Zardnaar
Legend
Are the hospitals filling up with people?
D&D and the rising pandemic
Are the hospitals filling up with people?
There are times when it makes sense, like when you are trying to monitor a population. For example, here in Massachusetts, at the various higher-education campuses, they've done frequent testing of students and staff, to try to get on top of any outbreaks that might occur. They have done so many as to skew results if you just dump that data in with the rest of the testing in the state.
Garthanos
Arcadian Knight
Oh it definitely makes sense to densely test, in order to track and stop spread but test ANYBODY who may have contacted someone with the disease makes sense. And yes the different testing params of contributing groups of data also confuse matters as well. This is not simple stuff
BookTenTiger
He / Him
Today was the first day since March 2020 that no new patients with COVID were admitted to hospitals in San Francisco!
California also announced a complete reopening on June 15, although of course it will vary county to county. There seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel!
California also announced a complete reopening on June 15, although of course it will vary county to county. There seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel!
Zardnaar
Legend
Found official government data. I stoped paying attention to numbers a few months ago.
Quarantine
www.mbie.govt.nz
Total Stats
www.health.govt.nz
Virtually no deaths from quarantine even with the Covid positives most if not all were community deaths.
A few countries still essentially blocked.
www.immigration.govt.nz
Residents of NZ from other countries can still come along with a trickle of those who can get visas.
Quarantine
Managed isolation and quarantine data | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Data and statistics about managed isolation and quarantine in New Zealand.
www.mbie.govt.nz
Total Stats
COVID-19: Current cases – Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
Read the latest information about confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand.
www.health.govt.nz
Virtually no deaths from quarantine even with the Covid positives most if not all were community deaths.
A few countries still essentially blocked.
Restrictions on travel from very high risk countries
From 11:59PM NZST on Wednesday 28 April 2021, only NZ citizens and their immediate family may travel here from Brazil, India, Pakistan and Papua New Guinea.
Residents of NZ from other countries can still come along with a trickle of those who can get visas.
Hussar
Legend
No, fortunately. It is pretty frightening though that it's almost certain that Japan is downplaying things as hard as possible in order to keep the Olympics afloat. But, then again, I say, "almost certain" without any real evidence. But, again, since the government controls here over the media are so strong, and the flow of information is so top down and accepted as being okay that it's top down without really any questioning of those in positions of authority, that it's so hard to have any faith at all in the system.
I mean, good grief, the local news here has been dominated by a couple of Vietnamese workers that stole a couple of pigs and had a barbecue. O.O This was a half hour expose on my local station. You can see what I'm talking about when it's really hard to believe anything that's coming down the pipeline.
The loss of your sense of smell due to COVID is a relatively minor symptom, but it’s ripples can drastically change one’s quality of life, and may be linked to depression. And for some of those who get their sense back, it is disordered.
www.yahoo.com
'Life-altering:' As millions cope with smell loss from COVID-19, researchers find new explanations and possible treatments
Smell loss afflicts the majority of COVID-19 patients. A new understanding is emerging about what causes it, and eventually, how it might be treated.
German scientist believes he's found solution to blood clots linked to AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines
German scientist believes he's found solution to blood clots linked to AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines
Basically, a researcher has claimed to figure out why some of the C19 vaccines are causing clots, AND he believes he knows what needs to be done to reformulate the ven to avoid this problem. Apparently, J&J has contacted him for a consultation.
Choose your international travel locations carefully. Things are still ugly out there:
www.yahoo.com
They note that non-pharmaceutical measures seem to be less effective with this one because of its virulence and increased rate of reproduction. Translation: it is easier to catch, and needs a lower viral load to successfully infect someone,
Vietnam detects highly contagious new coronavirus variant as infections surge
Vietnam's Health Ministry announced Saturday that it had detected a highly transmissible new variant of the coronavirus that has helped fuel a recent wave of covid-19 infections in the country. Genetic sequencing indicated that the new variant was a mix of the coronavirus strains first detected...
They note that non-pharmaceutical measures seem to be less effective with this one because of its virulence and increased rate of reproduction. Translation: it is easier to catch, and needs a lower viral load to successfully infect someone,
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
I think a lot of folks in the US are going to freak out when cold/flu/COVID season rolls around, these variants migrate north, much like seasonal influenza, and at least partial restrictions come back.
