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@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@black3dynamite sick students must stay home.... how do they determine who is sick? Testing is not free, at least not here. Who is determining if they are sick?
The thing is, of your kids are sick, it's most likely not Covid19.
And even if it is Covid-19, most kids won't even notice they have it. They could have a small cough or 1 day of low grade fever. Or no symptoms at all.
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@Fredtx said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@black3dynamite sick students must stay home.... how do they determine who is sick? Testing is not free, at least not here. Who is determining if they are sick?
The thing is, of your kids are sick, it's most likely not Covid19.
And even if it is Covid-19, most kids won't even notice they have it. They could have a small cough or 1 day of low grade fever. Or no symptoms at all.
https://kfor.com/news/oklahoma-records-first-child-death-from-covid-19/
Death is a non-symptom, for sure.
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@Grey said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Fredtx said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@black3dynamite sick students must stay home.... how do they determine who is sick? Testing is not free, at least not here. Who is determining if they are sick?
The thing is, of your kids are sick, it's most likely not Covid19.
And even if it is Covid-19, most kids won't even notice they have it. They could have a small cough or 1 day of low grade fever. Or no symptoms at all.
https://kfor.com/news/oklahoma-records-first-child-death-from-covid-19/
Death is a non-symptom, for sure.
Very important fact written on this article.
"A 13-year-old girl with an autoimmune disease living with her family on post at Ft. Still in Lawton is the first child to have died from COVID-19 in Oklahoma. "
One can question if she would have still passed if she contracted another sickness due to the underlining disease she already had. I know my friend was infected, and his 9 year old daughter had low grade fever for 1 day, and that was it. His other 2 kids who are bubble gum with his daughter didn't have anything, which means they were either asymptomatic or didn't even get infected.
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@Grey said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Fredtx said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@black3dynamite sick students must stay home.... how do they determine who is sick? Testing is not free, at least not here. Who is determining if they are sick?
The thing is, of your kids are sick, it's most likely not Covid19.
And even if it is Covid-19, most kids won't even notice they have it. They could have a small cough or 1 day of low grade fever. Or no symptoms at all.
https://kfor.com/news/oklahoma-records-first-child-death-from-covid-19/
Death is a non-symptom, for sure.
You seem super focused on the individual, and not the masses. There's nothing wrong with that. But it's definitely important to look at the big picture too.
If you solely focus on a single death, there would never be an uprising against oppression, etc.
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@Grey said in Non-IT News Thread:
Death is a non-symptom, for sure.
All illnesses have the random person with non-normal reactions to the illness, that yes, can include death.
We don't shut down everything because an otherwise healthy person dies from the flu.
We don't ban jogging because a healthy person dies while jogging.
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New South Wales erosion: Huge swells leave homes at risk of collapse
Huge waves have pummelled the Australian state of New South Wales, eroding some coastal areas and putting homes at risk of collapse.
In beach suburbs to the north of Sydney, residents lost decks and fences as the surf lapped at the edge of properties. Authorities say they have recorded waves as high as 11m (36ft) this week off the city's coastline. The wild surf has been caused by a strong low pressure system. On Friday, the Bureau of Meteorology (Bom) re-issued a "hazardous" surf warning for the state's entire 2,100km (1,300-mile) coastline. -
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
New South Wales erosion: Huge swells leave homes at risk of collapse
Huge waves have pummelled the Australian state of New South Wales, eroding some coastal areas and putting homes at risk of collapse.
In beach suburbs to the north of Sydney, residents lost decks and fences as the surf lapped at the edge of properties. Authorities say they have recorded waves as high as 11m (36ft) this week off the city's coastline. The wild surf has been caused by a strong low pressure system. On Friday, the Bureau of Meteorology (Bom) re-issued a "hazardous" surf warning for the state's entire 2,100km (1,300-mile) coastline.Sounds like some builders ignored their erosions studies, or didn't do them.
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/bdea/c9b712369815bab02152f8cc79f2531ffa1d.pdf
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@Grey said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
New South Wales erosion: Huge swells leave homes at risk of collapse
Huge waves have pummelled the Australian state of New South Wales, eroding some coastal areas and putting homes at risk of collapse.
In beach suburbs to the north of Sydney, residents lost decks and fences as the surf lapped at the edge of properties. Authorities say they have recorded waves as high as 11m (36ft) this week off the city's coastline. The wild surf has been caused by a strong low pressure system. On Friday, the Bureau of Meteorology (Bom) re-issued a "hazardous" surf warning for the state's entire 2,100km (1,300-mile) coastline.Sounds like some builders ignored their erosions studies, or didn't do them.
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/bdea/c9b712369815bab02152f8cc79f2531ffa1d.pdf
Erosion deniers. LOL
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Grey said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
New South Wales erosion: Huge swells leave homes at risk of collapse
Huge waves have pummelled the Australian state of New South Wales, eroding some coastal areas and putting homes at risk of collapse.
