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whoa.

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615434/ai-machine-learning-social-outcome-prediction-study/ @Mel81x not surprising but an interesting read nevertheless. Bad news for Rehoboam

Yeah I think it's the most sensible thing that Bayern could have done and unfortunately, they went with it. Couldn't you have given Klinsmann a chance?

Oh ffs.

Hansi Flick's contract extended until 2023.

I don't know the exact logistics of it, but basically it was an order placed and paid for by the Berlin police, the masks were coming from China and should had been placed on a German bound cargo plane in Bangkok. Instead it was "seized" and diverted to the US instead. Probably bribed some Thai authorities to get it done, they are quite close with the Americans. Berlin police as well as German politicians including the minister of health alrady confrmed that, but apparently the amount of masks was mis-reported. It should be 200000 instead of 600000. France accussed the US of doing the same to their order too. https://www.n-tv.de/politik/USA-fangen-von-Berlin-bestellte-Schutzmasken-ab-article21691173.html

No worries, the US just stole 600000 masks on the way from Bangkok to Berlin and diverted them to the USA instead.

Austria are also taking in French patients now as they have more ICU capacity available. https://salzburg.orf.at/stories/3042106/

Well if you look at how the construction of Berlin Brandenburg airport has been going then you'll see that Germany is not always that efficient... But I know what you mean and there's some truth to pretty much any stereotype. I think a lot of it is down to bureaucracy, fondness of following the rules and getting things done right the first time by following established practices. I don't think efficiency has much to do with the virus numbers in Germany though.

Haven't heard it for years.

He´s lovely... What´s the name?

4053 new cases and 837 new deaths in Italy, the number of new ICU admissions finally drops in Lombardy. The numbers are still staggering...but hopefully they´re past the peak now.

Just because they didn´t have a name for it in 1920s doesn´t mean it´s a myth.

Keep yourself busy and use the time to learn something new to use in the future. Communicate with your friends online, it´s not the same but better than nothing. Go out for a walk.

Yes. I tried to get Karsten join the forum too but the silly old bastard won't do it.

It can go airborne in certain specific settings; so far it has only been observed in medical care facilities during aerosol-generating procedures. Under normal every day conditions it mainly spreads via droplets. It's also mandatory here now since last week.

Now I know where the UK got the idea for their herd immunity strategy!

I personally think that it spread undetected since some time in November, then some local doctors started noticing unusual patterns and grew suspicious of it at around mid-December and reported it publicly later that month (they inaccurately identified as SARS at first), local authorities then tried to downplay it and censor the outgoing reports until late December/early January. There was definitely a delayed response and suppression of information (at the very least in Wuhan/Hubei) which contributed a lot to the uncontrolled spread of the virus in the rest of China and also abroad.

Good to hear! Take care

I didn't say anything about China's lack of wrongdoings though, did I? The point was that Europe still had almost three months to react and try to contain the outbreak as much as possible but failed miserably. Look at how South Korea, Japan or Singapore managed to keep it under control despite having much less time due to being the first countries to be affected heavily - and that without having to go into a lockdown and ruin their economies. All thanks to aggressive testing from the very start, contact tracing and isolation, and thorough implementation of social distancing (and mask wearing) by a society that is mature and disciplined enough to follow the guidelines.

A new virus is reported, China puts millions of people under quarantine. Eastern Asia (a week later and with few own cases): this is serious, let's implement containment measures early on, even if it's restricting personal freedoms. Europe (two and half months later and with hundreds if not thousands infected in their own countries): let's gather in thousands for a Smurf festival, go on a holiday because it's cheap now, oh and don't forget to get that last cheeseburger before they close the joint because my non essential personal needs are obviously more important than anything else. We had plenty of time and there was enough information to react in order to contain it. Both the politicians and the general public screwed up completely. The former for downplaying the threat and failing to implement the required measures early on, the latter for being ignorant and unwilling to make small personal "sacrifices" for the benefit of society.

Omg it's so good.

Finally started watching 12 Monkeys. The original movie is one of my favourites and I always meant to check the series out but somehow never did... glad I did today. Watching Episode 1; fantastic. The theme might be a bit uncanny given the current situation but at least it's relevant haha. Knowing it's currently in Season 4 gives me hope too. @Bluewolf