I’m shocked Romney is advocating for it, regardless of his status with the GOP. (Not trying to be political in this thread, just thought it was an interesting economic proposal)
We just heard from a friend who’s son is in self-quarantine as he works with someone who has confirmed COVID-19. I blame the press and people not following models from the Federal Reserve.
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I heard a comment from the dick in Tennessee whose whole apology was sometimes you win in business sometimes you lose. I lost here. So I’m going g to donate it to charity.
I wish he could be fined for his despicable profiteering during a worldwide crisis.
Donated it after the Tennessee AG said they were going to investigate him for price gouging
Profiteering is the American way, just like cutting every corner.
Dude needs to be castrated with bricks.
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Dine-in options prohibited in SLCO
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If you dont feel comfortable doing it, I’d tell them. Maybe its overkill, but limiting contact with anyone you dont need to over the next little while is the best way to avoid it.
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A question has been gnawing at me is a longer view of corona virus. We know its a bit like flu in how it is transmitted and in symptoms. Right now with no vaccine, its running rampant. It is more contagious that the flu. And it is more deadly, at least in these early stages.
What’s next?
I read somewhere that this corona virus has mutated once. That short clip I read indicated that the mutated virus was not as deadly (while I have no idea how you would know). Not sure if that is true. We know that CDC or others prepare a cocktail in advance and hope that they have made a vaccine broad enough to cover inevitable mutations. Some years that does not work so well, as witnessed in a recent year. Even with population infection rates on order of 8 to 13% (as I have read), it is one of most deadly seasonal diseases. WebMD: What Are Your Odds of Getting the Flu? Further, enough vaccine is made each season to inoculate about 50% of the US population.
So what’s in store for corona virus?
The estimated total US population 30% to 70% infection rates are based on two facts. The first is that CorVid19 has a higher transmission rate or reproduction number than the flu (see the McKinsey chart above in an earlier post). The second is that no one can at present be vaccinated against it. Even if the eventual mortality rate approaches that of flu, right now, particularly for folks over 60, CorVid19 is at least twice as deadly, if not 4 times more lethal.
My inquiry really boils down to this. Will CorVid19 be eradicated so that in the future its no longer an issue? Or, will CorVid19 mutate and be with us year after year, literally requiring a vaccine to keep at least older folks protected?
Has anyone seen information on this?
Here is an interesting article on the virus: DNA sleuths read the coronavirus genome, tracing its origins and looking for dangerous mutations. By Sharon Begley @sxbegle January 24, 2020.
This article deals with how long it has been around, speculation on the original host for it, how it might mutate, how a vaccine might be used.
Given what’s known about the pace at which viral genomes mutate, if nCoV had been circulating in humans since significantly before the first case was reported on Dec. 8, the 24 genomes would differ more. Applying ballpark rates of viral evolution, Rambaut estimates that the Adam (or Eve) virus from which all others are descended first appeared no earlier than Oct. 30, 2019, and no later than Nov. 29.
Pfft, what do geneticist know about genes.
I’ve watched the first couple of episodes of the doc “Pandemic” on Netflix over the past 2 days. They spotlight a company called Distributed Bio that is working on a universal flu vaccine.
$100 on the under 50% get Covid19. Still no reply, but you’re more than willing to take cheap shots from behind keyboard. You’re such a big boy and I’ve got you figured out. Makes sense you fully buy into the hysteria, but don’t have the guts to wager on it.
Well according to some guys dental hygienist wife, her bunko club all had it in December so I’m sure its way over 50% already. Just a mild seasonal flu.
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My friend works in customer service over the phone in the SL valley. The company got hundreds of laptops set up over the weekend so they could work remote. Today massive technical issues, as many would expect. Everyone called back to the office tomorrow and social distancing is out. Never underestimate the power of the $$$ to many in the world.
Also take a look at Disney world last night and Clearwater beach today. Contrast that with San Francisco and area mandatory lockdown. Very divergent paths.
I mean… it is Florida. They won’t believe it until half their population is wiped out by it even though they’re probably more vulnerable than most since they have a large elderly population. Look no further than Matt Gaetz wearing a gask mask on the floor of congress and mocking it… then he contracted it and it was no longer funny.
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”FWIW, my stepson is an ER doc at the VA and he said some predictions could have half the country getting COVID in some form before they can reign it in.”
There’s the exact quote you keep lying about. I laughed when you told people to look at it, because you prove you’re lying by doing so. There’s nothing to bet on. The statement is true. It doesn’t say half the country WILL get it. But we do know that’s something you either won’t get or admit.
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I’m starting to wonder if the death rate for COVID-19 is about 1%. The two best data sets seem to me to be South Korea and the Diamond Princess Cruise.
South Korea appears to be the country with the most extensive testing (save, perhaps for China, but I’m skeptical of their data). South Korea has had 8,236 cases reported, with 75 total deaths. That’s a little less than 1%. Of course, there could be more deaths going forward, but there also may be more undetected cases.
The Diamond Princess case is interesting. You have to imagine that they tested everyone on that ship, so they captured both the serious cases and the asymptotic cases. The total case count was 696, and there were 7 deaths (so far). A lot of crew members were afflicted, along with quite a few passengers, so you most likely had a pretty good spread of age groups, and they were probably from a diverse set of countries. All of the 7 who died were in there 70s or 80s. There are still cases that haven’t been closed yet from the ship, but if the current stats hold true, it’s 1%.
What this says to me is that there are tons more undetected cases in the other more developed countries (including the U.S.), probably all mild to asymptotic. What do you guys think about this?
Terrific article.
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