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Corona Virus Daily Thread #47 COVID-19 4/21/2020
many | 4/21/2020 | many

Posted on 04/21/2020 4:53:48 AM PDT by RaceBannon

new thread, starting 4/21/2020


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: 47thread; coronavirus; covid19; pandemic
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“The Real Reason to Wear a Mask - Much of the confusion around masks stems from the conflation of two very different uses.”

- see https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/dont-wear-mask-yourself/610336/


601 posted on 04/23/2020 5:25:22 PM PDT by Fury
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To: BobL

Maybe.


602 posted on 04/23/2020 5:31:18 PM PDT by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: LilFarmer

I’m tellin’ ya, the reason these meat processing plants are all getting infected is PETA deliberately infecting workers. Viral terrorism by the animal rights mafia.


603 posted on 04/23/2020 5:37:27 PM PDT by calenel (Don't panic. Prepare and be vigilant. Join the war effort. On the human side.)
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To: PA Engineer

Is this reasonable?
https://www.wlky.com/article/uofl-believes-its-made-breakthrough-in-covid-19-treatment-works-to-fast-track-approval/32240538

“Researchers said early tests show this aptamer may stop viruses, including novel coronavirus, from “hijacking” nucleolin to replicate inside the body...”

It’s been tested some in cancer.

Sounds like it would be a protection from ALL viruses.
That would be a great result from this plague.


604 posted on 04/23/2020 5:39:19 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: calenel

A cold environment, with lots of infectible meat, blood.
And close personal contact.
Virus says: “Yummy!”.


605 posted on 04/23/2020 5:41:57 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: calenel; LilFarmer

the reason these meat processing plants are all getting infected is PETA deliberately infecting workers.

= = =

I haven’t heard about that....(If you have a link, please post)...but, I don’t doubt, for a second, that between the unions, the ChiComs and other nefarious deeds, that this isn’t happening on purpose.


606 posted on 04/23/2020 5:43:04 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Jane Long

“If you have a link, please post”

I intended it as some tinfoil levity. Sorry if it came across too straight. Too possible, if PETA had the brains for it, I guess.

OTOH, there is a surprisingly high degree of infection hitting meat packing plants where people routinely wear some level of PPE and as far as I know viruses don’t infect dead meat so the animals being an in-house vector seems unlikely. Likewise, viruses may survive in a frozen state but they definitely don’t propagate in one. I don’t know. Something not right about the situation.


607 posted on 04/23/2020 5:56:00 PM PDT by calenel (Don't panic. Prepare and be vigilant. Join the war effort. On the human side.)
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To: Black Agnes

now this is just bad marketing

besides eating potatoes, it’s a prime ingredient for vodkas. Can’t tell me a refinery wasn’t interested. Here or in Russia. Especially with hand sanitizer byproduct being in high demand for at least a year. And what about the prisons and soup kitchens? Don’t they serve potatoes?


608 posted on 04/23/2020 5:57:56 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is youhttpr moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017))
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To: calenel

Well, I appreciated your levity.
Sorry if it didn’t sound like that.


609 posted on 04/23/2020 6:02:04 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: calenel

Agree....something is NOT right, about this meat packing plants shut downs.

You know who I suspect :-)


610 posted on 04/23/2020 6:02:50 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: blueplum

Coronavirus traces found in Massachusetts wastewater at levels far higher than expected

By Jackie Salo

April 9, 2020 | 4:47pm | Updated
Coronavirus traces found in Massachusetts wastewater at levels far higher than expected

Coronavirus was detected in Massachusetts sewage at higher levels than expected, suggesting there are many more undiagnosed patients than previously known, according to a new study.

https://nypost.com/2020/04/09/coronavirus-traces-found-in-massachusetts-wastewater/


611 posted on 04/23/2020 6:11:10 PM PDT by LilFarmer
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To: mrsmith
I don't know. I was just reading this review out of Russia on aptamers. Interesting.

Aptamers: Problems, Solutions and Prospects

Journalists just don't seem to reference any details in these announcements and seem to act in a more marketing way than reporting.

I'll do some digging on the Authors.
612 posted on 04/23/2020 6:20:07 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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To: PA Engineer

Appreciate it. Do what you feel right.

As you say, reports are difficult to follow. Mostly because of the sad capabilities of ‘journalists’.


613 posted on 04/23/2020 6:23:05 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: LilFarmer

If that’s the study I remember, 2 weeks later the diagnosed cases were within the bounds of the study ‘discovered cases’.

Which I thought was interesting.


614 posted on 04/23/2020 6:24:16 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: PA Engineer
I'm within reasonable driving distance of 3 states and only 1 is hit hard, so I should eventually be able to find a dentist working. Maybe in a parking lot, heheh.

The thought of Egyptian Pharaohs dying of dental abscess convinced me dentistry is way up on the prepared list.

Hmmm... I sense a goofy ad for not procrastinating dental care: "Don't be a dummy and end up like this mummy!"

(Ok, yeah, I'm a bit punchy tonight. Can't seem to go a day without some reversal of fortune. Still kicking, tho'.)

615 posted on 04/23/2020 6:27:45 PM PDT by Paul R. (The Lib / Socialist goal: Total control of nothing left wort h controlling.)
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To: mrsmith

Friend gave me a box of fifty surgical masks!
Just asked for one, in case Va required them, but they had several hundred so I took the box.


616 posted on 04/23/2020 6:31:41 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Paul R.

You can get the antibiotic for tooth infections from veterinary online stores.
Probably too late for you.
Something people should consider though.


617 posted on 04/23/2020 6:35:29 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Paul R.

Just pull the damn tooth yourself already.

That’s what I did because I was deathly afraid of going to the dentist - long before the coronavirus!


618 posted on 04/23/2020 6:40:45 PM PDT by EarlyBird
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To: mrsmith
I did find her university page.

Paula J. Bates, Ph.D.

I'll look at the other authors. I have a feeling this is grant fishing.
619 posted on 04/23/2020 6:42:25 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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To: EarlyBird

God no, he’s not Tom Hanks in Castaway. Just go see a damn dentist. Good lord.


620 posted on 04/23/2020 6:43:00 PM PDT by Raebie
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