Not cool. Glad this pointless display stayed out of the city yesterday
https://www.kmov.com/2022/03/02/local-f ... -mandates/
https://www.kmov.com/2022/03/02/local-f ... -mandates/
WashU has dropped their mask requirement. Masks will be optional starting week after next and there will no longer be capacity limits at school-sponsored events.
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^Gateway Festival is back on their quad this summer. Makes me happy. Are visitors allowed back yet?
Visitors have been allowed back for a while now, they are just supposed to do a COVID screening form online beforehand. Not sure if that requirement will drop soon.symphonicpoet wrote: ↑Mar 04, 2022^Gateway Festival is back on their quad this summer. Makes me happy. Are visitors allowed back yet?
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^Glad to hear it! An acquaintance and his son visited last summer as he considered the place and he wasn't even able to so much as tour the library. It sounded pretty dismal. (And I think he chose to go elsewhere, though don't quote me on that.)
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IT AINT OVER ITS JUST GETTING RE STARTED: Beijing ramps up response to Hong Kong’s raging fifth wave
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3169361/coronavirus-15-cent-hongkongers-could-be-infected
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3169361/coronavirus-15-cent-hongkongers-could-be-infected
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This isn’t a 5th wave in Hong Kong. It’s the first wave. Negative consequence of zero covid is that at some point you’ll get a omicron variant type where it will be impossible to execute zero covid
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Hong Kong, which is currently experiencing the worst covid-19 surge the territory has ever seen, has started to adopt a mass testing regime that mirrors mainland China. https://gizmodo.com/china-reports-214-cases-of-covid-19-on-monday-the-high-1848615942
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Is that a negative consequence? Like, "on no, we saved all those lives for nothing?" If a bridge collapses nobody says "we wasted decades inspecting bridges for absolutely no reason".dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑Mar 06, 2022This isn’t a 5th wave in Hong Kong. It’s the first wave. Negative consequence of zero covid is that at some point you’ll get a omicron variant type where it will be impossible to execute zero covid
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^I'd say experiencing the worst Covid surge in the world is a negative consequence.
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This surge is only a consequence in the sense that it's relative to an abnormally safe baseline. That's like seeing someone get shot and saying "this surge in being shot is a negative consequence of not deliberately shooting yourself in the foot every day".gone corporate wrote: ↑Mar 07, 2022^I'd say experiencing the worst Covid surge in the world is a negative consequence.
Their worst case scenario is still "everyone got infected after being vaccinated" which is still a better outcome than 99% of the world has already experienced. If they've suddenly had a thousand COVID deaths, they're still about 99,000 deaths away from matching the fatality rate in the US.
The outbreak in Hong Kong is very bad in absolute terms, and is killing many elderly unvaccinated people who likely would have lived had they been vaccinated. The outbreak there is way past the point of control and has in fact been made substantially worse by the "zero covid" policies pursued by the Chinese government.
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I bolded the part that requires more explanation.Ebsy wrote: ↑Mar 09, 2022The outbreak in Hong Kong is very bad in absolute terms, and is killing many elderly unvaccinated people who likely would have lived had they been vaccinated. The outbreak there is way past the point of control and has in fact been made substantially worse by the "zero covid" policies pursued by the Chinese government.
