Yeah. Furlough is not a solution.
CoVID-19
Ever since they started recommending masks itseems like social distancing went out the window. People think that since they bought a lovely floral print mask off Etsy they’re invincible.
On the topic of masks, what are the odds that they’re amajor factor in China having seemingly so few cases compared to New York? People in China, especially in the cities wear they all the time anyway because their air is essentially constructed from coal dust and diesel fumes, whereas up until a couple weeks ago we were instructed not to wear them. Obviously China has drastically underreported cases, but I find it hard to believe they could get away with such a massive con job if their mortality and transmission rates were similar to what we’re seeing here.
In the autopsy of the Western Worlds response, particularly the US response, recommending against masks will be seen as a massive screw up.
It looks like we are nailing the wearing of masks by single persons inside of vehicles though, so we got that going for us.
Data available from China seems unreliable.
I’d say masks are a mixed bag.
1. Commonly available ones are often rated at 20% effective in reducing exposure. So, if everyone wears them, you’d have a 40% reduction. Actually, more like 36%, since person 1’s exhale is reduced to 80% which then gets reduced 20% on person 2’s inhale, all else equal. That’s a decent benefit.
2. Masks serve as s reminder. It’s a double edged sword, in that some folks think they have armor so they can take risks. Other are reminded by them to be cautious.
3. People are more likely to touch the mask than their face. However, some people will fidget with the masks, effectively touching their face more often.
New Brazilian trial. Not well controlled but better than single arm Raoult crap. Soft endpoint of admission. See my tweet for other caveats.
how would you operate a bookstore/library....look but don't touch....
Hey, what’s the book of Leviticus got to offer on how to manage this virus? I got to 15:19 and still haven’t found an answer.
The what of what?
Buckle up!
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Goes hand in hand with this.
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Beaches in Florida will start reopening THIS EVENING
Jacksonville beaches reopened at 5pm on Friday under limited hours and use restrictions, even as Florida recorded its highest single-day increase in confirmed coronavirus cases.
Goes hand in hand with this.
Stanford marshmallow experiment - Wikipedia
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If you’re not wearing a face shield and gloves while driving solo, what are you even doing with your life?
They’re going to soak it in Sardine oil and feed it to tigers? May want to rethink that one
Coronavirus: Tiger at Bronx Zoo tests positive for Covid-19
The Bronx Zoo in New York says this case of human-to-animal transmission appears to be unique.
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For the numerically minded, this and a few subsequent posts in this thread detail why the true confidence interval for the Santa Clara seroprevalence study should include 0%, ranging up to perhaps 4%.
(0% would be unlikely given non-0 prevalence of active infections, with the greater point about specificity assumptions affecting the interpretation of the apparent positive rate.)
(0% would be unlikely given non-0 prevalence of active infections, with the greater point about specificity assumptions affecting the interpretation of the apparent positive rate.)
You dont even need bookstores now to learn how to cook. Online sources are imho better even for super complicated stuff.
Though I don't get why every country goes with the Finnish school system were rankings are forbidden and it's a classless school system so the school you went to has a huge influence on where you land in life. They also teach people how to interpret information and avoid fake news. I had that in my school but I was lucky my parents forked over for the top private school in the country at the time but hey since they weren't millionaires if I somehow become super-rich this allows me to wear the "self-made millionaire badge" just like Kylie Jenner...
@jonKranked yeah cooking is fun. It's nice to have something where your work actually results in something that has value and it's influenced only by you and not BS office politics. This gives me an idea we need a TV Cooking show where food is cooked after going through a large corporate decisionmaking process. Then the CEO has to eat that food.
Should just make the CEO's of fast food joints live off their menu's for a month - a la Super Size Me.
I'd watch that. I'd even help.
Sad pictures.
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Empty spaces: No more 'shredding' at Portland's iconic Burnside Skatepark (photos)
Portland's most famous DIY project is closed for the foreseeable future due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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ICE is Deporting COVID-19 Positive Detainees from Private Immigration Prisons
ICE is putting private immigration prisons on lockdown and deporting large numbers of detainees amid a number of coronavirus outbreaks.
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So we had our weekly COVID 19 EMS status update conference call Friday. Because the Bay Area did an early sheltr in place order we are not seeing a major surge in cases or deaths here.
However:
In a very sad way this explains why the skilled nursing homes are the outbreak epicenters and it "Validates" what those of us in the field have been saying for years.
The staff at skilled nursing facilities are the folks that no one else will hire. They have a lack of knowledge and skills and due to low pay no followup training, low staffing and as a result general apathy.
In Alameda County 65% of the hospitalizations and the majority of the deaths for COVID 19 are from these facilities. Public Health and EMS went in to investigate and found a complete lack of accountability in patient tracking, Infectious disease control, proper sanitation and PPE use at the vast majority of locations.
Staff members would go from one room to another without changing PPE. In other words taking the infection from one resident to another. In some instances even though every resident had been tested for covid no one in administration told the staff who they were. Total Cluster Eff. Public Heath and EMS are embedding folks to train and enforce proper procedures.
I have a strong suspicion that the situation is similar all around the USA
However:
In a very sad way this explains why the skilled nursing homes are the outbreak epicenters and it "Validates" what those of us in the field have been saying for years.
The staff at skilled nursing facilities are the folks that no one else will hire. They have a lack of knowledge and skills and due to low pay no followup training, low staffing and as a result general apathy.
In Alameda County 65% of the hospitalizations and the majority of the deaths for COVID 19 are from these facilities. Public Health and EMS went in to investigate and found a complete lack of accountability in patient tracking, Infectious disease control, proper sanitation and PPE use at the vast majority of locations.
Staff members would go from one room to another without changing PPE. In other words taking the infection from one resident to another. In some instances even though every resident had been tested for covid no one in administration told the staff who they were. Total Cluster Eff. Public Heath and EMS are embedding folks to train and enforce proper procedures.
I have a strong suspicion that the situation is similar all around the USA
It is in Quebec.
Half the deaths are in nursing homes, private and gov. Low salaries, lack of staff, lack of equipment.
I have one.
To ration PPE we in the hospital are supposed to reuse surgical masks for several days if not in contact with a known COVID patient. Clearly downsides to this but so too with running out of PPE.
A true first world nation we are.
Yeah but not changing gloves even.....and going from known Covid infected Pt to a non Covid Pt in contaminated gear is just beyond the pale
Are you tired of winning yet?