So much smoke about the Donald deflecting over his massive fail, he calls 100K dead a victory.

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As the world passes 6 million reported cases and 365,000 deaths for the 3rd day in a row Brazil has out done the U.S. (even though they did try harder) with newly reported cases (29,526 to 25,069), but Brazil couldn't quite match the U.S.'s reported deaths (only just but).

France's huge bump in their figures the day before yesterday must of been a correction of figures as numbers are back to their normal level.

India is getting ready to put an assault on Germany's 8th place and may even take France's spot on the same day. Peru took 11th place from Iran while Chile knocked Canada out of 13th and Mexico has just entered figures for today that have them leap frog both Saudi Arabia and China into 15th place.

Meanwhile South Korea has gone into lockdown again after a rise in cases over there while another ship has turned up here to bolster our numbers (well at least it wasn't a cruise ship this time, but is there much difference between 1 of them and a livestock carrier?).

So much smoke about the Donald deflecting over his massive fail, he calls 100K dead a victory.

He also called it sad; so yet another flip flop flip flop flip flop

So much smoke about the Donald deflecting over his massive fail, he calls 100K dead a victory.

He also called it sad; so yet another flip flop flip flop flip flop

And some the Governor's of the States have no responsibility in the unfortunate deadly results of their actions?

And Harry S. Truman had a sign on his desk in the Oval Office that read, "The Buck Stops Here".

If anyone developed & released Covid-19, this seems like a more realistic candidate than China...

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Grant
Darwin NT

Well Brazil did it again by posting over 30,000 new cases, but the U.S. is continuing to stay just in front with reported deaths, though with all the love and social distancing being shown at the moment over in the U.S. these days that may change again. :-(

Russia is on course to join the 400,000 club within 24hrs and France has thrown in another large bump in new cases.

Saudi Arabia has taken 16th place from China, but there are many more other countries that moving up the ranks at frightening rates.

On the bright side it looks like the U.K. may finally be getting a grip on things as they continue to register lower daily numbers while there are still several countries that are still on the quick slide downwards.

Interesting Interview in today's Guardian.....
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/31/covid-19-expert-karl-friston-germany-may-have-more-immunological-dark-matter

Covid-19 expert Karl Friston: 'Germany may have more immunological “dark matter”'
The neuroscientist who advises Independent Sage on Covid-19 discusses the predictive power of his mathematical modelling and the risk of a second wave

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"Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)>

As Brazil takes a breather its now the 2nd country to pass 500,000 cases while Russia was the 3rd to pass 400,000 and Chile will soon be the 13th country to join those who have passed 100,000 cases.

India did its job on both Germany and France leaping into 7th place while Peru plucked 10th spot from Turkey and is now in hot pursuit of Germany and France.

Mexico now has its sights on Canada's, but there are still far too many others quickly rising through the ranks.

Interesting Interview in today's Guardian.....
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/31/covid-19-expert-karl-friston-germany-may-have-more-immunological-dark-matter

Covid-19 expert Karl Friston: 'Germany may have more immunological “dark matter”'
The neuroscientist who advises Independent Sage on Covid-19 discusses the predictive power of his mathematical modelling and the risk of a second wave

Generative model - same thing as used in climate change.

And a worrying report in this weekend's New Scientist.

Coronavirus seems to reach the brain. What could this mean for us? *

The print edition is even starker: "Far from just affecting the lungs, covid-19 seems to cause a host of neurological problems".

I'd been thinking for a while that the erratic judgements of UK figures like Dominic Cummings and Boris Johnson might have a medical root cause. I'm much reinforced in that view: my solution would be to furlough them until proven mentally fit again.

* New Scientist is paywalled, but I have a subscription - I'll try to pull out a longer summary later (got to go out soon).

But sadly politics is playing with the lives of those who it's suppose to protect from this pandemic.

Another fool idiot ruler who denied/denies that there's a problem with with the virus.

The doctor who defied Russia’s strongman.

The virus stopped his run for lifetime dictatorship and now this doctor is exposing the sad state of healthcare in Russia.

I wonder if she'll also wind up as being another of Putin's "casualties"?

But sadly politics is playing with the lives of those who it's suppose to protect from this pandemic.

Is it about the USA? And many other states also.

I wonder if she'll also wind up as being another of Putin's "casualties"?

Yes, KGB agents will eat her alive, of course.
Really, your fantasies about Russia is very far from reality. In comparing with Vasilyeva, dozen thousands of opposition persons does more active protests and nothing bad happens with them. About Vasilyeva, after her advertizing-provocative action, she was arrested for some hours, only. It's not the USA, she can breathe.

Well Brazil beat the U.S. on both new cases and deaths over the last day and is now the 4th country to pass 30,000 recorded deaths. India also became the 7th country to record over 200,000 cases. :-(

The mystery about virus transmission without symptoms has been known about for years. I'm not sure when I first heard the description, probably 40 or 50 years ago when people who carried a virus but exhibited no symptoms themselves were called "carriers".

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

The mystery about virus transmission without symptoms has been known about for years. I'm not sure when I first heard the description, probably 40 or 50 years ago when people who carried a virus but exhibited no symptoms themselves were called "carriers".

Not just viral transmission............does the name Typhoid Mary ring a bell?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon

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"Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)>

Her name, and infamy, do ring a bell. And it is worth noting that typhoid is caused by a bacterium not a a virus.

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

It seems that France's couple of huge bump in numbers recently were mistakes and corrections have been made that has now put them down to 12th place promoting Germany, Peru, Turkey and Iran up the list.

The U.S. has now passed 1.9 million cases (out of the world's total of 6.5 million) and looks on course to pass 110,000 deaths within the next 24hrs, but again Brazil recorded more new cases and deaths over the last 24hrs.

Mexico has become the 14th country to record 100,000 cases, Saudi Arabia has become the 16th country to record 90,000 (and likely the next to 100,000) while Pakistan has become the 18th country to record 80,000 and for some reason (maybe like France's) Sweden threw in number today that made them the 25th country to report 40,000 which I though South Africa was on course to beat them to.

Thankfully there are still a few rays of sunshine around the world.

Her name, and infamy, do ring a bell. And it is worth noting that typhoid is caused by a bacterium not a a virus.

It was not a comparison of disease, it was a comparison of non-symptomatic carriers.......there are also carriers among the rioters in the US....but the disease they are spreading is stupidity.........

Huh? What rioters? Do you refer to the peaceful protesters? Are you referring to the organized criminal enterprises? You know, the gangs that have had their profits dry up because their customers don't have cash to spend on drugs, hookers and gambling? They simply had to supplant their earnings. Capitalism at its finest.

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200603/Blood-group-type-may-affect-susceptibility-to-COVID-19-respiratory-failure.aspx

Blood group type may affect susceptibility to COVID-19 respiratory failure
further analysis showed that A-positive participants were at a 45% increased for respiratory failure, while individuals with blood group O were at a 35% decreased risk for respiratory failure.