It is all Covid-19, in the same way that all dogs are dogs. But if we're trying to teach software to recognize dogs visually, the more breeds (and the more different the breeds) involved, the more likely it is the software will miss some. That software is our immune system.
That is a great analogy.
Back to the math, would it be correct that the more (or faster) the variables are identified or surface the quicker the iterations will process out? Hopefully surfacing data we currently do not have?
It helps to some extent, in a couple of ways. The faster we identify variants (and how they vary), the quicker folks can get to work predicting how well existing vaccines are likely to protect from them and develop new boosters or vaccines, as appropriate. And keeping better track of infections (esp. by variant) will help folks create better policies to contain them. Right now, the data from some countries (especially poorer ones, for obvious reasons) is pretty weak.
What's driving the bovine pneumonia? Is that just a normal, cyclical thing, or is it worse than usual?
I totally understand the feeling. Both our kids spent their teen years in the dojo and watching them learn and grow was the best of times for us....
Those painful memories will be what will sustain you when you get to be my age. Of course for now they hurt like heck..
Enjoy, my son is 37yrs old and watching him do with his son what I did with him makes life all that much better.
Seems to be cyclic. Every 4 years or so it seems to spike throughout the region. Having new livestock mix with a herd can really cause illness to spike as well. I have not done that in several years though outside of controlled addition. Brucellosis was bad a few years back causing reproduction issues but ran its course and went away. It was suspected to come from buffalo being moved into middle TN. Grass tetany is hit or miss depending on how spring unfolds.
Thank you.
Oh goodness, very sorry to hear, and hoping you both recovered okay.
I suppose there is this element of colonialism still at play, that the affluent North got the vaccines before the poorer rest of the world.
Definitely not good for the rest of the world, apparently. This is one of those situations where we wish things could happen instantaneously. If more doses could have been generated more quickly, we might have been able to get ahead of this already. I really wonder what would have happened if patents hadn't been an issue in this, so any capable company, anywhere in the world, could be producing these vaccines.
keeps you busy
Looks like a 460 model to me. I keep a pocket size with me at all timesNot sure of I'm getting old and feeble or that the lid to the new jar of pickles was put on by a russian heavyweight weightlifter. But I just had to get my big pair of Channel locks from my mechanic dats to get the lid off
and even then it took an unreasonable amount of torque
I think part of the problem is donations from other wealthy nations like Russia, china and European countries are lagging. The other part is that the lower income nations need some infrastructure to manage (store and deliver) the doses once they receive them.
I would say you are right on the latter part.
