Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2/Covid-19 Megathread

[Sheilbh]

Yeah, fax is used a lot in Spain for legal documents.

As announced to the world in  this summer's Messi saga

I've never heard of fax being used for legal stuff here.

[Grey Fox]

I had surgery in February (Pre-pandemic, 100 years ago). Communication between the doctors & the hospital was all handle by faxes.

Everytime I read an article that states that faxes are extinct I laugh so hard.

[Barrister]

Yeah, fax is used a lot in Spain for legal documents.

As announced to the world in  this summer's Messi saga

I've never heard of fax being used for legal stuff here.

I thought lawyers were the only people who still use fax machines.  I know we still do.

[crazy canuck]

I still don't understand why still go to an office? Exposing yourself too so much risk so you can sit infront of a different computer?

A lot of what BB does involves highly confidential information that really should be staying in his secured office area.

My lawyer friend recently told me his office still has a fax machine because one of the courts only accepts communication by fax 

Yeah, one of the administrative tribunals we deal with still only accepts submissions by Fax.   One of the mainly problems is that their fax machine often breaks down or is unavailable to receive.  And missing a submission deadline is problematic.

[crazy canuck]

Alberta is a very good example of political ideology getting in the way of good public health policy.

Policy is political and shouldn't be reduced to just public health considerations regarding covid.

Rock climbers of the world unite.

[DGuller]

I had surgery in February (Pre-pandemic, 100 years ago). Communication between the doctors & the hospital was all handle by faxes.

Everytime I read an article that states that faxes are extinct I laugh so hard.

My general observation is that any profession protected by a guild is prone to being extremely backwards in some ways.  That doesn't mean that such guilds are unnecessary, but maybe there needs to be some thought given to how pressure can be put on such fields to keep up. 

This backwardness incurs some real costs to a lot of people who have no power to affect how these professions do business.  If you require medical and legal help, you have to pretty much take whatever you're given.

[Syt]

Hildburghausen, a district of 63,000, has the highest incidence number in Germany, with 600 cases/100000 in the last 7 days.:



So obviously, people do this:

https://twitter.com/_sophiamaier/status/1331734173724405768?s=20

400 protestors, without masks, not observing distancing, singing loudly "Oh wie ist das schön" (Oh how wonderful), a chant often used when your football team is winning. Extreme example, but the base mentality behind this is one of the reasons Western nations look much worse than, say, Japan or South Korea.

[Tamas]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-science/no-benefit-seen-from-plasma-treatment-in-severe-covid-19-virus-may-hurt-male-fertility-idUSKBN2852ZI

[Syt]

2/3 of Austrians plan to have a normal Christmas with family gatherings/visits, apparently. The most resistant to that is people over 60, where 20% said they will see fewer or none of their family.

[Tamas]

2/3 of Austrians plan to have a normal Christmas with family gatherings/visits, apparently. The most resistant to that is people over 60, where 20% said they will see fewer or none of their family.

I realise my emotional stability requires less direct human contact than most people's, so I am trying to contain my judgemental attitude, but it is quite depressing how little sacrifice people are willing to make to help and save their fellow brethren.

I can somewhat understand the economic considerations against lockdown, having people risk their livelihoods to save lives IS a big ask even if necessary. Skipping a couple of family gatherings is not.

[Syt]

I recall there being a huge outcry in April when it was even so much as hinted at that Muslims might be gathering for their usual ramadan meals.

[Maladict]

I realise my emotional stability requires less direct human contact than most people's, so I am trying to contain my judgemental attitude, but it is quite depressing how little sacrifice people are willing to make to help and save their fellow brethren.

I know, my antisocial lifestyle has been paying dividends this year, but it's no time to gloat unfortunately

[Sheilbh]

The Christmas rules:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/making-a-christmas-bubble-with-friends-and-family/making-a-christmas-bubble-with-friends-and-family

[Richard Hakluyt]

Can't seem to find the guidance on mistletoe 

[Tamas]

Hungary's secretive attitude to statistics continue to be ridiculous. For example, it took extensive grilling of the press secretary yesterday by one of the liberal websites to learn that "if he remembers correctly" there are 961 people in ICU with covid. There's no official source of this information because of... reasons.

Incidentally that also means that 0.01% of the population is in ICU with Covid. I wonder if that's high or not?