Yeah, usually it's not necessary. But sometimes if a race has a lot going on, and they switch to a mid-pack battle, it can be a little confusing to figure who they are covering. But I wouldn't mine if they just eliminated it altogether.

Completely harmless. My friends and I used to roost each other all the time when we were kids. It was especially fun to do it in mud puddles.

Pozo is ohv. But it's a fairly small area.

Are you only looking for tracks? If you want to ride trails, there's always Pozo: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/lpnf/recarea/?recid=11149

I can't find any details to verify it, but I think a hospital just gets 20% extra for a patient with COVID. If that patient dies, there is no additional financial incentive for the hospital to claim that the patient died FROM COVID. Simply being COVID ... more »

Oh, the tear off actually adheres to the gasket? I was imagining a silicone surface on the gasket that created a seal with the tear off. But actually adhering the tear off makes more sense.

So we don't have a health issue? Instead, we have a massive Mediare fraud issue? BTW, hospitals don't "get 40k for every patient that dies of covid 19". Instead, hospitals get paid 20% extra for Medicare patients admitted who have tested positive for ... more »

What is the purpose of the gasket splitting in half?

"But, if someone is overweight, has diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, and is in a car accident and dies ...but also happens to test positive for covid...its counted as a covid death." It's not supposed to be reported that way. I believe there ... more »

That has to be the slowest loading "news" website I've ever been to. I think it gave my computer the rona.

It's not even as grey as neck braces. Physicians are supposed to use their knowledge and experience to decide if the COVID really was a primary contribution to death.

Yes. They realized that there is a new thing that is killing people, so they created a new classification code so it can be tracked.

Good lord. That website is run by a guy named Tom Pappert who spends his free time guest hosting Alex Jones' InfoWars show.

Politifact calls it false: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/05/blog-posting/no-cdc-isnt-inflating-coronavirus-statistics/#sources But I know many people won't believe Politifact. I also don't think they did a great job of explaining why ... more »

The website you pulled that from is for somebody who ran for President in 2020 and is an anti vaxxer.

COVID is more contagious than the flu. Partly this is because COVID is new, and nobody has antibodies for it. Partly this is because the flu has a shorter incubation period than COVID. The flu has been around for all of our lives, so we have antibodies, ... more »

I know we hear about sketchy cases of COVID death attributions. There will always be exceptions. But, generally, physicians are supposed to consider COVID the cause of death only when the COVID likely caused the the respiratory distress that led to death. ... more »

No velcro with the Extang model. It is held down by clamps.

No. I just found that image online. Even when I got mine when it was 2 years old, it didn't look as good as that one.