I also suspect that in-person business meetings and conferences are going to be drastically cut back. Do you really need to be at a meeting in person that could be done with a webex? Do you really need to be in a classroom at a conference?
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I also suspect that in-person business meetings and conferences are going to be drastically cut back. Do you really need to be at a meeting in person that could be done with a webex? Do you really need to be in a classroom at a conference?
China's numbers are fictional but also keep in mind their lock-down was pretty draconian (because they can...) so the numbers may not be as high as everyone might assume, sadly we will never know the truth...
And they had temporary hospitals built very quickly. The Yanks were and still are arguing about their precious economy.
We haven't officially cancelled our September Deals Gap trip yet, but I have my doubts. I've still got a vacation to Spain/Portugal in the plans (September - rescheduled from late March) although I doubt that I will be going to WorldSBK in person at Portimao as planned. I'm beginning to suspect that in-person attendance at large sporting events of all types is finished until there is a vaccine. And that's if this season doesn't get cancelled entirely.
If international travel without a 2-week quarantine opens up by then, I'll still go.
Draconian works...viruses can’t replicate if they don’t have new hosts. I mentioned this before and it was dismissed but viruses burn out all the time. Some faster and some slower than others. Unfortunately it takes community effort to do this....and you can see what happens south of us. it only takes a few people to screw it up fir the others.
I think, in general, one should just assume China's government is always lying even if there isn't proof. Did you guys know China banned Winnie the Pooh because of the internet memes making fun of Xi Jinping? China works very hard to ensure they always look good to its citizens!
Honestly it depends on the company I think. Some employers really don't trust their employees for whatever reason and some employers have psychological issues that implore them to power-trip constantly. Can't power-trip if you're not in person!
I have been doing some research on the impact of humidity on viruses, it seems somewhat counter-intuitive (at least to me) but apparently most viruses have a much shorter lifespan outside the host in higher humidity environments, including on surfaces. Testing on the current one also demonstrates this relationship. BTW the recommendation is 40% to 60% inside as too high can cause other problems...
Maybe we will be thankful for humid Ontario in the coming months...
Maybe we will be thankful for humid Ontario in the coming months...
This actually makes sense because virus use proteins for major...something something (don't rmb). Proteins have very specific conditions before denaturing (tempreature, humanity, pH level, and others, also I can't rmb lol)
Early release in Florida due to COVID charged with murder, apparently committed right after his release...
www.nbcmiami.com
Florida Inmate Released Early Due to COVID-19 Accused of Killing Man
Sheriff’s officials say a Florida inmate who was among those released last month in an effort to contain coronavirus has been arrested on a murder charge
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We have a trip planned for this summer to Europe. No word yet from the airlines outside of switching our flights to Belgian Airlines from LOT Polish airlines...not sure how to approach this, or whether we will be entitled for a refund or not if they don't honour the tickets. I'd prefer my cash back instead of a coupon/credit for future travel.
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I'm sure it's all just a big misunderstanding in translation from the abacus to computer interface and China numbers are actually in hundreds.
I hope they do this carefully. I think it was in Northern Italy earlier this week that they changed the quarantine to 28 days because they were retesting asymptomatic positive people and they were still shedding virus over 20 days later.
Do we know if you get it that youhave immunity?
If these states (or us) open without robust testing and contact tracing then New York levels will become the norm instead of the aberration.
Sigh...
My bus is packed today. Not just the homeless. I have lots I have not seen for weeks. They were "bored". Because it has been fairly quiet here people are starting to think this is overblown. I hear a lot of "hoax" in the conversations of my bus.
I am getting concerned that the level of complacency is on the rise.
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I'm still holding out hope for a James Bay Road trip that was planned for this summer but the interprovincial thing (as well as the remote location thing) potentially complicates that. Who knows if people will even WANT visitors from afar in extremely remote towns this summer.
We were thinking about doing Pickle Lake instead if the interprovincial thing is problematic.
Whatever route we go I'd be planning to camp as much as possible and do takeout versus dine-in in order to maintain the social distancing thing to the extreme. It will certainly be a summer of careful precautions if you do travel.
Once the airlines open up again we are thinking about a Vegas getaway. There should be some deals to be had. Fly out, rent a couple motorcycles, ride. Do some cool stuff.
Dreams. Realistic or not, who knows. The road ahead, particularly with any US travel, is very murky.
On the positive side there are some glimmers of hope right now if you're looking past all the typical gloom and doom headlines.
We have been running above the forecast case modeling # for cumulative cases in Ontario since April 1 (of the model that I have seen)
As of April 14
Forecast to be 8400
Ontario reported over 8780 on the 14th
For what models and their given assumptions actually mean....
Models should be based on actual cases, not just diagnosed cases right? In that case, we arent even in the ballpark of the lower numbers.
Whether the model incorporates the moving average of actual or not I have no idea
Canadian nurses work in the Detroit hospitals doing cancer work and other specialties. Maybe some of those rubes have kin in Detroit hospitals. If it gets bad enough and Canadian nurse stay home they will have non COVID funerals. More American Graves Again
The important part is that they were expecting hospital utilization (especially ICU beds) to be *drastically* higher than the actual figures are right now.
Positive cases or not, our hospitals are still reasonably quiet, which is good.
Reading back through the news on the topic...
April 3;
April 11, National Post:
Read that red bit.
The modelling data suggested we'd have around 1200 people in ICU's on Vents right now under BEST CASE figures. Today we have 254 in ICU and only 188 are on ventilators. More than 1000 less than forecasted as "best case" just a few weeks ago.
We are doing well. Focus on ALL the stats, not just the infected numbers.
Positive cases or not, our hospitals are still reasonably quiet, which is good.
Reading back through the news on the topic...
April 3;
April 11, National Post:
Read that red bit.
The modelling data suggested we'd have around 1200 people in ICU's on Vents right now under BEST CASE figures. Today we have 254 in ICU and only 188 are on ventilators. More than 1000 less than forecasted as "best case" just a few weeks ago.
We are doing well. Focus on ALL the stats, not just the infected numbers.
I had to point out that 'per capita' exists to an idiot saying their population is why their numbers are high. Stunning.
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