libera/##covid-19/ Friday, 2020-10-02

BrainstormUpdates for Massachusetts, US: +754 cases (now 132870), +24 deaths (now 9480) since 23 hours ago — World: +16127 cases (now 34.5 million), +475 deaths (now 1.0 million) since 2 hours ago — US: +6480 cases (now 7.5 million), +126 deaths (now 212496) since 2 hours ago — Colombia: +5660 cases (now 835339), +198 deaths (now 26196) since 23 hours ago00:08
BrainstormNew from https://covid19.specops.network : ljl-covid: Add age-stratified IFR link compared to influenza to the part where w… → https://is.gd/Z5FyCd00:09
ryoumai cannopt reach link, but care needs taken here as we don't know whehter parts of long covid are caused by immune reaction, and thus in principle at least possibly by vaccines, or by other factors --- 14:48 <Brainstorm> New from CNBC Health: (news): Coronavirus vaccine trial participants report day-long exhaustion, fever and headaches — but say it's worth it → https://is.gd/jvKgnJ00:13
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: COVID-19 pandemic has created flood of potentially substandard research: The COVID-19 pandemic has created a flood of potentially substandard research amid the rush to publish, with a string of papers retracted or under a cloud and a surge in submissions to pre-print servers where fewer quality checks are made, a leading [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/3AA9YJ00:41
BrainstormNew from https://covid19.specops.network : Add link to similarities with Spanish flu: This should also address objections like "it's similar to the Spanish flu": it's still different in many aspects, and besides, the Spanish flu is just different in very practical ways from "the flu" as commonly meant → https://is.gd/7Twquf00:52
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: (news): Pfizer CEO says U.S. presidential debate was 'disappointing' in memo to employees that criticizes politicizing coronavirus vaccine process → https://is.gd/bNFFJe01:03
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Coronavirus: Loss of smell may be clearer sign than cough: Four out of five people reporting loss of sense of smell or taste had coronavirus antibodies. → https://is.gd/znu3H501:24
LjLyou don't say01:25
LjLi've coughed a lot, i've never lost my sense of smell01:25
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Nearly 20,000 Amazon workers in U.S. tested positive for COVID-19 → https://is.gd/Q7cHU401:34
BrainstormUpdates for World: +35876 cases (now 34.6 million), +818 deaths (now 1.0 million) since an hour ago — Nebraska, US: +621 cases (now 46185), +15 deaths (now 493) since 23 hours ago — Brazil: +29113 cases (now 4.8 million), +664 deaths (now 144767) since 7 hours ago — US: +3394 cases (now 7.5 million), +117 deaths (now 212613) since an hour ago01:39
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: COVID-19 Risk Assessment Planning Tool → https://is.gd/9nVZ6L01:55
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Amazon: Nearly 20,000 workers tested positive for COVID-19 → https://is.gd/zumAnP02:07
CoronaBot04/r/covid19: J&J Vaccine Data (82 votes) | https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/10/01/jj-vaccine-data | https://redd.it/j3dbcx02:11
BrainstormUpdates for World: +15526 cases (now 34.6 million), +39 deaths (now 1.0 million) since 50 minutes ago — Argentina: +14001 cases (now 765002) since a day ago — France: +6756 cases (now 590508) since 5 hours ago — US: +1499 cases (now 7.5 million), +39 deaths (now 212652) since 50 minutes ago02:24
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Africa: UN Welcomes Nearly $1 Billion in Recent Pledges - to Bolster Access to Lifesaving Tests, Treatments and Vaccines to End Covid-19 → https://is.gd/chRvLK02:27
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Social Isolation Is Damaging an Entire Generation of Kids | Kerry McDonald → https://is.gd/Lbu4qa02:38
BrainstormUpdates for Argentina: +3351 deaths (now 20288) since 22 minutes ago — World: +3354 deaths (now 1.0 million) since 22 minutes ago — Washington, US: +3 deaths (now 2132) since an hour ago — US: +3 deaths (now 212655) since 22 minutes ago02:39
ryoumawhat a huge percent --- "An international project uncovered two reasons. In blood from nearly 1000 severe Covid-19 patients, researchers found one in 10 had what are called auto-antibodies — antibodies that mistakenly attack those needed virus fighters. Especially surprising, autoimmune disorders tend to be more common in women — but 95 per cent of these Covid-19 patients were men."02:55
ryoumathis would be antibodies to interferon i think?  https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/health/covid-19-coronavirus-immune-system-holds-clues-to-virus-reaction/02:55
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Trump’s aide tests positive for COVID-19 → https://is.gd/WWworf03:10
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: N.Y., N.J. Unveil New ‘COVID Alert’ Apps That Notify Users If They’re Within 6 Feet Of Someone Who Has Tested Positive → https://is.gd/n5JD2z03:21
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Recovered plasma found to be uneffective on severe cases → https://is.gd/kKXwA103:31
