Pandemic 2020
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DIY-HP-LED
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If any people in the photo die, someone will circle them and post it online again, surer than shit.
That group photo now gets to double as the memorial in the yearbook.
potroastV2
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‘Burn Your Mask Bonfire’ Set Tonight by Anti-Masker of Starbucks Clash ... yet another anti covid tsunamiSan Diego
Amber Lynn Gilles of Clairemont, who in June became the face of the anti-maskers when she called out a Starbucks barista, will co-host a local “Burn Your Mask Bonfire” on Friday night.
That woman is too stupid to shut up! Her name is so well-known that she may never get a job again.
Just like all of the beach weasels who refuse to follow the recommendations, because they're entitled to use the beach. Those people are the reason that the curve isn't flattening.
Let her have her bonfire. The Ski Beach area has only one entrance, so the cops can just set up there, and stop every vehicle that is leaving.
But that would be the right thing to do, so the pigs will never do that!
DIY-HP-LED
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Call it a BLM protest by black radicals and Donald will send in the coast guard in full drug fighting battle dress. Make a FOX correspondent believe an ANTIFA army of super soldiers is gonna hold Satanic rituals around the fire. Do tear gas canisters float? It will be coordinated land sea and air attack with helicopters dropping flashbangs, raining down pepper balls and tear gas onto the mob by the glare of searchlights and parachute flares. D day in CA!That woman is too stupid to shut up! Her name is so well-known that she may never get a job again.
Just like all of the beach weasels who refuse to follow the recommendations, because they're entitled to use the beach. Those people are the reason that the curve isn't flattening.
Let her have her bonfire. The Ski Beach area has only one entrance, so the cops can just set up there, and stop every vehicle that is leaving.
But that would be the right thing to do, so the pigs will never do that!
DIY-HP-LED
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Some this is research that was done in Canada and there is a manufacturing facility in Winnipeg and one or more in the USA. It won't have much impact in America unless there is a lockdown and restart, in places like Canada, this and convalescent plasma can have a big impact. Every vulnerable patient can begin treatment immediately after testing and we can afford to be generous about who that might be. The number of infections are much lower here, so there is better treatment and therapeutics for all who need them.
We have no or not much covid in my province, but at the beginning of the month we mandated masks for inside public places, we also have other sensible measures in place too. Compliance went way up, over 95% from what I've seen locally, I feel a lot more comfortable going out to shop, masks are good for business. Public mandates make compliance easier for all and those who don't comply are seen as antisocial selfish people and they are put under social pressure. We don't need to vigorously enforce it legally either, just show leadership based on evidence, the situation in the states helps folks take it more seriously here.
globalnews.ca
Researchers hope manufactured antibodies could help treat COVID-19
As the world awaits a COVID-19 vaccine, the next big advance in battling the pandemic could come from a class of biotech therapies widely used against cancer and other disorders — antibodies designed specifically to attack this new virus.
Development of monoclonal antibodies to target the virus has been endorsed by leading scientists. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious diseases expert, called them “almost a sure bet” against COVID-19.
When a virus gets past the body’s initial defenses, a more specific response kicks in, triggering production of cells that target the invader. These include antibodies that recognize and lock onto a virus, preventing the infection from spreading.
Monoclonal antibodies — grown in bioreactor vats — are copies of these naturally-occurring proteins.
Scientists are still working out the exact role of neutralizing antibodies in recovery from COVID-19, but drugmakers are confident that the right antibodies or a combination can alter the course of the disease that has claimed more than 675,000 lives globally.
“Antibodies can block infectivity. That is a fact,” Regeneron Pharmaceuticals executive Christos Kyratsous told Reuters.
Regeneron is testing a two-antibody cocktail, which it believes limits the ability of the virus’ to escape better than one, with data on its efficacy expected by late summer or early fall. “Protection will wane over time. Dosing is something we don’t know yet,” said Kyratsous.
