Notices tagged with covid19, page 23
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US officials and Los Angeles and New York City officials ask doctors to limit #COVID-19 testing even more. https://nu.federati.net/url/266033 [www upi com]
Without widespread testing, it is impossible to get accurate numbers of infected people or to properly target response and containment efforts to emerging hotspots.
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#Louisiana Governor signs lockdown order; #LA has the fastest growth rate for #COVID-19 / #2019-nCoV infections in the world. https://nu.federati.net/url/266031 [www msn com]
#SARS-CoV-2 #coronavirus
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... although my granddaughters ( #GD1 in middle school; #GD2 in elementary school ) were sent home with tablets to use in online classes beginning tomorrow. #MO #Missouri #COVID-19 #2019-nCoV
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Opinion: #COVID-19 measures may increase #opioid addition problems. https://nu.federati.net/url/265999 [www statnews com]
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Economic rationale for strong action against #COVID-19 https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/18/economic-rationale-strong-action-now-against-coronavirus/ [www statnews com]
#EconUSA #2019-nCoV #SARS-CoV-2 #coronavirus
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-51972372 [www bbc co uk]
Hotel whose employees live on premises lays off at least 13 employees, telling them to vacate the premises immediately. I realize the layoffs are related to #COVID-19, but the behavior is just wrong.
The is a level assholishness rarely seen. I hope it does not go unpunished. (Does #UK have labor standards to protect against this? If not, they should.)
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If you're interested in setting up Folding@Home and helping to find proteins that may be useful in vaccines against #COVID-19, visit 2600.hackers.town/folding.htm for instructions. (Includes option of joining hackers.town's group or team or whatever they call it.)
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Is Charter Spectrum ( Cable company ) still requiring employees to come to work until / unless they're #COVID-19 case is confirmed? These were a few days ago:
1: https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/16/charter-coronavirus-work-home/
2: https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/18/charter-coronavirus-offices/
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New URL for the JHU #coronavirus #2019-nCoV #COVID-19 map: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
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Also, the JHU #COVID-19 map lists #Germany as having 22K confirmed cases (behind #Spain 25K, #Italy 53K, and #China’s Hubei province 67K)
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https://nu.federati.net/url/265977 [www cdc gov]
14K of the 15K cases listed as of 16:00 EDT yesterday were “under investigation”, meaning they have not successfully tracked how the person got the disease.
#COVID-19 #2019-nCoV #SARS-CoV-2 #coronavirus
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Trials begin for potential vaccines for #SARS-CoV #coronavirus. https://www.sciencealert.com/us-begins-first-human-trial-of-coronavirus-vaccine [www sciencealert com]
#COVID-19 / #2019-nCoV
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ME: Temporary disruption in supply levels, but will state and local authorities in areas where TP plants and warehouses are located consider those jobs "critical"? http://status.hackerposse.com/url/20520 [cnbc] #COVID-19 #2019-nCoV #SARS-CoV-2 #coronavirus 7:03 pm: Why there will soon be tons of toilet paper, and what foods may be scarce, according to supply chain experts Stuck…
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ME: Now, you suddenly think of such issues? What about all the other government (or government sponsored / government contracted) sites with security and privacy issues?https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus-live-updates.html [cnbc] #COVID-19 #2019-nCoV #SARS-CoV-2 #coronavirus 6:45 pm: Senate Democrats raise alarms over the security of Google's coronavirus screening site …
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ME: State Dept suspending visa services in multiple overseas locationshttps://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus-live-updates.html [cnbc] #COVID-19 #2019-nCoV #SARS-CoV-2 #coronavirus 3:58 pm: US suspending visa services worldwide The United States is suspending all routine immigrant and non-immigrant visa services in most countries worldwide due to coronavirus outbreak, a sp…
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ME: Good, but I still say it allows the largest and most financially-strong corporations to do less for their employees than every other business.https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus-live-updates.html [cnbc] #COVID-19 #2019-nCoV #SARS-CoV-2 #coronavirus 3:55 pm: Senate passes relief plan to expand paid leave The Senate has the votes to pass a bill expanding paid leave an…
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ME: I wondered whether field work with the Census Bureau was going to continue during this outbreak.https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus-live-updates.html [cnbc] #COVID-19 #2019-nCoV #SARS-CoV-2 #coronavirus 3:19 pm: Census Bureau suspends 2020 census field operations for two weeks The U.S. Census Bureau is suspending all 2020 census field operations for two weeks starti…
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ME: This is surprising. I had seen something to the effect that there were no known deaths of children under 10.https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus-live-updates.html [cnbc] #COVID-19 #2019-nCoV #SARS-CoV-2 #coronavirus 2:05 pm: WHO warns some children develop 'severe disease and critical disease' The World Health Organization said parents need to prepare their kids to g…
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https://news.yahoo.com/more-half-californians-could-become-220056523.html [news yahoo com]
#California Governor Gavin Newsom ordered all Californians to stay at home.
#COVID-19 #2019-nCoV #SARS-CoV-2 #coronavirus
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I didn’t dig deeper, so maybe his model includes such factors as a lifelong weakened state for some #COVID-19 / #2019-nCoV survivors. https://jameshfisher.com/2020/03/14/time-is-running-out-to-catch-covid19/ [jamesfisher com] ... time is running out on it being “rational” to intentionally catch #coronavirus.
I suppose he’s not being serious, as even he notes that he should avoid the disease for the sake of his personal contacts. #SARS-CoV-2