SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Source: New Zealand baffled by new COVID-19 cases, eyes frozen-food packaging | Ars Technica

Bob Wilson

 

Just a bit of a lighter note for those who can handle the "F" word being dropped every time he takes a breath and enjoy a bit of OKA Aussie humour

Bunnings is a big hardware chain throughout Australia. "Chopper" is a comedy parody of a notorious Aussie crime figure who was an "enforcer" for a crime boss, but also had a bit of a conscience .....

T1 Terry

 

any word on where the frozen food came from?
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Georgia. (The US state, not the country.)

 

D'oh!

 

massive worldwide dip today, let's hope it keeps up!

 

Hope so, but the weekend might have something to do with it.

I know the county I live in does no weekend reporting.

It makes Monday's look worse.

Keep safe in your neck of the woods.

 

We have the same thing, no weekend reporting. When the numbers do come in they're spread to the appropriate reporting days. I generally don't look until Wednesday/Thursday since it's going to go up.

 

Best to use 7 day moving average on all such data. Some have been charting this way.

 

new york post: virologist jonathan latham and molecular biologist alison wilson of the non profit bioscience resource project in ithica new york claim that a 65 page chinese medical doctors masters thesis shows that the coronavirus was found in chinese miners in 2012, was being studied in the wuhan virology lab, and almost certainly escaped from there.

 

Latest from WHO on herd immunity

WHO: Herd immunity requires an effective vaccine

One part of me wants to believe the information from WHO, the other part of me says this is a disgraced organization that shouldn't be trusted. Do any of you share similar feelings on WHO, honestly I'm not sure what to think of some of their information?

 

i err on the side of caution. i think all the medical authorities have been a bit too liberal, when all the facts are not known yet.
likely, if you social distance properly, and wear a mask when in public indoors, wash your hands, don't touch your face, don't take public trans, don't go to bars, blah, blah, blah, you'll be fine.

that's not good enough for me, still isolating at home. i prefer to eliminate the 'unlikely'. we each make our choices, and live with them.
i'd prefer the emergency room doesn't have to live with mine.

 

dr. fauci says temperature checks are pointless. another bullet in the anti maskers guns

 

us numbers still looking good!

are they being faked by the white house?

i can only say that the ma numbers are correct on worldometers

 

The correct term is 'unreliable'. It is not a sole determinant which is why I use both resting temperature and O{2} level. As for anti-maskers, they win a "Darwin."

Bob Wilson

 

Good news locally. The positive rate of SARS-CoV-2 has dropped from ~14% down to ~7% over the past three weeks. Masks and social distancing works!

Bad news is we have ~35 on venerators which based on past metrics, ~11 are likely to die. It could be worse but this is bad enough.

Bob Wilson

 

world is down, as is the us. we are kicking covid butt!