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: In Argentina, nearly half in poverty as coronavirus deepens economic crisis → https://is.gd/Q0v7Zz03:53
ryoumahttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-5432393404:22
BrainstormNew from The Indian Express: World: Hundreds of Honduran migrants set out for US amid pandemic → https://is.gd/b2ZS9s04:35
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: (news): Coronavirus vaccine trial participants report day-long exhaustion, fever and headaches — but say it's worth it → https://is.gd/jvKgnJ04:56
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Kenya: Nearly Half the Population May Have Had Covid - Study → https://is.gd/01zZrW05:18
BrainstormUpdates for Belgium: +2607 cases (now 121059), +7 deaths (now 10023) since 22 hours ago — World: +15000 cases (now 34.6 million), +601 deaths (now 1.0 million) since 2 hours ago — Mexico: +5099 cases (now 748315), +432 deaths (now 78078) since 22 hours ago — France: +3492 cases (now 594000) since 3 hours ago05:24
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Trump in quarantine as top aide catches coronavirus → https://is.gd/VwFpLo05:28
ryoumathat kenya article seems like e contradiciton to me.  what am i missing?  nearly half is low level?05:32
BrainstormNew from The Indian Express: World: Donald Trump says he, first lady to enter quarantine after aide tests positive for coronavirus → https://is.gd/qKBZ8K05:39
ryouma%us05:40
ryouma%cases us05:40
Brainstormryouma: In US, there have been 7.5 million confirmed cases (2.3% of the population) and 212660 deaths (2.8% of cases) as of 29 minutes ago. 108.4 million tests were performed (6.9% positive). Fatality can be broadly expected to lie between 0.9% (assuming prevalence as in tests) and less than 4.3% (considering only deaths and recoveries). See https://offloop.net/covid19/?default=US for time series data.05:40
ryoumaso the urban places in kenya are significantly worse05:40
ryoumathan even the us, which is notorious05:40
LjLbit of a confusing article indeed05:41
ryoumaso it is not just my brain?05:41
LjLno05:41
LjLit's at least mine as well05:41
LjLbut to be fair it's almost 6am05:41
LjLryouma, in italy the worst area registered 24% by the official seroprevalence survey05:42
LjLthen you have NYC with wild claims but i don't trust those tests05:42
LjLMadrid has 10%ish despite the awful amount of deaths they've had05:42
LjLbut it's also true that in the current wave (here), fewer people seem to be dying. age is the easy explanation, but honestly i haven't taken the time to fetch age data for many countries and compare them over time05:43
LjLkenya may have a substantially younger population than us05:43
ryoumai thought it was not deaths05:44
LjLit's not05:44
LjLi'm saying they may have a large spread without all that many visible deaths because their population is young05:44
ap4lmtreehow long should it have taken for Trump coronavirus test to have gotten back? they should have the results for the non immediate / 15 min test, no?05:45
LjLi can hardly bring myself to care05:45
ryoumago to bed!05:46
LjLyes05:47
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Social gatherings over six to be banned in England → https://is.gd/RhBspQ05:50
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Amazon reveals over 19,000 workers got COVID-19 → https://is.gd/pOCTb506:11
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Australia to open borders between New Zealand and some states as coronavirus restrictions ease → https://is.gd/ZLRk0n06:21
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: COVID-19 outbreak at Portsmouth Greek church may be linked to shared chalice, spoon → https://is.gd/WAjaAo06:32
BrainstormNew from The Indian Express: World: US House passes Democratic COVID-19 aid plan after bipartisan deal proves elusive → https://is.gd/GlEsU406:43
CoronaBot04/r/covid19: COVID-19 Makes B Cells Forget, but T Cells Remember (81 votes) | https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(20)31154-5 | https://redd.it/j3cyu106:54
BrainstormUpdates for Quebec, Canada: +933 cases (now 75221), +16 deaths (now 5850) since a day ago — World: +23805 cases (now 34.6 million), +106 deaths (now 1.0 million) since an hour ago — Ukraine: +3843 cases (now 218625), +64 deaths (now 4288) since an hour ago — Israel: +2281 cases (now 255771) since 9 hours ago07:10
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: President Donald Trump says he has tested positive for coronavirus → https://is.gd/nIiuOk07:14
BrainstormUpdates for Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil: +6896 cases (now 266901), +35 deaths (now 7210) since a day ago — North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: +758 cases (now 70580), +8 deaths (now 1880) since a day ago — Campania, Italy: +390 cases (now 13132) since 13 hours ago — Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine: +165 cases (now 6088), +2 deaths (now 111) since a day ago07:25
BrainstormNew from The Indian Express: World: Donald Trump, Melania test positive for Covid-19 → https://is.gd/hl0yV707:25
