[QUOTE=ewmayer;540103]Suspending patent enforcement in this context is more or less required.[/QUOTE]If textbook suppliers don't come up with some creative and open solutions soon, I think we might see targeted copyright suspensions on schoolbooks.

[QUOTE=a1call;540073][url]https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus-live-updates.html[/url][/QUOTE]Easy enough for the company to protect their patent rights and yet not lose the PR situation.

Grant the guy a personal license to their invention at a fee set at, say, 1 cent per device. Said license to be valid for a period of two years or the manufacture of 10,000 devices, whichever comes first.

Along side this, make a charitable donation for a sum significantly in excess of $100 to the hospital where the guy works, along with an ex gratia payment to the chap himself, again in excess of $100. Account for it as "advertising expense" or the like.

[QUOTE=a1call;540073][url]https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus-live-updates.html[/url][/QUOTE]

An important update on this subject:
No threats of legal action:


[url]https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/17/21184308/coronavirus-italy-medical-3d-print-valves-treatments[/url]

[QUOTE=a1call;539999]Re anti-inflammatory drugs,
See this post and the following 3 posts:

[URL]https://forum.cosmoquest.org/showthread.php?170332-Disease-and-pandemics-thread-(because-it-s-science)&p=2507327#post2507327[/URL][/QUOTE]
From later in the thread, I love these signature pearls. The Leif Ericson starship link is really interesting, too.
[QUOTE]The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it is hard to verify their authenticity." — Abraham Lincoln

[COLOR=#4b0082]I say there is an invisible elf in my backyard. How do you [I]prove[/I] that I am wrong?[/COLOR]

[SIZE=1][URL="http://www.projectrho.com/SSC/model.html"][COLOR=#000000]The Leif Ericson Cruiser[/COLOR][/URL][/SIZE][/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=ewmayer;540103]
[URL="https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/16/814929294/covid-19-has-caused-a-shortage-of-face-masks-but-theyre-surprisingly-hard-to-mak"]COVID-19 Has Caused A Shortage Of Face Masks. But They’re Surprisingly Hard To Make[/URL] NPR

Note that this sort of issue - everything else is easy, but there is one tricky subcomponent that is very difficult to manufacture - is ubiquitous in modern manufacturing chains. So the western world's wartime-rationing-style crash course in re-onshoring of manufacture, and refurbishment and re-use of existing gear is going to involve a lot of creative solutions. Suspending patent enforcement in this context is more or less required.[/QUOTE]The impression I get from a quick web search is this manufacturing is dominated by China and perhaps even more so India. The box in my home bought years ago is from India.

Numbers update
 

Tonight's numbers:
Global:
cases 214894, deaths 8749, recovered 83313
CFR1= 8749/(8749+83313) = 0.0950 = 9.5% still climbing
CFR2= 8749/214894 = 0.0407 = 4.07%
active cases= 214894-8749-83313 = 122,832

US: cases 7769, deaths 118, recovered 106
CFR1= 118/(118+106) = 0.527 = 52.7%! Numbers still small enough that one Washington state nursing home has a substantial effect.
CFR2= 118/7769 = 0.0152 = 1.52%
active cases = 7769-118-106 = 7545

[URL]https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6[/URL]

Tonight's numbers:
Globally:
cases 242726, deaths 9870, recoveries 85676
CFR1 = 9870=(9870+85676) = 0.1033 = 10.33%
CFR2 = 9870 / 242726 = .04066 = 4.07%
active cases = 242726-9870-85676 = 147180

US: case increase is substantially related to an increased testing rate
cases 13678, deaths 200, recovered 108
CFR1 = 200/(200+108) = 0.649 = 64.9%!
CFR2 = 200 / 13678 = 0.0146 = 1.46%
active cases = 13678-200-108 = 13370

[url]https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6[/url]

[QUOTE=kriesel;540191]Tonight's numbers:
US: case increase is substantially related to an increased testing rate
cases 13678, deaths 200, recovered 108
CFR1 = 200/(200+108) = 0.649 = [COLOR="Red"]64.9%![/COLOR]
CFR2 = 200 / 13678 = 0.0146 = 1.46%
active cases = 13678-200-108 = 13370[/QUOTE]The highlighted number is highly biased by that facility in Washington state.

California now has what amounts to a "STAY the [SPOILER]____[/SPOILER] HOME" order.
You can go out and walk around. Go to the park, but stay away from people. Stores that are non-essential (selling things like clothes, electronics, books, etc.) are to close. Some guberment workers are to stay home.

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;540203]The highlighted number is highly biased by that facility in Washington state.[/QUOTE]All the numbers are biased and useless. You need to test the entire population to know the actual figures.

[QUOTE=retina;540212]All the numbers are biased and useless. You need to test the entire population to know the actual figures.[/QUOTE]I agree.

The statistics of one country, South Korea, could be less biased because of their hunting up all contacts of infected people and testing them.

Jacob

[QUOTE=retina;540212]All the numbers are biased and useless. You need to test the entire population to know the actual figures.[/QUOTE]

You can get a decent idea with stratified random sampling, but we don't even have enough tests for that right now. It would be very useful, though, because it would give an idea of the level of community-acquired COVID-19.