COVID-19

[Zed Head]

Funny that we're discussing the fine details of presenting data and over in England they have some pretty crazy conspiracy stuff going on.  Why would 5G be worse than 4G or 3G or 2G or 1?  I don't think that these people even know what the G stands for.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/12/facebook-acts-to-halt-far-right-groups-linking-covid-19-to-5g

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/07/how-false-claims-about-5g-health-risks-spread-into-the-mainstream

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5G

[jonbill]

Funny that we're discussing the fine details of presenting data and over in England they have some pretty crazy conspiracy stuff going on.  Why would 5G be worse than 4G or 3G or 2G or 1?  I don't think that these people even know what the G stands for.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/12/facebook-acts-to-halt-far-right-groups-linking-covid-19-to-5g
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/07/how-false-claims-about-5g-health-risks-spread-into-the-mainstream
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5G

because facebook.

[Pilgrim]

The G doesn't really stand for anything other than "generation." There are no specific standards for what a "G" is.  About all we know is that 4G or 5G service in Europe is faster than 4G or 5G service in the US because of differences in bandwidth allocation.  All 5G means is: "this is supposed to be faster than 4G." 

Not terribly technical, in any case.

[Zed Head]

Cuomo really puts a lot of work in to his presentations.  Sounds more like a project manager with a professional degree than a politician.  Each presentation is more developed than the last one.  Always something new and forward-thinking.

[Zed Head]

Some followup on the USS Theodore Roosevelt debacle.  The Navy is expressing the need for higher volume testing also.  The DOD has a budget and can fund research.  Wouldn't be a surprise if their involvement sped things up.  It still takes money and direction, no matter how well-intentioned people are.

https://komonews.com/news/coronavirus/navy-reports-first-coronavirus-death-from-roosevelt-crew

[Zed Head]

The White House will be back today at 5 pm Eastern time.  They were quiet all weekend except for a TV phone interview and some tweets.  Cuomo is also back at 2 pm Eastern with the governors of surrounding states.  Probably to announce a "reopening" plan, or a coalition of governors/states.  Things are shaping up.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/

[siteunseen]

Got my $1,200 just now!

 

[Zed Head]

3 minutes ago, siteunseen said:

Got my $1,200 just now!

Direct deposit?  

I saw an interesting ad the other day.  Mount Sinai hospital was soliciting donations for COVID-19 efforts.  The $2 trillion bill that was passed was supposed to fund efforts for the battle but they are still soliciting donations.  Just seemed weird.  Donate your $1200 to the fight.

https://giving.mountsinai.org/site/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app216a?idb=581985730&df_id=1480&mfc_pref=T&1480.donation=form1&NONCE_TOKEN=5C2EC2AF11E2466C50AFAA7E98A1FF64&set.SingleDesignee=2542&_ga=2.46632238.888431468.1586798782-485874325.1586798782#utm_source=mountsinai.org&utm_medium=webpage&utm_campaign=covid19research2

[motorman7]

Significant drops the total US daily deaths for April 12 with a total of 1409.  I doubt we will continue to drop as quickly and expect things to flatten a bit from here.  New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania showed significant drops.  Most other states were slightly down.  

California still worries me.  I liken this whole things to pulling off a band-aid.  New York and New Jersey ripped it off pretty quick and my bet is they will be the first area to start getting back to normal.  California and Texas are pulling the band-aid off very slowly.  Less pain, but it will go on for longer.  Illinois is the middle of the road.

Wyoming still has zero deaths from Covid, great for them.

 

[Zed Head]

Cuomo's presentation this morning really was on the money as far as laying out a plan and describing how the efforts to "reopen" could go wrong.  Without a vaccine, or a large number of people who have been infected and recovered, there will not be an actual "going back to normal".  It just can't happen, because "normal" is what allowed the virus to infect so many people.  All it will take is one asymptomatic super-spreader and a new hot spot appears.  South Korea is a great example.

Distancing and hand-washing and masks will be the new normal.  Any relaxing of mitigation will have to be for small numbers of people with monitoring of new infections, to hold infection under the manageable level of the healthcare system.  In essence, the healthcare system will turn in to a COVID-19 processing plant, with efforts to keep it at maximum capacity, to allow the economy to recover.  

So, if you're older and/or have underlying conditions, best to hide out for a year and a half until the vaccine gets developed.  Otherwise you'll get sucked in to the processing equipment.

[S30Driver]

27 minutes ago, siteunseen said:

Got my $1,200 just now!

 

What happened Cliff,  should have been $1700,  I thought you had claimed Buddy as a dependent.... 

[siteunseen]

20 minutes ago, Zed Head said:

Direct deposit?  

I saw an interesting ad the other day.  Mount Sinai hospital was soliciting donations for COVID-19 efforts.  The $2 trillion bill that was passed was supposed to fund efforts for the battle but they are still soliciting donations.  Just seemed weird.  Donate your $1200 to the fight.

https://giving.mountsinai.org/site/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app216a?idb=581985730&df_id=1480&mfc_pref=T&1480.donation=form1&NONCE_TOKEN=5C2EC2AF11E2466C50AFAA7E98A1FF64&set.SingleDesignee=2542&_ga=2.46632238.888431468.1586798782-485874325.1586798782#utm_source=mountsinai.org&utm_medium=webpage&utm_campaign=covid19research2

Yes, direct deposit from my tax refund bank info.  Says "Pending April 15" so I guess I have to wait until then.