COVID 19 Hysteria

This is a very interesting (possibly scary) web page.

Experience

It shows the number of COVID19 cases and deaths by country .
On the lower left slick the large grey button till it shows up "Cumulative cases' and you can see how the # of cases changes in each country over time.
It's about a day or so behind real numbers but it's still good enough to show trends.

China shows it looks like it has peaked out ,as has the Cruise Ship Diamond Princess which even its finite size is what one might expect.
All the other countries are still in the process of peaking.
Some look like they are slowing down others are climbing rapidly.

Australia looked like it was holding for a while but then it took off again. WHY?
Could have been a plane load of XYZs or . . . . ..

One U-Tube channel I've been following since the early days is by Med Cram. I like it because it clearly describes what's happening, from the medical point of view, without the hyperbole of public media.

The latest clip is interesting, for two reasons.

1. Apparently there are two variants and at a glance at the figures it's the less severe one that is more contagious.

2. It provides a list of the US "EPA's Registered Antimicrobial Products for Use Against Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the Cause of COVID-19."

AFAICT, toilet paper is not on the list. ;)

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Originally Posted by BobL

According to the ABC news its made in 3 places around OZ. The big Kimberley Clark factory in SA is apparently working 24/7 to restock supermarket shelves.

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One of the TP manufacturers has stated that while they will work hard to restock shelves they won't be going all out and paying heaps of overtime, because when the crisis is over, no-one is going to buy TP for months.

one of my grandchild boys comes home from school in tears... he had sneezed and the whole class screamed canovia virus. gogo for t him calmed down and settled then off I go for a number 2 and scream there's no dunny paper

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Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

One U-Tube channel I've been following since the early days is by Med Cram. I like it because it clearly describes what's happening, from the medical point of view, without the hyperbole of public media.

The latest clip is interesting, for two reasons.

1. Apparently there are two variants and at a glance at the figures it's the less severe one that is more contagious.

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Some doubt on this here; Coronavirus researchers claims virus has split into two strains, but many experts disagree - Health - ABC News

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Originally Posted by BobL

Some doubt on this here; Coronavirus researchers claims virus has split into two strains, but many experts disagree - Health - ABC News

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Aye. It's just as new to the experts as it is to us, hence the constant revisions of the mortality percentile, etc.

One of the reasons I like the channel I linked to is that they offer that research paper as 'amongst new research' without making any judgement calls. From what I've seen, "many experts disagree" applies to every new research paper I've come across in any field.

https://youtu.be/M1pFHh4EYxI


No comment from me. Just... well. Think.