I am living in the middle of the emergency over coronavirus in Finland. Due this reason the update cycle to make posting to this blog could be slowed down.
The Finnish government announced on Monday nationwide school closures in order to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. Read more on the following aricles:
Finland closes schools, declares state of emergency over coronavirus
https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finland_closes_schools_declares_state_of_emergency_over_coronavirus/11260062
Daycare centres are to stay open but parents were asked to keep their kids home if possible. The government also published a 19-point list of emergency legislation that takes effect on 18 March.
Coronavirus latest: 359 cases confirmed in Finland, S-Group shuts its Helsinki eateries, bankruptcy fears mount
https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/coronavirus_latest_359_cases_confirmed_in_finland_s-group_shuts_its_helsinki_eateries_bankruptcy_fears_mount/11249610
Here is a link to an earlier post related to Coronavirus:
https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2020/02/12/mobile-trends-2020-mwc-canceled/
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Tomi Engdahl says:
THL:n ylilääkäri: Tartuntojen avainluku romahti alemmas kuin missään ennusteessa – Suomen toimet purevat koronaan
https://www.iltalehti.fi/koronavirus/a/cbdbba18-8c10-4541-a0d8-b36f802c86b5
Tomi Engdahl says:
Total Cost of Her COVID-19 Treatment: $34,927.43
https://time.com/5806312/coronavirus-treatment-cost/
Tomi Engdahl says:
The Coronavirus Disinformation System: How It Works
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/03/25/the-coronavirus-disinformation-system-how-it-works/
Besides viruses, what else is terribly contagious? Lies, of course.
How Coronavirus Scammers Hide On Facebook And YouTube
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/rest-of-world/2020/03/19/how-coronavirus-scammers-hide-on-facebook-and-youtube/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://quillette.com/2020/03/14/conceit-and-contagion-how-the-virus-shocked-europe/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Ihmiskuntaa uhkaa hengitysteitse leviävä tartuntatauti, joka voi tappaa 80 miljoonaa ihmistä – Raportti varoittaa lähes täydellisestä varautuneisuuden puutteesta
https://tekniikanmaailma.fi/ihmiskuntaa-uhkaa-hengitysteitse-leviava-tartuntatauti-joka-voi-tappaa-80-miljoonaa-ihmista-raportti-varoittaa-lahes-taydellisesta-varautuneisuuden-puutteesta/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus as an Agent of Emerging and Reemerging Infection
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2176051/
Tomi Engdahl says:
COVID-19 Coronavirus And Tuberculosis: We Need A Damage Control Plan
https://www.forbes.com/sites/madhukarpai/2020/03/17/covid-19-and-tuberculosis-we-need-a-damage-control-plan/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://moneymaven.io/mishtalk/economics/nothing-is-working-now-what-s-next-for-america–TaEWIIxf0CmGnNCYxgTHA
Tomi Engdahl says:
Ford Will Work With 3M And GE To Make Respirators And Ventilators To Address Shortages During Coronavirus Pandemic
https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2020/03/24/ford-will-work-with-3m-and-ge-to-make-respirators-ventilators-and-n95-masks/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Bill Gates On COVID-19: ‘Best-Case Scenario Is Six To Ten Weeks Of Total Isolation In U.S.’
