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2020-05-15 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by Fred 2020-05-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Of the 5,141 virus deaths in Massachusetts, 3,095 have occurred in the state’s nursing homes — more than 60%, double the percentage even in New York.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-15 00:54|| 2020-05-15 00:54|| Front Page Top

#2 I saw an analysis that said that NY State had 5% of patients in nursing homes die from the WU.

Same analysis had the NJ figure at 10% and Mass and Penn and Conn were in same ballpark.

USA has about 1.5 million people in nursing homes and another 1.0 million in assisted living.

Posted by lord garth 2020-05-15 05:59|| 2020-05-15 05:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Israeli gov't research center files patents for 8 coronavirus antibodies

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-15 06:03|| 2020-05-15 06:03|| Front Page Top

#4 #2 I saw an analysis that said that NY State had 5% of patients in nursing homes die from the WU.

Died from or with?
= a "data fiasco," per Dr. Ioannidis

Posted by Lex 2020-05-15 06:07|| 2020-05-15 06:07|| Front Page Top

#5 The Over-reaction of the lockdown saw hospitals emptied into nursing homes bringing the COVID to those it would be most deadly for.

The lack of demand for ventilators and ICU means those people died in a home and no effort was made to try and treat them.

They are the victims of the COVID reaction, not the disease.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-05-15 07:07|| 2020-05-15 07:07|| Front Page Top

#6 PeeAye healthcare exec tells me 80% of the state's deaths were in residential care facilities.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-05-15 08:00|| 2020-05-15 08:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Coronavirus vaccine hope as Oxford University's experimental jab prevents the infection from penetrating the lungs in monkeys

Posted by Skidmark 2020-05-15 09:05|| 2020-05-15 09:05|| Front Page Top

#8 Kentucky sees coronavirus cases surge 60% in a week and Minnesota's are up 50% as 19 states continue to see infections rise despite the majority of the US now lifting lockdown measures

Posted by Skidmark 2020-05-15 09:25|| 2020-05-15 09:25|| Front Page Top

#9 How to make a face mask with NO sewing: Thrifty mother crafts covering from a SOCK in five steps - and it takes less than a minute

Posted by Skidmark 2020-05-15 09:26|| 2020-05-15 09:26|| Front Page Top

#10 #8 I don't see it for Kentucky. Minnesota yes.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-15 09:34|| 2020-05-15 09:34|| Front Page Top

#11 as Lex points out there are many problems with the data

the only two things that are probably accurate enough for detailed analysis and hospitalizations and number of tests

with respect to deaths in nursing homes attributable to the Wu, the number of expected deaths is reasonably calculated based on prior experience and the number above that is reasonably
attributed to the Wu

that is not the case in the general population as indirect causation is significant, e.g., fewer auto accident deaths, more depression related suicides

Posted by lord garth 2020-05-15 13:15|| 2020-05-15 13:15|| Front Page Top

#12 Kentucky sees coronavirus cases surge 60% in a week and Minnesota's are up 50% as 19 states continue to see infections rise despite the majority of the US now lifting lockdown measures

How much of that surge is an artifact of increased testing? Tell me about changes in hospitalization and excess death numbers, O Journalists.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-05-15 13:24|| 2020-05-15 13:24|| Front Page Top

#13 Sure, take medical and psychological advice from "Xer"

Posted by Frank G 2020-05-15 15:01|| 2020-05-15 15:01|| Front Page Top

#14 But, is Levine now Dickless?
Or somewhat less fixless?

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-05-15 18:53|| 2020-05-15 18:53|| Front Page Top

#15 Poor Dr. Levine looked more feminine when she was Richard.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-05-15 19:27|| 2020-05-15 19:27|| Front Page Top

#16 ^ agreed. At first I thought that was a young Chelsea Clinton on the left and Sammy Hagar on the right

Posted by Lex 2020-05-15 19:52|| 2020-05-15 19:52|| Front Page Top

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