COVID-19 could affect more races this year.

[Tommy Cookers]

how much better would be the outcomes even with what is a sufficient amount of ventilators ?
afaik not a lot

[kimetic]

A group at Oxford and Kings Universities have designed and prototyped a simple ventilator in a week. It’s very simple, not like the specialist ventilators in ICU wards. It’s been presented to the U.K. decision makers. I wonder how long they will need to make a decision?

https://theface.com/life/oxvent-protot ... s-covid-19

Terrific, it sounds like they really have nailed it.

[e30ernest]

how much better would be the outcomes with an ample supply of ventilators ?
afaik not a lot

Having a ventilator would give one a better fighting chance than if that person doesn't have one. This goes for both young and old patients. When you don't have enough ventilators, you end up having to make a choice on who gets it, or maybe you won't have a choice anymore. In that case, more people would die.

[Wouter]

This is just one of those things that makes you wonder why he hasn't been fired long ago..............

“He [Max] told me on the phone he was terrified of getting the virus,” Marko said.

“The best thing would be if he got infected now, he’s 22, it’s not at a high risk and he would be in a better place for the run to the title later being already immune.”

https://www.planetf1.com/news/max-verst ... navirus-2/

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that is not what the original interview is saying ..... like at all, not 1 word about Max Verstappen.

but from planetf1 you can't expect anything else ....

the full translated interview in "Krone Zeitung"

"Krone": How do you experience this dramatic time?
Helmut Marko: No people on the streets, hardly any cars. We have closed the hotels, there is no income. Nobody had such a scenario in view with all the economic risks.
.................

You quoted an interview from 21.3, but there was another one on 23.03 where Marko said it.

21.03.2020 07:44 Helmut Marko: "People have to take courage again"
https://www.krone.at/2121265

23.03.2020 07:51 Red Bull Star Verstappen: With fear in the simulator
https://www.krone.at/2122223

Red Bulls Motorsportchef Dr. Helmut Marko über die Gefühlswelt seines Superstars Max Verstappen. „Er hat mir am Telefon erzählt, dass er panische Angst vor einer Ansteckung hat“, sagte der Steirer, der dem Niederländer mit einem Augenzwinkern riet: „Am besten, er steckt sich jetzt an. Mit seinen 22 Jahren ist er keine Risikoperson, aber danach wäre er immun für seine Titelreise.“

Red Bulls Head of Motorsport Dr. Helmut Marko on the emotional world of his superstar Max Verstappen. "He told me on the phone that he was terrified of being infected," said the Styrian, who advised the Dutchman with a wink: "The best thing is that he is infected now. At 22, he is not a risk taker, but after that he would be immune to his title trip. ”

[nzjrs]

A group at Oxford and Kings Universities have designed and prototyped a simple ventilator in a week. It’s very simple, not like the specialist ventilators in ICU wards. It’s been presented to the U.K. decision makers. I wonder how long they will need to make a decision?

https://theface.com/life/oxvent-protot ... s-covid-19

Terrific, it sounds like they really have nailed it.

Cool that it's basically based on a manual ventilator. Very pragmatic.

[izzy]

You quoted an interview from 21.3, but there was another one on 23.03 where Marko said it.

21.03.2020 07:44 Helmut Marko: "People have to take courage again"
https://www.krone.at/2121265

23.03.2020 07:51 Red Bull Star Verstappen: With fear in the simulator
https://www.krone.at/2122223

Red Bulls Motorsportchef Dr. Helmut Marko über die Gefühlswelt seines Superstars Max Verstappen. „Er hat mir am Telefon erzählt, dass er panische Angst vor einer Ansteckung hat“, sagte der Steirer, der dem Niederländer mit einem Augenzwinkern riet: „Am besten, er steckt sich jetzt an. Mit seinen 22 Jahren ist er keine Risikoperson, aber danach wäre er immun für seine Titelreise.“

Red Bulls Head of Motorsport Dr. Helmut Marko on the emotional world of his superstar Max Verstappen. "He told me on the phone that he was terrified of being infected," said the Styrian, who advised the Dutchman with a wink: "The best thing is that he is infected now. At 22, he is not a risk taker, but after that he would be immune to his title trip. ”

So it was a jokey tease really? Helmut gets a bad press i think. Niki used to like him, he's a good guy imo just tough af

Still wink or not it's not a bad concept if you ask me, necessarily

[basti313]

[...] the trend isn't really there [...]

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As expected there's no downward trend in Germany, that'll take a bit more time ...

+3725 new cases, consistent with Friday and Monday, a lot higher than the numbers from the weekend

You realized, that they changed the criteria yesterday? New counting rules are on the RKI website. Since this week they not only count positive tests, but also all contact persons with respiratory symptoms.
One can, of course, say that this is the more correct way to do it, but that also makes the numbers incomparable and raises the number starting this week.

