The P&R Plague Thread (Covid-19)

[ZRod]

28 minutes ago, DevoHusker said:

Michigan continues to heat up https://wwmt.com/news/state/gov-gretchen-whitmer-to-seek-extension-of-emergency-orders-from-legislature

 

Didn't they hold a special session last week to try and remove her from office? I cannot find any reference to results/decisions if they did...

Gov Whitmer extended our stay at home order last week until May 15th here in Michigan. She also addressed the fact that the GOP was asking her to surrender some of her executive powers saying that it was rediculous and she would veto any measure for her and for all future governors.

[BigRedBuster]

Well, you know....I'm sure he has been able to develop his bosses bestest most greatest ability the world has ever seen to repel viruses so he's not infecting others.  It's so amazing the world hasn't seen anything like it before.

 

 

[DevoHusker]

10 minutes ago, ZRod said:

Gov Whitmer extended our stay at home order last week until May 15th here in Michigan. She also addressed the fact that the GOP was asking her to surrender some of her executive powers saying that it was rediculous and she would veto any measure for her and for all future governors.

Thanks for the info ZRod

[ZRod]

41 minutes ago, DevoHusker said:

Thanks for the info ZRod

 

I don't agree with some of what she's done, but she seemed to take a measured and reasonable approach to this; listening to the experts. Anyone who says otherwise is likely being partisan. It's not hard to see the logic behind what actions were taken.

[RedDenver]

Coronavirus Antibody Tests: Can You Trust the Results?

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A team of scientists worked around the clock to evaluate 14 antibody tests. A few worked as advertised. Most did not.

 

[Guy Chamberlin]

9 hours ago, TGHusker said:

 

2. I wonder if we should have gone the Sweden route - protect the most vulnerable and allow herd immunity to do the rest. 

Sweden hasn't shut down their economy.  They are a much smaller country so it may be an unfair comparison.

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/04/28/coronavirus-covid-19-sweden-anders-tegnell-herd-immunity/3031536001/

 

 

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/494975-chinese-scientists-predict-coronavirus-wont-be-eradicated

 

 

 

Time will tell. At the moment, some say the Sweden approach is backfiring. It's death rate started spiking and they've hedged on the original strategy. 

 

https://www.euronews.com/2020/04/22/sweden-s-coronavirus-strategy-right-or-wrong

[knapplc]

Just in case you were wondering who the worst people in the world are, it's these guys.

 

MAGA

 

 

[schriznoeder]

53 minutes ago, knapplc said:

Just in case you were wondering who the worst people in the world are, it's these guys.

 

MAGA

 

 

 

 

[Danny Bateman]

This data suggests the official death toll may be understating the total Covid-related deaths.

 

 

[schriznoeder]

A viable vaccine by September? What happened to needing 12-18 months to test for possible side effects? 

 

"Wasting no time, the largest drugmaker in the world, based in India, will start producing millions of the Oxford vaccines by next month, even before they've been proven to work."

 

 

[teachercd]

24 minutes ago, schriznoeder said:

A viable vaccine by September? What happened to needing 12-18 months to test for possible side effects? 

 

"Wasting no time, the largest drugmaker in the world, based in India, will start producing millions of the Oxford vaccines by next month, even before they've been proven to work."

 

 

 

2 hours ago, knapplc said:

Just in case you were wondering who the worst people in the world are, it's these guys.

 

MAGA

 

 

I feel like they are bad...but maybe not the worst people in the world.  

[RedDenver]

35 minutes ago, schriznoeder said:

A viable vaccine by September? What happened to needing 12-18 months to test for possible side effects? 

 

"Wasting no time, the largest drugmaker in the world, based in India, will start producing millions of the Oxford vaccines by next month, even before they've been proven to work."

 

 

I'm wondering if the reporter got the information confused since  I don't see any of the scientists saying that in the story.

 

But it might be possible since this is based on an existing technique and not an entirely new vaccine.

[FrantzHardySwag]

38 minutes ago, schriznoeder said:

A viable vaccine by September? What happened to needing 12-18 months to test for possible side effects? 

 

"Wasting no time, the largest drugmaker in the world, based in India, will start producing millions of the Oxford vaccines by next month, even before they've been proven to work."

 

 

"Most other teams have had to start with small clinical trials of a few hundred participants to demonstrate safety. But scientists at the university’s Jenner Institute had a head start on a vaccine, having proved in previous trials that similar inoculations — including one last year against an earlier coronavirus — were harmless to humans.

 

That has enabled them to leap ahead and schedule tests of their new coronavirus vaccine involving more than 6,000 people by the end of next month, hoping to show not only that it is safe, but also that it works."

 

They are modifying a proven safe vaccine used in other forms of coronavirus, like MERS. 

[knapplc]

Just another reminder that Ben Shapiro is a fink.

 

 

[knapplc]

Just when I think I will not be surprised anymore...