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2020-09-11 Science

COVID – why terminology really, really matters

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Posted by Beavis 2020-09-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#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|| 2020-09-11 03:30|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2020-09-11 06:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Good read. Thanks.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2020-09-11 07:29|| 2020-09-11 07:29|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2020-09-11 08:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Narrative KBK, narrative

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-09-11 08:46|| 2020-09-11 08:46|| Front Page Top

#6 He might have mentioned Sweden is the Comeback Kid

Posted by Bobby 2020-09-11 12:05|| 2020-09-11 12:05|| Front Page Top

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