COVID-19 2020

Very wrote:

Space wrote:

67 wrote:
Space, I didn't know you lived in Arlington?
https://thepostmillennial.com/arlington-parent-suing-public-school-system-for-lack-of-in-person-learning

I think I've said repeatedly that we are happy with Fairfax County distance learning for this school year. Plus, I'm way sexier than that guy, who is the opposite of sexy.

can we get the wifes opinion on that?

She's even more pro-distance learning than I am. She's always wanted to homeschool, and I've always been against. This is about as close as she's ever going to get.

Space wrote:

Very wrote:
Plus, I'm way sexier than that guy

can we get the wifes opinion on that?

This is what I wanted to know

300,000 new cases reported today



We may just get to 400K in the end

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300,000 new cases reported today



We may just get to 400K in the end

306K. This was the weekend I predicted 400K. Maybe I was off by a week. God bless Murica!

Nearly 6000 new cases reported in Virginia today… things are heading in the wrong direction


If Virginia was a country it would have about 25th highest new case total in the world


It’s time to redouble safety efforts and limit going out as much as possible (am writing this also as a reminder to myself)

So the United States has 22% of the world’s diagnosed covid cases and 20% of the world’s confirmed deaths from covid

I don’t know that we really can say our health care system is doing a bang up job

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I don’t know that we really can say our health care system is doing a bang up job

Who said that?

I think that's more of an indictment of a federal government that fails to lead and a general population that won't give up their "Freedoms".

StoneTheCrow wrote:
I think that's more of an indictment of a federal government that fails to lead and a general population that won't give up their "Freedoms".

Agreed.

This is not about whether government encourages mask use.. it’s about what happens once people are sick


Once people get covid how are we doing in America compared to the rest of the world?

Anyone know?

Back of the envelope rough calculation

US death rate about 1.66%
Israel death rate 0.75%
Argentina death rate 2.5%
Mexico death rate 9%
Germany 2%
Canada 2.5%


So maybe our health care system is doing a good job particularly given the strain


Mexico probably has done the worst job.. case count accuracy probably varies greatly with countries that don’t test a lot probably looking worse..

Current vaccination rates in US

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/map-covid-19-vaccination-tracker-across-u-s-n1252085?fbclid=IwAR3sEREQgjgadeaebPc709xhcmb40jDfdw5dAUrR1gRjCsf036iTRVboc7k#embed-20201221-plan-your-shot-map

Anne Arundel now has the worst rate of coronavirus spread among the 8 most populous Maryland counties

Not surprising considering its concentration of insurrectionist types.

84 deaths reported today in Virginia

I hope this vaccine doesn't become an annual thing

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine expected to provide immunity for at least 1 year

totally wrote:
I hope this vaccine doesn't become an annual thing

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine expected to provide immunity for at least 1 year

All signs point to this being an annual thing. Also, the current slate of vaccines may only be 60% effective against the new South African variant. Expect more mutations that may or may not be controlled by the vaccine. We'll always be playing catch-up developing vaccines to deal with new strains, and it will become a guessing game as to what mix of vaccines should go in the shot.

This is exactly what is happening with the flu shot. COVID-19 is the new influenza.

excontradiction wrote:

totally wrote:
I hope this vaccine doesn't become an annual thing

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine expected to provide immunity for at least 1 year

All signs point to this being an annual thing. Also, the current slate of vaccines may only be 60% effective against the new South African variant. Expect more mutations that may or may not be controlled by the vaccine. We'll always be playing catch-up developing vaccines to deal with new strains, and it will become a guessing game as to what mix of vaccines should go in the shot.

This is exactly what is happening with the flu shot. COVID-19 is the new influenza.

Is it time to let only the strong survive? At this rate, life will never be back to normal with multiple strains, mutations, refusal to get the vaccine, etc… Le sigh.

I have a strong compulsion to buy an XBox all of a sudden.

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Back of the envelope rough calculation

US death rate about 1.66%
Israel death rate 0.75%
Argentina death rate 2.5%
Mexico death rate 9%
Germany 2%
Canada 2.5%


So maybe our health care system is doing a good job particularly given the strain


Mexico probably has done the worst job.. case count accuracy probably varies greatly with countries that don’t test a lot probably looking worse..

There are other contributing factors (age, pre-existing conditions, etc). Numbers alone don’t tell the story.

Julian, wrote:
I have a strong compulsion to buy an XBox all of a sudden.

My offspring received a switch over the holidays and I've been enjoying it as well.