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Just now, Bozo_Casanova said:

Other than zoom, webex, goto, and a dozen other SaaS products designed for the express purpose of distance presentation, learning,  and assessment, I have no idea either. 

this may come off wrong, and it's the wrong thread, but how in the hell can you attend college or university in 2020 without a laptop?  how is that not a rule?  remember when you had your elementary school supplies list?  how is "mac or win10 laptop" not mandatory?

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1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, 32,768, 65536, 131072, 262144, 524288, 1048576, 2097152, 4194304, 8388608, 16777216, 33554432, 67108864, 134217728

 

It takes 28 doubling cycles to reach 134,217,728.

It's wild how slow it seemingly starts out before exploding.  I mean half way through you're still only at 8,192.

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8 minutes ago, Somnio said:

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, 32,768, 65536, 131072, 262144, 524288, 1048576, 2097152, 4194304, 8388608, 16777216, 33554432, 67108864, 134217728

 

It takes 28 doubling cycles to reach 134,217,728.

It's wild how slow it seemingly starts out before exploding.  I mean half way through you're still only at 8,192.

You ever have someone ask you the question about would you take a job for a month if the pay started at a penny a day and doubled every day?  That question was designed to teach people about the effects of doubling/ exponentials. 

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7 minutes ago, Foosters said:

 

And they have 8,000 test kits.  Perfectly reasonable number for a county of ten million.   Federal government has this well under control.  

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15 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

I’m picturing Iran as World War Z right now.  

The worst parts of Iranian culture exhibited by the Islamic rulers are amplifying the situation. Lies, deceit and deflecting blame are baked into Iranian culture like tahdig.

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thank you for the corroboration.  the redditors are saying it's actually a positive sign - if your nose is runny from allergies, you *may* not have the cv because it shuts down your mucus production - a dry sinus is easier to attack - or something to that effect.

Interesting. I felt bad about a week ago. Slight fever. Nothing else really. Then overnight I woke up to a bloody nose. My nose was really dry. Unusual for me as I’m usually suffering from cedar fever.
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2 minutes ago, Lobo said:

And they have 8,000 test kits.  Perfectly reasonable number for a county of ten million.   Federal government has this well under control.  

8000 test kits allow over 6million tests.

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Just got off the phone with my folks on a routine hi how's it going call.  What I learned is apparently this lady had lunch with my mom 8 days ago.

Harris County Public Health announced a new presumptive positive case of coronavirus in Harris County. This brings the total to four coronavirus cases in Harris County: two confirmed cases and 2 presumptive positive cases.

The individual, described as a female between 60-70 years old from unincorporated northwest Harris County, is in stable condition, has been quarantined and is continuously being monitored by the HCPH, per the release. Her test results were processed at the Houston Health Department and are considered presumptive positive until it is re-tested and confirmed by the CDC in Atlanta.

This travel-related exposure is related to the known group from the M.S. A’sara cruise traveling to and from Aswan, Egpyt. All of the coronavirus cases in the Greater Houston area are related to the cruise.

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This is terrifying. I hope the information within is incorrect or embellished: 

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-03-11/italy-doctors-coronavirus-covid-19-quarantine-milan-health/

 

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She said: "There are a lot of young people in our Intensive Care Units (ICUs) - our youngest is a 38-year-old who had had no comorbidities (underlying health problems).

"A lot of patients need help with breathing but there are not enough ventilators.

"They've told us that starting from now we'll have to choose who to intubate - priority will go to the young or those without comorbidities.

"At Niguarda, the other big hospital in Milan, they are not intubating anyone over 60, which is really, really young."

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He added: "You have no idea how many young people are here, I mean even 20-year-olds with no underlying conditions, in need of assisted breathing because of horrible pneumonia.

"There aren’t the resources to screen doctors for Covid-19 anymore - they’re just telling them 'stay home if you have symptoms, otherwise come to work'."

He continued: "Non-specialised medical graduates are being brought in.

"At Milan’s Policlinico hospital they are dealing with 50 new pneumonia cases every day".

