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- webazoot2
Actually, nicely designed piece from El Pais on the office, restaurant and bus outbreak studies...
https://english.elpais.com/spani…
- shapesalad3
https://www.dezeen.com/2020/05/1…
Iconic Covid-19 images designed to create "a feeling of alarm" says CDC medical illustrator Dan Higgins.
- mort_2
People who have recovered from Covid-19 may lose their immunity to the disease within months, according to research suggesting the virus could reinfect people year after year, like common colds.
- You didn't read the study the article refers to, have you. Cause (surprise, surprise) it doesn't says what the article implies.pr2
- The study is quite technical and went over my head.mort_
- Any article with 'may', 'might' or 'could' in the headline can get in the Punches For thread.webazoot
- basically, if you developed a strong response to the virus then you probably gonna be fine, and if you didn't...pr2
- then you might get reinfected (or not because your body took care of the virus so quickly so it could do it again).pr2
- The paper is of significance for developers of tests more so then to inform public - as that Guardian article pretends to do so.pr2
- The Guardian is essential reading for pessimists who live in fear. Want to improve your life markedly? Don't read that woeful trash.********
- I know Busty, i've given up on the Guardian years ago.pr2
- grafician2
"New Zealand lifts all Covid restrictions, declaring the nation virus-free"
"New Zealand has lifted almost all of its coronavirus restrictions after reporting no active cases in the country.
At midnight local time (12:00 GMT), all of New Zealand moved to level one, the lowest of a four-tier alert system.
Under new rules, social distancing is not required and there are no limits on public gatherings, but borders remain closed to foreigners.
New Zealand has reported no new Covid-19 cases for more than two weeks."
- shapesalad2
Coronavirus: Face coverings in England's shops to be compulsory from 24 July.
"Wearing a face covering in shops and supermarkets in England is to become mandatory from 24 July.
Those who fail to comply with the new rules will face a fine of up to £100, the government is to announce"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-po…
Judging by the comments in the article one can expect a lot more material for "Karen of the day"...
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- maquito-1
Does anyone else think that this whole vaccine thing is nothing but a bunch of crap, and that like the influenza vaccine, it will do nothing but prevent?
Is it just me, or does someone else also think that the media talks about the vaccine as a cure for something that has no cure; an injection to “treat” a virus that will not kill it, nor stop it’s infection, but will only aid people with an antibody to prevent it? ... anyway while it’s mutating, unstoppable, and deadly, with hosts getting more and more difficult to be targeted (in scientific terms), “RUSSIA IS READY TO PHASE 3 THE COVID VACCINE”.
- depends what the consensus of the medical professional world is when it arrives. not going to sit back on my keyboard coming up with dum theories.inteliboy
- Herd immunity depends on a systematic/robust vaccination program. the first bivalent flu vaccine was introduced in 1942 and depending on flu strainsjonny_quest_lives
- we scan either have a horrible or benign flu season. so yeah in about 60 years we will have a decent handle on thisjonny_quest_lives
- By definition a vaccine isn’t a cure; a preventative. As others have stated - the more who get vaccines, the fewer carriers of said disease, and reduced spread.bulletfactory
- Of course it would prevent. That’s the point.monospaced
- over 75% of COVID deaths are over 65s. over 65s make up 9%. a large proportion of the rest are at-risk 40+...kingsteven
- so if you can prevent 99% of COVID deaths by vaccinating 15% of people that makes it far less deadly than the flu = never hear of it again territory.kingsteven
- Don't you guys read what we post here? The first vaccines will have about a 40% rate of efficacy, this Fall-Winter. The next ones 50-60% or more next year.grafician
- And again, this virus is not the fucking flu, it can be targeted easily with vaccines, they just need to test the vaccines first before inoculation.grafician
- yes graf, but in the eventuality that its a seasonal illness, the effective methods (in efficacy and rapid deployment for new strains) will become apparent.kingsteven
- the idea of mass vaccination with a new vaccine in order to eliminate the virus would seem to be far fetched and just scary...kingsteven
- Yes kingsteven, all signs point to this virus being seasonal from now on, not to mention others in the future, as we degrade the environment...grafician
- If a large part of the virus remains the same while other bits mutate, if the vaccine targets the stable part and doesn’t kill human, then vaccine could work.shapesalad
- But that’s a lot of research and testing. And without a long term test, we won’t know the long term side effects.shapesalad
- But clearly whichever country develops a vaccine first, holds all the cards at the table. Sanctions removed. Trade tariffs removed. Etc etc.shapesalad
- Not really shape, there are good candidates in all parts of the world. Plus would you trust a Chinese or Russian vaccine vs. an US/UK/Europe one?grafician
- also as I've read about vaccines, everybody is collaborating, the science is already figured out, it's just a matter of testing, delivery and mass production.grafician
- I would not take a rushed vaccine, would you? So realistically we should wait for 1-2 more years for the 2nd or 3rd generation ones.grafician
- utopian3
- This is what happens when you work for someone that calls your wife ugly and your father Lee Harvey Oswald's accomplice.BusterBoy
- i think he's gained weightsarahfailin
- yuekit1
California reverses reopening
- utopian1
Japan is 'shocked' and furious at the US after a major coronavirus outbreak at 2 Marine bases in Okinawa — and says the US is not taking the virus seriously.
