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Cont: 2019-nCoV / Corona virus Pt 3

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The Atheist said:
Meanwhile, the "lockdown" in New Zealand is proving to be a complete joke, and the people flouting it will backfire on all of us, because it will only increase the length of the shutdown.

I went on my perfectly legal trip to the supermarket and passed two different lawnmowing contractors working. Add that to the fact that the harbour was so full of boats yesterday the police issued a general warning, and I can see our epidemic spanning double the time it would need to.
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One such lawnmowing contractor seemed to get much pleasure from telling me how he had a cup of tea and cream cake inside the house with his elderly client. The dumb covidiot didn't/couldn't understand what was wrong with that! And these people get to vote and serve on juries.
 
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rjh01 said:
It should not have been up to her to place herself in isolation. The government should have ferried all international arrivals in Australia into quarantine for a fortnight. Though luck if some of them were rich or a front bench Government politician. If they had done that then Australia would not have had any cases except imported ones.

ETA. But then that would mean Australia's Government would be far stronger than any other government in the world. So hardly realistic.
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Doing the rounds on FB.
My workplace is still up and running and the size of our showroom, by ScoMo calculations, could have about 20 people safely in there at 4m2 per person. Unless we turned it into a wedding venue. Then 15 people would have to leave. Should someone die at the wedding, we could invite 6 people back in for the funeral. All funeral attendees could stay and do a PT session to then fresshen up with a blow wave afterwards, providing their hair is short enought to fin in the half an hour time frame. If everone felt a little peckish afterwards, they would have to go home to eat, but can't invote anyone to join them unless someone dies. In which case they can have 9 people over again for the funeral.
Simple, really.​
 
First it came for our lungs. Now its coming for our balls..

Wuhan doctors plan long-term look at coronavirus impact on male sex hormone

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/sci...an-long-term-look-coronavirus-impact-male-sex

Small scale, un-peer reviewed initial study finds some evidence that has indicated need for a more comprehensive study.

"Using the samples, the team looked at the ratio of testosterone to luteinising hormone (T/LH). A low T/LH ratio can be a sign of hypogonadism, which in men is a malfunction of the testicles that could lead to lower sex hormone production.

The average ratio for the Covid-19 patients was 0.74, about half the normal level."
 
GraculusTheGreenBird said:
First it came for our lungs. Now its coming for our balls..

Wuhan doctors plan long-term look at coronavirus impact on male sex hormone

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/sci...an-long-term-look-coronavirus-impact-male-sex

Small scale, un-peer reviewed initial study finds some evidence that has indicated need for a more comprehensive study.

"Using the samples, the team looked at the ratio of testosterone to luteinising hormone (T/LH). A low T/LH ratio can be a sign of hypogonadism, which in men is a malfunction of the testicles that could lead to lower sex hormone production.

The average ratio for the Covid-19 patients was 0.74, about half the normal level."
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Wait, you mean we will actually stop losing our hair ? And maybe have less wars ?
 
Dr.Sid said:
Wait, you mean we will actually stop losing our hair ? And maybe have less wars ?
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Ha. Its possible, although we might also start developing breasts.

"Common symptoms of hypogonadism in men include abnormally large breasts and erectile dysfunction."

So there's that to look forward to.
 
The current situation in Canada

Public Health Canada's Coronavirus web site said:
Province, territory or other | Number of confirmed cases | Number of probable cases | Number of deaths
British Columbia|725|0|14
Alberta|486|0|2
Saskatchewan|95|0|0
Manitoba|11|25|0
Ontario|858|0|15
Quebec|1,629|0|8
New Brunswick|33|0|0
Nova Scotia|73|0|0
Prince Edward Island|9|0|0
Newfoundland and Labrador|82|0|0
Yukon|3|0|0
Northwest Territories|1|0|0
Nunavut|0|0|0
Repatriated travellers|13|0|0
Total | 4,018 | 25 | 39
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Confirmed cases are up 19% from yesterday. This is the fourth consecutive day the percentage increase in number of cases has dropped, but I'm not sure if this trend will continue. In my opinion it seems a bit early in the epidemic's progress for that.


