Coronavirus
#2761
Re: Coronavirus
My MIL went for a blood test at the hospital today. At screening there was a woman up close and the screener asked her to move back. She also told the woman she'd need a mask to come in.
"I don't need to, I'm not scared" was the reply.
Where has this woman been for the last 6 months?
"I don't need to, I'm not scared" was the reply.
Where has this woman been for the last 6 months?
#2762
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Re: Coronavirus
Not sure I would want to be a teacher right now.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...race-1.5733700
Active cases down 522 in BC, new cases 96.
Almost all of the decline in active cases was in Vancouver Coastal Health
https://globalnews.ca/news/7351585/b...-september-22/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...race-1.5733700
Active cases down 522 in BC, new cases 96.
Almost all of the decline in active cases was in Vancouver Coastal Health
https://globalnews.ca/news/7351585/b...-september-22/
#2763
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Re: Coronavirus
Here where I live in small town BC, the affects of a 3 week shutdown would be worse than one or two people dying from COVID. I know it sounds callous to say such a thing, but it's true for me.
Interior health has had very few COVID deaths, people get sick and they recover fine.
Seeing as how Canada is so spread out, if things spiral out of control in one area, I would be in favour of local lockdowns involving road blocks. Much like they did in Wuhan. Sounds harsh but it's better to piss off a few hundred thousand locals and not millions who live miles away.
Interior health has had very few COVID deaths, people get sick and they recover fine.
Seeing as how Canada is so spread out, if things spiral out of control in one area, I would be in favour of local lockdowns involving road blocks. Much like they did in Wuhan. Sounds harsh but it's better to piss off a few hundred thousand locals and not millions who live miles away.
#2765
Re: Coronavirus
In Finland, they're starting to use dogs to sniff out the virus at the main airport, (the UAE began using them in the summer).
https://globalnews.ca/news/7352860/c...-dogs-finland/
#2766
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Re: Coronavirus
The ones they had in Oliver came down from the first party in Kelowna.
In Finland, they're starting to use dogs to sniff out the virus at the main airport, (the UAE began using them in the summer).
https://globalnews.ca/news/7352860/c...-dogs-finland/
In Finland, they're starting to use dogs to sniff out the virus at the main airport, (the UAE began using them in the summer).
https://globalnews.ca/news/7352860/c...-dogs-finland/
Fraser Health & Vancouver Health are certainly the hot spots, but of course they are both pretty large population wise when compared to every other health authority region.
#2767
Re: Coronavirus
Not sure I would want to be a teacher right now.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...race-1.5733700
Active cases down 522 in BC, new cases 96.
Almost all of the decline in active cases was in Vancouver Coastal Health
https://globalnews.ca/news/7351585/b...-september-22/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...race-1.5733700
Active cases down 522 in BC, new cases 96.
Almost all of the decline in active cases was in Vancouver Coastal Health
https://globalnews.ca/news/7351585/b...-september-22/
#2768
Re: Coronavirus
It really is about time the expression second wave was accepted as reality.
At the beginning of the month (on TIO's covid thread) I posted about how mid August new daily figures were running about 450 and then had quickly doubled, followed by a week later the UK kept posting new highest new case figures repeatedly as if there was a consistent new high. And that was around 2900.
Now the UK is announcing over 6000 which is 13 times that of mid August. Does 13 times not count as second wave?
At the beginning of the month (on TIO's covid thread) I posted about how mid August new daily figures were running about 450 and then had quickly doubled, followed by a week later the UK kept posting new highest new case figures repeatedly as if there was a consistent new high. And that was around 2900.
Now the UK is announcing over 6000 which is 13 times that of mid August. Does 13 times not count as second wave?
#2769
Re: Coronavirus
It really is about time the expression second wave was accepted as reality.
At the beginning of the month (on TIO's covid thread) I posted about how mid August new daily figures were running about 450 and then had quickly doubled, followed by a week later the UK kept posting new highest new case figures repeatedly as if there was a consistent new high. And that was around 2900.
Now the UK is announcing over 6000 which is 13 times that of mid August. Does 13 times not count as second wave?
At the beginning of the month (on TIO's covid thread) I posted about how mid August new daily figures were running about 450 and then had quickly doubled, followed by a week later the UK kept posting new highest new case figures repeatedly as if there was a consistent new high. And that was around 2900.
Now the UK is announcing over 6000 which is 13 times that of mid August. Does 13 times not count as second wave?
Here is yesterday's UK chart from Worldometer, and with another 6,200 case today, the curve is clearly heading sharply higher, and given the slope of the curve it is pretty much inevitable that the numbers will reach 7,500 before there is an inflection point (lessening of the gradient of the curve) and an inflection point at 7,500 would still likely mean that daily infections in the UK will reach 10,000/day before they level off.
There's data for every country here, and each country has a page of date and graphs.
FWIW with India currently reporting around 90,000 new cases daily, and the US reprorting around 35,000 new cases daily, it appears that India will surpass the US at the top of the table in around 3-4 weeks, barring a major change in the number of new infections reported daily by one or both countries.
