jonattonyeah Have to wonder about if what we have here in California is somewhat different from what hit Europe and the US NE. We’ve had it pretty easy for the most part. And I work for the health department in HIV/infectious disease so I get daily updates and am privy to information that doesn’t always go public. We’ve been good. Dunno why. We just haven’t had the death rates other locales have seen. Only 40 deaths in San Francisco (known) so far. And all have been elderly. 2,400 known positives (me!) and the capacity to do 10,000 tests a day.

Apparently, you got the weaker strain due to your proximity to SE Asia. Europe and the UK got a much more virulent (mutated) strain which travelled via Italy and the UK/Europe to the East Coast.

    Wore a face mask out for the first time today.

    Felt a bit odd but I don’t care, health over wealth and all that jazz.

    Numbers back up to 412 today after a few weeks downward trend to 100-ish.

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      UK nations report latest hospital death tolls
      A further 183 people have died in hospital after testing positive for Covid-19, NHS England has reported.

      It brings the total number of hospital deaths in England to 26,049.

      Deaths of confirmed coronavirus patients in Scotland’s hospitals rose by 13, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said, making a total of 2,304.

      And Public Health Wales said a further 11 people had died after positive tests, bringing the total in Wales to 1,293.

      Two more people also died in Northern Ireland, where the death toll now stands at 516.

      Reported death tolls in the four nations may differ from the total announced by the UK government later, as they are calculated in a slightly different time-frame, and the UK total includes deaths in care homes and other settings.

      I missed the last paragraph.

      SF reporting 30% completely asymptomatic, 40% very mild symptoms, 20% symptomatic, 5% in need of care. Death rate in the 0.3% to 0.5% range. Not too bad. Once again, we could have a milder strain.

      Google partnering with the City to ramp up testing in the Tenderloin. That should be illuminating. For those of you who don’t know, the Tenderloin might be the most bonkers neighborhood in the first world. An 6×6 block open air drug market with rampant prostitution, homeless encampments, and mental illness. It’s honestly a disgrace but, hey, SF was built on degeneracy so c’est la vie. Crazy to have that on the ground with Twitter, Uber, Square, and Dolby in the buildings above.

      There could be something in the vitamin D theory too - colder climates got it much worse ie north rather than southern Italy, Madrid versus Barcelona, BAME being adversely affected in the UK…

        Good to see the Cummings story has gone away.

        We marched through the Tenderloin absolutely baloobas drunk at 8am back in 99, had no idea where I was walking through. Some corner dwellers got a right laugh off us, joined them for a swig and smoke, don’t think they’d ever met Irish before. Good times. Africa and Ireland united as one like the old days.

        Along_the_Wire There could be something in the vitamin D theory too - colder climates got it much worse ie north rather than southern Italy, Madrid versus Barcelona, BAME being adversely affected in the UK…

        Have upped my vitamin intake to 25mg a day.

          Along_the_Wire Lol!

          Don’t worry Ed has a top nutritionist from Harley Street working on his diet, no need to worry.