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by jpster 7y ago
>It would be nice [...] Here is data where “Total” is meant to represent the number tested. Ideally we would see this also represented as a percentage of the local population. https://covidtracking.com/notes/
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by jpster 7y ago
I agree but there are millions who literally cannot afford to stay home — or they risk making rent and buying food. We must solve this problem at once. Pandemics aren’t gonna go anyway.
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by jpster 7y ago
Following your line of thought, giving people easy ways to self-diagnose as quickly as possible is critical. Can we at least deliver flu & cold medicine to as many people as humanly possible? For free? So that they can, themselves, elim
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Shortage of crucial chemicals creates new obstacle to U.S. coronavirus testing(statnews.com)
5 points by jpster 7y ago|0 comments
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by jpster 7y ago
What is the path for rebooting society after all this? In the absence of a vaccine, what would be the “all clear” signal?
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by jpster 7y ago
Please expand on this.
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by jpster 7y ago
I’m not sure about the overall efficacy of lockdowns unless: - The US plays along. We are likely a hotspot now, whether we go the “undertest and live in ignorance” route, or not. - We have an effective plan for rebooting out of the lockdown
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by jpster 7y ago
Practically speaking, I think this means e.g. temperature checks at every school, place of work, subway, train, airport, and large residential building. At entry/exit, like metal detectors. Routine swabs / testing. Ideally could s
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by jpster 7y ago
These seem like ineffective measures. Planes and trains seem like great vectors for letting the virus live on surfaces. What kind of disinfecting protocols are they following? I have doubts that the hustle and bustle of a typical restaurant
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by jpster 7y ago
The question remains: what will happen when everyone returns to work and school? I would expect infections to flare up again. What then?
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Deep learning for detecting 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia(medrxiv.org)
1 points by jpster 7y ago|0 comments
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by jpster 7y ago
But really, it’s ridiculous that lawmakers and policymakers cannot see the harm done by these rules, themselves.
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by jpster 7y ago
I’m wondering if some of the rise in deaths and hospitalizations were actually due to the (as yet undetected) virus.
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by jpster 7y ago
“You can never step into the same river twice.”
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by jpster 7y ago
Now seeing a real downside to the increased prevalence of public touchscreens in our world today.
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Coronavirus and Surface Survivability(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
5 points by jpster 7y ago|1 comments
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by jpster 7y ago
I’d be interested to hear book recommendations that discuss “fuzzy thinking” and how to avoid it.
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by jpster 7y ago
I believe your point can be simplified: The net result of hundreds of hundreds of years of policy has created net, lasting disadvantages. Just as intended.
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by jpster 7y ago
Yes, when you are a recent immigrant who comes with nothing, the way to go upwards is by education. The point is that black Americans are not recent immigrants. They have been in this country just as long (if not longer) than white America
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by jpster 7y ago
I think the previous commenter is on to something re icebreakers. Also, please check out Carol Dweck’s work on Growth Mindset. Her book shares examples of how researchers and teachers successfully primed underprivileged students to stop thi
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by jpster 7y ago
> Showing up is hard to do when housing policy explicitly forbids black people from living within a 2 hour commute of the few places that would hire them. And yes, the “progressive” Bay Area, too. For anyone who wonders why the Bay has s
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by jpster 7y ago
> Black community does not have a solid culture and tradition comparing to other immigration minority groups Just curious, what evidence do you think you have for this claim?
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by jpster 7y ago
I second this. I find it easier & quicker to use than MFP.
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by jpster 7y ago
This is insane. Just this week I finished a novel called How We Disappeared, about the mass internment and rape of “comfort women” by the Japanese in WWII. So to read this news on the eve of 2020 is horrifying. And sadly, I don’t think the
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by jpster 7y ago
> there are significant racial differences between slaves and people, and the same rules do not apply to white ones as to black ones because they are not the same species, they do not have the same brains/possibilities/rights&#
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by jpster 7y ago
This is such a cool publication, by the way. Founded by David Byrne of Talking Heads.
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by jpster 7y ago
Thank you! And how did you learn these guidelines? Is there a book or blog post you recommend for data visualization best practices?
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by jpster 7y ago
IDK about their ethical motivations, but they made serious errors in judgement. They delayed publishing on Bush’s illegal surveillance because his admin asked them to. IIRC they had the opportunity to break this story before he was reelecte
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by jpster 7y ago
Seems Part C would be beneficial to professional drivers and serve to lock non-pros out. Do I have the right interpretation?
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by jpster 7y ago
See also African Twilight, a book/documentary/exhibit bu two collaborators who’ve been traveling in Africa for decades. They are documenting the traditional ceremonies which are disappearing in modernity. https://carolb

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