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Efficacy and Safety of Hydroxychloroquine vs Placebo for Pre-exposure SARS-CoV-2 Prophylaxis Among Health Care Workers → https://is.gd/xzVUFw07:47
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Oil falls further as Trump tests positive for COVID-19 → https://is.gd/Qk4B7707:57
BrainstormNew from Ars Technica: Science: President Trump: “Melania and I tested positive for COVID-19” → https://is.gd/V8HhUp08:08
CoronaBot04/r/coronavirus: President Donald Trump says he has tested positive for coronavirus (10573 votes) | https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/02/president-donald-trump-says-he-has-tested-positive-for-coronavirus.html | https://redd.it/j3og3c08:25
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Trump and Melania test positive for coronavirus → https://is.gd/ASud8C08:29
BrainstormUpdates for Hungary: +1322 cases (now 28631), +17 deaths (now 798) since 23 hours ago — Georgia: +453 cases (now 7093), +2 deaths (now 43) since 17 hours ago — World: +2422 cases (now 34.6 million), +26 deaths (now 1.0 million) since an hour ago — Bulgaria: +263 cases (now 21096), +7 deaths (now 832) since a day ago08:50
yutatrump got virus08:54
CoronaBot04/r/coronavirus: Trump Aide Hope Hicks Tests Positive For Coronavirus Infection (10016 votes) | https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-10-02/trump-aide-hope-hicks-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-infection | https://redd.it/j3kjow09:01
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump test positive for Covid-19 → https://is.gd/7IbqiC09:12
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: US Coronavirus Cases Rise Month-Over-Month in 27 States in September → https://is.gd/AdRHZA09:22
CoronaBot04/r/covid19: Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak After Nasal Swab Testing for COVID-19 (80 votes) | https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaotolaryngology/article-abstract/2771362 | https://redd.it/j3bqsn09:25
bluedog%cases US09:31
Brainstormbluedog: In US, there have been 7.5 million confirmed cases (2.3% of the population) and 212660 deaths (2.8% of cases) as of 4 hours ago. 108.4 million tests were performed (6.9% positive). Fatality can be broadly expected to lie between 0.9% (assuming prevalence as in tests) and less than 4.3% (considering only deaths and recoveries). See https://offloop.net/covid19/?default=US for time series data.09:31
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Coronavirus vaccination to be made free in Japan → https://is.gd/xyO7nL09:33
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: 1st lady test positive for covid-19 → https://is.gd/9Q2A6v09:43
BrainstormUpdates for Lithuania: +172 cases (now 4956), +1 deaths (now 93) since 21 hours ago — World: +4542 cases (now 34.6 million), +33 deaths (now 1.0 million) since an hour ago — India: +3828 cases (now 6.4 million), +29 deaths (now 99833) since 2 hours ago — Armenia: +532 cases (now 51382), +3 deaths (now 966) since a day ago09:50
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Nearly 20,000 Covid-19 cases among Amazon workers. Amazon said that more than 19,816 of its frontline workers in the US have contracted Covid-19 since March. The number equates to 1.44% of its 1.37 million workers across Amazon and its subsidiary Whole Foods. → https://is.gd/TtBSee09:54
BrainstormUpdates for Russia: +9412 cases (now 1.2 million), +186 deaths (now 21077) since 23 hours ago — World: +9469 cases (now 34.6 million), +186 deaths (now 1.0 million) since 18 minutes ago — Estonia: +57 cases (now 3507) since 23 hours ago10:05
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: HER2+ breast cancer patients live longer if drugs given before surgery eradicate tumour: Final analysis of results from a randomised clinical trial of lapatinib and trastuzumab given before surgery in patients with early HER2-positive breast cancer has found that women who had no signs of residual disease after treatment (known [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/T8jBKZ10:15
BrainstormUpdates for Tunisia: +1308 cases (now 19721), +6 deaths (now 271) since a day ago — World: +4540 cases (now 34.6 million), +77 deaths (now 1.0 million) since 23 minutes ago — Philippines: +2599 cases (now 316678), +54 deaths (now 5616) since a day ago — Croatia: +333 cases (now 17160), +7 deaths (now 291) since 23 hours ago10:20
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Influence of bots on spreading vaccine information not as big as you think: The influence of bots on vaccine-related discussions on social media is a lot smaller than we think, with only a minor fraction of information from bots reaching active social media users. → https://is.gd/vSnlTo10:25
CoronaBot04/r/covid19: Pain Relief Caused by SARS-CoV-2 Infection May Help Explain COVID-19 Spread (80 votes) | https://uahs.arizona.edu/news/pain-relief-caused-sars-cov-2-infection-may-help-explain-covid-19-spread | https://redd.it/j3p30z10:31
BrainstormUpdates for World: +5073 cases (now 34.6 million), +123 deaths (now 1.0 million) since 18 minutes ago — Indonesia: +4317 cases (now 295499), +116 deaths (now 10972) since 21 hours ago — Slovakia: +679 cases (now 11617), +6 deaths (now 54) since 21 hours ago — Latvia: +77 cases (now 1945), +1 deaths (now 38) since 23 hours ago10:35
