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Corona virus (more correctly, Wuhan virus)


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2020 Jan 24, 12:33pm   183,618 views  3,363 comments

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Anyone wants to risk a bet on the eventual number of sick people? Dead people?

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1223   Patrick   2020 Mar 27, 9:31am  

https://medium.com/wintoncentre/how-much-normal-risk-does-covid-represent-4539118e1196

It’s important to note that all the risks quoted are the average (mean) risks for people of the relevant age, but are not the risks of the average person! This is because, both for COVID and in normal circumstances, much of the risk is held by people whom are already chronically ill. So for the large majority of healthy people, their risks of either dying from COVID, or dying of something else, are much lower than those quoted here. Although of course for every death there will be others who are seriously ill.

Also, as Triggle points out, there will be substantial overlap in these two groups — many people who die of COVID would have died anyway within a short period — and so these risks cannot be simply added, and it does not simply double the risk of people who get infected. It is crucially important that the NHS is not overwhelmed, but if COVID deaths can be kept in the order of say 20,000 by stringent suppression measures, as is now being suggested, there may end up being a minimal impact on overall mortality for 2020 (although background mortality could increase due to pressures on the health services and the side-effects of isolation). Although, as we are seeing, at vast cost.
1224   zzyzzx   2020 Mar 27, 1:26pm  

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/condom-shortage-looms-coronavirus-lockdown-114905514.html

Condom shortage looms after coronavirus lockdown shuts world's top producer
1235   mell   2020 Mar 27, 8:47pm  

zzyzzx says


Voted funniest meme by me so far for 2020.
1236   mell   2020 Mar 27, 8:48pm  

Fuck I can't stop laughing
1237   Patrick   2020 Mar 27, 10:18pm  

https://babylonbee.com/news/covid-19-impacting-men-women-more-than-all-other-genders-combined

BALTIMORE, MD—A new study by Johns Hopkins University found that the novel coronavirus is impacting men and women more than all the other genders combined.

According to the study, 100% of coronavirus cases have affected men and women and not a single other gender.

"It's incredible - we've found this virus is far more likely to affect biological males and biological females than any other biological gender," said Head of Gender Research Dr. Benji Charmin. "We thought the data had to be flawed, but we checked again and again, and sure enough, this thing is aggressively going after men and women and ignoring the other genders entirely."

He shrugged. "It's just science."

Progressives quickly applauded the virus for not attacking any of the other genders and only focusing on traditional, outdated, binary genders.
1238   RWSGFY   2020 Mar 27, 10:37pm  

Patrick says
Progressives quickly applauded the virus for not attacking any of the other genders and only focusing on traditional, outdated, binary genders.


"Attaboy! Who's the good virus?"
1242   Booger   2020 Mar 28, 10:05am  

Diarrhea kills 1.8 million a year.

ONE POINT EIGHT MILLION.

Where's my diarrhea check?
1248   RC2006   2020 Mar 28, 1:08pm  

Trump being blamed by media for new Darwin award winner.

www.youtube.com/embed/FLG-6oXMWfA
1249   clambo   2020 Mar 28, 1:54pm  

Booger has the funniest shit, thanks.
1250   Booger   2020 Mar 28, 2:51pm  

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-new-orleans-rats-precautions-streets-empty/

Rats swarm New Orleans' streets as coronavirus precautions leave them empty

With restaurants closed save for take-out service, far less food waste is being discarded in the city's alleyways, driving the local rodent population out into the open to search for scraps.
1251   mell   2020 Mar 28, 7:20pm  

Patrick says


Interesting the exact inversion. Malaria likes the heat around the equator, CV the cold.
1252   mell   2020 Mar 28, 7:21pm  

CA new infection numbers for the last 3 days, 1100, 774 and 758. Looking better!
1253   marcus   2020 Mar 28, 7:30pm  

mell says
CA new infection numbers for the last 3 days, 1100, 774 and 758. Looking better!


Again, source ?
1254   mell   2020 Mar 28, 7:54pm  

marcus says
mell says
CA new infection numbers for the last 3 days, 1100, 774 and 758. Looking better!


Again, source ?


https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Same source as usual.
1255   marcus   2020 Mar 28, 7:57pm  

Yeah, I've used that, including the US version
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

You have one that shows the history for california ?
1256   FortwayeAsFuckJoeBiden   2020 Mar 28, 8:01pm  

marcus says
Yeah, I've used that, including the US version
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

You have one that shows the history for california ?


Try google data sources. They unified them into 1.
1257   Eman   2020 Mar 28, 8:03pm  

mell says
CA new infection numbers for the last 3 days, 1100, 774 and 758. Looking better!


Mell,

Where do you get your numbers from? According to Worldometers.com, we have 110 new cases in CA today, which is fantastic. Looks like we may have turned the corner, which is going up at a decelerating rate.
1258   noobster   2020 Mar 28, 8:13pm  

Booger says
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-new-orleans-rats-precautions-streets-empty/

Rats swarm New Orleans' streets as coronavirus precautions leave them empty

With restaurants closed save for take-out service, far less food waste is being discarded in the city's alleyways, driving the local rodent population out into the open to search for scraps.


Government cheese for the rats too?
1259   mell   2020 Mar 28, 8:58pm  

marcus says
Yeah, I've used that, including the US version
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

You have one that shows the history for california ?


They do have now and yesterday button for comparison. Just write it down to track 3 days or more.

E-man says
mell says
CA new infection numbers for the last 3 days, 1100, 774 and 758. Looking better!


Mell,

Where do you get your numbers from? According to Worldometers.com, we have 110 new cases in CA today, which is fantastic. Looks like we may have turned the corner, which is going up at a decelerating rate.


This site resets at 0:00 GMT but is constantly updated so the real reset happens around 7 pm PST. If you only see a few cases it means the counting for the day has just started and/or a few cases were carried over. 110 would be fantastic but it's currently around 750-800 per day. Check back tomorrow around 6 pm PST to get close to the final tally for the day. We had well over a 1000 new cases 3 days ago so 758 for yesterday is pretty good. Let's hope this trend of lower/flat new infections continues.
1261   PeopleUnited   2020 Mar 29, 5:27am  

mell says
marcus says
mell says
CA new infection numbers for the last 3 days, 1100, 774 and 758. Looking better!


Again, source ?


https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Same source as usual.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-20/coronavirus-county-doctors-containment-testing
When they stop counting/testing, there is no reason to celebrate.

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