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Frank Chaparro - @fintechfrank
6 days ago
RT @EpsilonTheory: In this time of crisis, Harvard president Larry Bacow will receive his $1.7m+ comp for the duration of his illness, as well as the finest medical care. He and his wife Adele will reside in historic Elmwood House, free of charge.
Harvard dining hall staff, however, will be fired. https://t.co/Yr9IPCzMco
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John Lilic - @JohnLilic
6 days ago
RT @EpsilonTheory: In this time of crisis, Harvard president Larry Bacow will receive his $1.7m+ comp for the duration of his illness, as well as the finest medical care. He and his wife Adele will reside in historic Elmwood House, free of charge.
Harvard dining hall staff, however, will be fired. https://t.co/Yr9IPCzMco
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Go_fahk_yourself
6 days ago
Turn around times have improved dramatically. I get it though there’s lots to bitch about.
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tangershon
6 days ago
I'm sure the med school will have a ventilator emblazoned with VENTILATAS just for him
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visage
6 days ago
...and since not everyone here is crufty enough to know: Larry Bacow was an MIT professor for 24 years and was chancellor from 1998 to 2001.
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Jenbrooklyn79
6 days ago
Guys, we have lost so much. Jobs. School. Our way of life. Being able to see our parents and grandparents. I’m sorry if everyone took my comment as insensitive but we’re grasping at straws here to make it through this tough situation.
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jro10
6 days ago
Just another example of how prominent figures and celebrities get tested regardless of symptom severity and the rest of us are told to fuck off and that we’re wasting tests.
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jro10
6 days ago
Actually, I’m not. I know several firsthand accounts of people being told to stay home and not get a test even when they meet symptom requirements. This includes a nurse in NYC who was told by her employers just to come back to work when she’s no longer febrile.
While testing has increased, do not have enough tests to test everyone but rest assured anyone of stature will get a test, and fast.
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jro10
6 days ago
I’m struggling to see your point here. Are you really trying to make the argument that the president of Harvard and his wife didn’t get preferential treatment due to who they are?
Because if so you are sadly, sadly mistaken and have no concept of the invisible hierarchy that exists in America. I don’t need data to tell me this, it’s just reality.
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jro10
5 days ago
So per your response, they did get special treatment and we aren’t at the level we need to be to test everyone...exactly what my original comment said.
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alltheacro
6 days ago
Yep. For posterity:
> March 24, 2020
>Earlier today, Adele and I learned that we tested positive for COVID-19. We started experiencing symptoms on Sunday—first coughs then fevers, chills, and muscle aches—and contacted our doctors on Monday. We were tested yesterday and just received the results a few minutes ago.
So they got tested within 24 hours of contacting their doctors, and the results same-day.
Also: "earlier today we learned we were positive" vs "just received the results a few minutes ago"? Huh?
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poisonivious
MS CS ‘20 2 days ago
I went to UCLA for undergrad and am at Stanford now for grad school. Your comment just made me realized that the “daddy” nickname isn’t commonly used to jokingly refer to all deans by other campuses haha
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somegridplayer
6 days ago
Tested with results back in a day. Whats the average? 3 days? 4 days?
They magically had results the next day?
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Darwinsnightmare
6 days ago
Depends--MGH and Brigham have in-house testing now that is rapid turnaround. They may have gone there.
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ladypimo
6 days ago
Having worked for Partners before but never visited, I've heard MGH is a wizard with lab testing. When we had to ship them ~500+ tests per week when an employee was out for maternal, they had no problem and encouraged us to send the rest of our stuff over lol.
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PakkyT
6 days ago
I think this falls under the "everyone is equal but some are more equal than others" umbrella. ;)
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brokecollegekid69
:Extension: 6 days ago
Shit if it can happen to Larry it can happen to any of us
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Boson220
6 days ago
Same, he was great as president of Tufts. I wish him and his wife a speedy recovery.
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Open_Security
6 days ago
They began self-isolation on March 14 and got first symptoms on March 22.