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Vaccine opposition online uniting around 'civil liberties' argument: Anti-vaccination discourse on Facebook increased in volume over the last decade, coalescing around the argument that refusing to vaccinate is a civil right, according to a study published today in the American Journal of Public Health. This finding could have [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/nYLuNr10:36
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Trump tests positive for Covid, upending US election: President Donald Trump has tested positive for COVID-19, upending the already tense US election, but was described by his doctor on Friday as feeling "well" and able to perform his duties while quarantining. → https://is.gd/mQ5pyv10:47
BrainstormUpdates for Poland: +2292 cases (now 95773), +27 deaths (now 2570) since a day ago — World: +2292 cases (now 34.6 million), +27 deaths (now 1.0 million) since 18 minutes ago10:50
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: Trump has the coronavirus — here's what happens next: President Donald Trump's positive Covid-19 test has prompted many to seek clarity on the procedures in place to deal with a variety of scenarios. → https://is.gd/RhUZKq10:58
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: COVID-19 test caused brain fluid leak in US patient with rare condition: study: A COVID-19 nasal swab test punctured a US woman's brain lining, causing fluid to leak from her nose and putting her at risk of life-threatening infection, doctors reported in a medical journal Thursday. → https://is.gd/RbXyhj11:08
BrainstormNew from StatNews: President Trump has tested positive for coronavirus: President Donald Trump has contracted the coronavirus and is now in quarantine. Melania Trump has also tested positive. → https://is.gd/Eg7MH911:19
BrainstormUpdates for Slovenia: +238 cases (now 6103), +2 deaths (now 154) since 23 hours ago — World: +391 cases (now 34.6 million), +2 deaths (now 1.0 million) since 37 minutes ago — Finland: +141 cases (now 10244) since 23 hours ago — Hong Kong: +7 cases (now 5105) since 23 hours ago11:21
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Updated abortion law data show continued litigation and increased legal restrictions despite ongoing pandemic: In a year marked by the global COVID-19 pandemic, US states and courts continued to enact and uphold increased restrictions on abortion and access to reproductive health care, according to updated data published today [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/6G1KKr11:30
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Betfair suspends betting on US election after Trump catches COVID-19 → https://is.gd/57e7Qd12:01
BrainstormUpdates for Malaysia: +287 cases (now 11771) since a day ago — World: +2371 cases (now 34.6 million), +34 deaths (now 1.0 million) since 57 minutes ago — Bangladesh: +1396 cases (now 366383), +33 deaths (now 5305) since a day ago — Austria: +688 cases (now 46374), +1 deaths (now 803) since a day ago12:06
BrainstormNew from The Indian Express: World: AstraZeneca’s Japanese COVID-19 vaccine trial back up, US still paused → https://is.gd/WOqjIz12:12
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: What Happens After a Debt Collection Machine Grinds to a Halt: by Wendi C. Thomas , MLK50: Justice Through Journalism ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This article was produced in partnership with MLK50, which is a member of [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/BvVIjW12:23
BrainstormNew from WebMD: WebMD Poll: Health Care, Pandemic Important to Voters: More than two-thirds of WebMD readers – the majority of them women -- say a candidate’s policies on health care and how they’ll handle the COVID-19 pandemic are “very important” to their vote, a new poll finds. → https://is.gd/yFXggx12:33
BrainstormUpdates for Romania: +2343 cases (now 132001), +53 deaths (now 4915) since 23 hours ago — Maharashtra, India: +16476 cases (now 1.4 million), +394 deaths (now 37056) since a day ago — Karnataka, India: +10070 cases (now 611837), +130 deaths (now 8994) since a day ago — Kerala, India: +8135 cases (now 204241), +29 deaths (now 771) since a day ago12:36
BrainstormNew from WebMD: President Trump, First Lady Test Positive for COVID: President Donald Trump and wife Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19 and will go into quarantine. → https://is.gd/SWcpTn12:54
BrainstormUpdates for United Arab Emirates: +1181 cases (now 96529), +3 deaths (now 424) since a day ago — World: +8311 cases (now 34.7 million), +228 deaths (now 1.0 million) since 48 minutes ago — Iran: +3552 cases (now 464596), +187 deaths (now 26567) since a day ago — US: +2585 cases (now 7.5 million), +34 deaths (now 212694) since 8 hours ago13:21
BrainstormUpdates for Nepal: +2722 cases (now 82450), +11 deaths (now 520) since 21 hours ago — World: +2957 cases (now 34.7 million), +17 deaths (now 1.0 million) since 23 minutes ago — North Macedonia: +225 cases (now 18363), +6 deaths (now 749) since 21 hours ago — Dem. Rep. Congo: +3 cases (now 10688) since 20 hours ago13:36
