Coronavirus Thread

tegid

tegid

Eh... I dunno, half of this battle is about mobilizing voters. Anything that makes people perceive Trump a bit less like a crazy egomaniac and a bit more like a statesman is bad, and every moment not spent convincing unmotivated voters that the other guy is actually good is also bad.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

arstechnica.com

Congressional Republicans conclude SARS-CoV-2 originated in a lab leak

A textbook example of shifting the standards of evidence to suit its authors’ needs.
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The conclusions themselves aren't especially interesting; they're expected from a report with partisan aims. But the method used to reach those conclusions is often striking: The Republican majority engages in a process of systematically changing the standard of evidence needed for it to reach a conclusion. For a conclusion the report's authors favor, they'll happily accept evidence from computer models or arguments from an editorial in the popular press; for conclusions they disfavor, they demand double-blind controlled clinical trials.
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"If you take the results (and also disregard this detail here, here, and here), a pattern starts to emerge."

--Patrick
 
evilmike

evilmike

The best part of having a lingering sinus headache -- doing the responsible thing, getting a COVID kit, and swabbing my nose to make sure I'm not going to make anyone else sick.

The upside is that it's just sinuses.
 
Adam

Adam

I am a big fan of Nebraska. I love driving down there, and the people are generally okayish.

Kansas...Meh.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Gaines county in western TX, Friday, February 7th. -- 9 confirmed cases of measles.
Gaines county in western TX, Tuesday, February 11th -- 24 confirmed cases of measles.

Hey, if you live anywhere near the TX/NM border, or plan on going there for any length of time, you might want to make sure your MMR is up to date--just sayin'.

--Patrick
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

PatrThom said:
Gaines county in western TX, Friday, February 7th. -- 9 confirmed cases of measles.
Gaines county in western TX, Tuesday, February 11th -- 24 confirmed cases of measles.
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Gaines county in western TX, Friday, February 14th -- 42 confirmed cases of measles, with an additional 6 more in neighboring counties (where vaccination rates are 90-95 percent instead of Gaines' paltry 82 percent).

...might want to make sure your MMR is up to date no matter where you live in the US at this point.

--Patrick
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Western TX is now up to 90 cases, with an additional 9 cases in neighboring NM.
For those following along, that's up more than double last week, which was itself already up more than double the previous week.
...so yes, tomorrow I will be checking my and my wife's records to see whether another dose of MMR is recommended, and attempting to get those administered before there's the chance for any supply to run out.

--Patrick
 
Adam

Adam

PatrThom said:
Western TX is now up to 90 cases, with an additional 9 cases in neighboring NM.
For those following along, that's up more than double last week, which was itself already up more than double the previous week.
...so yes, tomorrow I will be checking my and my wife's records to see whether another dose of MMR is recommended, and attempting to get those administered before there's the chance for any supply to run out.

--Patrick
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Well, at least diseases don't grow exponentially in scale, right? It can't possibly keep doubling.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Might not be long before measles gets its own thread, at this rate.
www.tpr.org

Measles warnings issued in San Antonio and San Marcos as Texas outbreak spreads

The largest measles outbreak in decades has reached San Antonio and San Marcos. Officials say an individual who tested positive for the virus in West Texas traveled to two major universities and one of the nation's busiest tourist attractions — the San Antonio River Walk.
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Me 'n' the wife are now scheduled for boosters on Wed morning.

--Patrick
 
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