Scipio_Afri

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by Scipio_Afri 6y ago
Percentage positive is disconnected from testing increases. It shows if you're catching more cases because you're testing more or if the true rate of infection is actually the same or decreasing. It still has sample bias - which d
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by Scipio_Afri 6y ago
Yes but the percentage of positive tests accounts for the increase in testing rates. Positive tests divided by total tests. If percent positive of all tests is the same as before then the infection rate is not decreasing, or increasing - it
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by Scipio_Afri 6y ago
Testing capacity has gone up but in many places the percentage of positive cases - which accounts for the increase in testing - have stayed constant or even increased. For example in the DC/VA/MD area there has been a plateau of a
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by Scipio_Afri 6y ago
This article is stating a correlation but the reason they did this is that there is molecular evidence for cholinergic pathways in the body, and drugs which are anti-cholinergic, causing Alzheimer's because of this system being integra
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by Scipio_Afri 6y ago
Less pollution, pollution especially PM smaller than 2.5 you get from the tail of an exhaust pipe sitting in front of you in traffic is not good for cardiovascular health and also is known to cause strokes. We have a significant decline in
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by Scipio_Afri 6y ago
Oil prices don't help the EV argument. However the main issue is that they have to deal with their products being priced high compared to the rest of the industry at a time when wages are likely to fall.
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by Scipio_Afri 6y ago
The US has not grown capacity over the last two weeks. Its pretty much flat lined.
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by Scipio_Afri 6y ago
First of all, you pay income taxes on unemployment income. The additional $600 per week as part of the CARES act is only through July 31st. Then it reverts to just the ase amount - which is whatever percentage of your income (until it reach
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by Scipio_Afri 6y ago
First time amphetamines were used was by Nazi troops in WWII. The show I was watching that mentioned it was invented in Germany and used for the push into France by the Nazis also mentioned an interesting side effect of it also reducing emp
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by Scipio_Afri 6y ago
Exactly, CFR is always expected to be higher than the IFR. Most people getting sick don't go to the doctor. The CFR is an indication of how many people feel they need to go to the doctor and get treatment due to how severe the illness
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by Scipio_Afri 6y ago
You just cited the gross income, not what you get after taxes. You still get taxed on that AND you don't have benefits like health insurance - COBRA for continuing health care is expensive as is the alternative, although slightly less
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by Scipio_Afri 6y ago
I also suspect and absolutely think a large portion of the reason there is a decrease in hospitalizations is due to mitigation efforts decreasing the initial viral load. That is absolutely borne out of all evidence we know thus far for this
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by Scipio_Afri 7y ago
Here’s the news from Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cyber-...
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by Scipio_Afri 7y ago
2 days ago. "New York City raised its likely death toll from coronavirus by 3,778 people on Tuesday afternoon" https://www.wsj.com/articles/nursing-homes-remain-a-concern-...
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by Scipio_Afri 7y ago
Women are less effected overall. It is thought it is due to ACE2 receptor distribution in the body being different than men, but they don't know. However there is statistically significant worse outcomes/disease severity for men.
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by Scipio_Afri 7y ago
Also the Bios of a couple of the authors at the end: "Dr. Sanche is a postdoctoral research associate at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA. His primary research interest lies in complex disease dynamics inferr
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by Scipio_Afri 7y ago
I think they're pretty reputable, regardless. "Author affiliations: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA"
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by Scipio_Afri 7y ago
Did you offer health insurance? Again COBRA costs will easily take that extra $277 per week or more if you have a family. This situation is limited, it only applies to the few states with good unemployment compensation, if the person is a m
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by Scipio_Afri 7y ago
Social distancing in some form will likely continue through June, at least. So I doubt the economy snaps back overnight and everyone gets rehired in a months time. So there is your extra slack. However you haven’t experienced this situation
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by Scipio_Afri 7y ago
Could you explain your reasoning or evidence for saying “ I'm optimistic that that speed of development of both treatments and vaccines will exceed the consensus expectations.” or is it just a feeling?
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by Scipio_Afri 7y ago
South Korea proactively tested people so their numbers are more skewed towards being the infection fatality rate (case fatality rate are those tested and cobfredtobe sick, ie sick enough to go to the doctor, get tested and be a confirmed
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by Scipio_Afri 7y ago
Right but until regulators or congress acts on a plan moving forward with BA, the stock will continue to slide based on the time out of the market not selling this aircraft. There is still uncertainty over how long until they’re able to sel
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by Scipio_Afri 7y ago
Clones = comes , autocorrect is not smart
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by Scipio_Afri 7y ago
He had kids before he was president, you don’t think it was routine for him to go to his kids’ parent teacher conferences before being president? I think both of his kids were around late elementary or middle school age at the time of being
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by Scipio_Afri 7y ago
Heard specifically the .1% flu and 2% for COVID19 was from Dr. Adam Bernheim from Mount Sinai hospital in NYC who was interviewed as part of a Bloomberg investing podcast called “Bloomberg Surveillance”. He’s citing roughly what I’ve seen i
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by Scipio_Afri 7y ago
Someone above posted https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2020/02/2-new-coronavirus-...
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by Scipio_Afri 7y ago
If you compare what we know about it now to the flu, it’s 20x more lethal than the flu at current estimates with many of those who get it severe enough to go to the hospital requiring intensive care to recover. It’s legit.
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by Scipio_Afri 7y ago
Regarding the bonds, that doesn’t seem true. The conditions for payout are: “ On the face of it, the class B bond should have incurred losses during the 2018 ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the recent coronavirus from W
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by Scipio_Afri 7y ago
Seems like children under 9 are not effected much at all, not sure about under 2 tho.
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by Scipio_Afri 7y ago
I think you’re thinking of Interstitium “ Meet Your Interstitium, a Newfound "Organ" These fluid-filled spaces were found in the body’s connective tissue” https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/meet-your-i

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