Author Topic: Corona Thread |OT| Nu variant, who dis? (Read 1438945 times)

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6600 on:** April 22, 2020, 08:35:28 PM »

Ontario now 2nd province seeking military help in care homes; COVID-19 deaths top 2,000 in Canada

Tripon · « **Reply #6601 on:** April 22, 2020, 09:08:26 PM »

https://twitter.com/Gothamist/status/1252698075388403720

bork · « **Reply #6602 on:** April 22, 2020, 09:57:39 PM »

https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/too-soon-trump-urges-kemp-reverse-coronavirus-rollback/bUQsnksgvm8vmrTQonrNtK/?ecmp=pg&utm_medium=social&utm_source=pg_fb&fbclid=IwAR1iL983xCB0n9UQj-VGUSTTu57QbdGMpWJTV38bxOMRO76rKx0f1_R9RGA

Even Trump thinks Kemp is nuts.

Quote

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he “totally” disagreed with Gov. Brian Kemp’s decision to roll back coronavirus restrictions and allow shuttered businesses such as nail salons and barber shops to reopen this week.

Refusing to reverse course, Kemp said he would still allow close-contact businesses to resume operations on Friday in order to “protect the lives — and livelihoods — of all Georgians.”

bluemax · « **Reply #6603 on:** April 22, 2020, 10:18:25 PM »

Quote from: Mandark on April 22, 2020, 06:43:14 PM

shost is doing a satire

Anyways, my favorite part of this Vegas thing is that the "control group" to whom we'd entrust the public health and expect to make good risk-reward decision is compulsive gamblers.

An old coworker of mine who used to compete in the WSOP was one of the first people I heard about this Vegas thing from. He was very clearly not going (he's older and overweight so heavy risk).

team filler · « **Reply #6604 on:** April 22, 2020, 10:54:17 PM »

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1253075681908531200

Bebpo · « **Reply #6605 on:** April 22, 2020, 11:09:05 PM »

Was out driving and saw a couple dozen people on the street either walking, walking their dog, jogging, riding bikes. No one was wearing a mask.

I remember when the CDC & LA recommended masks, everyone was wearing them for the first couple of days. Guess everyone gave up. No point in masks if most people won't wear them since they only work if other people are wearing them since they protect against outward and not inward.

Hell, when I had to go to an emergency doc appointment in LA on Friday, the office was setup great the staff all had masks, and then the "World famous doctor" walks in without a mask and sticks out his hand for a handshake and is like "are you doing handshakes? yes/no" and I'm like no....

Goes to show that some people can be really smart in specific fields but obliviously dumb in common sense. And I gotta keep seeing that guy every month. He better not kill me!

Tripon · « **Reply #6606 on:** April 22, 2020, 11:13:25 PM »

https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1253077693316370437
https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1253078188730785793

brawndolicious · « **Reply #6607 on:** April 22, 2020, 11:34:22 PM »

With the parachute on, the US is still increasing at a linear rate. There needs to be a detailed survey of how much the overall death rate has changed to see what contribution coronavirus has, it's possible people died from the virus but were likely to die this year from an age-related ailment anyways. You can't determine the economic cost until you know how many early deaths the virus is causing.

No fucking way I would want a tourism hub like LV to be the control group. You test that shit somewhere like Lubbock or Bakersfield, where no one willingly travels unless they absolutely are forced to.

Quote from: Bebpo on April 22, 2020, 11:09:05 PM

Was out driving and saw a couple dozen people on the street either walking, walking their dog, jogging, riding bikes. No one was wearing a mask.

I remember when the CDC & LA recommended masks, everyone was wearing them for the first couple of days. Guess everyone gave up. No point in masks if most people won't wear them since they only work if other people are wearing them since they protect against outward and not inward.

Hell, when I had to go to an emergency doc appointment in LA on Friday, the office was setup great the staff all had masks, and then the "World famous doctor" walks in without a mask and sticks out his hand for a handshake and is like "are you doing handshakes? yes/no" and I'm like no....

