Continuing coronavirus happenings (Part 1)

[alahmnat]

Some people might consider that a sign.

[anon61221983]

I think a couple of the private schools around here are doing classes outside, too.

[anon61221983]

That’s not football, that’s hand egg!

[kennykb]

As if COVID-19 cares what sort of sportsball they’re playing? (Hmm. It might. In association football, the players aren’t in full body contact all the time the way they are in American handegg.)

[gatto]

@anon29537550

Over 1,000 COVID-19 cases have been identified in James Madison University students and employees,

maybe this is normal for local newspapers, but it seems very strange that by going to the site and reading the article in context… i still have no idea where this is, how that relates to the case rate elsewhere in the area, nor even how large the university is and what percentage this implies.

[gatto]

@mr_raccoon

The motorcycle rally where Smash Mouth played reportedly led to a large portion of the US’ COVID cases

holy jeebus:

According to Consequence Of Sound, a study published by health scientists Dhaval Dave, Andrew Friedson, Drew McNichols, and Joe Sabia found the Sturgis rally is responsible for a whopping 260,000 new cases of COVID-19. That number equates to 19 percent of the US’ total cases for the month of August, and $12 billion in medical care costs.

weren’t there people arguing here about how it wouldn’t be a big deal because it was mostly outside?

[Ratel]

Old Tucson Closes Indefinitely

Democrats need to be on the air every day saying that this is happening because the Republicans won’t properly fund a proper shutdown.

[LutherBlisset]

@Simon_Clift

so I suppose I’ll file it under “to consider”.

I seriously object to giving any credibility or even consideration to such a terrible piece of pseudo-science.

I also object to posting such woo without a clear warning that it is bullshit.

Please don’t do that. If you are looking for a fitting emoji, I suggest .

[bryan]

Came back and read the rest of it later in the day, just so I wouldn’t feel like I was reflexively skipping over things that challenged my worldview. Turns out my reflex was true, it’s like modern Von Däniken. But fortunately, much shorter.

[anon29537550]

The article just above that puts it in some context. Since JMU came back in person the case count has pretty much gone vertical. JMU is about 21k students, about 25% out-of-state. And absolutely dominates the local economy.

[anon29537550]

You did better than I. Read the headline and scrolled on. No time for “it was aliens!!”

[Immutable_Mike]

@mr_raccoon

A church leader in Ukraine who blamed the pandemic on the “sinfulness of humanity” and same-sex marriage has tested positive for Covid-19

A coming-out party would have been safer. And way more fun.

[anon36155390]

Sturgis Motorcycle Rally was 'superspreading event' that cost public health...

[anon87143080]

So if about 400,000 people attended, and it cost $12.2 bn in health costs, you could have paid everyone who attended $30,000 to stay home and come out cheaper.

[d_r]

@teknocholer

Sounds like the Danish system of “forest kindergartens” that has been going for years.

Is that how they keep their forests raked to avoid wildfires? You’re never too young to hold a rake.

@gatto

weren’t there people arguing here about how it wouldn’t be a big deal because it was mostly outside?

The problem with the Sturgis rally is that while mostly outside, it is also partly inside, and with such a large group “partly inside” can still be a major vector. Plus, with all those people it is hard to socially distance even outside.

[anon36155390]

@anon87143080

you could have paid everyone who attended $30,000 to stay home

What are you, some kind of socialist?

[d_r]

Why haven’t COVID-19 cases spiked at Duke University? Mass testing plays a...

Won’t onebox, so:

The university has reported 46 cases — a 0.3% positivity rate — this semester after conducting more than 17,000 tests of students and employees since Aug. 2, the university reported Monday. There are only 15 active COVID-19 cases among Duke’s student, faculty and staff population, including nine new positive cases last week.

Meanwhile, UNC has reported more than 900 COVID-19 cases and N.C. State has reported more than 800 cases among students and employees since classes began on Aug. 10. Both of those universities started the semester a week earlier than Duke, but quickly shifted in-person classes online and told students to move out of dorms.

Duke’s robust testing strategy, student behavior and limiting campus housing and facilities are critical pieces of its success in mitigating the spread of the virus

[DukeTrout]

Duke also completely, if temporarily, restructured its campus, with one-way walkways, designated entrances and exits to buildings with student and staff flow in mind, and gave students structured social outlets instead of leaving the inevitable drive toward social interaction to chance.

[d_r]

@DukeTrout

Duke also completely, if temporarily, restructured its campus, with one-way walkways, designated entrances and exits to buildings with student and staff flow in mind,

This is pretty common campus Covid strategy, I assume all administrators went to the same (virtual) meetings.

and gave students structured social outlets instead of leaving the inevitable drive toward social interaction to chance.

I think this is the real innovation. Students crave social interaction, it is also one of the main things college gives you, I’m impressed that Duke has managed to pull it off so far.

[teknocholer]

@d_r

Is that how they keep their forests raked to avoid wildfires?

That’s Finland (maybe using kindergartners, I don’t know).

@d_r

You’re never too young to hold a rake.

Or, if you watched the video, a sheath knife.