on coping with C19 lockdown

[TN1965]

An Idaho man who 'thought the virus would disappear' after the election now has 'long COVID' and says he'll need oxygen for the rest of his life

https://www.yahoo.com/news/idaho-man-thought-virus-disappear-111811095.html

[18.99s]

An Idaho man who 'thought the virus would disappear' after the election now has 'long COVID' and says he'll need oxygen for the rest of his life

https://www.yahoo.com/news/idaho-man...111811095.html

At least he admits he was a jackass, and took action to isolate himself from his wife so she wouldn't get infected.

The virus infected people in over 190 countries, but many Americans were somehow convinced that it was a hoax created just to affect the outcome of the US election.

Before COVID started spreading among humans, there must have been another virus that infected people's brains to make them susceptible to BS ideas like that and other nonsense which has been circulating during the pandemic.

[DrJay]

Colorado plans:
"Phase 1B.4 opens up the vaccine to Coloradans age 50 or older, those age 16 to 64 with one co-morbidity, restaurant staff, postal workers, media, those experiencing homelessness and is expected to start around March 21, pending supplies. Phase 2 is likely to begin in spring and opens the vaccine up to the public." So Mrs. DrJay might get hers before too long.

[Conor Dary]

Meanwhile.....

KING: Texas Attorney General @KenPaxtonTX
says Austin officials have until 6 p.m. to lift any local mask requirements and business restrictions or "On behalf of the State of Texas, I will sue you."

https://mobile.twitter.com/statesman/status/1369749109482127360

[NotDutra5]

Texas Rangers opening day 100% capacity with masks.

https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/rangers/2021/03/10/texas-rangers-announce-full-capacity-for-games-at-globe-life-field-in-2021-health-and-safety-protocols-ticket-info/

[Conor Dary]

Lane County is slightly different....

[Conor Dary]

With Texas’ Mask Mandate Over, Workers Worry About Encroaching Virus


Gov. Greg Abbott cited personal freedom and economic pain while relaxing coronavirus restrictions. But many are upset, especially those who take precautions and work with the public.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/us/texas-mask-mandate-ends.html

[bhall]

There is lots and lots of work to do in rural and other under served communities but ISP networks held up incredibly well during the pandemic. The company I work for serves hundreds of smaller ISPs and all of their traffic patterns look like this.

Comcast releases 2020 network data, highlighting COVID-19 impact

Highlights of Comcast's 2020 network data at a glance include the following:

• Peak Internet traffic rose 32 percent over pre-pandemic levels, and over 50 percent in some markets in March.
• Peak downstream traffic in 2020 increased approximately 38 percent over 2019 levels and peak upstream traffic increased approximately 56 percent over 2019 levels.
• Despite the growth in upstream traffic, traffic patterns remained highly asymmetrical, as downstream traffic volumes were 14x higher than upstream traffic volumes throughout 2020.
• In the span of 4 months in the wake of pandemic lockdowns, Comcast’s network experienced almost 2 years-worth of traffic growth.

[Atticus]

Peak downstream traffic in 2020 increased approximately 38 percent over 2019 levels and peak upstream traffic increased approximately 56 percent over 2019 levels.

Tech-blivet that I am, I had never seen those terms, but I assume they refer to how much downloading vs, uploading is going on.
I would have thought both those numbers would have grown a lot regardless of the pandemic. I guess it was a much sharper upward curve than predicted.

[bhall]

Tech-blivet that I am, I had never seen those terms, but I assume they refer to how much downloading vs, uploading is going on.
I would have thought both those numbers would have grown a lot regardless of the pandemic. I guess it was a much sharper upward curve than predicted.

Your assumption on downstream/upstream is correct. Most traffic (Netflix, trackandfieldnews.com) is downstream. The upstream traffic exploded because of video/voice conferencing which are essentially symmetrical.

It is a much much sharper curve. One thing people don't realize is that these networks have physical capacity limits. Capacity planning is done years in advance because you have to buy equipment, put it in the field, and migrate to it. Being able to handle all of that extra load is also a testament to the underlying technologies that use various forms of multiplexing to get as much data across that glass/wire as possible.

[18.99s]

Tech-blivet that I am, I had never seen those terms, but I assume they refer to how much downloading vs, uploading is going on.

Upstream = data moving from your device to the Internet, downstream = from the Internet to your device.

With so many people using Zoom and similar services for work, school and personal communication, I would have expected the upstream increase to be even more significant than it is. But then again, a video call with more than 2 people is going to have 2 or more downstream video threads, while you are transmitting just one video stream of yourself so the downstream still exceeds the upstream by 2X or more.

[jeremyp]

Today March 11 marks 1 year of my self imposed quasi quarantine. Haven't seen a movie in a theater or been inside a restaurant. It also marks the date WHO declared it a pandemic, and appropriately it is the day I got my Vaccine (and my daughter gets hers in Ca). "You can't call me Ray, you can't call me Jay, but you does have to call me JOHNSON!"

[Atticus]

"You can't call me Ray, you can't call me Jay, but you does have to call me JOHNSON!"

. . . can . . . NOT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoYsfbq3vMc

[KevinR]

At least he admits he was a jackass, and took action to isolate himself from his wife so she wouldn't get infected.

The virus infected people in over 190 countries, but many Americans were somehow convinced that it was a hoax created just to affect the outcome of the US election.

Before COVID started spreading among humans, there must have been another virus that infected people's brains to make them susceptible to BS ideas like that and other nonsense which has been circulating during the pandemic.

Here's hoping that one day we come up with a vaccine for the last one you mentioned. I would have thought education and critical thinking would do the trick, but not so far.

[jeremyp]

. . . can . . . NOT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoYsfbq3vMc

I have a reverse sense of humor.