My question is about the knowledge, and state of the science/technology. That is to say, what is the state of knowledge in the medical science community to develop such tests? Would we be a month away? A year? More?
On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 2:11 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Gary, > > > > Don’t look to the US for any inspiration on testing. There are still > parts where getting a test is not easy. > > > > N > > > > Nicholas Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > > Clark University > > [email protected] > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > > > *From:* Friam <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Gary Schiltz > *Sent:* Saturday, June 27, 2020 11:45 AM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Virus Cases > > > > I wonder what the prospects are for Covid19 testing "entirely at home" in > the near future? I'm thinking something like home pregnancy tests or > glucose monitoring tests, where you don't have to send a sample away. Such > a beast would be especially helpful in the third world, many parts of which > don't have any kind of postal service. > > > > On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 12:17 PM Jochen Fromm <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was asking me the same as Nick. We experience a global pandemic and I am > living in a big city of 3.8 million inhabitants and I don't know anybody > who really has it. I have asked our local newspaper salesman who meets a > lot of people and he says he knows people who have it, but only have little > or no symptoms. Our cleaning lady (which helps us cleaning our apartment) > is from Chile, she said her whole family in Santiago has the virus because > they all live together in very small rooms where the virus can easily > spread. Both of her grandparents have died from it. In Berlin we have > overall only 8000 infected people, which is low compared to the overall > population. Luckily. > > > > The biggest recent SARSCoV2 outbreak in Germany was at a meat factory: low > 10°C temperatures increase droplet formation and water condensation, no > distance between workers and poor working conditions all contributed to the > outbreak > > https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-53177628 > > > > In America as a whole the situation looks really concerning. Chris Hayes > argues on MSNBC that the government has failed and Donald Trump should > resign as president > > https://youtu.be/oB4N27evVwY > > > > -J. > > > > > > -------- Original message -------- > > From: Frank Wimberly <[email protected]> > > Date: 6/27/20 18:41 (GMT+01:00) > > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Nick Thompson > > > > >I don't even know anybody, personally, who has told me that they *know > anybody* who has had the disease. > > > > One of my high-school classmates (a few weeks older than I) died of > Covid-19 on April 30. > > > > On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 10:23 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > > David, > > [email protected] works just fine or [email protected] . > > I am really, REALLY sorry but I don't think we should meet. I just told > my "pod" that I think that, with the rising cases in neighboring states, > Santa Fe has started to get more dangerous again, and that we should we > should be even more careful than we have been. (Rural Western Massachusetts > got a lot of cases from "vacationing" New Yorkers in March.) With talk of > a vaccine by the beginning of next year, it just seems stupid to take any > risks whatsoever. > > It's not that long. In the meantime, let's continue to interact > electronically. We could do our own zoom session. You will point out how > "notional" the hazard is, and I will have to admit that I actually have no > first-hand experience with the disease, what-so-ever. I don't even know > anybody, personally, who has told me that they *know anybody* who has had > the disease. It is still, for me, a media event. A cultural meme. Pray > God it remains that way. > > So let's plan to meet "on the other side.". > > You take care! > > Nick > > Nicholas Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > > Clark University > > [email protected] > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Prof David West > Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2020 8:10 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FRIAM] Nick Thompson > > > > Nick, > > > > Your Earthlink email address (the only other one I have) bounced. 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