OT: Corona virus

[MakeeLearn]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Hey, you, Tennessee! There aint such a thing as a Tennessee vireo. And the Tennessee warbler doesn't breed south of Canada (except at a few edges).

There are a zillion species of warbler and a half-dozen vireos you might be looking at. Some likelies would be: yellow-throated vireo, red-eyed vireo, blue-headed vireo; pine warbler; yellow-throated warbler.

Here's the Cornell U. website, which has photos, songs, etc. Everything is there: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ten ... Warbler/id

Methinks that I have seen that bird somewhere . . .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_warbler

Internet pics showing green/yellow. Not so much in my guide. Cannot find my other guide.

[MakeeLearn]

Weird looks from people:


When I tell them "That's not a Stork it is a Heron."

[Cap Mandrake]

"Tennessee Warbler" [:D]

[Canoerebel]

US states sorted in order of mortality, as of 4/9. Also added is info from projections for NY, Washington, Calif.

The information illustrates the severity of the battle in NY. JohnD, who is on the front line, has expressed some glimmers of hope. Until NY/NJ/CT have this under control, other states likely aren't going to feel the freedom to relax. The Univ. of Washington site projects that daily mortality will fall to single digits in NY on April 30.

[MakeeLearn]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

"Tennessee Warbler" [:D]

REALLY!!!!

It must just layover in Tennessee.

OR

This year it had to nest in place.

[Canoerebel]

It migrates through Tennessee, going and coming. Audubon or Michaux (or whoever) probably first identified it in the Volunteer State.

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

"Tennessee Warbler" [:D]

[MakeeLearn]

Historical Fact

In the 1800s one of the major exports from my county was feathers and pet birds.

[MakeeLearn]

Me: "I don't know, Dr. Sledge, That's a hard one to identify. Iam going to have to go with Bald Eagle."


Sledge: "That's a Carolina Wren."

[Canoerebel]

ORIGINAL: obvert
....A few bumps, but overall, especially at times that invite more international participation, the thread is very productive. I notice no conflict at all between the hours of 06:00 GMT and about 10:00 GMT. [;)]

Sure has been peaceful here the past couple of hours.

[:'(]

[MakeeLearn]

After me saying that.... often, he took us to see Bald Eagles at Lake Guntersville.

[RangerJoe]

Sailor from USS Teddy Roosevelt found unconscious, transferred to intensive care

A sailor from the USS Theodore Roosevelt who had tested positive for coronavirus was admitted to an intensive care unit in Guam Thursday after being found unresponsive, according to a Navy official.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/sailo ... r-BB12o4E5

[MakeeLearn]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Sailor from USS Teddy Roosevelt found unconscious, transferred to intensive care

A sailor from the USS Theodore Roosevelt who had tested positive for coronavirus was admitted to an intensive care unit in Guam Thursday after being found unresponsive, according to a Navy official.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/sailo ... r-BB12o4E5

Naive idiots are in charge.

[RangerJoe]

Liberty University pressing charges against journalists

Liberty University has pushed for criminal trespassing charges against two journalists who pursued stories about why the evangelical college in Virginia has remained partially open during the coronavirus outbreak.
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But he (Jerry Falwell Jr.) said he has kept the campus open for international students and those with nowhere else to go. On Thursday, there were about 1,000 students living on campus, roughly one-eighth of its normal residential population.
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Virginia Magistrate Kang Lee signed arrest warrants for Class 1 Misdemeanors against the two journalists, punishable by up to a year in jail. It’s up to Lynchburg Commonwealth’s Attorney Bethany Harrison to decide whether to prosecute, and she said Thursday she hasn’t seen any details on the case.

Liberty’s security forces investigated the journalists following publication of their articles, collecting witness accounts that they were on campus without permission, Falwell said.

He said it was a safety issue not to let outsiders in at a time of a global pandemic.

“When people are coming from known hot spots, we feel we owe it to our students and our parents not to let that happen,” Falwell said in an interview on Thursday. “The only way to send the message is to let them know they will be prosecuted.”

What’s really important is writing about a decision that goes against safety guidelines and puts people’s health at risk, said Richard Tofel, president of ProPublica. MacGillis’ article, headlined “What’s it Like on One of the Only University Campuses Still Open in the U.S.?” was published on March 26.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/liber ... r-BB12pgwT

So where were these students supposed to go? Why would these journalists go there and possibly bring in the disease?

