Non-IT News Thread
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@Grey said in Non-IT News Thread:
Except it isn't. Covid-19 exacerbates issues you already have, and you're going to see lungs get destroyed far more than the flu as though the subject were a smoker.
That's why you stay home if you are in the risk group....
Why should I go and randomly get tested? I am already staying in as much as possible.... whether you are infected or not, you stay home to NOT get infected, and you stay home to NOT infect others. It's super simple.
All a test will do is diagnose someone in the risk group so they can be cared for properly.
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Poland appears to be showing why testing matters... they need anyone, no matter the severity, that has it quarantined.
https://www.businessinsider.com/poland-app-coronavirus-patients-mandaotory-selfie-2020-3
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@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
You don't accept first hand evidence, because at the end of the day you always have to trust someone.
I believe any number of things you say as true. I believe that your cousin or whoever is having issues getting tested.
I do not believe, without any third party evidence,
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
the 500 city limit in Dallas.
Because prior to asking you to prove this statement, I searched for it myself.
"The city of Dallas said the limit is 250 tests per site per day, and County Judge Clay Jenkins said at a news conference Tuesday..."
There are two sites. Two times 250 is 500. County Judge Jenkins is basically a continuous live stream for everyone here because he's in charge during the state of emergency. We are getting it "from the news", but it's videos of the definitive source. So effectively straight from the horse's mouth, not even the news is interpreting it. 500 is the official number from the government direct to us.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
You don't accept first hand evidence, because at the end of the day you always have to trust someone.
I believe any number of things you say as true. I believe that your cousin or whoever is having issues getting tested.
I do not believe, without any third party evidence,
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
the 500 city limit in Dallas.
Because prior to asking you to prove this statement, I searched for it myself.
"The city of Dallas said the limit is 250 tests per site per day, and County Judge Clay Jenkins said at a news conference Tuesday..."
I like how you conveniently leave off the rest of that sentence that provides context on why the limit is currently 250.
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Japan's Virus Success Has Puzzled the World. Is Its Luck Running Out?
The country has not widely tested. Its people are going about their lives, even crowding into clubs that had previous outbreaks. But now Japan is warning of the risk of rampant infection.
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@Grey said in Non-IT News Thread:
There's one with Stephen Curry and Dr. Anthony Fauci on Instagram too.
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@black3dynamite the one I posted was less than an hour old.
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Coronavirus: Deaths rise sharply in Spain while infection rate stabilises
Spain has seen a sharp rise in the number of deaths caused by coronavirus but the rate of new infections is stabilising, officials say.
Confirmed cases of Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, rose to 64,059, a 14% increase compared with 18% a day earlier and 20% on Wednesday. In 24 hours, 769 people died, a daily record, taking the total to 4,858. Nursing home residents are particularly affected. Spain is Europe's second-worst-hit country after Italy. The Spanish government has extended the state of emergency until at least 12 April. People's movement are severely restricted and most shops and businesses closed. The latest figures raised hopes that the measures were beginning to take effect. Health emergency chief Fernando Simón said they showed a "clear stabilisation" and that it seemed they were "approaching the long-awaited peak". -
Coronavirus: More than 900 deaths in a day in Italy
Italy has recorded 969 new coronavirus deaths, its highest daily figure in the outbreak so far.
It means 9,134 people have now died from the virus in the country. Earlier World Health Organization chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said a "chronic global shortage" of protective equipment was one of the "most urgent threats" to the ability to save lives. Italy is the worst-affected in Europe. Almost everything has been closed and people told to stay at home. Earlier on Friday, authorities warned that restrictions were likely to be extended beyond 3 April. -
'Extraordinary' recovery: 101-year-old Italian man with COVID-19 was released from the hospital
A medical worker wearing a protective mask and suit treats novel coronavirus patients in Italy.
A 101-year-old Italian man has recovered from COVID-19 and his city's deputy mayor said the story provides "hope for the future," CNN reported. Gloria Lisi told reporters the man, identified as Mr. P., had an "extraordinary" recovery. "Mr. P. made it. The family brought him home yesterday evening," CNN reported Lisi saying. "To teach us that even at 101 years the future is not written." -
Lightfoot: Stay-at-home order likely to last ‘deep into April’
Mayor says the final call will be made by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. But his staff is “looking at similar data to what we are.”
The statewide stay-at-home order is likely to continue “deep into April,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday, but the final call will be made by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
The governor’s order is scheduled to expire April 7. So does his statewide order that closed all public and private schools. Lightfoot has ordered Chicago Public Schools closed through April 20.
In a conference call with reporters Friday, the mayor was asked whether she has had any discussions with Pritzker about extending the stay-at-home order.
“I don’t want to get ahead of the governor and his team. You’ve seen what we’ve done here in Chicago with schools, with the order that we issued yesterday [shutting down the lakefront and other public gathering places], which is unending until further notice,” the mayor said.
“I think, realistically, we’re looking at something that’s gonna stretch deep into April. ... The governor’s team are very able. They’re looking at similar data to what we are. And I’m sure that is a conversation that is probably under active discussion.” -
Give these guys and anyone else props for doing what they can to combat this virus and the scalpers!
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Wells Fargo boosts aid, suspends residential evictions amid COVID-19 pandemic
https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2020/03/24/wells-fargo-boosts-aid-suspends-residential.html -
@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
Lightfoot: Stay-at-home order likely to last ‘deep into April’
Mayor says the final call will be made by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. But his staff is “looking at similar data to what we are.”
The statewide stay-at-home order is likely to continue “deep into April,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday, but the final call will be made by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
The governor’s order is scheduled to expire April 7. So does his statewide order that closed all public and private schools. Lightfoot has ordered Chicago Public Schools closed through April 20.
In a conference call with reporters Friday, the mayor was asked whether she has had any discussions with Pritzker about extending the stay-at-home order.
“I don’t want to get ahead of the governor and his team. You’ve seen what we’ve done here in Chicago with schools, with the order that we issued yesterday [shutting down the lakefront and other public gathering places], which is unending until further notice,” the mayor said.
“I think, realistically, we’re looking at something that’s gonna stretch deep into April. ... The governor’s team are very able. They’re looking at similar data to what we are. And I’m sure that is a conversation that is probably under active discussion.”After the stay-at-home order is done, then what? Everyone goes out and it starts all over again?
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@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
After the stay-at-home order is done, then what? Everyone goes out and it starts all over again?
Yes. Hopefully with some percentage of the population now immune and more equipment in hospitals.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
After the stay-at-home order is done, then what? Everyone goes out and it starts all over again?
Yes. Hopefully with some percentage of the population now immune and more equipment in hospitals.
Sounds like a rinse and repeat move.
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@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
After the stay-at-home order is done, then what? Everyone goes out and it starts all over again?
Yes. Hopefully with some percentage of the population now immune and more equipment in hospitals.
Sounds like a rinse and repeat move.
not exactly rinse and repeat, but feel free to think of it that way.
the term "flattening the curve" has been in a lot of media, and that is really what it is about.
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The World Could Be Running Out of Condoms Because of Pandemic
The world’s biggest maker of condoms warned of a global shortage as supply falls by almost 50% while its stockpile is set to last for just another two months.
Malaysia-based Karex Bhd., which makes one out of every five condoms worldwide, only restarted its factories on Friday after a week-long closure, working with just half its workforce to comply with a lockdown that the country imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The company said condoms are mainly made in China and India, which are both heavily impacted by the pandemic.
