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Post by Handy on Sept 13, 2020 20:38:41 GMT -5
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Post by lessingham on Sept 21, 2020 3:30:22 GMT -5
My church has introduced a track and trace routine where you keave your name and phone number on the pew. I was sorely tempted to add, 'I like midnight walks, 70s rock and old movies. Call me! "
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Post by Handy on Sept 21, 2020 8:58:37 GMT -5
Forty four new cases of Covid in my fairly large county yesterday. I am hoping the numbers goes down today. One RN told me the available hospital beds were mostly used to capacity. I hope the medical staff stays well.
The whole state shows a 300% increase but I do not know what that number % is based on. There have been 157 deaths in the state and I know a person in one memory care facility, where the care facility had 16 to 18 deaths out of 50+ residents. I doubt the residents even know what a virus is but still mingle with-in and no visitors.
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Post by worksforme2 on Sept 22, 2020 19:19:06 GMT -5
Elementary school has officially started in NC. I watched a couple sessions with my grandkids to see where the class was verses what I am teaching my grandkids. The 1st week nothing was taught to the kids via the internet. Only one educational question was ask, "who knows where the one's place is for numbers"? That is pretty far behind where my lesson plans on adding multiple 2 and 3 digit numbers and multiplying/ subtracting 2 digit numbers. Both grandkids are taking to the math like ducks to water. We are also doing a lot with hominids and how to know the difference in where to use each word. And doing contractions has a small place but will receive more attention as we work on spelling and sentence structure. It will be interesting to see when the attending children start doing the stuff we are doing now. The one good thing I see is the attending kids are distancing 6 ft. in their seating. I don't know if masks are required in all classes. We will see how long it takes for the 1st cases of the virus to show up. I am feeling pretty good about homeschooling my grandkids. Last week the school did an assessment as to where the students are comparing them to other schools and same grade students. Both my grandkids received all A's on the testing, something they had not achieved before. They are so far ahead of the lesson plans presented online for their class it's unreal. NC just announced a full reopening of the schools starting in October. I'm pretty sure my son and his wife are going to opt for me to continue the one on one approach to learning and that's fine with me. I really don't want to watch them after school if they are re-enrolled in an active attendance program. Right now probably somewhere around 1/2 of the elementary students are in the remote learning program. |
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Post by lessingham on Oct 10, 2020 3:59:23 GMT -5
My neighbour has just tested positive. They are in lockdown. She is a strong, positive woman so I know she will follow to rules vigourously. I pray she and her family emerge the other side.
Here, I am wearing belt and braces as we say here. Mask, social distancing, hand sanitisers and wary of others.
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Post by Handy on Oct 10, 2020 8:22:41 GMT -5
I read about several vaccines in stage 3 trials so maybe there will be a vaccine for the general public in a couple of months. This link shows some good news for the over 65 age group.
"Belts and Braces" good way to put it, using double back-up to ensure you did what you could to reduce risks. Maybe an American equivalent would be "locked down" to indicate an extra layer of effort to reduce the chances of something going wrong.
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Post by Handy on Oct 10, 2020 20:37:05 GMT -5
The drug company Lilly, entered into an agreement with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the supply of its potential COVID-19 antibody therapy for low- and middle-income countries. Commercial manufacturing of the candidate will begin at CTA’s reserved manufacturing facility in Denmark from April 2021. finance.yahoo.com/news/pharma-stock-roundup-lly-azn-174105274.html
Lets hang in there until Christmas. Then maybe we can all go about business as usual.
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Post by lessingham on Oct 15, 2020 3:15:39 GMT -5
Accentuate the positives. Here in the UK 600,000 have caught it. Out of a population of 65 million that means 99% of us have not caught it. Over 90% of those who caught it survived.
I am not burning my mask or kisding Donald Trump, but sometimes we need to look at the big picture
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Post by worksforme2 on Oct 23, 2020 9:15:25 GMT -5
Yesterday I took time to vote. I was pleased to see that everyone voting was wearing a mask. I was only there for perhaps 10-15 minutes but seeing all my fellow citizens wearing a mask was heartening after going so long seeing so few with one on.
