Coronavirus: COVID-19

OccultHawk · 07-12-2020, 05:37 PM

My patient caught Covid-19 twice. So long to herd immunity hopes.
Emerging cases of Covid-19 reinfection suggest herd immunity is wishful thinking.

Vox

I’m not saying this hard science or definitive but it is the ultimate question, in my mind.

I know these stories have been floating around for a while with various possible explanations. Not keeping the contained when we could was so insane. We do not even know if there will ever be an effective vaccine.

rostasi · 07-13-2020, 09:34 AM

This is why we call it a cult.

rostasi · 07-13-2020, 09:41 AM

New Zealand lifts all Covid restrictions, declaring the nation virus-free.

OccultHawk · 07-13-2020, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by rostasi

New Zealand lifts all Covid restrictions, declaring the nation virus-free.

They need to be VERY careful about visitors. I’d support completely locking up the border

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The country's borders remain closed to foreign travellers, and rules remain in place requiring New Zealanders arriving from abroad to go through a 14-day period of isolation or quarantine.

Smart

**Frownland** · 07-13-2020, 09:58 AM

I wish I knew more about Lord of the Rings so that I could make a New Zealand/coronavirus cure/LOTR zinger.

~~jwb~~ · 07-13-2020, 12:48 PM

I was thinking the same thing but with the Christchurch shooting instead of Lotr.

rostasi · 07-13-2020, 06:22 PM

A neighbor of mine from about 5 doors down that I used to talk computer tech and music with
sold his house and picked up all of his belongings and moved to New Zealand when Bush became president.
He just couldn't stand the thought of living here while he was president. That was in '01. In many ways, I envy him.

rostasi · 07-13-2020, 06:23 PM

How can a disease with 1% mortality shut down the United States?

"...Another important piece of information - this is mortality not fatality rate. Mortality is calculated across the entire population & assumes every person has a roughly equal chance of exposure. Fatality is # of deaths divided by # of diagnosed cases… Both in the US and across the world, that has held pretty steady at just under five percent..."

Comment:

weekendlites
BBS Commodore

That distinction is lost on everyone including myself as I immediately ran the numbers from Johns Hopkins and 270220/12970605 = 0.043962 or 4.4% not 1%

Also of note - RWNJs like to use # of US population / # dead, of course that total is very low, but no relationship to what happens WHEN you get this. If exposed, you most likely WILL get it.

WWWP · 07-13-2020, 06:33 PM

We're averaging about 20 deaths a day in my county this week

The Batlord · 07-13-2020, 07:04 PM

Better nix the book club idea cause black people get COVID more than whites.

07-12-2020, 05:37 PM	#2481 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	My patient caught Covid-19 twice. So long to herd immunity hopes. Emerging cases of Covid-19 reinfection suggest herd immunity is wishful thinking. Vox I’m not saying this hard science or definitive but it is the ultimate question, in my mind. I know these stories have been floating around for a while with various possible explanations. Not keeping the contained when we could was so insane. We do not even know if there will ever be an effective vaccine. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

07-13-2020, 09:58 AM	#2485 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I wish I knew more about Lord of the Rings so that I could make a New Zealand/coronavirus cure/LOTR zinger. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

07-13-2020, 06:23 PM	#2488 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,007	How can a disease with 1% mortality shut down the United States? "...Another important piece of information - this is mortality not fatality rate. Mortality is calculated across the entire population & assumes every person has a roughly equal chance of exposure. Fatality is # of deaths divided by # of diagnosed cases… Both in the US and across the world, that has held pretty steady at just under five percent..." Comment: weekendlites BBS Commodore That distinction is lost on everyone including myself as I immediately ran the numbers from Johns Hopkins and 270220/12970605 = 0.043962 or 4.4% not 1% Also of note - RWNJs like to use # of US population / # dead, of course that total is very low, but no relationship to what happens WHEN you get this. If exposed, you most likely WILL get it. Last edited by rostasi; 07-13-2020 at 06:32 PM.

07-13-2020, 09:34 AM	#2482 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,007	This is why we call it a cult.

07-13-2020, 09:41 AM	#2483 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,007	New Zealand lifts all Covid restrictions, declaring the nation virus-free.

07-13-2020, 12:48 PM	#2486 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	I was thinking the same thing but with the Christchurch shooting instead of Lotr.

07-13-2020, 06:22 PM	#2487 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,007	A neighbor of mine from about 5 doors down that I used to talk computer tech and music with sold his house and picked up all of his belongings and moved to New Zealand when Bush became president. He just couldn't stand the thought of living here while he was president. That was in '01. In many ways, I envy him.