Here's a new view - % of tests coming back positive (x-axis) and tests per million pop (y-axis). 9 states are back… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Anyway, wear a mask.
kottke.org/20/06/jesus-christ-just-wear-a-face-mask
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This is great news, especially because this drug is cheap and easily available.
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Other good things I am hearing are progress on the vaccine front, with a lot of work on NABs yeilding good results:
www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/Rare-...kely-to-15339594.php
There's also evidence that superspreaders are the main source of transmission, practically a Pareto principle at work, with 20% of carriers transmitting 80% of new cases. That means track and trace and testing could do wonders, and that mask wearing is so fundamentally important you should be actively mad at people for not doing it.
arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/just-10-...ion-studies-suggest/
This thing can 100% go away. It can.
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I was so happy to see it open and still there.
It’s run by my friend, whom I haven’t seen or heard from since middle of March. I was afraid he’d gotten sick or shut the store down. He’s been open for 41 years and has spent the last 5 saying every year was going to be his last.
But he was there and it was wonderful to see him. I brought him candy and masks.
I picked up a copy of Power Grid, which I haven’t played before but always was interested in trying it. He needs support for his store, especially now.
He told me he made no income for two months but still had to pay rent. He reopened in early June and business has been good so far.
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The whole lurid story of AZ.
My county hit 37% positive tests yesterday. Here's what the last 7 days of testing looked like for AZ:
Still due back at work in person with my 80 students in staggered groups in a little over month.
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In Germany the R-value has increased to 2 (statistically one person infects two other persons), but that's due to massive outbreaks in the meat industry. So there are hotspots, but it is not a common trend. As a result the German government is looking to regulate the working conditions in the meat industry, which is a positive at least.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-53176717
Some really asinine interviews on TV with people complaining about how shocked they were about the crowds, only to then admit they had driven hundreds of miles to be there themselves. It’s my home town and I have family down there, they won’t go anywhere near the town centre and beachfront due to the crowds. People are also behaving despicably, yelling abuse, dumping litter, parking in the middle of roads, setting fires, even defecating in public areas. All for a sun-tan and a dip in the water.
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CT seems to be doing pretty well. Transmission rate is low, and we have enough excess testing capacity that they are offering free drive through/walk-up testing for essential workers and state employees that have contact with the public, who have no symptoms, no risk factors, and no doctor's note. This, obviously, makes our positive test rate low.
Unfortunately, this has also given people a false sense of security. Especially young people, like the Spawn.
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I don't get out much, but when I do I mostly see mask compliance. So far, I haven't seen any of the "Masks Hurt My Freedom" crowd. It will be interesting to see how our idiot Governor and Lt. Governor backtrack their enthusiasm for re-opening over the next few days.
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