And i think that the PRC under reported the coronavirus related deaths by a factor of 10.
I believe that many of the countries including my country, Singapore, are under reporting the death toil from this disease.
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And i think that the PRC under reported the coronavirus related deaths by a factor of 10.
I believe that many of the countries including my country, Singapore, are under reporting the death toil from this disease.
Unless it was an accident while taking a walk he did indeed throw himself in front of a train. But the reason is not yet known. He was a Minister for Finances and those have worries galore. It is rumoured that he left a letter, but so far nobody has any trustworthy information. What is known, however, is that he worked extremely hard on helping people in financial difficulties caused by the virus. He called that work "the challenge of the century". Now, if you accept a challenge, do you surrender only a few hours later? That doesn't really make sense. If things look bad, you try to get help. In this case financial help from the Federal Government was already on its way. So the situation was dire but not hopeless at all. My guess is that he had a lot of other problems and everything summed up. The sleep deprivation due to Corona must have been the last straw but I doubt it was the only cause for his suicide (if it was one - he could have taken a lonely walk to clear his head and got sucked in by the speeding train. Such accidents happen frequently.)
Good news today: the rate of new infections in Italy is falling. (Tanti auguri, cari vicini!) Unless it's only a data spike it means the quarantine finally starts to show an effect.
In my district, the virus has slowed down, too, but after only 16 days of restrictions it's too early to count statistically: it's still within the variation limit. What is visible in the statistics, though, is that the general infection rate is waaay slower than in districts or countries where the restrictions started later. Ours is a rather flat curve.
Word on Twitter?! Come on. Twitter has so many corners, you can just as easily say word on Twitter is that the Earth is flat, Leonardo DiCaprio burnt down the Amazon rainforest, and Jeff Sessions is sexy.
Up to 10 cases in my City, most of them being travel-related. And in the province of Ontario itself, confirmed cases jump from 351 to 1706..
I had an email several days ago that listed several Yale-based experts commenting on various aspects of the epidemic. I put them in a Twitter list for myself, but if anyone's interested, you're certainly welcome to it https://twitter.com/i/lists/1239945963592019968
First hand account from someone who is going through the infection. It's scary and it's not like the flu (unless you're lucky and only experience mild symptoms). He's young and healthy and went through hell.
Thread ---> https://twitter.com/ShirazMaher/status/1243554346396246018
Thread ---> https://twitter.com/ShirazMaher/status/1243554346396246018
^ Too scared to read it.
The earth is round like a pancake
And bubbles up before it gets flipped.
We need more syrup.
Read thread. https://twitter.com/ASlavitt/status/1244818145275260929
Looks like Trump is still being "reassuring" when talking about 100k+ deaths. The true belief is that if everything goes perfectly it will be 400k...
Looks like Trump is still being "reassuring" when talking about 100k+ deaths. The true belief is that if everything goes perfectly it will be 400k...
And bubbles up before it gets flipped.
We need more syrup.
I hate to break it to you but that's not pancake syrup.
When you spend years in this forum you learn a thing or ten.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/31/us/coronavirus-vaccine-timetable-concerns-experts-invs/index.html
Don't expect that vaccine in the 12-18 month timeline. The average vaccine takes 8-10 years to develop. What are we going to do, stay in house arrest for years? And what house? Rent needs to be paid, mortgages need to be paid by landlords...
Don't expect that vaccine in the 12-18 month timeline. The average vaccine takes 8-10 years to develop. What are we going to do, stay in house arrest for years? And what house? Rent needs to be paid, mortgages need to be paid by landlords...
So sad....and that makes for some dire reading, over 31,000 still in serious or critical and the whole thing just went off like a rocket over such a small time scale through March.
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I think that I'd rather get medical advice from doctors and scientists, rather than the ramblings of politicians.
Since I am not a doctor or medical scientist, I am not qualified to offer an opinion on the use of the drug. But here's what a medicinal chemist thinks:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/could-chloroquine-treat-coronavirus/
If it does end up working, that's great. But the science does seem to be unproven at the moment. And yes, I read that the FDA did approve its use for COVID-19 treatment. Hopefully it does actually help people, and doesn't cause more harm than it helps.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/30/coronavirus-drugs-hydroxychloroquin-chloroquine/