The latest points covered by CBC News

CBC News said:
  • PM speaks with G20 leaders about coronavirus pandemic, economic fallout from COVID-19
  • Trudeau pushing back as U.S. looks to place troops near Canadian border
  • What you need to know about the new COVID-19 benefits program
  • Hospitals across Canada face COVID-19 'storm'
  • 'We can't talk to him': Father's COVID-19 infection puts B.C. family in separate quarantine
  • As civil liberties erode, Canada must not allow COVID-19 outbreak to infect the rule of law
  • Ontario hospital staff told to ration masks as COVID-19 spreads
  • The Conservative leadership race keeps on rolling — and MacKay is still in the driver's seat
  • Experts alarmed as recipes for homemade hand sanitizer proliferate online
  • Despite the chaos, stress and glitter, I know I'll miss my kids being home when this is over
  • Leon's and The Brick to close 72 stores and lay off 3,900 workers because of COVID-19
  • Parliament passes Ottawa's $107 billion COVID-19 aid package
  • Medical experts warn against claims by Winnipeg acupuncturist advertising 'coronavirus prevention tea'
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My apologies for not making links to the news stories. If you want to read an individual story, go to DuckDuckGo and type "!cbc" followed by the headline. That will take you to the CBC's search page with the headline as the search text.


Growth curve

Date | Cases | Change
2020-03-13|155|
2020-03-16|440|184%
2020-03-18|656| 49%
2020-03-19|873| 33%
2020-03-20|926| 6%
2020-03-21|1081| 17%
2020-03-22|1471| 36%
2020-03-23|2091| 42%
2020-03-24|2792| 34%
2020-03-25|3409| 22%
2020-03-26|4043| 19%


Canada vs the USA. Because Canada's population is 1/8.7 that of the States, typically ratios for raw numbers in many areas run 1:8.7 (or 10 to 87) for Canada:USA.

The source for Tested is Wikipedia. The source for Confirmed cases and Deaths is also Wikipedia. That page is often more up-to-date than the Canadian government page, meaning the numbers for confirmed cases and deaths may differ from what I posted above.

Metric | Canada | Expected US number based on 1:8.7 ratio | Actual US Number | Actual Canada:US ratio | Yesterday's ratio
COVID-19 tests|158,598|1,379,803|579,589|1:3.6|1:3.3
COVID-19 cases|4,043|35,174|85,377|1:21|1:20|
COVID-19 deaths|39|340|1,293|1:33|1:30
The ratio gap for deaths continues to widen, with 33 American death for each Canadain death. However, some research I did indicates the virus arrived in the States a full ten days before Canada. If that's true, then Canada's growth curve is lagging America's by ten days, and the US has seen approximately 4 additional doublings to Canada. Four more doublings would put the Canadian death toll at 624. Only time will tell if the Canadian infection and mortality curves are indeed trending downward, or if this is merely a calm before a huge storm.
 
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GraculusTheGreenBird said:
First it came for our lungs. Now its coming for our balls..

Wuhan doctors plan long-term look at coronavirus impact on male sex hormone

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/sci...an-long-term-look-coronavirus-impact-male-sex

Small scale, un-peer reviewed initial study finds some evidence that has indicated need for a more comprehensive study.

"Using the samples, the team looked at the ratio of testosterone to luteinising hormone (T/LH). A low T/LH ratio can be a sign of hypogonadism, which in men is a malfunction of the testicles that could lead to lower sex hormone production.

The average ratio for the Covid-19 patients was 0.74, about half the normal level."
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I only know the term hypogonadism in relation to a tiny dick and balls. Everything there is miniature. Maybe I'm wrong.

Yesterday I read of a "study" in China saying that cigarette smoking may actually help prevent becoming infected with the coronavirus. I can find it if anyone is curious.
 
How impossible is it to turn sleep apnea machines into ventilators? We are expecting a peak of 40,000 cases and can get between 400 and 500 ventilators
 
ynot said:
One such lawnmowing contractor seemed to get much pleasure from telling me how he had a cup of tea and cream cake inside the house with his elderly client. The dumb covidiot didn't/couldn't understand what was wrong with that! And these people get to vote and serve on juries.
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Jesus H Christ, it's almost surprising how stupid some people can be.

GraculusTheGreenBird said:
First it came for our lungs. Now its coming for our balls..
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Something to get men to take it seriously at least!
 
China must be getting close to back to normal in terms of production.

I get massive numbers of emails from Chinese manufacturers from when I was using Alibaba to source solar panels and equipment.

The emails had disappeared completely, but I'm now back to getting the same several a day as I was in December and earlier.
 
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