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China locks down a city of 9 million amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases
By The Associated Press
Friday, March 11, 2022
https://text.npr.org/1085985036
By The Associated Press
Friday, March 11, 2022
https://text.npr.org/1085985036
Germany: New daily COVID-19 infections pass 250,000 for first time
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-new-daily-covid-19-infections-pass-250000-for-first-time/a-61075687
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-new-daily-covid-19-infections-pass-250000-for-first-time/a-61075687
‘It Is Disheartening’
restaurant workers react to the end of the citywide vaccine mandate
https://www.grubstreet.com/2022/03/new-york-restaurant-workers-react-to-end-of-vaxx-mandate.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_source=tw&utm_campaign=nym
restaurant workers react to the end of the citywide vaccine mandate
https://www.grubstreet.com/2022/03/new-york-restaurant-workers-react-to-end-of-vaxx-mandate.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_source=tw&utm_campaign=nym
dont want to look because its over there: Germany Raises Alarm as Covid Infections Surge to Record Levels
- Seven-day incidence rate hits new high for third straight day
- Health minister warns of ‘many deaths’ as infections climb
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It's getting more severe in China...chris fuller wrote: ↑Mar 11, 2022China locks down a city of 9 million amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases
By The Associated Press
Friday, March 11, 2022
https://text.npr.org/1085985036
CNBC: China Covid spike: Shenzhen shuts production, Shanghai closes schools
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not going to help with inflation when you look at what is made in that towngone corporate wrote: ↑Mar 14, 2022It's getting more severe in China...chris fuller wrote: ↑Mar 11, 2022China locks down a city of 9 million amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases
By The Associated Press
Friday, March 11, 2022
https://text.npr.org/1085985036
CNBC: China Covid spike: Shenzhen shuts production, Shanghai closes schools
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Now would be a good time to stock up on any manufactured products.gone corporate wrote: ↑Mar 14, 2022It's getting more severe in China...chris fuller wrote: ↑Mar 11, 2022China locks down a city of 9 million amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases
By The Associated Press
Friday, March 11, 2022
https://text.npr.org/1085985036
CNBC: China Covid spike: Shenzhen shuts production, Shanghai closes schools
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It aint over: U.S. Sewer Data Warns of a New Bump in Covid Cases After Lull
Data from wastewater can spot a rise in infections before it shows up through positive tests
Data from wastewater can spot a rise in infections before it shows up through positive tests
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This might be the best leading indicator we have left, apart from looking at other countries, but it seems like STL data is always a few weeks old.chris fuller wrote: ↑Mar 15, 2022It aint over: U.S. Sewer Data Warns of a New Bump in Covid Cases After Lull
Data from wastewater can spot a rise in infections before it shows up through positive tests
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The surprising link between Covid-19 deaths and ... internet access
https://www.vox.com/22979086/covid-pandemic-deaths-mortality-broadband-internet-access
https://www.vox.com/22979086/covid-pandemic-deaths-mortality-broadband-internet-access
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I'm a bit skeptical of this finding.chris fuller wrote: ↑Mar 21, 2022The surprising link between Covid-19 deaths and ... internet access
https://www.vox.com/22979086/covid-pandemic-deaths-mortality-broadband-internet-access
What does it mean to be essentially "too poor to get internet access, controlling for socioeconomic status"? That's a nonsensical concept. And if the lack of internet is due to poor local infrastructure, that is likely to correlate highly with the availability of healthcare services (i.e. nobody lives across the street from a hospital but can't get internet). An older person who doesn't have internet because they just can't comprehend it is also more likely to have be less mentally sharp, which could be a causal factor.
Basically, this whole article screams "correlation != causation" to me.
25% of Americans don't have broadband access in their homes, and the numbers tend to be disproportionately high in that group among those without any college education and those who make under $30K per year. It shouldn't be shocking that people who have less access to information are less likely to be vaccinated or to fully grasp the importance of NPI measures.MarkHaversham wrote: ↑Mar 21, 2022I'm a bit skeptical of this finding.chris fuller wrote: ↑Mar 21, 2022The surprising link between Covid-19 deaths and ... internet access
https://www.vox.com/22979086/covid-pandemic-deaths-mortality-broadband-internet-access
What does it mean to be essentially "too poor to get internet access, controlling for socioeconomic status"? That's a nonsensical concept. And if the lack of internet is due to poor local infrastructure, that is likely to correlate highly with the availability of healthcare services (i.e. nobody lives across the street from a hospital but can't get internet). An older person who doesn't have internet because they just can't comprehend it is also more likely to have be less mentally sharp, which could be a causal factor.
Basically, this whole article screams "correlation != causation" to me.