Coronavirus

[cwerdna]

^^^
Crap. They're OOS again. If one is looking, just keep checking their page from time to time.

At a minimum we should have shut down air travel....

Agree. TSA checkpoint travel numbers for 2020 and 2019 | Transportation Security Administration has the # of people TSA has been screening each day vs. the same day a year ago. It's down a lot but still a hell of a lot of people flying.

 

[dhanson865]

Masks not enough to stop COVID-19's spread without distancing

In Physics of Fluids, by AIP Publishing, researchers tested how five different types of mask materials impacted the spread of droplets that carry the coronavirus when we cough or sneeze.

Every material tested dramatically reduced the number of droplets that were spread. But at distances of less than 6 feet, enough droplets to potentially cause illness still made it through several of the materials.

"A mask definitely helps, but if the people are very close to each other, there is still a chance of spreading or contracting the virus," said Krishna Kota, an associate professor at New Mexico State University and one of the article's authors. "It's not just masks that will help. It's both the masks and distancing."

which is just siting https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0035072

which has this results image

 

[jerry33]

More people voted for Trump in California then any other state. So the science tells me that is a lot of people who probably don't believe in science - and have no problem advancing the spread.

"Don't accept the scientific findings". Science isn't a belief system, it's a method of investigation. Please don't bring science down to the level of ...

 

[AlanSubie4Life]

Florida's Keyontae Johnson has heart ailment linked to COVID-19

No surprises here, of course. Nearly killed him.

The NBA season without a bubble looks like it'll be interesting. Hopefully no one dies. I don't think we've had an active professional athlete die yet (in the US anyway), but it's just a matter of time. Several college athletes have died, of course.

Unsurprisingly, it does seem clear that being in peak physical condition and having access to the best medical care does improve outcomes. But it's certainly not a guarantee. Quite a few professional athletes in the US are on the long-term physically unable to perform/ injured reserve lists, due to COVID, at this point. It'll be interesting to see if they ever recover to 100% capability.

 

[madodel]

Florida's Keyontae Johnson has heart ailment linked to COVID-19

No surprises here, of course. Nearly killed him.

The NBA season without a bubble looks like it'll be interesting. Hopefully no one dies. I don't think we've had an active professional athlete die yet (in the US anyway), but it's just a matter of time. Several college athletes have died, of course.

Unsurprisingly, it does seem clear that being in peak physical condition and having access to the best medical care does improve outcomes. But it's certainly not a guarantee. Quite a few professional athletes in the US are on the long-term physically unable to perform/ injured reserve lists, due to COVID, at this point. It'll be interesting to see if they ever recover to 100% capability.

But it's just the "flu"!

 

[AlanSubie4Life]

But it's just the "flu"!

Yup, casedemic. If we just stopped testing like mad for it (we don't do that for the flu, amirite?), it would be NBD for sure.

 

[NikolaACDC]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...45c1c2-449f-11eb-ac2a-3ac0f2b8ceeb_story.html

Britain finds 2 cases of coronavirus variant linked to South Africa

"Britain has found two cases of a coronavirus variant linked to South Africa, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Wednesday, both of which are tied to contact with recent arrivals from that country.

Hancock announced new restrictions on visitors from South Africa and called on anyone who has recently been to that country or been in contact with a recent arrival from there to quarantine immediately, describing the measures as temporary while officials seek to better understand the variant.

“This virus is highly concerning because it is yet more transmissible and appears to have mutated further than the new variant that’s been discovered in the U.K.,” he said at a news conference.

South African officials announced last week that their scientists had detected a new variant that appeared to be fueling a rapid rise in infections there.

The appearance of the South African variant in Britain comes as its officials are already grappling with a worsening coronavirus outbreak linked to a different variant recently discovered in England."

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Somewhat related
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...s-cases-ranks-43rd-sequencing-check-variants/

"The United States has the most coronavirus cases in the world — but in sequencing cases to check for genetic changes, it lags at an astoundingly low rate.
Of the more than 18 million cases officially reported in the United States, just 51,212, or 0.3 percent, have been genetically analyzed for variants..."
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Guess with the huge numbers in the US both T-T-Q and genetic sequencing are pretty much impossible.
Then again, the UK has managed to analyze three times as many as the US.

 

[AlanSubie4Life]

Guess with the huge numbers in the US both T-T-Q and genetic sequencing are pretty much impossible.
Then again, the UK has managed to analyze three times as many as the US

Trevor Bedford has a thread. The TL;DR is that the volume is low, and latency is also quite high.

https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1341806647006543872?s=20

 

[dhanson865]

Tennessee Hospitals Are Disturbingly Close To Their Breaking Point

 

[TespaceX]

Unsurprisingly, it does seem clear that being in peak physical condition and having access to the best medical care does improve outcomes. But it's certainly not a guarantee.