The U.S. government in June awarded Regeneron a $450 million supply contract. The company said it can immediately begin production at its U.S. plant if regulators approve the treatment.
Eli Lilly and Co , AstraZeneca, Amgen, and GlaxoSmithKline were cleared by the U.S. government to pool manufacturing resources in order to scale up supplies if any of these drugs prove successful.
Even with that unusual cooperation among rivals, manufacturing these medicines is complex and capacity is limited. There is also a debate over whether a single antibody will be powerful enough to stop COVID-19.
AstraZeneca said it plans to start human trials of its dual-antibody combination within weeks.
Lilly, which began human testing in June of two antibody candidates in separate trials, is focusing on a one-drug approach.
“If you need a higher dosage or more antibodies, fewer people can be treated,” Lilly Chief Scientific Officer Dan Skovronsky said.
‘Instant immunity’
Unlike vaccines, which activate the body’s own immune system, the impact of infused antibodies eventually dissipates.
Still, drugmakers say monoclonal antibodies could temporarily prevent infection in at-risk people such as medical workers and the elderly. They could also be used as a therapeutic bridge until vaccines become widely available.
“In a prophylactic setting we think we may achieve coverage for up to six months,” said Phil Pang, chief medical officer of Vir Biotechnology, which aims to start testing an antibody in non-hospitalized patients next month with partner GSK.
“The advantage of an antibody is that it is basically instant immunity,” said Mark Brunswick, senior vice president at Sorrento Therapeutics, which aims to begin human trials next month of a single antibody candidate.
Safety risks for monoclonal antibodies are considered low, but their cost can be quite high. These type of drugs for cancer can cost over $100,000 a year.
There is also concern that the coronavirus could become resistant to specific antibodies. Researchers are already at work on second-generation compounds with targets other than the crown-like spikes the virus uses to invade cells.
“To avoid development of resistance you want to target different sites,” study author and Columbia University professor David Ho told Reuters.
READ MORE: Coronavirus antibodies decay fast, but that doesn’t mean protection is gone, study finds
There are also questions about when in the course of the illness it might be best to employ these new weapons.
“Giving an antibody later on after infection might not be that helpful, said Florian Krammer, microbiology professor at New York’s Icahn School of Medicine. “Given early, they probably work well.”
We have no or not much covid in my province, but at the beginning of the month we mandated masks for inside public places, we also have other sensible measures in place too. Compliance went way up, over 95% from what I've seen locally, I feel a lot more comfortable going out to shop, masks are good for business. Public mandates make compliance easier for all and those who don't comply are seen as antisocial selfish people and they are put under social pressure. We don't need to vigorously enforce it legally either, just show leadership based on evidence, the situation in the states helps folks take it more seriously here.
Researchers hope manufactured antibodies could help treat COVID-19 - National | Globalnews.ca
Manufactured antibodies, which are used to treat some forms of cancer, could also be used for COVID-19, researchers say.
globalnews.ca
Researchers hope manufactured antibodies could help treat COVID-19
As the world awaits a COVID-19 vaccine, the next big advance in battling the pandemic could come from a class of biotech therapies widely used against cancer and other disorders — antibodies designed specifically to attack this new virus.
Development of monoclonal antibodies to target the virus has been endorsed by leading scientists. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious diseases expert, called them “almost a sure bet” against COVID-19.
When a virus gets past the body’s initial defenses, a more specific response kicks in, triggering production of cells that target the invader. These include antibodies that recognize and lock onto a virus, preventing the infection from spreading.
Monoclonal antibodies — grown in bioreactor vats — are copies of these naturally-occurring proteins.
Scientists are still working out the exact role of neutralizing antibodies in recovery from COVID-19, but drugmakers are confident that the right antibodies or a combination can alter the course of the disease that has claimed more than 675,000 lives globally.
“Antibodies can block infectivity. That is a fact,” Regeneron Pharmaceuticals executive Christos Kyratsous told Reuters.
