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Obey the laws And wear the gauze Protect your jaws From Septic Paws Authoritative Measures The public health authorities in both the United States and Europe took up fundamental measures to control epidemics that dated back to Medieval times of the Bubonic Plague. They aimed to reduce the transmission of the pathogen by preventing contact. They framed their public health orders in scientific ideas of their understanding of how the influenza microbe spread through the air by coughing and sneezing, and their conception of the pathogenesis of influenza. Since they concluded that the pathogen was transmitted through the air, efforts to control contagion were organized to prevent those infected from sharing the same air as the uninfected. Public gatherings and the coming together of people in close quarters was seen as a potential agency for the transmission of the disease. The public health authorities believed that good ventilation and fresh air were "the best of all general measures for prevention, and this implies the avoidance of crowded meetings," (BMJ, 10/19/1918). This translated into the controversial and imperative measure of closing of many public institutions and banning of public gatherings during the time of an epidemic. The rigidity of these regulations varied immensely with the power of the local health departments and severity of the influenza outbreak. In the United States, the Committee of the American Public Health Association ( APHA) issued measures in a report to limit large gatherings. The committee held that any type of gathering of people, with the mixing of bodies and sharing of breath in crowded rooms, was dangerous. Nonessential meetings were to be prohibited. They determined that saloons, dance halls, and cinemas should be closed and public funerals should be prohibited since they were unnecessary assemblies. Churches were allowed to remain open, but the committee believed that only the minimum services should be conducted and the intimacy reduced. Street cars were thought to be a special menace to society with poor ventilation, crowding and uncleanliness. The committee encouraged the staggering of opening and closing hours in stores and factories to prevent overcrowding and for people to walk to work when possible (JAMA, 12/21/1918). Some of the regulations in Britain were milder, such as limiting music hall performances to less than three consecutive hours and allowing a half-hour for ventilation between shows (BMJ, 11/30/1918). In Switzerland, theaters, cinemas, concerts and shooting matches were all suspended when the epidemic struck, which led to a state of panic (BMJ, 10/19/1918). This variation in response was most likely due to differences in authority of the public health agencies and societal acceptance of their measures as necessary. This necessitated a shared belief in the concept of contagion and some faith in the actions of science to allow them to overcome this plague. https://virus.stanford.edu/uda/fluresponse.html

I’m sure less but as this thing either keeps changing or we learn more about it, who knows? But cool word, right? I used it three times yesterday.

Sorry to hear about that @squirrelwhisperer

I’m not saying you’re making light of it, but there’s is a narrative out there that compares it to the flu in an effort to lessen the perceived risk and danger. I learned a new word today: micromort. Basically, the one-in-a-million chance anyone has of dying in a certain situation. Understand that this is under the extreme (for America) restrictions. "A useful way to understand risks is by comparing them with what is called a “micromort,” which measures a one-in-a-million chance of dying. Note that we are considering only fatality risks here, not the risk of growing sick from coronavirus, or morbidity. The micromort allows one to easily compare the risk of dying from skydiving, for example (7 micromorts per jump), or going under general anesthesia in the United States (5 micromorts), to that of giving birth in the United States (210 micromorts). The average American endures about one micromort of risk per day, or one in a million chance of dying, from nonnatural causes, such as being electrocuted, dying in a car wreck or being struck by an asteroid (the list is long). Let’s apply this concept to Covid-19. Using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, New York City experienced approximately 24,000 excess deaths from March 15 to May 9, when the pandemic was peaking. That’s 24,000 more deaths than would have normally occurred during the same time period in previous years, without this pandemic. This statistic is considered a more accurate estimate of the overall mortality risk related to Covid-19 than using the reported number of deaths resulting from confirmed cases, since it captures indirect deaths associated with Covid-19 (because of an overwhelmed health care system, for example) as well as the deaths caused by the virus itself. Converting this to micromort language, an individual living in New York City has experienced roughly 50 additional micromorts of risk per day because of Covid-19. That means you were roughly twice as likely to die as you would have been if you were serving in the U.S. armed forces in Afghanistan throughout 2010, a particularly deadly year." Article @knehrke Feeling extremely cautious.

My understanding is that there have been a lot cases of organ failure, which caught the medical community by surprise. With measures that resulted in a shut down of the country, severe hit to the economy, restricted to no travel, abandonment of societal norms; we still had 100k deaths and counting in a few months. Again, this isn’t the flu. I’m not saying this is the end of the world, but I don’t think discounting it or making light of it will help the coming outbreaks.

My friend (42-year-old, fit, non-smoking woman) has been dealing with a severe case and is now trying to manage organ failure - lungs and kidneys, as well as inflammation of her brain. I don’t recall the flu acting like that.

I heard that the WB has a pretty heavy drift boat hatch right now.

I spent yesterday day on the EB and Beaverkill. This crazy spring seems to have done a number on being able to predict a consistent hatch. Bugs were sporadic and sparse.

Like most everything ... it depends. But for the most part, what they’re eating dictates how and where in the water column a trout eats. Stimulators are like that girl in the bar sitting alone with a little too much makeup on and in a slightly too tight dress making eye contact with every guy who walks by. Hard to resist if you’re “hungry.”

2 x 4?

Have you pissed off any anteaters?

I mean, probably porcupine, but then again ...

Widely spaced claws ... powerful jaws ... Cthulhu?

Porcupine. Or zombies. Or aliens. Probably porcupine. Maybe.

They're not illegal, though the DEC recommends rubber. The jury is out on didymo, but I think if you stick to one watershed and thoroughly dry between outings you're fine. I use the Ultimate Wading Shoe designed by Gary Borger. They are long out of production but I got in touch with the manufacturer and secured a few replacement soles they had in a back storeroom so I'm good for like forever. That stacked heel is a lifesaver as it wedges into rocks. I'm surprised no one else uses it

Whom do you trust? KINGSTON, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A Kingston barber with a positive coronavirus diagnosis has been operating “illicitly” throughout “the last few weeks” of the NY on PAUSE directive, according to the Ulster County Health Commissioner. “We are taking extraordinary measures to try and minimize the spread of this dangerous disease and learning that a barbershop has been operating illicitly for weeks with a COVID-19 positive employee is extraordinarily disheartening. As much as we would all like to go out and get a professional haircut, this kind of direct contact has the potential to dramatically spread this virus throughout our community and beyond.” DR. CAROL SMITH ULSTER COUNTY HEALTH COMMISSIONER

Fair enough. Maybe it's just a fit issue. Unfortunately, the only way to get that dialed in is to visit a shop.

Orvis will replace those. I once brought in a 20-year-old pair that I found at a garage sale, just to see if they could fix a leak and they offered to replace. I said no. At the higher level, they're all good. It just comes down to what fits you best. Patagonia doesn't work for me at all, Simms and Redington do. I use Redington. They've replaced waders for broken zippers and leaks (my fault) and have on two occasions replaced lesser models with the top of their line.

Sorry to read this. Best of luck.

Had a chat with a fellow laying wire up my road today and he had a theory that Bill Gates patented this virus in 2012 then developed and patented the vaccine in 2016. It seems for reasons of control. That aside for a moment, if someone comes up with a viable CDC-approved vaccine in December of this year, will you take it?

On the plus side, I’ve never had so many helpful staff at a HD.

I think it’s a very important read for people heading back into office situations. I hate to say it, but it seems that many are acting as if this has been beaten and are acting in a cavalier manner.