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Working From Home - Impacts of Coronavirus
bd139:
That happens surprisingly often. It was only a couple of months ago a friend of mine went 8 stops on a tube train next to a dead guy. It was only when he fell off the seat people knew something was up.
cdev:
A lot of illness comes from work..But you can't live without it either. But soon we will have to figure out a way to.
I got into a discussion about the statistics yesterday with my Chinese friend, she told me that "All the (deaths and hospitalization) figures from China are totally fake" She says that all Chinese people "just know that they all are totally fake" and she feels that I should just totally ignore all of them. I kind of am inclined to agree.
and that the real death figures are much much higher. How could they not be. I doubt if its as bad here but still lots and lots and lots of people are dying and never diagnosed or counted as COVID-19 including a fair number of young people.
Also looking at the JHU dashboard, the figures in my little county (of which I live in the least urbanized part) are higher than all of Los Angeles. So they are doing much better out in California. IF the figures are to be trusted (certainly more than China's) I am close to NYC. Just a short ride away. (Yes, the busses and trains are still running!)
I think we are in the worst area in the world right now.
EEVblog:
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--- Quote from: cdev on May 02, 2020, 10:27:38 pm ---There is no proof that getting it once conveys permanent immunity, some viruses just stick with you and come out when your immune system is weakened.
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I have already heard that, and am asking one question. (Sorry if this is naive, I'm no virology expert!)
If the above happened to be true, how could a vaccine for it ever work?
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If I add up all the information I have read so far I think there are a couple things to be aware off:
1) The flu symptoms caused bij Covid-19 are not that bad.
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Yeah. Well, according to some that have had it, it's no picnic either. No idea the percentage of people for whom it's light or bad, and if this % is similar to seasonal flu.
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According to many reliable reports, the majority of people that get it will get it have no symptoms, or symptoms mild enough not to even seriously suspect they have it (i.e. so that's likely less serious symptoms than the flu)
If it's not the majority then it certainly seems to be a very high percentage.
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on May 03, 2020, 03:09:20 am ---Perhaps the regular/seasonal flu does spread as easily from person to person, but gets another "hop" far less often because a lot of people are immune to it.
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The good thing about this whole affair is the awareness level of hygiene has reached hyper levels in practically all the population. This should help reduce the transmission of all sorts of stuff in the coming years.
PlainName:
--- Quote ---Also, the optium temperature for corona virus is kind of cool. Hot weather reduces transmission a lot.
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Might we be jumping to erroneous conclusions there? Hot weather means people aren't cooped up in a small room trying to keep warm for so long, and probably spending a significant amount of time outside (which will 'social distance' you even if you're reasonably close to someone just because of the wind). I don't think it's safe to say that warmth is bad (for the virus) just on the basis of seasonal cases - as pointed out previously, your insides are warmer than most environments and it's there that this thing lasts longest.
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