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| SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: coppice on June 12, 2020, 05:20:47 pm --- --- Quote from: SilverSolder on June 12, 2020, 05:09:52 pm --- I had a similar experience at the dentist - first appointment since the crisis. Forms to fill in, temperature taken on arrival, dental staff wearing face shields while working, but the patient (me!) was not wearing a mask for obvious reasons! :-DD --- End quote --- Is a dentist wearing a face shield something new for you? Many have been wearing them since the AIDS epidemic first struck. --- End quote --- I don't recall anything more serious than a normal mask. Often enough, not even that. |
| nctnico:
--- Quote from: DrG on June 12, 2020, 04:38:24 pm ---Here is a real-world example about how covid has changed work. This week I went for a haircut, which I had not had since very early March. It was either get a haircut or start wearing a ponytail or a man bun. The general consensus by my entire environment was that neither of those alternatives was a good idea. I had tried a bit of self-barbering, but it turned out to be a decidedly poor idea. Having a 'friend' cut my hair was risky, not just covid risk. :) --- End quote --- My haircuit was less involved. Just a disposable plastic sheet to catch the hair and the hair dresser was wearing a mask. Next week the dentist... they are more serious though. I had to fill out an online form. And it turns out mink are susceptible to Covid-19 as well and can transfer it onto humans too. They killed over half a million of these animals in the NL during the past few days in order to get rid of the infection hazard. And since breeding mink is going to be banned in the next couple of years it looks like mink farming came to an abrupt end for some farmers due to Covid-19. The article didn't say what they where going to do with the infected cats on the farm. Part of the story in English: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/coronavirus-rips-through-dutch-mink-farms-triggering-culls-prevent-human-infections |
| cdev:
Mink might be a good experimental animal to test COVID-19 therapies in. They need better animal models. That would speed up progress a lot I suspect. --- Quote from: nctnico on June 12, 2020, 08:21:41 pm --- And it turns out mink are susceptible to Covid-19 as well and can transfer it onto humans too. They killed over half a million of these animals in the NL during the past few days in order to get rid of the infection hazard. And since breeding mink is going to be banned in the next couple of years it looks like mink farming came to an abrupt end for some farmers due to Covid-19. The article didn't say what they where going to do with the infected cats on the farm. Part of the story in English: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/coronavirus-rips-through-dutch-mink-farms-triggering-culls-prevent-human-infections --- End quote --- |
| EEVblog:
Aus government have just announced that Chinese students (in limited numbers, but still a LOT) will be allowed to enter back into the country within a couple of weeks. Will be interesting to see what happens in a months time. |
| cdev:
I am sure the universities are overjoyed because the funds they receive from foreign students, particularly Chinese students are substantial. Plus, if indeed they have reduced their numbers as much as they claim, the chances of them being sick is smaller than Europeans, South Americans or especially, Americans. I think the chances of a random American testing positive now are likely higher now than a random Chinese, seriously. And I see photos of people behaving very foolishly so I am sure this epidemic will be with us for a long time to come. Far more than 1000 people have died in my (small) county alone. I live in an area that has seen a lot of COVID-19 which is now on the decline, but its only because the area is still - if no longer officially under lockdown, people are still behaving carefully, for the most part, with some exceptions. This area has such a large population, which is now reducing the new infection rate, contains so many of us that it makes the US numbers look far better than they would if you simply removed us from the statistics. And if you want by those numbers, they would be alarming. But the rest of the US- especially considering that is warmer and transmission is lower when its warm, its scary. I understand some states are basically just pretending its over in them when the epidemic really is just beginning for them, and without testing, they won't know it unless people have better access to tests than they do today. When the weather cools down in the fall we'll likely see the effect of that and it will be very hard to control unless they have better drugs. Here, people are still staying in, it seems. Roads still have far less traffic than they had in the recent past. (This area used to have a very bad traffic problem) Now its easy to get around and the restrictions are lifted. But people are not doing what they used to this time of year. they are having "staycations" For example, most beach towns have put severe restrictions on visitors. You can tell just from the noise level outdoors. usually there is a constant low level din from traffic and just general activity, now its very quiet and you can hear birds and other animals vocalizations, instead of a constant roar of cars and trucks on the highways. Its anybody's guess what wil happen, it could go either way. Some other countries where they relaxed restrictions are seeing new cases and deaths rise again. |
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