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Coronavirus science and statistics(no politics)
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Does it not make sense just to pause for a couple of weeks at least to see where this is going into winter before suggesting whats best. The news that 100s of Scottish students have tested positive is not that reassuring.
Its just about impossible for any teacher trying to plan a curriculum.. my daughter says it is just child minding. Kids forced into schools that simply don't function educationally because of a virus very few have anymore. And apparently testing is running at above 200k a day but because the population are living in fear it isn't enough to meet demand, no wonder positive tests/cases are on the up. The good news is that in 340 days the whole population will have been tested at least once.. and they can start this madnessall over again.
A nation paralysed by fear..
Not 100% relevant but shows the amount of students in US colleges, reported cases and hospitisations.
We are not testing 200k people a day and never have done. Tests and individuals are absolutely not the same number
Fine if they are kept away from more vulnerable individuals in older age groups
Testing at 3.37 per thousand. 68 million divided by 1k = 68k x 3.37 = 239k per day. https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-testing#testing-for-covid-19
I repeat, we are not testing 200k+ people per day, we are testing c 200k samples per day. A sample is not a person. Your source explicitly says tests NOT individual people.
Lots of people are getting confused over testing figures - Full Fact
Many people in media and politics are mistakenly comparing two different things.
fullfact.org
The real figure is likely to be around 82k people per day
You are using tests as a proxy for people which is completely wrong
Russia now testing Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine on elderly & other high-risk groups as part of third phase trials
Russia has started clinical trials of its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine on volunteers from high risk groups, including the elderly. The formula is currently in its final phase of tests, before planned mass distribution.
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So, we are going in to the second spike of this pandemic supposedly, hopefully better prepared than we were back in the spring and we have far greater testing capabilities.
How come we still only test for this virus in the nose and throat, when there WILL be positive Covid cases missed and not diagnosed if the virus is rubbed in to the eyes, ingested droplets on food, enters via a cut etc etc.
Is it so important to determine the virus in this way, via unreliable tests, and in such a short 3 day window of opportunity when a relatively simple "catch all" approach would be to sample for the body shedding the dead virus which it does for 21 days after infection in fecal matter?
Enjoy your breakfast.
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How come we still only test for this virus in the nose and throat, when there WILL be positive Covid cases missed and not diagnosed if the virus is rubbed in to the eyes, ingested droplets on food, enters via a cut etc etc.
Is it so important to determine the virus in this way, via unreliable tests, and in such a short 3 day window of opportunity when a relatively simple "catch all" approach would be to sample for the body shedding the dead virus which it does for 21 days after infection in fecal matter?
Enjoy your breakfast.
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Nearly fell off me stool
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@sliper - You dropped your BOOM (bombshell) post last night. Which was immediately countered with this one from bobbage
Since then, you have taken the time to reply to SIX different posts - but you missed this one. 👍
Interesting
www.theguardian.com
Coronavirus continuing to mutate, study finds, as US cases rise
Experts believe virus is probably becoming more contagious but US study did not find mutations made it more lethal
www.theguardian.com
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Be careful quoting me to slipper, he'll start thinking you fancy me too...
This is really interesting, you learn something everyday.
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Does anyone not find it odd that London, our busiest city, with their public transport issues behind in this second wave? It seems to me that the T cell immunity is a thing and Londoners have got some sort of herd immunity. In the north we missed that immunity as we went into lockdown before the virus spread much up here.
Bobbage and regardless sitting in a tree......
Hidden immune weakness found in 14% of gravely ill COVID-19 patients
Damaged interferon response helps explain why men get sicker than women
As other cities go into lockdown, why isn’t London having a second wave?
Experts suggest the capital’s previous exposure, and capacity to embrace home working, may now be inhibiting the virus
www.theguardian.com