Last edited by Pulaski; Sep 23rd 2020 at 10:53 pm.
#2770
Re: Coronavirus
It really is about time the expression second wave was accepted as reality.
At the beginning of the month (on TIO's covid thread) I posted about how mid August new daily figures were running about 450 and then had quickly doubled, followed by a week later the UK kept posting new highest new case figures repeatedly as if there was a consistent new high. And that was around 2900.
Now the UK is announcing over 6000 which is 13 times that of mid August. Does 13 times not count as second wave?
At the beginning of the month (on TIO's covid thread) I posted about how mid August new daily figures were running about 450 and then had quickly doubled, followed by a week later the UK kept posting new highest new case figures repeatedly as if there was a consistent new high. And that was around 2900.
Now the UK is announcing over 6000 which is 13 times that of mid August. Does 13 times not count as second wave?
#2771
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Re: Coronavirus
86 new cases, but active cases dropped by 89.
Hospitalizations remaining stable, no new deaths.
https://globalnews.ca/news/7354301/b...-september-23/
Hospitalizations remaining stable, no new deaths.
https://globalnews.ca/news/7354301/b...-september-23/
#2772
Re: Coronavirus
Never mind the raw numbers - look at the graphs. The covid-19 pandemic has produced some wonderful curves and patterns, and it is both interesting that the data confirms to curves, but also a bit scary that the curves chart there own path - if you're on an up-curve it takes time to slow things down and level them off, and longer to turn them back down again.
Here is yesterday's UK chart from Worldometer, and with another 6,200 case today, the curve is clearly heading sharply higher, and given the slope of the curve it is pretty much inevitable that the numbers will reach 7,500 before there is an inflection point (lessening of the gradient of the curve) and an inflection point at 7,500 would still likely mean that daily infections in the UK will reach 10,000/day before they level off.
There's data for every country here, and each country has a page of date and graphs.
FWIW with India currently reporting around 90,000 new cases daily, and the US reprorting around 35,000 new cases daily, it appears that India will surpass the US at the top of the table in around 3-4 weeks, barring a major change in the number of new infections reported daily by one or both countries.
Here is yesterday's UK chart from Worldometer, and with another 6,200 case today, the curve is clearly heading sharply higher, and given the slope of the curve it is pretty much inevitable that the numbers will reach 7,500 before there is an inflection point (lessening of the gradient of the curve) and an inflection point at 7,500 would still likely mean that daily infections in the UK will reach 10,000/day before they level off.
There's data for every country here, and each country has a page of date and graphs.
FWIW with India currently reporting around 90,000 new cases daily, and the US reprorting around 35,000 new cases daily, it appears that India will surpass the US at the top of the table in around 3-4 weeks, barring a major change in the number of new infections reported daily by one or both countries.
#2773
Re: Coronavirus
Interesting that on last nights news at ten they were touting the "possible" outcome of 50,000 new case a day if left unchecked in UK according to some modelling, which we know can be pretty inaccurate sometimes yet they were predicting deaths could be up to 200 a day which is about a fifth of what they were during the height of the initial wave. So why are the death predictions much lower than previous with that infection figure?
[1] Better treaments have been developed, including use of dexamethasone, a corticosteroid, and a better understanding of when to use ventilators, of which there is now a plentiful supply
[2] Younger, otherwise healthier people are now the bulk of those catching the disease, so they don't get as sick, and are in less danger of dying
[3] The spread of the disease is better understood, and those that are most vulnerable are being better protected, so not catching the disease.
[4] The oldest and sickest have already died in the first wave.
#2774
Re: Coronavirus
It is important to consider the rise in cases against the huge rise in number of tests. I suspect the real number of actual cases of infection earlier on in the pandemic was way, way higher than the number of "confirmed diagnosed" tests. Remember, the government did have an interest in keeping numbers low so as to appear in control. There were countless stories of people with suspected infections being denied tests.
Rather than a second wave, perhaps the testing & diagnosing is simply just beginning to reflect what was always the situation.
Rather than a second wave, perhaps the testing & diagnosing is simply just beginning to reflect what was always the situation.
#2775
Re: Coronavirus
It really is about time the expression second wave was accepted as reality.
At the beginning of the month (on TIO's covid thread) I posted about how mid August new daily figures were running about 450 and then had quickly doubled, followed by a week later the UK kept posting new highest new case figures repeatedly as if there was a consistent new high. And that was around 2900.
Now the UK is announcing over 6000 which is 13 times that of mid August. Does 13 times not count as second wave?
At the beginning of the month (on TIO's covid thread) I posted about how mid August new daily figures were running about 450 and then had quickly doubled, followed by a week later the UK kept posting new highest new case figures repeatedly as if there was a consistent new high. And that was around 2900.
Now the UK is announcing over 6000 which is 13 times that of mid August. Does 13 times not count as second wave?