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JAMA: Efficacy of Ivermectin Treatment on Disease Progression Among Adults Conclusions and Relevance In this randomized clinical trial of high-risk patients with mild to moderate COVID-19, ivermectin treatment during early illness did not prevent progression to severe disease. The study...

I work at the IRS in IT, I have not been there very long. Don't know much about the tax end of things other than how to do my own taxes. :laugh: People tell me they have been short of staff and budgets cut back for 15+ years. They are working on modernizing some of the systems but it takes...

I know, I bought a small metal project case and mounted the PCB etc, but I don't have the tools to cut out a square hole in the front for the display. I called around to see if someone had a laser cutter and they wanted $200 to cut it. If I do it by hand it will look horrible. I may try to make...

My dad was in the Navy in WW2 and was a radioman. He used to fixed the other shipmates radios, tube radios.:laugh: He got his EE and worked for NASA and another 3 letter agency. He used to fix friends and family VCRs and TVs but in the 90s it got harder to get parts. I tinker some. I recently...

We have always bought new and hang on them until they die. We have a 2002 Highlander my DW drives and likes, never had any major repairs. We also have a 2004 Prius and 2011 Tundra that we use to pull a trailer. My dad gave me their 1976 truck in 2000 a few years before he passed. I learned to...

I +1 Linux, I use Ubuntu (Mate) and have for many years. NO viruses. If you have an old windows desktop/laptop that you don't use, give it a try. You can even run it from a CD/DVD so you don't have to install it.

Mine has gone up also also. I "retired" 8 years ago at age 48 and our family premiums were $390 with $5000 deductible. Now the premiums are $1,100. At that rate they will be over $4,000/month before 64, not affordable. I got a quote for a similar plan for someone that's 64 years old now and...

We bought our farm 17 years ago and Allstate, State Farm and another would not insure it. We found a local company, Brethren Mutual, that does farms. We had Allstate but switched to Geico for auto. Just recently we bought a Sprinter van we plan on converting to an RV and Geico would not insure...

Several years ago, a close relative had loaned a cousin a lot of money to buy a lot and build a house to sell. Promised a 12% return. He built the house and he ended up stalling for months saying it wouldn't sell. This close relative finally hired a lawyer since it was out of town. Turned out...

I have been using Linux and UNIX for years and never had any viruses. I only use my Linux machine to log into my accounts. I guess the evil people who write viruses don't bother with Linux or it has better security than Windows.? My Dad has had several viruses and I had to reinstall the...

My DW and I built most of our house we have here on 55 acres and tried to do as much on our own as we could. I rented a bulldozer to do the driveway and borrowed a backhoe to dig the septic, outside water lines to the well and trench for power (1,200 ft, also in 4" conduit so they could pull the...

I know a bunch of people that will rely on SS only,:eek: they don't save! So, for them SS is far superior. ;D

The last 2 years had no increases. I guess there was a 5% increase before that - the year gas prices were high.

Yes, I was doing the projections on the SS website. I was doing different projections based on ER or working longer or PT, when to start collecting etc. Thanks for the help!

I was wondering if the calculations for SS are in today's dollars? Will the estimates go up as inflation goes up over time? We still have 12+ years before we could start collecting. Thanks.