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Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 8:22 pm Why don't we all take a minute and consider which forumite's current avatar appears to be the most prepared to deal with coronavirus.

Coronavirus has mutated into two strains, one which appears to be far more aggressive, scientists have said, in a discovery which could hinder attempts to develop a vaccine.

Researchers at Peking University's School of Life Sciences and the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, discovered the virus has evolved into two major lineages - dubbed ‘L’ and ‘S’ types.

The older ‘S-type’ appears to be milder and less infectious, while the ‘L-type’ which emerged later, spreads quickly and currently accounts for around 70 per cent of cases.

Genetic analysis of a man in the US who tested positive on January 21, also showed it is possible to be infected with both types.

The finding comes just days after government health experts warned that the virus could hit Britain in ‘multiple waves’, and led to fears that some vaccines might not work on mutated strains.

Dr Stephen Griffin, of the Leeds Institute of Medical Research and chair of the virus division at the Microbiology Society, said that two of the changes between the ‘S’ and ‘L’ lineages were in crucial protein called ‘spike’, which plays a key role in the infection process and is a target for vaccines.

Dr Griffin said developers would need to test whether their prototype vaccines would still neutralise viruses with the changes, but added that the variations were ‘fairly limited’ and may not be a ‘huge hurdle.’

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 2:28 pm The guy who has the avatar to beat all others is Tyler.

It's Nicolas Freakin' Cage.

One look at this face and Coronavirus is gonna be a runnin'.

Cortopassi wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:16 am Why, with the greatest healthcare system in the world, can the US not have testing kits readily available yet after watching this go on for weeks now in China, S Korea and Italy?

Cortopassi wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:16 am Why, with the greatest healthcare system in the world, can the US not have testing kits readily available yet after watching this go on for weeks now in China, S Korea and Italy?

I keep reading it was tried to be made more complicated, there was lab contamination, and agencies can't seem to work together.

This is going to be quite a test of our healthcare system compared to other supposedly inferior ones.

<sarcasm> But boy, if we need to 50,000 troops somewhere in a couple days to blow the crap out of something, damn, we are good at that <sarcasm off>

WiseOne wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:45 am
In other news...several medical centers (mine included) have banned travel to meetings or any gatherings with more than "25-50" people - including events within the university. There are a couple of upcoming meetings & events that I've had to cancel out on. True to form, one of them immediately sent out an announcement that they will not cancel or modify their meeting in any way, which roughly translates as "We have your money, suckas, and you're not getting it back!".

dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:52 am David Faber asked an important question this morning: How do you know when to re-open schools?

pmward wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2020 11:30 am My teammates in the Kirkland office were also all told to work from home indefinitely.

dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:43 am Is your friend ok, Maddy?

pmward wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2020 1:19 pm In a related note, I had already thought that seeing all these companies shutting down entire office buildings and making people work from home indefinitely might be a turning point where some companies see that they don't need as much big expensive office space and start thinking about ramping up remote work positions so they can close some buildings and save money.

pmward wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2020 1:56 pm not waiting on the government to tell them