Recent content by chrisko

It will not be the first time there are no glaciers in the Antarctica! There are fossilized growth records of beach trees on the continent stemming from a time in which it's location is where it is in the present day. Remember, there are also records of glaciers at Death Valley (one of the...

I am one of those people! Actually had my annual physical today and discussed this with my doctor. I try very hard to gain weight, but find it very difficult. I will often make month long efforts to do so, but achieve little results. I can spend an entire month, every single day, eating 6,000...

From what I understand, the rotational progression of the apparent "spinning" of the sun varies based on the location on the sun (equator vs. poles - each taking a different number of days to complete a full rotation - ranging from 27 to 31 days for a full rotation). Of course, the perimeter of...

Most things, questions and quandries in our lives can be answered using common sense and an elementary level of logic! It seems that (in the USA) the number of people without common sense and a below elementary level of logic are not only common, but very prolific. Another small piece of...

I've never seen, heard or read anything that suggested it did prevent people from getting infected! So far, there is NOTHING that has shown that it can prevent people from becoming infected . . . other than 100% total isolation. N95 masks don't 100% prevent infection, social distancing doesn't...

Kia, I do give NZ credit, at no point do I suggest the actions taken have not positively impacted the outcome for NZ. My point is and has been that NZ also has other factors (geographic and demographic) that need to be considered as part of the infectious disease spread situation - especially in...

I don't dispute the NZ numbers and don't think I have suggested that. Having lived for 10 years in the South Pacific, worked with many New Zealanders (they referred to themselves as Kiwis, at least those I know/knew and where I lived at the time) and I am not completely immune to NZ. I am also...

I don't mention deaths because I don't believe deaths are a very controllable outcome - even in countries with modern or advanced medical care (of course, a grossly overwhelmed medical system could impact this)! I think infections are something that can be impacted/affected - but deaths are...

The population density in New Zealand is very low - 46 people per square mile. In the past 7 days - the number of infected people has doubled. This population density is about the same as Kansas (the first US state I checked for close proximity on this metric, 52.9 people per square mile) -...

Of course they're not. Is there really any reason to expect them to be? No country has yet tested everybody. So far, every single country has tested those who show symptoms or who have been exposed to others of known infection. This is true for S. Korea, China, Italy, Spain, USA - everywhere in...

Actually, as of end of day 3/24/2020, the USA had administered more Covid-19 tests than South Korea had - even though the statement made by Blix stated that this would be the case shortly (and by the next day, the USA had far surpassed SK in total number of tests administered). While the actual...