The day is over, you are driving home. You tune in your radio. You hear a little blurb about a little village in India where some villagers have died suddenly, strangely, of a flu ... moreThe day is over, you are driving home. You tune in your radio. You hear a little blurb about a little village in India where some villagers have died suddenly, strangely, of a flu that has never been seen before. It's not influenza, but three or four fellows are dead, and it's kind of interesting, and they're sending some doctors over there to investigate it.
You don't think much about it, but on Sunday, coming home from church, you hear another radio spot. Only they say it's not three villagers, it's 30,000 villagers in the back hills of this particular area of India, and it's on TV that night. CNN runs a little blurb; people are heading there from the disease center in Atlanta because this disease strain has never been seen before.
By Monday morning when you get up, it's the lead story. For it's not just India; it's Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, and before you know it, you're hearing this story everywhere and they have coined it now as "the mystery flu." The President has made some comment that he and everyone ... less
My daughter is a nurse and the hospital she works at has 25 (or more) cases with 8 on ventilators. She has one mask, which she disinfects and reuses. She is constantly exposed and ... moreMy daughter is a nurse and the hospital she works at has 25 (or more) cases with 8 on ventilators. She has one mask, which she disinfects and reuses. She is constantly exposed and has to be sterilized before she can go home to her four children. She also has a heart malady.
https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-the-hammer-and-the-dance-be9337092b56All I can find on the author so far: Thomas Pueyo has two MSc in Engineering and an MBA from St... morehttps://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-the-hammer-and-the-dance-be9337092b56All I can find on the author so far: Thomas Pueyo has two MSc in Engineering and an MBA from Stanford.The research he has collated certainly comes from the top peer reviewed sources.To me, his thinking and statistical analysis seems sound.What do others think?~ ~ ~I think that even if governments do not go hard with "the Hammer and the Dance" - if we agree with the reasoning, then as individuals most of us can manage to achieve strong social distancing few at least the first few weeks and months, giving time for faster-acting tests and the development of vaccines.On today's ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) news, it was announced that researchers in Melbourne (Aust.) are very close to achieving a COVID-19 test that is effective in only half an hour. This would assist dramatically in reducing the spread.~ ~ ~For the benefit of anyone who worries about their computer being ambushed by a Trojan Horse, virus or bug, the... less