Goes to show that some people can be really smart in specific fields but obliviously dumb in common sense. And I gotta keep seeing that guy every month. He better not kill me!

Docs often do some power move during a first meeting. Shoulda shook his hand and then pumped some complimentary purell from the dispenser.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #6608 on:** April 23, 2020, 12:09:05 AM »

...Or should've pumped his Purell into the doctor's hand...

At least that's what porn has taught me.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #6609 on:** April 23, 2020, 12:20:08 AM »

Yes Nintex the government wants to reduce CO2 because global warming and polution consequences will shit all over covid 19

Bebpo · « **Reply #6610 on:** April 23, 2020, 12:39:30 AM »

Quote from: brawndolicious on April 22, 2020, 11:34:22 PM

Docs often do some power move during a first meeting. Shoulda shook his hand and then pumped some complimentary purell from the dispenser.

But he's my regular doctor of 11 years...

I think he's just dumb outside his specialty field.

VomKriege · « **Reply #6611 on:** April 23, 2020, 01:45:24 AM »

Quote from: filler on April 22, 2020, 10:54:17 PM

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1253075681908531200

Well, he had experience with mutant genetic abominations then.

bork · « **Reply #6612 on:** April 23, 2020, 08:47:01 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on April 22, 2020, 11:09:05 PM

Was out driving and saw a couple dozen people on the street either walking, walking their dog, jogging, riding bikes. No one was wearing a mask.

Why do you need to wear a mask if you're outside and (presumably) not around other people?

Don Rumata · « **Reply #6613 on:** April 23, 2020, 09:06:08 AM »

Quote from: bork on April 23, 2020, 08:47:01 AM

Quote from: Bebpo on April 22, 2020, 11:09:05 PM
Was out driving and saw a couple dozen people on the street either walking, walking their dog, jogging, riding bikes. No one was wearing a mask.

Why do you need to wear a mask if you're outside and (presumably) not around other people?

I dunno, but it's become a dictat in some places (here for example you gotta wear one when outside, no matter what).
I guess it's one of those things of "you can't trust people to apply common sense, so you enforce more rules for everyone".

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6614 on:** April 23, 2020, 09:28:50 AM »

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/universal-basic-income-covid-coronavirus-pandemic-1.5536144

From pipe dream to prospect: the pandemic is making a case for a universal basic income

As every schoolchild knows, it was the First World War that brought Canadian women into the workplace (though of course, they had always been working). Even after the men returned from the front, women continued to work — and what was a temporary change turned into a new societal norm.

The Great War left us with another supposedly temporary measure: income tax. "I have placed no time limit upon this measure," said then finance minister Thomas White in 1917. "A year or two after the war is over, the measure should be reviewed."

We all know how that turned out.

Tripon · « **Reply #6615 on:** April 23, 2020, 09:32:53 AM »

https://twitter.com/45Whistleblower/status/1253314256050798594

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6616 on:** April 23, 2020, 09:35:22 AM »

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #6617 on:** April 23, 2020, 09:45:27 AM »

https://twitter.com/BBCHughPym/status/1253069910093291520

Occam · « **Reply #6618 on:** April 23, 2020, 09:55:56 AM »

German company Biontech has been given the go ahead to begin clinical trials with four different types of vaccines.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #6619 on:** April 23, 2020, 09:59:39 AM »

Quote from: Occam on April 23, 2020, 09:55:56 AM

German company Biontech has been given the go ahead to begin clinical trials with four different types of vaccines.

How long are the trials for? A year?

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #6620 on:** April 23, 2020, 09:59:48 AM »

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1253313304157720583

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #6621 on:** April 23, 2020, 10:36:10 AM »

Ontario
Cases: 12,879 (+634)
Deaths: 713 (+54)
Hospitalizations: 887 (+9)

Backlog: 6,757 (-88)

I think that's a high for new cases and one short of a high for deaths.

