Board 8 > Coronavirus Topic 9

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Discuss the Coronavirus here. Dips and rises. Stats and methodology. Mitigation efforts. Etc.

Here is the counter I use.

https://youtu.be/NMre6IAAAiU

Some new links.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-53132225

https://www.ibtimes.com/coronavirus-second-wave-us-reports-30000-new-cases-two-days-straight-highest-may-1-2997920

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/bubble-burst-nba-e2-80-99s-plan-to-play-in-coronavirus-hotbed-as-crazy-as-it-sounds/ss-BB15NZsA


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So the hot spots are currently, South America, South Asia and... South Africa

I'm sensing a pattern

Yes I know USA, Russia and the Middle East are also hot spots...

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This seems concerning

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/health/coronavirus-antibodies.html

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charmander6000 posted...

So the hot spots are currently, South America, South Asia and... South Africa

I'm sensing a pattern

Yes I know USA, Russia and the Middle East are also hot spots...

Winter is coming

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-exactly-do-you-catch-covid-19-there-is-a-growing-consensus-11592317650

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Corrik7 posted...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-exactly-do-you-catch-covid-19-there-is-a-growing-consensus-11592317650

Those low estimates for household spread are a pretty pleasant surprise. It seems that making an effort to avoid infecting housemates if you get it is very worthwhile since transmission is well below 100%.

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Welp looks like Brazil has now passed us in daily new cases over the past week

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So life has gone back to normal for the most part on the small island that I've been visiting/temporarily staying on since February. We only ever got to about 200 total cases at our peak, (total population is around 150 000), but the local government did a great job with quarantine and even closing in certain parts of the island.

We are now down to zero cases total for the last few weeks and most restrictions have been lifted. Masks are mandatory indoors in public places and establishments, and bars/restaurants must stay under half capacity.

It's funny because we have more precautions with zero cases now than the US has with record high cases, which also explains why we're back to normal and the US is a shitshow.

For anyone wondering, it's the island of Sao Miguel in the Azores. A group of islands just off the coast of Portugal that belong to Portugal. The mainland has been hit pretty hard, but we were okay.

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World Number 1, Djokovic has tested positive and is the 4th player to test positive after his Adria Tour exhibition tournament.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/tennis/tennis-novak-djokovic-coronavirus-positive-test-1.5623347

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Brilliant plan he had..

In other news, my country is speeding up their schedule for removing restrictions. I still have no desire to hit the gym again.
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charmander6000 posted...

So the hot spots are currently, South America, South Asia and... South Africa

I'm sensing a pattern

Yes I know USA, Russia and the Middle East are also hot spots...

Well I mean not all of the US is terrible right now. You're looking at places like Texas, Florida and Arizona. So, you know, the...

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Wait a minute.

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charmander6000 posted...

World Number 1, Djokovic has tested positive and is the 4th player to test positive after his Adria Tour exhibition tournament.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/tennis/tennis-novak-djokovic-coronavirus-positive-test-1.5623347

They also had a giant indoor party with no social distancing or anything while claiming to take all necessary health precautions.

Just a bunch of rich idiots thinking they are invincible.

uhhhhh....

https://twitter.com/GeoRebekah/status/1275539345257218053

UHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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best country in the world woo
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Aw yeah MA now has the lowest transmission rate in the US. Hopefully it stays that way with the restrictions starting to end ugh

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i live on the line to new hampshire, where covid-19 is officially canceled

stupid new hampshirers

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https://i.imgur.com/UCr0Ye1.png

Congrats on being one of only four states to break 1,000 deaths per million. Texas is still under 100. Florida only 153.

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What happened to the topic subtitles? This one should've been called Ascension.

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Deaths by Coronavirus projected to hit 175k by October in USA.

Disneyland and world opening dates of July 17th are postponed indefinitely it seems.

Buddy Hield and Jabari Parker test positive for the kings. As well as Djokovic in Tennis.

Ezekiel Elliot reports overcoming the virus and being back to normal now.

Also the daily new cases in America broke the single day increase set in April earlier this year.

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Corrik7 posted...

Disneyland and world opening dates of July 17th are postponed indefinitely it seems.

No just Disneyland.

They failed to get approval from the state to reopen.

Florida is still scheduled to open.

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"people who have been infected make so-called memory B cells, which can rapidly ramp up antibody production when needed.

If they find the virus again, they remember and start to make antibodies very, very quickly, said Florian Krammer, a virologist...who has led several studies of antibodies to the coronavirus."

I know this isn't a new concept, but man the human body is lit

Yeah, the memory B cell (as well as memory T cells) are one of the most interesting aspects in this. They leave open the possibility that seropositivity studies for antibodies aren't revealing the true number of infected people. So you could have individuals for whom antibodies fade quickly, but immunity could still be conferred by these lymphocytes.

Unfortunately it's still in the realm of speculation, but it's one of the things I've personally believed as an explanation for instances where one infected housemate doesn't spread it to others despite repeated exposure.

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red13n posted...

No just Disneyland.

They failed to get approval from the state to reopen.

Florida is still scheduled to open.