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandrasternlicht/2020/03/24/bill-gates-on-covid-19-best-case-scenario-is-6-to-10-weeks-of-total-isolation-in-us/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://medium.com/@noahhaber/flatten-the-curve-of-armchair-epidemiology-9aa8cf92d652
Tomi Engdahl says:
Yuval Noah Harari: the world after coronavirus | Free to read
https://www.ft.com/content/19d90308-6858-11ea-a3c9-1fe6fedcca75
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.suomenuutiset.fi/voidaanko-korona-nujertaa-vasara-ja-tanssi-strategialla/
Tomi Engdahl says:
3 Ways Professionals Can Stay Productive During The Coronavirus Outbreak
https://www.forbes.com/sites/averyblank/2020/03/23/3-ways-professionals-can-stay-productive-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/
Tomi Engdahl says:
EDRi calls for fundamental rights-based responses to COVID-19
https://edri.org/covid19-edri-coronavirus-fundamentalrights/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Adafruit Industries, Essential service and business: NYC – Executive Order 202.6 Capabilities and more #NewYorkTough #NewYorkStrong #adafruitchronicles @adafruit
https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/03/22/covid/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Second Great Depression Begins? Goldman Now Expects A Record 24% Crash In Q2 GDP; Sees 9% Unemployment
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/second-great-depression-begins-goldman-now-expects-record-24-crash-q2-gdp-sees-9
Tomi Engdahl says:
Satasen hintainen vasta-ainetesti selvittää oletko jo sairastanut koronan –Terveystalo: ”Yritykset kysyvät tätä meiltä”
https://www.tekniikkatalous.fi/uutiset/satasen-hintainen-vasta-ainetesti-selvittaa-oletko-jo-sairastanut-koronan-terveystalo-yritykset-kysyvat-tata-meilta/cfcd49be-1ee5-4986-8bb9-25fb7f1121bd
Tomi Engdahl says:
Vakava varoitus: edessä voi olla ruokakriisi – korona sekoittaa maailman elintarvikeketjuja https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000006461004.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
Yhdysvaltojen “optimistisessa” koronaskenaariossa satatuhatta kuolee – 5 lukua kertoo, miten vakava maan epidemia on
https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11286809
Asiantuntijoiden mukaan ei ole väistämätöntä, että sata tuhatta amerikkalaista kuolisi – mutta siihen pitää varautua.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Bill Gates will use microchip implants to fight coronavirus
https://biohackinfo.com/news-bill-gates-id2020-vaccine-implant-covid-19-digital-certificates/
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will launch human-implantable capsules that have ‘digital certificates’ which can show who has been tested for the coronavirus and who has been vaccinated against it.
Bill Gates Calls For National Tracking System For Coronavirus During Reddit AMA
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2020/03/18/bill-gates-calls-for-national-tracking-system-for-coronavirus-during-reddit-ama/
Tomi Engdahl says:
New innovation could help solve ventilator shortage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdZtMgpxnPI
https://oxvent.org/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://moneymaven.io/mishtalk/economics/coronavirus-trend-one-in-10-of-those-hospitalized-die–eDcGmODtECKnhr1mZU8aA
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.stara.fi/2020/03/22/koronavirus-teki-viruselokuvasta-hitin-9-vuotta-ensi-illan-jalkeen/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Finland shuts down Uusimaa to fight coronavirus
The government has proposed restrictions on movement between the Helsinki region and the rest of Finland.
https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finland_shuts_down_uusimaa_to_fight_coronavirus/11276242
Tomi Engdahl says:
Snowden warns: The surveillance states we’re creating now will outlast the coronavirus
Temporary security measures can soon become permanent
https://thenextweb.com/neural/2020/03/25/snowden-warns-the-surveillance-states-were-creating-now-will-outlast-the-coronavirus/
Tomi Engdahl says:
UK To Roll Out Home Testing Kits To Check For SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/uk-to-roll-out-home-testing-kits-to-check-for-sars-cov-2-antibodies/
Tomi Engdahl says:
French study finds anti-malarial and antibiotic combo could reduce COVID-19 duration
https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/19/french-study-finds-anti-malarial-and-antibiotic-combo-could-reduce-covid-19-duration/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Kolumni: ravintola-ala muuttuu – ja romahtaa – koska niin tekee tähän asti tuntemamme maailmakin
