yes I saw. I think the only time we ( my batch of students) experienced outrighr proximity to political activism was in the whole signal surveillance and pirate bay + copyleft ādebateā.
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Iām enjoying a few days in Paris with friends before I head back to the (crazy) USAā¦
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Am reflecting on the combination of creativity and chutzpah of formally changing someoneās name without their consent 
Seen yesterday in the Abbey of Saint Germain de Pres in Paris:
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I came across this project through Giulio and thought of you @noemi TLFIX Timor-Leste Food Innovators Exchange ā Timor-Leste Food Lab
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Thanks, they are a bit far from us but worth following 
On another note, Iām preparing to go on 2 trips (Berlin and Indonesia) amidst all the coronavirus panic and early cases sprung out in these areas too.
Itās unsettling, but it would also be irrational to cancel and lock oneself in the house, no?
How are people dealing with this?
hand sanitiser. carry it everywhere and apply it ever couple of minutes. disinfect anything you touch even stuff like bottles or cutlery ( carry your own)Avoid crowds.
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i would not travel to indonesia though.
too far away/ messy if you get stuck due to travel restrictions or quarantine
Hi Noemi,
maybe this site will help you: ArcGIS Dashboards
Mostly they donāt mention the recovered people in media.
Yesterday I had a discussion with one of my Data Science colleagues on Covid-19 statistics. They are very poor. Countries with the best national health management have the highest ccounts. This does not mean that they are the most dangerous countries. Itās the consequence of good preparation and good networks.
As far as Germany is concerned, I can tell you, what Iāve heard in a bulletin of our Health Minister Jens Spahn. He said that about 80% of the infected have no or only slight complaints. And 14 out of the first 16 convid-19 positive tested people in Germany are already completely recovered.
The Robert Koch Institute is the leading institute for epidemics oder pandemics in Germany. RKI is part of the Ministery of Health and provides you with latest information. Also ZEIT ONLINE has a very good live blog.
The only problem I currently see in Germany is to get into quarantine because of contact with infected people. They are really strict to limite the spread.But this is a minor problem for digital workers like us.
The RKI does not recommend medication. Washing your hands thoroughly and keeping your distance from other people is enough.
Btw. the number of new infections in China is decreasing.
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Anyone feeling any symptoms? Iām not. But I did go up alone to my house in the country upon arrival back in the USA. Did not even hug my wife. Now I am waiting out a self-quarantine period. In email I have asked my doctor how long she thinks that period should be. She had told my wife ā3-4 days.ā I just asked in a message if she still thinks that is long enough.
My wife and I are much older than most of you. She has deeply compromised lungs that do not process infection at even a fraction of the normal rate. Her risk is extreme if she gets this virus.
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They have a quarantine period of 14 days in Germany. The problem with Covid-19 is that you can infect others without feeling sick. If your wife has a higher risk due to her lungs, you should probably ask your doctor for a test. Although I think itās very unlikely that you got infected. You will feel better after being tested.
its definitely not 3-4 days, more like 2 weeks if not longer.
My doc still says 4 day should be ok if I feel no symptoms. It does seem shortā¦if I stay away until the weekend that would be 8 days. It is hard knowing what to do with all of thisā¦
Have you heard about infections nearby? People that hat been on the same plane? How about waiting till weekend and keeping your eyes open whether there are any informations on this.
Infections in Europe are still restricted to small local areas, so the chance that you have catched the virus is really low.
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I just found this information.
The incubation period is the time between the infection and the appearance of the first symptoms. According to current data, it averages around five days (The New England Journal of Medicine: Li et al., 2020, PDF). In this study, however, it was 12.5 days in five percent of the cases. In Germany, contact persons for people with confirmed infection have been quarantined for 14 days.
It is not certain to what extent people who only have mild cold-like symptoms are already contagious. In some cases, people who have had no specific symptoms may have contracted those affected. However, based on the data available today, the World Health Organization (WHO) assumes that Sars-CoV-2 is mainly spread by infected people who have symptoms.
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Horrified at scenes from the Greek border where children, men and women are being subjected to violence - even framed as weapons in a āhybrid warfareā in European political discourse. Regardless of Erdoganās agenda itās incredible seeing this kind of panic over- what-a couple of thousand or even hundred thousand people on the Worldās wealthiest continent? When e.g Turkey, Jordan etc have up until fairly recently been accommodating millions of refugees at this point. Jordan - with its water shortage etc. Incredible. Quite telling that Von Der Leyenās ( Eu states) first priority is āsecuring the bordersā and not saving human lives/ upholding human rights. And an indication of how the Union would fare in the face of any real military aggression?
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Guys it looks like the virus is mutating @johncoate @noemi . Personally - I am considering cancelling my trip to Stockholm on Friday, and this is in low-risk areas, just dont want to deal with chaos or risk parentsā health.