Coronavirus Concern Up

[BarredBuff]

It'd be great to living off the grid in the Yukon about now...

 

[Lazy Gardener]

That's a pretty high death rate. Even more so if you happen to be in a high risk category.

 

[CrealCritter]

That's a pretty high death rate. Even more so if you happen to be in a high risk category.

Looking back to a few days ago (Wednesday) it was lower .0406, now .0426

 

[Hinotori]

Going in the wrong direction

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Your answer is wrong. It's 4.26% you dont figure out percentage just by dividing. That's only step one of converting from fraction to decimal. Step two is multiplying by 100 to get percent.

I had to explain this to Mom a few days ago. She never remembers how to do math things.

 

[CrealCritter]

Your answer is wrong. It's 4.26% you dont figure out percentage just by dividing. That's only step one of converting from fraction to decimal. Step two is multiplying by 100 to get percent.

I had to explain this to Mom a few days ago. She never remembers how to do math things.

I knew that and I guess I figured everyone else would also, sorry. Actually it's even easier that multiplying by 100, just slide the decimal point over two spaces to the right. it's rising ans creeping up on 4.3% which is absolutely horrible let's hope and pray It starts to go down, instead of up.

Currently 42 of every 1000, 426 out of every 10,000, 4,260 out of ever 100,000. And that's as far even care to think about, since it saddens my heart to much to go any further

 

[Hinotori]

Telling Mom you move the decimal point confused her. Same way as trying to explain order of operations. I was good at math and physics and do use some things quite regularly, including some algebra when building things.

Mom has a bad habit of not imputing the decimal point when doing math on her calculator. She confuses herself regularly.

 

[FarmerJamie]

I stand by my claim you can't freak out on these raw numbers. The situations, both medical and demographic wise, vary widely from nation to nation. Italy was extremely late responding because of a concentration of Chinese workers in the ground zero area and a government reluctance to take decisive action for fear of PC backlash.

The number infected only reflects those who tested positive. I have seen no definitive number on the number actually tested and getting a negative result.

Almost half the reported cases are in Italy, China, and Iran. The 3 worst responders. I don't believe the Chinese numbers for one minute.

 

[Daisy]

If you look at it the other way, there is over a 95% survival rate...

Price gouging going on here too, I am glad I have enough food in my house. Really gotta get serious about planting those veggies!

Another stimulus package announced today. A confusing one to me. Jobseekers payment has doubled, now a higher rate of pay than the age and disability pension. Working visas suspended and hard farm work pays less than the jobseeker rate does now. I don't know how farms will get workers when people make more by not working. I can only assume more stimulus measures are to come, or at least incentives for people to go to work.

Feels like we are really cut off now down here. The state has been closed aside from freight. They are looking at using Rotto (the home of the Quokka selfies) as a quarantine station, but with the rate of spread it might be better to isolate the "high risk" healthy there!

 

[BarredBuff]

I stand by my claim you can't freak out on these raw numbers. The situations, both medical and demographic wise, vary widely from nation to nation. Italy was extremely late responding because of a concentration of Chinese workers in the ground zero area and a government reluctance to take decisive action for fear of PC backlash.

The number infected only reflects those who tested positive. I have seen no definitive number on the number actually tested and getting a negative result.

Almost half the reported cases are in Italy, China, and Iran. The 3 worst responders. I don't believe the Chinese numbers for one minute.

I wouldn't believe anything Iran or China say. They don't tell the truth in peaceable times. I am skeptical of the claims from China about no new cases.

 

[Beekissed]

And I don't trust the "numbers" being reported here in the states.....they tend to exaggerate EVERYTHING nowadays, be it the weather, the elections, gun violence, etc. . The reports vary widely and this whole event has been marked by too much hype, too much exaggeration and fearmongering.