Coronavirus Facts and Information thread:

[Quagmire]

Today:

Coronavirus Cases:
21,822,356
view by country

Deaths:
772,965

Recovered:
14,556,972

 

[Quagmire]

Today:

Coronavirus Cases:
22,004,331
view by country

Deaths:
776,554

Recovered:
14,768,691

 

[Quagmire]

Today:

Coronavirus Cases:
22,292,808
view by country

Deaths:
783,349

Recovered:
15,035,501

 

[Quagmire]

Today:

Coronavirus Cases:
22,556,336
view by country

Deaths:
789,957

Recovered:
15,288,855

 

[Revoltingest]

'Everybody Should See This Pain': On The Frontlines With ICU Nurses In Jackson Memorial Hospital's COVID Unit

 

[sun rise]

I can see why the disparity.
The gaiter wearers I've seen have the things either under
their nose, or the fit around the nose has huge gaps.
I tried the gaiter approach. It seemed useful only if I
have it sitting between the bridge of me schnoz & me
glasses. (It's exactly as uncomfortable as you imagine.)

A retired physician who is advising on COVID said that the problem with gaiters and bandanas is that they're single layers of cloth and thus not as good as multi-layer masks.

So it seems they're better than nothing but far from the best choice.

 

[Quagmire]

Today:

Coronavirus Cases:
22,808,719
view by country

Deaths:
795,806

Recovered:
15,490,282

 

[Quagmire]

Today:

Coronavirus Cases:
23,066,353
view by country

Deaths:
801,920

Recovered:
15,651,770

 

[Stevicus]

Coronavirus will be 'with us forever' - scientist

Coronavirus will be present "forever in some form or another", a member of the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) has said.

Sir Mark Walport said people would need to be vaccinated at regular intervals.

His comments come after the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said he hoped the pandemic would be over within two years, as the Spanish flu had taken two years to overcome.

Sir Mark said denser populations and travel meant the virus spread easily.

He also said the world population was now much larger than in 1918.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Sir Mark said that, in order to control the pandemic, "global vaccination" would be required, but coronavirus would not be a disease like smallpox "which could be eradicated by vaccination".

 

[Quagmire]

Today:

Coronavirus Cases:
23,329,805
view by country

Deaths:
807,054

Recovered:
15,832,149

 

[cataway]

have you's checked your phones for the Corona virus tracking app.?

 

[cataway]

 

[McBell]

If they have an app that can sense Covid, why all the tests?

 

[Quagmire]

Today:

Coronavirus Cases:
23,576,102
view by country

Deaths:
812,153

Recovered:
16,069,736

 

[sun rise]

Clinical paranoia - location tracking is typically enabled on every phone.

 

[sun rise]

If they have an app that can sense Covid, why all the tests?

It's a proximity alert. If you are near someone who has tested positive and that person has the app installed and active, you'll get alerted. That's it.

 

[sun rise]

Someone has proven to have gotten the virus twice. Don't panic as we don't know if this is an extremely rare instance or is actually a significant finding.
Hong Kong reports 'first case' of virus reinfection

 

[McBell]

It's a proximity alert. If you are near someone who has tested positive and that person has the app installed and active, you'll get alerted. That's it.

Yes.
And it only works if you have a Covid tracking app that is compatible with it.
In fact, you can not turn it on without said app.

 

[Quagmire]

Today:

Coronavirus Cases:
23,800,659
view by country

Deaths:
816,514

Recovered:
16,347,210

 

[Revoltingest]

As Child Covid Cases Rise, Doctors Watch for Potential Long-Term Effects