#corona statistic

[bestworstcase]

What would if Cinder and Cass (Bittersnow) were locked in a room together?

whoever locked them in the room would fucking die, probably

[yooniesim]

Collective and final post should've just been an apology and a promise to do better. But I guess that's just too much to hope for.

[dpimarketreports]

According to the latest report published by DPI Research, The global influenza vaccines market size was valued at USD 7.8 Billion in 2023 and is likely to reach USD 13.7 Billion in 2032, expanding at a CAGR 7.2% during the forecast period.

[pixelmesh-studio]

Die Statistik vom letzten Jahr.

[newscast1]

China slams 'distorted' reports on Covid response, eases further curbs

China slams ‘distorted’ reports on Covid response, eases further curbs

China will resume issuing passports for tourism in another big step away from anti-Covid controls, that isolated the country for almost three years, as it further eases curbs amid a massive spike in infection. A health worker waits for people to take swab samples to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus inside of a compound in the Jing’an district in Shanghai. (Photo: AFP) By India Today Web Desk:…

[ourjobagency]

Trends in Indian Job Market in 2021

Though there is a steady Month over Month recovery in the Indian job market, there is still the pandemic effect on its YOY growth.

To know more, visit-https://ourjobagency.com/trends-in-indian-job-market-in-2021/

[covid-safer-hotties]

Reference archived on our website

Highlights • Long-COVID is heterogeneous in its symptoms, severity, and illness duration. • There was no association between long-COVID and cognitive performance. • Cognitive symptoms may represent functional cognitive disorders. • Long-COVID had lower mean diffusivity on diffusion imaging than normal recovery. • Diffusion imaging differences may suggest gliosis as a mechanism of long-COVID.

To be clear: There was no cognitive difference between people post infection. I can see some people misunderstanding what this says. It says there is some form of brain damage from covid across the board, even if you don't have long covid symptoms or diagnosis.

Abstract

Background

The pathophysiology of protracted symptoms after COVID-19 is unclear. This study aimed to determine if long-COVID is associated with differences in baseline characteristics, markers of white matter diffusivity in the brain, and lower scores on objective cognitive testing.

Methods

Individuals who experienced COVID-19 symptoms for more than 60 days post-infection (long-COVID) (n = 56) were compared to individuals who recovered from COVID-19 within 60 days of infection (normal recovery) (n = 35). Information regarding physical and mental health, and COVID-19 illness was collected. The National Institute of Health Toolbox Cognition Battery was administered. Participants underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Tract-based spatial statistics were used to perform a whole-brain voxel-wise analysis on standard DTI metrics (fractional anisotropy, axial diffusivity, mean diffusivity, radial diffusivity), controlling for age and sex. NIH Toolbox Age-Adjusted Fluid Cognition Scores were used to compare long-COVID and normal recovery groups, covarying for Age-Adjusted Crystallized Cognition Scores and years of education. False discovery rate correction was applied for multiple comparisons.

Results

There were no significant differences in age, sex, or history of neurovascular risk factors between the groups. The long-COVID group had significantly (p < 0.05) lower mean diffusivity than the normal recovery group across multiple white matter regions, including the internal capsule, anterior and superior corona radiata, corpus callosum, superior fronto-occiptal fasciculus, and posterior thalamic radiation. However, the effect sizes of these differences were small (all <|0.3|) and no significant differences were found for the other DTI metrics. Fluid cognition composite scores did not differ significantly between the long-COVID and normal recovery groups (p > 0.05).

Conclusions

Differences in diffusivity between long-COVID and normal recovery groups were found on only one DTI metric. This could represent subtle areas of pathology such as gliosis or edema, but the small effect sizes and non-specific nature of the diffusion indices make pathological inference difficult. Although long-COVID patients reported many neuropsychiatric symptoms, significant differences in objective cognitive performance were not found.

[beardedmrbean]

The number of inmates in Finnish prisoners rose in 2023 for the second year in a row, the Prison and Probation Service of Finland (Rise) said on Tuesday.

In May, the agency warned that the nation's prisons were filled beyond their capacity.

The number of people convicted of robberies and sexual crimes is increasing. The latter is partly because of stricter sex-crime laws that took effect in 2023.

The average daily number of inmates last year was 3,143, about 90 more than a year earlier. Altogether just under 6,500 prisoners entered the nation’s prisons last year, almost 500 more than in 2022, the agency said in its statistical yearbook.

The number of people behind bars for unpaid criminal fines, known as default prisoners, increased the most. There were about 2,350 such inmates, almost a quarter more than in 2022. If an individual with unpaid fines is incarcerated under a conversion sentence, each day's imprisonment is generally equivalent to 30 euros in fines. Default prisoners may be jailed for between four and 60 days.