Regeneron is testing a two-antibody cocktail, which it believes limits the ability of the virus’ to escape better than one, with data on its efficacy expected by late summer or early fall. “Protection will wane over time. Dosing is something we don’t know yet,” said Kyratsous.
The U.S. government in June awarded Regeneron a $450 million supply contract. The company said it can immediately begin production at its U.S. plant if regulators approve the treatment.
Eli Lilly and Co , AstraZeneca, Amgen, and GlaxoSmithKline were cleared by the U.S. government to pool manufacturing resources in order to scale up supplies if any of these drugs prove successful.
Even with that unusual cooperation among rivals, manufacturing these medicines is complex and capacity is limited. There is also a debate over whether a single antibody will be powerful enough to stop COVID-19.
AstraZeneca said it plans to start human trials of its dual-antibody combination within weeks.
Lilly, which began human testing in June of two antibody candidates in separate trials, is focusing on a one-drug approach.
“If you need a higher dosage or more antibodies, fewer people can be treated,” Lilly Chief Scientific Officer Dan Skovronsky said.
‘Instant immunity’
Unlike vaccines, which activate the body’s own immune system, the impact of infused antibodies eventually dissipates.
Still, drugmakers say monoclonal antibodies could temporarily prevent infection in at-risk people such as medical workers and the elderly. They could also be used as a therapeutic bridge until vaccines become widely available.
“In a prophylactic setting we think we may achieve coverage for up to six months,” said Phil Pang, chief medical officer of Vir Biotechnology, which aims to start testing an antibody in non-hospitalized patients next month with partner GSK.
“The advantage of an antibody is that it is basically instant immunity,” said Mark Brunswick, senior vice president at Sorrento Therapeutics, which aims to begin human trials next month of a single antibody candidate.
Safety risks for monoclonal antibodies are considered low, but their cost can be quite high. These type of drugs for cancer can cost over $100,000 a year.
There is also concern that the coronavirus could become resistant to specific antibodies. Researchers are already at work on second-generation compounds with targets other than the crown-like spikes the virus uses to invade cells.
“To avoid development of resistance you want to target different sites,” study author and Columbia University professor David Ho told Reuters.
READ MORE: Coronavirus antibodies decay fast, but that doesn’t mean protection is gone, study finds
There are also questions about when in the course of the illness it might be best to employ these new weapons.
“Giving an antibody later on after infection might not be that helpful, said Florian Krammer, microbiology professor at New York’s Icahn School of Medicine. “Given early, they probably work well.”
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Budzbuddha
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Nearly 100,000 children test positive for COVID-19 in past two weeks ....
All that fucking winning ....
97,000 children tested positive for COVID-19 from July 16 to July 30, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Of the over five million coronavirus cases in the US, 338,000 were children.
Dr. Tina Hartert of Vanderbilt University says increased testing of children will be the key to determining children's role in transmitting the virus
She’s leading a government-funded study where DIY testing kits were sent to some 2,000 families to make testing more efficient
Universities like Tulane, Cornall, Yale, and Ohio State are making students sign pledges to wear masks, not attend parties, and stay on campus ahead of classes .
Today there are more than five million cases of COVID-19 in the country and over 162,000 deaths. Out of those infections more than 338,000 were children.
Dr. Tina Hartert of Vanderbilt University says increased testing of children will be the key to determining their role in transmitting the virus – data more important than ever as some school districts return to in-person class this month.
She’s leading a government-funded study where DIY testing kits were sent to some 2,000 families.
'The kits are shipped to the families, they are taught how to collect these samples, and then the samples are sent back by the families to a central repository,' she said in an interview with CBS News.
The two largest school districts in California – Los Angeles and San Diego – which runs a combined K-12 student population of 720,000 decided to start the school year via remote learning due to rising coronavirus hospitalizations and rising infection rates in the state.
New York, on the other hand will be open this fall, as mayor Bill De Blasio pledged officials 'have worked incessantly to get this right'.
