Re: Spiraling effect
 

Patent Office has sort of relaxed due dates EXCEPT response dates are statutory, and I do not think it can relax a date set by Congress. Al least that is what I'm telling clients- "sure it might be okay, it might also kill your patent in some lawsuit in 10 years."

Re: Spiraling effect
 

Actually, I have to correct myself. All times for reply are extended. Stat of Lims was adjusted to allow that if court doesn’t docket a suit within time because it’s closed, you can submit directly to superior court.

Any response due this month is not due until May 1 at earliest.

Odd question: How can a state put moratorium on filing of ejectment, eviction, or foreclosure? In 2008, they allowed filings, but then placed cases into mandatory immediate mediation. My understanding is in some states, including NY, if you try to efile an eviction, ejectment, or foreclosure, the software won’t allow it. If that’s true, how is that not unconstitutional?

Re: Objectively intelligent.
 

Airborne is a very technical term, so be clear about your definition before throwing out bets. Measles is the classic example of an agent that is considered airborne, and the transmission can occur hours later in the air. The bug doesn't break down very fast. Coronaviruses historically have not been considered to be airborne. Short-range aerosol transmission is likely, but that's not really airborne as we generally talk about the term. It's likely that droplets don't fall immediately, but as of yet there's no evidence that they're floating for hours afterwards like measles, chickenpox and TB.

More here.

Re: Spiraling effect
 

HC is weird right now. Some of us are crazy busy (*waves*) but a lot are sitting at home with nothing to do because their clinics are closed to all but telemedicine and the absolute essentials. And billing is obviously way down. We are projecting a super busy June and July, because even if this thing isn't under control by then, people aren't going to be able to hold off care for tooo long. So we're trying to use this downtime (for the non-busy) to work on infrastructure projects that we never have time to do. My practice is upgrading it's EMR with a go-live date of May 2021. We're doubling the implementation meetings for April and May because we know we're going to have a lopsided summer.

We aren't looking at layoffs, but some places are. Which is insane given that HC is the heart and soul of this thing.

Re: Spiraling effect
 

We are open. Our judge has heard and denied emergency motions to stay virtual depositions of dying people because the defendants are insisting on in person depositions. So he may open the courts virtually just to despite defendants.

Re: Spiraling effect
 

They’re furloughing docs and nurses and pas in nonessential areas in various parts of this state.

It’s nuts. I know of highly paid admin in these systems who aren’t essential who aren’t getting furloughed or even had their pay cut. But actual medical professional are. Seems bizarre.

Re: Objectively intelligent.
 

I think the current thinking is that risks of airborne transmission are higher than that.

eta: stp

Re: Spiraling effect
 

It's because hospitals are canceling elective surgeries to (a) make room for Covid-19 patients, and (b) reduce the risk that other patients will infect people. There are a lot of actual medical professionals who have skills that are specialized and not hugely useful in the current crisis.

Also, administrations are very good at protecting administrators. It's what they do.

Re: Spiraling effect
 

If the docs and nurses working on Covid patients should be overwhelmed, the furloughed docs and nurses will be called up to do so.

They don’t deserve to be paid while waiting to potentially be thrown into risk of serious physical harm?

But admin still gets paid? WTF?

Re: Spiraling effect
 

*ahem*

Re: Objectively intelligent.
 

I was going to suggest that you hold our money in escrow and decide, after a suitable period for study (say 12 months), who wins. But Adder is a pussy.

Re: Objectively intelligent.
 

[QUOTE=LessinSF;528022]I was going to suggest that you hold our money in escrow and decide, after a suitable period for study (say 12 months), who wins. But Adder is a pussy.

Edit - I was also going to suggest that you receive 5% ($1,000) as your escrow and evaluator and decisionmaker fee. But Adder is still a pussy. [/QUOTE}

Hmm,
 

wondering if Fauci would consider a Maximus before he gets fired

Re: Hmm,
 

If I gave you a revolver with 100 chambers, 2 of which had bullets in them, would you play Russian Roulette to get some semblance of a life back?

I think this is the question a lot of people are going to be asking themselves over the next few weeks.

When I hear this stuff about everything staying shut until next year, I think, okay, the science makes a point. But it's also insanely unrealistic and totally ignores human nature.

That. Is. Simply. Not. Going. To. Happen.

"Burning down the house to smoke out the mouse" is the apt saying I believe.

Re: Spiraling effect
 

Doctors and nurses are not commodities. They have skills that aren't necessarily useful in this crisis.

And I wasn't defending that fact that administrators preserve themselves, I was just saying it's what they do.