New Florida coronavirus record with 9,000 new cases; state shuts down alcohol at bars Texas Pauses Reopening as Virus Cases Soar Across the South and West How Arizona ‘lost control of the epidemic’ #1 GOVERNORS MUST LEARN, RELEARN OR FINALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE TIME LAG BETWEEN NEW CASE INFECTIONS, HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS.Nobody does a …
More testing doesn’t skew the data to “make us look bad.” It gives us the critical information we need to fight COVID19.
A friend's question sent me down a data rabbit hole this morning. Fortunately, I thoroughly enjoy crunching the numbers, since analyzing pandemic data predictions led to my first book. Fond memories. The question was essentially: If we test more than a smaller EU nation, won't that skew the number of cases to make it look …
Asymptomatic, Pre-symptomatic…call it what you will. The bottom line? PEOPLE WITHOUT SYMPTOMS ARE SPREADING COVID19. There’s no doubt about this.
ASK YOURSELF THIS SIMPLE QUESTION. Would you sip from the straw of someone who tested positive for COVID19, but currently shows no symptoms? Would you let them sneeze in your uncovered face? Would you let them do that to your elderly parent? Or your child? OF COURSE YOU WOULDN'T. Science has proven that infected people …
IF YOU LEAVE THE HOUSE AND EXPECT TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH OTHERS—WEAR A MASK. SCIENCE SAYS SO.
The Real Reason to Wear a Mask
The Good Ole’ Days…when we were “ONLY” going to lose 60,000 Americans—Anyone with a partially functioning brain, a sense of reality and a working calculator knew that number was NONSENSE the moment it was announced. NOW THE NUMBER IS 100,000, AND I’M NOT BUYING THAT EITHER.
COVID Update May 4: We’ve been lied to about the potential death toll in this country & it matters. - Andy Slavitt, former head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services The article below is a little old, but it explains exactly why the IMHE's 60K projection was flawed...and it all turned out to …
THERE’S STILL SO MUCH WE DON’T KNOW. NOW ISN’T THE TIME TO JUMP BACK INTO “BUSINESS AS USUAL.”
SEVEN WEEKS INTO WIDESPREAD LOCKDOWNS, THE NUMBERS HAVEN'T DROPPED AS SIGNIFICANTLY AS EXPECTED. WE STILL DON'T KNOW HOW THE CORONAVIRUS IS KILLING US WHAT THE CORONAVIRUS MODELS CAN'T SEE
Antibody Test Can Determine If You’ve Been Previously Infected. Combined With Widespread COVID19 Testing, this could form a potent strategy to get people back to work safely.
Coronavirus: New antibody test ‘with 99 per cent accuracy’ approved for use across Europe
WE JUMPED THE GUN ON OPENING UP—HERE’S HOW THE PANDEMIC WILL LIKELY PLAY OUT.
HINT: It's going to be with us all summer and fall...and winter. SECOND WAVE? THE FIRST ONE ISN'T CLOSE TO OVER. NOW WE'RE IN FOR A LONG PLATEAU. HERD IMMUNITY. NOT ANY TIME SOON...AND WHEN WE DO GET THERE, THIS ISN'T OVER. WHY ARE PEOPLE STILL GETTING THE CORONAVIRUS NEARLY SEVEN WEEKS INTO THE SHUTDOWN? …
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ON THE SCIENCE FRONT: Vaccines at “Warp Speed” and New Treatment Shows Promise in trials.
"OPERATION WARP SPEED" — Several pharmaceutical manufacturers, to include Johnson and Johnson, Oxford, Pfizer and others plan to accelerate their vaccine development efforts to produce a viable COVID19 vaccine for wide distribution before the end of 2020. Trump administration launching operation to accelerate development of coronavirus vaccine New treatment, Remdesivir, shows reduction in illness severity. …
A must read list to understand THE ONLY REAL WAY OUT OF THIS—CRUSHING THE CURVE.
Who are the authors of these articles and why should we pay attention? Before I briefly introduce them, I'll say this. THEY'VE BEEN RIGHT ABOUT THIS FROM JANUARY. Nassim Nicholas Taleb, distinguished professor of risk engineering at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering. Yaneer Bar-Yam, president of the New England Complex System Institute. Joseph …
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COVID19 — THE TRUTH through vetted science, expert opinion and objective analysis 