Coronavirus (NO POLITICAL OR SOCIAL COMMENTARY PLEASE)

[ronboster]

Originally Posted by Richard Graham

There has been over 100 cases in my county. Over 1,000 in the surrounding area. No one has died. No one really got sick. They test positive. They quarantine for a few weeks. They go back to their lives. I don't get it. The overwhelmed hospitals, the respirators. And yes, people I work with, and know personally have contacted it, and the only thing they delt with was boredom of not leaving their home.

It doesn't add up.

Let me start by saying, I grew up in a town of 467 ppl in the farm belt...so my background comes from a rural community. I'm not looking down on small towns, but Kirksville, Mo isn't representative of the cities that have the highest rates of cases:like LA, Pheonix, Houston, Chicago etc etc

Your situation is anecdotal. Fortunately you aren't experiencing a high level of cases, since (I imagine) hospitals could be overwhelmed if it was worse. Just looking online, you have 6 hospitals within 40 miles and another 3 (nearby) in Iowa.

Lastly, to "meh" the seriousness of those cities that are experiencing the crisis just because your area isn't seems a little insensitive to their plight. You should be thankful instead.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

I wonder how many people are using beards as an excuse not to wear a mask.

Some of my co-workers re-use disposable masks over and over. Isn't that, like, not a good idea?

I believe disposable masks are meant for 6 hour use.

On a related note

Behind Arizona, the highest number of anti-mask tweets came from Nevada and Florida, respectively.

Tweets in favor of wearing masks, however, far outweighed the anti-mask sentiment in each state, the study said.

In Arizona, Gov. Doug Ducey gave cities the authority to require face coverings rather than including it in either of his two statewide executive orders, according to USA Today.

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak issued a mandatory face covering policy for all Nevadans last month after the state saw a four-week climb in coronavirus cases.

In Florida, the data lends itself to what many believe has been a problematic response to the coronavirus by the state’s leadership.

Stay-at-home orders in the Sunshine State lagged behind other states by about a month. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has not issued a statewide mask mandate but said he wouldn’t stop local mask mandates.

Florida surpassed more than 300,000 cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. Hillsborough County has the 24th-highest number of confirmed cases in the entire country, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.

Arizona, Florida, California and Texas have all been identified as U.S. coronavirus hotspots.

Source - KRQE.com

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

I am going to very ignorantly guess somewhere between 5-20% of vaccines that make it through phase 3 actually become approved to be used on humans.

Historically, I think it’s about 30%, but who knows how predictable that figure is when you’re dealing with a new type of vaccine (mRNA) - https://horizon-magazine.eu/article/...-vaccines.html
like Moderna’s (Phase 3 trials to begin July 27).

Could be higher….or lower with mRNAs.

[Penton-Man]

speaking of vaccine R&D -
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53429506

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by yarulbcool

Oh! Well the article I linked answers that question as well!

Did it say ~ 30%?
I only red the first couple paragraphs as it’s a well written, but long article.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by yarulbcool

comparing it to the influenza virus

There may be one future similarity between the two in terms of response to therapeutics –
https://biopharmadealmakers.nature.c...her-infections

see - https://news.keckmedicine.org/keck-m...-for-covid-19/

P.S.
As an aside, little known fact, her - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...t#post17846318

brother is a med student at Keck - https://www.researchgate.net/scienti...hael_F_Barbaro and appears to be following in his father's footsteps in terms of area of interest

[MrHT]

I was watching the news last night and they literally said that we can get this virus under control within two months if EVERYONE wore masks. So there's the solution.... wear a mask, please. Thank you.

[Pondosinatra]

Another argument for masks...

https://globalnews.ca/news/7179530/h...ys82Z_PtM0GDIs

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by MrHT

I was watching the news last night and they literally said that we can get this virus under control within two months if EVERYONE wore masks. So there's the solution.... wear a mask, please. Thank you.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by yarulbcool

Based on data from 2006-2015, 36% of drugs that enter phase 1 fail. Of the remaining 64% that go into phase 2, 69% fail. 42% of those that ultimately make it to phase 3 fail. 85% of the small remaining few are approved.

nice easy-to-read layperson’s article on vaccines (with the caveat that timeframes have obviously been expedited given the current pandemic) including somewhere further down the page enumerating the Phase 3 success % - https://www.goodrx.com/blog/coronavi...-live-updates/

As an aside, something practical which some folks may not know and probably at first sounds counter intuitive, but it’s not. Sometimes a free GoodRx coupon (available on online) will actually offer a cheaper price on your medication than having the pharmacy run your cost thru your insurance company! So, best to always check that out as an alternative to save money.

[Batman1980]

Numbers here actually looked like they might be getting better but yesterday and today saw a spike, probably the July 4th party numbers rolling in.

[The Great Owl]

Parents keep saying, “My kid is going to be so far behind!”

I'll just be happy if your kid lives to adulthood.

[The Great Owl]

Oh, and I submitted the questionnaire last week to volunteer for vaccine trials.

I'm 48 years old, I've never been married, and I have no children. I'd rather put my tail on the line for people than let somebody's mother or father do so.

I doubt that I'll be selected, because they are looking for people in high-risk circumstances (school teachers, nurses, grocery store workers, etc.), so that they can better verify if the vaccine is effective. For folks like me, who exercise social distancing and who can usually work from home, it'll be tough to tell if our lack of infection is due to the vaccine or due to our isolated lifestyles.

Still, it's worth a shot.

[Batman1980]

71,000 new cases and 67,000 a couple days ago. Not surprised, I expect a massive spike for awhile as the numbers from all those 4th of July parties people had start to pour in.

[Pondosinatra]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

71,000 new cases and 67,000 a couple days ago. Not surprised, I expect a massive spike for awhile as the numbers from all those 4th of July parties people had start to pour in.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

71,000 new cases and 67,000 a couple days ago....

It’s been a difficult day with record high daily deaths today in Florida and Texas, Arizona hospitals facing staffing shortages and continuing record hospitalizations in 12 states and deaths rising in 27 states –



I think this pandemic has given us all a new sense of appreciation for life and gratitude for what we have.

[The Great Owl]

During social media discussions regarding COVID-19, occasional people have asked me if I “blindly accept” the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control.

Frankly, yes, I do.

The Centers for Disease Control is a leading authority on infectious diseases. Nothing that I find during a five-minute Google search or on a Facebook meme will hold up to their decades of expertise.

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

It’s been a difficult day with record high daily deaths today in Florida and Texas, Arizona hospitals facing staffing shortages and continuing record hospitalizations in 12 states and deaths rising in 27 states

Dear Lord, are THAT many people not wearing masks?

I hope people realize that the highest daily infections we had here in NY was around 11K in April. Florida has surpassed that. Will these people wake up and reform their behavior!!

[ArrestedDevelopment]

Originally Posted by MrHT

Dear Lord, are THAT many people not wearing masks?

I hope people realize that the highest daily infections we had here in NY was around 11K in April. Florida has surpassed that. Will these people wake up and reform their behavior!!

Clearly wearing a mask oppresses their freedom and rights.

[JayTL]

Originally Posted by MrHT

Dear Lord, are THAT many people not wearing masks?

I hope people realize that the highest daily infections we had here in NY was around 11K in April. Florida has surpassed that. Will these people wake up and reform their behavior!!

They have leadership telling them that their behavior is okay.