Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Dharma]

Would like to know who makes up this "Joint Biosecurity Centre" the people responsible
for monitoring and reporting the crucial R number.

Just hope its not another bunch of Cummings' crooked mates.

 

[Agent Blue]

Surely we should at a minimum expect that politicians will protect the country, rather than prioritise only the things that benefit them?

Everything changed in 1979 mate.

There was no such entity as society apparently, just the individual. The fallacy of trickle down economics was then laid bare when the ladders were swiftly pulled up, and the political class sold us all down the river to worship at the golden alter.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[mahermi1]

The idea that we need a slogan annoys me in itself. We dont need a slogan. Anyone obsessing with a slogan needs to calm down.

We need the government to give detail and stop being vague. Last thing we need are 3 word soundbites that maybe sound nice, but can be interpreted whatever way people like.

People seemed to love the stay at home slogan even though they went outside multiple times a day. I dont get it.

Well it worked well with "let's get Brexit done" oh that's four.

 

[LinekersLegs]

I am having some very weird dreams of late LL, you would have to pay on 'specialist sites' for some of my dreams. lol

Apparently you aren’t alone and there may be a physical reason - many are getting more sleep than usual and it is the end of the sleep cycle when the most vivid dreams happen according to this podcast “quarantine dreams”

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[LinekersLegs]

Way to go Kiwis and Icelanders!

 

[The binman chronicles]

Still staying alert, haven't seen the virus yet though and I need to sleep at some point FFS!

 

[marnie]

Just done the tidying up.IT was my missus's 51st Birthday today,first time we have celebrated anything with two friends in nearly 3 months.HATE DOING THE DISHES FFS.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Over a million tests a day?

 

[LinekersLegs]

Loss of small/taste seeming to be be one of the most reliable early signs of infection

Real-time tracking of self-reported symptoms to predict potential COVID-19 - Nature Medicine

Analysis of data from a smartphone-based app designed for large-scale tracking of potential COVID-19 symptoms, used by over 2.5 million participants in the United Kingdom and United States, shows that loss of taste and smell sensations is predictive of potential SARS-CoV-2 infection.

www.nature.com

Fig. 1: Association between symptoms and SARS-CoV-2 infection, and ROCs for prediction of the risk of a positive test.

 

[PeregrineT]

Way to go Kiwis and Icelanders!

Man, thats suprising to see the two most extreme geographically and isolated island nations having the lowest cases. Couldnt have seen that coming. Really would have figured it to be a land locked country with actual neighbors and situated along the 37th parallel.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

New AI diagnostic can predict COVID-19 without testing | King's College London

The AI model uses data from the COVID Symptom Study app to predict COVID-19 infection.

www.kcl.ac.uk

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Samples from healthcare workers could reveal those most at risk from coronavirus

BHF researchers have set-up a clinical study of NHS Healthcare Workers to better understand the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19)

www.bhf.org.uk

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

Joey's really pushing thing flag in the hole thing. I think this is probably the worst aspect of the government's response. What an oversight.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

Man, thats suprising to see the two most extreme geographically and isolated island nations having the lowest cases. Couldnt have seen that coming. Really would have figured it to be a land locked country with actual neighbors and situated along the 37th parallel.

No no, it's just because New Zealand's PM is really nice.