Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2/Covid-19 Megathread

[Josephus]

Ontario registered its highest increase in confirmed cases yet, today.

[Admiral Yi]

I think he was still talking about US.

I was  referring to syntax.

[Sheilbh]

Video by a worker of the Excel centre space in London that's being converted into an emergency 4,000 critical care bed hospital (NHS Nightingale):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=hiXVdfOSlF8&feature=emb_title

I had not realised the scale

[Admiral Yi]

Video by a worker of the Excel centre space in London that's being converted into an emergency 4,000 critical care bed hospital (NHS Nightingale):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=hiXVdfOSlF8&feature=emb_title

I had not realised the scale

Very cool when someone who was wrong can admit they were wrong.

[Sheilbh]

Mayor of Messina has acquired a drone to find and follow runners while he shouts "where the fuck are you going?!" at them
https://www.tp24.it/2020/03/25/istituzioni/dove-cazzo-messina-drone-voce-sindaco-viola-divieti/147077#.XntOzCMEz-o.twitter

[Admiral Yi]

 

How is it possible for an Italian to operate a drone and talk simultaneously? 

[Zanza]

Just read about Folding@Home, a distributed computing network using idle computing power of normal home computers to simulate proteins. They are currently researching the new coronavirus.

The network has seen a huge influx of new users and now has a processing power of 1.5 exaflops, about ten times more than the world's fastest supercomputer. 

It gives me hope to read about all the research effects around the world.

[alfred russel]

Mainly because the data in Italy are worse and I don't see places like NYC avoiding that fate. In Lombardia the case fatality rate is 13.8%, 30% of all cases require hospitalization, and the ICUs (even with expansion) are totally saturated.

Even if you quibble with the rates, let's say 7% of all young people need hospitalization. If 30% of the USA gets COVID-19 in the first yearly outbreak season, 7% of 20-45 people (who comprise ~30% of the total population) get hospitalized, then that alone is 2 million needing hospitalization and ~293k need ICU level care/ventilation. Stay home.

In Atlanta? If the ICU beds are already saturated here shouldn't I relocate to somewhere that hasn't been overwhelmed?

[Iormlund]

Just read about Folding@Home, a distributed computing network using idle computing power of normal home computers to simulate proteins. They are currently researching the new coronavirus.

The network has seen a huge influx of new users and now has a processing power of 1.5 exaflops, about ten times more than the world's fastest supercomputer. 

It gives me hope to read about all the research effects around the world.

Folding@Home is pretty ancient by now. I used to run it back in the day (and SETI@Home before that). You can set on your preferences if you want to prioritize research for cancer, Huntington's, Alzheimer's or Parkinson's. There's no option for SARS-CoV2, so I guess those assignments are distributed almost instantly.

[fromtia]

Video by a worker of the Excel centre space in London that's being converted into an emergency 4,000 critical care bed hospital (NHS Nightingale):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=hiXVdfOSlF8&feature=emb_title

I had not realised the scale

Oof. This is going "Threads". 

[Legbiter]

Folding@Home is pretty ancient by now. I used to run it back in the day (and SETI@Home before that). You can set on your preferences if you want to prioritize research for cancer, Huntington's, Alzheimer's or Parkinson's. There's no option for SARS-CoV2, so I guess those assignments are distributed almost instantly.

Just remember to select any disease in the settings. Covid-19 calculations are a priority right now. Right now my computer is crunching some antibody simulation.

[The Larch]

How is it possible for an Italian to operate a drone and talk simultaneously?

Article says that the voice is pre-recorded. He's not berating them live. 

[DGuller]

I decided to pitch in my 10 cores and 1080 GPU.  It's not doing anything at the moment even on full power.

[garbon]

I think he was still talking about US.

I was  referring to syntax.

She had a fake accent. I've had 5 years of assault by British speakers.

[crazy canuck]

I like how ar zeroed in on the least relevant comparator and ignored the rest