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Post by Brian Peacock » Thu Apr 14, 2022 11:57 pm

And the evolution of variants will... vary.
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Post by macdoc » Fri Apr 15, 2022 1:38 am

Meanwhile the hopeful "it's over crowd" are backtracking in a number of areas. I understand complete that the world is moving into local condition management ....but it is far far from over.
Kid and partner have it now but triple vaxxed and while my son with a couple of health challenges, Type One diabetes and brain cancer under treatment seems okay his partner is on verge of hospital visit with no co-morbities other than a bit too round. Both in thirties.

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Re: The Coronavirus Thread

Post by JimC » Sat Apr 16, 2022 3:28 am

Latest daily figures make an interesting comparison between Australia and the USA:

Oz: 45,999 new cases and 34 deaths

USA: 39,583 new cases and 372 deaths

What's going on?
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Post by pErvinalia » Sat Apr 16, 2022 3:32 am

Testing regimes will have an effect. What's the testing regime in the US? In Australia recently (or perhaps it was just QLD?) you have to get a referral from a doctor to get a PCR test now. So testing in general will be down in Australia (or just QLD?). And in some states it's compulsory to report to authorities on a positive RAT test. So a lot of our positives will be coming from rat tests in NSW. Is it compulsory to report a positive RAT in the US? I doubt that, because... FREEDUM!
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Post by JimC » Sat Apr 16, 2022 3:44 am

pErvinalia wrote:
Sat Apr 16, 2022 3:32 am
Testing regimes will have an effect. What's the testing regime in the US? In Australia recently (or perhaps it was just QLD?) you have to get a referral from a doctor to get a PCR test now. So testing in general will be down in Australia (or just QLD?). And in some states it's compulsory to report to authorities on a positive RAT test. So a lot of our positives will be coming from rat tests in NSW. Is it compulsory to report a positive RAT in the US? I doubt that, because... FREEDUM!
So, the implication is that there are many more unreported cases in the US than in Oz, which could go some way to explaining the huge difference in the ratio of deaths to case numbers. Sounds plausible, but maybe there are other factors as well...
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Post by Brian Peacock » Sat Apr 16, 2022 8:13 am

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Testing regimes will have an effect. What's the testing regime in the US? In Australia recently (or perhaps it was just QLD?) you have to get a referral from a doctor to get a PCR test now. So testing in general will be down in Australia (or just QLD?). And in some states it's compulsory to report to authorities on a positive RAT test. So a lot of our positives will be coming from rat tests in NSW. Is it compulsory to report a positive RAT in the US? I doubt that, because... FREEDUM!
So, the implication is that there are many more unreported cases in the US than in Oz, which could go some way to explaining the huge difference in the ratio of deaths to case numbers. Sounds plausible, but maybe there are other factors as well...
If true, and it seems reasonable to assume, then someone should look at the reasons why some people aren't inclined to report a position test.
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Post by pErvinalia » Sat Apr 16, 2022 8:36 am

Because Fauci is harvesting your data and selling it to paedophile Democrats.
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Post by Svartalf » Sat Apr 16, 2022 8:41 am

I just wonder what (presumably American) pedemocrats would find of interest in the data of a 50+ Scotsman (true or not, that's none of my business)
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Post by Sean Hayden » Sat Apr 16, 2022 12:59 pm

Whatever the cause, we can be sure y'all will be wrong about it. :biggrin:

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The latest from the CDC still has us doing well here.

It's interesting to note, and I haven't seen it brought up, but our hospital ICUs are constantly full --without covid patients.

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Post by Brian Peacock » Sat Apr 16, 2022 3:33 pm

pErvinalia wrote:Because Fauci is harvesting your data and selling it to paedophile Democrats.
Almost certainly. But also perhaps because you can't afford to take time off work.
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Post by Sean Hayden » Sat Apr 16, 2022 3:55 pm

What's the testing regime in the US?
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Post by laklak » Wed Apr 20, 2022 12:36 pm

We're good, 1 ICU patient and 18 total.

Mask mandate illegal! No more fucking masks on airplanes! See? Even the Feds know it's over.
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Post by Brian Peacock » Wed Apr 20, 2022 1:27 pm

All legal regs on masks and social distance etc became voluntary in Scotland yesterday. Went the supermarket and most people wearing them (+me) including all the staff I saw. Might take a few weeks to break the habit I guess - but then again, it never felt like an inconvenience to most people.
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Re: The Coronavirus Thread

Post by Sean Hayden » Wed Apr 20, 2022 1:34 pm

--still looking good here, even better than last week.

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