 

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8 minutes ago, Foosters said:

This is terrifying. I hope the information within is incorrect or embellished: 

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-03-11/italy-doctors-coronavirus-covid-19-quarantine-milan-health/

 

 

Yesterday the cutoff was 65 y/o and they were already maxed out before today's new wave... 

THIS IS OUR CONCERN FOR THE PEOPLE THAT STILL DONT GET IT @RollLeft

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Gregg County (Longview) update:

Officials: Gregg County man with COVID-19 will be in isolation another two weeks

 

 

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His condition is improving, health officials said, but he will remain in isolation at his home for another two weeks before another test is conducted to determine whether he is negative for passing the virus to others.

The man traveled within the continental U.S., according to the Longview Police and Fire departments.

Meanwhile, people who came into contact with the man are being observed, “and a lot of them are in isolation,” Gregg County Health Authority Dr. Lewis Browne said. As for how many people are being observed or in isolation, “I do not have a count on that. I didn’t ask.”

The man was exposed to the disease by “travel exposure,” Browne said. Authorities are honoring the patient’s request not to reveal whether that travel was international or domestic.

The man didn’t contract the disease from the Longview community, County Judge Bill Stoudt said.

 

the refusal to say if the travel was international or domestic is 1) weird and 2) important to know/share.

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Officials: Gregg County man with COVID-19 will be in isolation another two weeks

Authorities have confirmed Gregg County’s first case of the new coronavirus, saying that it was the man they said was under observation last week.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Monday afternoon that a patient of Christus Good Shepherd Health System has tested positive for COVID-19.

His condition is improving, health officials said, but he will remain in isolation at his home for another two weeks before another test is conducted to determine whether he is negative for passing the virus to others.

 

The man traveled within the continental U.S., according to the Longview Police and Fire departments.

Meanwhile, people who came into contact with the man are being observed, “and a lot of them are in isolation,” Gregg County Health Authority Dr. Lewis Browne said. As for how many people are being observed or in isolation, “I do not have a count on that. I didn’t ask.”

The man was exposed to the disease by “travel exposure,” Browne said. Authorities are honoring the patient’s request not to reveal whether that travel was international or domestic.

The man didn’t contract the disease from the Longview community, County Judge Bill Stoudt said.

He has been monitored and in isolation ever since he presented himself to a Christus Good Shepherd Health System emergency room on March 3, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Mark Anderson said.

“We followed CDC recommendations and public health recommendations on the levels of isolation,” Anderson said. “The patient spent 48 hours in our system before being discharged home in good condition. During that time, we were able to run some diagnostic tests which led us to believe that there may be an alternative diagnosis.”

Testing was activated after the man was diagnosed with an unknown cause of pneumonia, which triggered a CDC guideline for testing, Anderson said.

 

Health officials sent the test off Thursday, Browne said.

Authorities followed CDC guidelines for isolation precautions during the waiting process, Anderson said.

“It takes at least 72 hours right now, the way it goes, so Monday was the earliest that we were going to get results,” Browne said. “The decision was he could be isolated anywhere, and so the house was fine. He was watched to make sure that he didn’t deteriorate.”

The wait time for testing is expected to shorten to as little as a day, Stoudt said, after learning that the Public Health Laboratory of East Texas began testing samples of possible COVID-19 on Monday at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Tyler.

The lab currently has capacity to conduct 100 tests a week and is working to increase that capacity as testing supplies become more readily available.

“It is important to note that patients will not physically go to PHLET for testing, but rather, samples taken by physicians from patients with suspected cases will be sent to PHLET for testing,” UT-Health University and Community Affairs Executive Director Kimberly Ashley said to Stoudt and other officials in an email Tuesday.

“Thus, it is imperative that patients who believe they might have been exposed to COVID-19 consult with their physician or local health department,” Ashley said.

Meanwhile, the patient remains in isolation at home.

“He’s great,” Browne said of the man’s condition. “He’s improving daily, and he’s at his house, and he’s really, I think, getting bored.”

 
 

Jimmy Daniell Isaac covers the city of Longview and Gregg County. Follow him on Twitter: @jimmyisaaclives.

 

 
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