Coronavirus (NO POLITICAL OR SOCIAL COMMENTARY PLEASE)

[Chaotic]

Yeah let’s stay at home until there are no more viruses

[Hatter]

Originally Posted by MrHT

This year, people should focus on one thing... staying home and surviving!

For the love of anything can people stop acting like all cases equates with certain death. Honestly. It is entirely possible to go out this summer and stay virus free following some public places guidelines. Same with opening existing businesses. You know and In turn help save the economy. Governments can’t keep borrowing money forever to give out to citizens and businesses to stay locked up.

Last time I checked, that whole mental health is equally important and is a big issue in the world doesn’t magically disappear because something new comes along.

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by Chaotic

Yeah let’s stay at home until there are no more viruses

Think about it. If last weekend, you had a family crisis and your mother was hospitalized in critical condition, are you going to be like, "I shouldn't have to go to the hospital and visit my mom. I should go out to Central Park on this nice, sunny day and live my life"?

Same goes for the current situation we're in right now. We're in a global crisis and it's time to put our self pleasure to the side and start thinking of other people. A crisis is no time to be selfish.

[MifuneFan]

SARS antibodies can block COVID-19 infection: study

PARIS, FRANCE -- An antibody from a patient who recovered from SARS has been shown to block COVID-19 infection in a laboratory setting, researchers said Monday in another potential breakthrough in the search for coronavirus treatment.

Scientists based in Switzerland and the United States previously isolated the antibodies from the patient in 2003, following the SARS outbreak that killed 774 people.

They experimented with 25 different types of antibodies -- which target specific protein spikes on viruses -- to see if they could prevent cells becoming infected with COVID-19.

Both SARS and the pathogen which causes COVID-19 are coronaviruses, thought to have come from animals, and so their structures are similar.

The researchers identified eight antibodies that could bind to both COVID-19 and the infected cells.

One candidate, known as S309, was shown to have "particularly strong neutralising activity" against COVID-19.

By combining S309 with other less potent antibodies they were able to target different sites on the virus' protein spike, thus reducing its potential to mutate.

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen hundreds of trials for effective treatment launched, including some involving the use of antibodies from recovered patients.

While there were no experiments on humans in the study, published in the journal Nature, its authors said their findings represent "proof-of-concept" that antibodies from SARS can prevent severe COVID-19 infection and spread.

"These results pave the way for using S309- and S309-containing antibody cocktails for prophylaxis in individuals at high risk of exposure or as a post-exposure therapy to limit or treat severe disease," they wrote.

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by Hatter

For the love of anything can people stop acting like all cases equates with certain death. Honestly. It is entirely possible to go out this summer and stay virus free following some public places guidelines. Same with opening existing businesses. You know and In turn help save the economy. Governments can’t keep borrowing money forever to give out to citizens and businesses to stay locked up.

Last time I checked, that whole mental health is equally important and is a big issue in the world doesn’t magically disappear because something new comes along.

Yes, YOU may not die, but if you do get it, think of how many people you could possibly infect and kill as you roam around during the two week incubation period. You could be responsible for killing one of your family members, especially your elderly relatives. Do you really want to do that?

[Chaotic]

So we should stay at home for the rest our lives? The virus isn't going anywhere.

[jess1581]

"Insisting on your rights, without acknowledging your responsibilities is not freedom, it's adolescence."

[bruceames]

Also people seem to equate outdoor risk as the same as indoors, but it's actually much, much safer. Open air rapidly dilutes virus particles and the wind provides plenty of circulation. It's actually hard to get it outside unless you engage in prolonged face-to-face close contact with someone (over 15 minutes), or someone coughs or sneezes directly into your face. Also viruses don't live well on outside surfaces, especially those exposed to sunlight. This is a virus well over 99% contracted from indoor locations.

[Dining Dead]

Originally Posted by MrHT

Yes, YOU may not die, but if you do get it, think of how many people you could possibly infect and kill as you roam around during the two week incubation period. You could be responsible for killing one of your family members, especially your elderly relatives. Do you really want to do that?

I think I would have more respect for people if they actually admitted "I am willing to risk killing others for my own selfish pleasure."

[Chaotic]

Going to a park where there’s not many people around isn’t going to harm anyone. I’ve gone on walks Around the park and there’s only been a few people around

[Dining Dead]

I believe most states have always been okay with people going outside for walks. People living in less congested parts of the country have that privilege. However, one can see how this could go terribly wrong if thousands of people started going for walks around Manhattan each day.

[Gold Ranger]

China, Georgia and most recently Texas has shown that everyone is opening up too soon. Cases are jumping.
I'm not one for the Government telling us how to live, but come on, stay home, stay safe, don't infect others.
You can't tell if you are asymptomatic.

WV just said that they are going to start opening up. I think it is a bad call at this time.

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by Dining Dead

I think I would have more respect for people if they actually admitted "I am willing to risk killing others for my own selfish pleasure."

Is it selfish to do what the local government restrictions allows us to do? Are we to follow their guidelines or the wishes of the most fearful?

[Moviefan1203]

It’s really not going to end until there is a vaccine. Things will loosen up for some time, but once late Fall and Winter get here the threat of another outbreak will likely cause restrictions again. (Assuming there isn’t a vaccine readily available by then)

[DanTheMan]

Originally Posted by Dining Dead

I think I would have more respect for people if they actually admitted "I am willing to risk killing others for my own selfish pleasure."

I was at work (retail) the other day, and this guy came speeding in without a mask. Our security informed him he couldn't enter any further unless he had a mask on. The customer lifted the top of his shirt a little bit and covered his mouth and nose, while holding it with his hand like an idiot. Security said it's not a mask, he would need to leave the building until he has a proper one (even a scarf) on. Dude kept walking inside like a tough guy, yelling "It's the same damn thing."

Security must've let him shop like that anyway as to not create a bigger scene, but I noticed by the time the customer got back to self-checkout, he was totally uncovered while paying. Then he checks his bag afterwards right in front of the shopping carts at the entrance where everyone is walking in/out. I couldn't believe the gall of some of these people out there.

[bruceames]

Should be a policy that, if you do get in without a mask, then they won't check you out at the register. And if they get pissy and do something stupid like cough on purpose or spread their germs, then it would be charged as a felony. After all, they're unmasked and on camera, so they won't be hard to find.

[DanTheMan]

Originally Posted by bruceames

Should be a policy that, if you do get in without a mask, then they won't check you out at the register.

In a perfect world, yeah. Unfortunately, some folks would react quite aggressively if they were singled out like that. On occasion since this pandemic started, we would have local police parked outside our doors for situations like that where people walk in sans masks, but lately, they've not been showing up as often.

[Dining Dead]

Someone who refuses to wear a mask even around his 90 year old father with a heart condition looked at me like I'm insane for wearing a mask in the grocery store. I am healthy and young. However, I have no interest in getting anyone else sick. He asked, "Well, when will you ever stop wearing a mask?" A fair question, and I assured him that I would be more than happy to wear a mask for every store trip for the next 80 years if it meant it might save someone from this virus. Again, it's quite literally the least I can do.

[Lee A Stewart]

Originally Posted by bruceames

Should be a policy that, if you do get in without a mask, then they won't check you out at the register. And if they get pissy and do something stupid like cough on purpose or spread their germs, then it would be charged as a felony. After all, they're unmasked and on camera, so they won't be hard to find.

Went to buy cigarettes today. Sign on the door: "No mask, no service."

[Monterey Jack]

If I'm forced to wear a mask for six hours a day at work, customers should be able to wear one for twenty goddamn minutes while shopping. And make your damn kids wear one too, and not pulled down over their chin like a beard, either.