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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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To: amorphous

What’s really very alarming to me is how many food suppliers are getting entangled with this virus.

Food chain interruption will not be good at all.


641 posted on 04/23/2020 7:44:24 PM PDT by chris37 (China's Gift wasn't born in a bowl of bat soup.)
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To: cgbg
Once some states start “opening up” it will be interesting to see the effects after a few weeks...

Agree. Watch the case rates, if "they" allow true statistics to be known, an increase in deaths will soon follow after an uptick in cases, barring a cure.

your totals may be in the ballpark while the states numbers have very significant up movements (in the “free” states) and down movements in the “slave” ;-) states.

True, in a steady-state system. Here, increase the cases and deaths will lag but follow, so eventually both will rise for every state, and the entire nation. I look for governments to start faking the numbers if they reflect negatively on those in power. Or, on the other hand, to keep Trump from winning a second term.

642 posted on 04/23/2020 7:47:24 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: amorphous

Yeah, case numbers are very fungible.
Deaths too, though not as much.

Tough decisions.
But we’ve got to live with this virus for another year and a half.


643 posted on 04/23/2020 7:51:05 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: chris37

Indeed. It’d be nice to have 1-3 years of food on hand, even if it’s just the basics and vitamin pills to offset the lack of variety. Might be a great way to invest that stimulus check.


644 posted on 04/23/2020 7:53:54 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: mrsmith

Another year and a half for a chance at a vaccine, but aren’t they still working on one for SARS?


645 posted on 04/23/2020 7:57:19 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: sockmonkey

I have.

Usually though, I forget to plant it out and it dies :(


646 posted on 04/23/2020 8:01:36 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: mrsmith

Chris Balding and Nate Silver...
https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1253512908677447680

“Once we open, I really doubt there will be political will for further shutdowns, from that point on, we’ll be Sweden, hopefully with fewer deaths due this shutdown.”


647 posted on 04/23/2020 8:02:19 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: mrsmith

Chris Balding and Nate Silver...
https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1253512908677447680

“Once we open, I really doubt there will be political will for further shutdowns, from that point on, we’ll be Sweden, hopefully with fewer deaths due this shutdown.”


648 posted on 04/23/2020 8:02:19 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: amorphous

So much money out there that I’m sure we’ll have the vaccine at the earliest possible safe moment.
Maybe sooner LOL!

I won’t take any vaccine at the first offering...
Heck, 2019 will be the first time I get the flu vsccine.


649 posted on 04/23/2020 8:06:19 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: mrsmith

2019 should be 2020.


650 posted on 04/23/2020 8:07:00 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: All

“Essential Workers Are Being Treated as Expendable -Farmworkers risk their lives so Americans can eat, but they receive little protection from the virus.”

- see https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/farmworkers-are-being-treated-as-expendable/610288/


651 posted on 04/23/2020 8:09:36 PM PDT by Fury
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To: mrsmith

https://twitter.com/julianku/status/1253516161477722114
Thread on accidental release of virus.


652 posted on 04/23/2020 8:28:12 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: mrsmith
What if the mortality could be lowered to less than flu, even for the elderly, by introduction of a weakened virus under controlled circumstances?

I'm thinking preadministered drugs, vitamin cocktails, and other known treatments shown to be effective prior to introduction of a weakened, and less lethal strain of the virus.

Under the above circumstances, would you be willing to chance the above to gain immunity?

653 posted on 04/23/2020 8:46:06 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: amorphous

If there was evidence of safety and effiiccy
Which I wouldn’t expect in the first year.

Tough qusstion though.


654 posted on 04/23/2020 8:57:11 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: amorphous

If there was evidence of safety and effiiccy
Which I wouldn’t expect in the first year.

Tough qusstion though.


655 posted on 04/23/2020 8:57:12 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: mrsmith

Same in my case. Plus I would want to know about any aftereffects of having had the virus. If nothing serious, I’d do it - just to be done with it.


656 posted on 04/23/2020 9:02:22 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: amorphous

Never mind all that. Where is todays chart?

Should be looking good today.
Though US/NYC statistics are still messed up.


657 posted on 04/23/2020 9:08:46 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: amorphous

I swear, you’re almost as lazy as me.!


658 posted on 04/23/2020 9:13:28 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: LilFarmer

that was April 9, and here’s the numbers from the 23rd: 46,023

https://news.yahoo.com/ma-coronavirus-cases-testing-see-203416872.html

sewage tells the story for sure


659 posted on 04/23/2020 9:27:44 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: Paul R.

do a search in your area. familiadental has a big network in several states and they say they’re taking patients but only emergency ones - pain more than 2 days.

I read an article earlier about Texas, and one county is using dentists for their drive-thru testing. Maybe your dentist, too? :)


660 posted on 04/23/2020 9:30:38 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is youhttpr moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017))
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