Thanks for the correction.

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This is what reopening without a plan looks like. This is what not enforcing mask-wearing looks like
Hope your countries won't make the same mistakes



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Nanis23 posted...

This is what reopening without a plan looks like. This is what not enforcing mask-wearing looks like
Hope your countries won't make the same mistakes

This was always what was expected to happen when re-opening up.

Did literally no one look at the graphs past the first ascent and descent on these graphs during the flattening the curve talks?


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Damn, there's an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents on ME-TV right now about an Anthrax outbreak in LA. Very eerie for something from the early 60's.

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Nanis23 posted...

This is what reopening without a plan looks like. This is what not enforcing mask-wearing looks like
Hope your countries won't make the same mistakes

Parts of the US are very much making those same mistakes!

The mask thing frustrates me so much because it's so fucking easy and a very minor sacrifice compared to the alternatives like losing your job or dying (or getting someone else killed).

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https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-cases-california-69-percent-two-days-1513194

nice

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VintageGin posted...

https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-cases-california-69-percent-two-days-1513194

nice

Cases do appear to be going up in CA (which is very concerning), but this is a dumb comparison to make given the very strong day-of-week effects in reporting (i.e. weekend/monday numbers are always way lower because they process fewer tests).

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LordoftheMorons posted...

Cases do appear to be going up in CA (which is very concerning), but this is a dumb comparison to make given the very strong day-of-week effects in reporting (i.e. weekend/monday numbers are always way lower because they process fewer tests).

If it makes you feel better, they are this dumb with headlines everywhere. Pittsburgh every weekend reports declining deaths for 2 consecutive days lol.

At least Pittsburgh does it opposite of most publications fearmongering clickbait at times.

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I have a technocratic question that I've been wondering about as things reopen.

When locations such as a museum open at 25% capacity, what exactly is meant by capacity? Do they mean the literal capacity of the building, or is capacity considered the point at which the museum would normally stop new guests from entering to prevent crowds. Because the latter is done well before the literal 100% capacity number.

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Not positive, but I'd guess as a fraction of max capacity as defined by the fire marshal.

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LordoftheMorons posted...

Not positive, but I'd guess as a fraction of max capacity as defined by the fire marshal.

This is correct.

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Croatia had gotten down to just 8 active cases nine days ago and now today they've added 95.

I wonder how much of this is Djokovic's fault.

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I haven't been following things as closely for a while. It's so frustrating though how everyone is acting like the pandemic is over. At least around here.

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/26/politics/anthony-fauci-testing-coronavirus-task-force/index.html

Pool testing sounds very dumb to me, but I dunno.

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Texas has closed bars. Florida reports over 8k new cases in 24 hours.

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The Florida DBPR (aka the people in charge of the state's liquor licenses) seems to be taking matters into their own hands.

https://twitter.com/FloridaDBPR/status/1276534160446930944

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I'm in Texas and I haven't heard anything about our bars closing.

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Governor ordered it this morning from what I saw on Twitter

Waluigi1 posted...

I'm in Texas and I haven't heard anything about our bars closing.

Use Google and you will hear about it real quick! Lol

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We're slowly normalising on this side of the pond but idiotic beachgoers threaten to bugger it up for the rest of us.

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I just heard about it from some people now lol. I figured there would be a bigger upset about it.

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Florida with another 9600 cases today.

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There's no way the Florida numbers are anywhere close to accurate given how impossible it is to get tested. It's going to be significantly higher. Other than my own experience, heard from plenty of people who have tried to get tested multiple times only to be turned away after multiple hours of queueing.

Also today was the first day I would say I felt symptom free. Well kinda. I had a bit of a blocked nose / mucusy throat but that's it. I can force a little bit of chest pain by breathing deep and hard which I assume is just it still being inflammed. Today is the 11th day after my initial symptoms showed up.

It's always been expected that the numbers are significantly lower than the confirmed cases. Most say 10-30x more. Which is good. It means mortality is a lot lower than expected and social distancing naturally happens due to already infecteds.

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Corrik7 posted...

It's always been expected that the numbers are significantly lower than the confirmed cases. Most say 10-30x more. Which is good. It means mortality is a lot lower than expected and social distancing naturally happens due to already infecteds.

Who is "most"? That may have been the case early on, but there's no way we're only getting one in thirty cases right now when test positivity rates are down to like 5%.

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LordoftheMorons posted...

Who is "most"? That may have been the case early on, but there's no way we're only getting one in thirty cases right now when test positivity rates are down to like 5%.

Asymptomatics aren't likely to get tested. Asymptomatics make up a large portion of the infected.

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The states that are "spiking" are testing everyone who comes to a hospital, and counting it as a positive case even if its just antibodies or is totally asymptomatic. Nearly all of the "spike" is people who are going to be perfectly fine such that they would have never even noticed they had it were it not for the government freaking out about this.

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Being asymptomatic doesn't mean you can't pass it along to someone else who WOULDN'T be perfectly fine. Those people need to know that they should stay away from others.

I know you had to postpone (not cancel) your wedding and you can't go to bars because of this, but some things are more important than you.

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