General > General Technical Chat
Covid 19 virus
Cerebus:
--- Quote from: Simon on March 08, 2020, 12:22:08 pm ---I am just wondering about all of the inconvenient stuff that is being put out at a time when all we are looking at is the numbers of covid-19
--- End quote ---
What, the old "This is good day to publish bad news" schtick?
If you're bored and want a good cynical laugh, compare the kind of press releases that any government department puts out at 09:00 on a Monday versus the ones they publish at 17:01 on a Friday.
Simon:
seen it locally where they decide to run a consultation process about some unimportant matter like splitting the county in two or privatizing the counties services or closing the local library. Funny that these things always come around in December. i can't possibly think why.....
DrG:
I don't know about the media subterfuge angle or even the panic angle.
In the US, what has me very concerned is the lack of pressure by the news media to address (by address, I mean raise the public's awareness and anger) a horrendous lack of availability of testing kits. In fact, there is argument on whether or not there is a shortage of test kits https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/486416-azar-contradicts-pence-says-theres-no-coronavirus-testing-kit-shortage - If so, have tests been conducted in all at-risk populations (like senior homes)? Where are the priorities for testing?- Who is in charge around here?! That is the kind of response that I would like to hear but it has not been a news item - right now there are some grumblings - e.g., https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/united-states-badly-bungled-coronavirus-testing-things-may-soon-improve .
Drive through testing has only now begun in Seattle. But how long it takes to get the swabs read is not in the article except for "as soon as possible". https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/08/813501632/seattle-health-care-system-offers-drive-through-coronavirus-testing-for-workers
B&M Gates foundation is funding home test kits, but they are mail back swabs https://q13fox.com/2020/03/08/gates-foundation-to-soon-offer-home-testing-kits-for-coronavirus-in-seattle-area/
I am not an immunologist and I don't know how possible it is to have a truly rapid test kit that uses Real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) assays https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/mers/lab/lab-testing.html. Maybe the best that you can get right now are 10 zillion well plates.
But this is absolute must have for any kind of control
Edited to fix link
Bud:
--- Quote from: DrG on March 08, 2020, 11:16:41 pm ---Who is in charge around here?!
--- End quote ---
I heard Pence ...?
DrG:
--- Quote from: Bud on March 09, 2020, 12:12:13 am ---
--- Quote from: DrG on March 08, 2020, 11:16:41 pm ---Who is in charge around here?!
--- End quote ---
I heard Pence ...?
--- End quote ---
I'm trying really hard to leave the politics out of it....on here I respect that for an electronics site. So, I will just say that I am very disappointed in the response so far and that I hope it gets a lot better very soon. I am optimistic that the response will get much better.
As I understand it the R0 measure is for uncontrolled growth in the population (no vaccination, immunity, isolation). The idea is NOT to have the R0 materialize. Somebody on here said something like, "it is hard to outrun exponential growth". This is especially true when you wait until after the starting gun to move.
OK, got it out of my system for now. Sorry.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version