Cancer Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 "Matters of sentiment are seldom mediated by intellect." -- Charv, alien disguised as a kangaroo, in Roger Zelazny's Doorways in the Sand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 Italy through 4 million cases and Spain through 3.5 million cases, Denmark and Moldova through 250,000 cases Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 Anti-maskers storm school board meeting — but did not have kids in the district: report Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 Brazil through 400,000 dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 Grabbed the India data for grins: https://github.com/owid/covid-19-data/tree/master/public/data Took the daily new cases for India from 1 March to yesterday...60 days total. Computed 7 day average. Then did week over week growth, e.g. (week 3 average)/(week 2 average) - 1, to get it expressed as a percentage. 33% higher (March 14th over March 7th averages), then 67%, 51%, 40%, 71% (April 11th average over April 4th), 63%, 47%, 27% (April 29th over April 22nd...so some overlap with the week before) So the rate of increase is slowing down, but it's still pretty darn high. And obviously, that's a long, long way away from getting the outbreak even remotely contained again. (If it ever was, in India.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 BarretWallace and L. Marcus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 I've used a mask before Coronavirus, mainly because wildfires made the air quality in my area so bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 America through 33 million, Netherlands through 1.5 million, Costa Rica through 250,000 and India through 19 million cases Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 32 minutes ago, death tribble said: India through 19 million cases The compelling data for me is...India had basically 7 million cases in April *alone*. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 My niece had non-symptomatic COVID last year so she wasn't very high on the list to get vaccinated. But she recently managed to get her first shot of the Pfizer vaccine. And now I found out she and her significant other have COVID. She's got a relatively mild case. He had a more serious case and had to go to the emergency room at one point. But they both seem to have gotten as bad as they're going to get and are slowly getting better now. They live in southeastern Wisconsin so I suppose they have one of the variants that have been running wild in that part of the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 2, 2021 Report Share Posted May 2, 2021 Uruguay through 200,000 cases Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 Pariah and BarretWallace 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 The more things change... Dr. MID-Nite, pinecone, Pariah and 2 others 1 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 Argentina through 3 million cases and Lithuania through 250,000 cases Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 The crisis in India has a fair bit of coverage in the NYT today. A scary point: the sheer pace of the outbreak there poses a serious concern: that many cases --> a thriving ecosystem for the virus to continue mutating. Another piece of disturbing news: Fauci acknowledged that expert thinking is, herd immunity probably won't be reachable in the US. Too many anti-vaxers. Makes me think that, in addition to annual flu shots, we'll probably need intermittent covid shots too. We won't be able to shut it down; it'll be containment. Dr. MID-Nite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 2 hours ago, unclevlad said: Another piece of disturbing news: Fauci acknowledged that expert thinking is, herd immunity probably won't be reachable in the US. Too many anti-vaxers. Okay, now I want to go out and start smacking people with a cricket bat. Someone restrain me before I have to have Lady P bail me out. BarretWallace 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarretWallace Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 6 minutes ago, Pariah said: Okay, now I want to go out and start smacking people with a cricket bat. Someone restrain me before I have to have Lady P bail me out. Just make sure the cricket bat is long enough that you can maintain social distancing. Matt the Bruins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 10 minutes ago, Pariah said: Okay, now I want to go out and start smacking people with a cricket bat. Someone restrain me before I have to have Lady P bail me out. I think I'll just contribute to your bail money gofundme. And why a cricket bat? Why not an axe, or...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 Just now, Old Man said: I think I'll just contribute to your bail money gofundme. And why a cricket bat? Why not an axe, or...? "Because it's DULL! It'll HURT MORE!" Matt the Bruins, Hermit, Lord Liaden and 1 other 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 5 minutes ago, Cygnia said: "Because it's DULL! It'll HURT MORE!" Got it in one. Cygnia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 Asian woman walking in Manhattan bashed with hammer by stranger demanding victim remove mask https://news.yahoo.com/asian-woman-walking-manhattan-bashed-155100002.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Pariah said: Okay, now I want to go out and start smacking people with a cricket bat. Someone restrain me before I have to have Lady P bail me out. Because there's too high a chance one of em will have a gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 If a COVID vaccination has to become an annual ritual like a 'flu shot, that will be a minor inconvenience compared to where we are now. Eventually the shot will become normalized and most anti-vaxers will fall in line. I suppose it's too much to hope that COVID will eliminate the rest of them from the gene pool. Matt the Bruins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 Anti-Maskers Storm Grocery Stores Leaving Staff, Customers Fed Up With Backlash Against Mandates Beyond Their Control Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 12 minutes ago, Cygnia said: Anti-Maskers Storm Grocery Stores Leaving Staff, Customers Fed Up With Backlash Against Mandates Beyond Their Control Paging Pariah, please bring your cricket bat to customer service... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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