Did they report the cases on time? That alone was responsible for a few of the earlier "low" numbers on some sites. They just missed the GMT deadline when the sites were updated.

I mentioned this in my previous post

The RKI data (by their own [admission]) lags behind because they wait until that data has gone through all the official channels and that may take some time, local health authorities also don't work on weekends so the data will always be a bit off

In general the actual numbers will be a bit skewed, a few slipping into the next day etc but they still give a decent overview i think...

This is not correct. The numbers are always counted on the day of the test, also if they are recorded later.
This is a point which I do not understand: Our politicians run their admin at full power over the weekend. There is no quarantine, there is no question about working on the weekend just to organize their TV appearances.
On the other hand they do no organize a 24/7 service to record the numbers and to give them a good basis for decisions, which would be easy and covered by the law....this tells us how the priorities lie...

[Phil]

You realized, that they changed the criteria yesterday? New counting rules are on the RKI website. Since this week they not only count positive tests, but also all contact persons with respiratory symptoms.
One can, of course, say that this is the more correct way to do it, but that also makes the numbers incomparable and raises the number starting this week.

The numbers will be incomparable anyway, due to the fact that there's a threshold of how many people can be tested. Tests are limited, staff to do those tests are limited, the time required to process those tests are limited. Once that threshold is reached for a particular region, you're limited in how many you can count, hence the number no longer is accurate.

It's a very different problem to test hundredths of people in a day or thousands, if not ten-thousands.

[izzy]

There's quite an interesting item on Iceland. https://grapevine.is/news/2020/03/24/pa ... n-iceland/

they reckon 1% of the population has been infected, and they've found 40 mutations including one person with two different versions

I've seen a theory that as it keeps mutating it'll tend to become less lethal, because that's a better reproduction strategy

[Capharol]

This is just one of those things that makes you wonder why he hasn't been fired long ago..............


https://www.planetf1.com/news/max-verst ... navirus-2/

.
that is not what the original interview is saying ..... like at all, not 1 word about Max Verstappen.

but from planetf1 you can't expect anything else ....

the full translated interview in "Krone Zeitung"

"Krone": How do you experience this dramatic time?
Helmut Marko: No people on the streets, hardly any cars. We have closed the hotels, there is no income. Nobody had such a scenario in view with all the economic risks.
.................

You quoted an interview from 21.3, but there was another one on 23.03 where Marko said it.

21.03.2020 07:44 Helmut Marko: "People have to take courage again"
https://www.krone.at/2121265

23.03.2020 07:51 Red Bull Star Verstappen: With fear in the simulator
https://www.krone.at/2122223

Red Bulls Motorsportchef Dr. Helmut Marko über die Gefühlswelt seines Superstars Max Verstappen. „Er hat mir am Telefon erzählt, dass er panische Angst vor einer Ansteckung hat“, sagte der Steirer, der dem Niederländer mit einem Augenzwinkern riet: „Am besten, er steckt sich jetzt an. Mit seinen 22 Jahren ist er keine Risikoperson, aber danach wäre er immun für seine Titelreise.“

Red Bulls Head of Motorsport Dr. Helmut Marko on the emotional world of his superstar Max Verstappen. "He told me on the phone that he was terrified of being infected," said the Styrian, who advised the Dutchman with a wink: "The best thing is that he is infected now. At 22, he is not a risk taker, but after that he would be immune to his title trip. ”

i clicked on the link that was in the planetf1 article and it lead me there... but if i am wrong .....Mea Culpa

[Capharol]

You realized, that they changed the criteria yesterday? New counting rules are on the RKI website. Since this week they not only count positive tests, but also all contact persons with respiratory symptoms.
One can, of course, say that this is the more correct way to do it, but that also makes the numbers incomparable and raises the number starting this week.

The numbers will be incomparable anyway, due to the fact that there's a threshold of how many people can be tested. Tests are limited, staff to do those tests are limited, the time required to process those tests are limited. Once that threshold is reached for a particular region, you're limited in how many you can count, hence the number no longer is accurate.

It's a very different problem to test hundredths of people in a day or thousands, if not ten-thousands.

in Germany they process 1200 tests a day

[Wouter]

i clicked on the link that was in the planetf1 article and it lead me there... but if i am wrong .....Mea Culpa

You aren't wrong. PlanetF1 placed the wrong article link.
That's why I placed the right article link.

[Wass85]

The longer this goes on the harder it will be for Hamilton to match and break Schumacher's records.

[ajdavison2]

The longer this goes on the harder it will be for Hamilton to match and break Schumacher's records.

I think the opposite to be fair, if the Merc chassis is as good as what is rumoured this year, and thereby next year as well due to the chassis freeze then I'd say Hamilton is almost a Schu in (lol I'm sorry) for titles 7 and 8.

[e30ernest]

That's A "Schumi"ng the 2020 season will ever get the championship started...

Ok I'll see myself out now....