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Conflicting CDC statistics on US Covid-19 deaths. Which is correct?

Conflicting CDC statistics on US Covid-19 deaths. Which is correct?


Conflicting CDC statistics on US Covid-19 deaths. Which is correct?

Posted: 04 May 2020 09:12 AM PDT

Hello,

There's been some conflicting information thrown around by covid protesters, in particular that the US death count presently sits at 37k .

The reference supporting this claim is https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm , which does list ~35k deaths. Another reference, also from the CDC lists ~65k https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html . Which is correct? What am I missing or misinterpreting?

Thank you

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How did the dinosaur destroying asteroid affect the aquatic life at that time?

Posted: 04 May 2020 10:15 AM PDT

By what extent was the aquatic life (or aquatic life at the surface) affected by the impact of that asteroid 65 million years ago? I personally don't see it inflicting as much damage in comparison to what happened to the terrestrial life.

Not only that, but is it possible to speculate whether the aquatic species that currently exist in the deep, undiscovered part of the ocean are the same as those which used to exist millions of years ago?

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Why does the oxygen absorber that comes with the frozen pizza get really hot after I remove it from the package?

Posted: 05 May 2020 01:47 AM PDT

To clarify; I open the pizza bag, remove the pizza, and take the absorber off the cardboard bottom of the pizza. I set it down and a few minutes later it's hot to the touch. Happens every time.

Thank you for sharing your wisdom! 😊 usually they look like this

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Where exactly is the US Treasury borrowing $ 2.99 Trillion from?

Posted: 04 May 2020 07:58 PM PDT

There was today's announcement of them borrowing this new amount.

Was curious as I was reading recently that China holds $ 1.09 Trillion in debt from the US Treasury.

Edit: Added link to today's news source

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If two black holes approached each other along the same axis (no mutual rotation), would the collision create gravitational waves?

Posted: 04 May 2020 05:31 PM PDT

From visualizations of gravitational wave generation, it seems like most g-waves are given off as the black holes/neutron stars rotate around each other and slowly approach each other. If they collided in a head-on collision, would the collision still generate gravitational waves?

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New method for recycling nuclear fuel discovered - How does crystallizing spent nuclear fuel change its utility?

Posted: 05 May 2020 03:49 AM PDT

I read an article in phys.org about crystallizing spent nuclear fuel using nitric acid, and that doing so introduced a single step solution to nuclear fuel recycling. How does crystallizing spent nuclear fuel make reuse or refinement of the uranium easier? The article points out that the build-up of heavy waste elements is one of the factors of nuclear fuel depreciation. Since the process still captures plutonium, americium, and neptunium in the lattice, how does this process make nuclear fuel recycling easier?

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Do antibodies created from fighting off a virus have a purpose in the body during times not fighting off the virus?

Posted: 04 May 2020 03:49 PM PDT

Not up on how antibodies really work. Do they sit dormant in the body just waiting to be needed? Or do they serve another purpose? Thanks

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Why HIV only transmit through body fluid?

Posted: 05 May 2020 02:05 AM PDT

Black hole question - What is a naked singularity?

Posted: 04 May 2020 12:35 PM PDT

What is a naked singularity? I've heard it's something like a black hole that's evaporated completely from Hawking radiation, this is obviously trillions of years in the future, but where the only thing left is the singularity in the middle.?

Is this right? And can you explain a little more?

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How can the product of a chemical reaction be predicted?

Posted: 04 May 2020 07:19 PM PDT

If water is constantly evaporated, filtered and precipitated, not leaving our atmosphere, how are we running out of fresh water?

Posted: 04 May 2020 06:55 PM PDT

Are there weather events that are endemic to an area on Earth, and so occur nowhere else?

Posted: 04 May 2020 01:18 PM PDT

So, are there places on earth that are so unique due to their geography and surrounds that certain weather events only occur there, and nowhere else on the planet?

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Do certain weather patterns occur more on certain days of the week? If so, why?

Posted: 04 May 2020 12:46 PM PDT

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