Comments by "N Marbletoe" (@nmarbletoe8210) on "Current state of COVID knowledge" video.

  1. much of Europe is similar in rates and even in the pattern of waves
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  2.  @comerfordjohnnine  "Wearing" doesn't go against any freedoms. "Requiring" might.
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  3.  @7YBzzz4nbyte  I have found it easier to contact friends, because there's no expectation of "let's get together" . I guess it's not as bad for us hermits lol . I love being outside and away from people, and I can still do that. i do miss the coffee shop and the hot springs.
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  4. Awesome!! They kicked it out of the country!! . This should be on the news. Thanks for the links!
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  5.  @gerardvriend729  Ok yes, he could have friends in some states. . The strange thing is that the red states are reporting more than the blue states now. . The blue states had their big surge earlier, since they are more big-city and had more international travel.
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  6.  @johnwang9914  I agree, the US is not very unusual in terms of cases or psychology. . The big contrast is west vs east vs third world. . West: big waves East: small waves or zero Third world: one wave instead of two or three .
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  7. Yes! There are a thousand applications for UV. . I would like to see it on the pin-pads we use for credit card purchases. .
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  8.  @allangibson8494  very true. there are ways around it! . e.g. a pin-pad that has a cover, which uv blasts the pad only when the cover is 100% closed. . I want my iphone to beam UVC but that might be a bit too much... . there are hospital room UV-C blaster robots that only blast when the room is empty.
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  9. yes, technically the tests are positive for SARS-2 the virus, and not for Covid-19 the sickness.
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  10. presumably, they did a random sample study, which can be extrapolated to the whole population if done correctly.
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  11. plasma could contain useful antibodies, but not whole cells. so the benefit would be temporary, but could be very helpful. i think this is called "convalescent antibody treatment'
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  12. actual study link: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-6817 . My one criticism is that they used surgical masks, which are pretty low on the totem pole.
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  13. check google scholar for details. i recall an Italian study that found it in 2019 in sewage.
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  14. inverse cube law would apply
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  15. yes that is a tremendous concept. . rapid information could do more than draconian reactions.
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  16. First I would add glasses. You can't catch it through the skin on the hands, so gloves are just to use at the store and then take off before you touch your face.
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  17.  @melaniedavies2419  I take an intermediate position here. The numbers are real, but they are not valid estimates for population totals. . Test positive numbers can miss most of the true cases, and the error can't be quantified statistically. Random samples are required. . Thus, the graphs, while based on true numbers, could be extremely misleading... or show the right patterns ... we do not know.
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  18. yes, interesting read! . however... total deaths from covid are still very small numbers, perhaps due to health measures and the virus being pretty mild in most cases. . thus, this is not evidence that the virus is not deadly. it is about the relative impact of the virus and other things in life. it means the virus is not the biggest killer today even for our elders.
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  19. excellent idea!! .
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  20.  @gerardvriend729  Every country has that up/down weekend pattern. I have not seen one country that has smooth reporting every day. . Trump has no influence on state governments.
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  21.  @gerardvriend729  Yeah that was awful. It was a case of panic by governments making things worse.
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  22. couldn't find a paper on Stockholm, but here's one on Netherlands: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00357
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  23.  @antoniolittera2154  That is a fascinating article! And a concept that should be in wide use...
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  24. yes
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  25. That is a good idea.
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  26. disagree. Nov 20th was the peak, that is probably real.
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  27.  @ittsacrazyworld  The news has been saying "Many infections from family" but I haven't seen any estimates of what % of cases are family-family, and what % are community. .
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  28. take it with meals; it is fat soluble and that helps absorption
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  29. 0.25%
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  30. did he? that makes no sense
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  31.  stevie-mao  I have to agree with Conor White. The PCR tests for virus fragments, not for illness. Therefore, it is more correct to say we have x million cases of SARS-2 (or corona virus) than it is to say we have x million cases of Covid-19 (or illness). . .
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  32.  @conorwhite2889  Yeah the media are muddling and scaring, so true. . I am not assuming 100% accuracy. The test gives a false positives and false negatives. A proper study will adjust for that, although the "positive test totals" we see every day do not correct for the error rates.
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  33.  @rosegreensummer  "Seated indoor events, when conducted under hygiene precautions and with adequate ventilation, have small effects on the spread of COVID-19. " fascinating
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  34.  @allanchapman7986  yes, we do need citations. . I think it is correct. what is the best paper on it? I may go check https://scholar.google.com/ right now
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  35.  @itsagoal182  a file sharing link? . yeah but nah
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  36. that is very interesting indeed
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  37. Contrary to poopy opinion, the US is not the wurst place to liver in the whorled. .
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  38. One of the most fascinating graphs is to compare Japan vs USA test positives. They have the same pattern, but one is 1/100th the amplitude. Scaled, they look identical. . And the one with lockdowns is 100x higher. . When this is over, we should send a major delegation to Japan to take notes.
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  39. not much i think
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