Manic of a panic is geopolitical

[kriesel]

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

The proper term is "Skill Nursing Facility" SNF (pronounced sniff).

oh really? The referral sites seem to think differently. Maybe it's a regional thing. When I was a youngster it was common to hear them referred to as "old folks' homes".
https://www.senioradvice.com/nursing.../galesville-wi
Reminds me of George Carlin's bit about shell shock. https://www.thoughtco.com/soft-langu...hemism-1692111

Hmm. Definitions:
https://medical-dictionary.thefreedi...rsing+facility skilled nursing home, temporary placement, recovery is plausible
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dict...nursing%20home nursing home, long term, recovery frequently not expected, as someone in decline due to advanced age

[R.D. Silverman]

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

The proper term is "Skill Nursing Facility" SNF (pronounced sniff).

Has anyone noticed a drop-off in GIMPS/NFSNet/YoYo throughput? With all the school
closings there should be some noticeable effect.

[Dr Sardonicus]

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

The proper term is "Skill Nursing Facility" SNF (pronounced sniff).

<google google> Hmm. It seems "skilled nursing facility" usually means a facility geared to temporary care for rehab patients, while "nursing home" indicates a facility providing care for permanent residents. It would appear that the Life Care Center of Kirkland provides both types of care (my emphasis):

Positioned near Juanita Bay and northeast of Seattle, Washington, Life Care Center of Kirkland is the perfect choice for patients and residents seeking skilled nursing care, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation and short-term and long-term care in a premier nursing home.

[kriesel]

Originally Posted by R.D. Silverman

Has anyone noticed a drop-off in GIMPS/NFSNet/YoYo throughput? With all the school
closings there should be some noticeable effect.

It's too soon to be sure, but there are some downturns visible at
https://www.mersenne.org/primenet/graphs.php that look to me to be similar to normal variation.

[R.D. Silverman]

Originally Posted by kriesel

It's too soon to be sure, but there are some downturns visible at
https://www.mersenne.org/primenet/graphs.php that look to me to be similar to normal variation.

Instead of (or in addition to) the daily plots a 30/60/90 day moving average would
better show the trend.

[ewmayer]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

Apparently the series ended at 40 volumes, of which I have ~30. This eBay seller has more than 10 complete used sets available for just over $200, which includes free economy (Media Mail) shipping to US ... "and many other countries" is not free, alas. I just ordered a set for my 11-year-old nephews, I figure they can use extra reading material of the home-schooling variety for the coming summer, what with mass school closures already underway. (Not theirs yet, but I expect it's only a matter of time.)

I stand corrected, eBay seller just contacted me to effect of "Volume 10: The Second Law" is unavailable, complete series is 70 volumes of which they have ~60 in stock, asked me to pick a replacement from Vols 41-70, I chose Book 53: A Short History of the Universe by Joseph Silk by way of a replacement.

Sis - mother of the aforementioned nephews - just e-mailed me, we enjoy getting together for classic hard-fought bouts of Family Death Scrabble especially around holidays and long rainy weekends. She suggested some kind of online Scrabble app allowing us to play remotely could be a fun thing to do in coming everything-shut-down months. I don't do smartphones (well, aside from repurposing select bet-up used ones to run Mlucas under a freeware linux environment, that is :), but that poses an interesting DIY problem. My reply:

We could always set up matching game boards at both ends, but how to handle the tile-drawing? Sure, could designate one of us as the official tile-drawer using their bag, but then that person would need to know the others' tiles in order to tell them what they drew.

Hmm, I need to think if there's some way to write a little Python code to solve this - the code uses a random number generator together with the initial counts of the various letters, shows me my tiles as I draw them, but for your turns I just enter "number needed", it selects them but instead of telling me what it drew, it e-mails you - Python scripts can do that kind of web stuff.

[ewmayer]

Originally Posted by a1call

Here is one link:

https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/2263240002

Speaking of pathogens, you allowed Google Amp to infect your USA Today link. I DDG'ed usatody.com and the article number and found the original here. From the article:

"The woman, 69, was using tap water filtered using a Brita Water Purifier in a neti pot, according to a report published in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Infectious Diseases. She died of died from Balamuthia mandrillaris, an amoeba that might live in water and can travel to the brain, causing deadly infection."

Bacterial infection - you just reinforced my conviction, I'll stick to my 50/50 alcohol/saline mix, thank you very much. Note - I don't snort as in "fill nostrils with liquid" but rather use a repurposed little 'atomizing' (really small-droplet-izing) squeeze-spray bottle. Wait a few seconds and blow nose to remove thus-loosened crud.

Originally Posted by kriesel

From Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashb...23467b48e9ecf6
As of now, 5550/(71718+5550) = .0718 = 7.18% fatality rate among resolved cases (recovered or died)
147838-71718-5550 = 70,570 identified cases have outcomes yet to be determined
These are the worldwide figures.

An expert echoes the dire numbers based on cases so far:

Let’s dispel the notion that “novel coronavirus is just like the flu”. Sharing this striking comparison of #Flu, #COVID19, #SARS and #MERS made by @BioRender. #COVID19 is 30x more deadly and almost 2x more contagious than the flu. We have no existing immunity to COVID19. pic.twitter.com/fdJgsSFMnB

— Prof. Akiko Iwasaki (@VirusesImmunity) March 13, 2020

o h/t NC reader The Rev Kev:

The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, “following the advice of experts”, has decided to keep the schools open. What experts would that be? MPs did agree that parents who keep their children home from school without reason should not be fined however.

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/0...-schools-open/

o And a moving "everything is shutting down" field-level report by a reader in the same NC page.

[kladner]

Originally Posted by xilman

Perhaps a musical interlude might cheer some of the people here. With that in mind I present https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO74GSl-NSk

Thank you. I was totally unaware of that opus.

[Nick]

On the Dutch schools: the government is convening a meeting of all the dissenting experts tomorrow to try and reach a concensus.

[Dr Sardonicus]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

<snip>
From the article:

"The woman, 69, was using tap water filtered using a Brita Water Purifier in a neti pot, according to a report published in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Infectious Diseases. She died of died from Balamuthia mandrillaris, an amoeba that might live in water and can travel to the brain, causing deadly infection."
<snip>

<google google> Balamuthia mandrillaris is not the "brain-eating amoeba" I'd read about, which is Naegleria fowleri. It generally lives in warm water, and has claimed some unfortunate swimmers as victims. But apparently the "brain-eating amoeba" isn't really an amoeba.

Balamuthia mandrillaris can come through tap water, and causes a fatal encephalitis.

Although tap water is generally safe to drink, it is not sterile, and I would not recommend its use in nasal rinses and such unless you boiled it first. I'm not sure how those use-at-home water filters are WRT water-dwelling microbes, but I would be leery. I used distilled water when making up my mom's nasal rinse, and I sterilized the bottle after each use. Sometimes I re-sterilized it before the next use as well.

A lot of faucets have aerators, and these are probably a paradise for waterborne microbes. I have found it prudent to take aerators off and clean them every so often, simply because of the bits of mineral crud that collect in them. I don't know how well vinegar kills the animalcules, but it probably isn't good for them.

I imagine a 35% or so alcohol solution keeps your atomizer reasonably sterile.

[xilman]

Originally Posted by kladner

Thank you. I was totally unaware of that opus.

You're welcome.

For those of you in lock-down, this might be comforting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ2oXzrnti4