The Coronavirus, not the beer
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nsacpi
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Of course that's my whole plan. Lockdown until November 3rd. Hasn't that been obvious?
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
Thousands of students and teachers have become sick with the coronavirus since schools began opening last month, but public health experts have found little evidence that the virus is spreading inside buildings, and the rates of infection are far below what is found in the surrounding communities.
This early evidence, experts say, suggests that opening schools may not be as risky as many have feared and could guide administrators as they chart the rest of what is already an unprecedented school year.
Tracking infections over a two-week period beginning Aug. 31, it found that 0.23 percent of students had a confirmed or suspected case of the coronavirus. Among teachers, it was 0.49 percent. Looking only at confirmed cases, the rates were even lower: 0.078 percent for students and 0.15 percent for teachers.
“These numbers will be, for some people, reassuring and suggest that school openings may be less risky than they expected,” said Emily Oster, an economics professor at Brown University who helped create the tracker. She noted that the school coronavirus rates are “much lower” than those in the surrounding community.
The information for her dashboard is voluntarily reported by schools and school districts, both public and private, including schools that offer in-person classes and those that are fully remote. As of Wednesday morning, the project had data from more than 550 schools, including more than 300 that have some in-person classes. Organizers are working to add more schools as they go.
“We’re not seeing schools as crucibles for onward transmission,” said Sara Johnson, associate professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “It’s reasonable to say that it looks promising at this point.”
These findings were underscored by an analysis this week in Science magazine, a leading academic journal. It found that children and adolescents are at a “much lower risk” for the coronavirus and said assumptions that schoolchildren would be a “key component” of the transmission chain are “most likely” wrong.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/educ...09bb84-fd22-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html
This early evidence, experts say, suggests that opening schools may not be as risky as many have feared and could guide administrators as they chart the rest of what is already an unprecedented school year.
Tracking infections over a two-week period beginning Aug. 31, it found that 0.23 percent of students had a confirmed or suspected case of the coronavirus. Among teachers, it was 0.49 percent. Looking only at confirmed cases, the rates were even lower: 0.078 percent for students and 0.15 percent for teachers.
“These numbers will be, for some people, reassuring and suggest that school openings may be less risky than they expected,” said Emily Oster, an economics professor at Brown University who helped create the tracker. She noted that the school coronavirus rates are “much lower” than those in the surrounding community.
The information for her dashboard is voluntarily reported by schools and school districts, both public and private, including schools that offer in-person classes and those that are fully remote. As of Wednesday morning, the project had data from more than 550 schools, including more than 300 that have some in-person classes. Organizers are working to add more schools as they go.
“We’re not seeing schools as crucibles for onward transmission,” said Sara Johnson, associate professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “It’s reasonable to say that it looks promising at this point.”
These findings were underscored by an analysis this week in Science magazine, a leading academic journal. It found that children and adolescents are at a “much lower risk” for the coronavirus and said assumptions that schoolchildren would be a “key component” of the transmission chain are “most likely” wrong.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/educ...09bb84-fd22-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html
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sturg33
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Dumbass red staters
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
Earlier this week, the Times published some new numbers on excess deaths.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/05/us/coronavirus-death-toll-us.html
Taking their numbers and calculating on a per million basis, I get the following for a selection of states:
NY 212
NJ 205
LA 150
CT 150
MS 137
AZ 122
MA 117
SC 104
FL 93
RI 91
TX 82
CA 58
Interesting to see California has done well compared to other large sunbelt states.
South Carolina and Florida have blown past Rhode Island, one of the hard hit northeastern states. And both are still seeing a lot of cases and deaths.
Arizona and Mississippi have blown past Rhode Island and Massachusetts, and are still seeing a lot of cases and deaths.
Louisiana is now third nationally, behind only New York and New Jersey.
Given recent trends, Louisiana and Mississippi could both surpass New York and New Jersey at some point over the next six months.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/05/us/coronavirus-death-toll-us.html
Taking their numbers and calculating on a per million basis, I get the following for a selection of states:
NY 212
NJ 205
LA 150
CT 150
MS 137
AZ 122
MA 117
SC 104
FL 93
RI 91
TX 82
CA 58
Interesting to see California has done well compared to other large sunbelt states.
South Carolina and Florida have blown past Rhode Island, one of the hard hit northeastern states. And both are still seeing a lot of cases and deaths.
Arizona and Mississippi have blown past Rhode Island and Massachusetts, and are still seeing a lot of cases and deaths.
Louisiana is now third nationally, behind only New York and New Jersey.
Given recent trends, Louisiana and Mississippi could both surpass New York and New Jersey at some point over the next six months.
msstate7
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France's population is 65.3 million, so today's 16,096 cases is 246.5 per million. 246.5 per million in the US would be 81,345 cases. We haven't topped 80,000 cases in one day yet, so France just had a worse day than the US has had to date.
sturg33
I
And is that adjusted for testing levels?
msstate7
Well-known member
No, we've tested twice them per million, ~ 300k to 150k
sturg33
I
Wow. Even more red state idiots. ****ing toothless losers don't know how to avoid spreading the virus.
Just
Wear
A
Mask
msstate7
Well-known member
They are. I haven't been paying attention to them, but they certainly are trending the wrong way.