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#256 2020-05-21 14:04:56
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#257 2020-05-26 12:07:12
Re: Corona virus
Considerations for Institutes of Higher Education from the US Centers for Disease Control
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#258 2020-05-26 15:09:00
Re: Corona virus
michaelkpate wrote #323285:
Considerations for Institutes of Higher Education from the US Centers for Disease Control
With Universities moving to online courses… what will become of their huge campuses
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#259 2020-05-26 17:32:11
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As much as I believe that much of our work should be moved online, in order to keep working from home, I feel sorry for those kids who will not get the social experience of their studies, and I am also worried about the generation which social deprivation is fast becoming their norm. Having said that, I believe that spatial distancing is the only thing which works for now.
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#260 2020-05-27 14:15:02
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No spatial distancing in Mumbai. We must keep counting our blessings, we have plenty to be thankful for. And don’t worry about all the things in this excellent video and article which is, imho, a must-watch. Focus on the good, find the goodness and kindness within and enjoy whatever days we have left. They are dividing and conquering us more than ever, but let’s not give in to anxiety, worry or negativity. The corona world is our world now, our new normal. Just as it has been all our lives, we need to make the most of it and find our own personal joy, peace and fulfilment, first.
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#261 2020-10-17 20:13:32
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Here’s an interesting development by the German Corona Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee who are investigating and intend to prosecute those responsible for “pandemic measures intended to sow panic so that the pharmaceutical and tech industries can generate huge profits from the sale of PCR tests, antigen and antibody tests and vaccines, and the harvesting of our genetic fingerprints.”
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#262 2020-10-20 09:34:36
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Data Repository by Johns Hopkins University at github. I hope that we are going to go through this second wave but the prognosis the numbers are revealing is grim.
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#263 2020-10-20 11:26:57
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colak wrote #326479:
I hope that we are going to go through this second wave but the prognosis the numbers are revealing is grim.
Europe does not look at all… :-( On the flip side, if it give some measure of hope, hospitals are getting better at dealing with this.
but then again, the EU options with keeping borders open, and the BOJO type of absolute incompetence are not conductive to quick resolutions.
Hold on strong.
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#264 2020-10-23 14:09:18
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Although I cannot help feeling that this is a pre-election stunt, the FDA announced their first approved C-19 treatment earlier today. I also found this page listing the side effects.
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#265 2020-10-24 05:55:42
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colak wrote #326521:
Although I cannot help feeling that this is a pre-election stunt, the FDA announced their first approved C-19 treatment earlier today. I also found this page listing the side effects.
Did you see reports about the effectiveness of that drug in the COVI-19 case ? For example. I seem to remember a Japanese newspaper article on that product – the conclusion was along the lines of “reduces the intensity of the symptoms in some cases” (article buried behind a paywall).
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#266 2020-10-24 09:47:37
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This smacks of the ‘cure’ for the common cold. Take medicine and you’ll be better in 7 days. Take nothing and you’ll be better in about a week!
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#267 2020-10-24 09:56:40
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Bloke wrote #326534:
This smacks of the ‘cure’ for the common cold. Take medicine and you’ll be better in 7 days. Take nothing and you’ll be better in about a week!
Well said! And I do think the tests being used are detecting the common cold kind of coronavirus mostly, thus giving false positives for Covid-19. I say that going on these stats (which are not a direct correlation but certainly give a clue).
Deaths England and Wales (covid-related) since beginning of Covid (265 days)
43,967
Equivalent for 1 year
60,558
Total deaths England and Wales 2019
530,841 (265,300 male deaths and 265,541 female)
Main causes of male deaths
65 to 79 years Ischaemic heart diseases 14.8%
(39,265)
80 years and over Dementia and Alzheimer disease 15.2% (40,326)
Main causes of female deaths
65 to 79 Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus and lung 10.0% (26,554)
80 years and over Dementia and Alzheimer disease 22.9% (60,809)
My conclusion:
60,000 deaths from Covid per year are mostly in the elderly and vulnerable. The number of deaths are not necessarily all from Covid because it might have been old age, heart disease, dementia or respiratory disease that were the actual cause of death in many cases. Note how the main causes of death in the 65 to 79 age group total over 66,000 and in over-80s total over 100,000. So a lot of elderly people were going to die anyway and the true figure for covid deaths that exclude other naturally occurring causes will be much lower.
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#268 2020-10-24 10:02:40
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Bloke wrote #326534:
This smacks of the ‘cure’ for the common cold.
oh, no… it is an excellent for doping up the share price of the manufacturer.
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#269 2020-10-24 10:16:19
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I read somewhere that the average age of death in the UK (I think, but its fairly unanimous worldwide) is 84.
That’s an average, so of course median. There’ll be outliers, those much older, and younger people that drag the number down – mainly those who were immuno-compromised already or had other complications (obesity, lack of general health and fitness, poor diet – the usual culprits).
But if I was compiling “official numbers” then it’s very difficult to attribute actual covid-related deaths with those who would have been bumped off by flu or a cold or heart disease anyway, as zero intimates.
The only ones that can be ‘officially’ counted are those who have tested positive and have died within 14 days of that test. Is that being rigorously adhered? I don’t know, based on numbers of ‘cases’ vs ‘deaths’ vs ‘tests’ but I suspect since there’s extra strain on resources in the medical profession, there will be those who attribute other deaths as covid-related to cut down on paperwork and red tape.
A largely unfounded viewpoint, just a hunch based on human nature.
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#270 2020-10-24 10:30:39
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Bloke wrote #326537:
The only ones that can be ‘officially’ counted are those who have tested positive and have died within 14 days of that test. Is that being rigorously adhered? I don’t know, based on numbers of ‘cases’ vs ‘deaths’ vs ‘tests’ but I suspect since there’s extra strain on resources in the medical profession, there will be those who attribute other deaths as covid-related to cut down on paperwork and red tape.
A largely unfounded viewpoint, just a hunch based on human nature.
I relate to my personal experience again as I often do, so statistically invalid, but other people have similar experiences and added up they could well be more valid than the stats used by our statis politicians.
In our local hospital, from the start of the pandemic, I know one person and have heard of other people who were given the option to get their relative’s death certificate there and then if they would just sign a form to confirm that they died from covid. If they didn’t do this, they would have to wait a long time for that certificate. This would make funeral arrangements difficult etc.
Also a friend of a friend was tested positive for covid, last month. He had close contact with many of his workmates and the whole firm was closed for two weeks and everyone was tested. Everyone’s families have all been tested too. Only the friend of a friend tested positive. Everyone else was clear.
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