
The 200,000 coronavirus deaths are an American tragedy of our own making | Andrew Gawthorpe
Coronavirus inflicts American deaths equivalent to a 9/11 every few days, but Trump and his allies seem blithely unconcerned
I don't know the cliché, but it is wrongYou know the old math cliché "50% of the people are below average"? C19 has shown that be be real, not just a joke.
The cliché doesn't refer to median!I don't know the cliché, but it is wrong
50% of people <minus 1 person> would be below the median.
RP is an example of idiot who sees a snow storm and says "see, there is no global warming/climate change". To be clear, he is disingenuously cherry picking facts (partial facts), to make a political point, and likely understands it more than he leads on.Fauci testimony from today. It is interesting that Rand's POV about NYC is practically indistinguishable from what Chris has been posting here. Rand's claims about cross reactive T cells from cold coronavirus virus being what helped Asian countries weather COVID-19 effectively is probably not correct. But his views will be amplified. This is how science can be used by bad faith purveyors to obfuscate discourse.
View: https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1308793235805007874
Agree 100%.RP is an example of idiot who sees a snow storm and says "see, there is no global warming/climate change". To be clear, he is disingenuously cherry picking facts (partial facts), to make a political point, and likely understands it more than he leads on.
Just in time for football season, winter weather and everyone hanging out at bars. Their case trend is down so there is some justification to loosen things up. It's going to be up to the people. Lets check back in 4 weeks.Agree 100%.
Indiana is going to move to 100% open with a mask mandate. That means sporting events and everything else. No limits on indoor dining or bars. That should be interesting.
Great article. The point at the end about convalescent plasma is a key one too.Interesting finding on genetic disorders, interferon response and antibodies to interferon
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Genetic or immune defects may impair ability to fight Covid-19
Exclusive: significant proportion of severely ill people have inborn errors, study findswww.theguardian.com
Magnús Gottfređsson, an infectious diseases doctor at the University of Iceland, said the findings should sound a note of caution to those conducting clinical trials of convalescent plasma because if the donated plasma contains auto-antibodies to interferon it could potentially do more harm than good.
Looks like Midwest and traditional hotspots, Texas, Florida, Cal are heating up again. You are on target again.This is something I have been watching. If this trend continues, we are looking at the onset of a third wave. And I think it will be centered in the Midwest. It already is starting resemble the sunbelt wave. Early infections seem to cluster in the younger populations, but elevated prevalence led to community spread into the more vulnerable people. And it is worth remembering that the next 10-14 days are already baked in. So what may look like a small increase may already be difficult to mitigate in a timely fashion.
View: https://twitter.com/thehowie/status/1308918953947869184
We've rounded the corner, and we are heading up again...Looks like Midwest and traditional hotspots, Texas, Florida, Cal are heating up again. You are on target again.
Or, as the WH Big Talker says: "We've rounded the corner."
A CNN interview with the Mayor of Miami was showing the fracture between local efforts and the State/National political scene. Seems the Fla Governor met with Trump several days ago and announced elimination of all restrictions on restaurants, bars, etc. Further: fines or enforcement of mask wearing would be eliminated and overrule all local programs. Seems like this GOP Governor doesn't care how hot H*ll will be for him.We've rounded the corner, and we are heading up again...
I probably can't get a flu shot where I'm at now, but it doesn't worry me much, because whatever I'm doing to avoid C19 will obviously work just as well with flu. I suppose you can argue that the odds of getting one or the other are higher than just getting one, but unless you're engaging in fairly risky behavior, I'd think the odds of getting either one would be pretty low.Hey dj and anyone else with knowledge:
Health officials are encouraging people to get flu shots this year, but what if you get a flu shot that isn't the correct strain for the one you get? That's the big question every year, but this year its has higher (or at least different) importance. I'm not being anit-vax here, but they are requesting that people gamble a crap shoot in the middle of a crap shoot (the worst crap shoot in my life).
Thoughts?
The gamble is why take something that is potentially dangerous for no gain.If they don't get the vaccine right, then you can still get the flu. That's all. I don't see what the gamble is?
I don't know whether the low prevalence of flu in the southern hemisphere will make predicting the strains this winter more or less accurate. If there is a gamble, it is from the public health officials' perspective.If they don't get the vaccine right, then you can still get the flu. That's all. I don't see what the gamble is?
The vaccine has either 3 or 4 strains in it depending on which one you get*. You hear about mismatches, but usually it is only in one of them. And a mismatch is really just slight, but crucial differences in sequence. That would mean that you would not have complete immunity. But partial immunity is probably better than nothing. There are going to be H1N1 flu virus circulating this winter, I think it is more a gamble to avoid the vaccine.Hey dj and anyone else with knowledge:
Health officials are encouraging people to get flu shots this year, but what if you get a flu shot that isn't the correct strain for the one you get? That's the big question every year, but this year its has higher (or at least different) importance. I'm not being anit-vax here, but they are requesting that people gamble a crap shoot in the middle of a crap shoot (the worst crap shoot in my life).
Thoughts?