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Santa Fe Institute , which studies complexity and complex systems, has started trying to apply that to #COVID-19 research. The result is something called Transmissions. See https://www.santafe.edu/research/projects/transmission-sfi-insights-covid-19
#research | #complexity | #2019-nCoV | #pandemic | #policy | #coronavirus | #SARS-CoV-2 | #NM
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One of my brothers has been furloughed by his $EMPLOYER for a few months, despite being in a position where he has to remain available for (unpaid) work, so that there would be an operation to reopen if and when the #COVID-19 outbreak is in control enough for his industry to be allowed to open.
Today, he sent some of us siblings a pre-announcement of his upcoming business venture.
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#CA passes #NY in number of #COVID-19 infections https://krcrtv.com/news/local/california-surpasses-new-york-state-in-confirmed-virus-cases
The golden state ( #California ) has a larger population but has fewer deaths so far than the empire state ( #New_York )
#2019-nCoV | #coronavirus
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I was on the phone with S a couple of nights ago. She needed someone to talk to because her dad is hospitalized. His test results have not come back yet, but they suspect #COVID-19. Her younger brother, who had recently moved from #NC to #GA to take care of him, had been tested and is on self-quarantine.
While we were still on the phone, her older brother (I don’t know what state he’s in) texted her to inform her he was being tested for #2019-nCoV at a hospital emergency room.
She did not say whether it was possible that either her mom or herself had been exposed, but last I heard, her parents still lived in the same house.
This is what happens when governors refuse to do their jobs (and refuse to allow mayors to do theirs).
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I see a lot of trash-talking about the US response to the #COVID-19 pandemic. The truth is, our national response could have been quite a bit better—starting by being honest about masks (“Wearing masks is proven to provide some benefit during respiratory virus outbreaks, but they are not a perfect or complete solution. We also don’t even have enough N95 or surgical masks for the medical community, so non-medical people should make your own masks for now.”)—and by reacting more quickly to give emergency production orders for medicines, PPE, ventilator machines, etc. Foremost among federal failures is President #Trump’s refusal to wear a mask until very recently, and his encouragement of rebellion against health-related restrictions. We now have people saying mask-wearing is “stupid” and ineffective, and that it causes psychological problems, and I would guess that the overwhelming majority of those people are his supporters.
But having read the national emergency plan and portions of the Stafford Disaster Relief Act, I know that the primary responsibility is with the states. I even question whether the federal government is allowed to do some of the things that needed (and still need) doing. This is a large country, with around 330 million people in it. Most of the most effective measures need to be applied at the point of most need, not pushed down from the top.
Not that you want 50 states, the District of Columbia, and some territories competing for supplies in an emergency. But the states should have taken the lead early on with behavioral and business restrictions (the lockdowns, are but one example of how they might have handled it), instead of waiting until they had out-of-control outbreaks and then panicking.
And, yes, I agree with @guizzy ... the USA ?? has a huge number of deaths from #2019-nCoV ( the old name for the disease caused by the #coronavirus #SARS-CoV-2 ). But when you weight that by population (as one should), the US is not the worst-affected country. We’re not the best, either. That honor goes to the People’s Republic of China ??, with the world’s largest population and a few thousand reported deaths. (And their numbers are increasingly believed to have been manipulated; with reports that the outbreak ? started in November, and only in late December / early January did they take action ... and that they’ve had continuing smaller outbreaks since the time it was controlled in Hubei Province.)
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#GA Governor Kemp sues #Atlanta over mask mandate https://nypost.com/2020/07/17/georgia-gov-brian-kemp-sues-atlanta-mayor-over-mask-mandate/
#COVID-19 | #2019-nCov | #SARS-CoV-2 | #coronavirus | #politics | #stupidity
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#Whittier high school district holding modified drive-through graduation for the students who would have graduated in June. https://nu.federati.net/url/273042 [www whittierdailynews com]
#SoCal school district had delayed graduation in the hope of having a traditional graduation if #COVID-19 restrictions eased.
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/richard-rose-covid-face-mask/
Remember that I noticed some of the no mask people were dying from #COVID-19? Then I see this.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/upshot/coronavirus-spending-rich-poor.html [www nytimes com]
Richest Americans cut spending the most, causing a trickle-down meltdown that hurt the working poor.
#COVID-19 | #2019-nCoV | #SARS-CoV-2 | #coronavirus | !econusa
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https://nu.federati.net/url/272962 [abc7 com]
#CA education head says most local school districts in the state should not go back to in-person classes for now.
#COVID-19 | #2019-nCoV | #SARS-CoV-2 | #coronavirus
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@geniusmusing I thought most of those were just temporary because of #COVID-19. I know Arizona has used online voting ... which I’m deeply suspicious of, even more than the electronic voting machines.
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27th !tcltk conference in Houston #TX cancelled due to uncertainties around #COVID-19
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@geniusmusing This is almost certainly an attempt to manipulate and censor the data.
I'd guess the order also applies to "P&I" data in general, so #pneumonia and #influenza, severe #colds which lead to hospitalization or death, and #COVID-19.
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https://nu.federati.net/url/272796 [www usatoday com]
The nation’s case count for #COVID-19 may be 35% higher than previously thought.
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https://nu.federati.net/url/272788 [reason com]
This antibody study is not about #California. It is also from April / May.
#COVID-19
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https://nypost.com/2020/07/10/herd-immunity-played-no-role-in-decreasing-nyc-covid-19-cases-doctor/ [nypost com]
#NYC’s reduced number of #COVID-19 cases is not because of #herd_immunity, but because of hygiene and distancing.
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https://nu.federati.net/url/272776 [www nytimes com]
Over 100K new #COVID-19 cases confirmed in the US over the weekend. (And remember that for at least part of the country, testing is restricted due to supply shortages, so the number infected could be much more.) Yay for the "my freedoms" types! And, despite contrary statements from researchers, protesters may be part of this surge.
It's a long URL with a lot of junk in it, but it is one of those live updates pages, so this link leads to a specific story on the page.
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Has anyone else noticed how often this pattern is repeated?
1: It's not that serious. I'm not worried about #coronavirus, and I'm not going to wear a mask.
2 (often weeks later): I'm infected with #COVID-19, but I'll be fine.
3: (Person is hospitalized. Sometimes a socnet post or two by a relative will indicate how ill the person is.)
4 (also often weeks later): Please donate to the GoFundMe for the family of so and so, who died of coronavirus.
#2019-nCoV | #SARS-CoV-2
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Almost 61,000 positive and 667,000 negative test results yesterday, with 476 #COVID-19 related deaths. That's about 1 positive out of every 12 tests.
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Source: covid-19 app, f-droid
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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/d-sla071020.php
Study links high blood sugar in patients not previously diagnosed with diabetes to an increased #COVID-19 death rate.
#2019-nCoV | #SARS-CoV-2 | #coronavirus | #diabetes | #high_blood_sugar
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