#Virus

A US citizen friend was in Chy-na last December, right before the virus exploded onto our radar. He offered some comments about life in Chy-na. I expect it will reinforce
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https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/cdcs-failed-coronavirus-tests-were-tainted-with-coronavirus-feds-confirm/Who's in charge of the CDC again? Tick tock Additional sauce Prior articles from March on tainted test kits Scoop: Lab for coronaviru
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A new golf course in Asia financed with a USD bank loan. A Mexican property developer buying a hotel in USD. A European pension company wanting to hold USD assets
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1/ I've been trying to understand how such "theorem" might have come into existence. The idea that our species is being invaded by a virus that is causing a lot
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The lack of a resurgence in #COVID19 cases following the easing of lockdowns in several countries is intriguing. I'll take Switzerland as an example. The lockdown ended on May 11
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OK, peeps, we need your help!!We are the parents of kids across the country, and we need your help in getting them safely back to school.A short thread 1/ Our
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Without testing there is no data – and without data we can not know what is happening in the world right now.We need to know how much different countries actually
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A Tribute to Nurses: (thread)My mom is a registered nurse who came to this country in the 1970s. America had a shortage of qualified health professionals at that time and
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All these arguments made by Anti-Maskers and I’ve only seen one that wasn’t complete nonsense or flat out ignorant. “If your mask works then why are you making me wear
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Lies about Kumbh Mela & Covid:I'd filed an RTI with CMO Haridwar asking how many Covid-19 tests were conducted in the 14-day period from 1st April to 14th April at
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25 mins at the police station now. Not been charged. Or fined. Or given any clarity really. This police lobby wait is not helpful for a pandemic containment is it?
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1/3 #PhysicalDistancing of 6'?Yes AND wear masks.Why? Because viruses travel "in the form of droplets of a continuous size range...forward up to 7 to 8 m (26 ft)" https://edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/video-player/18357411This is
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THREAD: Gov* Kemp announced that some businesses will reopen Friday. Meanwhile, Georgia ranks 43rd in testing and has the 14th highest infection rate in the US, overwhelming rural hospitals already
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I went to 4 different high schools because I was a messy, terrible kid. I have made my peace with that, accepted the responsibility, healed the best I could from
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WE ARE NOT IN THE SAME BOAT ...I heard that we are in the same boat. But it's not like that. We are in the same storm, but not in
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It really pisses me off that in the popular parlance, and government guidance, social distancing has been redefined in entirety as physical distancing - ie keeping the magic distance -
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