{"id":24599,"date":"2021-02-16T07:15:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T13:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=24599"},"modified":"2021-02-16T07:20:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T13:20:31","slug":"the-unofficial-shelby-county-covid-19-task-force-press-conference-drinking-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/16\/the-unofficial-shelby-county-covid-19-task-force-press-conference-drinking-game\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unofficial Shelby County COVID-19 Task Force Press Conference Drinking Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Press conferences are normally held at noon Tuesdays and Thursdays and are broadcast on Facebook Live via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MEMCity\">City of Memphis<\/a> account.<\/p>\n<p>Health Officer Dr. Bruce Randolph says &#8220;Greetings, fellow citizens of Shelby County&#8221; &#8211; 1 drink<\/p>\n<p>Reminder to wear your masks or facial coverings &#8211; 1 drink<\/p>\n<p>Reminder to keep your 6 feet of distance &#8211; 1 drink<\/p>\n<p>Reminder to practice good hand washing &#8211; 1 drink<\/p>\n<p>Rolling new case average (7-day, 14-day, 28-day) mentioned &#8211; 1 drink<\/p>\n<p>Positivity rate mentioned &#8211; 1 drink<\/p>\n<p>Reproduction rate (&#8220;R-nought&#8221;) mentioned &#8211; 1 drink<\/p>\n<p>Duplication rate mentioned &#8211; 1 drink<\/p>\n<p>Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris appears to announce a new program that in some way provides relief &#8211; 1 drink<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Harris appears at the press conference for a reason other than public relations &#8211; 5 drinks<\/p>\n<p>Enforcement mentioned &#8211; 1 drink<\/p>\n<p>Reminder that testing is widely available &#8211; 1 drink<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Quarantine&#8221; &#8211; 1 drink<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Isolation&#8221; &#8211; 1 drink<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Contact tracing&#8221; &#8211; 1 drink<\/p>\n<p>Health official explains the difference between quarantine and isolation &#8211; 3 drinks<\/p>\n<p>Reminder that only health officials or their representatives are legally permitted to quarantine or isolate people or do contact tracing &#8211; 5 drinks<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We prefer education to enforcement&#8221; or similar &#8211; 2 drinks<\/p>\n<p>Vaccines mentioned &#8211; 1 drink<\/p>\n<p>New health directive alluded to &#8211; 1 drink<\/p>\n<p>New health directive announced &#8211; 3 drinks<\/p>\n<p>Good news about the pandemic in Shelby County presented, followed by &#8220;BUT&#8230;&#8221; or &#8220;HOWEVER&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; 3 drinks<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cautious optimism&#8221; &#8211; 3 drinks<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;New normal&#8221; &#8211; 3 drinks<\/p>\n<p>Schools mentioned &#8211; 1 drink<\/p>\n<p>Overflow facility at 495 Union mentioned &#8211; 3 drinks<\/p>\n<p>Pipkin Building mentioned as a vaccine site &#8211; 3 drinks<\/p>\n<p>Reporter can&#8217;t ask question because their mic is muted &#8211; 1 drink<\/p>\n<p>Virus other than COVID mentioned (flu, common cold, etc.) &#8211; 1 drink<\/p>\n<p>Presenter speaks in a language other than English &#8211; 3 drinks<\/p>\n<p>Website URL displayed on screen &#8211; 2 drinks<\/p>\n<p>Line graph, bar graph, or pie chart &#8211; 2 drinks<\/p>\n<p>Color coded map of regions of Shelby County &#8211; 2 drinks<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Stay the course&#8221; &#8211; 2 drinks<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Remain vigilant&#8221; &#8211; 2 drinks<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not out of the woods yet&#8221; &#8211; 2 drinks<\/p>\n<p>Press conference lasts more than 35 minutes &#8211; 5 drinks, 40 minutes &#8211; 10 drinks, 45 minutes &#8211; CHUG<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.buymeacoffee.com\/1.0.0\/button.prod.min.js\" data-name=\"bmc-button\" data-slug=\"paulryburn\" data-color=\"#FF813F\" data-emoji=\"\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-text=\"Buy me a coffee\" data-outline-color=\"#000\" data-font-color=\"#fff\" data-coffee-color=\"#fd0\" ><\/script><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press conferences are normally held at noon Tuesdays and Thursdays and are broadcast on Facebook Live via the City of Memphis account. 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