Wat
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VoteAndrewYang2024
6 days ago
what everyone should have done.
my household has been isolating entirely since the 15th. i plan on not leaving the house for anything besides a walk up and down the road, til the 30th, unless one of us develops sypmtoms, and in that case, it will be much longer.
this is the only way to flatten the curve: stay home, and stay away from other people.
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CanWeTalkHere
6 days ago
What don’t you understand? They began self-isolation on the 14th as a community measure, like most of the rest of the city. Obviously they were already infected by then.
If anything, this is an example of why the lockdowns are important.
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Open_Security
6 days ago
I was under the impression that the average time between infection and symptoms was 5 days. I know quarantines last 14 days but I am surprised by this 8- to 10-day gap. I am the dumb surprised Pikachu
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moomoomego
6 days ago
Yeah, 5 day average... so some people show symptoms in 1 day and some in 10 days..
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DocPsychosis
Outside Boston 6 days ago
Average is 5 days from infection to symptoms. Up to 10 or 14 is not unheard of. That's the point of a 2 week quarantine, to make sure you aren't infected after you've been exposed, since it can take that long to be sure if you aren't specifically tested.
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CanWeTalkHere
6 days ago
Reminds me of that old joke, “If Bill Gates walks into a Starbucks, the average net worth of everyone in the store is $1.5B”.
We math majors find that humorous anyway ;-).
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SuchDescription
Milton 6 days ago
5 days is believed to be the average, but symptoms can show up anywhere between 1-14 days after transmission
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f0rtytw0
Somerville 6 days ago
Its been stated all along (for months) that you might not show symptoms for as many as 14 days.
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Anustart15
Somerville 6 days ago
Median is 5 days, but I think the 95th percentile is somewhere around 11 days
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baddspellar
6 days ago
Yes. Tests are being [strictly rationed](https://www.nbcboston.com/news/coronavirus/for-the-sick-an-agonizing-wait-for-testing-in-massachusetts/2092306/) for the rest of us
From the story I linked:
>"They called the Department of Public Health and were told if I couldn't name a person that I knew had a positive test, and I hadn't traveled outside the country, that I couldn't get tested," she said.
>
>The protocols require patients to have symptoms of coronavirus and be in contact with a person who has coronavirus or traveling from a country where the outbreak has reached severe totals. In addition to that, some testing facilities require an appointment and a prescription from a person’s primary care doctor.
From Bacow's note
>Earlier today, Adele and I learned that we tested positive for COVID-19. We started experiencing symptoms on Sunday—first coughs then fevers, chills, and muscle aches—and contacted our doctors on Monday. We were tested yesterday and just received the results a few minutes ago. We wanted to share this news with all of you as soon as possible.
>
>Neither of us knows how we contracted the virus
\#99PercentLivesMatter
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Amy_Ponder
6 days ago
The article you linked is a week old, and test availability has increased dramatically since then.
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Otterfan
Brookline 6 days ago
We are also testing 4,000 people a day now. When the first story was written we had only tested about 1,500 people altogether.
Edit: and according to another story the patient above was tested on March 9. On March 9 there were still almost no tests available.
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roburrito
6 days ago
And rich people make headlines. No one is reporting that Jimmy at the Qwik Stop in Weymouth is infected. But with a majority of the country projected to eventually be infected, these headlines are going to become less and less newsworthy.
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BsFan
Port City 6 days ago
>And rich people make headlines. No one is reporting that Jimmy at the Qwik Stop in Weymouth is infected. But with a majority of the country projected to eventually be infected, these headlines are going to become less and less newsworthy.
I would rather know that Jimmy at the Qwik Stop has it, I am much more likely to interact with him than the President of Harvard.
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roburrito
6 days ago
heh it did cross my mind that a gasoline attendant being infected could be newsworthy due to the number of people they interact with. But Ronnie the forklift driver at the obscure B2B supply warehouse doesn't roll off the tongue as well.
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Banana13
6 days ago
Everyone who has worked in a warehouse has worked with a Ronnie who drives the forklift.
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mac_question
PM me your Fiat #6MKC50 6 days ago
So the endowment now goes to the workers? That's the rules right? Like if a teacher is more than ten minutes late to class... Basic stuff.
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