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: World leaders react as President Trump tests positive for coronavirus: Leaders around the world have sent their best wishes to President Trump and first lady Melania Trump after the couple tested positive for the coronavirus. → https://is.gd/Rbc4Em13:48
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: (news): Dr. Scott Gottlieb sees antiviral remdesivir as best coronavirus treatment should Trump need one → https://is.gd/yziSev13:58
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Q&A: The dirt on laundry and how to reduce your risk of getting sick: Clothing, linens, towels, cleaning rags, reusable diapers—laundry has a way of piling up. The often-dreaded chore is one of the ways we help maintain a clean and healthy household, but with the current COVID-19 pandemic and cold and flu season right around [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/dKOWvN14:09
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: (news): Dr. Scott Gottlieb sees antiviral remdesivir as best coronavirus treatment should Trump need one → https://is.gd/yziSev14:19
BrainstormNew from The Indian Express: World: UK study finds loss of smell most reliable indicator of COVID-19 → https://is.gd/HIoNZg14:30
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: 5 things to know before the stock market opens Friday: Dow futures sank Friday following the overnight announcement that President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for Covid-19. → https://is.gd/O1RiCf14:41
matankribusso... i heard trump got the thing14:46
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: (news): Dr. Scott Gottlieb sees antiviral remdesivir as best coronavirus treatment should Trump need one → https://is.gd/yziSev14:51
jacklswhe did get the thing15:21
jacklswnow does he wanna drink bleach to cure it?15:21
BrainstormUpdates for Belarus: +402 cases (now 79421), +5 deaths (now 844) since a day ago — World: +11342 cases (now 34.7 million), +94 deaths (now 1.0 million) since 2 hours ago — US: +2735 cases (now 7.5 million), +32 deaths (now 212726) since 2 hours ago — Netherlands: +1686 cases (now 128376), +4 deaths (now 6442) since 8 hours ago15:36
BrainstormNew from The Indian Express (Health): Health: Are horror movie fans doing better in pandemic? Here’s what a study says → https://is.gd/Kzw7lf15:45
BrainstormUpdates for Myanmar: +1142 cases (now 15525), +32 deaths (now 353) since a day ago — World: +2970 cases (now 34.7 million), +60 deaths (now 1.0 million) since 23 minutes ago — Portugal: +888 cases (now 77284), +6 deaths (now 1983) since a day ago — Libya: +509 cases (now 35717), +11 deaths (now 570) since 15 hours ago15:51
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: One small part of a human antibody has the potential to work as a drug for both prevention and therapy of COVID-19: Although a vaccine could be the ultimate solution to curb the COVID-19 pandemic and stop future ones, it will not be 100% effective. If it is anything like the flu vaccine, it will most likely be slightly more [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/nhtiZk15:55
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Health: Expert panel recommends U.S. join international vaccine pool, contribute vaccine to low-income nations → https://is.gd/WTUYWz16:06
BrainstormUpdates for World: +3449 cases (now 34.7 million), +65 deaths (now 1.0 million) since 38 minutes ago — Chile: +1840 cases (now 466590), +45 deaths (now 12867) since 19 hours ago — US: +777 cases (now 7.5 million), +2 deaths (now 212728) since 54 minutes ago — Maryland, US: +712 cases (now 126222), +1 deaths (now 3950) since 23 hours ago16:22
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Risk of coronavirus death far higher for Black people and manual workers, research finds: Black people and men of Pakinstani and Bangladeshi heritage are almost twice as likely to die from COVID-19 as White people, and mortality rates from the virus are three times higher for men in lower-paid, manual roles, according to a new report. → https://is.gd/AFsqC916:27
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Winter coughs and fevers will put huge strain on COVID-19 testing capacity: Higher numbers of people with coughs and fevers in the coming months will place a significant strain on the UK's COVID-19 testing system and capacity must be immediately scaled up, finds a new modeling study led by UCL and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. → https://is.gd/O1uD0X16:37
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: The three types of vaccine hesitancy authorities need to combat: There are high hopes that one or, with any luck, several of the COVID-19 vaccines in development will bring an end to the pandemic. The most promising are often invoked in government briefings and by the media, with their progress closely followed. Optimism is [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/vjEcMX16:48
