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COVID – why terminology really, really matters
2020-09-11
[Dr Malcom Kendrick]
COVID — why terminology really, really matters

[And the consequences of getting it horribly wrong]
Posted by:Beavis

#6  He might have mentioned Sweden is the Comeback Kid
Posted by: Bobby   2020-09-11 12:05  

#5  Narrative KBK, narrative
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-09-11 08:46  

#4  How many times can he repeat the same paragraph? Ten? Twenty?

He might he mentioned that different countries use different testing protocols. He might have mentioned excessive PCR amplification causing overly sensitive tests.

He might have mentioned the instances of Covid getting into a nursing home and killing thirty percent of the occupants, including staff, which caused a bit of a panic, for some reason.

He might have mentioned that treatment protocols have changed as experience developed.
Posted by: KBK   2020-09-11 08:29  

#3  Good read. Thanks.
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2020-09-11 07:29  

#2  Lockdown is snuffing out ALL candles by law.

To save the stub of candle by a window.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2020-09-11 06:29  

#1  Israel needs steps up its testing game
It seems that the government has finally realized that the key to defeating coronavirus lies in testing; this is an opportunity to further target one of the pandemic's main drivers, the asymptomatic super-spreaders who create mass infection without knowing
Prof. Zeev Rotstein is the CEO of Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem

Ministers opt for two week nationwide lockdown pending government approval

It's better to light a candle then sing paeans to the dark.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-09-11 03:30  

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