Coronavirus (Stay on Topic)

[Yellow Snow]

This doesn't bode well for our own efforts to reopen...

A second wave of covid-19 hits northern Japan

Hokkaido imposes its second state of emergency in two months

www.economist.com

 

[LetItSnow]

Yet another example of the good..

Town Comes Together To Create 520-Car Parade For 17 Year-Old Girl With Inoperable Brain Tumor

A Pennsylvania community didn’t let the social distancing guidelines put in place to fight the coronavirus pandemic stop them from letting a 17 year-old girl with an inoperable brain tumor know just how loved she is. Days before Easter, the town of Bedminster created a 520-car parade as a...

www.upliftingtoday.com

 

[LetItSnow]

Here's an informative article from the Washington Post today discussing the various technical glitches that the IRS is experiencing in disbursing the stimulus checks:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/18/stimulus-check-glitches-why-youre-having-trouble-what-you-can-do-about-it/

Funny how they don't experience various technical glitches collecting money.

Our tax dollars at work..

 

[superjames1992]

Durham County is requiring people to wear face masks in public places. Ugh, now I'm going to have to make one or something..

Durham County requiring residents to wear face masks in public

Officials made an amendment to the unified Durham Stay-At-Home Order on Friday.

www.wbtv.com

 

[Dewpoint Dan]

Durham County is requiring people to wear face masks in public places. Ugh, now I'm going to have to make one or something..

Durham County requiring residents to wear face masks in public

Officials made an amendment to the unified Durham Stay-At-Home Order on Friday.

www.wbtv.com

Just find an old halloween mask

 

[Yellow Snow]

Just find an old halloween mask

I'm sure no one would mind if you walked into stores wearing a Pennywise mask!

 

[Ethan80963]

 

[Snowfan]

Good news in NY.

 

[Dewpoint Dan]

Good news in NY.

Could that be because it's the weekend and less reporting ?

 

[Shaggy]

Increase in reported cases = increases in testing; it's not rocket science; good grief..

We still arent testing enough though.

 

[Downeastnc]

Could that be because it's the weekend and less reporting ?

That's been the case typically but we wont know till Monday really......but the pattern has been for lower death tolls over weekends then jumps Monday....

 

[Downeastnc]

We still arent testing enough though.

Bottom line is we have to test as many as we can, otherwise there is no real data to base reopening on.....if we don't test even those not presenting as sick and we reopen then we just have to go back into lockdown and SIP again when the second wave flares up....

 

[pcbjr]

Lots of good data here ... https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/maps-visuals

This one is particularly interesting if you want to see currently active ... https://nssac.bii.virginia.edu/covid-19/dashboard/

 

[GrimReap3r]

I wonder how many of that number come from the 250+ positive tests from the Goldsboro prison where 98% were asymptomatic.

This is pretty interesting, I was curious about the asymptomatic numbers already but now I've very curious.

'Silent carriers:' Of 259 inmate COVID-19 cases, 98% in NC prison showing no symptoms

A COVID-19 outbreak at a North Carolina state prison has spread to more than 250 inmates, prison officials said Friday.

www.wral.com

 

[Snowfan]

 

[Shaggy]

This is pretty interesting, I was curious about the asymptomatic numbers already but now I've very curious.

'Silent carriers:' Of 259 inmate COVID-19 cases, 98% in NC prison showing no symptoms

A COVID-19 outbreak at a North Carolina state prison has spread to more than 250 inmates, prison officials said Friday.

www.wral.com

Is it possible we are getting false positives?

 

[GrimReap3r]

Is it possible we are getting false positives?

At 98% you'd have to assume some false positives and/or whatever definition they're using for "asymptomatic" isn't great. On the other hand, if the average age is 20-something in that prison this might give some good insight into how it's affecting younger/healthy folks.

 

[BHS1975]

At 98% you'd have to assume some false positives and/or whatever definition they're using for "asymptomatic" isn't great. On the other hand, if the average age is 20-something in that prison this might give some good insight into how it's affecting younger/healthy folks.

How do we know they won’t have symptoms later?


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[Dewpoint Dan]

Since there is evidence sunlight makes it harder for the virus to be transmitted, shouldnt people be encouraged to leave their house as much as possible ?

 

[Shaggy]

Since there is evidence sunlight makes it harder for the virus to be transmitted, shouldnt people be encouraged to leave their house as much as possible ?

No. What sense does that make? The virus doesnt evaporate in sunlight like a vampire. It still has a chance to transmit. Sure it may cut your chances but it isnt a zero % chance of catching it either.