BrainstormUpdates for Greece: +460 cases (now 19346), +5 deaths (now 398) since 23 hours ago — World: +16694 cases (now 34.7 million), +252 deaths (now 1.0 million) since 50 minutes ago — Iraq: +4785 cases (now 372259), +67 deaths (now 9298) since a day ago — US: +3763 cases (now 7.5 million), +133 deaths (now 212861) since 50 minutes ago17:07
Jigsy%cases UK17:08
BrainstormJigsy: In United Kingdom, there have been 460178 confirmed cases (0.7% of the population) and 45712 deaths (9.9% of cases) as of 9 hours ago. 24.8 million tests were performed (1.9% positive). See https://offloop.net/covid19/?default=United%20Kingdom for time series data.17:08
BrainstormNew from In The Pipeline: Rotating Rings of Solvents: Now here’s a chemistry technique I don’t think I ever would have thought of. This new paper in Nature presents what could be a new way of doing multistep chemistry in a single vessel by the use of solvent layers of different densities in a rapidly rotating container (the examples below are in [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/ZeXb1c17:09
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Fauci says public health measures to curb coronavirus spread could dampen flu season → https://is.gd/7Krahp17:20
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: (news): Trump isn't the first sitting U.S. president to contract a potentially deadly virus in middle of a pandemic, so did Woodrow Wilson in 1918 → https://is.gd/bEpd2P17:30
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: (news): Cramer says he's closing his restaurants, hopes to reopen 'when we get a vaccine' for coronavirus → https://is.gd/F21MB817:41
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: Trump has the coronavirus — here's what happens next: President Donald Trump's positive Covid-19 test has prompted many to seek clarity on the procedures in place to deal with a variety of scenarios. → https://is.gd/RhUZKq17:51
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: No, you cannot pierce your brain with a swab test: People who have had the COVID swab test say that it feels like their brain is being pierced by an oversized cotton bud. Recent lurid headlines will not put people at ease. "Woman's nose 'starts leaking brain and spinal fluid' after she took a COVID swab test," said the Daily [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/U9OYml18:02
BrainstormUpdates for World: +53499 cases (now 34.7 million), +701 deaths (now 1.0 million) since an hour ago — India: +39639 cases (now 6.4 million), +486 deaths (now 100323) since 2 hours ago — Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy: +344 deaths (now 697) since 10 hours ago — United Kingdom: +5670 cases (now 467146) since 10 hours ago18:07
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: Trump has the coronavirus — here's what happens next: President Donald Trump's positive Covid-19 test has prompted many to seek clarity on the procedures in place to deal with a variety of scenarios. → https://is.gd/RhUZKq18:13
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: (news): Watch live: The World Health Organization holds a press briefing on the coronavirus pandemic → https://is.gd/VZHz8X18:23
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: (news): Trump isn't the first sitting U.S. president to contract a potentially deadly virus in the middle of a pandemic — so did Woodrow Wilson in 1918 → https://is.gd/bEpd2P18:34
DogModehi18:44
DogModewhts up kreyren 18:44
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Crowded, mask-free: why the White House is a COVID danger zone: Offices are crowded, visitors are constant, and the boss doesn't like people wearing masks: welcome to the White House where President Donald Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus. → https://is.gd/fVPdRF18:44
DogModewell ofc doh18:45
DogModebut what a score for the chinese that their virus hit the potus18:45
DogModebut jo'bitin probably got it at the debate so it''s all good18:45
DogModereally you can't make up these headlines anymore18:46
DogModeswarm of quakes hits so cal, trump gets covid, wildfires choke the west coast yadda18:47
LjLdoes this please you?18:48
DogModei get asked that stupid question in real life all the time18:49
DogModeit just is, it doesnt need to please or displease me, and often doesnt please or displease me, it's an observation18:50
dTal"Trump gets covid" isn't exactly out of left field18:50
LjLthere are varying ways to make an observation18:50
dTalof all the things to happen this year, outside of the pandemic itself, it's probably the most predictable18:50
LjLthey convey varying connotations18:50
DogModeits like every day the headlines are straight out of weekly world news18:51
DogModeno, thats your paranoia and fear of microagressions18:51
LjLyeah18:51
LjLsometimes i deal with it aggressively in turn18:51
LjLi feel so micro now18:51
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Could President Trump receive an experimental coronavirus treatment? Should he?: President Trump may be just another of the 7 million Americans infected with Covid-19. But he could use extraordinary measures to treat the virus with unapproved therapies. → https://is.gd/P92DdK18:55
dTalhttps://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-coronavirus-what-would-happen-test-positive-covid-19-a9513051.html18:55
