My kitty would appreciate that^^^^^^^^^^
COVID-19
Posted by: tungsten
My kitty would appreciate that^^^^^^^^^^
As I discussed in a 2018 post, there’s a substantial body of research showing that influenza tends to peak in the cold season and wane in the summer across midlatitudes. The key meteorological factor isn’t the heat – it’s the humidity. At higher relative humidity, the virus appears to be less stable, and the small virus-bearing droplets sent into the air by a cough seem more likely to attract water vapor and fall out of the air before infecting someone else. There’s also evidence that the flu takes hold in the upper respiratory tract more readily during dry weather.
This moisture effect may not be large, but it’s robust and significant, according to Jeffrey Shaman (Columbia University), a leading researcher on the flu-weather connection.
https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/coronavirus-and-seasonality-what-we-know-and-dont-know
Freedom of contract. We sell them guns that kill them; they sell us drugs that kill us.
TIL. Thanks.
Posted by: tungsten
As I discussed in a 2018 post, there’s a substantial body of research showing that influenza tends to peak in the cold season and wane in the summer across midlatitudes. The key meteorological factor isn’t the heat – it’s the humidity. At higher relative humidity, the virus appears to be less stable, and the small virus-bearing droplets sent into the air by a cough seem more likely to attract water vapor and fall out of the air before infecting someone else. There’s also evidence that the flu takes hold in the upper respiratory tract more readily during dry weather.
This moisture effect may not be large, but it’s robust and significant, according to Jeffrey Shaman (Columbia University), a leading researcher on the flu-weather connection.
https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/coronavirus-and-seasonality-what-we-know-and-dont-know
I wonder how much this affects the different regions? Singapore has been praised for its response but they must have also been helped by their high humidity.
https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca
I can't figure out how links work anymore. Anyways this is sobering stuff. Part of me wants to move to Texada for a few months...
Oh whaddya know links are easier than ever
I wonder what the final infection rate will be - as high as the 65% some experts have predicted?
Posted by: syncro
I wonder what the final infection rate will be - as high as the 65% some experts have predicted?
If we enacted the same measures the Chinese did it wouldn't have to be but we all know our culture couldn't accept it so yeah probably.
Posted by: Fast-Orange
Posted by: syncro
I wonder what the final infection rate will be - as high as the 65% some experts have predicted?
If we enacted the same measures the Chinese did it wouldn't have to be but we all know our culture couldn't accept it so yeah probably.
I don't think Chinese culture accepted it either - they were forced into it.
Posted by: syncro
Posted by: Fast-Orange
Posted by: syncro
I wonder what the final infection rate will be - as high as the 65% some experts have predicted?
If we enacted the same measures the Chinese did it wouldn't have to be but we all know our culture couldn't accept it so yeah probably.
I don't think Chinese culture accepted it either - they were forced into it.
Your ignorance of mainland Chinese culture is showing. Most people were willing to make the personal sacrifices neccessary. And yeah I saw the video of the kid in the mask. I saw lots of other videos too...I could share them but they dont have subtitles
Posted by: Fast-Orange
Your ignorance of mainland Chinese culture is showing. Most people were willing to make the personal sacrifices neccessary. And yeah I saw the video of the kid in the mask. I saw lots of other videos too...I could share them but they dont have subtitles
maybe, but the vids of people being locked in their apartment buildings or forced into ambulances and military vehicles seem to suggest that the lock down wasn't an entirely compliant affair. maybe your love of chinese culture is blinding you to some of the problems that do exist?
Posted by: Fast-Orange
https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca
I can't figure out how links work anymore. Anyways this is sobering stuff. Part of me wants to move to Texada for a few months...
Good read.
Posted by: Fast-Orange
Posted by: syncro
I wonder what the final infection rate will be - as high as the 65% some experts have predicted?
If we enacted the same measures the Chinese did it wouldn't have to be but we all know our culture couldn't accept it so yeah probably.
You mean the measures that created the outbreak? Or the virus?
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Posted by: switch
Good read.
it is, but there seems to be some flaws in the article. the big one that stands out is that while talking about the deaths in WA state they don't seem to account for the fact of where those deaths came from - the nursing home. so as we know now a worker who was infected can unfortunately pass this on to a large number of highly vulnerable people who are more susceptible to dying. so using those deaths to try and establish some sort of estimation of total infections without considering the context seems like faulty logic to me.
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