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I would never base what could be a potentially life or death descicion for me on the political rants of some message board hero.  I take all of these discussions with a grain of salt and they seldom change my opinions.  

Most of my decision is based on concerns about the virus but a good portion of them revolve around the hoops I'd have to jump through just to attend a race.  I'm not going to go out of my way to score a ticket when crowds are restricted or even things like freeway rest stops being closed.  I'm old, I can't go much further than an hour and a half without stopping and driving cross country sounds kind of sketchy right now.  Just a lot of things that came together that convinced me it won't be worth the hassle this season.

My other big car event of the summer, Back to The 50's at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds where they draw about 10,000 street rods, is cancelled this year as well.  I like to spend the day there taking photos and that won't happen either.  My interest in cars and racing have been shelved for the year and I went so far as to spend my first half of the season racing budget on another electric guitar.  I knew I wouldn't be going to any races through June and was coveting an SG with humbuckers for more sound versatility. 

I've got Floracing for the year and they have three nights of Late Model racing this week, invitational events from down south.  I suspect there will eventually be a few All Star and USAC races but I'm not sure about the IRA.  If what Dirtvision offers includes some stuff from my neck of the woods and a big enough schedule to justify the cost I might do a month or two of Fast Pass as well.  Aside from that I've got a ton of streaming channels, a big yard and house that always needs something done to it.  I will be fine without live racing as my well being doesn't depend on attending races.  When having fun becomes a bigger hassle than the enjoyment I derive from the fun (in this case going to races) it's not worth the hassle.  When it's convenient and safe for senior citizens to go I will be back.

Stan Meissner

Hillary said to Biden the other day.  Don't let this crisis go to waste. That is there moto for many years now.  Enough said.

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Really big news today that the antiviral drug Remdesivir is the first to show efficacy in a clinical study. The drug reduced recovery time for hospitalized patients by 31%. It also showed a decrease in mortality from 11% in the placebo group to 8% in the treatment group but that may not be statistically relevant (these patients were hospitalized and severe case patients). The FDA is going to give it emergency use and it will be the standard of care going forward. This is great news, and now we can start testing it with other drugs to possibly develop a cocktail (like what's used to treat HIV). We can also start testing it early in patients to see if it can significantly prevent patients from progressing to severe, which would be a real game changer. 
 

There is drawbacks though- This drug currently can only be administered through IV. It also apparently is difficult to produce so it'll be tough to ramp up and get the doses required. I imagine the Feds will put pressure on them to license it out.

I was reading the same study.  The 31% reduced hospital time is great and hopefully it has the potential to prevent patients from progressing.  Drop in fatality rate may not look good now, but if it can help keep patients from progressing to severe or critical, it could have an unseen positive effect on the mortality rate.  

Is this enough to get us back into crowds?  Maybe in the near future.  As you said, not enough doses to make a big difference yet.  Also need to get it in a form that can be prescribed after a positive test---and that may take a while too. 

While that report yesterday was encouraging they used it on hospitalized patients so it's not going to prevent outbreaks that could potentially overwhelm local health care systems.  I don't think knowing that I would have a little bit better chance of getting out of ICU would convince me thst it was alright to mingle in crowds.

There are some promising vaccine trials that have been reported on that are our best chance of getting back to some semblance of normal.  Either that or we get best up by this thing long enough that we reach s percentage that provides here immunity.  At least there is three nights of Late Model racing on Flo starting tonight.  They are no fans invitationals with fendered cars but they go fast, turn left and sling dirt so I will be watching.  Hopefully they will go well and help to set the stage for more live racing that will include Sprints. 

Stan Meissner

Really? Lets see some evidence...

The drop in fatality IS good, it just wasnt statistically significant to say for certain it reduces it (they use the phrase strongly indicate). I don't think the results yesterday themselves, while very positive, will change anything policy wise. What I am looking for is the future testing of it in early cases. Antivirals are typically most effective early in infections. Tamiflu is the biggest example of this, if you take it early in a flu infection it works tremendous, if you take it late it hardly does anything. Hopefully this could be like tamiflu and giving it early could prevent most from advancing in infection, that would be a game changer. 

It was during a town hall for women, while endorsing Biden, that she said this. Couldnt believe she said it but she did. 

I agree Stan.  I would not venture to the track if I were in the high-risk category

Meanwhile NASCAR, the series many on this board like to hate on, will be resuming their revised schedule and will run two races per week when they start up.  I am not a NASCAR hater and I will be watching every one of their events.  A classic example of take what you can get.

Stan Meissner

Yes, she said it during a town hall.  She is a disgusting human being!  So is Biden!

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You're just repeating yourself

Lets see some evidence

I'm not a fan of either, but they are FAR better than that egotistical, infantile, compulsive liar in the White House

So where are his tax returns anyway?

CAN WE PLEASE STOP WITH POLITICS NOW????