Tripon · « **Reply #6622 on:** April 23, 2020, 10:52:47 AM »

https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1253321483402674178

nachobro · « **Reply #6623 on:** April 23, 2020, 10:57:59 AM »

Governor here extended the stay at home til the 15th and is working on a re-opening plan, which all fits with the state's original model. deaths are trending down and recoveries are trending up and we have pretty good testing so all in all new mexico is more ahead of the game than i expected.

Occam · « **Reply #6624 on:** April 23, 2020, 10:59:03 AM »

Quote from: Flannel Boy on April 23, 2020, 09:59:39 AM

Quote from: Occam on April 23, 2020, 09:55:56 AM
German company Biontech has been given the go ahead to begin clinical trials with four different types of vaccines.
How long are the trials for? A year?

This trial (Phase II of the development) will last for several months (200 healthy people are volunteering), but they said it's unlikely that there'll be a vaccine in 2020. Phase I of vaccine development normally lasts 2-5 years, phase II and III normally take 4-7 years, so they are now doing it at record speed. There are currently 80 projects underway around the world, most of which won't succeed. The mRNA vaccines by Biontech are among the most promising ones, which is why they are the first ones to be tested in Germany.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6625 on:** April 23, 2020, 12:22:52 PM »

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-science-1.5542294

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a $1.1 billion strategy for medical research to fight COVID-19.

The plan has three components:

$115 million for research into vaccines and treatments being developed in hospitals and universities.
$662 million for clinical trials in Canada.
$350 million to expand national testing and modelling for COVID-19.

Nintex · « **Reply #6626 on:** April 23, 2020, 12:27:34 PM »

My business partner is making plans to re-open the office as he expects the lockdown to be lifted by the end of May.

Oh you sweet summer child.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #6627 on:** April 23, 2020, 12:46:21 PM »

https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1252590195687460875

How dare they... make more money than they would under her employment.

Tripon · « **Reply #6628 on:** April 23, 2020, 12:53:10 PM »

Quote from: Esch on April 23, 2020, 12:32:23 PM

sounds like he's mastered the art of dutch directness directly sending your employees into the ICU

How does it feel to survive COVID-19 and is now likely immune to the world?

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #6629 on:** April 23, 2020, 12:56:29 PM »

https://twitter.com/NYHammond/status/1253352011048849409

CFR of about 0.5%.

bork · « **Reply #6630 on:** April 23, 2020, 01:00:51 PM »

https://twitter.com/KatieHill4CA/status/1253333405694980098

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #6631 on:** April 23, 2020, 01:03:16 PM »

Quote from: riotous on April 23, 2020, 12:57:32 PM

People must be shitty tippers in Kentucky; my Barista friends make hundreds per shift in tips.

Could be the fact they serve coffee in see-through bikinis and show you their cornhole for $5.

I don't see how the bikini would hold the coffee.

Ghoul · « **Reply #6632 on:** April 23, 2020, 01:11:27 PM »

Quote from: bork on April 23, 2020, 01:00:51 PM

https://twitter.com/KatieHill4CA/status/1253333405694980098

I just wanted Faygo, 2020 has no breaks.

Pissy F Benny · « **Reply #6633 on:** April 23, 2020, 01:11:34 PM »

Quote from: bork on April 23, 2020, 01:00:51 PM

https://twitter.com/KatieHill4CA/status/1253333405694980098

pouring out a faygo

whoop whoop

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #6634 on:** April 23, 2020, 01:12:44 PM »

Quebec
Cases: 21,838 (+873)
Deaths: 1,243 (+109)
Hospitalizations: 1,411 (+163)

Quebec and Ontario to have an R0 of around 1-1.1 until the end of time.

