EPTi wish the virus was gone,its starting to be depressing.
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pmh
1352 Posts
i wish the virus was gone,its starting to be depressing. | ||
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Jek
Denmark2771 Posts
On May 08 2020 21:03 pmh wrote: Dentist next week,i am dreading to go. i wish the virus was gone,its starting to be depressing. I think the dentist chair is in regards to COVID ironically probably the safest place to be right now. There has always been a bazillion virus and bacteria orally transmitable they need to make sure they dont expose patients to and so few people (in my 34 years I havent heard of a single) get sick from visiting the dentist. | ||
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Uldridge
Belgium4779 Posts
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SC-Shield
Bulgaria818 Posts
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warding
Portugal2394 Posts
On May 08 2020 22:16 SC-Shield wrote: National lockdown here is until 13 May. Unfortunately, there will be "sanitary lockdown/emergency" or something like that for another 2 months, so it's just going to be more loose kind of lockdown anyway. Not very happy about that as I'm unsure if 2 months will be enough unless dry hot weather kills the virus. Any news on that or is it still being researched? From what I've read, it seems that transmissions are way more likely when you're indoors. Summer brings people outdoors more often and better air circulation within buildings (assuming open windows rather than AC). There's also an effect of more UV light killing lingering virus quicker. There's also some indication that vitamin D defficiency is bad for outcomes, so the summer might help with that too. | ||
Kipsate
Netherlands45349 Posts
Restaurants, cinema are slated to be open by 1st June with some measures. I think a lot of them won't be able to do it properly, just as best as they can. Kitchens and small bars are simply not made for our 1.5 meter rule. In a way its the best they can do. Since the weather is getting better there are some cities that are in talks with the city council to "claim" large squares with open space and claim it as a place where you can have a drink since outside it is easier to maintain the distance. On May 08 2020 21:48 Jek wrote: I think the dentist chair is in regards to COVID ironically probably the safest place to be right now. There has always been a bazillion virus and bacteria orally transmitable they need to make sure they dont expose patients to and so few people (in my 34 years I havent heard of a single) get sick from visiting the dentist. My uncle is a dentist and he says not much has changed, just that people can not wait long in the waiting room and he has to take more time in between appointments since he has to do a little bit of extra cleaning between patients. Overall though its in his nature/job to clean/work in a sterile environment as much as possible so I think its fine. | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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thePunGun
598 Posts
On May 08 2020 23:32 warding wrote: From what I've read, it seems that transmissions are way more likely when you're indoors. Summer brings people outdoors more often and better air circulation within buildings (assuming open windows rather than AC). There's also an effect of more UV light killing lingering virus quicker. There's also some indication that vitamin D defficiency is bad for outcomes, so the summer might help with that too. I wouldn't read too much into any paper/study regarding covid-19 until it's been properly peer reviewed. At this point it seems there's not enough evidence to support these claims unfortunately. At least according to The Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at the University of Oxford: “We found no clinical evidence on vitamin D in COVID-19,” they write. “There was no evidence related to vitamin D deficiency predisposing to COVID-19, nor were there studies of supplementation for preventing or treating COVID-19.” [source: medicalnewstoday.com] | ||
Firebolt145
Lalalaland34491 Posts
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Dangermousecatdog
United Kingdom7084 Posts
On May 08 2020 00:32 warding wrote: Sorry, but looking at your links, I don't regard a non-peer-reviewed abstract as a model and what you called a more indepth study looks like somebody having a twitter spat.It doesn't necessarily, for two reasons: 1. As I shared above, the model saying herd immunity is = 1- 1/R assumes a homogenous population. Models assuming natural variation demonstrate this could be as low as 10% to 20%: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.27.20081893v1 Here's a more indepth study on the matter: https://necpluribusimpar.net/lets-have-a-honest-debate-about-herd-immunity/ 2. Even assuming a homogenous population, what if contact tracing, testing and isolating + masks in public transport alone brings R to, say, 1.2? That doesn't seem to me too outlandish to keep up for 1 or 2 years until the vaccine comes. Then we just need to do those things and have infections at 17% of the population, which might very well be the case in many countries at this point. Anyways, in the UK, about vitamin D, the guideline appears to be: one form of exercise a day, for example a run, walk, or cycle - alone or with members of your household. This is remarkably different from other set of rules which disallow even excercising. Of course there are some people who appear to take advantage of the nice weather to play cricket and such like, which have to be broken up. | ||
