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Hydroxychloroquine, a gift from heaven. Take a chance! What do you have to lose?

Here's a good article about mathematical models. They're all wrong, but still better than nothing. (Isn't it funny how clever phrase really aren't very clever. Was that statement clever...?) https://komonews.com/news/coronavirus/modeling-coronavirus-be-it-uws-or-others-uncertainty-is-the-only-certainty

Look in the General Information chapter. It says Dexron. Might be in the Owners Manual also.

Good point, for COVID-19 (edit - I was referring to jonbill's post here). I was thinking more in terms of just accepting more overall death, outside of COVID-19, as the price for having your candidate in office. But, that's politics. Here's a good story, linked below, which gets in to how people can believe things that aren't true. It's about the media and how they can be manipulated also, just like the people watching. You can't tell who to believe. It has some history of the man at the top included. One thing that's not often mentioned is the fact the man at the top has several criminal indictments waiting for him if he doesn't get re-elected. He needs that second term so that the statue of limitations will run out. He is desperate to stay in office. And that might be the greatest irony of this COVID-19 problem. If he had jumped on this pandemic early, when he first heard about it, he would really be a hero now. He would look like a real leader, overlooking distractions and focusing on what really mattered, for the people. People would be willing to overlook all of his flaws, just due to his handling of COVID-19. He blew a huge chance to paper over all of his past. I would guess that some historian will see that as the biggest missed opportunity of his life. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/04/front-row-at-the-trump-show-jonathan-karl-book

Thanks. I've found a few but there's usually focused on a certain cause, like traffic, or suicide. Actually, world-wide, the US probably has a low death rate because we are, or were, a highly developed country. The direction that it's heading now though is the wrong way I think. Anyway, COVID-19 has only been happening in the US for about a month. There's a long way to go. All we can really do is watch and hope.

Hydroxychloroquine is a big part of this article. It also seems like a smoke-screen and coverup is being started. By the time this is over there probably won't be any way to prove, with evidence, what was right and what was wrong. The experts are about to be purged, and the usual suspects will be coming back. It will be unbelievable. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/07/fox-news-coronavirus-trump-media-allies-turn-against-fauci Rudy Guliani and Dr. Oz, over Dr. Fauci. Try to grasp that. "Reportedly, Trump’s own, increasingly bullish enthusiasm for the drug is informed by Giuliani. He in turn picked the notion that it was cure-all up from a celebrity doctor, Mehmet Oz, who, like Trump, is a regular guest on Fox & Friends."

That's why I mentioned per capita, and corrected my other post. That's the best measure, I think. The great irony here is that we've been told and still continue to be told, or sold, how much better America is than anywhere else in the world. But the numbers don't show it. America is a facade. We're been heading away from the dream at a pretty rapid rate in the last few years. If there was a death per capita chart that included all deaths, due to poor medical care, pollution, crime, border deaths, etc. the USA might be way up there, pre-virus. The virus is icing on the death cake. We are very far from the "best". It's an illusion. I'll see if I can find a death-tracking site. I'm sure there's one out there. Might as well know who we really are, instead of listening to people on the news channels. They're just selling more stuff. Whatever keeps people watching.

I think it shows that the computer number doesn't matter that much. Nissan probably switched over as inventory ran out. Your 1980 is probably an early build date 1980 so it got the last of the "1979" ECU's.

I mis-wrote earlier. Apparently, Spain and Italy are still #1 in deaths. We're only #1 in death rate. so, we'll take that #1 spot in total deaths in a few more days probably. Here's a good site that breaks things down by country. We're actually doing pretty well in per capita terms. But we could have done so much better. Wasteful deaths due to stalling and distracting. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

This graphic shows the timeline. Look at how much time we had to prepare, that was wasted.

IHME is back to keeping their page updated. It's not changing much, which suggests that their model is fairly accurate. The real data is matching the projected curve. They've expanded their work in to Europe. https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america http://www.healthdata.org/covid/updates

420 shows as a 79 ECU. Many of the ECU changes seem to be more for emissions reasons, I think. It probably won't hurt to try it just to see if the ECU is your problem. The main inputs will be the same, there's really nothing to damage.