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Post by Handy on Oct 23, 2020 10:06:11 GMT -5
That is good news worksforme2.
My state statistics.
Only a few people without masks at Walmart. Other stores the compliance is higher.
9,096 active cases
16,266 recovered
1,091 hospitalizations total
353 active hospitalizations
278 deaths (.01096%) 278 / 9,096 active cases + 16,266 recovered
The bad news is we have maybe 800 to 850% more cases now than we had in March 2020.
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Post by Handy on Oct 25, 2020 22:35:25 GMT -5
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Post by worksforme2 on Nov 9, 2020 22:13:56 GMT -5
Covid19 Elementary education...
My grandsons were doing math in their remote class this morning and the teacher was introducing multiplying multidigit numbers. She ask the students to do a series of 10 problems and to key her when they were done. She was surprised at how fast my grandson popped in with "we're done". She ask "how did you get done so fast?" The boys replied "our grandfather taught us how to do that a long time ago." They are way ahead of the curve.
A negative aspect of their schooling so far has been the limited subject matter taught. Basically math and some spelling along with a tiny portion of sentence structure. I often sit in on their lessons. The class seems to catch on fairly quickly to new subject matter or next stage or harder material. But when my grandsons tell me how easy the lessons are I can't help but feel the rest of the class is getting shortchanged and it's going to be basically a lost year of learning for most of them. For my grandson's I am addressing some of that shortfall with books on early American history geared toward a 3rd grade level.
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Post by Handy on Nov 9, 2020 23:02:19 GMT -5
worksforme2, this is going to be a wasted year for several people. It is good you are helping your grandsons so much. In case you haven't heard: Pfizer and BioNTech jumped into the lead recently with their coronavirus vaccine. In early November, the duo said their experimental vaccine proved more than 90% effective in a Phase 3 test.
The companies tested the vaccine in 43,538 participants. In the first analysis, researchers found Covid-19 cases in 94 participants — split between those who received the vaccine and the placebo group. A second analysis is expected in the third week of November.Pfizer's vaccine needs to be kept at minus 70 degrees Celsius (-94 F) or below and has to be administered in 2 doses weeks apart. Pfizer's and BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine requires two doses. So does Moderna's vaccine. Ditto for the COVID-19 vaccines being developed by AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) and Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX). Of the leaders in the coronavirus vaccine race, only Johnson & Johnson's (NYSE:JNJ) JNJ-78436735 is a one-and-done option. If approved Pfizer's vaccine will go to health care workers and retirement homes where the risks are greater. I read the general population might have to wait until early 2021 for the Pfizer vaccine. www.fool.com/investing/2020/11/01/3-reasons-pfizer-and-biontechs-coronavirus-vaccine/From another source: The first analysis will come when there have been a total of only 32 cases of Covid-19 across the company’s entire 42,000-volunteer study. It would be considered to be positive, Pfizer has said, if six or fewer of those 32 cases occurred in the group that received the vaccine, with the rest occurring in the group that received the placebo. The trial is expected to continue until 150 of the volunteers in the study have had Covid-19. |
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Post by jerri on Nov 10, 2020 3:39:49 GMT -5
Covid19 Elementary education... My grandsons were doing math in their remote class this morning and the teacher was introducing multiplying multidigit numbers. She ask the students to do a series of 10 problems and to key her when they were done. She was surprised at how fast my grandson popped in with "we're done". She ask "how did you get done so fast?" The boys replied "our grandfather taught us how to do that a long time ago." They are way ahead of the curve. A negative aspect of their schooling so far has been the limited subject matter taught. Basically math and some spelling along with a tiny portion of sentence structure. I often sit in on their lessons. The class seems to catch on fairly quickly to new subject matter or next stage or harder material. But when my grandsons tell me how easy the lessons are I can't help but feel the rest of the class is getting shortchanged and it's going to be basically a lost year of learning for most of them. For my grandson's I am addressing some of that shortfall with books on early American history geared toward a 3rd grade level. Bravo! Everyone needs a granddad like you!  |
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Post by Handy on Nov 20, 2020 21:33:23 GMT -5
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