SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Not a problem in Japan.

 

now i KNOW this disease has become serious;

Waffle House closing more than 350 diners :: WRAL.com

on the other hand - just closing them any ol' time might save lives.

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We are facing a Cat 5 Coronacane across the country by this index.

 

Mostly in Yankee country....but there are a few (I'm told) in "half-back" country...or North Carolina.

According to a station in Georgia, where Waffle House is based, the 24-hour chain is famous for disaster preparedness -- so much so that emergency officials have incorporated Waffle House's ability to serve food in its measure of a disaster....as mentioned above.

I passed by one of my small town's two Waffle Houses just yesterday that had a hand-painted sign indicating that they were open 24x7.....

This is a non-trivial thing for a telecom worker in a part of the country where 24 hour eateries are somewhat limited by the current pandemic.
Like I said...we have 2 in our town and I nearly never eat at them.....but that may change.....especially if our 24x7 Doughnut shop goes under.....

 

gota give prof's tho - to the Volunteer state - they & Kentucky are holding fast, with very few closures.
I'd imagine the open spots are all checked for health, wearing masks gloves etc.
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none around here that i'm aware of, but plenty south of dc

 

reuters: 'u-turn, just as china begins to reopen factories and bring back workers, order cancellations prompt immediate layoffs'

 

When we perform a play in town, by the time I leave nothing else is open. So i tend to eat at WH 20 times a year. They are the best (and only) place to eat in after 10 PM.

 

Italy had a bad day today, more than 6200 new cases. But the U.S. still surpassed it, and is breathing down China's neck now:

 

It has happened now.

We're Number One!!



For death toll, we are still a ways back at #6, and that doesn't look like it will change for a while. Italy, Spain, and France are dying 2X-4X faster than us (not adjusted of population size differences) and widening their leads. Iran is going the same speed as us, but with a wide lead. China has few new deaths, but still a huge lead.

 

A race we didn't want to win.

 

Scored a 6-pack of TP today at Trader Joe's. Middle of the day, 3 more on the shelf. Line outside about 10 minutes, 20 customers allowed inside at once.

 

I prefer substances that work. But if you want expensive, I just got some exosomes. Supposed to shift my epigenetic expression of my genome toward that of an infant. Faster healing, more effective immune system. Or maybe nothing like the disclaimer I signed.

 

Do you have any good references/explainers on the Gompertz function?

I've been thinking about more sophisticated ways to plot the U.S. state data so that after we hit the inflection point, we can infer how long we'd expect new infections to show up (i.e. how long do we still need to lockdown/social distance). Can the Gompertz function predict that?

 

I doubt that Covid-19 would have any effect on isolated ships. The whole crew could test positive, yet most would only know they were sick because someone told them. These aren't the elderly rest home folk with multiple medical problems.

Just keep them at sea until they won't transmit their virus to less vital elders.

And I'll bet that the submarine people get vitamin D supplements. Either that or tanning beds...

 

i like the website. i wish it had a 'tests performed' column

 

Based on existing figures here, I very strongly doubt that any large military ship could avoid the illness problem.

On land, young adults and middle aged people are being hospitalized at similar rates to old folks. They just are not dying at similar rates.