Yes, there are many other places like that which aren't countries, perhaps the most infamous is Hong Kong.
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Yes, there are many other places like that which aren't countries, perhaps the most infamous is Hong Kong.
Pedantic? I'm not even making an argument here...
Which is also listed as its own 'country' when it comes to stats:
COVID Live Update: 141,994,885 Cases and 3,032,671 Deaths from the Coronavirus - Worldometer
Live statistics and coronavirus news tracking the number of confirmed cases, recovered patients, tests, and death toll due to the COVID-19 coronavirus from Wuhan, China. Coronavirus counter with new cases, deaths, and number of tests per 1 Million population. Historical data and info. Daily...
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If you have anything to share about COVID19, the topic of discussion here, please do. If you want to discuss the fascinating topic of what makes a country a country, please do so elsewhere. If you insist on doing it here you'll have to do it on your own as I will ignore any further comments from you regarding this.
Which is also listed as its own 'country' when it comes to stats:
COVID Live Update: 141,994,885 Cases and 3,032,671 Deaths from the Coronavirus - Worldometer
Live statistics and coronavirus news tracking the number of confirmed cases, recovered patients, tests, and death toll due to the COVID-19 coronavirus from Wuhan, China. Coronavirus counter with new cases, deaths, and number of tests per 1 Million population. Historical data and info. Daily...
If you have anything to share about COVID19, the topic of discussion here, please do. If you want to discuss the fascinating topic of what makes a country a country, please do so elsewhere. If you insist on doing it here you'll have to do it on your own as I will ignore any further comments from you regarding this.
I didn't find Jersey, nontheless, the list includes non-countries as per the title of the first column.
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guys - argue about something that matters please
Countries matter.
Yeh, echo chambers work so much better when there is no one to question your opinions
Advances and setbacks continue.
One valve failed under high pressure breathing. Plastic flipped inside out. A tensioned rubber band prevents that now.
2 failures with heat formed mask shells. Different brands of bottle have different melting points and different timing needs. Too many variables, so trying to solve it without heat raises a topological challenge. Face masks are 3 D structures. Patterns are 2D drawings. Can't work.
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I took a bottle and a Sharpie, made measurements and tried to create a 3D pattern. Cut that out, stuck it on another bottle, cut a copy in 20 seconds, and then processed/bent the copy. Had real trouble getting one chunk of bottle off the one under it, ended up cutting the pattern in half. That's OK. Can still work.
Amazingly, it gave me a perfect seal on the first try. Just by hand bending. Blind luck.
Put in the new laser cut valves, and in no time we have a mass produceable working prototype, with clicking airtight flow. No need for heating. Fast to cut too.
Talked valves with the Cardiology Tech & Consultant during my stress echo. Ran through the test, chatting till the end of the protocol. BP held at 110/75, rest pulse 75, SpO2 97% Only slightly breathless, but that was due to wearing a mask while running and chatting, so that was good, automatic green light, athlete's cardiac output. Fit for the surgery. I am a wreck, my Superman heart still kicks butt.
Got to pass on the technique and the pattern to the Eng team before I go under, just in case.
Rushing to get it off the ground asap, but it's still a solo show. We need filter materials, as the autoclave paper supply is drying up now. A meltblown polypropylene fabric like car covers. Or AC filters level 16 MERV. Lots to do, time low.
One valve failed under high pressure breathing. Plastic flipped inside out. A tensioned rubber band prevents that now.
2 failures with heat formed mask shells. Different brands of bottle have different melting points and different timing needs. Too many variables, so trying to solve it without heat raises a topological challenge. Face masks are 3 D structures. Patterns are 2D drawings. Can't work.
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I took a bottle and a Sharpie, made measurements and tried to create a 3D pattern. Cut that out, stuck it on another bottle, cut a copy in 20 seconds, and then processed/bent the copy. Had real trouble getting one chunk of bottle off the one under it, ended up cutting the pattern in half. That's OK. Can still work.
