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ramoss Member (Idle past 868 days) Posts: 3228 Joined: |
He's providing a plan. He is explaining what actions are being taken, why they are being taken, and giving information.
Your dislike of someone because of their being a democrat is noted.
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jar Member (Idle past 95 days) Posts: 34140 From: Texas!! Joined:
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Showing my age too.
It's not Mario but little Andrew. He's all grown up now and even has a job. Amazing!
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AZPaul3 Member Posts: 8654 From: Phoenix Joined: Member Rating: 6.7
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Eschew obfuscation. Habituate elucidation. |
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Percy Member Posts: 22953 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 6.9
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Today's US graph, latest data is from two days ago. No sign of slowing down yet:
I think we're in day 9 or 10 of social distancing. If this is having an effect it should begin showing up by early next week. My gizmo from Amazon arrived yesterday in a plastic pouch. It connects my non-bluetooth sound system to bluetooth, very nice for very little money, and I don't have to wear headphones anymore to get good sound. I was using Pandora, which is part of my sound system, but Pandora's variety for the type of music I like has diminished a great deal over the past couple years and I'll be dropping them. My own music collection is much more varied, and I'm giving Apple Music a try. During my first exploration of their collection I added the Beethoven symphonies I was missing. They're expensive, $10/month. To unpack the gizmo I carried the pouch into the garage using a paper towel, then sprayed it down with isopropyl alcohol and let it sit a half hour. I sprayed down a pair of scissors with alcohol, opened the pouch, and extracted from it a cardboard box, being careful to not touch it. Turning it using the scissors as a prod to expose different sides, I sprayed down the box with alcohol and let it sit a half hour. I then opened the box, extracted the contents with a paper towel and brought them in. I then washed my hands and the scissors with soap and water for 30 seconds. Setting up the gizmo was easier and took much less time. All the indoor tennis clubs have shut down, but we haven't been able to play outside because it's been too cold, and Tuesday we got 5 inches of the heavy stuff. I've called off doubles for now because of the potential for approaching too close. The next few days are supposed to be nice and top 50 by a little, I've scheduled play for all three days. Before play begins both players will spray their hands with alcohol, since both will be touching the balls. Balls will be new out of the can. We'll approach each other no closer than 15 feet. Tomorrow is grocery shopping day and I'll be following the same protocols I followed last week. Again, the 6 foot recommended distance, besides being not enough, is absolutely impossible in grocery stores. There is some social pressure against these protocols. Most people don't like to feel weird, and you *do* feel weird if you're the only one wearing a mask. But I advise everyone, if you got 'em wear 'em whenever other people are present. Most exhaled droplets are larger and do fall to the floor rather quickly, so floors can be hotbeds of virus. I don't know how long coronavirus can survive on linoleum, tile or concrete, but assume that your shoes are contaminated and don't track them into your house. Leave them outside and spray them down with alcohol or don't touch them for a couple days, which is easy since most people have several pairs of shoes. I keep going on about precautions because from what I see on the news too many are not taking them seriously enough. It is true that the risks for not following them are greater in New York City than, say, Wyoming and that penetration into the population will be a function of density, but no part of the US is completely isolated from the rest. There are no hard borders inside the country. Wyoming could return to work next week with only small consequences in terms of raw numbers of infections and deaths and the strain on their hospital system, and the percentages should be significantly less than New York City, too. But without doubt Wyoming's numbers in terms of infections and deaths will be higher if they don't take precautions. Will it be enough to overwhelm their hospital system? I found Wyoming hospital data at Wyoming Hospitals, the total number of beds is 1423, or 1 bed for every 400 people. New York State thinks they will soon be at 100,000 hospital beds, which is 1 bed for every 200 people, twice as good as Wyoming. I don't think Wyoming should get too cocky. --Percy Edited by Percy, : Grammar. Edited by Percy, : Add subtitle.
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Percy Member Posts: 22953 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 6.9 |
PaulK writes: 7 days is the self-isolation period for people showing symptoms. Does this mean the UK believes a person is contagious for only 7 days after the first display of symptoms? --Percy
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PaulK Member Posts: 17919 Joined: Member Rating: 6.7 |
quote: It seems so.
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Tangle Member Posts: 9581 From: UK Joined: Member Rating: 6.5 |
This is our guidance
How long to self-isolate If you have symptoms If you have symptoms of coronavirus, you'll need to self-isolate for 7 days.
After 7 days: if you do not have a high temperature, you do not need to self-isolateif you still have a high temperature, keep self-isolating until your temperature returns to normal You do not need to self-isolate if you just have a cough after 7 days. A cough can last for several weeks after the infection has gone. What to do if you have or might have coronavirus (COVID-19) - NHS Edited by Tangle, : No reason given.Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.I am Finland. Soy Barcelona "Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android "Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved." - Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.
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Tangle Member Posts: 9581 From: UK Joined: Member Rating: 6.5 |
The problem we have here is that without the test, we've no way of knowing whether this is COVID or not. The symptoms are similar to colds and flu.
