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To: Winfastorlose who wrote (11703)	8/13/2021 9:43:31 AM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26808

I saw that on TV. It seemed insane at first but digging shows that price includes a lot of overhead to design the prototypes to test. Though the $20,000 price tag is steep for the prototypes, KTVU reported that once the city chooses a design to replace its current 3,000 trash cans with, the units are likely to cost between $3,000 and $4,000 a piece. The report said they go through the garbage looking for food and cans they can get money for recycling while tossing everything out and not replacing it in the trash bins. I wonder what percentage of the "plastic bag pollution problem" is from the homeless? It seems they are responsible for quite a few of the fires we have in cities too.

To: Winfastorlose who wrote (11703)	8/13/2021 12:34:59 PM
From: Kirk ©	2 Recommendations Recommended By Lee Lichterman III Winfastorlose Respond to of 26808

More CA insanity... though I'd be happy if we could get 32 hours of HONEST WORK out of many government employees such as those at EDD... ktvu.com 4-day, 32-hour work week proposed by California congressmanThe 40-hour American work week would be replaced by a four-day schedule of 32 total hours under legislation introduced by a California congressman. Rep. Mark Tacano introduced the bill that would make most Americans eligible for overtime if they work more than 32 hours in a week.

To: Winfastorlose who wrote (11703)	8/19/2021 1:00:37 PM
From: Kirk ©	5 Recommendations Recommended By benwood John Koligman rdkflorida2 techtrader73 wilywilly Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 26808

Are you still in the "its just a bad flu" camp and masking and vaccinations are bad? I'm curious how many "bad flus" you think fill up critical care hospital beds in years past? What does seem to go unmentioned by the PC press is a large majority of COVID patients are morbidly obese... often the same racial makeup the TV and Sports Illustrated are trying to win favor and advertising dollar from by saying that sort of "body" is something to feel proud of. With no beds, hospitals ship critically ill COVID patients to far-off cities Hospitals across the U.S. had more than 75,000 coronavirus patients as of last week. By Heather Hollingsworth and Jim Salter, Associated Press Thursday, August 19, 2021 5:12AM MISSION, Kan. -- Many overwhelmed hospitals, with no beds to offer, are putting critically ill COVID-19 patients on planes, helicopters and ambulances and sending them hundreds of miles to far-flung states for treatment. The surge in the delta variant of the virus, combined with low vaccination rates, has pushed hospitals to the brink in many states and resulted in a desperate scramble to find beds for patients. The issue is that large hospitals in urban areas already were running short of space and staff with non-COVID procedures like cancer biopsies and hip replacements when the summer surge started. That means they have very few free beds to offer to patients from small rural hospitals without ICUs or from medical centers in virus hotspots. "Just imagine not having the support of your family near, to have that kind of anxiety if you have someone grow acutely ill," said Steve Edwards, CEO of CoxHealth, whose hospital in Springfield, Missouri, is treating patients from as far away as Alabama. RELATED: 11-month-old with COVID sent to hospital 150 miles away due to lack of bed space in Houston ... This should scare the crap out of anyone over age 50: "Imagine being with your grandma in the ER who is having a heart attack in western Kansas and you are saying, 'Why can't we find a bed for her?' We are watching this happen right in front of us. 'This is America. Why don't we have hospital bed for her.' Well here we are." In Washington state, the 25-bed Prosser Memorial Hospital doesn't have an intensive care unit, so it often sends critically ill patients elsewhere in the state. Hospital spokeswoman Shannon Hitchcock said Washington state hospitals are full, so Prosser patients are being sent as far away as eastern Idaho - 600 miles (965.61 kilometers) away. It will be interesting to see if all the people advising going maskless and not taking the small extra risk in getting a vaccine to win this war against the virus... will feel bad for all the added deaths they directly contributed to. I have a family member AND a good friend both getting cancer treatment now. I'll NEVER forgive those who advocate for not protecting others and doing their patriotic duty to stay at home or get a vaccine if you go into public and they die from lack of hospital beds... IF someone doesn't want a vaccine, then I'm fine with it but STF home, order everything online and don't let others into your house. Anything above that is criminal selfishness. Or do they/you still think this is "fake news to hurt Trump" nearly a year after he officially lost the election?