On Friday the mayor assured officials looked at examples of returning to in-person school 'from all around the world' to assure kids would be safe.
De Blasio said parents had until Friday night to register students for in-person instruction, remote learning or a hybrid system.
While the virus was initially said to hit children less severely than adults, more than 25 children died from the coronavirus in July alone.
Now teachers and school districts grapple with how to educate students while maintaining social distancing, protecting students, and themselves.
Realistically NO SCHOOL can open right now , it doesn’t take a scientist to see that.
School’s out forever.
All that fucking winning ....
97,000 children tested positive for COVID-19 from July 16 to July 30, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Of the over five million coronavirus cases in the US, 338,000 were children.
Dr. Tina Hartert of Vanderbilt University says increased testing of children will be the key to determining children's role in transmitting the virus
She’s leading a government-funded study where DIY testing kits were sent to some 2,000 families to make testing more efficient
Universities like Tulane, Cornall, Yale, and Ohio State are making students sign pledges to wear masks, not attend parties, and stay on campus ahead of classes .
Today there are more than five million cases of COVID-19 in the country and over 162,000 deaths. Out of those infections more than 338,000 were children.
Dr. Tina Hartert of Vanderbilt University says increased testing of children will be the key to determining their role in transmitting the virus – data more important than ever as some school districts return to in-person class this month.
She’s leading a government-funded study where DIY testing kits were sent to some 2,000 families.
'The kits are shipped to the families, they are taught how to collect these samples, and then the samples are sent back by the families to a central repository,' she said in an interview with CBS News.
The two largest school districts in California – Los Angeles and San Diego – which runs a combined K-12 student population of 720,000 decided to start the school year via remote learning due to rising coronavirus hospitalizations and rising infection rates in the state.
New York, on the other hand will be open this fall, as mayor Bill De Blasio pledged officials 'have worked incessantly to get this right'.
On Friday the mayor assured officials looked at examples of returning to in-person school 'from all around the world' to assure kids would be safe.
De Blasio said parents had until Friday night to register students for in-person instruction, remote learning or a hybrid system.
While the virus was initially said to hit children less severely than adults, more than 25 children died from the coronavirus in July alone.
Now teachers and school districts grapple with how to educate students while maintaining social distancing, protecting students, and themselves.
Realistically NO SCHOOL can open right now , it doesn’t take a scientist to see that.
School’s out forever.
DIY-HP-LED
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Nearly 300K Could Die From COVID-19 By December, Model Projects | Morning Joe | MSNBC
Nearly 300,000 Americans could die from the coronavirus by early December, according to new projections from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. Yet the number could be lower if more Americans wore masks
Nearly 300,000 Americans could die from the coronavirus by early December, according to new projections from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. Yet the number could be lower if more Americans wore masks
DIY-HP-LED
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Lifelong GOP Voters In Michigan Describe Their Changing Views | NBC News NOW
NBC News' Dasha Burns speaks to Republican voters in Michigan about how their views on the 2020 race have changed during the coronavirus pandemic.
NBC News' Dasha Burns speaks to Republican voters in Michigan about how their views on the 2020 race have changed during the coronavirus pandemic.
Dr.Amber Trichome
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By the smell of the restroom here it seems people finally having to succumb to eating road kill now with no money for groceries.
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DIY-HP-LED
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This should go over well...
www.insider.com
Women who use marijuana during pregnancy are 1.5 times more likely to have a child with autism, according to the largest study of its kind
The study, published in Nature Medicine on Monday, reviewed data from more than a half a million women in Ontario, Canada — about 3,000 of whom reported using cannabis during pregnancy and about 2,200 of whom reported using cannabis and no other substances.
They found that 2.2% of women who used marijuana had children with autism compared to 1.4% of women who did not use cannabis but had similar characteristics, like age, education, and socio-economic status.
The study authors say that while their study was imperfect, the results are worrying, especially given that cannabis was illegal in Canada during the period (2007 to 2012) the data was collected.