The first symptom was loss of sense of taste and smell and a sniffle - which was enough for the doctor to say highly likely COVID: isolate. But this was followed later by a running nose, which is not necessarily COVID - in normal times we'd just say it's a cold. Just have to see what happens next.Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.I am Finland. Soy Barcelona "Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android "Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved." - Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.
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Hyroglyphx Inactive Member |
The problem we have here is that without the test, we've no way of knowing whether this is COVID or not. The symptoms are similar to colds and flu. This has been a major problem worldwide -- a shortage of tests. And even with some of the tests, results can take days. The assumption should always be that if you're feeling sick at all, self-quarantine immediately. Even supposing its just a cold, should you catch COVID-19 on top of that, it might prove to be too overwhelming for your immune system to handle. I have a coworker who came down with flu-like symptoms. Turned out to be a rare form of influenza but had he gotten that in addition to this new virus it most likely would have been enough to put him on a ventilator. The other problem is that this coronavirus is already mutating. Of the 117,749 people that have recovered up to this point, and of the 21,100 people who have died, a small fraction of those people got the disease TWICE. The speed at which it is mutating should also be very alarming. We'll be in this fight for months... I monitor the cases provided by WHO and CDC daily, and the numbers increase 10-20,000 new cases daily. If the trend continues as projected, 52-56% of the U.S. population, alone, will become infected. Can't even fathom what that trend might look like globally. Imagine though this was Ebola that had gotten out in the same manner... Ebola or any hemorrhagic fever is orders of magnitude more lethal. We would certainly be talking about a legitimate existential threat to humanity at that point. The worst thing is that it is not far-fetched that it could happen. That could happen at any time. This should be an enormous wake-up call to the entire planet about preparedness. Edited by Hyroglyphx, : No reason given."Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it" -- Thomas Paine
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GDR Member Posts: 6223 From: Sidney, BC, Canada Joined: Member Rating: 3.8 |
Here is a link to an interesting article.
How is Covid19 Spread? Edited by Admin, : Correct typo.He has told you, O man, what is good ; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8 |
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Percy Member Posts: 22953 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 6.9 |
This graph from Opinion | Trump Wants to ‘Reopen America.’ Here’s What Happens if We Do. - The New York Times shows why 14 days of social distancing (or physical distancing, as some experts are saying it should be called) is not enough:
The graph's labels are missing from the image, see the article if you'd like to see the numbers. I think it's too late to stop the momentum of the "social distancing" term, but giving the experts the nod, two months of "physical distancing" puts us out to mid May. This would be a terrible disaster for the economy, but if we can get mask production ramped up to about 20 million/day (which is far, far above the current 100 million/month) so everyone could have masks, and if isopropyl alcohol can become widely available again, and if we could get people to follow serious protocols like the one's I've described myself taking (I know people in general find them extreme, but as the viral threat approaches closer to home attitudes will inevitably change), then it would be safe for people to return to work far sooner. --Percy
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Percy Member Posts: 22953 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 6.9 |
The lies and misrepresentations spread by Trump during his increased air time from his coronavirus briefings and interviews is why not broadcasting his comments is a public service. From the very beginning the FCC saw broadcasting media as a source of essential and accurate information. That's why the Emergency Broadcast System existed, replacing a predecessor and itself being replaced in 1997 by the Emergency Alert System, though that last isn't a name that has stuck in the public mind.
It is dangerous for public health for Trump to be filling the airways with misinformation. Here, taken from Trump’s faux facts on Fox News, are the lies and misrepresentations of March 24:
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PaulK Member Posts: 17919 Joined: Member Rating: 6.7 |
Anyone who wants a test gets a test is a sick joke
Coronavirus: One case lays bare America's testing failure (BBC) A retired doctor wanted a test. She had the symptoms. 9 March - visits family doctor 10 March - denied a coronavirus test 15 March - drives hour to testing site - Denied test again 17 March - sent to hospital emergency room - Finally gets coronavirus test 23 March - test results delayed That’s two weeks without result.
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Percy Member Posts: 22953 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 6.9 |
Because of delays in data gathering the final statistics aren't actually in yet, but there is no doubt that we are now the world record holder in coronavirus infections, passing Italy and China. Here are the currently available numbers showing us in third place:
Today it was warm enough to play tennis outside. The park where we played had a sign on the tennis courts (the fence was a convenient place for the sign given the tennis courts' location near the park entrance) saying, "Use of playground prohibited due to coronavirus." There is a playground area in the park, but nowhere near the tennis courts. People passed the courts regularly, usually walking their dogs. There was a couple flying a drone. One court was already filled when we got there, they left, another pair came, they left, and as we were leaving a mother and her three children (I presume) came. My partner and I never came closer together than around 15 feet, except for a brief instant when I sprayed his hands with isopropyl alcohol. He's a retired doctor and had been worried about us possibly contaminating each other when touching the balls and was relieved to see the alcohol. He mentioned that yesterday he had applied online to become a medical volunteer to help relieve the load on working doctors. A little later I spoke on the phone with another doctor in the area who said that things were beginning to look bad in our area. Treat this very seriously. Even if you're certain you're indestructible, the people you infect might not be. --Percy
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Percy Member Posts: 22953 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 6.9 |
It's official:
--Percy
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