Coronavirus Updates

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Well, I guess CPAP machines can sort of be used in some cases.


Discussion in thread trying to figure out what model those are.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Not only cruise ships have COVID19 infections, but also the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.

First the Pentagon refused to take the soldiers off the ship and put them on quarantine; now it seems they are going to be put in hotel rooms on Guam.

Navy Plans to Put USS Theodore Roosevelt Sailors in Guam Hotel Rooms - USNI News

Navy leaders and Guam’s hoteliers are scrambling to match USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) sailors who test negative for COVID-19 with vacant hotel rooms.

news.usni.org

On how the captain put it:

“We are not at war,” the captain of the carrier Theodore Roosevelt wrote. “Sailors do not need to die. If we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset — our sailors.”

Captain of Aircraft Carrier Pleads for Help as Virus Cases Increase Onboard (Published 2020)

“We are not at war,” the captain of the carrier Theodore Roosevelt wrote. “Sailors do not need to die. If we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset — our sailors.”

www.nytimes.com

 

[Fionalein]

he definatelly lied about the "No big deal" test

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Probably we are going to have soon a negative price for crude oil because the consumption dropped quite much, but extraction did not and we are running out of storage space.

The world could soon run out of space to store oil. That may plunge prices below zero

The world's thirst for oil has evaporated.

edition.cnn.com

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Ellis Marsalis died aged 85 due to COVID19 infection.

Ellis Marsalis, Jazz Pianist and Music Family Patriarch, Dies at 85 (Published 2020)

The father of Wynton and Branford Marsalis and a prominent performer and educator, he succumbed to complications of the coronavirus.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Kara Spengler]

I don't know much about their methods, but I think they are just paying attention to how your breathe, not the words you are saying. So I don't think they care what language or dialect you speak in, or if you have a lisp or anything like that. It will probably be language agnostic if it works. I'm assuming they have you speak into the mic to get you to breathe differently.

First the article said coughing. Ok, maybe if you used statistical models. Then it said vowels ... which are sounds made very differently in different areas.

 

[Kara Spengler]

Well, I guess CPAP machines can sort of be used in some cases.


Discussion in thread trying to figure out what model those are.

Yes, my spouse has a condition that has her use one. There was a paper on it early on and the tldr was that they helped.

 

[Salome]

I don’t even know where to put this.

 

[Fionalein]

I don’t even know where to put this.

in "Time to apply for asylum in Canada"...

 

[bubblesort]

First the article said coughing. Ok, maybe if you used statistical models. Then it said vowels ... which are sounds made very differently in different areas.

Yeah, that is weird. I haven't actually tried it myself yet. My entire sound system is totally screwed up due to a project I'm working on. My mic is currently bouncing between either sounding like it's underwater and trying to blow my speakers with feedback every time I breathe near it. The CMU project looks interesting, though. I'll give it a try once I sort out my audio drivers or plugins or whatever I did to break everything, LOL

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

in "Time to apply for asylum in Germany"...

Fixed.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

Fixed.

I wonder if I'd have any advantage to do this; I -was- born there [well, W Germany] and even still have my birth certificate [and a paper proving I was born to AF personnel].

 

[bubblesort]

I wonder if I'd have any advantage to do this; I -was- born there [well, W Germany] and even still have my birth certificate [and a paper proving I was born to AF personnel].

I looked into this before. I was born in Stuttgart, because my dad was in the air force. I probably have the same types of documentation you have. Turns out, they don't have birthright citizenship in Germany, or they didn't when I was born there. Your parents have to be German if you want to be a citizen. They changed that around 2000, but it's still a complicated process, and I don't think they grandfathered in anybody my age. If you were born after 2000, though, you might be able to get it.

 

[Free]

I don’t even know where to put this.

When the alt-right and reality rub up against each other?

 

[Innula Zenovka]

'Cybergulag': Russia looks to surveillance technology to enforce lockdown

Critics fear plans for enhanced monitoring could remain even after coronavirus crisis passes

www.theguardian.com

 

[Free]

 

[Rose Karuna]

We need a bullshit emoji. He knew damn well - they've been saying that for weeks. WEEKS! Brian Kemp you piece of

 

[danielravennest]

I mentioned that he's our state idiot in another post (I live near Atlanta). He finally issued a statewide stay-at-home order that takes effect tomorrow for ten days (to the 13th). The problem is the incubation period is 14 days, so this does nothing. It needs to be at least a month for two reasons. First, people are still allowed to go out for essentials (food, gas, drugs, etc.) and those businesses can still stay open. Second, we have not closed our borders. Air travel is down 88% through our airport, but that's still 32,000 people a day. I don't know how many vehicles are entering the state daily. Food at least is still being delivered.

So viral imports and person-to-person infections will still happen. A month is long enough for *most* of the infections to die down, hopefully to the point we can test and trace everyone that is still getting it. We are only doing 4 tests per positive result. That needs to be more like 20:1 if you are going to trace all the contacts a person with symptoms has had.

 

[Kara Spengler]

Wtf? That is one of the things people have been worried about with the lack of testing all along. If it was as simple as telling people to quarantine when they thought they had the flu it would be much easier to deal with.

 

[Lexxi]

So we've basically gone from 'you stupid idiot, you shouldn't wear a mask, you are taking them from health care workers!' to
'why are you not wearing a mask?' (though, to be fair, here and then they said the mask should be worn by who are ill, the difference now is that there appears to be an acknowledgment that people don't always know when they are ill. Those people who are 'individuals not exhibiting symptoms')

Trump set to urge Americans to wear face coverings when outside

Trump's planned guidance — which two officials said is imminent but not yet finalized — would encourage Americans to use homemade coverings, like cloth masks, scarves or bandannas, when outside the home. Health experts believe that the practice, which is common in nations like Singapore and Japan but unusual in the United States, would reduce the risk of individuals not exhibiting symptoms spreading the disease.