[RangerJoe]

Smoking weed and coronavirus: Even occasional use raises risk of COVID-19 complications

If you're smoking weed to ease your stress during the coronavirus pandemic, experts say it's time to think twice.

Smoking marijuana, even occasionally, can increase your risk for more severe complications from Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

"What happens to your airways when you smoke cannabis is that it causes some degree of inflammation, very similar to bronchitis, very similar to the type of inflammation that cigarette smoking can cause," said pulmonologist Dr. Albert Rizzo, chief medical officer for the American Lung Association. "Now you have some airway inflammation and you get an infection on top of it. So, yes, your chance of getting more complications is there."
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"Because it attacks the lungs, the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 could be an especially serious threat to those who smoke tobacco or marijuana or who vape," the NIH said in its announcement.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medica ... r-BB12qSZf

Maybe this is why some young people have problems with CoViD-19.

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

ORIGINAL: obvert
....A few bumps, but overall, especially at times that invite more international participation, the thread is very productive. I notice no conflict at all between the hours of 06:00 GMT and about 10:00 GMT. [;)]

Sure has been peaceful here the past couple of hours.

[:'(]

I can change that!

[RangerJoe]

Louisiana Deaths Spike as State Sees Conflicting Signs About Virus Spread
While coronavirus-related hospitalizations in the state have slowed, deaths have spiked in the last few days.

Coronavirus-related deaths in Louisiana stood at record levels Wednesday as the state sees conflicting signs over whether the spread of the virus is slowing.

Officials reported 70 new deaths Wednesday, matching Tuesday's tally for the highest number of deaths reported in one day. The new figure brings the death toll to 652.

Though deaths have spiked, the rate of growth of coronavirus-related hospitalizations is slowing, Gov. John Bel Edwards said during his daily press briefing. Edwards has previously said that state health officials believe they may be beginning to flatten the curve of the virus.

"The simple fact of the matter is that the number of new hospitalizations suggests that we are trending in the right direction, but thus far the number of deaths is higher than we want it to be to have corroboration of that, so the two most essential data points are not in agreement," Edwards said.

"Overall, we think we probably are heading in a better direction with a lower trajectory and that we are starting to flatten the curve, but we can't be sure yet," Edwards said.

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-ne ... rus-spread

[Canoerebel]

IMO that's a presentation of news headlines/summaries that's falsely disconcerting.

"Spike" and "record levels" create mind pictures. They are the truth but not the whole truth. Truth without the whole truth can be misleading (and sometimes worse). That's why in court we take an oath to tell "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth."

Contrary to the alarming words, Louisiana's worrisome per capita outbreak is projected on the downswing. The modeling is the same Univ. of Washington site proving so useful for each state and for the US in general.

By that measure, the pandemic there is heading down and is projected to end at month's end.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

ORIGINAL: obvert
....A few bumps, but overall, especially at times that invite more international participation, the thread is very productive. I notice no conflict at all between the hours of 06:00 GMT and about 10:00 GMT. [;)]

Sure has been peaceful here the past couple of hours.

warspite1

War Film Cliche Alert

"It's quiet"....

..."Too quiet"

[MakeeLearn]

Coronavirus: How to understand the death toll
1 April 2020


https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51979654


"That does not mean there will be no extra deaths - but, Sir David says, there will be "a substantial overlap".

"Many people who die of Covid [the disease caused by coronavirus] would have died anyway within a short period," he says.

Knowing exactly how many is impossible to tell at this stage.

Prof Neil Ferguson, the lead modeller at Imperial College London, has suggested it could be up to two-thirds.

But while deaths without the virus would be spread over the course of a year, those with the virus could come quickly and overwhelm the health service."

[MakeeLearn]

OUCH! Giant Asian hornets that can ‘kill with a single sting’ to invade virus-stricken US
Apr 9 2020

https://www.the-sun.com/news/661834/gia ... -virus-us/

"Experts are now warning that the species will begin to swarm in spring, as the hornet's life cycle begins in April."

"Asian hornets are similar to European hornets that live in the U.S., but they are not native to America.

They are large insects measuring almost 2in long, originally from Southeast Asia, that prey on small creatures - especially bees.

Just one sting is enough to kill someone allergic to their venom."