CoVID-19
Portland to ban cars on some streets to create safe spaces to walk while social distancing.
www.wweek.com
Portland Will Close Some Streets to Cars, Creating Neighborhood Promenades for Walking
The Portland Bureau of Transportation says it will begin installing temporary barricades to close selected residential streets to all but local traffic.
That sucks. How old was she ?
My Dad's sister with comorbidities has it but seems to be doing okay.
That sucks Toshi
My co-worker is probably 55. Her mother was 88 and in a nursing home in PA.
Ok, so I was able to round up some performance data for the two tests Quest uses, Abbott and EUROIMMUN.
Per UW Abbott's test is 100% sensitive and 99.9% specific. Per Abbott it is 91% sensitive and 99.6% specific. I went with 91% sens and 99.9% spec for my calculations––UW's specificity data was with a huge number of samples so I trust that.
Per a preprint floating out there EUROIMMUN's test is 90% sensitive and 93% specific.
Sound similar-ish? In the setting of low prevalence conditions this difference in test performance makes for some drastically different positive and negative predictive values: whether you actually have the disease if you test positive or negative, respectively, the real question people want to know the answer to.
The other data one needs are my estimates of true COVID antibody prevalence. I used 1.1% for CO (from Gov Polis's recent presentation), 3% for CA (which is likely a bit generous, but I digress), and 15% for NY.
CO Abbott PPV 91.0%, NPV 99.9%
CO EUROIMMUN PPV 12.5% (!!!), NPV 99.9%
CA Abbott PPV 96.6%, NPV 99.7%
CA EUROIMMUN PPV 28.5%, NPV 99.7%
NY Abbott PPV 99.4%, NPV 98.4%
NY EUROIMMUN PPV 69.4%, NPV 98.1%
So in a low prevalence state you have a very low chance of actually having COVID antibodies with a positive EUROIMMUN test result! (Abbott's performance is good enough that you actually likely have antibodies.)
In any state, on the other hand, if you test negative you have a very high chance of actually not having COVID antibodies.
Per UW Abbott's test is 100% sensitive and 99.9% specific. Per Abbott it is 91% sensitive and 99.6% specific. I went with 91% sens and 99.9% spec for my calculations––UW's specificity data was with a huge number of samples so I trust that.
Per a preprint floating out there EUROIMMUN's test is 90% sensitive and 93% specific.
Sound similar-ish? In the setting of low prevalence conditions this difference in test performance makes for some drastically different positive and negative predictive values: whether you actually have the disease if you test positive or negative, respectively, the real question people want to know the answer to.
The other data one needs are my estimates of true COVID antibody prevalence. I used 1.1% for CO (from Gov Polis's recent presentation), 3% for CA (which is likely a bit generous, but I digress), and 15% for NY.
CO Abbott PPV 91.0%, NPV 99.9%
CO EUROIMMUN PPV 12.5% (!!!), NPV 99.9%
CA Abbott PPV 96.6%, NPV 99.7%
CA EUROIMMUN PPV 28.5%, NPV 99.7%
NY Abbott PPV 99.4%, NPV 98.4%
NY EUROIMMUN PPV 69.4%, NPV 98.1%
So in a low prevalence state you have a very low chance of actually having COVID antibodies with a positive EUROIMMUN test result! (Abbott's performance is good enough that you actually likely have antibodies.)
In any state, on the other hand, if you test negative you have a very high chance of actually not having COVID antibodies.
He kind of does seem to be entering the "mad" stage of "mad genius".
Edit:
With Grimes playing the part of Marie Antoinette, I guess.
WH Administration appears going about the whole nine yards as far as murky intel relating to Covid, China and point of origin. Too bad it's fodder and too bad he's with zero credibility within the intelligence community. A mole making a mole hole. ...I'd like to think we'll always have Paris but, Jeff Bezos recently lost his fight there as provider of butter churns and other non-essential hardgoods.
Have to have Amazon's blowout sale of Stormy Daniels comedy club tour DVD's, MAGA Hats & Personal Coleman's at a later date.
