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Offline waldo

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« Reply #255 on: May 17, 2020, 12:10:18 am »
So the fatality rate for the US is below Canada's and the global average.  Just reporting the news!

So what have you been complaining about the last several weeks?

the waldo simply chirped in with CFR reference data. Of course any country comparisons presume upon representative conditions being legitimately comparable; in regards Case Fatality Rate, testing is the critical factor in determining number of cases. Do you interpret the testing regimens of Canada versus the United States to be... comparable? Which respective country's testing effort has been denigrated to the point of labeling it a veritable shyte-show from day one?

in any case, another ratio relied upon within epidemiology is Mortality Rate: in this case, the frequency of COVID-19 related death in a population. Just on a straight number basis per 1 million population: U.S. => 272 deaths; Canada => 151

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« Reply #256 on: May 17, 2020, 01:27:11 pm »
the waldo simply chirped in with CFR reference data. Of course any country comparisons presume upon representative conditions being legitimately comparable; in regards Case Fatality Rate, testing is the critical factor in determining number of cases. Do you interpret the testing regimens of Canada versus the United States to be... comparable? Which respective country's testing effort has been denigrated to the point of labeling it a veritable shyte-show from day one?

in any case, another ratio relied upon within epidemiology is Mortality Rate: in this case, the frequency of COVID-19 related death in a population. Just on a straight number basis per 1 million population: U.S. => 272 deaths; Canada => 151



It’s slowly narrowing though. It was over 2.5 to one, now it is 1.8 to one.
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« Reply #257 on: May 18, 2020, 07:02:53 pm »
https://www.christianpost.com/news/georgia-church-closes-two-weeks-after-reopening-as-families-come-down-with-coronavirus-236899/?

back to CHURCH in GA. 

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Church shuts due to Covid 19...

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« Reply #258 on: May 18, 2020, 10:30:27 pm »
Report: Texas sees highest, single-day increase in COVID-19 cases on Saturday

The pandemic’s next blow: Over 1 million Texans will lose health insurance --- Half who lose their jobs and employer health plans are expected to go without coverage — far worse than the rest of the U.S.

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The worst is about to get worse.

In Texas, where 5 million people already go without health insurance, nearly 1.2 million more are projected to join their ranks — far more than any other state.

That’s the estimated collateral damage from the coronavirus recession, assuming the national unemployment rate hits 20%, according to a recent Urban Institute report. Some believe the real jobless number for April may already be that high.

In that scenario, 25 million adults and children in the U.S. are expected to lose employer-sponsored health insurance. The vast majority — 7 in 10 nationwide — will get coverage elsewhere, the study estimated.

But in Texas, just 1 in 2 are projected to be covered, which would be the lowest share among the states.

The surge in uninsured arrives while COVID-19 is still raging and states are struggling to restart their economies safely.



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« Reply #261 on: May 20, 2020, 09:39:56 pm »
It seems if we only started with the social distancing a little earlier, we would be better able to start opening things up. Manitoba had the advantage of extra time because of our natural physical distancing. We had a couple of hundred cases identified in the first 2 weeks after shutdown, but they were all recent international travellers and they managed to contain them. Since then we've been near zero, with one small outbreak from a truck driver in Brandon. If we keep our borders shut, we can carefully resume business.
North Dakota, by comparison, has been steady 30, 40, 50...now over 100 new cases a day. Once it's established,  it seems really hard to get rid of, especially if people don't take it seriously. It is obviously going to spread widely in the U.S. now, so I don't know how long we can continue to keep it out.
Next time, they need to quarantine all international travellers as soon as they discover human to human transmission in a novel virus. Seems like a no-brainer now.
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« Reply #262 on: May 20, 2020, 11:08:40 pm »
Next time, they need to quarantine all international travellers as soon as they discover human to human transmission in a novel virus. Seems like a no-brainer now.

I don't know why this wasn't done.  We weren't even screening people.
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« Reply #263 on: May 20, 2020, 11:27:04 pm »
I don't know why this wasn't done.  We weren't even screening people.

Screening still is of questionable effect. Mandatory quarantine of returning travelers will now be the go to solution, because it actually works.
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« Reply #264 on: May 24, 2020, 09:20:17 am »
Why would anyone ever close a boat launch or a dock?

https://twitter.com/scottpasmoretv/status/1264394565861232640?s=21
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« Reply #265 on: May 24, 2020, 11:09:05 am »
That's a pool and what looks like a restaurant.
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« Reply #266 on: May 24, 2020, 12:51:14 pm »
Why would anyone ever close a boat launch or a dock?

https://twitter.com/scottpasmoretv/status/1264394565861232640?s=21

Don’t have to go that far to see the #covidiots congregate...

https://beta.ctvnews.ca/local/toronto/2020/5/23/1_4951997.html
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Thousands of people packed Trinity Bellwoods Park, located near Queen Street West and Ossington Avenue, despite repeated calls from public health officials to avoid large gatherings as Ontario continues to see a rise of new COVID-19 cases after being on the decline for weeks.

Speaking to CP24 on Saturday evening, Toronto Mayor John Tory said he was disappointed to see the crowds at the downtown park not following physical distancing by-laws.

Way to go T.O.!!  Now when these people do go back to work, as things slowly open up, they will be able to spread the virus around nicely!


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« Reply #267 on: May 24, 2020, 01:19:07 pm »
That's a pool and what looks like a restaurant.

Yes, at a boat launch and docking facility.

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« Reply #268 on: May 24, 2020, 01:19:32 pm »
Why would anyone ever close a boat launch or a dock?

https://twitter.com/scottpasmoretv/status/1264394565861232640?s=21

It's the Ozarks.  It's Trump Country. The mean IQ is below 75.  That's the kind of area where people who think it's a hoax live.  Those people are out in public showing complete disregard for social distancing... do you think they'd be acting any different if you closed the pool?  They'd go party somewhere else.

And to be fair, it's also the kind of area where the pandemic has made little impact anyway.

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Re: BACK TO WORK!! It’s just killing old farts
« Reply #269 on: May 24, 2020, 01:25:23 pm »
Don’t have to go that far to see the #covidiots congregate...

https://beta.ctvnews.ca/local/toronto/2020/5/23/1_4951997.html
Way to go T.O.!!  Now when these people do go back to work, as things slowly open up, they will be able to spread the virus around nicely!


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It seems to me like the whole video was shot from an angle that intentionally makes it look like people are closer than they actually are, and I have to ask why they would do that.


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