More foreign inmates since Covid

Almost 40 percent of inmates who were released last year served less than three months in prison. The average length of the sentences was 11 months, slightly less than the previous year.

The share of first-time prisoners has risen from 37 percent to 43 percent over the past decade. The share of foreigners among the prison population is also increasing. The share of foreign citizens was 18 percent, up from 16 percent in 2022.

That year, the number of foreign prisoners rose by about 10 percent due to the lifting of corona-era travel restrictions.

People under 21 accounted for 3.5 percent of prisoners.

More than one-third jailed for violent crimes

The largest group of prisoners, 34 percent, were primarily incarcerated for violent crimes, with 21 percent having been convicted of murder. The proportion of those convicted of violent crimes has decreased by seven percentage points over the past 10 years, falling from 37 percent in 2022.

About a fifth of the prisoners were primarily jailed for drug crimes, 12 percent for robbery and eight percent for sexual crimes. About 40 percent of foreign prison inmates were imprisoned due to drug offenses, down from nearly half the year before, the agency said.

[coronaafterdarkpodcast]

I know most people probably find analytics to be a little dry, but I find them interesting! These have to do with the gender and age makeup of Corona After Dark's audience over the lifespan of the podcast so far. I gotta say, the age statistics surprised me! I was not expecting Patricia and I, two people in our mid/late 30s, to be relatable/appealing to people brand new to adulthood. For us, being that young feels both like a distant memory and like it happened yesterday. I'm assuming that 18-22 group is so large because the subject matter of Tangled DEFINITELY appeals to young adults! Most of the main characters are under 25. Thank you all for listening, the young, the old, and those somewhere in between! 💜☀️

Edit: to clarify, I don't think having a younger audience is a bad thing at all, I was just surprised!

[theconstitutionisgayculture]

putin: [keeps winning the election with some insanely high number of votes]

the left: HES A DICTATOR WHO FORGES IT

putin: [shows a results of the referendum that say people of donetsk and luhansk want to join russia]

the left: THIS IS A COMPLETE SHAM

putin: [puts out a statistic of russia having low spread of corona]

the left: HES JUST TRYING TO SELL SPUTNIK TO OTHER COUNTRIES

putin: [says that most russians support the invasion of ukraine]

the left: ...i dont see why this man would lie.

Reality for the left is very malleable

[ossifer]

ok so i am by no means interested in quantifying this bcs i do not actually give a shit but it feels like the ppl voting for ianthe on the serving cunt poll are statistically more likely to be lesbians bcs i have clicked on two blogs tagging ianthe so far and both have had the lesbian as their header, and in turn i think the ppl voting for corona may be bi. i have no evidence for this but the idea is so funny to me. some sort of kinsey scale correlation shit

[amaranth-devi1]

What do you still remember from that time?

Summer/autumn/early winter 2021-22, when COV-19 non-vaccinated people tried in every way to warn people about the harm. They were attacked on various discussion platforms by ordinary citizens as well.

The unvaccinated were told they were tinfoil hattes, conspiracy theorists, pro-vegetarians, jerks, held others hostage and were even expected to die.

They wanted to shut them out of society, they even planned a vaccine passport.

Information about the disadvantages was already available at a very early stage if you wanted to find it. Everyone has decided what and who to believe, e.g. against Dr. Malone was widely attacked.

The majority have taken the vaccines completely voluntarily.

By the end of autumn 2021, most of the population had been vaccinated. However, infection statistics increased. They pretended that the vaccinated wouldn't get infected. The infections were blamed on the unvaccinated.

However, there were so few unvaccinated people that everyone would have had to realize for themselves that the infections were not caused by unvaccinated people.

It was already known at a very early stage that Corona was not dangerous for children and young people. Their vaccination was justified by the protection of others.

The unvaccinated tried to the last to prevent the vaccination of children and young people. However, children and young people have suffered. Young healthy people started dying suddenly.

Now even the mainstream media has reported that the spikes do not prevent infection and that it was already known early on.

But how will the people react? Deep silence!!!

Omicron changed the playing field and the majority of unvaccinated people have focused on living forward.

Those who have been harmed are now on their own and no one wants to listen to them. However, it is not the fault of the unvaccinated.

Even memory disease is noted as a cause of death for the elderly. Which in itself cannot be the cause of death. Excess mortality statistics are higher than ever in history. (over 40% in Finland) The cold rooms are full of corpses and some corpses are at normal room temperature for days. Due to jams, burial times become really long. The wrong bodies are placed in the graves. (in Finland).

WHO is preparing a pandemic agreement and forced strikes. Very likely the following spikes will be even more "powerful".

[lexibranding]

Corona - Class #2

In class, we learned about how branding strategy is the management of cognitive associations and about the need to consistently check in with customers as the brand is co-owned. I think this case illustrates differences in how effectively Corona and Heineken managed their cognitive associates and relationship with their customers. Corona is positioned as the underdog of the case, but it seems like they have a stronger brand presence than Heineken.

Modelo and the Corona product have been consistent over time. The product has always been brewed in Mexico and the majority voting rights remained in the hands of Mexican families even after AB acquired an economic interest. Similarly, when they decided to export Corona to the U.S., they decided to market it as a premium imported beer with the “Fun, Sun and Beach” image, eliciting associations of being on vacation, laid back, relaxing and letting loose. Their two distributors stuck with this image and Model reserved the right to approve advertising content, ensuring there was consistency. The collaboration between Modelo and their distributors also helped their strategic positioning in terms of pricing and added to consumer trust. Even today, over 30 years after the content of this case, the brand associations with Corona are still the same and positioned at a similar price as Heineken (~$27.99 / 24 bottles).

On the other hand, the case portrays Heineken as losing its way. Heineken wanted their associations to be primarily with product quality, which was portrayed in their campaigns like “Just being the best is enough.” However, they were not in touch with the consumer and assumed they were doing everything correctly. Additionally, there was tension between Heineken and the distributor and when sales started declining, the company we quick to ditch their marketing strategy. They tried multiple different leadership teams, marketing firms and campaigns. Their strategic process appears to be chaotic and it makes sense why they were losing market share.

According to Statista, now Modelo and Corona are the top two imported beers sold in the U.S., with Heineken now being third. https://www.statista.com/statistics/188728/top-imported-beer-brands-in-the-united-states/

[dpimarketreports]

(via Influenza Vaccines Market to Garner $13.7 Billion, Globally, By 2032 at 7.2% CAGR)

[collegiatitanica]

Character lineup for my modern med-student AU.

Click to embiggen, any reblogs appreciated /ᐠ. ｡.ᐟ\ᵐᵉᵒʷˎˊ˗

Au deets below the cut

Harrow, Gideon, Cam and Pal are roommates, living in a kinda crappy tenement in Erskinevill. They all met in high school, after Harrow and Gideon moved to Sydney from NZ.

Magnus and Abigail live next door, they're kinda hipstery teachers, and they take care of foster kids (Jeanmary and Isaac [not pictured]).

Ianthe and Corona are in the same class, live in a fancy flat in Darlinghurst though they are, unsurprisingly, from Vaucluse ($$$). Babs is their older step-brother (which is why he is their butt-munch), and he and Jody are both a couple of years above them.

Most of the characters are in classes together, 2nd year, and Cam, Corona, Jody and Gideon are all on the same AFL team (Gideon joined out of thirst).

Dulcie lives interstate (Melbourne lol) and is Cam & Pal's 100% not made up friend from the internet, while Pro is her care worker. Dulcie also kind looks like Delta lol

If you've got this far here are the super granular details of what degree they're each doing:

Harrow: Bachelor of Medical Science (Anatomy and Histology + Physiology) - Master of Philosophy

Gideon: Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy)

Palamedes: Bachelor of Medical Science (Anatomy and Histology + Data Science) - Master of Bioethics

Camilla: Bachelor of Science (Statistics + Data Science) - Master of Statistics

Ianthe: Bachelor of Medical Science (Neuroscience + Cell and Developmental Biology) - Doctor of Philosophy

Corona: Bachelor of Medical Science (Applied Medical Science + Project Management) - Master of Health Leadership and Management

Babs: Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy) - Master of Physiotherapy

Jody: Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy) - Master of Physiotherapy

[bopinion]

2023 / 05

Aperçu of the Week:

"People owe progress to the discontented."

(Aldous Huxley, British writer and philosopher, i. e. Brave New World)

Bad News of the Week:

One in three people in Germany will need a blood donation in their lifetime, according to statistics from the German Blood Donor Service. This is only in rare cases (12%) due to blood loss in accidents or injuries, as seen on TV. Much more frequently, for example, cancer patients (19%), gastrointestinal patients (16%) or heart patients (16%) are dependent on it during operations or treatments. Even the most modern medicine cannot do without the red lifeblood. Since blood still cannot be produced artificially.

This is why the current development is so dramatic: presumably because of the Corona pandemic, many people stayed as far away from medical facilities as possible. Out of fear of becoming infected as well as out of good will not to be a burden on the already overloaded health care system. Blood donations have therefore fallen dramatically. Currently, only about half of the required blood is available. Regular willingness to donate is also important, because the blood components remain usable only up to the 42nd day after donation.

The situation is just as bleak for organ donations. According to the German Foundation for Organ Transplants (DSO), there are currently around 8,500 seriously ill people urgently waiting for a donor organ - of which there are too few. In 2022 alone, 407 kidney and 86 heart patients therefore died. Yet (to put it sarcastically) no one who dies as a healthy person, for example in an accident, still needs their organs. Others do. Leaving religious convictions aside, the reason for the lack of willingness to donate organs is a frighteningly stupid one: the lack of documentation.

According to the German Federal Center for Health Education (BZgA), 82% of the population is basically willing to donate an organ. But only 44% have documented this - the easiest way is an organ donor card, about which relatives are informed. And this even includes the refusals. The way out could be simple: the so-called "contradiction solution". In this way, everyone would be an organ donor in principle, unless he or she expressly objects. But neither the health minister of the last government - Jens Spahn of the conservative CDU - nor the current one - Karl Lauterbach of the social democratic SPD - could get their way politically. In addition, a national register would have to be set up first. This would take years just for data protection reasons. So for the foreseeable future, only one thing remains: the rare commodity of solidarity. Sadly, this is obviously not enough right now. It costs lives. In Germany alone, every single day.

Good News of the Week:

Like Xi Jinping or Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has tinkered "his" state to maintain his personal power. The principle is called the "presidential system," which tends to weaken parliament and strengthen the position of the president. Many can't even remember a time before Erdogan; the leader of the AKP (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi) party has now been in power for twenty years. Elections are due again on May 14 of this year, and of course the autocrat is seeking re-election.

But headwinds are forming: six Turkish opposition parties forged an alliance this week to prevent just that. The alliance wants to transform the presidential system back into a parliamentary system, strengthen the rule of law and freedom of the press, and bring the president's power back to a democratic level. For example, the president should no longer be able to rule by decree, and his term of office should be limited to seven years.

The initiative comes at just the right time. Many opposition figures have been muzzled by Erdogan's power apparatus in recent years. Most recently, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was considered a promising candidate. He was sentenced to two years in prison and banned from politics for allegedly insulting the election commission. Perhaps for this reason, the newly formed alliance has not yet named a top candidate.

That alone will not end in one fell swoop the massive economic, administrative, monetary, and judicial crisis that Turkey has now endured for years. But the mere prospect that there might be an alternative with a realistic chance of success to the increasingly inevitable permanent president is welcome. Especially for the fragile democracy on the Bosporus. After all, democracy is the essential basis for Turkey's perspective in the EU. And the nation will not be able to achieve lasting peace, prosperity and security any other way.

Personal happy moment of the week:

Last week I got a new colleague. I was allowed to choose him myself. The good impression his application made was confirmed in an online meeting. We agreed before we had even met in person. Because that didn't happen until his first day at work. Which started chaotically right away, because we had just learned that the office would be moving in the next few days. So the actual work is left undone and we have to deal with sorting out documents, clarifying furniture, planning workstations, packing office supplies, etc. And the new colleague proves to be helpful, hands-on, uncomplicated and resilient. It's nice when the second impression even surpasses the first.

I couldn't care less...

...how the U.S. is now dealing with the alleged Chinese spy balloon in their airspace. Shoot it down? Let it fly on? Protest diplomatically? Surprise: China is spying on the West. Ugh. It would be easy if China actually needed balloons for that. That would be like hoping to prevent Russian disinformation campaigns by restricting the supply of newsprint. Both take place primarily on the Internet. Which is as open as a barn door. When the Corona pandemic caused x million employees worldwide to move to the home office, not even a quarter of companies took security measures to protect all their private data connections. Any questions?

As I write this...

...I am disappointed in Brazil's President Lula da Silva. He wanted to do many things differently and better than his unspeakable predecessor Jair Bolsonaro. In environmental protection, for example. But even he did not prevent what had been looming for a few weeks and actually happened yesterday: the so-called "controlled sinking" of an ailing aircraft carrier full of pollutants. Robin Wood speaks of a "30,000-ton toxic package." Just like that. Because it's cheap. The "São Paulo" now lies at a depth of 5,000 meters in international waters. And I wonder if this is not only shockingly ignorant of the marine ecosystem, but not actually illegal. If not, it must become so as soon as possible, before this example is copied.

Post Scriptum

In the British cabinet of Rishi Sunak, as before, there is no responsibility for climate protection. Instead, there are separate ministers for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as cabinet members with no area of responsibility and three for the military complex. There is also - whatever that means - a "Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster" and a "Lord Keeper of [the] Privy Seal" with cabinet rank. Is it just me who feels that the United Kingdom is clinging more to the long-gone past than actively tackling the challenges of the future?