Unfortunately, most people don’t have medical professionals on the sideline or next door as these athletes do.

 

[madodel]

Anyone surprised?


U.S. deaths in 2020 top 3 million, by far the most ever counted. COVID-19 is to blame

Deaths in 2020 are expected to top 3 million for the first time. As with so many other grim milestones this year, the COVID-19 pandemic is largely to blame.

 

[AlanSubie4Life]

The NBA season without a bubble looks like it'll be interesting.

Rough so far.

NBA postpones Thunder-Rockets game

 

[wdolson]

Florida's Keyontae Johnson has heart ailment linked to COVID-19

No surprises here, of course. Nearly killed him.

The NBA season without a bubble looks like it'll be interesting. Hopefully no one dies. I don't think we've had an active professional athlete die yet (in the US anyway), but it's just a matter of time. Several college athletes have died, of course.

Unsurprisingly, it does seem clear that being in peak physical condition and having access to the best medical care does improve outcomes. But it's certainly not a guarantee. Quite a few professional athletes in the US are on the long-term physically unable to perform/ injured reserve lists, due to COVID, at this point. It'll be interesting to see if they ever recover to 100% capability.

Like polio victims I think that we might see some segment of the population with permanent damage.

Anyone surprised?


U.S. deaths in 2020 top 3 million, by far the most ever counted. COVID-19 is to blame

Deaths in 2020 are expected to top 3 million for the first time. As with so many other grim milestones this year, the COVID-19 pandemic is largely to blame.

There are also indirect deaths due to COVID too. This includes seniors who declined during lockdown because it was like being in prison and people who died of treatable conditions who either didn't seek treatment due to fear of getting COVID in the hospital or the inability of the hospital to take them.

My partner listens to a podcast from someone in San Diego. She was out jogging last week and tripped. She got banged up pretty badly, including a concussion and severe neck pain and a hairline fracture, but the hospital sent her home because they don't have any room.

On the other hand there were fewer traffic accident deaths and fewer industrial accidental deaths this year.

 

[Doggydogworld]

Anyone surprised?


U.S. deaths in 2020 top 3 million, by far the most ever counted. COVID-19 is to blame

Deaths in 2020 are expected to top 3 million for the first time. As with so many other grim milestones this year, the COVID-19 pandemic is largely to blame.

I went through the CDC numbers a couple weeks ago and estimated we'd get close to 3.3 million vs. 2.84m in 2019. That's 460k growth vs ~30k expected, so 400-430k excess. Worldometers will end the year close to 360k. The difference is reporting lags (1-2 weeks worth at 20k/week) and some under-reporting, especially in the first wave.

I tried showing these numbers to the "most COVID deaths are really just mis-classified car wrecks and shooting victims" crowd, but it doesn't make a dent.

 

[AlanSubie4Life]

I tried showing these numbers to the "most COVID deaths are really just mis-classified car wrecks and shooting victims" crowd, but it doesn't make a dent

Maybe you should try again, lol. I do actually feel like they're searching for a new explanation these days; the mounting numbers reduce their weasel room. The "non-existent flu is actually because flu deaths are being counted as COVID deaths" "hypothesis" seems to have fallen apart as well, just because the astounding numbers make that look like a completely laughable theory.

 

[EVCollies]

Study: Vitamin D deficiency found in over 80% of COVID-19 patients

But did Vit D deficiency cause the severity of infection or is acute illness a cause of Vit D deficiency?

 

[scottf200]

-- Picture of counties. Deaths per capita.
1 month before; 2 months ...; 3 months ...

Below via: https://twitter.com/saraecook/status/1341930530716184577

 

[madodel]

My wife got her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine yesterday. She had no soreness or initial effect but felt a little weak later in the day.

 

[Doggydogworld]

My wife got her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine yesterday. She had no soreness or initial effect but felt a little weak later in the day.

My sister got it Sunday. Sore arm plus a little fatigue/headache which could have been allergies (cedar season starting up in south TX).

 

[dhanson865]

So if the inpatient number has risen drastically and the ICU beds taken hasn't what's the explanation for that difference?

Do patients that previously qualified for ICU just not get that level of care or are there that many more patients admitted in some sort of limbo where they are bad enough to admit but not bad enough for ICU care?