D&D and the rising pandemic

[Dannyalcatraz]

Well...this is a surprise.

The Chinese CDC now says the coronavirus didn't jump to people at the Wuhan wet market — instead, it was the site of a superspreader event

We still don't know the origin of the new coronavirus. But according to the Chinese CDC, it isn't the wet market in Wuhan.

www.businessinsider.com

Summary: animals are the Wuhan wet market tested negative for Covid-19, and several of the earliest cases had no ties to the wet market or Wuhan whatsoever. IOW, the odds of Wuhan’s wet market being the point of original infection are approaching zero- they’re thinking what we thought was the initial outbreaks was just a super-spreader event. The lack of known connections to Wuhan for some of the earliest infections also shoots holes in the lab accident theory.

 

[Eltab]

Or just, you know, free.

We all wish. But the staff making the kits expects to be paid, needs lights to see what they are doing, &c - so I'll be content with something easily affordable.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

It still might wind up being like flu shots- free...with insurance.

 

[abirdcall]

We all wish. But the staff making the kits expects to be paid, needs lights to see what they are doing, &c - so I'll be content with something easily affordable.

There is a way for a society to collect funds in order to pay for things that are for the good of that society.

 

[Umbran]

Yes, but tax policy is not within scope.

Please folks. Keep it on point. Thanks.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

I want to see the reality that a COVID test is available for say $10 (price of a pregnancy test) on the shelf at any Walgreens / CVS / Rite-Aid / &c, with no need for a prescription first, the thing is reliable, simple enough to be used at home, and provides an answer in a few minutes.

Invent something with most of those features and the general population will solve the problem themselves.

The problem is, Coronavirus tests aren't as easy to determine results for than as pregnancy tests. I imagine if they could be administered by laymen, they would do that.

 

[Zardnaar]

Down to a single active case. No new cases for a week.

Covid-19: No new cases in New Zealand for one full week

There are no new cases of Covid-19 in the country today and just one active case left, as New Zealand marks a week since the last confirmed case.

www.rnz.co.nz

Looks like it's all bit wiped out.

 

[evileeyore]

There was a WH economic advisor being interviewed the other day who referred to workers as “human capital”. Classic dehumanization.

"Human capital" is an economic term. It has a specific meaning and while many have mistaken it in a "dehumanizing" manner, that's not how it's meant or how it was used.

 

[Umbran]

"Human capital" is an economic term. It has a specific meaning and while many have mistaken it in a "dehumanizing" manner, that's not how it's meant or how it was used.

Unless you know the speaker in question, I don't see as you have and greater standing than anyone else to say what was meant.

The fact that it is an economic jargon term does not mean it is not dehumanizing. If you say "human capital" rather than "people" you are surely removing the fact that they are humans beings with value beyond what they do economically from consideration - that is dehumanizing. Literally.

If nothing else, if you go on national television, in full knowledge that the entire nation might see it, and you are not aware of how your jargon terms may come across and avoid using them, you are dehumanizing, by displaying your complete lack of care for the audience's human sensibilities.

 

[NotAYakk]

Down to a single active case. No new cases for a week.

Covid-19: No new cases in New Zealand for one full week

There are no new cases of Covid-19 in the country today and just one active case left, as New Zealand marks a week since the last confirmed case.

www.rnz.co.nz

Looks like it's all bit wiped out.

Yay!

Well, "new cases" rarely catches asymptomatic carriers. But asymptomatic carriers either heal, or they infect someone who becomes symptomatic. And then contact tracing - targeted isolation - testing can backtrack and eliminate the asymptomatic.

So "all but". A week isn't enough to know it is wiped out.

Now the question: are you going to offer refuge to people who are willing to fly in, then quarantine while being tested for 2+ weeks? Could replace some tourism dollars in the short term!