She said it you can't handle the truth. Joe is the biggest liar of them all.  At least Trump got  lot of things accomplished that he promised during his campaign.  See his record against any of the 4 previous presidents.  Hands down the best of that lot. Stuff that actually helped the American worker instead of hindering them.

Here is the proof.  It is close to the end of the video.  

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/04/28/hillary_clinton_this_would_be_a_terrible_crisis_to_waste_to_not_push_for_universal_healthcare.html

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Accomplished a lot. LOL. You're a good little cult member 

He did more to help the American people in 3+ years than other presidents did in 8.  Some career senators and house members did in a lifetime.   They  have been wasting taxpayers money for the last 3 years.  No wonder they have such a very low approval rating.

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These are the important questions folks need to be asking themselves:

1. Why can you go to Walmart but not Kohl's?

2. Why the Dollar store and not a mom-and-pop shop?

3. Why can't you have an elective surgery, but you can have an abortion which is elective?

4. Why should you stay inside but yet heat and sunlight kill the virus?

5. Why can't kids (who are not at risk) play on an outdoor playground, where sun kills this virus?

6. Why don't people know that these are "recommendations" not laws because they have not gone through due process?

7. Why is it okay for government officials to get a haircut, but not common citizens?

8. Why the fear, when this virus has a less than 1% death rate?

8.5 Why have coroners questioned death certificates listed as CV-19?

9. Why are areas like Chicago and NY gearing up for mass va*cc*ination?

10. What makes one person essential and another not?

11. Doesn't shelter at home mean there is a whole population of people not staying home so we can?

12. Why are they dividing us?

13. How do people not know that we are a Republic, not a democracy?

14. Where has the flu gone?

15. Why do the homeless consistently demonstrate the lowest infection rates?

16. Why are they telling us to mask up after 2 months of lockdown?

17. Why is the CDC saying kids need to be masked when they return to school or attend church, when they know cloth masks restrict oxygen?

18. What is this oppression and loss of liberty doing to the mental health of our kids...to us?

19. Why have most other death rates dropped since the virus?

20. Why did world leaders meet in China in October 2019?

21. Why are the common people being controlled by the government and no one is controlling the government?

22. Why are hospitals paid more for Covid 19 deaths?

23. Why are some doctors speaking out and then getting silenced?

24. Why did Obama give the Wuhan lab $334 million dollars?

25. What does a computer geek have to do with a pandemic and why does he want 7 billion corona virus v*ccines?

26. Why ID 2020, Agenda 21 and 2030?

27. Why did the CDC have a job posting for pandemic relief workers in November 2019?

28. Why did Dr. Fauci say in 2017 that the Trump administration would be faced with a “SURPRISE PANDEMIC" and then runs the pandemic team?

29. Why are they infringing on Christians’ religious freedoms?

30. Why can 500 people shop at Fred Meyer or Home Depot, but we are not allowed to go into a church building?

I don't care if you are Republican, Democrat, Libertarian or vote for unicorns. If you're not asking these questions, you should be.

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Answers to all those questions...

1. Why can you go to Walmart but not Kohl's?
Because I only got a 20% off scratch off... not going in without a 30%
2. Why the Dollar store and not a mom-and-pop shop?
Because its cheaper
3. Why can't you have an elective surgery, but you can have an abortion which is elective?
I have always thought some people should have been aborted to begin with
4. Why should you stay inside but yet heat and sunlight kill the virus?
Absolutely Sure of that?  Did Breitbart confirm it?
5. Why can't kids (who are not at risk) play on an outdoor playground, where sun kills this virus?
Because they can get it when clouds cover the sun
6. Why don't people know that these are "recommendations" not laws because they have not gone through due process?
Because most only understand due process when arrested
7. Why is it okay for government officials to get a haircut, but not common citizens?
Just got my hair cut, looks damn good too
8. Why the fear, when this virus has a less than 1% death rate?
Because if you do get it and you are not a asymptomatic its going to be a MF
8.5 Why have coroners questioned death certificates listed as CV-19?
Because CV-18 was already taken
9. Why are areas like Chicago and NY gearing up for mass va*cc*ination?
I*am*not*sure*
10. What makes one person essential and another not?
All people are essential, just some are worthless
11. Doesn't shelter at home mean there is a whole population of people not staying home so we can?
Its one of those recommendation things that seems to confuse you.  Again many people are stupid.
12. Why are they dividing us?
Beause of people like you that believe anything they read
13. How do people not know that we are a Republic, not a democracy?
I live in Texas, trust me we understand what a Republic is
14. Where has the flu gone?
Had a neighbor who just got the flu 2 weeks ago.
15. Why do the homeless consistently demonstrate the lowest infection rates?
Beause no one goes near them or tests them.
16. Why are they telling us to mask up after 2 months of lockdown?
Because people were too stupid to figure it out before.  Not me though
17. Why is the CDC saying kids need to be masked when they return to school or attend church, when they know cloth masks restrict oxygen?
Ah... perhaps you need to loosen your mask to get more oxygen
18. What is this oppression and loss of liberty doing to the mental health of our kids...to us?
Not sure, they both are playing Xbox and won't answer me
19. Why have most other death rates dropped since the virus?
Because less Mustang drivers are on the road
20. Why did world leaders meet in China in October 2019?
Because Vegas was booked
21. Why are the common people being controlled by the government and no one is controlling the government?
The common answer is that people are pretty stupid
22. Why are hospitals paid more for Covid 19 deaths?
Thats a new one, maybe its because they are in the hospital an average of 3 weeks?
23. Why are some doctors speaking out and then getting silenced?
Because speaking out gets you in trouble with the administration
24. Why did Obama give the Wuhan lab $334 million dollars?
Because the Clintons needed to launder money from the pizza place in DC
25. What does a computer geek have to do with a pandemic and why does he want 7 billion corona virus v*ccines?
My cousin Ted is a real computer geek, I will ask him.
26. Why ID 2020, Agenda 21 and 2030?
what happened to ID 2022, Agenda 23, ID 2024, Agenda 25, ID 2026... etc etc
27. Why did the CDC have a job posting for pandemic relief workers in November 2019?
They had job openings?
28. Why did Dr. Fauci say in 2017 that the Trump administration would be faced with a “SURPRISE PANDEMIC" and then runs the pandemic team?
He was refering to a Surprise Pandemic of Stupidity, it strikes most administrations.
29. Why are they infringing on Christians’ religious freedoms?
Just Christian freedoms?  Or all of them?
30. Why can 500 people shop at Fred Meyer or Home Depot, but we are not allowed to go into a church building?
OK... I agree on this one.  That Lowes 2 miles from me is packed.

