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Re: Covid-19 projects looking for volunteers

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Post by omegaworks »

hawaiianbrah wrote: post #136
ardy42 wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We really need to start distinguishing between masks and respirators. Surgical masks are useless for protecting the wearer from infected people, however they help protect others from an infected wearer. If used properly, a respirator will help protect the wearer from infected people, as it will block them from inhaling virus-containing droplets.

I don’t see how they’re completely useless for protecting the wearer. If someone infected sneezes in my face, would I not be better off with a physical barrier over a point of entry into my system?

Droplets on the mask and you breathe them in right through it.

Re: Covid-19 projects looking for volunteers

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Post by resonantjacket5 »

idoby wrote: post #94

Is the purpose of this site to connect me with a project needing help as fast as possible, or to collect data? If the former, why do I need to sign up to join the project? Just link to whatever wiki/github/slack/trello/whatever it's using or a point of contact.

The point is for the project to contact you. Not for you to contact them.

I understand that signing up is annoying, but really this isn't the time to be concern trolling about an email/account sign ups. Plus how are you going to help if you can't be contacted?

Re: Covid-19 projects looking for volunteers

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Post by mistersquid »

I posted this to my agency's Slack channel. It didn't unfurl because there's no OG data.

I added this as byline: "Community projects looking for volunteers. Sign up and add your project to the list."

OG data would help promote the page with less effort by those who share in social media and text messages.

Re: Covid-19 projects looking for volunteers

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Post by pmachinery »

ardy42 wrote: post #118
T-hawk wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A mask doesn't "work" in the sense of preventing you from catching the virus, because airborne is not its transmission method. A mask does work in the sense of reducing your transmission to others if you are infected (and may not know it), by keeping your moisture-laden exhalations confined. A mask can reduce your risk by reminding you not to touch your face after having contacted potentially infectious surfaces. And…

We really need to start distinguishing between masks and respirators. Surgical masks are useless for protecting the wearer from infected people, however they help protect others from an infected wearer. If used properly, a respirator will help protect the wearer from infected people, as it will block them from inhaling virus-containing droplets.

> Surgical masks are useless for protecting the wearer from infected people

They are not useless for protecting the wearer, and this anti-vaxer level dangerous misinformation needs to stop. It's like saying condoms are useless for protecting the wearer from HIV because they sometimes break.

The lie that masks don't work was spread because there weren't enough masks. Sad that people are still falling for it/spreading it.

Re: Covid-19 projects looking for volunteers

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Post by mikeyouse »

notahacker wrote: post #110
OakNinja wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As long as you don’t have any other diseases, you’re statistically sort of “safe”. 0.2% risk of dying for your age group regardless of physical health according to https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-se... Wash your hands, stay safe.

This is one of the few cases where the raw data is so systematically flawed - many younger people are completely asymptomatic or not being tested because they don't need hospitalization - the anecdata might give you a better picture of the relative risk. The youngest of the UK's >100 confirmed COVID-19 fatalities was in his forties and already terminally ill. Young people aren't totally safe and should certainly avoi…

Not to disagree with anything you said here, but there was recently a story comparing the fates of two young Chinese medical workers who both contracted the disease and who required medical care. The punchline is that a 29-year old physician with no co-morbidities died a terrible death. Be careful out there no matter your age or health status.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/13/world/asia/co...

Re: Covid-19 projects looking for volunteers

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Post by lozf »

orblivion wrote: post #111
eezurr wrote: post #45

Please consider reaching out to your elderly neighbors and offering your time to gather groceries/supplies for them. Or posting a note near the entrance of your apartment complex with your number. This alone will have a huge impact. They have a very real chance of dying if they contract covid-19. Take a moment to imagine how you would feel if you could not safely leave your home. A lot of us have the amazing comfort…

Are there good tips for doing this safely? Should I wipe down all the items? Ideally they could do so themselves.

I found this earlier:

- https://queercare.network/our-work/resources/covid-19/disinf...

- https://queercare.network/our-work/resources/covid-19/delive...

The parent directory has more.

Re: Covid-19 projects looking for volunteers

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Post by SpicyLemonZest »

bronipstid wrote: post #140
SpicyLemonZest wrote: post #81

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Flat statements about what strategies are or aren't options don't seem helpful. It's not a good option, ideally we'll have total containment, but it's important that we not see it as a betrayal if it's decided in a couple weeks that total containment isn't feasible.

It absolutely would be a betrayal of the people you'd be giving up on to not do everything we can to help them while we still can. You can advocate for or against taking strong action but you can't tell people you're allowing to die to not be upset about it.

You certainly can't tell people not to be upset! Every death is tragedy; people have a right to be upset even about rarer causes of death that are harder to mitigate. (From personal experience, I can tell you that anyone who's seen an alcoholic family member die learns to sympathize with the Prohibitionists.)

But it's not a betrayal to acknowledge their pain while recognizing nothing feasible can be done.

Re: Covid-19 projects looking for volunteers

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Post by taborj »

Hopefully some of these aren't re-inventing the wheel. For instance, currently the first one is helping build APIs for getting healthcare data. This is potentially a solved problem; indeed, interoperability is rather a large market in the healthcare world (I speak as someone who does this for a living).

Re: Covid-19 projects looking for volunteers

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Post by Vomzor »

OakNinja wrote: post #60
brookside wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I joined a community group that is doing just this, and as an hour ago have a list of older neighbors to check in on, and possibly help with obtaining food and medications. I do wonder if at 39 i am in fact young enough to be in the most-likely-to-survive-if-exposed group.

As long as you don’t have any other diseases, you’re statistically sort of “safe”. 0.2% risk of dying for your age group regardless of physical health according to https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-se... Wash your hands, stay safe.

Survive yes. But half the patients in intensive care in Holland and France are in the 30 to 60 age bracket. And we don’t know yet what the longterm damage is after you survive.
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