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Women who used marijuana during pregnancy were 1.5 times as likely to have a child with autism, the largest study of its kind has found
In a retrospective analysis of more than 500,000 people, marijuana use in pregnancy was linked to a 50% higher chance of having a child with autism.
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Women who use marijuana during pregnancy are 1.5 times more likely to have a child with autism, according to the largest study of its kind
- Women who use marijuana during pregnancy are one and half times more likely to have a child with autism than those who don't.
- The study, involving more than a half million women, follows past research suggesting pot use is linked to lower birth weight.
- While the study had flaws like being unable to show cause-and-effect, the authors say it suggests pot use should be recommended against during pregnancy, just like alcohol is.
The study, published in Nature Medicine on Monday, reviewed data from more than a half a million women in Ontario, Canada — about 3,000 of whom reported using cannabis during pregnancy and about 2,200 of whom reported using cannabis and no other substances.
They found that 2.2% of women who used marijuana had children with autism compared to 1.4% of women who did not use cannabis but had similar characteristics, like age, education, and socio-economic status.
The study authors say that while their study was imperfect, the results are worrying, especially given that cannabis was illegal in Canada during the period (2007 to 2012) the data was collected.
more...
Fogdog
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gawd. even the authors say the study was not good.This should go over well...
Women who used marijuana during pregnancy were 1.5 times as likely to have a child with autism, the largest study of its kind has found
In a retrospective analysis of more than 500,000 people, marijuana use in pregnancy was linked to a 50% higher chance of having a child with autism.
Women who use marijuana during pregnancy are 1.5 times more likely to have a child with autism, according to the largest study of its kind
Using marijuana during pregnancy is linked to 50% greater chance of having a child with autism, according to the largest study of its kind.
- Women who use marijuana during pregnancy are one and half times more likely to have a child with autism than those who don't.
- The study, involving more than a half million women, follows past research suggesting pot use is linked to lower birth weight.
- While the study had flaws like being unable to show cause-and-effect, the authors say it suggests pot use should be recommended against during pregnancy, just like alcohol is.
The study, published in Nature Medicine on Monday, reviewed data from more than a half a million women in Ontario, Canada — about 3,000 of whom reported using cannabis during pregnancy and about 2,200 of whom reported using cannabis and no other substances.
They found that 2.2% of women who used marijuana had children with autism compared to 1.4% of women who did not use cannabis but had similar characteristics, like age, education, and socio-economic status.
The study authors say that while their study was imperfect, the results are worrying, especially given that cannabis was illegal in Canada during the period (2007 to 2012) the data was collected.
more...
DIY-HP-LED
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Told ya it would go over like a turd in the punch bowl!
DIY-HP-LED
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Maybe @abandonconflict will test it out for us, might not have a choice, if his goons grab ya and shoot ya up!
I'll bet Donald signs up America for a half billion a doses at a $1000 dollars a shot! Vlad will love the business, roll up yer sleeves America! This is it, there will be no money left for a real vaccine and Donald will cancel domestic production and research for Vlad's cure. Even contract out the CDC work to Russia. Why not they are doing the same work anyway? It would save money too! Same for the CIA, the FSB can do that work too, they already are anyway. The base and GOP congress will be all in for it too, they and an army of moral morons will sell it to the yokels and make em swaller real hard. No masks, but they will roll up their sleeves for Vlad and drop their drawers for Donald.
Sputnik my ass.
www.reuters.com
Philippines' Duterte has 'huge trust' in Russia vaccine, volunteers for trial
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has lauded Russia’s efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine and is willing to personally participate in trials, as he welcomed a supply offer from Moscow that he expects will be free of charge.
Russia on Tuesday became the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval for a COVID-19 vaccine, paving the way for mass domestic inoculation even as the final stage of clinical trials continue.
Russia has offered to supply or co-manufacture the vaccine in the Philippines, which said it was ready to work with Moscow on trials, supply and production.
