From what I was hearing, the Mayors office was getting some heavy duty blowback.They finally changed the rules in Gloucester regarding boat ramp use. One person/boat at a time at the ramp.
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From what I was hearing, the Mayors office was getting some heavy duty blowback.They finally changed the rules in Gloucester regarding boat ramp use. One person/boat at a time at the ramp.
What I posted in the other thread:
MedCram: Dr. Seheult on supplements:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM2A2xNLWR4
On D generally:
Scroll down to "Acute Respiratory Infections"Vitamin D
Contents Summary Function Metabolism Mechanisms of action Calcium balance Phosphorus balance Cell differentiation Immunity Insulin secretion Blood pressure regulation Deficiencylpi.oregonstate.edu
Vitamin D and Immunity:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5yVGmfivAk
On D3 and K2:
(The K2 keeps the D from dropping calcium into arteries instead of bones and teeth.)The Synergistic Interplay between Vitamins D and K for Bone and Cardiovascular Health: A Narrative Review
Vitamins D and K are both fat-soluble vitamins and play a central role in calcium metabolism. Vitamin D promotes the production of vitamin K-dependent proteins, which require vitamin K for carboxylation in order to function properly. The purpose of this ...www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
On D deficiency in Europe (but not so much places like Iceland where they love their cod liver oil):
Vitamin D deficiency in Europe: pandemic?
ABSTRACT. Background: Vitamin D deficiency has been described as being pandemic, but serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] distribution data for the European Unioacademic.oup.com
Yup - A as well. That's actually something of a concern with the cod liver oil - overdoing A and it causing problems. Eating polar bear liver can, too:
The perils of eating polar bear
Very few of us can eat polar bear — and even among those who can or have in the past, there's a wide range of opinion on how palatable or delectable it is. Its liver can contain lethal amounts of vitamin A.www.adn.com
Not sure what this means.Tracking on the flu vaccine vs. just a shot
Tracking = I understand what you are talking aboutNot sure what this means. A lot of your vitamin talk is.
My buddy lives in FL. They book online. Clubhouse closed. One person per cart. No biggie.Just open up the f’ing golf courses. Just for walking even. Just stagger the tee times a bit more and there will be no crowds. Not that hard to “social distance” 6 feet with three buddies. Come to think of it, I try to stay more than 6 feet from most of them during normal times lol.
Another couple of weeks and it's going to get sporty I'm thinking.
This actually sounds fun. Golf cart races AND golf.My buddy lives in FL. They book online. Clubhouse closed. One person per cart. No biggie.
I suspect that many of our employees will never return to work in an office.
It's gonna be great to see people back to work with FORCED facial covering trying to answer phones. LOL. We're all gonna sound like the teacher on Peanuts.
Mind you, there are some unique factors at play here. Our company has a very strict formula for sizing office space with a minimal allocation of square footage per occupant. They also make extensive use of shared workspaces. I've been to our offices in Rome and the whole concept is strange. Most workers do not have assigned workspaces. You may sit at one desk in the morning and then someplace else after lunch.
The R number is based on infection rates, which appear to be severely undercounted in Sweden, probably because they don't want criticism for their response. Otherwise, they have a spectacularly high death rate, with more than 12% of the infected dying. I don't think they're more susceptible, Swedes are healthy, it's undercounting. They have about the 7th highest in the world per capita in deaths.Sweden tames its ‘R number’ without lockdown
Sweden has been the world’s Covid-19 outlier, pursuing social distancing but rejecting mandatory lockdown. Schools, bars and restaurants are open – albeit with strong voluntary social distancing compliance and streets that often look almost as empty as Britain’s. Has this been enough? Sweden’s...www.spectator.co.uk
According to this they are 10th. Below Spain, Italy, UK, France, and Netherlands.The R number is based on infection rates, which appear to be severely undercounted in Sweden, probably because they don't want criticism for their response. Otherwise, they have a spectacularly high death rate, with more than 12% of the infected dying. I don't think they're more susceptible, Swedes are healthy, it's undercounting. They have about the 7th highest in the world per capita in deaths.
