UK C19 hospitilisations at 2049, which is +715 from this time last week. Which means we have increased patient numbers by over 1/3 in one week.

I've got these on all my toilets, I'm convinced 99% of the US is walking around with dirty, stanky asses

if any of us fell into a pile of fresh pile dog poo, its unlikely we would take a roll of toilet paper and wipe until we couldn't see it anymore and go about our day but thats what most do after dropping a deuce

That's why I prefer the "kitchen nozzle" version. You can power wash your back side with ease.

+1 (should have read all the comments before I posted as I basically wrote the same thing)

Well, fvck me runnin'

Welp, one of my overnight pharmacy techs has tested positive. Great worker too. I'll be back to taking my temp twice daily.

https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/13...419728898?s=19

Great read, great twitter follow

The article it references is really good: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/a...ndemic/616548/

Yep it is. Trying to figure out if there are any practical consequences of this for day to day life, other than the super obvious ones like avoiding unmasked indoor gatherings.

Everyone should read this.

Turned off mentally when it asked why did so many die in X region of Italy and not everywhere else. Very obvious answer to that question.

Lockdown.

The virus became endemic in certain regions early on, and then the government locked down and stopped transit from those regions. They were effectively quarantined.

Did not reopen until the R number/case numbers where much lower, spring, where we have seen much less fatality globally.

Its not hard.

I am finding all the conjecture a bit frustrating to wade through presently. We are going to know a lot more in a couple of months because we are going to have data from second wave in winter, winter being the key word.

Virus is exploding in the UK again as are hospitalisations.

Anything other than a wait and see approach seems dumb to me.

If there is one thing I've learnt from COVID-19 in the UK: it's that the GCSE syllabus should teach exponentials to ALL tiers; rather than just the "higher" tier students as it is currently: https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/math...nt/3.2-algebra



― Albert Einstein

what do we think about eating take out food, or food truck, and/or eating in an outdoor restaurant?

If the cook or worker who handles your takeout food has covid obviously they are gonna breath all over your food and that packaging. Supposedly the virus is harmless in your stomach, but if you are eating it, you'd have to breath it in too.

I'm considering getting take out food, or maybe from a food truck, but I don't think it's a good idea to have a waiter bring your food to a table. Waiters have to interact with a lot of people, and the waiter will be breathing all over you

The consensus on take-out has been "OK" for awhile now. Chances of getting it through surface/food contact is very low.

I am 100% with takeout and food trucks, but still don't truly enjoy eating outside in a crowded space. Inside is out of the question.

I'm also finding myself avoiding chains, and doing all small business.

I think winter in New England is going to be a ***** for covid.

I've been doing takeout pretty consistently. Haven't eaten out, even on a patio yet.

Annnd just saw MA had 700 cases today. Had been doing well, and numbers had been mostly between 200-300 with an outlier 500 once, but that is a big jump.

It's making me seriously consider just finding a reasonable AirBnB somewhere in the South, in a county with a low transmission rate/rural (lol if that exists) for at least a few weeks during the winter

Good for Marty Walsh (mayor of Boston) for not going to the next phase of opening, even though the governor did elsewhere in MA.

Definitely haven’t heard any other big Covid news this evening.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/...us-92977221583

It would be so fitting for 2020 if Trump gives Biden Corona during the debate.

No joke-splaining in oot please, steam.

Mark, I immediately thought the same. And lets not have that conversation here IN DEPTH.

The pres and first lady got the rona.