Ramblings and Curated Info For "Interesting Times"
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
I blame Chumbawumba for the state that the state of Victoria is in. Victoria got into this backslide tailspin all purpose muckup of a situation precisely because: They wanted a whiskey drink and a vodka drink and a lager drink and a cider drink ( – now!!!, and to hell with anyone that catches that … Read more
(c)2020 RO (Ted) Russ “F*ck this,” grumbled the square of sticky bandage. “Two extra days you kept me stuck on here because you’re too cheap to change your boop patches every seven days – just to save a few bucks!” It detached itself from my shoulder, fell on the table, and humped inchworm-wise to the … Read more
This is a figment First my apologies for the tone of this article. I’m terrified and also frustrated and actually LIVID with anger at these bastards. (I never thought I’d be able to use that word but yep, it’s exactly the right word for this.) The world is past the point where we can reverse … Read more
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-new-coronavirus-could-have-been-percolating-innocently-in-humans-for-years It may have come from a far less harmful virus that has been around in us for a while. Sort of like flu. Some who had it may have had a mild flu or just a cough, then that was it. But as it was transmitted between people it would have mutated. Viruses mutate … Read more
https://www.sciencealert.com/can-people-spread-the-coronavirus-if-they-don-t-have-symptoms Interesting and brief article on why wearing masks is better than lockdown, better than social distancing, better than anything else we have at the moment.
Xxxxxxxxx, you say that “We don’t try to reason with bears or babies or lunatics because they aren’t able to respond appropriately.” In saying this, you’re overlooking important corollaries to what you say; and confusing response and communication. By saying that “We don’t try to reason with . . . babies or lunatics . . … Read more