COVID-19 Outbreak (Update: More than 2.9M cases and 132,313 deaths in US) (8 Viewers)

[StudioSaint]

That's really cool but it's wrong due to testing bias.

I guarantee NYC and the West coast both had cases growing nearly simultaneously.

How did your work make adjustments to correct for faulty data due to testing bias?

 

[PurpleBlack&Gold]

I know that this is quickly going to become a big narrative - similar to You Shouldn't Live Below Sea Level! we all heard post-Katrina - but we had like 12 confirmed cases in the US on Mardi Gras day.
The infamous Biogen conference in Boston hadn't even started yet

The idea that Edwards and Cantrell should have proactively cancelled Mardi Gras 10 days earlier than that is pretty silly.

I disagree here. Keep in mind the first person to test positive was only the 12th test run in the state. Had testing been run on a larger scale earlier they would have found the problem. Ignoring it was never going to prevent it.

 

[RazorOye]

that tweet is actively trying to divide people

and, as I explained - I didn't think that's what the tweet was doing.

If I did, I would not have posted it.

as I mentioned above, the virus does not discriminate politically - so the point about spread and numbers relative to testing disparities seems valid. I didn't think it was a political shot at anyone.

But people did, and so I took it down and explained myself.

To say that the tweet is - definitely and unequivocally - trying to divide people means that I am doing the same thing. And I'm not. If I felt like it was (I didn't and still don't, but I get that I am in the minority on that count), then I would not have included it in the first place.

 

[bclemms]

How long does the virus last in a dead body?

China said something like 9 days. It's why they were forcing cremation and disallowing funerals.

 

[BobE]

 

[RazorOye]

So, after posting this earlier:

saw this image on a change.org petition page. I don’t know enough about healthcare worker PPE so I am not sure how accurate it is. But it reminded me of your comment

I came across this gif video that shows how many pieces are actually involved in that PPE and what a stark difference it is to our nurses wearing garbage bags

 

[St. Geezy]

Everything is all good guys...



EDIT: Hey guys - don't shoot the messenger's reputation score! lol

 

[bonnjer]

Thank you, BobE, and all of the other unsung heroes in our shipping industry. In honor of them, I present a boat picture:

 

[BobE]

 

[bonnjer]

So, after posting this earlier:




I came across this gif video that shows how many pieces are actually involved in that PPE and what a stark difference it is to our nurses wearing garbage bags

Wow, they don't fork around, do they? Too bad we're in the stone age compared to them.

 

[BobE]

Thank you, BobE, and all of the other unsung heroes in our shipping industry. In honor of them, I present a boat picture:

must.......................resist..................the...................urge.....................

 

[St. Geezy]

 

[Arathrael]

UK update: as of 9AM today, 2,129 new cases (from 7,847 tests), total of 11,658. As of 5PM yesterday, 115 more deaths for a total of 578.

People are mostly taking it seriously now. Whether the lockdown was enacted in time to stop healthcare, especially in London, from being overwhelmed is hard to say. I fear not, but I hope so.

 

[DoubleSaint]

Wow, they don't fork around, do they? Too bad we're in the stone age compared to them.

And they were still catching it off the patients!

 

[0rion]

Wow, they don't fork around, do they? Too bad we're in the stone age compared to them.

That looks like someone who values their healthcare workers and knows how important it is to keep them healthy.