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Posted on April 2, 2020 by The Editor

I wonder how long it will take before the mob forces Medium to take this down: A call to honesty in pandemic modeling

The next big story to come out of Italy. Singing stops in Italy as fear and social unrest mount

I am surprised they have not blinked yet. I don’t know what they think they are accomplishing. They can make every US shale producer go bankrupt but that will not make the tech or the people who know how to do it go away. Saudi Power Play Could Send Oil Below $20 a Barrel for an Extended Period

The bottom line is that most US masks are being sold outside of this country because they can get a better price that way due to US polices. I Spent A Day In The Coronavirus-Driven Feeding Frenzy Of N95 Mask Sellers And Buyers And This Is What I Learned And here is more along the same lines.

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Posted on April 1, 2020 by The Editor

Pertaining to Italy—-The real death toll for Covid-19 is at least 4 times the official numbers

Not a surprise. U of M’s Osterholm says obesity could be deadly factor in U.S. COVID-19 outbreak

This is in the Philippines, but it shows how lock downs can make things worse. Manila port may shut down in 6 days as it gets swamped by undelivered cargo: port authority

France under-reporting its numbers. More than a third of care homes in the Paris region alone are thought to have been affected by coronavirus. But while hospital deaths are recorded in the daily toll of coronavirus, deaths in care homes are not.

Not withstanding the titles, there is still no good evidence that a paper mask protects oneself from a virus that is heavy in the environment as this article itself admits if you read it very carefully. But there is a fair amount of evidence that they help stop the spread to other people. It’s Time to Face Facts, America: Masks Work

China Concealed Extent of Virus Outbreak, U.S. Intelligence Says

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Posted on March 31, 2020 by The Editor

COVID-19 Deaths in Europe: Excess Mortality is – DOWN?

Italy Risks Losing Grip in South With Fear of Looting, Riots

Comet Atlas is racing toward the inner solar system, and it could become the brightest comet seen in the night sky in over two decades. The comet, discovered by an observatory designed to protect Earth from asteroids, may even be visible during the day just two months from now.

Saudi Arabia to raise oil exports to record high

India earlier this month restricted the export of 26 pharmaceutical ingredients and the medicines made from them, including acetaminophen — a common pain reliever. India, the world’s leading supplier of generic drugs, is a key source for active pharmaceutical ingredients used to produce a range of medicines.

Drivers funneled through roadblock by police impostors during COVID-19 Pandemic

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Posted on March 30, 2020 by The Editor

An interesting study. An Italian academic has claimed striking evidence that most people infected with covid-19 show no symptoms but are still able to infect others, which he says has huge implications for testing policy, particularly in hospitals.

how long does the virus survive on surfaces?

We all know how testing makes a difference in the reported death rate. Not talked about is how hard it is to say what the cause of death was. How to understand — and report — figures for ‘COVID deaths’.

Project Educate Deb #12 Suez Crisis

Posted on March 29, 2020 by The Editor

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Posted on March 29, 2020 by The Editor

Will Holland’s Looser Corona Policies Pay Off?

Coronavirus Modeling Had Faulty Assumptions, the Real Data Gives Us Hope

Israeli doctor in Italy says new, innovative treatments ‘flattening the curve’

“We are getting calls from people who say ‘I think my neighbour is going out on a second run – I want you to come and arrest them’.

We are reassured in meeting with our colleagues in New York that there are still I.C.U. Beds remaining and still significant — over 1,000 or 2,000 ventilators that have not been utilized.

Posted on March 29, 2020 by The Editor

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Posted on March 28, 2020 by The Editor

I can’t stand the tut tuting. Not to long ago the WHO said their was no evidence of human to human transmission of the virus. But since I posted the warnings from the French I figured I would share the other side. At this point all we have is people making observations and drawing correlations between things that may not be correlated. The Ibuprofen Debate Reveals the Danger of Covid-19 Rumors

Wages of Panic. Truckers Wary of New York Deliveries Create Headache for Grocers

If your wondering as to how the US compares right now. Breaking down the numbers per capita.

Lot of logic fails in this. But it does represent the worse case for the UK. Shows the worst case is not all that bad compared to a “real” pandemic. How much ‘normal’ risk does Covid represent?

Are many more people infected than we think?

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Posted on March 25, 2020 by The Editor

Most Interesting Story of the Day: Japan’s winning its quiet fight against Covid-19. Remains to see if it works. Some countries that seemed immune are now having trouble. Still Japan was one of the first nations that was exposed and they are doing everything “wrong” and getting away with it so far.

This is what panic breeds, not that fear is valid excuse. Spanish Military Finds Dead Bodies And Seniors ‘Completely Abandoned’ In Care Homes

As usual, this article gives Trump to much credit. Anyone with a working internet connection knows that Chinese and French doctors have been saying this works. That is the entire reason they are doing clinical trials in the first place. So the idea that this is all the fault of Trumps press conference is pure TDS. Pharmacists told ProPublica that they are seeing unusual and fraudulent prescribing activity as doctors stockpile unproven coronavirus drugs endorsed by President Donald Trump.

This seems kind of strange for a nation that supposedly only has 700 some confirmed cases. With a heavy heart, two more Metro Manila hospitals stop admission of COVID-19 patients as they reach ‘full capacity’