Thanks for the FT link ursus arctos. The coverage of Sweden seems quite contradictory - either it's described as a huge success or complete failure.
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Originally posted by Uncle Ethan View PostThanks for the FT link ursus arctos. The coverage of Sweden seems quite contradictory - either it's described as a huge success or complete failure.
Something like 550 dead per million in Sweden, compared to 7 dead per million at the moment in South Korea.
If we are looking at the economy:
Swedish economy forecast to shrink by 7%, compared to 1.3% in South Korea.
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Originally posted by ad hoc View PostI guess what I'm asking is does the long-tail/long-haul effect mean that you still have the virus in your system? I am sort of guessing yes, but is that the case?
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/com...-20200911.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/07/h...il&login=email
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/13/healt...ess/index.html
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Meanwhile the Tory government has declared that grouse shooting and other field sports are exempt from the "rule of six". Reportedly this is what held up the publication of the new guidelines, and a single-item meeting was arranged on Saturday afternoon to decide (which was then pulled in case anyone objected).
(edit - already reported on the Tory corruption thread, I now see).
Last edited by Walt Flanagans Dog; 14-09-2020, 14:20.
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And exemptions for driven shoots of up to 30 attendees.
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ent...b6b4850803110f
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Originally posted by ad hoc View PostI guess what I'm asking is does the long-tail/long-haul effect mean that you still have the virus in your system? I am sort of guessing yes, but is that the case?
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Do we need to vaccinate 7 billion people? Wouldn't vaccinating even 2 billion people (fairly evenly spread geographically, but among the people most likely to interact with large numbers of other people) be effective at reducing the R number to the point where the disease should begin to peter out?
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Interesting question and one that I cannot answer
What I am certain of is that it will prove very difficult politically for rich countries not to make a vaccine available to the entire population.
But then I live in a place that had millionaires engaged in bidding wars for personal ventilators in March.
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