Thanks for the link. This CDC guidance is basically the tl;dr of the actionable parts of the medium article. The CDC guidance is:
* Maintain good social distance (about 6 feet). This is very important in preventing the spread of COVID-19.
* Wash your hands often with soap and water. If soap and water are not available, use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.
* Routinely clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces.
* Cover your mouth and nose with a mask when around others.
A small difference between the medium article and the CDC guidance is the order of importance, particularly as the weather gets colder in the US. The medium article argues #4 (masks) and #1 (distance) are more important than #2 (hand washing) and #3 (cleaning). The order on the CDC site is probably more of an artifact of how the guidance evolved rather than the relative importance (the wayback machine shows the mask bullet was added June 1st: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.cdc.gov/coronaviru...).
See A Satellite Tonight (https://james.darpinian.com/satellites) is a nice tool for finding these. I have a young kid and it's been fun heading out at night and spotting these.
"Almost 2 percent of the kids diagnosed with COVID-19 in the United States have died from it, and the majority of them wind up in an ICU in a hospital."
That stood out to me as well. I think it meant to say: 2% of children who were diagnosed with the multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) died from it.
Here's the full quote: "We now see this multi-system, inflammatory condition can be fatal for kids, who average 8 years old. Almost 2 percent of the kids diagnosed with COVID-19 in the United States have died from it, and the majority of them wind up in an ICU in a hospital. We see it in some adults. It’s debilitating, not requiring hospitalization, but they have difficulty breathing and joint aches—which are really telling—chest pain, and other symptoms that affect brain function."
It looks like a typo. It should say "Almost 2 percent of the kids diagnosed with MIS-C in the United States have died from it"
Edit: I just realized the first comment in the article has exactly the same suggestion
Good catch. The next question is what percentage of kids contract MIS-C as a result of COVID? Based on the <18 death toll reported so far, it seems like it must be a small percentage.
Edit: Answering my own question with a quick reading of [1]. 186 patients identified total, if I'm reading correctly. This is a tiny number. 2% of that would be 4 kids.
Thanks, the first study I linked had only looked at 26 states. This is still a very small number considering the total number of likely cases of COVID in the <18 demographic.
Definitely.
In Allegheny county (Pittsburgh), out of the 214 diagnosed cases in the 0-9 age group, there were a total of 4 hospitalizations (1.87%), 0 ICU (0%) and 0 deaths (0%).
It’s been corrected...
“Almost 2 percent of the kids diagnosed with COVID-19 in the United States, who have developed multi-system, inflammatory condition, have died from it...”
This is for all years, but the numbers for 2019 seem to indicate SV will be affected: https://www.myvisajobs.com/Reports/2019-H1B-Visa-Sponsor.asp...
Google is #8. Amazon, Facebook, Apple are in the top 20. I don't know how accurate this list is, but I am worried for my colleagues.
You might enjoy this article about a professor who became one: https://stevesalaita.com/an-honest-living. The job seems more complex and more rewarding than I had imagined.
An important aspect of the big index funds is that they are weighted by market cap. If my lemonade stand IPOs, the market will not value it highly and very little index fund money will flow into it.
Indeed. I work in finance, and it does appear that we may already be in a place where an unhealthy amount of capital is in index funds and ETFs. How this will all play out is not really clear to me, but its somewhat concerning.
I have been favoring funds over ETFs the last few years because they have a bit more leeway in what they choose to hold and the friction in getting in/out of them should lead to less chance of pricing dislocation that could cause a lot of unnecessary drama and price volatility.
In the end though, I tend to believe that passive investing may continue to grow until it gets to the point that there is so much "dumb" money out there chasing the same companies that active investing can show real returns above passive.
A borderline bribe like incentive program for foreign scientists, and businessmen to set up shops in second tier cities in China, a part of this initiative http://www.1000plan.org/
Effectively free 3 million bucks for a pretty business plan and reputation for as long as you are a foreigner. For this very reason people call it out for throwing money away, and questioning why they can't spend that much on China's own talent.
* Maintain good social distance (about 6 feet). This is very important in preventing the spread of COVID-19.
* Wash your hands often with soap and water. If soap and water are not available, use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.
* Routinely clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces.
* Cover your mouth and nose with a mask when around others.
A small difference between the medium article and the CDC guidance is the order of importance, particularly as the weather gets colder in the US. The medium article argues #4 (masks) and #1 (distance) are more important than #2 (hand washing) and #3 (cleaning). The order on the CDC site is probably more of an artifact of how the guidance evolved rather than the relative importance (the wayback machine shows the mask bullet was added June 1st: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.cdc.gov/coronaviru...).