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  • #76
    Okay then. Back to some numbers.

    Canada released some projections this morning.
    Most interesting are their 1 week forecasts.

    Forecasted for April 16

    Confirmed cases - 22,580 to 31,850
    Deaths - 500 to 700

    These numbers translate to about a 6.5% daily increase from now thill then.
    I will be interesting tracking this vs the daily updates.

    Nevertheless, credit to Health Canada for the transparency.

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    • #77
      The U.S. (48 deaths per million) just blew past Spain (326 deaths per million) in total number of deaths (almost 16,000). At this rate, the U.S. will pass Italy into 1st place within 48-72 hours.

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      • #78
        Originally posted by Brad Thomson View Post

        The last time a pandemic of this magnitude took place it lasted three years.
        A brief, very readable, look back to the political effects of the The 1918 "Spanish" Flu:

        https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/spanis...ning_716_17470

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        • #79
          Originally posted by Brad Thomson View Post
          Stay safe Dale, you are one of our heroes.
          Thanks, Brad.

          Definitely not a hero though! Objectively, the risk, while real, is quite small...and at least i have a job!

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          • #80
            Originally posted by Kerry Liles View Post

            Dale, THANK YOU for being on the front lines and carrying the battle.

            My wife is a (retired) Nurse who worked in Community Care as well as other fields and
            we have some insight into the challenges faced by the front line.

            Stay safe and take care!
            Thanks, Kerry!
            Yes, your wife, I'm sure, has a good understanding of whats going on. Everyone- the nurses, resp techs, cleaning staff, and everyone who's working in health care now, appreciate all the support the public has been offering. In fact, everybody is making sacrifices now, especially the general public with loss of income/jobs, and being socially isolated more. In some ways, I am lucky to be able to get out and work now...and on the bright side, the traffic, normally a nightmare in the Vancouver area, is great!

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            • #81
              Here's a look see at our t-shirt Isolani designs ...

              https://societyofchessaficionados.co...tittle_v.0.jpg

              https://societyofchessaficionados.co...tittle_v.1.jpg

              https://societyofchessaficionados.co...tittle_v.2.jpg

              ...preference?

              We'll try to do as many free as we can :))))

              Be safe!

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              Last edited by Neil Frarey; Thursday, 9th April, 2020, 09:15 PM.

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              • #82
                Both letters "i" could be a pawn, one of each colour.

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                • #83
                  Originally posted by Aris Marghetis View Post
                  The U.S. (48 deaths per million) just blew past Spain (326 deaths per million) in total number of deaths (almost 16,000). At this rate, the U.S. will pass Italy into 1st place within 48-72 hours.
                  Well, the U.S. has already blown by Italy in total number of deaths. I guess the next stat is deaths per million. The U.S. is currently 14th there (with 5 if the first 13 being tiny stats anomolies)

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                  • #84
                    Originally posted by Aris Marghetis View Post

                    Well, the U.S. has already blown by Italy in total number of deaths. I guess the next stat is deaths per million. The U.S. is currently 14th there (with 5 if the first 13 being tiny stats anomolies)
                    I fear that the eventual numbers in Africa will dwarf those in America. The politicians are finally beginning to admit that this could last a small number of years rather than months. Trump excepted of course.

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                    • #85
                      Some "Gaian nonsense".
                      https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/p...d-19-1.5528063

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                      • #86
                        Originally posted by Brad Thomson View Post
                        Quite a bit of nonsense in that one article.

                        Destruction of rain forests and species is unfortunate but some of the claims in that article don't follow.

                        "They can move into areas with high human populations and transmit disease, such as rabies. She cited the example of mice and rats."

                        What crackerjack box did that scientist's diploma come from?
                        Last edited by Vlad Drkulec; Saturday, 11th April, 2020, 05:27 PM.

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                        • #87
                          Today is the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 13 ... now known as the "Successful Failure".

                          Despite experiencing a crippling explosion which took out most of their oxygen supply the crew managed to return safely to Earth thanks to the determined work of the ground crew at Mission Control.

                          Today as we try to solve COVID-19, Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell had this to say "You have to have a positive attitude that, 'okay, we've got a problem. And how do we solve it."

                          Check out this EPIC website which shows the live captures with audio, in real time, as they happened:

                          https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/

                          :))))

                          Be safe!


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                          Last edited by Neil Frarey; Sunday, 12th April, 2020, 03:00 AM.

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                          • #88
                            Originally posted by Vlad Drkulec View Post
                            ...

                            What crackerjack box did that scientist's diploma come from?
                            Trump University? :)
                            "We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop
                            "Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
                            "If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." - Thomas De Quincey

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                            • #89
                              Originally posted by Peter McKillop View Post

                              Trump University? :)
                              Its a well known fact that rats and mice don't get rabies so at the very least the composition of that paragraph was unfortunate.

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                              • #90
                                Originally posted by Vlad Drkulec View Post

                                Its a well known fact that rats and mice don't get rabies so at the very least the composition of that paragraph was unfortunate.
                                Your sentence is not right too. Rats can get rabies. However, the transmission to human from them is almost unheard as infected rats don't survive very long.

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