The Philippines has among Asia’s highest case numbers, which rose by 2,987 to 139,538 on Tuesday.
“I will tell President (Vladimir) Putin that I have huge trust in your studies in combating COVID and I believe that the vaccine that you have produced is really good for humanity,” Duterte said late on Monday.
The global race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine has raised concern that speed and national prestige could compromise safety.
To allay public fears, Duterte offered to be a guinea pig and said: “I can be the first they can experiment on.”
In July, he made a plea to his Chinese counterpart to make the Philippines a priority if it develops a vaccine, amid concern in developing countries about availability.
He has restored a strict lockdown in and around the capital Manila as medical frontliners sought a “timeout” to control surging infections.
Speaking on Monday, when a record 6,958 new infections were reported, Duterte said he would deploy soldiers to enforce the lockdown if the situation becomes a “runaway contagion”.
The lockdown has been among the world’s longest and toughest and Duterte’s opponents and rights groups have voiced concern about his security-centred approach and the conduct of police.
Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday said a comprehensive health-centred strategy should be adopted urgently, otherwise “our health infrastructure could collapse”.
I'll bet Donald signs up America for a half billion a doses at a $1000 dollars a shot! Vlad will love the business, roll up yer sleeves America! This is it, there will be no money left for a real vaccine and Donald will cancel domestic production and research for Vlad's cure. Even contract out the CDC work to Russia. Why not they are doing the same work anyway? It would save money too! Same for the CIA, the FSB can do that work too, they already are anyway. The base and GOP congress will be all in for it too, they and an army of moral morons will sell it to the yokels and make em swaller real hard. No masks, but they will roll up their sleeves for Vlad and drop their drawers for Donald.
Sputnik my ass.
Philippines' Duterte has 'huge trust' in Russia vaccine, volunteers for trial
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has lauded Russia's efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine and is willing to personally participate in trials, as he welcomed a supply offer from Moscow that he expects will be free of charge.
Philippines' Duterte has 'huge trust' in Russia vaccine, volunteers for trial
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has lauded Russia’s efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine and is willing to personally participate in trials, as he welcomed a supply offer from Moscow that he expects will be free of charge.
Russia on Tuesday became the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval for a COVID-19 vaccine, paving the way for mass domestic inoculation even as the final stage of clinical trials continue.
Russia has offered to supply or co-manufacture the vaccine in the Philippines, which said it was ready to work with Moscow on trials, supply and production.
The Philippines has among Asia’s highest case numbers, which rose by 2,987 to 139,538 on Tuesday.
“I will tell President (Vladimir) Putin that I have huge trust in your studies in combating COVID and I believe that the vaccine that you have produced is really good for humanity,” Duterte said late on Monday.
The global race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine has raised concern that speed and national prestige could compromise safety.
To allay public fears, Duterte offered to be a guinea pig and said: “I can be the first they can experiment on.”
In July, he made a plea to his Chinese counterpart to make the Philippines a priority if it develops a vaccine, amid concern in developing countries about availability.
He has restored a strict lockdown in and around the capital Manila as medical frontliners sought a “timeout” to control surging infections.
Speaking on Monday, when a record 6,958 new infections were reported, Duterte said he would deploy soldiers to enforce the lockdown if the situation becomes a “runaway contagion”.
The lockdown has been among the world’s longest and toughest and Duterte’s opponents and rights groups have voiced concern about his security-centred approach and the conduct of police.
Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday said a comprehensive health-centred strategy should be adopted urgently, otherwise “our health infrastructure could collapse”.
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vuts
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5-Second Rule shortened to 3 seconds amid growing health concerns
Nashville, TN - Global health organizations announced yesterday that they were shortening the recommended 5-second Rule to three seconds amid growing health concerns.Steven Maher, Director of the Hygiene Coalition Organization, said at a press conference, "The HGO has made this recommendation...
