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The Dutch still often go out, "but that doesn't have to be a problem"
By Joost Schellevis and Stephan Vegelien

The Dutch still go out relatively often compared to other Europeans. Although we go to work less often, by public transport and to the supermarket, the decrease is less significant than the average in Europe.

The Dutch also stayed a little less at home. People who were hardest hit were those in hard-hit Spain and Italy, but also in Luxembourg. Sweden, Czechs and Latvians were relatively least at home among all Europeans.

This is evident from an analysis by the NOS of statistics that Google has recently released. These are trips from smartphone users who have enabled location history, which helps Google know where they have been when.

The Dutch also like to go to the supermarket. Where in Italy the number of visits to supermarkets and pharmacies decreased by 82 percent, in the Netherlands it was only 16 percent.

And while the average European went to the park less often, we did that more often: 41 percent. The beautiful spring weather can explain that.

That we go out relatively often is not bad in itself, says epidemiologist Patricia Bruijning of the UMC Utrecht. "Going to the park and shopping is something that has limited the Netherlands less than other countries."

"The question is: do you have more contacts with others? That's what it's about," said the epidemiologist. Restricting outings and shopping visits will not necessarily help, she says. "The Netherlands is not much worse off than other countries when you look at reducing the virus."

Moreover, according to professor of theoretical epidemiology Hans Heesterbeek of Utrecht University, it is not clear exactly how many measures are required to limit the outbreak of the virus. "We don't know if 30 percent or 40 percent less contact with each other makes a significant difference," said Heesterbeek.

Other countries may even be doing too much, Heesterbeek thinks. "Although it is a risk that, because we do just enough, we may also fall back into our old patterns faster than countries that have really been completely locked down.

Mokelumne Trekka posted:

In five months I will be in the streets muttering nonstop,

America got owned. America got owned. We deserved it, yes.

twoday posted:

How often people go to do groceries and shopping compared to pre-corona times, according to Google data:

Iron Crowned posted:

Now post the US where it's like +20000000%

Doc Fission posted:

rolled out of bed and immediately bought cigarettes because my job, which is dealing in relief efforts, is stressing me the gently caress out, so naturally I must make myself more susceptible, to that thing, for which I am coordinating relief efforts,

Mokelumne Trekka posted:

In five months I will be in the streets muttering nonstop,

America got owned. America got owned. We deserved it, yes.

Zeroisanumber posted:

Like a flying squirrel or legit cats with wings?

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

Since 3/13, I've found toilet paper for sale exactly once, a twelve pack at Aldi that I snapped up. Other than that, absolutely nothing. Starting to think I'm going to have to use the carpet remnants up in the attic,

Arsenic Lupin posted:

https://twitter.com/jkbjournalist/status/1250723960725147649

shirunei posted:

From what I've seen you can still find wet wipes in box store camping aisles. Should cut down on paper use!

BeefThief posted:

here's a fun factoid: during the week of March where the US testing capacity increase actually matched the spread of the virus (March 17-22) the CFR was 1.35%. Today, with 644k confirmed cases and 28.5k confirmed deaths the CFR is 4.43%. Either this poo poo got a lot deadlier or we are missing ~1.5m cases in our count.

NofrikinfuN posted:

good news everybody

florida might go blue this year

Charun posted:

imagine you could go back in time and stop 9/11 from happening, but the covid was locked in
would you even bother?

Relevant Tangent posted:

yeah, preventing the twenty years of random murders we did in the middle east would have so many knock on effects that the world would be unrecognizable

Crusader posted:

https://twitter.com/edwardcholmes/status/1250581802667798528

SKULL.GIF posted:

https://twitter.com/evanchill/status/1250518087281061889

Arsenic Lupin posted:

https://twitter.com/jkbjournalist/status/1250723960725147649

Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:

Don't worry everyone, the free market will help out.


https://twitter.com/CowlonFullerton/status/1250629873615413253

Crusader posted:

https://twitter.com/edwardcholmes/status/1250581802667798528

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The acquisition of both the polybasic cleavage site and predicted O-linked glycans also argues against culture-based scenarios. New polybasic cleavage sites have been observed only after prolonged passage of low-pathogenicity avian influenza virus in vitro or in vivo17. Furthermore, a hypothetical generation of SARS-CoV-2 by cell culture or animal passage would have required prior isolation of a progenitor virus with very high genetic similarity, which has not been described. Subsequent generation of a polybasic cleavage site would have then required repeated passage in cell culture or animals with ACE2 receptors similar to those of humans, but such work has also not previously been described. Finally, the generation of the predicted O-linked glycans is also unlikely to have occurred due to cell-culture passage, as such features suggest the involvement of an immune system18.

galenanorth posted:

I saw this posted on the Discord

Rynn posted:

https://twitter.com/BWestbrookAZ8/status/1250563107874918400

Thank you Mr Turpm for cutting expenses for everyone to $120 a week. The president makes this possible for us all

punishedkissinger posted:

apparently the paycheck protection program is already out of money

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/us/politics/coronavirus-small-business-program.html

CODChimera posted:

Would that even cover rent in the US?

CODChimera posted:

Would that even cover rent in the US?

Doc Fission posted:

how do I get in the chat so I can shitpost at other roni warriors in real time

FAUXTON posted:

https://twitter.com/ddayen/status/1250771236331741184?s=19

lol are they sure they want to gently caress over the people who have brain problems and guns and a taste for blood

galenanorth posted:

Post your Discord username here, and I'll ask if there's anybody with invite privileges willing to send you an invite

galenanorth posted:

galenanorth posted:

Post your Discord username here, and I'll ask if there's anybody with invite privileges willing to send you an invite