Coronavirus Information

[midcan5]

Our kids are grandkids. Be safe out there....

'How likely are kids to get Covid-19? Scientists see a ‘huge puzzle’ without easy answers'

https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/18/...-easy-answers/

'How many needless Covid-19 deaths were caused by delays in responding? Most of them'

https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/19/...vid-19-deaths/

[midcan5]

'Even a Vaccine Won’t Erase this Pandemic'

'And other tough, contrarian messages from virologist William Haseltine. We ignore them at our peril, he says.'

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/06/...rase-Pandemic/

"... a vaccine will not likely end this pandemic for several reasons.

For starters the most affected population, people over the age of 60, are the most difficult population to develop vaccines for. As the immune system ages, the effectiveness and duration of vaccines wanes with it. “It is very difficult to develop a vaccine for older people,” notes Haseltine."

'Wildlife Trade Spreads Coronaviruses as Animals Get to Market'

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/...ch-news/10327/

[Peter1469]

Sort of like influenza?

'Even a Vaccine Won’t Erase this Pandemic'

'And other tough, contrarian messages from virologist William Haseltine. We ignore them at our peril, he says.'

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/06/...rase-Pandemic/

"... a vaccine will not likely end this pandemic for several reasons.

For starters the most affected population, people over the age of 60, are the most difficult population to develop vaccines for. As the immune system ages, the effectiveness and duration of vaccines wanes with it. “It is very difficult to develop a vaccine for older people,” notes Haseltine."

'Wildlife Trade Spreads Coronaviruses as Animals Get to Market'

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/...ch-news/10327/

[midcan5]

Sort of like influenza?

It is but a more serious variety.


Given the increasing number of hospitalizations as America and the world reopen, masks will be a good option going forward. We may be wearing them for longer than we'd like.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public: When and how to use masks

https://www.who.int/emergencies/dise...w-to-use-masks


'These materials are regularly updated based on new scientific findings as the epidemic evolves. Last updated 19 June 2020'

[Peter1469]

It is but a more serious variety.


Given the increasing number of hospitalizations as America and the world reopen, masks will be a good option going forward. We may be wearing them for longer than we'd like.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public: When and how to use masks

https://www.who.int/emergencies/dise...w-to-use-masks


'These materials are regularly updated based on new scientific findings as the epidemic evolves. Last updated 19 June 2020'

I agree it is more serious than the flu. But not to a large degree.

[midcan5]

Jared Diamond on 'Best-Case and Worst-Case Scenarios' 'Life In the Time of COVID'

https://www.edge.org/conversation/ja...case-scenarios


Diamond is always an interesting read.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...erms_and_Steel


"History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples' environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves." Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

[midcan5]

With coronvirus infections growing and spreading, even to the young, important info below. Be safe out there.

Risk ranking of everyday activities for COVID-19, according to an infectious-disease expert

https://www.businessinsider.com/risk...-expert-2020-6

'15 Foods That Boost the Immune System'

https://www.healthline.com/health/fo...-immune-system


"Mother Nature is the greatest bioterrorist of them all, with no financial limitations or ethical compunctions." Book linked earlier.

[midcan5]

Interesting as it gives countries, population etc.

'COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC'

'Graphs - Countries - Death Rate - Symptoms - Incubation - Transmission - News'

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

[donttread]

Interesting piece on what nations spend on healthcare.

'Pandemic Perspective: What The 20 Poorest And Richest Countries Spend On Health Care'

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsan...nd-on-health-c

"Mother Nature is the greatest bioterrorist of them all, with no financial limitations or ethical compunctions."

So the feds spend that much or combined with states?

[midcan5]

So the feds spend that much or combined with states?

It appears to be a combined spending, as local, state, and federal share in expenses.


The WHO has been criticized but overall their work is helpful in combating this virus.


'WHO Advice'

https://www.who.int/emergencies/dise...ice-for-public