My very non-scientific observation, based on nothing more than reading various newspapers, is that the data is all over the place, which means trying to quantify trends is really just a GIGO exercise. Testing varies wildly from place to place, and protocols for counting deaths are also wildly variable. I read something last week about how NYC had been counting (or, really, avoiding counting) probable COVID-19 deaths that left me with a very clear impression that NYC's numbers were seriously flawed. The 12% rate you mention sort of proves the point, from another direction.The R number is based on infection rates, which appear to be severely undercounted in Sweden, probably because they don't want criticism for their response. Otherwise, they have a spectacularly high death rate, with more than 12% of the infected dying. I don't think they're more susceptible, Swedes are healthy, it's undercounting. They have about the 7th highest in the world per capita in deaths.
According to this they are 10th. Below Spain, Italy, UK, France, and Netherlands.
Coronavirus Update (Live): 126,069,031 Cases and 2,767,376 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Pandemic - Worldometer
Live statistics and coronavirus news tracking the number of confirmed cases, recovered patients, tests, and death toll due to the COVID-19 coronavirus from Wuhan, China. Coronavirus counter with new cases, deaths, and number of tests per 1 Million population. Historical data and info. Daily...www.worldometers.info
Personally consider it an open experiment.
Causal and correlated isn't the same thing.
Sweden, with no significant shutdown, has 2.3 people per thousand infected. The US with a MAJOR shutdown is up to 3.7 per thousand. It can't be that MORE sheltering is harming us.
Part of this is probably how the Swedes view "government" and how we do. Look at the people on this board. "Wear a mask? FU! I'm free, dammit!" Free may mean you CAN act like a tool and risk others' lives. But being a responsible, not-kicked-in-the-nuts-by-Jefferson-and-Washington-if-this-was-1790 adult is also part of being free. You don't have to exercise your freedom to be a d-word just to feel free.
Not to mention even the non-freedom caucus is full of some of the most selfish people in the world. We are just selfish. Period. And this me-first attitude is causing us to have a worse time with the virus than most places. Because we are entitled pieces of crap.
(Not to say that our government is any bastion of responsibility that should be followed blindly - not for a second. But you get that FROM the disaster we've wrought with our selfishness. I digress. . . )
Now, the Swedes are the complete opposite. It is built into their social DNA that what is good for one is good for all. So there is a sense of all-in-this-together. So I'm betting minor changes (distancing, self-awareness) went a LONG way to deferring any problems. They also have a national sense of good health, which helps versus a place like Italy.
But JUST saying, "They didn't quarantine and they made it" is a bogus statement because there is too much to unpack behind it.
National Review said 7th going to 6th. I think they're excluding the three countries on your source above them that have less than 85,000 people each as being too small to count. Regardless, I'm not sure "Top 10" in this category is a good thing.According to this they are 10th. Below Spain, Italy, UK, France, and Netherlands.
You think?
A VASTLY disproportionate share of Sweden's adverse outcomes are migrants, who tend both to be dark-skinned and not supplement their diets with vitamin D, unlike the Swedish Swedes. Lest we forget TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT of Sweden at present is "from away."The R number is based on infection rates, which appear to be severely undercounted in Sweden, probably because they don't want criticism for their response. Otherwise, they have a spectacularly high death rate, with more than 12% of the infected dying. I don't think they're more susceptible, Swedes are healthy, it's undercounting. They have about the 7th highest in the world per capita in deaths.
Well actually there are a few Swedish Mackeral Snappers:... no Catholics.
Since 1953, the Catholic Church in Sweden is formally represented by the Diocese of Stockholm, covering the whole country, estimating some 106,873 registered members (2013), with unofficial estimates of about 150,000 Catholics in the country in total.
Shit, my Indonesian friend in grad school was Catholic. Then again, his dad was a college professor in Jakarta.Well actually there are a few Swedish Mackeral Snappers:
Catholic Church in Sweden - Wikipedia
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