Amazingly, it gave me a perfect seal on the first try. Just by hand bending. Blind luck.
Put in the new laser cut valves, and in no time we have a mass produceable working prototype, with clicking airtight flow. No need for heating. Fast to cut too.
Talked valves with the Cardiology Tech & Consultant during my stress echo. Ran through the test, chatting till the end of the protocol. BP held at 110/75, rest pulse 75, SpO2 97% Only slightly breathless, but that was due to wearing a mask while running and chatting, so that was good, automatic green light, athlete's cardiac output. Fit for the surgery. I am a wreck, my Superman heart still kicks butt.
Got to pass on the technique and the pattern to the Eng team before I go under, just in case.
Rushing to get it off the ground asap, but it's still a solo show. We need filter materials, as the autoclave paper supply is drying up now. A meltblown polypropylene fabric like car covers. Or AC filters level 16 MERV. Lots to do, time low.
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Did he quit the forums? I'm not following the threads tightly.
Lol.
Edit: Always funny when someone posts to say how their views are being oppressed.
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I hope when the official UK tracker goes live we get some good visualizations like they're producing based on the opt-in tracker that's been around for a while (it doesn't do contact tracing, it's all about tracking people's self-reported status).
covid.joinzoe.com
I could see them using the localised data and trends to do localised lockdowns rather than the blanket approach we have now. Far less effect on the economy. I don't think (in the UK at least) there is data published by the govt at such a fine-grained level.
Latest Daily UK COVID-19 Data: Vaccines, Cases, Trends | ZOE
COVID infection & vaccination rates in the UK today, based on public data and reports from millions of users of the ZOE Health Study app
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I could see them using the localised data and trends to do localised lockdowns rather than the blanket approach we have now. Far less effect on the economy. I don't think (in the UK at least) there is data published by the govt at such a fine-grained level.
Open source is certainly way to go and auditing the source code should be able to demonstrate that it's not doing anything covertly.
However, the data such apps explicitly say they collect is my main concern. Knowing where I am and who I visit is what is needed for contact tracing. It's also data I never want collected.
Good contact tracing and broader testing should enable exactly this. The merits, from a public health perspective, are clear.
That such data could be put to other uses, at any time after it's collected, by anyone whose hands it should fall into, should also be clear.
Who said anyone was being oppressed?
I think the proposed app needn’t have anything to do with location;
I think the idea is to store the id of other devices in the vicinity via Bluetooth and if you then come down with covid, then the other devices you have been near can be contacted. None of which requires access to location.
At least, this is what the breakdown of the Aussie version did.
But yeah, if the data is sold on and cross referenced, could be invasive?
I think the idea is to store the id of other devices in the vicinity via Bluetooth and if you then come down with covid, then the other devices you have been near can be contacted. None of which requires access to location.
At least, this is what the breakdown of the Aussie version did.
But yeah, if the data is sold on and cross referenced, could be invasive?
I just see covid debate here, not an echo... cho... ho.... o...
I agree to a certain extent - I stopped visiting the US once they started demanding electronic device access and social media details (I don't see why the a govt should have access without good cause).
The choice of what is public / private is always going to be contentious and different people rightly have different opinions. Any automated contact tracing must have opt-outs in a democracy, I think at the moment the benefits to the public aren't being explained well (certainly in the UK) - seems they're going for 'install the app and save the health system', which works as a slogan, but I think they should do better.
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavi...n-if-forced-to-be-locked-down-longer-11982459
Old people these days, who gave them free will. Tsk
Old people these days, who gave them free will. Tsk
In Spain the de-confinement began yesterday(last week for children), divided into 4 phases.
We are in phase 0 (do not ask me), opening of small shops( in some cases by appointment) and we can go for short walks or do sports 1 time a day in different time zones (in my case I can go from 6 to 9 in the morning, or from 8:00 to 11:00 in the afternoon), separated at times for young children (12: 00-18: 00), adults (my schedule) and dependents or seniors (+70) accompanied by an adult (10: 00-11: 00, or 19:00 -20: 00).