There's a Nissan ECU guide in the downloads section. It might have a clue.

I haven't seen any comments about other politicians being "on the ball". Only about the obvious incompetence and idiocy of the President and the suckups he has surrounded himself with. I can't believe that you even wrote this post. Trump was warned about this pandemic very early and did nothing, see the link below. He gets his thoughts from the internet and Alex Jones and Steve Bannon. His inaction has led to many more people dying than should have. His efforts to get people to take hydroxychloroquine are an attempt to be able to say that he participated in a cure. If everyone is taking it who can say what made the survivors better? He is a 100% con-man and he always has been. The thread is about COVID-19. Trump is the main reason that United States of America has the worst COVID-19 epidemic in the world. We are #1 in sickness and death, and because of that Trump has to screw other countries that would normally get our help. His incompetence is affecting the whole world. Voting for Trump is voting for more death. The virus will still be around next year. He's not even a Republican, if you're one of those party followers. He was a Democrat when it worked for him then he switched parties when he saw a new opportunity. A new group to con. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/07/donald-trump-coronavirus-memos-warning-peter-navarro

Even the guys at the top have trouble really absorbing what's happening. How can a "health minister" not follow health-based guidance, that he supposedly played a part in producing? It's a tough reality. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/07/new-zealand-health-minister-demoted-after-beach-visit-broke-lockdown-rules

Pissing contests are kind of self-absorbed. Let's not do those. Your comment about "clouded judgement" is intentionally insulting. And I understood Pilgrim's post very clearly. You added some inference that wasn't there or maybe you just din't read it right. Let's not troll people in this thread. This is a serious issue.

A thought - velcro. I tied up a nice microfiber cleaning towel and it fits just right. But it's hard to get over my over-sized skull. Realized that velcro would be very nice.

The rear bolt probably just needs a socket on a long skinny extension. You might have to stack short extensions and/or use pliers on the extension instead of the ratchet handle.Then the housing might just pop off with a tap or two. Problems there are very common. Just have to get creative.

Apparently some stores get it and are changing policy. I might start shopping at QFC. https://komonews.com/news/coronavirus/qfc-stores-to-set-customer-limits-test-one-way-aisles-in-bid-to-slow-virus-spread

How much is left in the hole? Sometimes the shaft gets rusted in and only the top breaks off. You have to twist the housing around and back and forth on the bolt remnant to get the rust to break free. Got a picture?

Credit where due. AG Barr makes me queasy just thinking about what he's done but his latest action shows that there's still a vertebrae or two in there and a rational brain. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/06/william-barr-attorney-general-coronavirus-169232

I just took a little shopping trip to the local grocery store and was really surprised at how few people were wearing any type of face covering. I don't know if they are just dumb, or don't care, or don't believe that it helps. Even the store workers were not, only a few were, of their own accord. Here in north Washington it looks like the message about transmitting the virus without symptoms just isn't getting out there. Or it's a "me" thing.

Who, exactly, is going to implement a better plan? Seriously, can you imagine? From your article - "President Trump has no use for Sweden’s nuanced approach. Last Wednesday, he smeared it in a spectacular fashion by saying he’d heard that Sweden “gave it a shot, and they saw things that were really frightening, and they went immediately to shutting down the country.” And how does the idea in the second article work, without testing? The lack of tests has been an issue and still is. "They have laid out a version of the idea, which would have the government test all workers on designated days. Officials would swab all workers twice. The first swab would be pooled into groups of 1,000 and tested immediately. " Most of what's happening today in the US is damage control and campaigning. Fingers do need pointing. The wrong people are in charge.

Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, taken to intensive care, in case he needs a ventilator. This might make things more "real" for the ruling class. It can happen to anyone. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/apr/06/coronavirus-live-news-boris-johnson-admitted-to-hospital-as-trump-again-touts-hydroxychloroquine

I found a video that shows the tapping method for unsticking stuck float needle valves. Requires a special tool. It starts at about 30:35.