https://viisitahtea.com/kolumnit/kolumni-ravintola-ala-muuttuu-ja-romahtaa-koska-niin-tekee-tahan-asti-tuntemamme-maailmakin/
Tomi Engdahl says:
A Mobile Diagnosis Device to Mitigate Pandemics and Infectious Diseases
https://innovate.ieee.org/innovation-spotlight/diagnosing-infectious-disease/
Tomi Engdahl says:
ORNL TEAM ENLISTS WORLD’S FASTEST SUPERCOMPUTER TO COMBAT THE CORONAVIRUS
https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2020/03/05/ornl-team-enlists-worlds-fastest-supercomputer-to-combat-the-coronavirus/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Koronapandemia ei ollut virologeille mikään yllätys – koronavirukset ovat vakiokonnia, joita epäillään jokaisen pandemian yhteydessä
https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2020/03/22/koronapandemia-ei-ollut-virologeille-mikaan-yllatys-koronavirukset-ovat
Tomi Engdahl says:
The Financial impact of COVID-19: An evidence-based approach
https://medium.com/@antti.n.roine/the-financial-impact-of-covid-19-an-evidence-based-approach-ee5872b7f192
Tomi Engdahl says:
Mika Aaltola: ”Edessä kaksi kertaa finanssikriisiä pahempi lama”
https://www.arvopaperi.fi/uutiset/mika-aaltola-edessa-kaksi-kertaa-finanssikriisia-pahempi-lama/9e9c6daa-b216-484a-96f5-57f2334076d0
Tomi Engdahl says:
The worst global recession since World War II: Deutsche Bank just unveiled a bleak new forecast as the coronavirus rocks economies worldwide
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/coronavirus-recession-worst-wwii-economic-recovery-global-deutsche-bank-2020-3-1029012757
Tomi Engdahl says:
Tiedeyhteisö käy kuumeista kilpajuoksua koronaa vastaan – avuksi on valjastettu supertietokoneita, 3D-tulosteita ja oppeja sadan vuoden takaa
https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11267847
Tomi Engdahl says:
Suomalaisen lääkkeen toivotaan estävän koronakuolemia merkittävästi – Ensin sen pitää kuitenkin läpäistä Yhdysvaltain lääkeviranomaisten testit
Fimean mukaan satojen eri lääkkeiden vaikutusta koronapotilaisiin testataan.
https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11269601
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.tekniikkatalous.fi/uutiset/italian-sankari-insinoorit-olivatkin-keksineet-tarinansa-myos-tarinan-konna-selittelee/6e8c420d-26b7-4df9-b986-3bc075445a4e
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.who.int/westernpacific/health-topics/coronavirus
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://app.hackjunction.com/projects/hack-the-crisis-finland/view/5e74f81df48eed00499cedc0
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.zerohedge.com/health/covid-19-evidence-over-hysteria
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.unikie.com/en/how-to-react-with-corona-situation-heading-towards-sand-storm/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-death-toll/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic
Tomi Engdahl says:
Ted Chiang Explains the Disaster Novel We All Suddenly Live In
https://science.slashdot.org/story/20/04/01/1834235/ted-chiang-explains-the-disaster-novel-we-all-suddenly-live-in?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot%2Fto+%28%28Title%29Slashdot+%28rdf%29%29
The esteemed science fiction author, best known for movie “Arrival” that is based on his novel, on how we may never go “back to normal” — and why that might be a good thing. From an interview on Electric Literature:
Ted Chiang Explains the Disaster Novel We All Suddenly Live In
https://electricliterature.com/ted-chiang-explains-the-disaster-novel-we-all-suddenly-live-in/
The esteemed science fiction author on how we may never go “back to normal”—and why that might be a good thing
More than two weeks into self-isolation, I am starting to wonder whether I will ever be able to come out. I don’t mean whether I’ll be legally allowed to come out—I wonder who the person that comes out will be. Stiller, more quiet maybe. More appreciative of the simple pleasures of everyday life, I hope. Even if I manage to keep my job, and my loved ones survive, even if I am among the fortunate few whose life returns basically to normal, will I continue to cook my meals at home, and Facetime with my parents multiple times a week? How long will it take before I’m eating out and stretching the time between phone calls? How long before I’m complaining about the subway and having too many plans and generally taking my freedom for granted?
