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1 minute ago, Jason said:

 

Even if you could get the densities up it'd probably still make more sense to turn VRE and MARC into RER-like services than to extend Metrorail out that far. 

If we're gonna extend metrorail, have them start doing land speculation and watch the money roll in but no one wants to talk about that

11 minutes ago, Anathema- said:

 

Ft. Belvoir hospital is the new Walter Reed and that's come up in the past ten years or so. 

The development around that area is nowhere near dense enough for a metro stop unless there are plans for low/no car development that I'm not aware of. It's entire design is single family homes, separation of uses, and auto dependency.

Transit stops/lines should serve more than one purpose. There needs to be significant housing and jobs and entertainment (aka make it city like, not suburban) otherwise it's a waste of money, which unless there's something planning I don't know about this would be.

Unless there's some development not in Google maps, and assuming the blue line follows the right of way that continues from the Springfield Franconia station, there's nothing along that line in PWC that is remotely dense enough to justify a metro extension barring a planned development centered on a station.

Tbh, everything after King Street Old Town on the blue line is not a good use of transit, as it reinforces the current land use paradigm of auto dependency. Hell, even to the immediate west of that station is bad planning.

2 minutes ago, Jason said:

lol this is some real smooth brained shit, Quantico already has a VRE station, beefing up VRE service is the painfully obvious correct choice here. 

 

 

Plus metro service, not suburban VRE, should be focused in the metro core not out in Quantico or further

3 hours ago, sblfilms said:

You can also not bother with dumb kids sneaking into the theater. Some things aren’t worth fighting.

There was a post on nextdoor here where apparently someone parked their car on a fairly busy road and the two passengers went into the back of the car to apparently have sex. First comment (because it's nextdoor) was "did you call the cops?" ... Like goddammit not every bad/questionable situation needs armed agents of the state to resolve. Apparently they left after 20-30 mins though so it's not like it's a big deal tbh

19 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said:

People keep targeting 70% of adult population - which is only 55-57% of the total population. We need to get to close to 80% of total population. 

In the US, 24% of the population is under 18 so we won't get anywhere near there until kids can get vaccinated

2 hours ago, sblfilms said:

I’m in VA at the new drive in and am staying in Winchester. They have an area of the old downtown area where they converted a decent section of it to pedestrian only and it is really nice. Would like to see more places like this.

Head to Charlottesville just down the way they also have one that's really nice. Take 522 to 29. Beautiful country through there.

The Seychelles: Why the world’s most vaccinated country has so many new coronavirus cases - The Washington Post

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The Seychelles' situation is being watched closely for what it says about vaccination drives.

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The Seychelles stands as the most vaccinated nation on Earth, with more than 60 percent of its population fully vaccinated, more than other vaccine giants such as Israel and Britain, and almost twice the United States’ rate of vaccination

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Though the number of new cases is relatively low — peaking at an average of just over 100 new cases a day — they are a big deal in a country with a population of less than 100,000. On a per capita basis, the Seychelles outbreak is worse than India’s raging surge.

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Government data released this week found that of 1,068 active cases, around 65 percent involved residents who were either completely unvaccinated or had received only one dose.

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Roughly 60 percent of the doses administered in Seychelles are vaccines made by the Chinese company Sinopharm that were donated to the Seychelles by the United Arab Emirates. The remaining doses are of the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and produced by the Serum Institute of India.

32 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

Lmao. Please do it Amanda it's not like the GOP has a chance here anyway

40 minutes ago, mclumber1 said:

You guys are pants on head crazy if you think a vaccine passport would work in America.  Even if you were successful in implementing such a system, the backlash would be big enough to cause the Democrats to lose bigger (they are already going to big) in 2022.  

It wouldn't work here but not for the reasons you listed.

Come midterms the US probably won't be concerned about covid anymore anyway

The horse has left the barn. The only way for vaccine passports to really work is if it was setup as you were being vaccinated and that was millions of shots ago

Having operational pressure gauges is the most basic thing to do lol

45 minutes ago, Uaarkson said:

WFH was awesome for a minute, now it makes me want to abandon my family and go drive 120 mph off a bridge. You know, seeing as I can’t do drugs.

I love it because I don't have to put up the facade that I'm doing work when I'm not doing work

They did do this though

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-justice-dept-seized-post-reporters-phone-records/2021/05/07/933cdfc6-af5b-11eb-b476-c3b287e52a01_story.html

In this poll, 34% have not had a shot yet and 20% with one dose only and 46% with two doses. Seems like the number of those with at least one shot is high based on what we know from cdc data on the number of adults with at least one shot (~57%) but if this number is anywhere close to being right on those who haven't had a shot, it could be good news for reaching herd immunity

access would seem to me to be the biggest issue that would keep us from herd immunity

50 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said:

 

Gotta get up PRETTY EARLY IN THE MORNING to beat good ol’ @b_m_b_m_b_m

22 minutes ago, sblfilms said:

I can’t find it now, but I read an article that said more or less that opening the vaccine patents is a half measure that will do nearly nothing because no other countries are set up to manufacture these mRNA vaccines and it would likely take a year+ to get any product to market.

 

The actual solution in their mind is for wealthy nations to continue ordering more vaccine and then selling at cost or maybe even subsidized to the developing world while waiting for countries (India specifically) to bring up facilities that can manufacture these things.

 

Thought it was interesting

This is true. And it will take time for technology and information transfer. Which is why this should have been done months ago so we could do an all of the above strategy

3 minutes ago, Jason said:

I got a letter in the mail from Joe "Where The Fuck Is My Money" Biden this week reminding me he got me a whole $74, $62 of which was just debited from my account to pay what I owed on my tax return. Thanks Joebama! 

Sounds like you got $12, thanks Joe!

19 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

Frau Merkel is not amused.

 

Merkel breaks with Biden on US plan to waive patent protections for

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s administration on Thursday broke with President Biden over a proposal to waive patent protections on vaccines, saying it...

 

 

just some random account, no news article I can find(so take with a grain of salt) but lol

I question him ever having taste 

17 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said:

Hmmmm women are 55% of the population but have lost the most when it comes to employement... and there is a labor shortage apparently... I wonder if there's a connection 

Care for children and elderly (especially relevant are those who might have gotten covid, survived, and need care) falls disproportionately on women shame we can't do anything to help these unpaid laborers! Shame!

ahh, there it is