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Vindicare605
United States16071 Posts
Texas sets record for largest gain of COVID-19 cases over a two-day period since pandemic began AUSTIN, Texas — Over the first weekend or May 2020, Texas health officials reported the greatest two consecutive-day gains in the number of new COVID–19 cases, with more than 2,000 new cases added on May 2 and May 3. There were 1,293 new cases of the virus reported Saturday. That’s the second greatest single-day gain since the pandemic began. On April 10, the state recorded 1,441 new cases. On Monday, May 4, 784 new cases were added to the total. And Texas has experienced 32,332 cases of the COVID-19 virus through Monday evening Fifty-one deaths from the virus in Texas were reported over the two-day weekend, with 17 additional fatalities on Monday, according to the state health department. The total death toll stands at 884 as of May 4. As of May 4, Travis County has 1,816 total cases, up from 1,683 on May 1. Williamson County reported 328 cases on May 1, up from 306 on May 1. Coincidence that this surge happened immediately after the Governor re-opened the state? I doubt it. | ||
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Simberto
Germany11513 Posts
Because if it was less than a week or so ago, it didn't impact the new cases now (yet). There is significant lag between any action and the effect on the virus. | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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Vindicare605
United States16071 Posts
WHEREAS, I subsequently issued Executive Order GA-18 on April 27, 2020, to expand the services that are reopened in Texas, including allowing in-store retail and dine-in restaurant services at establishments operating within specific capacity limits Source: https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-issues-executive-order-to-expand-openings-of-certain-businesses-and-activities That was on April 27, 11 days ago. Right on time. EDIT: JimmiC brings up a good point about the protests though, that's probably not helping, although I don't know what specifically the protest situation looks like in Texas, there hasn't been a lot of out of state coverage of it like there has been for Michigan. | ||
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
On May 09 2020 04:13 Vindicare605 wrote: Source Texas sets record for largest gain of COVID-19 cases over a two-day period since pandemic began Coincidence that this surge happened immediately after the Governor re-opened the state? I doubt it. The stay-at-home order being cancelled on May 1st doesn't translate into a surge in cases on May 2nd and 3rd. An increase from re-opening is likely yet to come. | ||
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pmh
1352 Posts
Vitiame D is one of the 2 supplements that i am taking,i dont know if it helps but it wont hurt. | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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Emnjay808
United States10656 Posts
Idk what other states are doing. Our governor is pretty useless and wasn’t much of being a leader, basically all gyms and non essentials already closed down before a state-ordered lockdown went into effect. Most restaurants implemented take-out ordering to mitigate their business losses. Our governor only then acted like it was a good idea to do it only after the fact lol. “Oh btw guys wear masks, see I came up with a good idea too!” My coworker told me her friend was the first confirmed case to die (returned from a Vegas trip around February). She was pretty casual about it (she’s old but not that old). She doesn’t seem affected by it much, which kinda made me wonder at what age will I start to take this fatalistic-attitude approach to things. | ||
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
On May 09 2020 05:00 ZigguratOfUr wrote: The stay-at-home order being cancelled on May 1st doesn't translate into a surge in cases on May 2nd and 3rd. An increase from re-opening is likely yet to come. Here in Dallas, there was a big spike at the end of April and going into May, but new cases have been holding steady around 250-ish per day for the last few days. New cases previously hovered around 100-ish per day for most of April. The next couple weeks will be important to watch to see if the lockdown was lifted too quickly. | ||
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LegalLord
United Kingdom13775 Posts
On May 09 2020 09:43 Emnjay808 wrote: Hawaii is going great with case counts. Idk what other states are doing. Our governor is pretty useless and wasn’t much of being a leader, basically all gyms and non essentials already closed down before a state-ordered lockdown went into effect. Most restaurants implemented take-out ordering to mitigate their business losses. Our governor only then acted like it was a good idea to do it only after the fact lol. “Oh btw guys wear masks, see I came up with a good idea too!” During a pandemic like this one, it pays to be an island geographically isolated from most of the world. Major population centers are naturally much more vulnerable for any number of reasons. | ||
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