The question of what will change applies to everything from the mundanity of everyday to the very shape of history. Will we ever elect a careless an incompetent leader again, knowing what is at stake? Will we continue to systematically disadvantage the most vulnerable among us, and to degrade facts and science and statistics? And as for the positive changes being made or discussed—bipartisanship, direct governmental aid, paid sick leave—what will stick, and what will be forgotten?
And since I’m speculating, this time I turned to a master of speculative fiction
“In real science fiction stories, the world starts out familiar, a new discovery or invention disrupts everything, and the world is forever changed”
TC: A lot of dystopian stories posit variations on a Mad Max world where marauders roam the wasteland. That’s a kind of change no one wants to see. I think those qualify as doom. What I mean by disruption is not the end of civilization, but the end of a particular way of life. Aristocrats might have thought the world was ending when feudalism was abolished during the French Revolution, but the world didn’t end; the world changed.
TC: The familiar is always comfortable, but we need to make a distinction between what is actually desirable and what is simply what we’re accustomed to; sometimes those are the same, and sometimes they are not. The people who are the happiest with the status quo are the ones who benefit most from it, which is why the wealthy are usually conservative; the existing order works to their advantage.
TC: While there has been plenty of fiction written about pandemics, I think the biggest difference between those scenarios and our reality is how poorly our government has handled it.
“What we’re living through is only partly a disaster novel; it’s also—and perhaps mostly—a grotesque political satire”
TC: We need to be specific about what we mean when we talk about things returning to normal. We all want not to be quarantined, to be able to go to work and socialize and travel. But we don’t want everything to go back to business as usual, because business as usual is what led us to this crisis. COVID-19 has demonstrated how much we need federally mandated paid sick leave and universal health care, so we don’t want to return to a status quo that lacks those things. The current administration’s response ought to serve as a cautionary tale about the dangers of electing demagogues instead of real leaders, although there’s no guarantee that voters will heed it. We’re at a point where things could go in some very different ways, depending on what we learn from this experience.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Not wearing masks to protect against coronavirus is a ‘big mistake,’ top Chinese scientist says
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/not-wearing-masks-protect-against-coronavirus-big-mistake-top-chinese-scientist-says
Q: What can other countries learn from the way China has approached COVID-19?
A: Social distancing is the essential strategy for the control of any infectious diseases, especially if they are respiratory infections. First, we used “nonpharmaceutical strategies,” because you don’t have any specific inhibitors or drugs and you don’t have any vaccines. Second, you have to make sure you isolate any cases. Third, close contacts should be in quarantine: We spend a lot of time trying to find all these close contacts, and to make sure they are quarantined and isolated. Fourth, suspend public gatherings. Fifth, restrict movement, which is why you have a lockdown, the cordon sanitaire in French.
A: You have to have understanding and consensus. For that you need very strong leadership, at the local and national level. You need a supervisor and coordinator working with the public very closely. Supervisors need to know who the close contacts are, who the suspected cases are. The supervisors in the community must be very alert. They are key.
Q: What mistakes are other countries making?
A: The big mistake in the U.S. and Europe, in my opinion, is that people aren’t wearing masks. This virus is transmitted by droplets and close contact. Droplets play a very important role—you’ve got to wear a mask, because when you speak, there are always droplets coming out of your mouth. Many people have asymptomatic or presymptomatic infections. If they are wearing face masks, it can prevent droplets that carry the virus from escaping and infecting others.
Q: It wasn’t until 20 January that Chinese scientists officially said there was clear evidence of human-to-human transmission. Why do you think epidemiologists in China had so much difficulty seeing that it was occurring?
A: Detailed epidemiological data were not available yet. And we were facing a very crazy and concealed virus from the very beginning. The same is true in Italy, elsewhere in Europe, and the United States: From the very beginning scientists, everybody thought: “Well, it’s just a virus.”
Q: So what is the strategy now? Buying time to find effective medicines?
A: Yes—our scientists are working on both vaccines and drugs.
Q: Many scientists consider remdesivir to be the most promising drug now being tested. When do you think clinical trials in China of the drug will have data?
