Subj : Re: PING Question To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Sat Jul 11 2020 00:46:44 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 01-Jul-2020 09:05 <=- BM>> Just another reason for one to know what his or her normals are. Like BM>> when my pulse rate was definitely too rapid - that was caught at the BM>> doctor's office. There could be a few reasons so let's not panic and BM>> prescribe something quite yet. Monitored for a couple/few months, BM>> didn't get much better so not due to a transient factor. ...OK, I've BM>> convinced myself it's not a short term health quirk and so let's go BM>> ahead with the detailed checking. NB>> Right... don't want to treat unnecessarily, but also don't want to NB>> ignore a true problem... Saw my GYN last week, BP was normal enough NB>> there, so added it to the list for my PCP to see... ;) BM> Yes: white coat syndrome, slight anxiety leftover from that car almost BM> not stopping in time on the way to your appointment, etc., could cause BM> a transient fluctuation. Mine seem to be more from looking for a parking spot in the garage, or having to watch the waitingroom TV... ;) NB>>> That seems to be the case here, as well... I've heard that some states NB>>> are having issues with new spikes, but maybe there's less care being NB>>> taken by people as things begin to reopen... BM>> As I understand it a combination of more testing (so more reporting) BM>> and people improperly gathering. Can gather, can group, just need to BM>> do so with a bit of healthy caution. ...I'm surprised no one has done BM>> a "stranger danger" takeoff yet! NB>> Apparently, there's not been much caution in the states that are NB>> spiking significantly... I can understand wanting to throw off the NB>> traces, but it's just a bit too early yet... As I understand it, too, NB>> in many cases, the states started opening too early and too fast... NB>> and/or hadn't shut down enough to begin with... People here have NB>> complained about how restrictive things were, and at the slow pace of NB>> reopening... but on the other hand, we still are continuing to NB>> decrease, despite more testings and practically being fully reopened, NB>> although still with masks and distancing and reduced occupancy.... :) BM> Pretty much a definite agreement to all. LIS, additional testing will BM> find more cases, which makes those number charts look frighting but BM> probably a good thing as discovering low-level instances which would BM> still be passing on the disease unknowingly. Agreed... BM> From my sitting at the Computer Desk vantage point it seems the slow- BM> but-sure openign (25%, then 50%...) makes more sense as easier to BM> control gatherings just because less numbers. Of course that does BM> assume compliance. Indeed. And states that do have the compliance are able to move forward.... ;) BM> The financial side of things -- . LISB4, fortunately BM> I/we are retired and so our incomes were unaffected. Those working, BM> relying on paychecks to come in... Fortunately many creditors BM> are letting payments slide - for a while - but that money will have to BM> be made up. As businesses reopen, and workers get back to work, things should improve... and the true loan forgiveness programs (as opposed to the scams that pop up as well) should help some, too.... :) NB>>> They'd have to be revising rates across the entire spectrum of NB>>> customers in your area, to do any sort of rate increase, I'd think... BM>> The insurance companies might want to think twice as I'd guess at BM>> least 50% of the houses in this area have had new roofs in the last BM>> month. Semi-unrelated is there have been ads on TV stating the Iowa BM>> Attorney General will prosecute price gouging due to COVID-19 and based BM>> on what he and his office has done in the past probably at least thirty BM>> years wouldn't have a problem investigating unnecessary insurance BM>> increases. NB>> It could well be argued that these are extraordinary circumstances, NB>> and rates shouldn't be raised... also that the houses in question NB>> have increased their value and decreased their liability... ;) BM> That's true! So you should be ok... ;) ttyl neb .... Skier: Someone who pays an arm and a leg to break them. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .