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• Commented on "It'll all be over by Christmas"
  Dmytry @595: New Zealand has implemented most of what you describe. It's been tough but the number of new cases per day is now down to single digits. A slight relaxation of these measures (stepping down from the current Level...
• Commented on "It'll all be over by Christmas"
  Admin(s), I posted a reply to a bunch of commenters but my post is in moderation (had a few links in it) [[ "domain 'tepunahamatatini.ac.nz' found on service sc.surbl.org": the spam filer didn't like that link - mod ]]...
• Commented on "It'll all be over by Christmas"
  Graydon @412, There's been no flour available from our local supermarket the last three times I've been. There was a run of stocks in the days leading up to our lockdown & since then many have been doing home-baking. Despite...
• Commented on "It'll all be over by Christmas"
  On the plus side, technology has advanced enough that we can routinely sequence whole virus genomes which is being done with COVID19, and the results are being shared. https://nextstrain.org/ncov/global It's an important tool to track where the different strains are...
• Commented on "It'll all be over by Christmas"
  "Another problem is that with DNA, it needs to be held in the -80oC freezer." Actually -80 deg C freezers are not needed for DNA so long as you have a clean sample (no nucleases). I generally store my genomic...
• Commented on "It'll all be over by Christmas"
  Yes, supply chain & logistics. I knew it was going to be a big issue probably around late January with the reporting out of places like Taiwan & Korea but it was brought home when I started getting emails from...
• Commented on "It'll all be over by Christmas"
  Also @Heteromeles (and apologies if I'm teaching you to suck eggs) Here the PCR machines (and research folk) in research facilities have been recruited for COVID19 testing to increase testing capacity. The validated method is qPCR which is working well...
• Commented on "It'll all be over by Christmas"
  Saying it's a mess is putting it mildly. It definitely won't be over by Christmas. Re: wearing masks of any sort in public. It's not currently mandatory in New Zealand (there are pros & cons) but on balance, it's better...