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[RFS]

Mistaken identity, not Woodgrove in Nanaimo, Willowbrook in Langley.

If I were a retailer in woodgrove I'd be livid

[exc911ence]

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=bLoI9jLWUn8

 

 

[lanforod]

^ that is so dumb. So if you get murdered and happened to have Covid, you become +1 to the Covid death rate in Toronto.

[Victoria Watcher]

if you get murdered BECAUSE you have COVID isn’t that legitimate?

[Victoria Watcher]

 

 

 

this is very interesting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While both the number of people in hospital and the number of hospitalised people dying are falling, deaths are falling at a faster rate.

 

The number of people in hospital with Covid-19 is halving every 29 days, while deaths are halving every 16 days.

 

Prof Carl Heneghan, who carried out the analysis, said the pattern of falling death rates in hospitals was also being seen in other countries, including Italy.

 

"We should be investigating what's changed," he said.

 

"It's a radically different disease we're looking at if the death rate is 1% rather than 6%".

 

https://www.bbc.com/...health-53192532

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 02 July 2020 - 05:10 AM.

[amor de cosmos]

What scientists know about the inner workings of the pathogen that has infected the world
lots of images/animations
https://www.scientif...he-coronavirus/

IBM’s New AI Tool Parses A Tidal Wave of Coronavirus Research
Deep Search uses an advanced cloud-based natural programming language tool
https://spectrum.iee...avirus-research
 

This finding could lead to a scoring system that would flag at-risk patients for closer monitoring and to personalized treatments. It may also help explain how diabetes makes outcomes worse, according to researchers from the University of Virginia School of Medicine.

The study focused on 57 COVID-19 patients who needed a ventilator to breathe. Researchers compared samples of their blood to that from patients who did not need a ventilator.

They found that blood levels of a certain cytokine are predictive of the course of COVID-19. Cytokines are proteins that are central to the immune system overreaction known as a cytokine storm. This overactive immune response is a hallmark of COVID-19 and some other illnesses.

*snip*

Researchers also found higher levels of two cytokines in patients with high blood sugar. They said this may explain why diabetes is linked with worse COVID-19 outcomes.

Though researchers linked two other cytokines to severe infection, they were less reliable predictors of the need for a ventilator.

https://www.webmd.co...ed-a-ventilator
 

Residents in all 25 of the U.S. counties hardest hit by COVID-19 began to limit their public movements six to 29 days before states implemented stay-at-home orders, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers.

The decline in the number of daily trips people made as tracked by mobile phone data helped slow the spread of the virus, according to findings published today in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal from the Johns Hopkins team that created the world-famous online coronavirus tracking map.

"Our results strongly support the conclusion that social distancing played a crucial role in the reduction of case growth rates in multiple U.S. counties during March and April, and is therefore an effective mitigation policy for COVID-19 in the United States," said Lauren Gardner, co-director of the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins, who led the research team.

"Critically, if individual-level actions were not taken and social distancing behavior was delayed until the state-level directives were implemented, COVID-19 would have been able to circulate unmitigated for additional weeks in some locations, inevitably resulting in more infections and deaths," Gardner added. "This demonstrates that it is within the power of each U.S. resident to help slow the spread of COVID-19."

https://www.eurekale...u-ipd063020.php

“Monumental” plunge of economic activity in Chile during May, 15,3%
https://en.mercopres...during-may-15-3

Mexico's Covid-19 deaths rose by 741 to reach 28,510, leading the country to overtake Spain and have the world's sixth deadliest outbreak
https://en.mercopres...vid-19-outbreak
 

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC -- Crowds gathered on Prague's Charles Bridge on Tuesday to celebrate the end of the Czech Republic's coronavirus crisis with a group dinner along a gigantic table set up on the historic landmark.

The EU member of 10.7 million people has by now eased most of the anti-virus measures it introduced early on -- thanks to which it has fared relatively well, registering fewer than 12,000 coronavirus cases and under 350 deaths.

On the 14th-century bridge, merrymakers munched on snacks and sipped drinks they brought from home, sharing their fare with others at the table spanning 500 metres (a third of a mile).

https://www.ctvnews....inner-1.5006981

As if COVID-19 Wasn't Enough...Western Mongolia Introduces Plague Quarantine
https://sputniknews....ue-quarantine-/

Amsterdam’s red light district reopens: all positions allowed
https://www.efe.com/...0000260-4286127
 

The naming and shaming is part of the country's efforts to deter citizens and residents from flouting health and safety regulations.

