Tag: COVID-19
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COVID-19 as Boost to Telework, Distance Learning
by James A. Bacon The COVID-19 virus may change our lives in ways we can only begin to imagine. Believe it or not, some of them might even be positive. Consider the impact of today’s stories upon Virginia’s higher-ed and transportation systems. A boost to distance learning. The University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, and James…
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A Critical Coronavirus Graph
By DJ Rippert OK, Boomer. A study conducted last month from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention provides statistics about the lethality of COVID-19. Those statistics were analyzed by Business Insider. You can see those statistics in the graph on the left. Younger people have a one in 10,000 (0.01%) chance of dying…
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To Fight COVID-19 in Virginia, Give Public More Data
by James A. Bacon The COVID-19 virus has escaped containment, and it has reached Virginia. Authorities have identified two documented cases of the COVID-19 virus: one a U.S. Marine stationed at Ft. Belvoir who apparently was infected during an overseas business trip, and the other a Fairfax County man in his 80s who picked up…
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Running the Numbers on Coronavirus in America
By DJ Rippert Sprichst du panik? Liz Specht is an biologist and engineer. She is currently the Associate Director of Science and Technology at The Good Food Institute. On Friday Dr. Specht (who holds a Ph.D. from UCSD) posted a long series of tweets regarding the spread of Coronavirus and the limitations of America’s healthcare…
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Virginia Has a Plan for COVID-19… But What Is It?
by James A. Bacon In its first media briefing about Virginia’s response to the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic, the Northam administration said yesterday that public health officials are on top of the situation and that, for the moment, Virginians are at low risk of infection. The state set up an Incident Management Team in January, shortly…
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COVID-19: How Prepared Is Virginia?
by James A. Bacon Yesterday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a statement on the COVID-19 coronavirus, warning that the highly infectious respiratory illness could spread to the United States. The disease, which has a long latency period and can be spread without people knowing it, continued to defy efforts to contain it…