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???? Please explain???
 
For some reason, I can't get the facebook link to work.
 
Just saw on CNN that NYC Hospitals are hooking four people up to one ventilator...controversial, but they are trying to save lives.


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If it works it'll be a good breakthrough. Just watching the news and they noted 2 people per ventilator. If it works at 4, then that will help.
 
If it works it'll be a good breakthrough. Just watching the news and they noted 2 people per ventilator. If it works at 4, then that will help.

It's not ideal - the patients must be of similar lung capacity, and there are other risks of lung damage if pressures get too high on one person versus the other.

But it beats dying, so yes, it's certainly a good option....one that I think we'll see used in a lot of places given the critical shortage of ventilators.
 
Province dropped a hammer as people can't control the dumb. Keep it up people and we will be stuck on our own property.


The Ford government is ordering the closure of all communal or shared, public or private, outdoor recreational amenities everywhere in Ontario, effective immediately


The following public and private, shared and communal amenities ordered closed include:


– Playgrounds
– Sports fields
– Basketball and tennis courts
– Off-leash dog parks
– Beaches
– Skateboard and BMX parks
– Picnic areas
– Community gardens
– Park shelters
– Outdoor exercise equipment
– Condo parks and gardens
– Other outdoor recreational amenities

Officials said parks, trails, ravines and conservation areas not currently closed off will stay open for walking for now. Provincial parks and conservation authorities continue to stay closed under the order.
 
Stolen from facebook. All credit to the original author (Jonathan Smith from Yale University).

"Hey everybody, as an infectious disease epidemiologist (although a lowly one), at this point feel morally obligated to provide some information on what we are seeing from a transmission dynamic perspective and how they apply to the social distancing measures. Like any good scientist I have noticed two things that are either not articulated or not present in the “literature” of social media. I am also tagging my much smarter infectious disease epidemiologist friends for peer review of this post. Please correct me if I am wrong (any edits are from peer review).

Specifically, I want to make two aspects of these measures very clear and unambiguous.
First, we are in the very infancy of this epidemic’s trajectory. That means even with these measures we will see cases and deaths continue to rise globally, nationally, and in our own communities in the coming weeks. This may lead some people to think that the social distancing measures are not working. They are. They may feel futile. They aren’t. You will feel discouraged. You should. This is normal in chaos. But this is also normal epidemic trajectory. Stay calm. This enemy that we are facing is very good at what it does; we are not failing. We need everyone to hold the line as the epidemic inevitably gets worse. This is not my opinion; this is the unforgiving math of epidemics for which I and my colleagues have dedicated our lives to understanding with great nuance, and this disease is no exception. I want to help the community brace for this impact. Stay strong and with solidarity knowing with absolute certainty that what you are doing is saving lives, even as people begin getting sick and dying. You may feel like giving in. Don’t.
Second, although social distancing measures have been (at least temporarily) well-received, there is an obvious-but-overlooked phenomenon when considering groups (i.e. families) in transmission dynamics. While social distancing decreases contact with members of society, it of course increases your contacts with group (i.e. family) members. This small and obvious fact has surprisingly profound implications on disease transmission dynamics. Study after study demonstrates that even if there is only a little bit of connection between groups (i.e. social dinners, playdates/playgrounds, etc.), the epidemic trajectory isn’t much different than if there was no measure in place. The same underlying fundamentals of disease transmission apply, and the result is that the community is left with all of the social and economic disruption but very little public health benefit. You should perceive your entire family to function as a single individual unit; if one person puts themselves at risk, everyone in the unit is at risk. Seemingly small social chains get large and complex with alarming speed. If your son visits his girlfriend, and you later sneak over for coffee with a neighbor, your neighbor is now connected to the infected office worker that your son’s girlfriend’s mother shook hands with. This sounds silly, it’s not. This is not a joke or a hypothetical. We as epidemiologists see it borne out in the data time and time again and no one listens. Conversely, any break in that chain breaks disease transmission along that chain.
In contrast to hand-washing and other personal measures, social distancing measures are not about individuals, they are about societies working in unison. These measures also take a long time to see the results. It is hard (even for me) to conceptualize how ‘one quick little get together’ can undermine the entire framework of a public health intervention, but it does. I promise you it does. I promise. I promise. I promise. You can’t cheat it. People are already itching to cheat on the social distancing precautions just a “little”- a playdate, a haircut, or picking up a needless item at the store, etc. From a transmission dynamics standpoint, this very quickly recreates a highly connected social network that undermines all of the work the community has done so far.
Until we get a viable vaccine this unprecedented outbreak will not be overcome in one grand, sweeping gesture, rather only by the collection of individual choices our community makes in the coming months. This virus is unforgiving to unwise choices. My goal in writing this is to prevent communities from getting ‘sucker-punched’ by what the epidemiological community knows will happen in the coming weeks. It will be easy to be drawn to the idea that what we are doing isn’t working and become paralyzed by fear, or to ‘cheat’ a little bit in the coming weeks. By knowing what to expect, and knowing the importance of maintaining these measures, my hope is to encourage continued community spirit, strategizing, and action to persevere in this time of uncertainty."
 
not sure if this is real or fake

wshh always has outrageous videos. My suspicion is they intentionally trigger reactions to get outrageous videos so they are probably somewhere between real and fake.

Now, as for all those people gathering for a one year olds birthday party. Assuming it was relatively recent, wtf. The kids doesn't even know or care that it's their birthday.
 
wshh always has outrageous videos. My suspicion is they intentionally trigger reactions to get outrageous videos so they are probably somewhere between real and fake.

Now, as for all those people gathering for a one year olds birthday party. Assuming it was relatively recent, wtf. The kids doesn't even know or care that it's their birthday.

I read it was 50-60 people.

If I had to guess, probably a couple cops showed up and asked people to disperse, got the reaction of "make us", and the result is this video.
 
the stupidity of those south of us never ceases to shock me

Idris Elba did (had to do) a PSA to dispel the myth
that black people are immune to Covid-19
it really is a thing

not a knock on any race
this is an American dumb-ass thing
 
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