Starting next Sunday, phase 1 begins (lasting 2 weeks between phases), with the opening of almost all stores,restaurants,hotels.. (only 30 percent capacity) less shopping centers, and we will be able to visit friends and family, and vehicle sharing (now cannot).
I will tell you in a few weeks if it works in Spain and the number of infections decreases.
On my island yesterday people went to the street and beach like crazy in the morning (surfers piled up by the hundreds on the local beach,lol)
, and although the schedules were respected, in some cases the social distance was not respected, I think we are too confident (2206 cases, 1151 cured, 136 deaths ).
No trips until June 22, after them it will be another story i think.
Greetings and patience, if we do it well and little by little, we can recover "something" of normality.
(the old normality we will not have it this year here, there is talk of going to the beach in shifts for summer and limiting the capacity everywhere,plus the known measures)
We are in phase 0 (do not ask me), opening of small shops( in some cases by appointment) and we can go for short walks or do sports 1 time a day in different time zones (in my case I can go from 6 to 9 in the morning, or from 8:00 to 11:00 in the afternoon), separated at times for young children (12: 00-18: 00), adults (my schedule) and dependents or seniors (+70) accompanied by an adult (10: 00-11: 00, or 19:00 -20: 00).
Starting next Sunday, phase 1 begins (lasting 2 weeks between phases), with the opening of almost all stores,restaurants,hotels.. (only 30 percent capacity) less shopping centers, and we will be able to visit friends and family, and vehicle sharing (now cannot).
I will tell you in a few weeks if it works in Spain and the number of infections decreases.
On my island yesterday people went to the street and beach like crazy in the morning (surfers piled up by the hundreds on the local beach,lol)
, and although the schedules were respected, in some cases the social distance was not respected, I think we are too confident (2206 cases, 1151 cured, 136 deaths ).
No trips until June 22, after them it will be another story i think.
Greetings and patience, if we do it well and little by little, we can recover "something" of normality.
(the old normality we will not have it this year here, there is talk of going to the beach in shifts for summer and limiting the capacity everywhere,plus the known measures)
Chatted with the surgeon for a bit.
Nobody on the line knows how long the country's basic PPE supply in Central Stores will last.
He's dubious about wearing a plastic mask all day, understandably.
Maybe we could repurpose silicone catheters to edge the rims?
They are about 16 inches long, sterile and soft enough to dwell internally. There is a typical cross section here:
Was thinking of cheaper Theraband tubing, surgical Green is nice, could use Red for Cardiology/ER, and heavy duty Blue for Covid units.
... but latex allergies can be a problem.
Simolex is making purpose materials.
simolex.com
- which we cannot access.
Nobody on the line knows how long the country's basic PPE supply in Central Stores will last.
He's dubious about wearing a plastic mask all day, understandably.
Maybe we could repurpose silicone catheters to edge the rims?
They are about 16 inches long, sterile and soft enough to dwell internally. There is a typical cross section here:
Was thinking of cheaper Theraband tubing, surgical Green is nice, could use Red for Cardiology/ER, and heavy duty Blue for Covid units.
... but latex allergies can be a problem.
Simolex is making purpose materials.
Silicone Seal and Straps for Face Mask by Simolex - Simolex
SIMOLEX RUBBER CORPORATION PLEDGES ITS SUPPORT TO ASSIST IN THE MANUFACTURING OF PPE FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS: The rapid spread of COVID-19 has put many healthcare professionals (“HCP”) under great strain as they selflessly provide treatment and care to affected patients …
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Coronavirus: Tanzanian president promises to import Madagascar's 'cure'
There is no scientific proof the Madagascan-made tonic is effective in treating the virus.
www.bbc.com
People are SUCH idiots.
They could copy us for no expense, and reduce their deaths. But no.
One is dumb enough to think he's "cured it", and the other is dumb enough to pay him.
Significantly though, neither is injecting the disinfectant.
Yeah, 
for that one worldwide.Have they thought of selling it to Trump, at 1000 times the price?
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