2019 Novel Coronavirus Covid-19 Discussion

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#2459224 11-Apr-2020 09:47

kingdragonfly: Quick reminder: Royal New Zealand Ballet A Midsummer Night's Dream

Friday 10 April at 7.30pm
Saturday 11 April at 1.30pm
Sunday 12 April at 10.30am

https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=161&topicid=268511&page_no=12#2458727

Nice but some people don't do facebook.

Whilst the difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a bit longer. However, miracles you will have to wait for.

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#2459230 11-Apr-2020 09:50

You don't have to be on Facebook, you just follow a link. No sign up required.

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#2459231 11-Apr-2020 09:52

larknz: You don't have to be on Facebook, you just follow a link. No sign up required.

would youtube be a better platform? most TVs have a youtube app. i don't watch things on my phone. on laptop at a stretch but 15" is much smaller than 65" and a home theatre system.

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#2459233 11-Apr-2020 09:55

It seems to work well, I just Chromecast to my TV. The only problem is the sound is in mono. This is the second week they have done this.

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#2459242 11-Apr-2020 10:16

I think helpful links for things that can help people during the lockdown should be in the Mental health and COVID-19 thread.

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#2459243 11-Apr-2020 10:19

Batman:

anyway, a trip down memory lane. i wonder if convalascent plasma therapy works whether we'd call on our mammal friends to "help" https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2013/08/how-horses-helped-cure-diphtheria.html https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/horse-serum

Oh, you are talking about serum, which is not a vaccine. It doesn't help prevent but helps fight infections.

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#2459244 11-Apr-2020 10:20

Police dog handler and two motorists seriously injured in south Auckland chase

That's another cop taken off duty because of utter f.wits, god why are some people such monkeys?

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#2459245 11-Apr-2020 10:20

iamaelephant: Can we cut the conspiracy theory BS? It's completely off topic and has added about a page of useless noise to this thread.

I have removed almost a full page of links and comments on conspiracy theories. These don't help, clutter the discussion and is spreading this bullshit around.

Keep this on topic, keep this current, folks.

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#2459253 11-Apr-2020 10:36

US total cases now exceed half a million. And US COVID-19 deaths now only only ~200 short of Italy total.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

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#2459270 11-Apr-2020 10:49

DS248:
US total cases now exceed half a million. And US COVID-19 deaths now only only ~200 short of Italy total.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

And, to counter Republican dismissal based on population size, the USA is now in the top 10 countries for both infections and fatalities per capita (excluding tiny outliers like Luxembourg and San Marino).

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#2459295 11-Apr-2020 11:26

And New York state alone has more cases than any country (USA excepted of course). And close to double the total for China (81,907).

New York state 159,937
Spain 158,273
Italy 147,577
(as at 23:20 UTM)

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#2459302 11-Apr-2020 11:39

Posted around 11 am Saturday NZ time

Hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19: What We Know Right Now

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#2459312 11-Apr-2020 11:50

Lifting coronavirus lockdown measures too early could spark a "deadly resurgence" in infections, the World Health Organization chief has warned.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said countries should be cautious about easing restrictions, even as some struggle with the economic impact.

"The way down can be as dangerous as the way up if not managed properly."

People I talk to are eagerly waiting for a relaxation in the lockdown rules so they can get out and about again. But, I hope NZ takes notice of this warning from the WHO chief and people stay at home as much as possible.

We went for a walk this morning, and there were lots of people out and it was quite hard at times to always keep to the 2-metre rule unless you walked down the middle of the road, which wasn't a good idea as plenty of cars were out and about.

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#2459316 11-Apr-2020 11:59

Personally speaking, I'm on the heart medicine Digoxin (a very common drug), and Hydroxychloroquine would probably kill me. The good news is taking it means I wouldn't have to worry about COVID-19.

On April 8th, the American Heart Association put out a statement of concern regarding the heart-related side effects of using antimalarials for treating COVID-19 patients.

In it, they note that the drugs can cause potentially-fatal changes to heart rhythms, and that these may not be detected in time.

You can read their full statement here at the AHA/ASA Journals:

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.047521

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#2459318 11-Apr-2020 12:01

frednz:

Lifting coronavirus lockdown measures too early could spark a "deadly resurgence" in infections, the World Health Organization chief has warned.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said countries should be cautious about easing restrictions, even as some struggle with the economic impact.

"The way down can be as dangerous as the way up if not managed properly."

People I talk to are eagerly waiting for a relaxation in the lockdown rules so they can get out and about again. But, I hope NZ takes notice of this warning from the WHO chief and people stay at home as much as possible.

We went for a walk this morning, and there were lots of people out and it was quite hard at times to always keep to the 2-metre rule unless you walked down the middle of the road, which wasn't a good idea as plenty of cars were out and about.

with all due respect to the WHO, I don't know if people actually find WHO credible. Every govt is doing their own thing - aim is to protect both lives and money at the same time because lockdown = a different kind of death.

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