Jon in Pasadena

Yeah, then v2.0 shows up with a hypodermic and chases down the vaccine refusers...?

Here is an interesting idea being proposed for opening the economy in a controlled way, that should still have a positive effect on controlling the spread of the virus: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/11/opinion/coronavirus-reopen.html I expect that something like this, maybe not this exact plan, will be adopted in many areas. Right now I am trying to make arrangements to get into the office for the first time in nine weeks, and it is unbelievable how many hoops I need to jump through to get authorized. I just need to pick up some equipment, and it is being vetted all the way up to SVP level.

For Canadians, I suppose it is. But...no.

I edited my post to add that it appears that worldometers is including all of the "probable" Covid-19 deaths where other sites are not.

You better call up worldometers.info and tell them they wrote down an extra 5121 deaths for NYS because they have it at 20861. Where are you seeing only 15740? I see now that different sites are reporting wildly different mortality. Anyone know the source of the discrepancy? 33% difference is ridiculous... Maybe they're including the "probable" cases of Covid-19 death, but other sites only the "confirmed". Good to know.

I thought this was interesting: https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-protection-using-tuberculosis-vaccine.html

Pretty sure you meant 0.5% not 0.005% 0.005% of 2.7M is only 135 people. Over 500 died just today according to worldometers. Also, I get a value more like 0.8% 20861 / 2700000 = 0.77269....

Maybe she's looking ahead? With the obesity epidemic in America, give it a few more weeks and maybe the virus will be too chubby to fit through the holes...?

It's all very horrorshow...

Is that part of Common Core? Sounds real useful.

On first listen I didn't catch any more Hamlet references, but he did drop "Merchant of Venice" and "Lady Macbeth".

Not me. I'd rather have 1 good thing than 10 crappy things. If I can't afford a good thing right now, I save up for it until I can. Imagine that.

You gonna make us guess?

Woke up my 14yo the other day and said "Hey, let's watch Groundhog Day!" We did, and he loved it. Then the next morning I woke him up and said "Hey, let's watch Groundhog Day!" And got most vicious side-eye.

Several, apparently, including HIV and SARS. The two predominant working hypothesese for the anti-viral properties of Chloroquine seems to involve raising the endosomal pH to inhibit viral /cell interaction, and in addition functioning as a Zinc ionophore. Here's a few references: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(03)00806-5/fulltext https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5461643/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4182877/ I would expect the antibiotic benefits to be more relevant in controlling secondary bacterial infections that opportunistically attack the epithelial cells once the virus has weakened the immune system. But I'm not a doctor, so I'll defer to them on that.

For the last few weeks my 80-something year old Japanese mother-in-law has been staying with us in SoCal. She's not sure why they haven't been hit too bad yet compared to other countries. It could still happen. Some of it is probably due to still low testing numbers. Some of it may be voluntary self-quarantining for the good of society. We'll likely know more in a couple weeks. At this point they are apparently planning to start the new school year on schedule (about a week from now.) From my own experience, Japan is the most sanitary country I've ever visited. Most people with even a common cold will wear a mask in public. I personally think this helps a lot by cutting way down on the amount of virus-dripping water droplets being sprayed everywhere onto common surfaces. Also, the public restrooms are constantly being scrubbed down and sanitized. True, it's a little weird when an old lady comes in and starts cleaning while I'm taking a whiz, but better that than the Wuhan...

Have you seen how close those guys stand to you while they're yelling at you? (My manager is Italian ?)

Yeah, we had to cancel our trip to Big Bear that was planned for next weekend. I just got the hang of snowboarding last month, and was really looking forward to some accelerated skills growth, and now it looks like it might be next season before we're up again. ?

https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/03/15/california-calls-for-all-seniors-to-stay-home-closure-of-bars-and-wineries-9421938 Governor Newsome has called for closure of establishments serving alcohol, and curtailment of restaurants, as well as home quarantine of the elderly. Currently still on voluntary basis but situation is evolving rapidly.

...and they just closed all the libraries for the rest of the month. Woo-hoo. Or should I say "Wu-WHO".

This morning the Los Angeles County Office of Education recommended to all school districts within the county to close all schools until at least March 27th. Most likely all 80 school districts in the county will comply. I know that ours has already made the announcement, and expect the surrounding districts to make the announcement soon. About the only things still open are the county libraries, and who knows for how much longer that'll be true.

Sorry, the big G is definitely not a "Process" Kaijū !

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