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The ones I posted aren't mine either I had to stop with my own updates as it was taking way too much time once it spread everywhere and I just couldn't keep up with it anymore...

That's pretty much the reason why Germany (and some other countries probably) are looking into carrying out mass testing for antibodies in order to find out who had the virus and developed antibodies so that the lockdown can be gradually lifted and people can start returning to their normal lives. But more accurate tests are desperately needed...

Many mild or asymptomatic cases definitely go unnoticed and the actual number of infected could be a few times higher but essentially they aren't the main problem (especially under a lockdown) - the biggest issue are those that require medical attention and hospitalisation as that's what makes the healthcare system break so as long as the testing levels stay approximately the same it is still a good enough stat to evaluate the general trend. What's encouraging in Italy's case is that they're carrying out more tests every day and the number of new cases still seems to be stable (in fact a somewhat larger increase in daily cases a few days ago was attributed to adding the backlog into the total count) - also the number of new cases in ICU seems to have stabilised at around 100 per day too. Those two are the main factors that make me cautiously optimistic - but it's definitely too early to tell. The situation seems to be slowly stabilising and improving in Lombardy only though so it's quite likely that the numbers will shoot up again as South Italy (with much worse standard of medical care) reaches the peak. As for trusting the numbers to be accurate; that's always a difficult one... You can only work with and make your observations from what you're given by the authorities. A lot depends on the way the cases are counted and the way those numbers are then reported so you're definitely right that it can be misleading. Even the number of deaths in Italy is a questionable one because of the way it's reported - it essentially shows the number of people who passed away WITH the virus - but that doesn't necessary mean that the virus was the cause of death. In other words, you could die of an unrelated chronic (or accute) disease and have no or just mild symptoms of Covid-19 but if you test positive, you are automatically included in the total count of the virus fatalities.

It seems they have reached the peak and plateaued in the last 6 days so I'd be carefully optimistic and say that the trend indicates a slow improvement.

Well yeah; I think that's also a naked lady in the house Could be a man too. Hard to tell

Yeah. Somehow completely ignored that

Stan just struggles with animals a bit

It's not the Koala either That's a naked lady

Click on the image to open in a new tab and then zoom in

Signing autographs at the left bottom corner.

I struggle to find Bottas

Nah that's a helmet Pretty sure the guy is Alonso too

Can you find them all?

Average age of cases in Germany: 45 years. Average age of cases in Italy: 63 years That might be one of the reasons. Another potential reason is that Germany's healthcare system is not overloaded yet so they have enough ICU beds, enough qualified staff and enough protective equipment for them. They are also testing in high numbers so many of those are bound to be mild cases that don't get tested in many other countries. Contact tracking and quarantine measures are apparently very thorough too. There are probably many factors that differ between countries. Overall, the mortality rate in Germany (approx. 0.4%) is similar to that in South Korea (approx. 1%) and Singapore (approx. 0.3%) so it's not as if t's a complete outlier.

A Swiss immunologist is testing the vaccine on himself. https://www.20min.ch/wissen/news/story/Forscher-testet-Corona-Impfstoff-an-sich-selbst-18463459

Germany is also preparing to carry out mass testing to find out who has already developed antibodies and is immune to allow those to return to normal activities and reduce the strain on economy. But they'll need more accurate tests than what they've got now.

Till Lindemann is in intensive care after contracting the virus https://www.bz-berlin.de/leute/corona-drama-rammstein-saenger-till-lindemann-auf-der-intensivstation

Boris tested positive.

Yeah that was a heavy one... But I don't know; everytime something similar happens you're shaken for a while and then you move on and carry on. Especially when you're not directly involved.

Ahhh I just love the adrenaline rush.

Oh just the first full season with all races available that I could get my hands on. Didn't want to watch just random single races. Started this as a way to keep on enjoying racing Sundays with Dad during the quarantine.

I love it; absolutely no margin for error. Glad that the sport is so much safer nowadays but it's this insanity and living on the edge that always made it so appealing; both to participate and to watch. Watched the Argentian GP; the first race in 1978 season last Sunday. The track mostly looked a countryside road surrounded by grass with no barriers. Fantastic

Yeah Dailymotion is still around and still has plenty of F1 full races. Also here's the 1978 Brazilian GP full race on youtube. I'm watching it on Sunday as usual. Second race in the 1978 season.

Maybe should check youtube and dailymotion out... pretty much everything is available if you look hard enough.

If you want historical F1 then join me on full-season rewatch on Sundays