dTalthis should be interesting18:56
romareI'M SO SICK OF THIS SHIT18:56
iphonyyour caps lock is on18:57
romareI'm so sick of this shit18:57
iphonyimmodium 18:57
LjLromare, here take my half-used bottle of clonazepam18:58
romareI miss concerts man18:59
romareI miss meeting people in clubs19:00
LjLromare, to be fair i miss none of that, but i understand we all miss different things. i miss taking the metro.19:03
LjL> So what would stop an infected-but-recovering candidate-in-chief from taking that last step, hoping for what Fox News likely would dub a “Beijing bounce” by accusing China of not just “attacking” the United States, but “attacking” its president?19:03
LjLdTal, did our friend write this article19:03
dTalI think it's just incredibly predictable19:03
dTalTrump's behaviour doesn't exactly cover a wide range19:03
LjLdTal, so do you actually think this will improve his ratings19:04
dTalHell if I know19:04
BrainstormNew from The Indian Express: World: US presidential election: Democratic nominee Joe Biden and his wife test negative for coronavirus → https://is.gd/cnHcfB19:05
AndreasKunstmannhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/02/turk-o02.html19:05
LjLoh yeah, Erdogan should be the next to get it19:06
BrainstormUpdates for Lebanon: +1291 cases (now 42173), +12 deaths (now 386) since a day ago — Spain: +11325 cases (now 789932), +74 deaths (now 32047) since a day ago — World: +4495 cases (now 34.7 million), +96 deaths (now 1.0 million) since an hour ago — Czechia: +1762 cases (now 76017), +21 deaths (now 699) since 17 hours ago19:07
romareyesss19:08
LjL> It showed the number of positive cases on September 10 were 29,377, compared to the 1,512 new patients announced by Koca on the same day.19:08
LjLthese seem like they could be non-comparable numbers...?19:08
LjLmaybe it's just not stated as well as it could but that makes it sounds like 30k was the total cases, while 1.5k were the daily new cases19:08
iphonyLjL: 'Q' is on the ascend, based on random people I meet, I'm guessing some link to Iran, I believe that's the Pompeo october surprise19:08
LjLQ?19:09
iphonyanon19:09
iphonyperfectly normal people, including police etc, tell me Vaccines are a hoax, pedos are running netflix etc19:10
LjLhm that sort of lunacy probably is hard to link to actual facts like Trump getting COVID19:10
LjLi would generally not put most police among the ranks of "perfectly normal people" ;(19:10
JigsyI barely put police in the "human" category.19:11
JigsyThough that's basically anyone in a legal authority position.19:11
JigsyJudges, etc.19:11
iphonyLjL: read some Hannah Arendt, they can link anything and do19:11
JigsyAnd prison guards are not human.19:11
LjLiphony, i'm sure, i meant that it's hard to predict what links will materialize19:11
JigsyBased on "What kind of person chooses to become a prison guard?"19:12
iphonythey just need a Reichstag fire of a Gulf of Tonkin19:12
iphonys/of/or19:12
LjLJigsy, i wouldn't go as far as "not human", if anything, too human. but yeah, i also think it's one of those positions that tend to be sadly self-selecting19:12
iphonyfor the inner sociopath, so put the prisons where there are no other jobs19:13
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Canada slaps tough controls on Californian lettuce over E.coli risk: Canada's food inspection agency announced on Friday it was restricting imports of romaine lettuce from parts of the US state of California linked to several recent outbreaks of E. coli food poisoning. → https://is.gd/OiLbuV19:16
BrainstormNew from CDC: Coronavirus [CoV]: Cases & Deaths by County → https://is.gd/yJtqEF19:27
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Why the White House’s testing-only strategy to shield Trump from Covid-19 fell short: Trump has said he doesn’t wear a mask because “everyone gets tested before they see me.” His positive Covid-19 test reveals the limits of Covid-19 strategies that depend on testing… → https://is.gd/uf0XLZ19:37
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: (news): Top health official says coronavirus herd immunity 'not the strategy of the U.S. government' → https://is.gd/hDzjZM19:59
CoronaBot04/r/coronavirus: Joe Biden has tested negative for coronavirus (10479 votes) | https://twitter.com/bnodesk/status/1312063320246059008?s=21 | https://redd.it/j3xh3f20:05
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Cancer immunotherapy 'uniquely suppressed' by liver tumors: Though cancer immunotherapy has become a promising standard-of-care treatment—and in some cases, perhaps a cure—for a wide variety of different cancers, it doesn't work for everyone, and researchers have increasingly turned their attention to understanding why. → https://is.gd/JPG4fF20:09
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: Pentagon says no state of alert change after Trump tests positive for coronavirus: Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley have tested negative for coronavirus. → https://is.gd/P3VLBd20:20
BrainstormUpdates for World: +50089 cases (now 34.8 million), +457 deaths (now 1.0 million) since an hour ago — Ireland: +466 cases (now 37063) since a day ago — Spain: +20875 cases (now 810807), +39 deaths (now 32086) since an hour ago — US: +9379 cases (now 7.5 million), +140 deaths (now 213052) since 2 hours ago20:23