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31. Why is PorchePeteTX not taking BStrawser as seriously as he takes himself?
Because this is America, and he can.

#31- How the hell did Stawser get to be the sencible guy on hoseheads? This place has truely gone to Hell in a handbasket.

#32-Why are people hiding at home making more money than those who have worked through the whole thing to keep at least a part of the econmy going?

All I know is this: 

Friday night we opened up Monarch , with easy to follow social distancing rules in the stands (which literally was a simple as blocking every other row from fans sitting in them, and using those rows to get up to their seat or go down to get food; etc, so no one walked directly in front of the people that were nearby them), the fan count was about as high as it's ever been in the history of the track. Fans were vocal, appreciative and adhered to the event guidelines. Car count in the pits was up close to 50% of normal - and it's a Friday track kind of out of the beaten path of racers.

Last night we opened up 82 with the exact same safety rules with the exact same fan results. Huge crowd, everyone complied and it was a crazy crazy night at the races...corner 1 lights got popped by lightning day before which also fried the computer in the tower that the scorers did all the transponder work and wiped out a lot of the PA system...nearly double the amount of cars in the pits (it wasn't a sprint show but there were 167 cars that shown up) and we made it through all the gremlins, had a superb track all night long, and people got to see double the racing program as normal for $15. There was wall-to-wall racing in all divisions, tons of wild incidents, a few shenanigans thrown in for good measure and gave people an excuse to sleep in this morning.

My point is, humans, especially in this country are very social creatures, and if you keep them in a cage long enough the outcome (like the recent protests and such nationwide) probably is going to be worse than the cause at some point.

And if people simply adapt to some of these modifications as this situation continues - especially at outdoor activities - I think it can be done safely and smartly. But the gen pop has to all work together...and I haven't heard even one peep from any of the fans or teams since that were 'inconvenienced' or their experience was diminished from just changing up a couple of things when they arrived at the track.

Plus the 'text food ordering' system I developed for Monarch was a huge hit - and something that should have been done at tracks years ago with the tech advances that are sitting right in front of them. Fans went out of their way leaving the track commenting how much they liked the new service.

So things aren't all bad. People just have to adapt a bit and tracks have to be a bit more creative and use common sense. I've never been much of a doom and gloom person either. I always thought life what what you make of it given whatever obstacles are in your way. Overcome. Move forward. Repeat.

All that being said, I might as well plug our big Sprint Car Bandits event this coming Saturday at Monarch.

I put a limit on entries and registration sold out in 8 hours...we've got 38 360CI SCB teams that paid their advance registration from Kokomo to Alamogordo - and points in between.

Discount tickets are on sale now and going at a good clip. (We have to limit stands attendance but the stands there are huge and can easily handle a $2,100 to win and $300 to start event.) Here's the tickets link:  https://sprintcarbandits.com/050920.html 

Current forecast shows 73 degrees, partly cloudy, light breeze and 10% chance precip. So it doesn't get much better than that for sprint car racing conditions.

And here's the Sprint Car Bandits vs 'Invaders' paid entry list (and with this level of drivers, there's going to be a good half dozen drivers hitting lapped traffic in about 4 laps into the feature and it's going to be pandemonium on that ultra-fast 1/4 mile track that I call The Dirt Palace, Monarch Motor Speedway in Wichita Falls, TX:

Event details are posted at www.SprintCarBandits.com