Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

On the BBC news this morning they interviewed a gene scientist at "23 and Me", the company that does DNA analysis - mostly for ancestry but also for medical vulnerabilities. They ask their 12.5 million customers if they would be willing to participate in gene research in the future and 80% said yes. So they started a study of the COVID19 virus and asked their entire pool of willing customers to describe their experience with COVID, if any. They got replies back from a huge number of them and they analyzed their info on cases, symptoms, hospitalization, etc.

They ran that info against the genetic info from the same customers and determined that having Type O blood correlates with a 20% lower severity of illness (mostly based on hospital and ICU cases). The study was done in California - should be something in the news there.

I have type O blood. I put the resistance down to cantankerousness keeping people and the virus at bay ...

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

In Florida, the number of new cases is up 10x since June 1 (from about 700/day to about 7,000)….but mortality is holding steady at about 38/day (that's down from the peak of about 50 in early May).

Saw and heard a few more reports today addressing this oddity, with most tying it to the fact that most new case are younger than the first wave in March/April. Didn't hear any speculation that the virus may be mutating to a weaker form, but I'll continue scanning reports.

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Sad story.

My parents senior home is still off limits to visitors...and scammers got to my Father and somehow convinced him to buy five grand of gift certificates to the scammers, install malicious software on his computer, and put at risk all of his online accounts.

Normally, I visit every other day and would have nipped this in the bud. Now I had to have him ship me the computer, and he had to change all his accounts.

Not a fun experience for all involved.

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ORIGINAL: JohnDillworth

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

In Florida, the number of new cases is up 10x since June 1 (from about 700/day to about 7,000)….but mortality is holding steady at about 38/day (that's down from the peak of about 50 in early May).

Saw and heard a few more reports today addressing this oddity, with most tying it to the fact that most new case are younger than the first wave in March/April. Didn't hear any speculation that the virus may be mutating to a weaker form, but I'll continue scanning reports.

There are reports of a new strain but the defining characteristic seems to be it is more infectious than the previous strain. As with all things Covid early information needs lots of corroboration but this is coming from sources with a good pedigree. It would not surprise me if this new strain also was less deadly but there is no evidence, yet, for that. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/505766-fauci-warns-new-coronavirus-mutation-may-cause-virus-to-spread

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Sad story.

My parents senior home is still off limits to visitors...and scammers got to my Father and somehow convinced him to buy five grand of gift certificates to the scammers, install malicious software on his computer, and put at risk all of his online accounts.

Normally, I visit every other day and would have nipped this in the bud. Now I had to have him ship me the computer, and he had to change all his accounts.

Not a fun experience for all involved.

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Sad story.

My parents senior home is still off limits to visitors...and scammers got to my Father and somehow convinced him to buy five grand of gift certificates to the scammers, install malicious software on his computer, and put at risk all of his online accounts.

Normally, I visit every other day and would have nipped this in the bud. Now I had to have him ship me the computer, and he had to change all his accounts.

Not a fun experience for all involved.

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Sad story.

My parents senior home is still off limits to visitors...and scammers got to my Father and somehow convinced him to buy five grand of gift certificates to the scammers, install malicious software on his computer, and put at risk all of his online accounts.

Normally, I visit every other day and would have nipped this in the bud. Now I had to have him ship me the computer, and he had to change all his accounts.

Not a fun experience for all involved.

I hope that it has been reported to the authorities, including the staff at the senior home. Thye may not catch them but if those certificates have not been used then they might be able to be canceled. If they have been used, then the purchaser or where the product being shipped can be tracked.

Then

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Sad story.

My parents senior home is still off limits to visitors...and scammers got to my Father and somehow convinced him to buy five grand of gift certificates to the scammers, install malicious software on his computer, and put at risk all of his online accounts.

Normally, I visit every other day and would have nipped this in the bud. Now I had to have him ship me the computer, and he had to change all his accounts.