DIY-HP-LED
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I'm always cautious about covid and here in NS we've had our last most recent case resolved 9 days ago, we currently have no know cases. We started mandating masks over a month ago and compliance went to 95%+, because we don't want covid to come back. New Zealand went 109 days without a new case and recently had an outbreak, from an unknown source, so far. A dog recently died of coronavirus in the states and if it becomes endemic in a wild or domestic animal population, it could be very difficult to control. Let's hope not, the more it spreads the more chance it has to mutate and the greater the risk of something more serious evolving.
This is a concern until they figure out where it came from, they will be tracing the RNA of this strain to find it's etiology.
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New Zealand On Alert After 4 Cases Of COVID-19 Emerge From Unknown Source
More than three months after its last case of community spread, New Zealand has four new cases of the coronavirus from an unknown source. The island nation, seen as a global exemplar in the battle to contain the coronavirus, moved quickly to identify the source of transmission and halt further spread.
All four cases are members of the same family, who live in South Auckland, the government said Tuesday.
The first case identified in the cluster was a person in their 50s with no overseas travel history. The person has been symptomatic for five days and was confirmed positive on Tuesday. The six members of the person's household were then tested: three tested positive and three negative.
While the cases are all in one household, more than one workplace was affected, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said at a late evening press conference on Tuesday in which she announced a heightened state of alert for the country.
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This is a concern until they figure out where it came from, they will be tracing the RNA of this strain to find it's etiology.
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New Zealand On Alert After 4 Cases Of COVID-19 Emerge From Unknown Source
The cases came after 102 days with no community spread. The four are members of the same family. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a three-day period of high restrictions due to the new cluster.
www.npr.org
New Zealand On Alert After 4 Cases Of COVID-19 Emerge From Unknown Source
More than three months after its last case of community spread, New Zealand has four new cases of the coronavirus from an unknown source. The island nation, seen as a global exemplar in the battle to contain the coronavirus, moved quickly to identify the source of transmission and halt further spread.
All four cases are members of the same family, who live in South Auckland, the government said Tuesday.
The first case identified in the cluster was a person in their 50s with no overseas travel history. The person has been symptomatic for five days and was confirmed positive on Tuesday. The six members of the person's household were then tested: three tested positive and three negative.
While the cases are all in one household, more than one workplace was affected, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said at a late evening press conference on Tuesday in which she announced a heightened state of alert for the country.
more...
i thought it was 10 seconds.5-Second Rule shortened to 3 seconds amid growing health concerns
Nashville, TN - Global health organizations announced yesterday that they were shortening the recommended 5-second Rule to three seconds amid growing health concerns.Steven Maher, Director of the Hygiene Coalition Organization, said at a press conference, "The HGO has made this recommendation...www.inquisitornashville.com
with NY rent control people used to peruse obituaries..
wanting to be proven correct outweighed the lives of Americans.Donald Again! Killing people again.
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Convalescent Plasma Studies Reportedly Delayed In Favor Of Trump-Touted Hydroxychloroquine
“You always have that hindsight and say, ‘Oh, man, we should have put our efforts into something else.’”www.forbes.com
Convalescent Plasma Studies Reportedly Delayed In Favor Of Trump-Touted Hydroxychloroquine
TOPLINE NBC News reported Thursday that researchers delayed studying the effects of coronavirus patients receiving convalescent plasma in favor of hydroxychloroquine, the drug repeatedly promoted by President Trump that’s been found to have little benefit and potentially serious consequences for Covid-19 patients, but scientists are switching gears and ramping up their efforts to understand plasma.
KEY FACTS
At Vanderbilt University, NBC News reported, studies of hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug, along with the antiviral remdesivir were prioritized over convalescent plasma.
Convalescent plasma is the liquid component of blood stripped of white and red blood cells that, in recovered Covid-19 patients, contains antibodies that could help patients still fighting the virus, according to the New York Times.
