COVID-19 2020

hutch wrote:
I finally clicked on some email from the county which takes one to some interesting data

https://data-dashboard.arlingtonva.us/covid

jez that was depressing, happen to live in the worst zip in Arlington
we do have a lot of section 8 housing…unlike a lot of the other Arlington zips

Yeah I noticed.. even more reason to avoid south Arlington



I kid!


I am now wearing two face masks


Anyways best covid numbers in weeks… deaths are a lagging indicator but they are going to come down

excontradiction wrote:
Positively Yang.

early contender as first post for a new thread, "ITT, we create porn movie names that - honestly - we're surprised don't exist already."


no, wait.  i was thinking of "positively wang."  my bad.

sweetcell wrote:
no, wait.  i was thinking of "positively wang."  my bad.

In college, I knew a bunch of dudes who invented a fake Asian pornstar (basically a Chinese Ron Jeremy) named Wanghis Khan who would bed women through some subterfuge, leading to his trademark exclamation "you just got Khanned". It was an on-going game to come up with names of his films: Sweet and Sour Porkin', Bangkok Nights, Singapore Blow Me Fun, etc.

hutch wrote:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-9219379/Why-coronavirus-cases-falling-fast-New-infections-drop-44-three-weeks.html

can we get a statement from Singapore’s education minister on this

Obviously the two stories are not mutually exclusive.

The situation seems to be currently improving but that doesn’t mean covid19 is disappearing or that new variants might not alter the current landscape.

SideHatch wrote:

hutch wrote:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-9219379/Why-coronavirus-cases-falling-fast-New-infections-drop-44-three-weeks.html

can we get a statement from Singapore’s education minister on this

Do they even celebrate Xmas in Singapore? Obviously the decline is because typically nobody travels or gathers in early to mid-January.

Did you read the article dude? Cause according to the article that is one of the reasons for decline but there are others….

I think it could also be that many people that haven’t gotten it are simply taking more precautions and limiting contact

The pool of people that can get it due to not masking etc must be going down as more of them go down…

Aldo I think the article alludes to the vaccine.. the more people that get vaccine the less can get covid and certain people that get vaccine like people that work in elderly care facilities and homes can prevent dozens from getting it and dying…

Singapore is a very status driven population. Many are likely trying to get vaccinated, make too much to get stimulus checks, lose weight during quarantine, and social distance while increasing their post count on forums. All of this leads to lower COVID rates.

14108

Another upbeat article


https://m.jpost.com/health-science/coronavirus-in-israel-vaccination-doesnt-equal-liberation-657898

At least 1 in 700 Americans have died from covid

hutch wrote:
At least 1 in 700 Americans have died from covid

1 in 10 have received the vaccine
https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-10-percent-americans-vaccinated-d0cd3eb4-624f-4033-8111-32d9df3c0971.html

1 in 10 have received the vaccine
https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-10-percent-americans-vaccinated-d0cd3eb4-624f-4033-8111-32d9df3c0971.html

The percentage-vaccinated number is so key to reopening plans of all sorts, including live entertainment.  Whether or not the number represents any true answers re updated communicability, death rate, etc, the metric of %vaccinated is the crucial benchmark to so much.

FWIW, that 10% is the number of people who have had 1 shot, not the number of people who are immune.

yes many holes in that,
but that 30 million doses were delivered is still an impressive number over a short period of time
If team trump hadn't slow-rolled so much of this, would we likely be over 100m by now