Coronavirus General Discussion

[shekels]

I am not from Europe, So I don't know if the Daily Star is a local Rag like the Washington Post or N.Y. Times.


Health Secretary Matt Hancock revealed in the daily Government coronavirus briefing that they are looking into 'immunity certificates' to give to people who have beaten coronavirus Covid-19

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest ... e-21804944

[Dieter]

I knew this place would fact check that article.

Does seem like the Ebola response info in the article was accurate -- https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/su/su6503a3.htm

(But wrong on how infectious)

And I think the assertion that Trump administration wasn't proactive and played down the threat is accurate.

But as an article, yeah, crap.

It's like they used Trump's fact checker...

[Libertarian666]

I am not from Europe, So I don't know if the Daily Star is a local Rag like the Washington Post or N.Y. Times.


Health Secretary Matt Hancock revealed in the daily Government coronavirus briefing that they are looking into 'immunity certificates' to give to people who have beaten coronavirus Covid-19

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest ... e-21804944

That, or something like it, will be necessary here too.

[dualstow]

Good morning yinz, Pittsburgh has saved mankind:

“These two viruses, which are closely related to SARS-CoV-2, teach us that a particular protein, called a spike protein, is important for inducing immunity against the virus,” said co-senior author Dr. Andrea Gambotto, associate professor of surgery at the Pitt School of Medicine. “We knew exactly where to fight this new virus.”
link

The coolest part of that:

Administering the vaccine

In order to increase potency, the vaccine would be administered using a novel approach called a microneedle array.
The microneedle array, which looks like a patch about the size of a fingertip, contains 400 tiny needles made out of sugar and pieces of the spike protein.
The patch goes on like a Band-Aid. The needles dissolve into the skin, where the immune reaction is strongest.

[Libertarian666]

Good morning yinz, Pittsburgh has saved mankind:

“These two viruses, which are closely related to SARS-CoV-2, teach us that a particular protein, called a spike protein, is important for inducing immunity against the virus,” said co-senior author Dr. Andrea Gambotto, associate professor of surgery at the Pitt School of Medicine. “We knew exactly where to fight this new virus.”
link

The coolest part of that:

Administering the vaccine

In order to increase potency, the vaccine would be administered using a novel approach called a microneedle array.
The microneedle array, which looks like a patch about the size of a fingertip, contains 400 tiny needles made out of sugar and pieces of the spike protein.
The patch goes on like a Band-Aid. The needles dissolve into the skin, where the immune reaction is strongest.

Yes, that is cool!

[pmward]

This coming week is the week when the absolute numbers really start getting crazy if we don't have a slowdown in trend. I've been tracking the U.S. cases closely here: https://www.bing.com/covid/local/unitedstates

We keep doubling cases here every 5 days like clockwork. We just crossed 300k cases today. Assuming the trend of doubling every 5 days holds... that puts us at 600k cases by this coming Thurs. and in the ballpark of 1 mil cases by next weekend here in the U.S. alone. *shudders*

[Maddy]

As the cases increase exponentially, it's becoming all the more clear that the vast majority of folks who have serious complications have co-morbidities. In the Seattle study, for which the data cut-off was 3/23, a full 50% had Type 2 diabetes.

So is this a public health emergency or a stepped-up day of reckoning?

[Libertarian666]

Never mind; I was too slow on the draw.

[Tortoise]

Conspiracy Theory Updated to Real time

https://www.silicon.co.uk/e-regulation/ ... ata-338372

If you’re being naughty and meeting up with a group, just leave your phone at home. Problem solved!

[yankees60]

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[I Shrugged]

Many (most?) type 2 diabetics are on Lisinopril, an ACE inhibitor. There is somewhat strong evidence that those drugs greatly open the door to CV. Maybe that is the reason that diabetics are being hit so hard.

[yankees60]

A Truck Full of Bodies “We’re getting a little bit more of a sense that this is the new normal.”


https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04 ... _source=tw

[yankees60]

Iran Develops Its Own AI Software to Swiftly Detect COVID-19


https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/2020 ... -covid-19/

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[yankees60]

Norbert Elekes

@NorbertElekes


Coronavirus update, New York City:

- 4,561 new cases in last 24 hours
- 124,652 tests performed
- 60,850 tested positive
- 25,029 under age 45
- 2,254 deaths
- 12,716 hospitalized
9:42 PM · Apr 4, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

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[yankees60]

A small trial finds that hydroxychloroquine is not effective for treating coronavirus


https://news.yahoo.com/small-trial-find ... 54137.html

[yankees60]

Will coronavirus quarantines lead more companies to consider 4-day workweeks?


https://www.fastcompany.com/90479068/wi ... ontent=rss

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[yankees60]

Chamath Palihapitiya on What to Hope for and What to Be Worried About in the Coronavirus Pandemic


https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04 ... _medium=s1

[yankees60]

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[Dieter]

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I'm surprised how low Washington is given that it was not first.

Nice to see my home state (CA) doing comparatively well, especially if you go per-capital.

(Although Los Angeles may pickup as they locked down later than the bay area).

[WiseOne]

I don't know how helpful those mortality projections are. It depends a lot on where the virus got started. Washington started with a big cluster in a nursing home, and that's why their subsequent curve is lower in comparison. Germany has a very low mortality rate also, because their infections started in a group of young healthy people (skiers returning from northern Italy). Also note, deaths tend to lag cases because, well, the process of taking someone off a vent to let them go is not fast, because you need the family's permission which generally takes weeks. (It might start getting faster soon though...)

I've been tracking NYC cases, and it looks to me like there have been distinct waves with sudden increases in cases, followed by gradual reductions. I said earlier that I had seen two waves, and hoped there wouldn't be a third. Unfortunately...it looks like there is a third wave. This one is mostly in undocumented/minority and Orthodox Jewish populations, and mainly in the outer boroughs. Not coincidentally, these are exactly the groups that have been ignoring the social distancing & isolation guidelines.

Here's my chart of new daily cases...the ups and downs are probably because the times that the numbers were reported varied a lot, but you can see the trends.

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[shekels]

Conspiracy Theory Updated to Real time

https://www.silicon.co.uk/e-regulation/ ... ata-338372

If you’re being naughty and meeting up with a group, just leave your phone at home. Problem solved!

I hear ya, I personally do not have a cell phone.
https://mobile.twitter.com/TectonixGEO/ ... 61/video/1

[dualstow]

I hear ya, I personally do not have a cell phone.
https://mobile.twitter.com/TectonixGEO/ ... 61/video/1

But you’re using the mobile version of that site. Are you on a tablet using wifi?