Coronavirus (NO POLITICAL OR SOCIAL COMMENTARY PLEASE)

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by Underworld54

We're supposed to be in for a blazing hot summer here in the northeast.

I find it really funny how last year, we had a handful of 90+ degree days here in NY and I was hearing that it was the hottest summer of record. I'm like, really?? When I was in college, I remember there were summer days where it was 90 degrees everyday for over a month, with a few days reaching 100. So not sure where we got the statistics from to deem Summer 2019 as the hottest summer on record...

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by MrHT

I really wonder if warm weather does indeed help slow the spread of the virus. Now that weather is getting really warm here in NY, the number of new cases per day has been going down dramatically. One may say it's because we're social distancing and wearing a mask, but we've been doing that for over two months and in fact, I think fewer people are social distancing today than they two months ago since the weather is nicer now and fewer people are staying home.

It helps, especially outside. Indoors stores will have the A/C on which lowers the humidity and makes transmission easier than if they left it off. But still, humidity is higher indoors with A/C, than in winter with heater on.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by MrHT

I really wonder if warm weather does indeed help slow the spread of the virus. Now that weather is getting really warm here in NY, the number of new cases per day has been going down dramatically. .

That has nothing to do with the weather, and everything to do with our behavior. There hasn't been any dramatic drop eiither, cases have been steadily declining for over a month now. The weather/humidity has barely even been good enough to lead to any sort of decreases in transmission here, if such a correlation even exists.

[Pondosinatra]

Interesting...virus weakening??

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-he...-idUKKBN2370OP

[DanTheMan]

Just dropping a friendly Covid-19 PSA by Batman & friends:

[Moe Szyslak]

Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

Interesting...virus weakening??

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-he...-idUKKBN2370OP

Yayyyyyyy

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

Interesting...virus weakening??

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-he...-idUKKBN2370OP

Wow, that would be the absolute best case scenario if true. Would like to see viral load tests results over time to see if it's starting to weaken in the U.S. as well. Deaths have fallen here to greater extent than cases.

[Lacit170]

haha, gee, this is such a shock

The Chinese CDC now says the coronavirus didn't jump to people at the Wuhan wet market — instead, it was the site of a super-spreader event

https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinese-c...224900090.html

[MifuneFan]

Man the comments on that page are idiotic.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Lacit170

haha, gee, this is such a shock

You're not still implying it came from a lab are you? If not, please elaborate on your sarcasm

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Man the comments on that page are idiotic.

The comments on most pages are.

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

Interesting...virus weakening??

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-he...-idUKKBN2370OP

Sounds hopeful, but:

The government urged caution, saying it was far too soon to claim victory.

“Pending scientific evidence to support the thesis that the virus has disappeared ... I would invite those who say they are sure of it not to confuse Italians,” Sandra Zampa, an undersecretary at the health ministry, said in a statement.

We should instead invite Italians to maintain the maximum caution, maintain physical distancing, avoid large groups, to frequently wash their hands and to wear masks.”

[Lacit170]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

You're not still implying it came from a lab are you? If not, please elaborate on your sarcasm

just relaying the news as i and many others suggested that was likely NOT the origin and a rather convenient story.

without knowing where it came from, to also rule out the lab seems a bit naive. im just saying, be open minded since we dont have an answer.

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Man the comments on that page are idiotic.

The comments on every Yahoo page are idiotic. It's not restricted to Yahoo either by any means of course.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by mar3o

Sounds hopeful, but:

Yeah, there's no absolutely no scientific data to back up his claims, and until there is, I would take it with a grain of salt.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Lacit170

just relaying the news as i and many others suggested that was likely NOT the origin and a rather convenient story.

without knowing where it came from, to also rule out the lab seems a bit naive. im just saying, be open minded since we dont have an answer.

A lab as the source has been completely ruled out numerous times, but okay.

[Lacit170]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

A lab as the source has been completely ruled out numerous times, but okay.

please explain how that has been ruled out? because china said so? the only definitive answer regarding the lab was that it was not created in the lab.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Lacit170

please explain how that has been ruled out? because china said so? the only definitive answer regarding the lab was that it was not created in the lab.

Numerous scientists around the world have ruled it out, but let's be real, what would it take for you to believe it didn't come from a lab? The exact origin of it? Something probably impossible to truly track down. Even in the unlikely chance that it's found, I highly doubt you'll ever stop "having an open-mind' about it leaking from a lab. I regret even asking you, I already knew everything you'd say, and will say on the matter

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by bruceames

The contact tracers can call me to come in and test, but if I don't have symptoms I'm not going to. No way am I downloading some tracking app either. This whole thing seems an invasion of privacy. For them to get my phone number, someone will have to give it to them, and I don't like the idea of people giving out other people's phone numbers.

Besides, contact tracing, as mentioned above, would only seems feasible if there are very few cases, and that scenario doesn't seem likely any time soon. I'm afraid there will continue to be plenty of cases in the U.S. until a vaccine comes along.

This is where I flat out disagree. If you get a contact tracer's call that you have been exposed and then just ignore it, then what chance do we have of getting through this if people just ignore the advice of experts? It's not an invasion of privacy for people to be contacted to be told they have been exposed to an infectious disease. This has been going on forever with STDs. I get calls almost every day from crooks, scam artists, call centers, and marketing agencies, plus political calls and other unwanted nonsense.

If a call comes in to tell me I may be infected and should take precautions so I don't infect others, that's one call I would appreciate, even though it's bringing bad news.

I'm sorry to hear anybody say they will just ignore the call just because they aren't showing symptoms.

[Lacit170]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Numerous scientists around the world have ruled it out, but let's be real, what would it take for you to believe it didn't come from a lab? The exact origin of it? Something probably impossible to truly track down. Even in the unlikely chance that it's found, I highly doubt you'll ever stop "having an open-mind' about it leaking from a lab.

i dont know where it came from, so i keep all options open. i havent read or heard anything to make me believe it definitely didnt come from the lab, so that still remains an option. dont understand why its so far fetched an idea that it was released from the lab, but like you said, we'll likely never know.