Not a fun experience for all involved.

I hope that it has been reported to the authorities, including the staff at the senior home. They may not catch them but if those certificates have not been used then they might be able to be canceled. If they have been used, then the purchaser or where the product being shipped can be tracked.

Then

The gift certificates are almost surely fake.

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. . . gift certificates to the scammers . . .

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The groom has died and nearly 100 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 following a wedding in Bihar.

The 30-year-old groom, described in a CBS News report as a software engineer who worked in a Delhi suburb, is said to have traveled to his hometown of Paliganj in Bihar in mid-May. Soon after his arrival, he started showing coronavirus symptoms ahead of a June 15 wedding date.

Regional reports claim that the groom had expressed a desire to push back the wedding due to experiencing virus symptoms, though he was convinced to move ahead to prevent taking a financial loss. He was never tested for the virus.

Ultimately, more than 350 guests attended the wedding, followed two days later by the groom's death while being transported to the hospital. According to reports, his body was cremated "without informing authorities."

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

The Us reported 254 Covid mortalities today, the lowest number since March 23. This is a Saturday and a holiday, which contributes to the low number. Nevertheless this is well under 50% on Memorial Day and 50% of last Saturday's report. The downward trend is continuing even as positive test results/new cases rise.

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

The Us reported 254 Covid mortalities today, the lowest number since March 23. This is a Saturday and a holiday, which contributes to the low number. Nevertheless this is well under 50% on Memorial Day and 50% of last Saturday's report. The downward trend is continuing even as positive test results/new cases rise.

Declining mortality is good news, but the prevalence of cases is going to mess with the economy until it is reduced to a level that people feel they can live with. That is Job #1.

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Mortality is the key number, especially now. It's telling us that something is going on - that despite the rising number of cases, something basic has changed in how the virus is operating in the US (and some other places). It's showing us that, if necessary, we can handle the current situation better than what we dealt with in the past. IF an increasing number of people are asymptomatic or have mild cases, we can live with that if we have to until we get a handle on that too. If mortality rates were at the same levels as in March and April, the situation would be much different, much more dire, and we'd react accordingly. Yes, we'd rather case numbers go down, but mortality is the bottom line.

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

I had my first haircut for four months yesterday - oh that feels good!!! It's a small barber shop with four chairs. Each had a divider between them and the staff wore face shields and used disposable coverings. Haircuts were by appointment (with a walk in available. No one was allowed in the shop unless being served and so the queue was outside.

All really responsibly done. This is a small business that has had no income since March but still doing the right thing.

Then you see pictures from last night. FFS what is wrong with some people?

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Five carriers sunk in battle is one thing, five damaged is another. We want to reach the point where our carriers don't even take damage, but until then, damage is better than sunk.

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Mexico has recorded more than 30,000 deaths from its coronavirus outbreak, as the disease continues to ravage one of Latin America's worst-hit countries.

The health ministry said deaths rose by 523 on Saturday, pushing the total to 30,366.

The country now has the world's fifth-highest Covid-19 toll, passing France, where more than 29,000 have died.

A daily record of 6,914 new infections was recorded in Mexico, bringing the total to 252,165, officials said.

However, the true number of fatalities and infections is thought to be much higher because of insufficient testing.

Mexico has Latin America's second-highest death toll after Brazil, which has recorded 64,000 fatalities and more than 1.5 million infections to date, according to Johns Hopkins University, which is tracking the disease globally.

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Victoria’s Police Association secretary Wayne Gatt says no planning has been done for how officers will guard nine inner Melbourne public housing buildings currently under hard lockdown due to a coronavirus outbreak.
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He said it was up to the State Government to determine what other agencies were also tasked to support the public housing lockdown, but said police were willing to work with everyone, including the Australian Defence Force, which was “relevant consideration” to help get the job done.
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State Opposition Leader Michael O’Brien called for the ADF to be brought in to assist police monitoring the public housing estates.