DanBC

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by DanBC 7y ago
Covid-19 seems to hit a population by first of all killing all the people who are pretty ill even without covid-19. Lots of people die from covid-19, but those people would probably have died later that year anyway, so there's not muc
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Palliative Care and Coronavirus [pdf](england.nhs.uk)
2 points by DanBC 7y ago|1 comments
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by DanBC 7y ago
You get some extra legal protections with a normal landlord. With an assured shorthold tenancy in England it's quite difficult to evict tenants in the first six months; deposits must be protected and held by an independent organisation
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by DanBC 7y ago
> I've never heard of a significant author who complained about one of their books being in a library, or about library patrons as 'thieves'. Libraries have had their day: Horrible Histories author: https://www
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by DanBC 7y ago
A demo is a form of computer program that achieves something remarkable (usually around computer graphics) in a very small program size. A demoscene would be the collection of people who create these programs, and who appreciate them. There
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Infections challenge China’s claim coronavirus is under control(ft.com)
1 points by DanBC 7y ago|1 comments
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Key human factors behaviours to help when working under pressure(drive.google.com)
1 points by DanBC 7y ago|0 comments
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by DanBC 7y ago
I'm not defending that, but here's recommendations for preserving PPE: http://www.ihi.org/communities/blogs/covid-pandemic-conservi... > Other potential considerations being explored include: > L
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by DanBC 7y ago
> I can order comparable masks from China Why would you buy safety critical equipment from China? There are good reasons those hospitals have such strict requirements. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-03/1
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by DanBC 7y ago
PPE recommendations are a bit confusing. WHO currently says that healthcare professionals in non-AGP areas who aren't doing AGP should wear surgical mask, gloves, apron, and do a risk assessment for eye protection. All of that PPE is s
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by DanBC 7y ago
> good coverage of testing, The UK is only testing people admitted to hospital for suspected covid-19, and it's not testing all of them.
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by DanBC 7y ago
You may be interested in this, from Public Health England. This is mostly about flu (of all strains), but it also includes MERS-CoV, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), rhinovirus, adenovirus, human metapneumovirus (hMPV), parainfluenza and
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by DanBC 7y ago
Oxford's number isn't peer reviewed and it makes assumptions that don't match what we see in other countries (or even on Diamond Princess).
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by DanBC 7y ago
I don't know much about suicide in the US, but I do know a lot about suicide in the UK. Over here about 6500 people die by suicide each year. This is with the broad definition used in the UK. Let's imagine a massive rise of 20% to
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by DanBC 7y ago
Alexithymia (this inability to recognise emotion in yourself or others) is common in autistic people, but it's neither sufficient nor required for the diagnosis. (It's not even part of the diagnosis). I mention this because autist
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by DanBC 7y ago
Of deaths? Here's Spain. They implemented lockdown on about the 7th of March. https://www.ft.com/coronavirus-latest https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/spain/ 8th 17
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by DanBC 7y ago
The Oxford model is pretty weak though, isn't it? It makes a bunch of assumptions that are different from the data we already have from other countries. It ignores situations like Diamond Princess. If the Oxford model is true it means
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by DanBC 7y ago
> and comparisons to it "just" being like a bad flu year are more or less correct. We've never had to build temporary hospitals to house 4,000 patients before, even in bad flu years. It's more infectious than flu and
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by DanBC 7y ago
The tests have pretty high false negative rates. https://twitter.com/cynthiaccox/status/1242868006293843971/p...
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Why stockpiling is not the crazy, selfish behaviour that it seems(warc.com)
24 points by DanBC 7y ago|8 comments
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by DanBC 7y ago
Yes. The shell colour is genetic. https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/why_are_chicken_eggs_different... Also, the thing farmers do have control over is the colour of the yolk. You can buy Egg Yolk Color Charts: http:/&
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by DanBC 7y ago
You can't "rule it out", because when the test says "you don't have it" you may well have it. Some of the tests have a 20% to 40% false negative rate.
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by DanBC 7y ago
Look at Italy; look at Spain. These are not unreasonable extrapolations.
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by DanBC 7y ago
> Just as the MMR vaccine is less about you contracting measles and more about your spreading measles to more vulnerable populations that are unable to get the vaccine No, this is false. The MMR vaccine is very much about stopping indivi
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by DanBC 7y ago
A stable 80 deaths per day isn't that many, it's only 29,200 people per year. But with covid-19 the numbers of people dying is doubling every 3 days. 80, 160, 320, 640, 1280, 2560, 5120, 10,240, 20,480 Potentially Covid-19 would h
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by DanBC 7y ago
It's always important. People are learning a bit more about intensive care and the poor outcomes for people in ITUs. They're learning a bit more about respiratory illness and the impact it can have even if you don't die. They
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by DanBC 7y ago
The tests can tell you if you have covid-19. What they can't do, because they have such a high false negative rate, is tell you that you don't have it.
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by DanBC 7y ago
Yes, but those 8000 orders are piecemeal from any supplier that has any kind of stock, a few hundred here, a few dozen there. There's not a coordinated drive to support those manfs to increase their production. As you say, the Dyson ef
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by DanBC 7y ago
The government turned down an offer from the EU because Europe which is a bit worrying. There are plenty of medical equipment manufacturers in the UK who've made these exact products before, or very similar products, and who know the r
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by DanBC 7y ago
I agree. I think this comment sums up how I feel: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7609289 > I agree with what people have already said, but I think there's one more point to add: people usually over-estimate ho

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