Use those numbers. What’s .4 percent of 331 million? What did they say would happen if the virus went unmitigated?

Too easy. What is it with you guys and math? I mean, really?
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The truth is that this infection is more widespread than the "tested" figures state. Most people have NO symptoms. My 28 year old niece has it now, It is the flu for her. The only reason she got tested is because her boss tested positive.

The death figures are highly misrepresented.

This is a political pandemic. Nothing more.
 
Troglodyte said:
Use those numbers. What’s .4 percent of 331 million? What did they say would happen if the virus went unmitigated?

Too easy. What is it with you guys and math? I mean, really?
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Why would we use .4% instead of .04% which is the actual rate. Yeah, just move that decimal one place and presto, a million more dead people.

331,000,000 x .4% = 1,324,000
331,000,000 x .04% = 132,400
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/...tion=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage


Interesting, and I've been saying this for awhile. Cuomo pats himself on the back because infection rates in NY are currently low, but that may very well be because so many have already been infected. The "second wave" on the other hand hit places that weren't hit hard at all initially, and continues to do so in pockets all over the country (and the world).

It may not be masks and social distancing at work so much as herd immunity (although I believe they also slow the spread to some degree) or lack of it.
 
Troglodyte said:
Use those numbers. What’s .4 percent of 331 million? What did they say would happen if the virus went unmitigated?

Too easy. What is it with you guys and math? I mean, really?
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Not one projection ever said we would have 100% percent spread you imbecile. I saw bout 40% to 50% in most worst case projections not 100%.
 
Troglodyte said:
Use those numbers. What’s .4 percent of 331 million? What did they say would happen if the virus went unmitigated?

Too easy. What is it with you guys and math? I mean, really?
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I looked at the total case & death numbers and noticed those are old numbers, hence my response. As for the percentages for the recovered or total deaths, I didn't look at them or care to verify them.

But now that I see you're being so anal over something trivial here, I think what you're asking is what is 0.04% of 331 million, which is 132,400. You're gonna have to go to 0.042% to get to the 139,000, roughly.
 
tapeANaspirin2it said:
Why would we use .4% instead of .04% which is the actual rate. Yeah, just move that decimal one place and presto, a million more dead people.

331,000,000 x .4% = 1,324,000
331,000,000 x .04% = 132,400
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Derp, I didn't even see this. But I dunno WTF he's even trying to get at?
 
tapeANaspirin2it said:
Why would we use .4% instead of .04% which is the actual rate. Yeah, just move that decimal one place and presto, a million more dead people.

331,000,000 x .4% = 1,324,000
331,000,000 x .04% = 132,400
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We’re already at 170,000 and adding about 1,000/day. We’re well past 132k.
 
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11:26 PM · Aug 17, 2020
 
My uncle tested positive 2 weeks ago. My aunt just got her test results back (they were tested at the same time) and she tested negative. My mom who had been at their house during the possible time of exposure also tested negative. I’m thinking they saw my uncle’s age (82) and assumed he would get sick...and his test was a false positive.
 
Yinzerlyn said:
My uncle tested positive 2 weeks ago. My aunt just got her test results back (they were tested at the same time) and she tested negative. My mom who had been at their house during the possible time of exposure also tested negative. I’m thinking they saw my uncle’s age (82) and assumed he would get sick...and his test was a false positive.
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Why did your 82 years old uncle get tested, was he showing symptoms?
 
He fell in the shower. Then after that said he wasn’t feeling well. No fever- just dizziness. He went to the hospital as a precaution- they tested him there and got the results immediately. Said he had Covid and he had to stay in the hospital 3 days. Never had breathing issues, no fever, no cardiac. Just the falling and the dizziness.
 
Yinzerlyn said:
He fell in the shower. Then after that said he wasn’t feeling well. No fever- just dizziness. He went to the hospital as a precaution- they tested him there and got the results immediately. Said he had Covid and he had to stay in the hospital 3 days. Never had breathing issues, no fever, no cardiac. Just the falling and the dizziness.
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Anecdotal, but seems like a false positive to me. One can only wonder how many others are as well and never questioned.
 
ZonaBurgh said:
Anecdotal, but seems like a false positive to me. One can only wonder how many others are as well and never questioned.
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Exactly. I don’t know how we will ever know how many inaccurate results there have been. Anecdotal evidence doesn’t hold water. The other thing that makes me question the validity is that my uncles never really went anywhere. He pretty much stayed inside the house. When he did leave, he was always masked up and didn’t go places where there were a lot of people (grocery stores, etc). Again...anecdotal...but at some point, anecdotes and person experience(s) should start to add up to something.
 
According to worldometer the death rate is 6% for those that get the virus thus far. The US has had 3,149,858 cases with an outcome.
2,975,698 recovered/discharged and 174,160 died. That is accurate on worldometer as of 1:24 PM.
 
21STEELERS21 said:
According to worldometer the death rate is 6% for those that get the virus thus far. The US has had 3,149,858 cases with an outcome.
2,975,698 recovered/discharged and 174,160 died. That is accurate on worldometer as of 1:24 PM.
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You are not very good with numbers are you?

6% of 331 million is about 20 million.

Read up in thread to understand your errors.

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Confluence said:
You are not very good with numbers are you?

6% of 331 million is about 20 million.

Read up in thread to understand your errors.

Sent from my SM-N950W using Tapatalk
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21 is a Gradjit of the Flog Skuwl o Mathdematix
 
Here’s a breakdown of the stats. CDC has been trying to hide stats in mounds of data.

 
According to worldometer the death rate is 6% for those that get the virus thus far. The US has had 3,149,858 cases with an outcome.
2,975,698 recovered/discharged and 174,160 died. That is accurate on worldometer as of 1:24 PM.
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Those are outcomes of confirmed infections. It’s estimated actual infections are at least 10
times that many.
 
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