In beach suburbs to the north of Sydney, residents lost decks and fences as the surf lapped at the edge of properties. Authorities say they have recorded waves as high as 11m (36ft) this week off the city's coastline. The wild surf has been caused by a strong low pressure system. On Friday, the Bureau of Meteorology (Bom) re-issued a "hazardous" surf warning for the state's entire 2,100km (1,300-mile) coastline.Sounds like some builders ignored their erosions studies, or didn't do them.
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/bdea/c9b712369815bab02152f8cc79f2531ffa1d.pdf
Erosion deniers. LOL
Nope. Gotta be Trumps fault somehow.
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@popester said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Grey said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
New South Wales erosion: Huge swells leave homes at risk of collapse
Huge waves have pummelled the Australian state of New South Wales, eroding some coastal areas and putting homes at risk of collapse.
In beach suburbs to the north of Sydney, residents lost decks and fences as the surf lapped at the edge of properties. Authorities say they have recorded waves as high as 11m (36ft) this week off the city's coastline. The wild surf has been caused by a strong low pressure system. On Friday, the Bureau of Meteorology (Bom) re-issued a "hazardous" surf warning for the state's entire 2,100km (1,300-mile) coastline.Sounds like some builders ignored their erosions studies, or didn't do them.
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/bdea/c9b712369815bab02152f8cc79f2531ffa1d.pdf
Erosion deniers. LOL
Nope. Gotta be Trumps fault somehow.
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@popester said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Grey said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
New South Wales erosion: Huge swells leave homes at risk of collapse
Huge waves have pummelled the Australian state of New South Wales, eroding some coastal areas and putting homes at risk of collapse.
In beach suburbs to the north of Sydney, residents lost decks and fences as the surf lapped at the edge of properties. Authorities say they have recorded waves as high as 11m (36ft) this week off the city's coastline. The wild surf has been caused by a strong low pressure system. On Friday, the Bureau of Meteorology (Bom) re-issued a "hazardous" surf warning for the state's entire 2,100km (1,300-mile) coastline.Sounds like some builders ignored their erosions studies, or didn't do them.
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/bdea/c9b712369815bab02152f8cc79f2531ffa1d.pdf
Erosion deniers. LOL
Nope. Gotta be Trumps fault somehow.
Ummm don't you mean it's Obama's fault?
I'm just trying to make the joke, don't hate me
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Coronavirus: Donald Trump vows not to order Americans to wear masks
US President Donald Trump has vowed not to order Americans to wear masks to contain the spread of coronavirus.
His comments came after the country's top infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, urged state and local leaders to be "as forceful as possible" in getting people to wear masks. Wearing face coverings, Dr Fauci added, is "really important" and "we should be using them, everyone". The wearing of face coverings has become highly politicised in the US. President Trump, who had previously resisted wearing a face covering himself, wore a mask in public for the first time last Saturday. -
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@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
Serious question time - the active test also tests for antibodies? I assumed it checked for the actual virus, where the antibody test (i.e. you used to have Covid-19) checked for antibodies.
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@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
This is technically incorrect as it is simply finding you are infected with a virus from the same family and not specifically Covid-19. As is listed just further down in the image says.
Basically the testing isn't as accurate as would be ideal in a perfect world, but that should be expected.
TD:DR this is a false positive result.
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Scientists unlocked the secret of how these ultrablack fish absorb light
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@nadnerB said in Non-IT News Thread:
Scientists unlocked the secret of how these ultrablack fish absorb light
Too Cool!! Nature is like, "silly human, you made something new, that's cute".
DAMN Nature, You scary!!
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Coronavirus: Oxford vaccine triggers immune response
A coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford appears safe and triggers an immune response.
Trials involving 1,077 people showed the injection led to them making antibodies and T-cells that can fight coronavirus. The findings are hugely promising, but it is still too soon to know if this is enough to offer protection and larger trials are under way. The UK has already ordered 100 million doses of the vaccine. The vaccine - called ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 - is being developed at unprecedented speed. It is made from a genetically engineered virus that causes the common cold in chimpanzees. It has been heavily modified, first so it cannot cause infections in people and also to make it "look" more like coronavirus. -
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Coronavirus: Oxford vaccine triggers immune response
A coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford appears safe and triggers an immune response.
Trials involving 1,077 people showed the injection led to them making antibodies and T-cells that can fight coronavirus. The findings are hugely promising, but it is still too soon to know if this is enough to offer protection and larger trials are under way. The UK has already ordered 100 million doses of the vaccine. The vaccine - called ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 - is being developed at unprecedented speed. It is made from a genetically engineered virus that causes the common cold in chimpanzees. It has been heavily modified, first so it cannot cause infections in people and also to make it "look" more like coronavirus.Maybe if I would end up dead from COVID-19, then I'd give it a try.