- USA USA USAautoflavour
- Trump Virus.BusterBoy
- they're not wrongaliastime
- utopian1
The Trump Administration Covidiots can't even manage to align their collective fairy tales.
- utopian3
Nearly 1,000 U.S. immigration detention center employees test positive for coronavirus
https://news.yahoo.com/nearly-1-…
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- Bluejam11
- HehehehNBQ00
- Tough choices are tough!Akagiyama
- hahahaMondoMorphic
- Hahaha!PonyBoy
- Wow.garbage
- I once ate at Hooters and the food was so disgusting, I will never go again. The girls were not even good looking btw.SimonFFM
- your experience sounds pretty much average for that joint, simon... their food is garbage... everything about the place is gross...PonyBoy
- ... and of course there are copycats (never been here but they're all over the place here in AZ):
https://twinpeaksres…PonyBoy
- autoflavour7
A friend of a friend of mine got covid, 12 weeks later she is still fucked.. she wrote this essay about it.
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- Ramanisky29
- Simply madness. Thinking if we go on with our lives it will go away. Loco times...grafician
- Are you implying that 67,000 of children doctors don't know what they are talking about?
https://services.aap…pr2 - https://services.aap…pr2
- ah fuck, just look up "aap on school reopening"pr2
- https://arstechnica.…PhanLo
- ^ The administration mischaracterized what they said previously.wordssssss
- Phan, read the AAP pres release they still want the school to open in Sep insisting it should be priority.pr2
- I reckon schools where I live will be open in August. But we don't have skyrocketing cases.PhanLo
- Just let all the little rug rats contract the Covid disease. This will help build character...this is what will Make America Great Again!utopian
- Utopian, time to read some science papers. Kids don't contract the virus in the same numbers as adults and don't transmit it as easily either.pr2
- here is a great summary of state of the research about kids and covid:
https://dontforgetth…pr2 - ture, we also made tests - it showed kids are not more or maybe less contagious than adults. kids aside, the chart could also work with Disney Land reopening.api
- Think of the adults that are needed to open the schools... and all the activities around it... I think its more people tired to take care of kidsSalarrue
- While it's less lethal in kids, they still get it. Then their families get it. Then teachers get sick. Then substitute teachers that make their living by..garbage
- ..filling in at several schools become carriers. It's a stupid idea from a completely clueless administration that has been getting it wrong since 2019.garbage
- Internet Scientist Activated™Hayoth
- ^Fucking idiot activated. I have several friends that work in medicine, and they were worried about this getting out of control in January.garbage
- Hospital-wide "oh shit we've already got our first case in the system" emails. I've also worked in medical publishing for almost a decade.garbage
- If you want to be all "durr hurr science is tough", go for it. I've been self-quarantined for 6 months, and at this point I'm ok with idiots dropping like fliesgarbage
- garbage, you gotta read up more. Nothing you said about "kids families get it, teachers get it etc." is true. Kids are super NOT spreaders.pr2
- Um, I'm read up bruv. You're absolutely wrong.garbage
- "If children meet in groups, it can put everyone at risk. Children can pass this virus onto others who have an increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19."garbage
- That's straight from the CDC, and keep in mind that's a CDC that's being hamstrung by this current administration.garbage
- The same CDC that was forced to stop testing in Seattle after we reported the first case and first novel infection.garbage
- https://www.nytimes.…garbage
