News Coronavirus Thread

[Tas]

I have already answered this mate. It's the effect of higher testosterone production on thymus shrinkage.

It's the trade off males get for strength, speed and aggression.

I thought being male was a social construct? :stern look

Anyway, forget about 70% mortality rate for men, it may be worse for women.

The coronavirus fallout may be worse for women than men. Here's why

As the fight against COVID-19 continues, an increasing number of women around the world are on the front lines. Many of them will be expected to work longer hours, while juggling domestic responsibilities such as childcare.

www.weforum.org

 

[Snake_Baker]

Thanks. Must have missed that. This thread moves really quickly

Filter out the political bullshit and focus on the worthwhile data.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

What the hell is going on at airports.

Not much?

 

[Snake_Baker]

I thought being male was a social construct? :stern look

Anyway, forget about 70% mortality rate for men, it may be worse for women.

The coronavirus fallout may be worse for women than men. Here's why

As the fight against COVID-19 continues, an increasing number of women around the world are on the front lines. Many of them will be expected to work longer hours, while juggling domestic responsibilities such as childcare.

www.weforum.org

Covid19 must have wagged sociology.

 

[krakouers]

Not much?

Certainly not many flights

 

[Orange Peanut]

What the hell is going on at airports.

That footage from Sydney is insane.

 

[Tas]

Elon Musk says Tesla's New York Gigafactory will reopen and start producing ventilators 'as soon as humanly possible'

Elon Musk said on Twitter that ventilator production in Tesla's New York Gigafactory will begin "as soon as humanly possible."

www.businessinsider.com.au

Wow, would be nice if we had... factories that built stuff.

 

[Snake_Baker]

There is no end to her amazing abilities.



She really IS the messiah!

 

[7577969923]

There is no end to her amazing abilities.



She really IS the messiah!

The extent to which old men obsess about a 17-year-old girl with autism is truly disturbing.

 

[Tectonic]

Filter out the political bullshit and focus on the worthwhile data.

There is no end to her amazing abilities.



She really IS the messiah!

 

[giantroo]

 

[Snake_Baker]

 

[giantroo]

Spain's death toll: 4,089. 655 today.

 

[Snake_Baker]

So what happened? Book sales fell through the floor? Expoosure numbers tanking in to the red? Greta who?

 

[giantroo]

 

[Snake_Baker]

The story basically contributed NOTHING "on how the coronavirus outbreak is spreading across Melbourne."

 

[Tectonic]

cheers to the 149 recoveries

Jeers to the 57 people in Stonnington who probably came to my work for pints before we shut

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

I would be freaking out if I’m that bloke.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Ichthyophobia?

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Ichthyophobia?

Yep, I can watch them, but I can’t stand the thought of swimming with or touching fish.

 

[SonofSamsquanch]

Ichthyophobia?

Nup. Acquaphobia. The fish don't bother him but he's terrified of water.


















Or maybe, yep.

 

[giantroo]

 

[Istanbul Roo]

I have already answered this mate. It's the effect of higher testosterone production on thymus shrinkage.

It's the trade off males get for strength, speed and aggression.

Not even close, according to this:

Men are much more likely to die from coronavirus - but why?

Trend has been replicated in all nations, but scientists cannot yet fathom the cause

www.theguardian.com

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

 

[Snake_Baker]

Just when you thought things couldn't get worse (courtesy of Thrawn)

The neuroinvasive potential of SARS-CoV2 may play a role in the respiratory failure of COVID-19 patients - PubMed

Following the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), another highly pathogenic coronavirus named SARS-CoV-2 (previously known as 2019-nCoV) emerged in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and rapidly spreads around the...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov