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  1. https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/04/21/us/21reuters-health-coronavirus-un-food.html Another ripple (more like tsunami) expected from Covid, an estimated another 130 million people worldwide (mainly in areas like Africa or the Middle East) to enter serious/critical starvation levels due to economic slowdown and drop in tourism. There was already an estimated 135 million in that situation prior to Covid pandemic for comparison. That equates to the possibility of tens or even hundreds of thousands of people dying indirectly from the pandemic.
  2. Wasn't there mention when this started that we should be concerned if something like this started happening: https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2020/4/10/21216453/locusts-africa-destruction-crops-uganda-kenya-ethiopia-sudan Let's hope there isn't water turning into blood or frogs appearing everywhere next. For those that are inclined to do so, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (of which I am a member) is calling for a day of world wide fasting and prayer to seek God's help during this crisis (both medical and economic). If you don't want to or are unable to skip meals for health reasons you could find something else to sacrifice for the day or find some act of service you can give to others.
  3. Correct, I know in the situation with my sick neighbor and his family that despite the fact the he, his wife and one of his sons were all sick with Covid-19, the wife and the son never showed up in the official numbers, just the dad. Why the rest of the family aren't counted I don't understand. I know maybe they were initially only counting people that were actually tested, and they never tested the wife and the son because it was obvious they had it and testing was still very limited. But how can you not count at least the son when he had to go to the hospital and receive medical care and had symptoms of the disease? If this situation is common then there has got to be tens of thousands more "known" cases out there that aren't officially counted let alone the ones that we don't know about.
  4. The update my wife saw tonight on Facebook for my neighbor's situation: They have been able to do some dialysis on him and it seems to have helped his overall situation. He is still extremely weak but has been able to squeeze the nurse's hand and respond to her which he hasn't been able to do for about week. They were able to have him breathe for a couple of hours without a ventilator but will have to try and slowly work him off as his lungs and body are so weak. It sounds like he has at least a fighting chance if not better to make it through this. It is going to be a long difficult road to recovery but I am glad things are looking hopeful for him and his family.
  5. There is a guy in my neighborhood who got it from a co-worker in Salt Lake. It is looking like slim odds right now for him. He is just under 50 years old but I am pretty sure he has diabetes and some other health problems. He has been at Ogden Regional for about 2 weeks now and his lungs are still in horrible shape and his kidney function is almost non-existent. I'm not much sure how much longer he can hang in there if he doesn't turn the corner soon. His wife and a 20 year old son both caught it but somehow don't show up as official cases that I have seen so far (we are in Bear River Health District). There is also a 14 year old son, who if he caught (I'm not sure) had a pretty mild case. The 20 year old had to go into the hospital at one point for about a day, but they were able to send him home with a couple of oxygen tanks. My wife took our young kids over a couple of days ago and drew some chalk pictures on their sidewalk and we have been praying for their family everyday. It is a rough situation to be in for them with their spouse or dad at death's door at the hospital and they are stuck in isolation at home.
  6. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3076323/third-coronavirus-cases-may-be-silent-carriers-classified Not unexpectedly, there is evidence that China didn't report about 1/3 of the cases that tested positive (besides the problem of how ever many cases were untested that nearly everywhere is still trying to deal with). The cases not reported appear to be people with very mild symptoms, or were asymptomatic or nearly asymptomatic. It calls into question some of the analysis I have seen that say very few cases are asymptomatic. I think it strongly suggests that the virus may have been much more likely to have been spreading undetected in other countries for weeks longer than was assumed. The Chinese government has done their best to screw over the world by hiding information.
  7. Something, he landed sort of weird on a play and did get hit in the head and lost his helmet, so probably being cautious about a concussion.
  8. Somebody post something like claiming USU has the best attendance and fan support or maybe poke some Boise or SDSU fans with a stick. Maybe claim that USU had the best moral victories over the past 8 years or something.
  9. Hmm odd that Boise doesn't seem to make it to the MWC championship when they have the "easy" half of the west division weird. To answer your question USU doesn't have much in the way of "marquee" wins. I think that is part of the problem of college football is the argument you are attempting to make of giving automatic preference to teams because they were good in the past. The only thing of relevance is the current year and maybe the past year. College team rosters usually change dramatically year to year, what does it matter if you went to the Fiesta bowl 5 years ago if no of those players are on the team still? Imagine in another sports league like say the NFL saying that the Eagles are a better team this year than say the Chiefs because the Eagles won a big game last year and when was the last time the Chiefs won the Super bowl? It is silly. I am not going to argue about that USU has a great track record of winning against some supposed big time team that sets the bar for what makes a team good. You can only play the games you have, is it USUs fault that in large part the rest of the conference doesn't have winning records? I will be the first to admit that if USU comes up against a team with a solid defensive scheme and an offense that can actually score that USU might fall flat on their face, but for now I would wager the USU football team is happy to have people underestimate them.
  10. So two team that are slightly above .500 congrats. I haven't seen anyone making the argument that USU has played a tough schedule. Sagarin has Fresno at something like #91 for SOS and USU at #116 so again congratulations your sos is dominating USU by being so great. I guess if you want to hang your hat on the #91 sos go ahead.
  11. Tell us about the plethora of teams on Fresno's schedule with winning records.
  12. But why do they leave the tent? That seems to be biggest mystery in this story.
  13. I think this is one of the more interesting rabbit holes I have come across. One can obviously not be certain, but a natural phenomenon like wind or an avalanche does not seem probable. I suspect there was some sort of cover up involved. I think the mysterious lights spotted by others point to some sort of top secret testing in the area. Whether the group actually saw something they were not meant to see or not, someone in the Soviet government and/or military learned they were heading to the area and was suspicious they had or would probably see something by being in the area and had them eliminated. Some of the group possibly resisted leading to the traumatic injuries while the rest were forced out into the cold night without any gear that would allow them to survive, the perpetrators knowing that they would die from hypothermia. This lead to at least some staging of things at the camp by the perpetrators to obscure what had happened. That is my best guess. Thanks for putting this together.
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