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Coronavirus Facts and Information thread:
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Aupmanyav
Be your own guru
The environment is extra-clean, never has been that in our life-time. AQI, less than 50. The weather (untimely rains) also help. The Himalayas can be seen from 200 kms away (Jalandhar, Saharanpur) in all their majesty. Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and others are cleaner than at any other time for miles downstream.
Dhauladhar (The White Range)
Trishul 7,120 m, on the right Nandadevi 7,816 m. View attachment 2097
Interesting polling on when people expect the lockdown to end: 45% Expect Lockdown to Last A Month or Two
How long do you think it will be before most businesses re-open and social activity resumes?
13% A couple of weeks
45% A month or two
29% Three to six months
6% Six Months to a year
2% More than a year
6% Not Sure
How long do you think it will be before most businesses re-open and social activity resumes?
13% A couple of weeks
45% A month or two
29% Three to six months
6% Six Months to a year
2% More than a year
6% Not Sure
Notanumber
A Free Man
Can we trust the stats?
How many of those that tested positive for COVID-19 at the time of death would have died anyway?
Has the death rate changed considerably for those that have died from other causes?
How many of those that tested positive for COVID-19 at the time of death would have died anyway?
Has the death rate changed considerably for those that have died from other causes?
Notanumber
A Free Man
A picture worth 1,000,000 words
And wash your hands often.
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
Today the UK passed the number of deaths figure of Italy, making the UK the second in that sad league table, with only the US having more recorded covid deaths. A complacent, dismissive, irresponsible and lazy Prime Minister has certainly contributed to that statistic.
Wandering Monk
Well-Known Member
A measurement of deaths from all causes, seasonally adjusted, for the last five to ten years. Virtually every country shown here has excess deaths far above those. The only thing new is Covid-19.
46,000 Missing Deaths: Tracking the True Toll of the Coronavirus Outbreak
Wandering Monk
Well-Known Member
Raw numbers don't give you a valuable comparison for many reasons. A better way, since we don't know the true number of infections, is to compare Covid deaths per capita.
Total confirmed COVID-19 deaths per million people
Notanumber
A Free Man
The UK has been a major importer of the disease.
This has continued after we were forced into lockdown on the advice of this man and his computer modelling.
Exclusive: Government scientist Neil Ferguson resigns after breaking lockdown rules to meet his married lover
This has continued after we were forced into lockdown on the advice of this man and his computer modelling.
Exclusive: Government scientist Neil Ferguson resigns after breaking lockdown rules to meet his married lover
Excess deaths vs deaths attributed to COVID-19 + notes on some states that are way behind in reporting deaths
What Is the Real Coronavirus Toll in Each State?
What Is the Real Coronavirus Toll in Each State?
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
I'm no statistician. I have read reasons why any particular method of comparison is not great.
Can you compare different countries?
However, the consensus seems to be that the UK is "behind the curve" compared to mainland Europe generally because of a failure to act early on in the crisis. (From the above article: "But Italy, which has also done a lot of tests, has suffered a relatively high numbers of deaths. Italy only substantially increased its capacity for testing after the pandemic had already taken hold. The UK is doing the same thing."
Notanumber
A Free Man
The UK has allowed incoming flights from CCP virus hotspots such as Italy to continue after we were forced into lockdown.
This has to be a major contributor to the predicament that we are in now.
This has to be a major contributor to the predicament that we are in now.
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