Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason.
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic
Pandemics and Epidemiology in the forum Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 2 months, 3 weeks ago
We’ll stay divided for a while, at least.
Just grabbed this screenshot from PBS of Biden vs Trump supporters, from an AP survey question “Is the virus somewhat under control or not at all under control“. (I verified they mistakenly left the word “at” out. See the whole poll here.)
Meanwhile Biden’s already said he’s set to pull together…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic
Pandemics and Epidemiology in the forum Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Now that Biden says he’s going to get a national strategy going on beating Covid-19, including improved testing, I have more to contribute to this end. Canada recently approved an approach to rapid testing, and the following link goes straight to that topic lasting only 4-1/2 minutes, or longer if you’re interested in more detail. Btw I have…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic
Pandemics and Epidemiology in the forum Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 3 months, 2 weeks ago
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic
Pandemics and Epidemiology in the forum Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 3 months, 3 weeks ago
IMO we (and perhaps the world) has been suffering more than necessary because of 1) unpreparedness and 2) the continuing deficiency of prioritization of more massive testing regimes. Vaccinations and Trump’s actions/inactions make headlines, while our FDA and media lag behind on promotion and deployment of rapid tests.
The precision of PCR tests…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie started the topic
Pandemics and Epidemiology in the forum Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 3 months, 3 weeks ago
I wanted to start this topic a couple months ago, but am finally motivated after hearing today’s possibly wonderful news that Trump has tested positive. If anyone “deserves” to be infected with it, it is He and His Loyal, Denialist Minions. 🙂
I feel, as I’ll bet Bill Gates would who’s publicly predicted pandemics for at least a decade now, that…[Read more]
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Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 9 months, 1 week ago
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Unseen replied to the topic
Coronavirus Science and Medicine in the forum Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 9 months, 1 week ago
This is not rocket science. Either a month long real lockdown followed by extensive testing/contact tracing across the globe or an effective vaccine that almost everyone gets. Otherwise this is just gonna be rolling hotspots (possibly seasonal) and economic disaster indefinitely until multitudes of infections and deaths result in…
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic
Coronavirus Science and Medicine in the forum Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 9 months, 1 week ago
This is not rocket science.
Exactly. Mostly. But you summed it up exactly-correctly. 🙂
Meanwhile, Trump is still misleading people (imo) about how we’ve been doing the best testing in the world, “even better than South Korea”, and then mentioning we have a low caseload per capita compared with other countries. What’s misleading…[Read more]
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_Robert_ replied to the topic
Coronavirus Science and Medicine in the forum Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 9 months, 1 week ago
This is not rocket science. Either a month long real lockdown followed by extensive testing/contact tracing across the globe or an effective vaccine that almost everyone gets. Otherwise this is just gonna be rolling hotspots (possibly seasonal) and economic disaster indefinitely until multitudes of infections and deaths result in high population immunity.
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic
Coronavirus Science and Medicine in the forum Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 9 months, 1 week ago
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic
Coronavirus Science and Medicine in the forum Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 9 months, 2 weeks ago
COVID-19 (Viral Load) Testing
16 April, Trump claimed we’ve now performed more tests per capita than South Korea. Incredulous, I checked, and sure enough he’s not significantly incorrect. (See screen captures of world testing data, below.) It’s a good milestone, but reaching it this late in the pandemic’s history is (imo) a major stain on Trump’s…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic
Coronavirus Science and Medicine in the forum Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 9 months, 2 weeks ago
COVID-19
Again, excerpting from wikipedia:
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the virus strain that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a respiratory illness. It is colloquially known as the coronavirus, and was previously referred to by its provisional name 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
I’m on a…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie started the topic
Coronavirus Science and Medicine in the forum Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Excerpt from wikipedia:
Coronaviruses are a group of related viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans, coronaviruses cause respiratory tract infections that can range from mild to lethal. Mild illnesses include some cases of the common cold (which has other possible causes, predominantly rhinoviruses), while more lethal var…
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic
Fairly Random Tidbits in the forum Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 1 year, 2 months ago
(From Rats Learn to drive tiny cars in order to collect food. As a rat lover, I think this video is cute and funny. It also reminds me of Jaak, the rat tickler scientist.)
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_Robert_ posted an update in the group
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 1 year, 2 months ago
Italian council is flooded immediately after rejecting measures on climate change
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/14/europe/veneto-council-climate-change-floods-trnd-intl-scli/index.html
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