The UAE public prosecution has published the names and photos of people who violated precautionary measures put in place to stymie the spread of Covid-19 pandemic.

They were also fined between Dh2,000 and Dh10,000 for the violations, which included not wearing masks, breaching curfew rules, holding gatherings and attending parties, it was announced at the virtual media briefing on Wednesday evening.

https://www.khaleejt...-Covid-measures

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and the pharmaceutical group ChemRar have started exporting the drug Avifavir against COVID-19
https://sputniknews....ainst-covid-19/

(contrast w/US)
New Zealand's health minister resigned Thursday, July 2, after a public backlash over his breach of lockdown and his criticism of the civil servant responsible for the country's world-leading coronavirus response
https://www.rappler....its-covid-lapse

Uruguay currently has just 83 active cases, while its giant neighbor Brazil is the world's worst-hit country after the United States.
This success is especially remarkable as there never was an official lockdown.
https://www.rappler....ithout-lockdown

Detainees 'at high virus risk' in crowded Yemen jail: HRW
In one incident, 44 detainees were transferred to a room of only 10 square meters
https://english.alar...wded-yemen-jail

Fears as coronavirus spreads in US embassy in Saudi Arabia, endangering diplomatic staff
https://english.alar...in-saudi-arabia

The Palestinian Authority on Wednesday announced a five-day lockdown across the West Bank after a rise in coronavirus infections, as Israel saw its steepest-yet 24-hour uptick in cases
https://english.alar...us-numbers-soar

Knesset on Wednesday passed into law a bill that allows the Shin Bet security agency to track cellphones of coronavirus carriers in case other contact tracing measures do not suffice
https://www.ynetnews...ticle/HkmtXv5C8
 

New Yorkers continue to report much higher than normal rates of depression and anxiety, but much less than at their peak in mid-April. As they witness the surge in COVID-19 cases in states that re-opened early, New Yorkers have also grown significantly more hesitant about resuming normal activities than they reported in May. Employment and housing worries remain a serious concern for many. These are the major findings of the 13th city and statewide tracking survey from the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH), June 26-28.

As May 2020 began, 65% of New Yorkers said they would see their doctor for a routine visit beginning at the start of the next month. In June, that number dropped to 33%. In early May, 46% said they would go for a haircut starting June 1, but by the end of June, only 33% said they would do so as of July 1. The number who thought they would go to a restaurant after the first of the following month dropped from 31% to 20%. Moreover, a far greater number of respondents now say they plan to wait for a safe and effective vaccine to be widely available before they take part in many routine activities. In May, for example, 31% said they would wait for a vaccine before going to an outdoor concert; in June, nearly twice that number (60%) said they would wait for a vaccine.

Less than a third of respondents believe that public schools (27%) and colleges and universities (31%) should reopen for regular classes in the fall. A majority (54%) do not think the pandemic will end until a vaccine is created.

https://www.eurekale...o-nyg070120.php

COVID survivor Tom Hanks to people not wearing masks: "Shame on you"
https://news.avclub....asks-1844238585

US farmers scramble for help as COVID-19 scuttles immigrant workforce
https://www.channeln...kforce-12894718

Apple to Temporarily Close 30 More US Stores as Coronavirus Cases Continue to Surge
https://sputniknews....tinue-to-surge/

“I think we’re going to be very good with the coronavirus. I think at some point that’s going to sort of just disappear, I hope,” he said during an interview on Fox Business on Wednesday
https://globalnews.c...just-disappear/
 

The students were aware they had tested positive for COVID-19, but officials confirmed rumors about college students attending parties around Tuscaloosa for the past few weeks as coronavirus as the number of cases continued to climb in the state, reported WBMA-TV.

“We had seen over the last few weeks parties going on in the county, or throughout the city and county in several locations where students or kids would come in with known positives,” said fire chief Randy Smith. “We thought that was kind of a rumor at first [but] we did some additional research [and] not only did the doctor’s offices help confirm it, but the state confirmed they also had the same information.”

