Audio in the time of Coronavirus

Part-Time Audiophile

Long time, no see, dear readers. I was hoping to be back with something a bit lighter — the 2020 Munich High-End coverage was on my to-do list along with a couple of reviews. All of a sudden, I have plenty of time, but for the wrong reason: Greece and most of the European countries are on lockdown for almost two weeks now fearing the worst. The worst is actually here for northern Italy and Spain, with France, the UK and the US only trailing a few days back in terms of confirmed cases. The numbers are not as important as one might think as each country has a different testing pattern. There is absolutely no way Italy has a true 10% death rate, it obviously boils down to how many tests are performed. If you test those who are blatantly positive you end up with some nasty looking numbers, but in the end, the mortality rate is much, much lower (probably under 2%). This number, <2%, doesn’t sound all that scary but combined with a few other factors it is. The incubation period is of a week or so with many patients having only the lightest if no symptoms […]

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