An expanded-access program for plasma has been led by the Mayo Clinic with financial support from the Trump Administration, with tens of thousands of coronavirus patients receiving plasma, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Doctors, however, can’t say whether plasma helps coronavirus patients recover, because the Mayo program isn’t the gold standard of scientific research: a randomized, controlled trial, where some patients are given a placebo, giving doctors the chance to see how well the infusions actually work, NBC News says.
Preliminary data from one study reviewed by the WSJ showed a reduced mortality rate for patients receiving a plasma infusion at three or four days after diagnosis, but the study has not been published in a journal or peer-reviewed.
Further complicating the study of plasma is that many doctors were unwilling to let patients possibly receive a placebo when they could get an infusion from the Mayo Clinic program, and declines of the outbreak in cities like New York also limited patient enrollment for controlled trials, according to the Times.
CRUCIAL QUOTE
“You always have that hindsight and say, ‘Oh, man, we should have put our efforts into something else,’” Vanderbilt University medical professor Dr. Todd Rice told NBC News about the prioritization of hydroxychloroquine over plasma.
BIG NUMBER
53,000. That’s how many coronavirus patients have received plasma infusions through the Mayo program, the WSJ reported.
KEY BACKGROUND
Trump pushed hydroxychloroquine numerous times in March and April, calling it a “miracle” drug, and revealed in May he was taking it prophylactically despite a National Institutes of Health warning against it. Trump’s mentions of the drug declined in June, but emerged again last week when he shared a misleading video on Twitter promoting it. Adm. Brett Giroir, Trump’s coronavirus testing czar, said Sunday that the Administration needs to move on from hydroxychloroquine after five controlled studies showed little benefit. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy Infectious Disease, told reporters Tuesday that a randomized, controlled trial for convalescent plasma needs to be done to determine its benefits—and, had it been prioritized, “we would’ve had the answer to that right now.”
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
Johns Hopkins University is enrolling 1,000 volunteers for a controlled trial of plasma in coronavirus patients, NBC News reported. Just 50 have signed up so far, but researchers hope to have their first results by mid-October.
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Some famous plasma donors have surfaced during the pandemic. Tom Hanks—one of the first A-list celebrities to have contracted coronavirus—has donated plasma at least twice, according to his Instagram. Actor Bryan Cranston revealed in a video on the social media platform Friday that he had Covid-19, and showed himself donating plasma. Bravo television host Andy Cohen also had coronavirus. But, because he’s gay, Cohen said he’s not allowed to donate per FDA guidlines, a policy he called “discriminatory.”
did the russians post it for Boogaloo?‘Burn Your Mask Bonfire’ Set Tonight by Anti-Masker of Starbucks Clash ... yet another anti covid tsunami
Amber Lynn Gilles of Clairemont, who in June became the face of the anti-maskers when she called out a Starbucks barista, will co-host a local “Burn Your Mask Bonfire” on Friday night.
The 6 p.m. event at Ski Beach in Mission Bay also will feature leaders of the anti-vaccine movement, Gilles said in a Facebook video Thursday.
“The bonfire is to bring awareness and to stop the discrimination, leading to COVID digital vaccine and digital currency,” she said. “The little tattoo — they’re already doing a trial run of it in South Africa.”
Facebook event page for Friday night “Burn Your Mask Bonfire” with 36 “going” as of midnight......Gilles also says she is assembling a “pro-medical-freedom advocate army” in San Diego.
Earlier Thursday, the mother of three says she went for a job interview on the promise she didn’t have to wear a mask. But when she got to the lobby, a late-arriving interviewer balked at her face not being covered and told her to wait outside. So Gilles left.
Gilles also videotaped a confrontation Thursday with a Sprouts Farmers Market manager in Clairemont who wouldn’t let her enter without a mask.
As a worker wiped down carts, Gilles says: “This is Sprouts, and I’m sick of it,” referring to the mask requirement posted on a pink sheet outside the Genesee Avenue store.
Wonder if it will look like this ....
they're good friends such the russians.
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