City councilwoman Sonya McKinstry said the students had been organizing “COVID parties” to intentionally infect one another with the highly contagious virus that has already killed more than 127,000 people in the U.S.

“They put money in a pot and they try to get COVID,” she said. “Whoever gets COVID first gets the pot. It makes no sense. They’re intentionally doing it.”

https://www.rawstory...get-sick-first/
 

At least five members of the choir and orchestra at the Dallas megachurch visited by Vice President Mike Pence this weekend tested positive for the coronavirus in June, according to Facebook posts and internal church emails reviewed by BuzzFeed News.

An additional orchestra member had symptoms several days after being exposed and was awaiting a test result in mid-June, according to a call for prayers sent to the church’s musicians.

*snip*

At least five members of the choir and orchestra at the Dallas megachurch visited by Vice President Mike Pence this weekend tested positive for the coronavirus in June, according to Facebook posts and internal church emails reviewed by BuzzFeed News.

An additional orchestra member had symptoms several days after being exposed and was awaiting a test result in mid-June, according to a call for prayers sent to the church’s musicians.

*snip*

“With this governor and this president, we’ll bring Texas and America back bigger and better than ever before,” said Pence in his remarks. The congregants, some in masks, waved American flags while the choir and orchestra pumped out rapturous versions of “America the Beautiful” and “The Star-Spangled Banner” on a glowing purple stage. “Working with your governor, we will put the health of the people of the Lone Star State first,” Pence said.

https://www.buzzfeed...rch-coronavirus
 

GOP delegates from Pennsylvania say they’re motivated to pack into the 15,000-seat VyStar Veterans Memorial arena in Jacksonville, where Trump is scheduled to speak Aug. 27, after seeing weeks of Black Lives Matter protests in cities nationwide, reported The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“What is the difference between me going to a convention or Gov. [Tom] Wolf marching with hundreds of protesters?” said respiratory therapist Val Biancaniello, one of the state’s 88 delegates. “If they have a right to protest, I have the right to celebrate with my fellow patriots and cast my ballot on behalf of the greatest president in our history.”

*snip*

“I have absolutely no problem attending,” she said. “I feel like I’m getting attacked for this. I’ve been called a monster because I would like people to gather, and liberals are screaming at me that I want to kill Grandma. It’s completely unfair.”

Epidemiologists believe the risk from coronavirus is much higher inside than outside, and so far cities where the largest protests against police brutality have not experienced spikes in infections, and conservatives have complained they’ve received special treatment.

https://www.rawstory...pletely-unfair/
 

Official tallies of deaths due to COVID-19 in the United States underestimated the full increase in deaths associated with the pandemic in many states, according to a new study published on Wednesday.

The study, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, found that the number of deaths due to any cause increased by approximately 122,000 from March 1 to May 30, which was 28 percent higher than the reported number of COVID-19 deaths.

To estimate the burden of all deaths related to COVID-19 in the United States from March to May, researchers evaluated the numbers of U.S. deaths from any cause and deaths from pneumonia, influenza, and COVID-19.

Evaluating unexplained increases in deaths due to all causes or attributed to nonspecific outcomes, such as pneumonia and influenza, can provide a more complete picture of the burden of COVID-19, according to the study.

http://www.ecns.cn/n...nn9878556.shtml

Edited by amor de cosmos, 02 July 2020 - 08:26 AM.

[Mike K.]

^ that is so dumb. So if you get murdered and happened to have Covid, you become +1 to the Covid death rate in Toronto.

 

That's been a thing in quite a few places around the world. You could die of a heart attack, but if you test positive for COVID your death is attributed to COVID. In some jurisdictions people have come out to say they were pressured by medical staff at hospitals to accept the death of an elderly family member as being due to COVID, despite the individual having not been diagnosed with the disease prior to their death.

[Victoria Watcher]

via twitter:

 

 

 

Check this out y'all. Florida had 4 TIMES as many cases of #COVID19 in June as previous months but 10 TIMES fewer deaths. How?? Lots of testing + lower age infections + BETTER treatments = a virus dying out. I'm guessing the same thing is happening across the country.

 

https://twitter.com/...6997377/photo/1

 

[Mike K.]

A perfect example of how manipulative data can be, and why you should never accept incomplete data that is being passed off as definitive.

