Non-Political Coronavirus Thread

[deaconson]

Non-politically.

of course. Nothing screams non politically like long term health effects in children so idiot egos remain intact.

 

[WhatUTalkinBout Willis]

Can one of you immunology wizards tell us why a 50% vaccine effectiveness in preventing or reducing the effects of COVID is a high enough bar?

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pre...itate-timely-development-safe-effective-covid

 

[BeachBumDeac]

If it had no to very minimal side effects, reducing the number of hospitalizations/complications by 50% would be a pretty big deal.

 

[mako1331]

Day 1 back to work. Walked in, neither receptionist nor testing coordinator wearing mask behind the front desk. Gonna be a fun school year.

 

[WFcatamount22]

Day 1 back to work. Walked in, neither receptionist nor testing coordinator wearing mask behind the front desk. Gonna be a fun school year.

RIP Mako, thanks for putting yourself on the line man. Jeez.

 

[Wakeforest22890]

On the bright side you'll be back home again in 10-14 days.

 

[birdman]

Covid leads to neurological problems in children

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/heal...link-between-virus-neurological-side-n1235501

So they’re not “basically immune?” Why can’t scientists get it straight!!?!?1?

 

[JuiceCrewAllStar]

man, probably related to getting strong too often and not COVID but I've been dropping words from sentences when I type all the freaking time the last couple weeks

 

[ImTheCaptain]

man, probably related to getting strong too often and not COVID but I've been dropping words from sentences when I type all the freaking time the last couple weeks

never go full RJ

 

[awaken]

Supposedly, children, while not getting sick, have the virus and spread it more readily (JAMA)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/willia...19-more-efficiently-than-adults/#7e7a52aa19fd

According to the results, children 5 years and younger who develop mild to moderate Covid-19 symptoms have 10 to 100 times as much SARS-CoV-2 in the nasopharynx as older children and adults.

The study also shows that children from the ages of 5 to 17, also with mild to moderate Covid-19 symptoms, have the same amount of virus in the nasopharynx as adults age 18 and above.

 

[WFcatamount22]

man, probably related to getting strong too often and not COVID but I've been dropping words from sentences when I type all the freaking time the last couple weeks

Late nights and early mornings plus chemical enhancements will do that to a man.

 

[WhatUTalkinBout Willis]

If it had no to very minimal side effects, reducing the number of hospitalizations/complications by 50% would be a pretty big deal.

For sure. It would be very helpful here, and presumably help stem how much it can spread? But it's far from assumed "immunity" the way a measles vaccine is. More like the seasonal flu vaccine. My larger question is whether this gets us back to "normal" and my immediate assumption is this type of vaccine would help, but we'd be nowhere back to the old normal after. If it's up around 70+ % or gets better through time, I could see it.

 

[BarcaDeac]

man, probably related to getting strong too often and not COVID but I've been dropping words from sentences when I type all the freaking time the last couple weeks

man I had to write something out with a pen this morning for maybe the first time in a few months and it was appalling how bad my handwriting has gotten (was always bad)

 

[Donkey Deac Doug]

Supposedly, children, while not getting sick, have the virus and spread it more readily (JAMA)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/willia...19-more-efficiently-than-adults/#7e7a52aa19fd

Turns out, when you literally lick the face/arms/hands of other people, you tend to spread disease. #science

 

[mako1331]

Turns out, when you literally lick the face/arms/hands of other people, you tend to spread disease. #science

The 2yo literally stuck her tongue up the 5yo's nostril in the bath last night, and the 5yo thought it was the funniest thing in recorded history.

Kids'll be fine once we throw them back into classrooms.

 

[WFFaithful]

Almost 100 infected after man attends church service

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/08/05/...errer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s

 

[Donkey Deac Doug]

Almost 100 infected after man attends church service

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/08/05/...referrer=https://www.google.com&_tf=From %1$s

I wonder if there's a person with a "high score" of most distributed primary infections. Think it's in the hundreds or thousands? Obviously, you wouldn't count people that you infected that infected others; just as the primary source of the disease.

 

[awaken]

Harvard doctor wants cheaper, perhaps less accurate tests instead of the current slower, more accurate tests
https://www.yahoo.com/news/most-of-...ually-work-and-stop-the-spread-154815346.html

What do they board scientists think?

 

[birdman]

Supposedly, children, while not getting sick, have the virus and spread it more readily (JAMA)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/willia...19-more-efficiently-than-adults/#7e7a52aa19fd

So they’re not “basically immune?” Why can’t scientists get it straight!!?!?1?

 

[birdman]

Harvard doctor wants cheaper, perhaps less accurate tests instead of the current slower, more accurate tests
https://www.yahoo.com/news/most-of-...ually-work-and-stop-the-spread-154815346.html

What do they board scientists think?

Inaccuracy in the testing could be ok if it tended to err of the side of positivity. A really high false negative rate could be worse than no testing at all.