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| Bud:
Seen reports from UK researches today that in 30% cases people reported loss of smell and loss of taste. They are looking now whether to accept this as an early warning for even non-symptomatic people and add to self-isolation rules. |
| thinkfat:
Heh, I've heard another funny story recently. Take it with a pint of salt, though, it's about the toilet paper rush. The source not a scientific paper or anything, just two guys in quarantine in Puerto Rico, one of them has Crohn's disease and is on Humira, and consequently he's a bit obsessed with the topic. They're photographers, they cannot go out and do their job right now so they decided to run a video journal of things happening all around USA and the world with respect to Covid-19. Here's the youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnvgtzmvlb6d58d9BbOKuMA The story goes: Supposedly, there's been a run on toilet paper in China as well, before or around the time where the outbreak started. And as it happens, in about 20% of cases, SARS-CoV-2 causes diarrhea. So the guy theorized, when the outbreak started, a lot of people were in dire need of massive amounts of toilet paper, while others were watching and thinking, "what do they know that we don't?" and started hoarding. Now, is this what started the toilet paper run the US? It happened in Germany, too, but I cannot remember anyone mentioning a massive wave of diarrhea that could be responsible ;) Over here, the shit hasn't hit the fan yet. It's still on its way :) |
| -gb-:
--- Quote ---Even something as simple as a winter scarf (the thick woolly kind, that will trap moisture and droplets in exhalations) will help a lot, for those who dislike the idea of wearing a mask. --- End quote --- Yes, this is also said in the linked podcast. And simple masks from paper or cloth can be reused. clothmasks can be washed at 60°C and papermasks can be put in the kitchenoven at some temperature which is not too low, but not burning the paper. |
| Mr. Scram:
A soggy mask can be a very effective vector though. People may also feel protected and act more casually and sloppy. This kind of behaviour has been shown in people wearing gloves. |
| not1xor1:
--- Quote from: not1xor1 on March 23, 2020, 09:41:47 am ---I think in 12 hours we'll see (just first 3 countries after China): country cases deaths Italy 67-68k 6.3-6.4k US 42-48k 500-550 Spain 31-34k 2.1-2.5k of course I strongly hope to be wrong (i.e. that real figures will be much lower) --- End quote --- I was not much wrong (apart Italy - let's hope it is a trend rather than just ordinary fluctuations) current (12 hours after forecast) figures are: country cases deaths Italy 64k (63,927) 6.1k (6,077) US 42k (41,708) 573 Spain 33k (33,089) 2.2k (2,207) I hope my weekly forecast about US will be wrong (of course I hope less cases and deaths than what I wrote) |
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