Have to have Amazon's blowout sale of Stormy Daniels comedy club tour DVD's, MAGA Hats & Personal Coleman's at a later date.
what part of PA? my township has a large retirement home yet surprisingly 0 deaths. 264 confirmed cases.
let no tragedy go unexploited:
#23 COIN IN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HISTORIC MOMENTS SERIES, ''COVID-19, WORLD vs THE UNSEEN ENEMY'', #23 COIN IN SERIES, SOLD OUT!
COVID-19 White House Task Force, Commemorative Silver Coin. Title: WE FOUGHT THE UNSEEN ENEMY, celebrates Everyday Heroes, President Donald J, Trump, Vice President Michael R. Pence, Secretary S. Mnuuchin, Dr. Jerome Adams, Dr. Deborah Birx, Dr. Anthony Fauci, WHO, CDC.
www.whitehousegiftshop.com
I don’t know more specifics.
Hmm, I wonder if the drive to get employees back into the office while maintaining social distancing will force employers to kill the oft maligned open office pipe dream. I, for one, am very much in favor of this.
BUILD THOSE WALLS!
BUILD THOSE WALLS!
Where's the guillotine emoji?let no tragedy go unexploited:
#23 COIN IN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HISTORIC MOMENTS SERIES, ''COVID-19, WORLD vs THE UNSEEN ENEMY'', #23 COIN IN SERIES, SOLD OUT!
COVID-19 White House Task Force, Commemorative Silver Coin. Title: WE FOUGHT THE UNSEEN ENEMY, celebrates Everyday Heroes, President Donald J, Trump, Vice President Michael R. Pence, Secretary S. Mnuuchin, Dr. Jerome Adams, Dr. Deborah Birx, Dr. Anthony Fauci, WHO, CDC.www.whitehousegiftshop.com
you're gonna need a really sharp emoji for it to be effective
please use 
I think this probably should have been accompanied by a bit more info. Are we talking about a guy who had one puff of the devils lettuce and died because of Covid, or are we talking about a pound and a half of heroine straight into his heart?
Clorox
Maybe he overdosed on hydroxychloroquine
Too much 'Merica
overdose on Freedom™? unpossible
Addiction + preventable diseases, what is more 'Merican than that?
If you got the grave with heart disease, diabetes, emphyzema and full of oxy, you should be buried at Arlington.
A question everyone who saw Elijah Wood's molecules presentation in The Ice Storm has been asking themselves:
"If a fart can make it through underwear and a pair of jeans, how can a mask made of cloth save you from covid? Asking for a friend.."
"If a fart can make it through underwear and a pair of jeans, how can a mask made of cloth save you from covid? Asking for a friend.."
Coronavirus Pandemic Likely to Last Two Years, Report Says
["https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-01/covid-19-pandemic-likely-to-last-two-years-report-says"]
["https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-01/covid-19-pandemic-likely-to-last-two-years-report-says"]
bUt My RiGhTs AnD lIbErTiEs
#CancelRent Is New Rallying Cry for Tenants. Landlords Are Alarmed. (Published 2020)
From New York to Los Angeles, tenant groups are encouraging millions of renters to withhold May rent, which landlords warn would be devastating.
that article just needed to be a couple sentences.
"“since I can smell a fart through a mask, there's no point in wearing a mask to protect me against viruses” is like securing a medieval castle with a gate to keep out invading horsemen, 8/9
but arguing that because roaches can still enter that there is no point in having a gate. Clearly you have not considered that the horseman is the greater threat."
During the corn teen I have decided to learn about facebook marketing. I still suck at it.
Have only sold 3 of these 568 views & my FB ad was viewes 4,600+ times, with 360 engagements.
I figured this would sell better rn...
Have only sold 3 of these 568 views & my FB ad was viewes 4,600+ times, with 360 engagements.
I figured this would sell better rn...
If you still feel like going out to eat.
www.today.com
Table for 1? This restaurant in an empty field will serve a person a day
Solo dining is being reinvented by one Swedish couple during the coronavirus pandemic.