Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Submarines Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 10:58:11 +0200 Lines: 44 Message-ID: <3ifaplx155.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <6jefmlxb6j.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10884l7$173em$1@dont-email.me> <1088lbg$1agt7$1@dont-email.me> <9aadne5uMN4JgTX1nZ2dnZfqn_WdnZ2d@giganews.com> <108am3a$1pga7$6@dont-email.me> <108c5on$234t5$16@dont-email.me> <109mlpa$aju3$1@dont-email.me> <109ouee$t9ek$5@dont-email.me> <109rrk4$1ocq6$1@dont-email.me> <109rt25$1oiib$1@dont-email.me> <109svn4$24skk$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net Rbz9V2TNW6neQfgUt7BdzAd7cwo1un7Kz4gXMzxMMz3jDdFdaU X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:WIY1mXZJ+tZMR1wSq+wr5JtT6lM= sha256:TEyhbmz0y34jzXc+FN7Fu+HR/oXfL8Y7x2Tod0hdSco= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:73881 On 2025-09-11 03:00, c186282 wrote: > On 9/10/25 6:56 PM, Nuno Silva wrote: >> On 2025-09-10, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> >>> On 10/09/2025 13:40, Daniel70 wrote: >>>> Hmm! Just for comparison, for CoViD-19, upto 28 August, 2025, had >>>> had 7,099,056 deaths, world wide. >>>> >>>> 778,402,651 cases (one of which was ME!) world wide. >>> >>> ...that have been REPORTED BY THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES. >>> >>> No one really knows how many Chinese died. Not even the Chinese >>> authorities. >> >> And in some countries many cases are probably going unreported now that >> specific rules for SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 that made sick leave more >> acceptable than usual have been lifted and workers have to choose >> between getting less or no pay or going to work possibly infected with >> an airborne virus. >> >> The two main consequences of providing decent sick leaves in places that >> did not have them were 1) less infections overall, due to less spread, >> and 2) more reliable infection counts. >> >> These days I guess you'll have to rely on waste water? > > >   A fair proxy, in urban areas. > >   But yes ... 'sick leave' CAN be useful for reducing >   infections. The flip, it's also easily abused. On some countries it is customary to wear a mask if you have the flu, just to protect others. I passed C19 on sept 2023 on the same flat as another person, who did not get it because I kept to my room and used a mask when getting out. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;