[TrickyRicky]

Europe is ahead of us so the important takeaways are:

1) We are not going to drive numbers down like the summer moving forward. Not happening so forget about it

2) We need to compare the data between the first and second waves to prepare for the third wave (assuming the second wave ever ends until the vaccination program kicks in). Our case-to-hospitalization and case-to-fatality rates are still too unknown.

We can live with a much higher case load than in the spring but we don’t know how high a case load we can live with

 

[lenaitch]

With my circle of real-life friends, I have been proposing the sharing of Halloween selfies in which we take selfies of ourselves and share them within a private group.

Sounds like a typical day on social media.

 

[tayser]

Double donuts, again! I can go to the pub tomorrow (Wednesday)!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1320839207644995584

This is your (now, as a consequence of two posts by me in 24 hours, daily) reminder that lockdowns suck, but they work - really well.

Victoria is the envy of the world today, but the race isn't over

Victorians have every right to be proud of their efforts. No other place in the world has tamed a second wave as large as the outbreak Victorians faced down — few have even come close — write Stephen Duckett and Tom Crowley.

www.abc.net.au

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Double donuts, again! I can go to the pub tomorrow (Wednesday)!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1320839207644995584

This is your (now, as a consequence of two posts by me in 24 hours, daily) reminder that lockdowns suck, but they work - really well.

Victoria is the envy of the world today, but the race isn't over

Victorians have every right to be proud of their efforts. No other place in the world has tamed a second wave as large as the outbreak Victorians faced down — few have even come close — write Stephen Duckett and Tom Crowley.

www.abc.net.au

Well deserved - unlike our muddling through and play-acting policy.

AoD

 

[gabe]

Meanwhile in Utah............. a state where people willfully ignore public health guidance.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1320776727128363008

Parents' 'Mom Code' keeping Utah students from being tested for coronavirus: report

What's being called a “Mom Code” aimed at keeping Utah schoolchildren from being tested for the coronavirus is raising alarm, according to a new report.

www.foxnews.com

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Meanwhile in Utah............. a state where people willfully ignore public health guidance.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1320776727128363008

Parents' 'Mom Code' keeping Utah students from being tested for coronavirus: report

What's being called a “Mom Code” aimed at keeping Utah schoolchildren from being tested for the coronavirus is raising alarm, according to a new report.

www.foxnews.com

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes - exhibit 2020: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/26/health/utah-hospitals-care-rationing-covid/index.html

AoD

 

[lenaitch]

But . . . freedom, baby!

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

But . . . freedom, baby!

But death panels baby! /s

AoD

 

[lenaitch]

But death panels baby! /s

AoD

Which is interesting because that's what all along they claimed our 'socialist' system has.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Which is interesting because that's what all along they claimed our 'socialist' system has.

Don't get me wrong - my understanding is that the OHA also have a similar system if things get bad enough here to the point of requiring triage - but clearly the important thing is to avoid getting that bad in the first place, and that require the curtailment of freedoms. One's freedom cannot lead to mass deaths.

AoD

 

[Richard White]

Double donuts, again! I can go to the pub tomorrow (Wednesday)!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1320839207644995584

This is your (now, as a consequence of two posts by me in 24 hours, daily) reminder that lockdowns suck, but they work - really well.

Victoria is the envy of the world today, but the race isn't over

Victorians have every right to be proud of their efforts. No other place in the world has tamed a second wave as large as the outbreak Victorians faced down — few have even come close — write Stephen Duckett and Tom Crowley.

www.abc.net.au

And this is why I am applying for my aussie passport...

 

[Johnny Au]

Question of the day:

What kills more people? COVID-19 or popular media?

The average Utahn: Popular media of course! COVID-19 isn't that dangerous unlike what popular media is claiming to be. Government intervention of COVID-19 isn't family-friendly! Films, television, and video games are a much greater threat to society than COVID-19 ever will be.

Reality check: COVID-19 kills more Utahns in one day than all films, television, and video games across the United States in the entire history of films, television, and video games combined.

 

[afransen]

I'm fully expecting to reach 1 billion cases by the end of the year.

1B recorded cases will be just about everyone having got it. We are still missing many cases from testing (asymptomatic) and many countries don't have the testing infrastructure.

 

[PinkLucy]

1B recorded cases will be just about everyone having got it. We are still missing many cases from testing (asymptomatic) and many countries don't have the testing infrastructure.

There are 7B people in the world so 1b cases would be less than 20%

 

[Johnny Au]

There are 7B people in the world so 1b cases would be less than 20%

According to Worldometer, the world just reached 7.8B people a few months ago.

Also according to Worldometer, 0.56% of the world's population have been tested positive at least once in their lifetimes.