[exc911ence]

That's been a thing in quite a few places around the world. You could die of a heart attack, but if you test positive for COVID your death is attributed to COVID. In some jurisdictions people have come out to say they were pressured by medical staff at hospitals to accept the death of an elderly family member as being due to COVID, despite the individual having not been diagnosed with the disease prior to their death.

 

And that is exactly how an organization can further their agenda. 

[Greg]

https://www.youtube....h?v=bLoI9jLWUn8

 

 

That's been a thing in quite a few places around the world. You could die of a heart attack, but if you test positive for COVID your death is attributed to COVID. In some jurisdictions people have come out to say they were pressured by medical staff at hospitals to accept the death of an elderly family member as being due to COVID, despite the individual having not been diagnosed with the disease prior to their death.

 

The idea that we are overcounting COVID-19 deaths has been disproven repeatedly. 

Edited by Greg, 02 July 2020 - 08:45 AM.

[Greg]

via twitter:

 

 

 

Check this out y'all. Florida had 4 TIMES as many cases of #COVID19 in June as previous months but 10 TIMES fewer deaths. How?? Lots of testing + lower age infections + BETTER treatments = a virus dying out. I'm guessing the same thing is happening across the country.

 

https://twitter.com/...6997377/photo/1

 

 

 

Florida did not have ten times fewer deaths in June, as you would know if you bothered to look at the data rather than thinking Twitter is a source of information.

[Victoria Watcher]

The idea that we are overcounting COVID-19 deaths has been disproven repeatedly. 

 

somewhat.  but often those that insist on the existence of a higher infection rate than recorded simultaneously refuse to admit that that pushes the mortality rate much lower than often recorded too.

[Greg]

A perfect example of how manipulative data can be, and why you should never accept incomplete data that is being passed off as definitive.

 

Don't you get tired of being victimized by obvious disinformation?

[Mike K.]

^yes, but you refuse to stop.

[amor de cosmos]

here's the actual study mentioned in last story in post #6906, published yesterday in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine, which concludes that the death rate in the US is actually ~28% HIGHER than previously reported (in case you all skipped it). So they should have been attributing 28% MORE deaths to COVID-19 from Mar 1 to May 30:
 

Main Outcomes and Measures Increases in weekly deaths due to any cause or deaths due to pneumonia/influenza/COVID-19 above a baseline, which was adjusted for time of year, influenza activity, and reporting delays. These estimates were compared with reported deaths attributed to COVID-19 and with testing data.

Results There were approximately 781 000 total deaths in the United States from March 1 to May 30, 2020, representing 122 300 (95% prediction interval, 116 800-127 000) more deaths than would typically be expected at that time of year. There were 95 235 reported deaths officially attributed to COVID-19 from March 1 to May 30, 2020. The number of excess all-cause deaths was 28% higher than the official tally of COVID-19–reported deaths during that period. In several states, these deaths occurred before increases in the availability of COVID-19 diagnostic tests and were not counted in official COVID-19 death records. There was substantial variability between states in the difference between official COVID-19 deaths and the estimated burden of excess deaths.

Conclusions and Relevance Excess deaths provide an estimate of the full COVID-19 burden and indicate that official tallies likely undercount deaths due to the virus. The mortality burden and the completeness of the tallies vary markedly between states.

https://jamanetwork....article/2767980

Edited by amor de cosmos, 02 July 2020 - 09:06 AM.

[Mike K.]

See!

 

It never ends. Higher, lower, longer, shorter, faster, slower, etc. The COVID narrative changes like the direction of the wind, from hour to hour, and yet we're supposed to believe what the experts say when they say it, because only they know the truth and anyone questioning the truth is a conspiracist.

 

Turn off the onslaught and go out and enjoy a park. Go to the beach or go visit your mom. Give your mind a break from this nonsense.

[Victoria Watcher]

wouldn't the higher murder rates this year also create "excess deaths"?

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 02 July 2020 - 09:07 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Turn off the onslaught and go out and enjoy a park. Go to the beach or go visit your mom. Give your mind a break from this nonsense.

 

and get covid from a stranger at the park or the beach?  no thanks.

[Mike K.]

You'll be safe from the virus if you start a riot on the beach, and so long as you don't start a Trump rally. Medical professionals will attest to that.