News COVID-19 pandemic

[jedidia]

Outch! After discovering a bug that lead to places of infection ending up in the wrong category, the Swiss government will have to revise its entire strategy. The data was reconstructible, so after assuming for the past month that Covid-19 spread foremost through partying in clubs, it now turns out that clubs account for a minimum of infections, while family gatherings are spearheading the new wave.

Well, I'm glad they found out before locking down all the clubs, condemning them to bankruptcy. I'm also glad I work on software that is mostly inconsequential... :shifty:

 

[mahdavi3d]

 

[mahdavi3d]

 

[mahdavi3d]

medpagetoday.com : Could Boosting Vitamin D Cut COVID-19 Risk?

news-medical.net : SARS-CoV-2 is more resistant on surfaces in spring and autumn than in summer

 

[Notebook]

Coronavirus: New figures show UK faces 'impossible balancing act'

Infection levels are four times higher than two months ago. But what will happen to deaths?

www.bbc.co.uk

But during any winter, deaths always increase by many thousands.

The worst one of recent memory(of Winter Flu) was three years ago when an extra 15,000 more people died in England and Wales than had on average in the previous five winters.

It was a cold winter, the strain of flu was a little more virulent than normal and the vaccine available was not particularly effective.

This year in the fight against coronavirus there is no vaccine and very limited immunity.

Keeping the death toll anywhere near zero is, sadly, going to be impossible.

If there's any more cheery news...

 

[Notebook]

Excel: Why using Microsoft's tool caused Covid-19 results to be lost

The decision to use a spreadsheet format that dates back to the 1980s has proved to be unwise.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[jedidia]

There should be a facepalm emote available in that like bar...

 

[n72.75]

That's an unforgivably stupid mistake....

 

[Sbb1413]

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[Artlav]

Excel is not a database, wtf?

 

[n72.75]

Excel is not a database, wtf?

I have to explain this at least 3 times a month....

 

[Urwumpe]

We now have a seven day incidence of 66.7 cases per 100,000 people in our rural district (233 persons/km²).

So much to the plans of the daughter to celebrate her birthday in some weeks with her friends from school.

Damn Covidiots!

 

[Gargantua2024]

We started our online classes here a couple weeks ago, and I'd say it's not as difficult as I thought it would be (except when the internet connection and back doesn't cooperate)

I'd hope this pandemic would be over soon

 

[Sbb1413]

It is very uncertain how the world will look like after the COVID-19 era. I will be surprised to wear masks and follow distancing after the COVID-19 era. Due to the tough days of 2020, many people are eagered to see the appearance of the world in 2021.

COVID-19 vaccine (excluding the Russian Sputnik 5, named after an orbiting ball that shook the USA) will never takeoff in 2020. We have to wait until March 2021 for a shot of the vaccine. Until then, any COVID-19 vaccines will be limited to the rich and prosperous people, IMO.

Also, look at our reaction towards swine flu in 2009: https://www.orbiter-forum.com/threads/who-declares-first-21st-century-pandemic.7686/

 

[Gargantua2024]

On the bright side, a delayed but sure vaccine is better than nothing

 

[Notebook]

Well, its worse than a worst case scenario. I'm staying indoors!

Covid spreading faster in England than 'worst-case scenario', documents show

Infection levels in England are about four times higher than the government's worst-case winter plan.

www.bbc.com

 

[Urwumpe]

Same in Germany - we are faster since the end of the fall holidays than the simple extrapolation that Merkel used for explaining the urgency (She predicted 19000 new infections per day on christmas using simple math - we are at it now).

We are going into a 4 week circuit break from next week on. Many businesses and public institutions will get closed or restricted, no tourism in Germany. But the big places to catch the disease and share it with your best friends will remain open: Schools & Kindergarten, no further special restrictions for workplaces, its all up to your employers definition of work safety now.

 

[jedidia]

But the big places to catch the disease and share it with your best friends will remain open: Schools & Kindergarten

Same in Switzerland, though honestly I'm glad for that... Being locked up 24/7 with a special needs child and his "normal" brother (I do not really believe in the concept of a normal child anymore...) almost drove me and my wife crazy. We'd probably survive another such period, but honestly even the literal end of the world sounds temptingly inviting when faced with that perspective again.

Also, reopening schools in Switzerland had virtually no impact on the case numbers, while opening up other areas lead to measurable increases, so the little buggers do seem to be more resilient against catching and spreading the virus.

 

[mahdavi3d]

 

[GLS]

Also, reopening schools in Switzerland had virtually no impact on the case numbers, while opening up other areas lead to measurable increases, so the little buggers do seem to be more resilient against catching and spreading the virus.

That's what I've heard. Teenagers on the other hand have the "spread capability" of adults.