In other words, it's high maintenance. That's why the antibacterial paint is preferred, I guess.

 

You have plenty of what on the shelf?
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article241519911.html

 

Copper has long been known to have anti-bacterial properties. I wonder if it has similar effects on viruses. OTH, copper oxidizes quite easily, how would they cope with that?

That's what is in copper based paints and antifouling on ships. Kind of hard to get metallic copper to brush on evenly. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la404091z

 

I don't think our government has been lackadaisical at all. Here is a link to to the US CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

One should note that information from China is particularly sparse, and it has refused our help. Why? Was it an accidental release from a government laboratory?

I have a lot of faith in the CDC and major private laboratories in the US. If you remember during the anthrax scare quite awhile back, American laboratories were the first to develop a reliable test for it and led in finding that ciprofloxacin could be used for treatment. I think we will also lead in addressing the newest coronavirus, but those efforts will take time.

The lack of information out of China isn't because the doctors weren't trying- they were broadcasting everything they could about it and screaming to high heaven to their officials to deal with this more seriously in the beginning, before it go out of hand. In fact, the published the entire genomic sequence so that the rest of the world's doctors could study it without having to figure that part out themselves. Since then, certain sources over there have gone silent-- one can only speculate that the government over there shut them down.

Now, beyond all that-- ZOMBIES!!!! PANIC!!! LOCK YOUR DOORS, LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS, LOCK UP YOUR WIVES- HEAD FOR THE HILLS AND RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!! ZOMBIES!!!!

 

Interesting grid issue being caused by this pandemic.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ites-to-keep-coronavirus-at-bay-idUSKBN21D0P1

Adding to the headache is a plunge in demand as economies grind to a halt.

Because renewable energy has priority in supplying power grids, this has meant wind and solar generation providing a greater proportion of electricity than ever before.

But these intermittent sources of power make it harder to keep grids stable, increasing the risk of blackouts.

https://www.iea.org/commentaries/th...t-electricity-is-more-indispensable-than-ever

With weaker electricity demand, power generation capacity is abundant. However, electricity system operators have to constantly balance demand and supply in real time. People typically think of power outages as happening when demand overwhelms supply. But in fact, some of the most high-profile blackouts in recent times took place during periods of low demand.

When electricity from wind and solar is satisfying the majority of demand, systems need to maintain flexibility in order to be able to ramp up other sources of generation quickly when the pattern of supply shifts, such as when the sun sets. A very high share of wind and solar in a given moment also makes the maintenance of grid stability more challenging.

The loss of demand is moving RE sources to a higher percentage of total grid power causing risking instability when base load generation is throttled back to meet demand.

 

Will overall internet bandwidth be exceeded? Should everyone turn off unnecessary video in on-line meetings? Nighttime only Netflix?

 

Will overall internet bandwidth be exceeded? Should everyone turn off unnecessary video in on-line meetings? Nighttime only Netflix?

No.

 

The USA just exceeded China and Italy in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases. We're #1!

 

Will overall internet bandwidth be exceeded? Should everyone turn off unnecessary video in on-line meetings? Nighttime only Netflix?

Locally, Netflix agreed to reduce quality to help in minimizing the use of available bandwidth. Three days ago IIRC.

 

I know that ordinary masks won't work against this thing. But I found the following ad brilliant:

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I know that ordinary masks won't work against this thing. But I found the following ad brilliant:

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It helps when they or we sneeze or cough, but we should practice safety measure and distancing, the ad could include 2 individuals with a 6ft distance apart, saying just wear it, but keep your distance. Plus, if youngsters think the adult population are the problem and are delivering pathogens without regard to human safety they could be wrong of those who choose to imprison themselves to self confinement( at their own peril ) away from the general public.

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Seems like it isn't just copper. zinc oxides seem to work too. Wasn't sure if it worked for viral, but they add zinc oxide to roof shingles to stop mold and other fungi from growing on roofs.
https://jbiomedsci.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12929-019-0563-4

 

I know that ordinary masks won't work against this thing. But I found the following ad brilliant:

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Actually ordinary masks will go a long way to prevent a spread of infection from people who are asymptomatic. This is improtant as mass testing is not being done and early detection not possible. They will also partially protect the wearer.

The virus travels in droplets. This means any barrier is better than no barrier. Maintaining distance and hand washing is the best protection. Masks help is someone sneezes next to you.

The N95 mask is for healthcare workers who works with patients where aerosol and high risk of droplets is possible.

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...e-than-it-looks-putin-ally-says-idUSKBN21B2F3

“A serious situation is unfolding,” Sobyanin told Putin at a meeting, saying the real number of cases was unclear but that they were increasing quickly.

Testing for the virus was scarce, he said, and many Muscovites returning from abroad were self-isolating at home or in holiday cottages in the countryside, and not being tested.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/new-coronavirus-finally-slamming-russia-country-ready#

 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html

MAP
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html#g-us-map

Florida Spring Break

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1243281598037913600

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...e-than-it-looks-putin-ally-says-idUSKBN21B2F3


https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/new-coronavirus-finally-slamming-russia-country-ready#

Over here in Canada practically noone is tested as per protocol. I work in a hospital am tired and have a cough. They will not test me until I develop a fever.

All coutries are failing because this is a logistics/money issue. I also find that different levels of governement are squabbling - our city issued state of emergency which was rescinded by the province that has now issued its own state of emergency... When governement behaves like this it is no wonder some people do not take things seriously.

This is above politics. No one is testing every case or counting it correctly. Unfortunately I expect US to be hardest hit as it does not have the healthiest of populations even amongst younger people

Best wishes

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52019509

 

Staying at home feeding our addictions?!?!

Lockdown or lock-in? Fears of alcoholism, addiction in confinement

https://news.yahoo.com/lockdown-lock-fears-alcoholism-addiction-confinement-225114617.html

 

Will overall internet bandwidth be exceeded?

Been questioning that as I already noticed some degradation/lag in my internet feed.

 

https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavi...r-capable-of-handling-coronavirus-burden.html

Oregon possibly acted on social distancing quickly enough to avoid becoming the next Italy – or New York – as long as Oregonians actually stay home.

New modeling released Thursday by the Oregon Health Authority shows the state’s hospital system appears capable of handling the coronavirus cases that are expected in the next month. But that’s just a planning estimate and assumes that nine out of 10 Oregonians stay home.

“We know that is going to be very hard to achieve in the short-term and probably hasn’t been achieved,” said Dean Sidelinger, Oregon’s state epidemiologist, “and will be very difficult to achieve in the long term.

 

Get the cribs ready, here come the Coronababies.

Condom shortage looms after coronavirus lockdown shuts world's top producer
https://news.trust.org/item/20200327110340-jfjpz