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point78··on Nearly a third of blood samples taken in Chelsea show exposure to coronavirus
So halfway to herd immunity?
point78··on Preliminary result of the Gangelt, Germany Covid-19 case cluster study [pdf]
So wash your hands and gargle and your symptoms are mild?
point78··on New York Governor announces 100% workforce reduction for non-essential services
Probably the only time it's appropriate for outrage culture and to focus on the negative is exactly right now.

Shame and tell everyone whenever possible to stay the fuck inside because those are going to be the people that make you stay in lockdown for 6 months instead of 2.

Otherwise this will be 10x worse in the US

point78··on Temperature and Latitude to Predict Potential Spread and Seasonality for COVID19
I've read a theory that the reason Singapore has so many is because of air conditioning being used so much.
point78··on Temperature and Latitude to Predict Potential Spread and Seasonality for COVID19
Tldr: 10 - 15 degrees Celsius seems to be the hotspot.
point78··on Amazon soars after earnings beat
His comment is very useful. Amazon is a shit company that dodges taxes.
point78··on Amazon soars after earnings beat
You forgot don't pay taxes also
point78··on Indiana's Oldest State Worker Is Retiring at 102
Sounds like your country is the problem.

The "young people" should move or change the rules like they do in other countries.

point78··on A fitness watch that measures blood pressure
I'd say very useful for a 50+ demo that wants to check easily
point78··on Multilingual People Have Healthier, More Engaged Brains? (2016)
It's a mindfuck only when the alphabet is all goofy compared to your native language imo.

Learned Spanish and was relatively easy...now learning Russian and yes...mindfuck!

point78··on Have Aliens Found Us? (2019)
"They're too primitive yet...we will orbit them with an invisible camera for now and maybe make contact in 10000 years or so."
point78··on Multilingual People Have Healthier, More Engaged Brains? (2016)
What language?
point78··on How a Chinese Company Built a $250M Search Hijacking Empire
It's not legal whatv theyre doing.
point78··on Great White Sharks Are Terrified of Orcas
Looks like the length of an orca and great white are exactly the same. I would have thought the orca to be much larger. Couldn't the great white turn the tables here?
point78··on Features of a successful therapeutic fast of 382 days' duration (1973) [pdf]
25 years later, trying to find cause of death...
point78··on Going to court without a lawyer is new normal for U.S. litigants
Doesn't matter if an oil change takes 5 minutes, youre paying for the decade of experience that got him to be good enough to do it in 5 minutes.
point78··on The decline in U.S. life expectancy is unlike anything seen in a century (2018)
Well if you want to get more pedantic it's free for the unemployed since they are not paying taxes.
point78··on The decline in U.S. life expectancy is unlike anything seen in a century (2018)
Those are ages 15 - 24 and the numbers are a little better now. Cost of living is so low where unemployment is highest that it's not the end of the world. Still free health care and education.
point78··on Switzerland vs Silicon Valley for Software Developers
Also most expensive place to live in europe
point78··on Dallas school district starts video game teams on 64 campuses
Something that makes you think "Why the hell didn't we have this 30 years ago!"
point78··on UN Security Council Holds Closed Hearing on Turkey: Syria Update
Make the immigrants/refugees actually work when they get here.

Something like up to 80% are on welfare and public housing etc.

You don't work or go to school, you go back.

point78··on Dealing with China Isn’t Worth the Moral Cost
At least we can view the detention centers on AU without a satellite....that says more than enough
point78··on Dealing with China Isn’t Worth the Moral Cost
Hopefully, the west doesn't budge until China stops commuting human rights violations (won't happen but would be nice)
point78··on Fallout from Blizzard Hong Kong Incident
Almost all Americans can agree on freedom of speech.
point78··on China and Taiwan Clash over Wikipedia Edits
Best way I've used Wikipedia is to find the source of whatever sentence I'm on and see how ridiculous that source is...a lot of Huffington post and trash mags stuff for example
point78··on The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019
Well...first thanks for ankidroid...

Second, maybe jews are on the list because of that pressure put on them to succeed constantly. Would be interesting study.

point78··on South Park Responds to Being Banned in China for “Band in China”
Is there an "underground" in China of people criticising the government and supporting hong kong, tibet, etc? If yes, how many people?
point78··on South Park Responds to Being Banned in China for “Band in China”
That entire plot and her in ep 8 was pointless. Obvious pandering
point78··on South Park Responds to Being Banned in China for “Band in China”
That not communism, it's dicratorship
point78··on Blizzard Suspends Professional Hearthstone Player for Hong Kong Comments
Nike already pulled all their Houston Rockets merchandise in China.
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