Ramblings and Curated Info For "Interesting Times"
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The other edge, though – our local government area (LGA, or Shire as they were/are also known) has had eleven cases of COVID-19 since records began, our largest outbreak was four at one time, and the last case reported cleared up almost five weeks ago. What That Says For The World: We have around 37,000 … Read more
(What I Saw Today.) Flu shots are almost contactless. You rock up to the parking lot at the medical center at an appointed time. Then a doctor. Comes out. And gives you the flu shot. Just wind down your window, confirm who you are, show a shoulder, receive a flu shot. A nurse could do … Read more
Don’t hold your breath for a vaccine “We’re optimistic that a vaccine will be ready in a few months” One of those is an article claiming that the issues around producing a viable working anti-COVID vaccine, the other is the Victorian Health minister on TV news claiming that progress is well in hand on a … Read more
One thing we should be doing more is gardening, planting things. Of all the things we can do under restrictions and lockdowns this has to be one of the most fulfilling and productive things we can do. When things ease up – whenever that may be – we’ll have some lovely produce at home. We’ll … Read more
Thursday 30 July 2020 marked a few milestones. The state of Victoria, Australia recorded a record number of COVID-19 cases in a 24 hour period, more than ALL of Australia had ever reached. (And then promptly broke THAT record the next day.) For me, a milestone of another kind was unfolding . . . Ten … Read more
Mouthwash Could Reduce SARS-CoV-2 Short-Term Viral Load, Cell Culture Study Suggests https://www.technologynetworks.com/immunology/news/mouthwash-could-reduce-sars-cov-2-short-term-viral-load-cell-culture-study-suggests-338460 TL;DR – A clinical trial is under way following cell culture experiments that suggest that some mouthwashes can reduce the amount of viral shedding from breathing. It isn’t a cure for COVID-19 but a way to reduce your viral load that you’d normally … Read more
We’re lucky where I am, with very few cases having been diagnosed here. We’ve had ten cases in the local shire region, never more than four active at any time, and we’re currently down from four active the three active. That’s mainly due to the very hard lockdown conditions in Melbourne so that very few … Read more
What we’re seeing is almost every country experiencing rises in infection rates as soon as they lift restrictions, unless they’ve managed complete elimination. And even then, New Zealand after – what, four months without any cases? – has recorded a four new cases and had to lockdown Auckland hard and the rest of the country … Read more
(That isn’t written by some slimy Murdoch rag…) People blame our State Premier Daniel Andrews for everything. Not reacting quickly enough, reacting too severely, overreacting, not reacting strictly enough, being a dictator (yep seriously, it rankles some people enough that they almost invoke Godwin’s Law) and Dog knows what else. But you know what? It’s … Read more
Coronavirus: How it spreads by four different ways in restaurants Feces. Because of course if they tested the sewage they could get a week start on outbreaks but who has time to do something useful and possibly life-saving for their population, right? I recall reading a little while back that testing the sewage of individual … Read more