Neverending Covid-19 Coronavirus

nolalady said:
There are a lot more farms around me, but have you looked around for local producers?

I went to my local farmer's market and there were a couple farms that had local grass fed beef. I grabbed a couple packages of ground beef and a some soup bones to make a pot of cabbage and beef soup. The guy also had fresh eggs and milk, so I bought some eggs, but I think I'll go and buy milk from him next week. The prices were a bit cheaper than what I would pay for organic grass fed beef in the store.
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No, there is nothing like that around here.

There is a farmers market in Boston set up on the streets Friday and Saturday at Haymarket. But that has not been going on the past few months due to the pandemic.
That farmers market is not what I would call local. It travels though multiple cities on the east cast. Boston is at the end of the week and a lot of the times the produce is near going bad by then.
 
RenegadeMonster said:
No, there is nothing like that around here.

There is a farmers market in Boston set up on the streets Friday and Saturday at Haymarket. But that has not been going on the past few months due to the pandemic.
That farmers market is not what I would call local. It travels though multiple cities on the east cast. Boston is at the end of the week and a lot of the times the produce is near going bad by then.
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See that's your problem. You need to live further out in the boonies to get farm stuff. I've been looking at local sources for food production because supply chain disruption is here and it's not going anywhere.
 
This is strange. Seems like it should have been caught prior to publication.


Statement from The Lancet
Today, three of the authors of the paper, "Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis", have retracted their study. They were unable to complete an independent audit of the data underpinning their analysis. As a result, they have concluded that they "can no longer vouch for the veracity of the primary data sources." The Lancet takes issues of scientific integrity extremely seriously, and there are many outstanding questions about Surgisphere and the data that were allegedly included in this study. Following guidelines from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), institutional reviews of Surgisphere’s research collaborations are urgently needed.

The retraction notice is published today, June 4, 2020. The article will be updated to reflect this retraction shortly.
 
dhodo said:
This is strange. Seems like it should have been caught prior to publication.


Statement from The Lancet
Today, three of the authors of the paper, "Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis", have retracted their study. They were unable to complete an independent audit of the data underpinning their analysis. As a result, they have concluded that they "can no longer vouch for the veracity of the primary data sources." The Lancet takes issues of scientific integrity extremely seriously, and there are many outstanding questions about Surgisphere and the data that were allegedly included in this study. Following guidelines from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), institutional reviews of Surgisphere’s research collaborations are urgently needed.

The retraction notice is published today, June 4, 2020. The article will be updated to reflect this retraction shortly.
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Looks like the data mining company surgisphere the study got the patient data from is basically a fraud. This article is pretty interesting.


www.theguardian.com

Unreliable data: how doubt snowballed over Covid-19 drug research that swept the world

A vast database from a little-known company called Surgisphere has influenced rapid policy shifts as the world seeks treatments for Covid-19. But as researchers began to examine it more closely, they became increasingly concerned
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
 
www.cnn.com

More than half of states may be undercounting coronavirus cases by not following CDC guidelines

At least 28 states are not following US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines on reporting new Covid-19 cases -- half of which saw the trend of new cases increasing in the last week.
www.cnn.com www.cnn.com

28 states are not following the CDC's guidelines for reopening. 26 states are seeing increases in new confirmed cases.

Probable cases are not being reported and many red states are suppressing the data making it hard to actually determine what their rates of new infections and deaths are
 
wouldn't it be nice to live in a progressive country that cares about it's citizen's health?

www.nytimes.com

New Zealand Lifts Lockdown as It Declares Virus Eliminated, for Now (Published 2020)

Saying the country had no active coronavirus cases and no new infections, officials declared that the strict clampdown on public life would end.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
www.cbsnews.com

New Zealand eradicates coronavirus, at least for now

All virus-related restrictions except those at borders have been lifted, though Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern cautions nation will almost surely see more cases.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com
 
Jan said:
Looks like the data mining company surgisphere the study got the patient data from is basically a fraud. This article is pretty interesting.


www.theguardian.com

Unreliable data: how doubt snowballed over Covid-19 drug research that swept the world

A vast database from a little-known company called Surgisphere has influenced rapid policy shifts as the world seeks treatments for Covid-19. But as researchers began to examine it more closely, they became increasingly concerned
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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I'm a health data analyst and this is not at all surprising. The ins and outs of data are tricky and you really have to set your definitions ahead of time (pre-study). Just because it comes from a private company doesn't mean that their data standards are rigorous. This is what happens when you don't have scientists and data people involved in data collection and cleaning.

So here's some good news amid the doom and gloom:
“From the data we have, it still seems to be rare that an asymptomatic person actually transmits onward to a secondary individual,” Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, head of WHO’s emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, said at a news briefing from the United Nations agency’s Geneva headquarters. “It’s very rare.”

www.cnbc.com

Asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is 'very rare,' WHO says

Government responses should focus on detecting and isolating infected people with symptoms, said the WHO's Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove.
www.cnbc.com www.cnbc.com

I really hope this is the case.
 
nolalady said:
I'm a health data analyst and this is not at all surprising. The ins and outs of data are tricky and you really have to set your definitions ahead of time (pre-study). Just because it comes from a private company doesn't mean that their data standards are rigorous. This is what happens when you don't have scientists and data people involved in data collection and cleaning.

So here's some good news amid the doom and gloom:
“From the data we have, it still seems to be rare that an asymptomatic person actually transmits onward to a secondary individual,” Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, head of WHO’s emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, said at a news briefing from the United Nations agency’s Geneva headquarters. “It’s very rare.”

www.cnbc.com

Asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is 'very rare,' WHO says

Government responses should focus on detecting and isolating infected people with symptoms, said the WHO's Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove.
www.cnbc.com www.cnbc.com

I really hope this is the case.
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WHO is already walking this back...
 
One thing I have noticed as of late on snapchat is a lot of influencers I follow have resumed normal life. Lot's of going out dancing and drinking. Large crowds. You would never think there was a pandemic, and I'm certainly not seeing any kind oof social distancing or mask wearing.

Has the social life this resumed in many areas of the united states.
 
RenegadeMonster said:
One thing I have noticed as of late on snapchat is a lot of influencers I follow have resumed normal life. Lot's of going out dancing and drinking. Large crowds. You would never think there was a pandemic, and I'm certainly not seeing any kind oof social distancing or mask wearing.

Has the social life this resumed in many areas of the united states.
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I would say yes. A lot of restrictions have been lifted here in PA. Some places can have crowds up to 250 people. But people definitely don't seem to care that they're still supposed to social distance and wear a mask. (I live in the center of the state among the masks infringe on my constitutional right crowd). You won't catch me in a large crowd anytime soon.
 
dbarila said:
I would say yes. A lot of restrictions have been lifted here in PA. Some places can have crowds up to 250 people. But people definitely don't seem to care that they're still supposed to social distance and wear a mask. (I live in the center of the state among the masks infringe on my constitutional right crowd). You won't catch me in a large crowd anytime soon.
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AZ is always a poor example of...well...anything, but social distancing has never been enforced or adopted widely here. There have been photos and videos of large day-club pool parties the last few weeks where 200+ people are packed in a pool, no distancing, no masks etc. Hell, people were even out en masse during the initial lockdown playing golf and whatnot.
 
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