March 12, 2020 (aka COVID-19 thread)

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A point:
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Depends: how many of those tested were asymptomatic? Also, has the confirmed (as in, having the virus directly contributed to death, not just having been present when they died) death rate increased?

Because I keep hearing that it's actually decreasing as the number of cases increases.
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Also Testing Bias. How many people were tested on the low side vs the high side? Are more being found because there's more testing? Are the "Cases" showing antibodies, active symptomatic disease, asymptomatic people, or a combination?

The graph suffers from ambiguity.
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AnotherFairportfan wrote: Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:03 pm
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Hydroxychloroquine update: Link

Many embedded source links also.

Also: Tricor! (I'm already taking this stuff for cholesterol issues. Never had a problem with it.)
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Well, that pjmedia piece is odious bullshit aimed at people who don't know anything about how molecular biology research is done, claiming that the worldwide research community doesn't know what it's doing. Hydroxychloroquine was investigated immediately in several countries, and it rapidly became obvious that it is ineffective at best and too often harmful.

The Jerusalem Post piece is kind of amped up on the optimism, but if other researchers are following up, there might be something there. Lots of drugs are under study for effectiveness against SARS-Cov-2, and this will lead to treatment eventually. Treatment that prevents permanent lung damage would be a big help, even if it's not a cure.
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Our Cheesy One has COVID. :(
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jwhouk wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2020 7:53 pm Our Cheesy One has COVID. :(
Your Cheesy One? :?
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No, our Cheesy1.
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jwhouk wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 12:16 pm No, our Cheesy1.
I thought of someone entirely different, for reasons i won't go into.
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Numbers, numbers, everywhere. Embedded Linkyness for your enjoyment!

Edit - added: More numbers for comparison -- TX/FL vs NY.
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Florida reports drop in COVID infection rate!

After five straight days of more than 10,000 new cases each day, things are getting better in Florida - only 9440 cases for the latest day!
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The quote put up by my wallpaper changer seems rather a propos:
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Ok, here's some new stuff from the CDC;

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nc ... rveys.html

About this survey

CDC is partnering with commercial laboratories to conduct and publish results from a large-scale geographic seroprevalence survey that has tested de-identified clinical blood specimens from Connecticut, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, South Florida, Utah and Western Washington State for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies.
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A professional economist comments on Covid trends, and the charts being commented upon.

Plus - issues about reporting the case count.
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Pondering getting tested, as I have a slight cough, and a place we (the landscaping crew I'm working with) would eat lunch at had someone test positive for the virus.

Granted, I haven't had any other symptoms, as far as I've noticed, so maybe it's no big deal.
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Alkarii wrote: Mon Jul 27, 2020 11:26 am Pondering getting tested, as I have a slight cough, and a place we (the landscaping crew I'm working with) would eat lunch at had someone test positive for the virus.

Granted, I haven't had any other symptoms, as far as I've noticed, so maybe it's no big deal.
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{My followup visit with Dr Fogerty to evaluate the test results was supposed to be today...
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^ On the bright side, if you've been trying to get tested for 3 weeks, you were either uninfected or exposed and asymptomatic when this started.

Stay healthy, bro.
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