Nintex · « **Reply #6635 on:** April 23, 2020, 01:16:39 PM »

https://twitter.com/sbobkov/status/1253337724775366656

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #6636 on:** April 23, 2020, 01:19:42 PM »

I can bear to be with you.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #6637 on:** April 23, 2020, 01:22:23 PM »

https://twitter.com/CityNewsMTL/status/1253373533666914304

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6638 on:** April 23, 2020, 01:34:04 PM »

I meant that's exactly what will happen - shut down enought to keep ICU below capacity and then try to wait it out - herd immunity is the long term end result of that.

thetylerrob · « **Reply #6639 on:** April 23, 2020, 01:51:39 PM »

Quote from: riotous on April 23, 2020, 12:57:32 PM

People must be shitty tippers in Kentucky; my Barista friends make hundreds per shift in tips.

Could be the fact they serve coffee in see-through bikinis and show you their cornhole for $5.

But seriously at the basic trendy hipster shops in Seattle pretty sure Baristas pull in more than $600 a week in tips alone.

Average Salary in Harlan KY: $10.61
Average Salary in Seattle WA: $22.55

Bebpo · « **Reply #6640 on:** April 23, 2020, 02:01:44 PM »

Quote from: bork on April 23, 2020, 08:47:01 AM

Quote from: Bebpo on April 22, 2020, 11:09:05 PM
Was out driving and saw a couple dozen people on the street either walking, walking their dog, jogging, riding bikes. No one was wearing a mask.

Why do you need to wear a mask if you're outside and (presumably) not around other people?

Well these people were around other people. Like I get no reason to wear one on a bike, but walking around in crowded communities?

I'm just saying I was trying to make the effort to wear a mask on walks because if everyone did then we're all protecting each other, but if no one is, then I'm not going to wear one because there's no point and wearing a mask sucks on walks because you can't smell anything and besides the sun, the best part of being outside is smelling the trees/nature.

Nintex · « **Reply #6641 on:** April 23, 2020, 02:05:10 PM »

Quote from: Madrun Badrun on April 23, 2020, 01:34:04 PM

I meant that's exactly what will happen - shut down enought to keep ICU below capacity and then try to wait it out - herd immunity is the long term end result of that.

Yeah it's just that a few dumb dumbs like our government and the brits didn't understand how it works.

"So the more people get it, the earlier we reach herd immunity. Just infect everyone, easy"

"Yeah but you need 1 million ICU beds or lots will die"

"So how many do we have?"

"About... 3, maybe 10 if we share them around"

Tripon · « **Reply #6642 on:** April 23, 2020, 02:10:02 PM »

https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1253381705777451009

toku · « **Reply #6643 on:** April 23, 2020, 02:14:26 PM »

everything as god wills

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6644 on:** April 23, 2020, 02:26:13 PM »

https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2020/april/23/reopen-saskatchewan-plan

seems sensable.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #6645 on:** April 23, 2020, 02:29:27 PM »

RE: NY antibody stats

It was not a representative sample. The tests came from people in grocery and big box stores.

Transhuman · « **Reply #6646 on:** April 23, 2020, 02:29:38 PM »

Quote from: riotous on April 23, 2020, 12:57:32 PM

People must be shitty tippers in Kentucky; my Barista friends make hundreds per shift in tips.

Could be the fact they serve coffee in see-through bikinis and show you their cornhole for $5.

But seriously at the basic trendy hipster shops in Seattle pretty sure Baristas pull in more than $600 a week in tips alone.

At a normal coffee place or the titty kind?

thisismyusername · « **Reply #6647 on:** April 23, 2020, 02:29:50 PM »

Third week of 4-8 hours of Webinars:

Like the worst aspects of All-staff meetings that could be put into an e-mail just with more frustration of "shit doesn't apply to my main job duties, why the fuck am I sitting here?"

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6648 on:** April 23, 2020, 02:34:21 PM »

Damn one of my favorite restaurants is 25% off for the next month - I'm all for being a good citizen and staying at home but ...

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6649 on:** April 23, 2020, 02:34:52 PM »

... daddy needs his pineapple fried rice.

VomKriege · « **Reply #6650 on:** April 23, 2020, 02:35:41 PM »

It's still foggy what exactly we're supposed to on May 11th in France, but apparently they would like all businesses (except bar and restaurants) opening.