Jigsy%cases UK20:32
BrainstormJigsy: In United Kingdom, there have been 467146 confirmed cases (0.7% of the population) and 45712 deaths (9.8% of cases) as of 2 hours ago. 25.0 million tests were performed (1.9% positive). See https://offloop.net/covid19/?default=United%20Kingdom for time series data.20:32
JigsyAnother 7K(ish).20:33
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: EU regulator starts safety review of coronavirus drug: The European Medicines Agency says it has started a safety review after some patients taking the coronavirus drug remdesivir reported serious kidney problems. → https://is.gd/jOaJmn20:45
LjLJigsy, i've thought about adding some daily delta kind of thing, but it's tricky. do i just provide the delta since the last time it was 0:00 UTC? that would be misleading if there's been only a partial total. the delta since the last time yesterday? also misleading unless data are released at the exact same time. basically if countries don't release data on a daily basis, any way of turning them into daily-basis data will end up looking different from any 20:50
LjLother way of doing the same, for much confusion20:50
BrainstormNew from Scientific American: Health: Coronavirus News Roundup, September 26-October 2 → https://is.gd/1Hgcs721:06
CoronaBot04/r/covid19: Super-spreading events initiated the exponential growth phase of COVID-19 with ℛ0 higher than initially estimated (83 votes) | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.200786 | https://redd.it/j3ubow21:11
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: (news): Top health official says coronavirus 'herd immunity is not the strategy of the U.S. government' → https://is.gd/hDzjZM21:17
BrainstormUpdates for World: +42729 cases (now 34.8 million), +876 deaths (now 1.0 million) since an hour ago — India: +32697 cases (now 6.5 million), +550 deaths (now 100873) since 3 hours ago — US: +8792 cases (now 7.5 million), +171 deaths (now 213223) since an hour ago — Wisconsin, US: +2745 cases (now 127906), +5 deaths (now 1353) since a day ago21:23
CoronaBot04/r/covid19: Health Canada begins first authorization review of a COVID-19 vaccine submission (81 votes) | https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/news/2020/10/health-canada-begins-first-authorization-review-of-a-covid-19-vaccine-submission.html | https://redd.it/j3zif121:41
BrainstormNew from The Atlantic: Just How Safe Is Biden?: “I don’t wear masks like him,” President Donald Trump said during Tuesday night’s presidential debate, deriding his opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden. “Every time you see him, he’s got a mask.” But at nearly 1 a.m. eastern time today, Trump announced that he had tested positive for [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/dcjDXw22:00
CoronaBot04/r/covid19: CEPI establishes global network of laboratories to centralise assessment of COVID-19 vaccine candidates (83 votes) | https://cepi.net/news_cepi/cepi-establishes-global-network-of-laboratories-to-centralise-assessment-of-covid-19-vaccine-candidates/ | https://redd.it/j3tu9q22:06
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Trump has 1 /25 chance of dying of Covid19 → https://is.gd/4hcREL22:21
BrainstormNew from CDC: Coronavirus [CoV]: Cases & Deaths by County → https://is.gd/yJtqEF22:31
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Cleveland confirms 11 COVID-19 cases after presidential debate → https://is.gd/xgE9ut22:42
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: New COVID test doesn't use scarce reagents, catches all but the least infectious: A major roadblock to large scale testing for coronavirus infection in the developing world is a shortage of key chemicals, or reagents, needed for the test, specifically the ones used to extract the virus's genetic material, or RNA. → https://is.gd/RZpTwc22:53
BrainstormNew from WebMD: Trump & COVID: Who Is Positive, Who Is Negative: President Donald Trump's announcement that he has tested positive for coronavirus has set off a mad scramble to determine who else in the top levels of American government might also be at risk. → https://is.gd/VW0szK23:03
BrainstormUpdates for Massachusetts, US: +761 cases (now 133631), +10 deaths (now 9490) since 23 hours ago — World: +13835 cases (now 34.9 million), +172 deaths (now 1.0 million) since an hour ago — US: +9684 cases (now 7.5 million), +120 deaths (now 213343) since an hour ago — Morocco: +2521 cases (now 128565), +34 deaths (now 2263) since a day ago23:08
BrainstormNew from Scientific American: How Trump's COVID Diagnosis Could Affect Public Perceptions: President Trump testing positive for coronavirus could result in demands for greater transparency about his health and affect his credibility after repeated attempts to downplay the virus's severity. → https://is.gd/5TndIF23:36
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Trump hospitalized less than 24 hours after COVID announcement → https://is.gd/Bd8ov023:58

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