Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV/COVID-19)

[KrisYYC]

It wouldn't suprise me if large percentages of the population everywhere have already had the virus. Which would actually be good news in terms of getting it under control and slowly reopening everything.

[Buster]

Apple and Google jointly announcing that they are adding contract tracing embedded to their OSs

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52246319

[sabad66]

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Apple and Google jointly announcing that they are adding contract tracing embedded to their OSs

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52246319

Wet dream for conspiracy theorists

[The_Rural_Juror]

"Let’s dispel the myth that coronavirus victims were all at death’s door 10 April 2020"

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/...t-death-s-door

The first thing that jumps out from the medical history section of Table 1 in the report (below) is that 93 per cent of those critically ill with Covid-19 were 'able to live without assistance in daily activities' prior to developing the disease. That typically suggests reasonable health in these people.

Secondly, just seven per cent of 2,124 intensive care admissions had 'very severe comorbidities'. That’s significantly less than typical viral pneumonia patients (as illustrated in the table above). So 19 out of 20 were free of the most severe life-limiting conditions before they were struck down with coronavirus.

Lastly, for now, the age distribution is also striking. Most critical cases, as shown in the chart below, are aged between 50 and 80. People of this age, without severe comorbidities, could reasonably have expected to have years of life ahead of them before they contracted this disease.

[Buster]

7 more dead.

4 more at Mckenzie Towne.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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7 more dead.

4 more at Mckenzie Towne.

Fuck.

[The_Rural_Juror]

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7 more dead.

4 more at Mckenzie Towne.

So sad.

[Kloubek]

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It wouldn't suprise me if large percentages of the population everywhere have already had the virus.

It would actually surprise me if this WASN'T true. I believe the reported numbers from various countries are grossly under-reported. Even here in Canada if you have symptoms, you are simply asked to stay at home until you can't breathe.

Combine that with other countries (China, North Korea as example) who are purposely underreporting their numbers, areas which don't have medical care and people are simply dealing with it, areas which don't have the technology or authorities to report to, lack of testing worldwide, and I would imagine the actual cases are way, way higher.

[AndyL]

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It would actually surprise me if this WASN'T true. I believe the reported numbers from various countries are grossly under-reported. Even here in Canada if you have symptoms, you are simply asked to stay at home until you can't breathe.

Combine that with other countries (China, North Korea as example) who are purposely underreporting their numbers, areas which don't have medical care and people are simply dealing with it, areas which don't have the technology or authorities to report to, lack of testing worldwide, and I would imagine the actual cases are way, way higher.

One of the theories for the low impact in California right now is based on the theory that they've been fighting it since November...

[pheoxs]

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It would actually surprise me if this WASN'T true. I believe the reported numbers from various countries are grossly under-reported. Even here in Canada if you have symptoms, you are simply asked to stay at home until you can't breathe.

Combine that with other countries (China, North Korea as example) who are purposely underreporting their numbers, areas which don't have medical care and people are simply dealing with it, areas which don't have the technology or authorities to report to, lack of testing worldwide, and I would imagine the actual cases are way, way higher.

Anyone in Calgary with symptoms can get tested now. So we'll see how things pan out in the next few days.

[KrisYYC]

Now I'm wondering if I've already had it. I had a bad cold at the end of February. Didn't get a fever though. I work for a major airline with a large international network FWIW.

If they do the serology tests for anybody in the future I'd like to get tested.

[Darkane]

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Anyone in Calgary with symptoms can get tested now. So we'll see how things pan out in the next few days.

Yes, that’s going to be Interesting.

What’s the turnaround rate for the tests. Anyone know?

[The_Rural_Juror]

I heard about 2-3 days.

[pheoxs]

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Yes, that’s going to be Interesting.

What’s the turnaround rate for the tests. Anyone know?

Most people say you get results about 2 days after doing the test give or take.

However the self assessment to getting a call to getting a test booked is the longer wait time. I think typically they'll call you the next day but no idea how long to book the test. Especially with the rush of people getting added to testing with the new criteria. Dr. Hindshaws said 6k people filled out the assessment in the past 24hrs which is more than our capacity (I think still 4k a day)

[ThePenIsMightier]

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I heard about 2-3 days.

Yeah, it was - before they let every fucking rim job with the sniffles get tested. Now critical health care workers and patients will get stuck with a longer wait.
I am not a fan of this.
They need to figure out what demographics in Calgary are skewing the numbers and deal with that. But even a pandemic can't trumps feels when it comes to falsely perceiving something as racist.
Find the community. Provide the education. Fix the problem.

[Darkane]

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Most people say you get results about 2 days after doing the test give or take.

However the self assessment to getting a call to getting a test booked is the longer wait time. I think typically they'll call you the next day but no idea how long to book the test. Especially with the rush of people getting added to testing with the new criteria. Dr. Hindshaws said 6k people filled out the assessment in the past 24hrs which is more than our capacity (I think still 4k a day)

We still have a 4K turnaround per day. I see.

So likely Monday April 20th will be a big day.

[pheoxs]

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We still have a 4K turnaround per day. I see.

So likely Monday April 20th will be a big day.

Likely yeah.

[Tik-Tok]

April 20th is usually a good day.

[ExtraSlow]

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April 20th is usually a good day.

what do you mean?

[jutes]

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So Jutes, what's your thoughts on our own provincial government grabbing more power than necessary with Bill 10? Is it cool with you because it's "rightists" doing it?

Alberta problem, I left two years ago and never plan on coming back. Sorry to say, but the province is tire fire. Province is nice to drive through on my way to BC though.

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Why do I get the feeling that Jutes is HiTempGuy. That guy was way too angry to have been banned and not return with a different account.

I am not HTG.

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I tuned him out as soon as he said he was from Saskatchewan, is that racist?

Having lived in both AB and Sask, I much prefer Sask despite the atrocious roads. While Regina is a shit show, Saskatoon has Calgary and Edmonton beat by a long shot. I can see myself retiring here if Van Island doesn’t pan out.

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I think his secret fear of covid broke him.

I’m doing great. I can sit home forever, collect my pay and it’s all pensionable time. It’s pretty ironic that I’m so against these current lockdown measures when really, it doesn’t affect me financially whatsoever, hell I save even more now by not going out as much. I’m worried about business like tirebob going under because we have to save a bunch of old folk in homes. Even then we are doing a horrible job....

https://montrealgazette.com/news/loc...-93bc26283749/

A privately run seniors’ residence in Dorval that is grappling with an outbreak of COVID-19 cases has been described as a “concentration camp” — with unfed and soiled elderly residents inside — by health professionals who came to their rescue, a Montreal Gazette investigation has found.