COVID-19 vs. our Networks

Tue Mar 17 09:41:57 UTC 2020

> On 16/Mar/20 21:08, Owen DeLong wrote:
>
>> This simply isn’t true…
>>
>> Listen to qualified medical professionals, especially those who
>> specialize in infectious diseases and epidemiology.

YEs listen to them.

This morning they say: everyone can get it, there is no age or pre-conditio.

That''s it.  They dont know, and worse they dont say they dont know.

I am an engineer, I am not medical professional, my question is: is 
there a device to detect the virus with the crown in the air and light 
up a led?

(we do have such devices for VOC, for CO2, PM2, PM10 pollution, and many 
other things in the air; but about virus with a rcown?)

Alex

>>
>> The information on the CDC and WHO websites remains the primary source
>> of trustworthy information. It may be
>> incomplete, but if someone is contradicting something there, they’re
>> very likely to be wrong.
>>
>> OTOH, anyone selling “survive COVID” or “cure COVID” etc. is
>> completely untrustworthy and guaranteed to be lying to
>> you in order to sell a product. Despicable, but common place.
>>
>> There’s no authoritative way to get false information off the
>> internet, so we have to combat it as best we can with good
>> information and education. Even in my own household, this is a
>> constant battle as my GF continues to bring home
>> odd superstitious rumors and embellishments from a variety of
>> inaccurate sources and I constantly have to correct her
>> perspective.
>>
>> For up to date local information, check with the local public health
>> authority in your jurisdiction. In the US, that will usually
>> be your county public health agency. In some cases, individual
>> municipalities also have public health departments.
> It's the price we pay for hyper-connectedness (not trying to coin a
> phrase, hehe).
>
> Everybody (especially the kids) lives on their device 99% of the time.
> If you're not on their device, you are not relevant to them.
>
> When was the last time you bought a newspaper? How many times do your
> kids watch the news, either on TV or their device? But they are all over
> WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, SnapChat, WeChat, et al. And even if they
> have the "News" app on their phone, they probably have never opened it.
> If they opened it, they didn't find value in it.
>
> On average, the we (and the kids) will give your app two tries; if we
> don't like it, you're out - which explains why we all have 3,000 apps on
> our phones, but only use 2 or 3 of them most consistently.
>
> Whoever wants to get professional and verified information out (to the
> kids who live on their devices) needs to find a way to do so in a manner
> we find relevant, otherwise we'll simply keep trading mis-information
> for whatever reason we feel gives us value.
>
> Mark.
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