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Your first world problem of the day: I really want to take a comforting hot bath, self-care and stuff, but I'm out of essential oils and epsom salts.

Yep, and that!

The "problem" with this approach, while HIGHLY desirable, is that you won't identify people who are still in the incubation period or who have recovered. For the former group you'd need to test multiple times over the course of 2 weeks. For the latter you won't find them. And we're already...

Just thinking out loud... but.... if a significantly larger proportion of the population is actually asymptomatic, as preliminary tests in some countries indicate, the models predicting infection curves and number of deaths are incorrect because they go by the current assumption of fatality...

When I was living in the UK, it was like 20 quid return to London (as a student). Flying wasn't even an option since...no airport anywhere close. That's another difference to the US - pretty much every little village has an airport. That's just not a thing in Europe, so unless you're living in...

Many Europeans like to travel around by train. Also cars. Might be different from country to country, but unless you're going the full length North-South or to an island, flying inter-continental isn't that common for vacation, in my experience. When I was living in the UK, it never occurred...

@Rainman8772 We also have a thread for SD handlers, just FYI :) Service dog handler lobby

The science is inconclusive. At least short-term immunity is accepted as a given, anything beyond that? We simply don't know because it's so new. I know there have been reports of "recovered" cases in Japan and China testing positive again, but there's also many many question marks regarding...

We desperately need antibody tests and the first countries are actually planning on larger scale trials really soon. This would help ease restrictions and would also help the economy. Because I think everybody agrees, we can't put the entire World on pause for months and months. "Fortunately"...

Our local gym offers virtual courses too, I think many are following suit as well. It was said it'll be a couple to few weeks, but as long as you've filed a tax return last year and aren't part of the few groups that are excluded (which @Friday had summarized earlier), you should be getting...

Homeless people in Las Vegas sleep 6 feet apart in parking lot as thousands of hotel rooms sit empty

Never - NEVER - count on any pet mellowing down. Many do, some don't. If this is the expectation, you're in for future trouble. Because....thinking longterm. At some point in the future you'll get another dog. Maybe even a puppy? And you're at square one.

Tell him it will be either you AND your dog staying at his or you won't be staying and he won't see you for who knows how long. Ask him what you CAN do to help him with this - but keep in mind, you already offered a lot and yet he was unwilling to even think about it. You say he says he knows...

Just as a reminder, him having a cPTSD diagnosis is not a blanket excuse for anything. You say you need and want pets. You already have your answer. So that is your package. He does not seem willing to accept that and take you as your package. It doesn't matter whether your dog is"just" a pet...

:) :hug:

Under-reported deaths = under-reported cases because there is NO evidence or reason why China should have a massively different fatality rate, but even if we assume a rate as high as Italy, with allegeded 50k deaths, that's 500,000 infected. That would've taken way longer to contain. But life...

You sure you didn't mix this up with Iran? Dead Link Removed I did a quick google search and found absolutely nothing in this regard about China. Chinese people know they're being monitored. I'm from an ex-'communist' country and every person knew they were being monitored. There may be the...

You realize this is a classic "he said - she said"? The sources that are the basis for this article? A handful people interviewed from a population of over 11 million? Who never ever ever ever could have an agenda of their own? Or could've been cherry-picked? Not any more reliable than my own...

First federal airlift to NY tri-state area includes millions of gloves, masks

Yeah, or have someone from the community do it. Absolutely. Our PD did it on their own initiative. Just thought it's a great idea and wanted to share.

Our local police department keeps an updated list posted to social media every day which store is out of stock of what (TP, rice, pasta, sanitizer, ....) Maybe something to pitch to county PDs? Obviously not feasible for larger areas, but it would help avoid having people to run around in...

Leading Epidemiologist 'Absolutely Confident' Antiviral Drugs Will Stem COVID-19 Pandemic

That was obviously a waaaay simplified train of thought regarding vaccines :laugh: obviously it’s not thaaat easy. But considering they’re all still very similar, maybe approach that identifies commonality among them. We’ll see. Frankly, while not next month or the month after, I’m quite...

Thanks @bellbird (my viral genetics is reeeaaaally rusty, but obviously general understanding of genetics/evolution still there as an ecologist :) That part I totally forgot to highlight, because super important. Because the things is. In the microbial and viral world, "genetic difference"...

I have a feeling my co-workers are planning to file a complaint with HR for alleged lack of food. Little do they know I'm HR. My co-workers from the other department request to have their windows cleaned, though.