A: In April.
Miksi Suomessa ei suositella kasvomaskien käyttöä kaikille?
https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000006460956.html?share=e328b1cb99d38b31e4e94def201238b9
”Siitä voi tulla jopa virusgeneraattori”, sanoo ylilääkäri
Kasvomaskien käyttökehotuksia harkitaan jo Yhdysvalloissakin, sillä osa asiantuntijoista uskoo niiden suojaavan koronavirukselta. Suomen viranomaiset pitäytyvät WHO:n linjassa: maskit säästetään terveydenhuollon ammattilaisille ja sairastuneille.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Chinese researchers isolated deadly bat coronaviruses near Wuhan animal market
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/30/china-researchers-isolated-bat-coronaviruses-near-/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork
Chinese government researchers isolated more than 2,000 new viruses, including deadly bat coronaviruses, and carried out scientific work on them just three miles from a wild animal market identified as the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Several Chinese state media outlets in recent months touted the virus research and lionized in particular a key researcher in Wuhan, Tian Junhua, as a leader in bat virus work.
The coronavirus strain now infecting hundreds of thousands of people globally mutated from bats believed to have infected animals and people at a wild animal market in Wuhan. The exact origin of the virus, however, remains a mystery.
A video posted online in December and funded by the Chinese government shows Mr. Tian inside caves in Hubei province taking samples from captured bats and storing them in vials.
Chinese officials have said the virus likely spread from wild animals to people at Wuhan’s Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, not far from the Wuhan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the national center for China’s bat virus research.
Chinese officials refused to provide samples of its coronavirus strains to U.S. researchers shortly after the outbreak became public and did not allow international disease specialists to visit Wuhan for weeks.
The deadly virus behind the current pandemic is called SARS Coronavirus-2 and also has been traced to bats.
Prior to China’s discoveries, an estimated 2,284 types of viruses had been found in the previous 200 years, the video says.
Mr. Tian works for the office of decontamination and biological disease vector prevention and control within the Wuhan CDC.
“Bats have a large number of unknown viruses on their bodies,”
After the incident exposing him to bat urine, Mr. Tian said, he kept a safe distance from his wife. “As long as I am not getting sick during the incubation period of 14 days, I can be lucky to get away with it,” he said.
“Bat coronaviruses are collected and studied by laboratories in multiple parts of China — including Wuhan Municipal CDC and Wuhan Institute of Virology,” he told The Washington Times. “Therefore, the first human infection also could have occurred as a laboratory accident.”
Tomi Engdahl says:
CA city to use Chinese night-vision drones banned by US Army to enforce coronavirus lockdown
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/03/ca-city-to-use-chinese-night-vision-drones-banned-by-us-army-to-enforce-coronavirus-lockdown/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Sandra the orangutan has started washing her hands after observing her caretakers do it
https://buff.ly/2Jx6pzT
Tomi Engdahl says:
Näkökulma: Korona kohtelee meitä silmittömän epäreilusti, toiset pärjäävät – toisten edessä on kuilu
https://www.iltalehti.fi/raha-nyt/a/3240c07c-724f-4631-9ebb-1dd8993df02d
Viime viikkojen aikana olen pysähtynyt monta kertaa miettimään sitä, miten epäreilusti ja täysin sattumanvaraisesti korona kohtelee meitä ei vain tartunnan ja sen vakavuuden suhteen, vaan myös taloudellisesti.
Osalta työt ovat loppuneet seinään.
Osa on paahtaa nyt aamusta iltaan ylitöissä tai ylimääräiseen koronavalmiuteen kutsuttuna.
Kun tästä koronakriisistä selvitään, tästäkin selvitään eri tavalla. Onnen lahjat eivät käy tasan.
Yhden elämä jatkuu niin kuin ennenkin. Toisen talous on palasina
Silloin pitäisi muistaa, että kaikki ei ollut itsestä kiinni. Ja toimia ja ajatella sen mukaisesti.