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In the middle of September deaths were around 3% higher than five year average. November 8th it was up to around 30%. But it has dropped slightly over the last recorded week. Data from here.

It certainly dampens the case for the use of masks to prevent catching the virus, but that is not really their primary intended purpose (from the CDC site: 'Masks are primarily intended to reduce the emission of virus-laden droplets '). I agree with you that hopefully there are more tests in the pipeline.

Maybe I'm mis-interpreting the findings, but do they take into account whether the the rest of the public (not involved in the study) were also wearing a mask? As far as I'm aware, masks are recommended to stop an individual spreading the virus to others when they exhale, rather than stopping them catching it from others when they inhale.

Edit: should've read further.

Here, we report a randomized controlled trial (20) that assessed whether a recommendation to wear a surgical mask when outside the home among others reduced wearers' risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection in a setting where public health measures were in effect but community mask wearing was uncommon and not recommended.

I guess it still doesn't answer the question of how effective it is if everyone wears masks though.

Don't worry, Boris is 'bursting with anti-bodies' so I'm sure he can share some around.

Just a hunch but I think lots of places will be very strict up until Christmas, as they know people will probably be travelling / gathering.

This is what really made a difference here in Amsterdam. We were on 10,000+ new cases a day at the start of November, now down to sub 5000.

Call it MOOLFGSS

I'd wait for some sun if you do, and as Max says above, overexpose.

He must be a medical marvel then...

Snow Deal

There was a great Daily Mash headline from a couple of years ago that was something like 'Country that shuts down during light snow confident that it can go it alone'.

I don't know anything about the new silicon chip MBs, but I do know that Premiere Pro is one of the few programs that gives my 2017 MB Pro a hard time, my gut would say that an Air would struggle with it (but I guess it also depends on the file sizes / formats you're working with).

Entering into the era of the Emperor's No Deal

Alt-radavist

La Chouffe is nuts. So many places have it on tap here in Amsterdam. It's like putting MDMA on the snack menu.

Meet this respiratory disease bare chested, sounds like a UK Govt line.

I didn't, unless I missed a comment I'm not sure how I would.

Perhaps you underestimated how insulting some people find it when that word is used to refer to something negatively. Or perhaps you just don't care, which I think is probably more likely considering your previous comments.

Did you really just use the word 'retarded', in a sentence when you're discussing deafness / hearing impairments?

Still a massive assumption to make based purely on anecdotal evidence, no?

Are you assuming we can all afford an iPhone because you can?

In the COVID 19 thread you assumed everyone in the UK had internet access because "I've never met anybody in the last 5 years who didn't have access to the internet.".

It's stories like these that make you realise the zombie movie trope of 'someone gets bitten but hides it from the others until it's too late' is very possible haha.

Looks pretty impressive for Decathlon, and 'Lifetime guarantee: frame, carbon fork, stem, handlebar.' is nice too.