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A new type of Coronavirus test could turn the tide by revealing who has already recovered. Those immune people could go back to work first.
Business Insider ^ | 04/05/2020 | Aylin Woodward

Posted on 04/05/2020 11:09:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

More than 85% of Americans are under stay-at-home orders, and at least one-third of the world is under some type of lockdown.

The restrictions promote social distancing to "flatten the curve," or keeping the number of coronavirus infections at a level that won't overwhelm healthcare systems. But keeping so many people at home is also tanking the global economy and depriving students of education. About 10 million Americans have filed for unemployment insurance in the past two weeks, and the US restaurant industry had hemorrhaged about $25 billion as of March 22. Major universities have switched to remote classes, and public schools are closed indefinitely in states including California, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.

Plus, of course, staying at home is making many of us lonely and stir-crazy. So the question on many people's minds is: When will the lockdowns end?

Experts can't say for sure. The US's social-distancing guidelines have been extended through at least April 30. According to Davidson Hamer, a professor of global health and medicine at Boston University, some relief could come in mid-May. Epidemiologists at Harvard University think intermittent lockdowns may need to extend into 2022, with social-distancing measures in place 25% to 70% of the time.

However, a new antibody test rolling out in the US within weeks offers a glimmer of hope. These tests will be able to tell whether a person has already had COVID-19, regardless of whether they showed symptoms. A positive result would mean they're probably immune.

Widespread antibody testing could divide America into two groups: the vulnerable, and the recovered. The latter could slowly go back to work, breathing life into the US economy and helping us get back on track before a vaccine becomes available.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; immunity
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To: yldstrk

The link explains it all if you bothered to read it.


61 posted on 04/05/2020 12:15:08 PM PDT by HalfIrish
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To: yldstrk

Ooohhh! You had the Hillaryvirus!


62 posted on 04/05/2020 12:15:56 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Vermont Lt

Lack of PPE makes my trips less frequent.

Nobody is stopping me from going out, but I can’t go out to get a test to see if I’m negative. I’m about to make a long car trip to a place that is not yet a hot spot and still has many stores and parks open for use. It’d be good to know that I’m hauling some virus out there.

I’m still going. Gas is cheap and it’s fun to burn it up.


63 posted on 04/05/2020 12:17:10 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Vermont Lt
Lack of PPE makes my trips less frequent. Nobody is stopping me from going out, but I can't go out to get a test to see if I'm negative. I'm about to make a long car trip to a place that is not yet a hot spot and still has many stores and parks open for use. It'd be good to know that I'm NOT hauling some virus out there. I'm still going. Gas is cheap and it's fun to burn it up.
64 posted on 04/05/2020 12:18:09 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Vermont Lt

The cops are not stopping anyone in the tri state area where I live.

Here either IF the cops use the service. Got a haircut last week where the cops go. Not a single other barber in town is open. Wonder which restaurants the cops eat at?


65 posted on 04/05/2020 12:29:57 PM PDT by sanjuanbob (Yes, I CAN take a joke /s)
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To: Bob434

>>“Epidemiologists at Harvard University think intermittent lockdowns may need to extend into 2022, with social-distancing measures in place 25% to 70% of the time. “

this isn’t living.

work at home in a cell.

Can’t go out to the pool 10 feet from my door.

Can’t socialize. Can’t do activities with people.

Can’t step foot in the office.

Getting restocked on groceries 1-2 times a week is my external travel.


66 posted on 04/05/2020 12:39:44 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Everyone knows Hillary was corrupt, lied, destroyed documents, and influenced witnesses. Rat crime.)
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To: Bob434

“Give everyone the HCQ- send everyone back out into life- and be done with it- folks will still get the virus but nowhere near as bad for the sick and elderly- work on the blood plasma treatment in the meantime- and be done with this nonsense-”

YES!!!!!!!!!!

Everyone, please sign the petition!!!!

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/allow-us-individuals-use-hydroxychloroquine-preventative-covid-19-open-country-and-go-back-work

I’ve called both senators and my congressman, too, and sent a letter to the Governor, Ron Desantis on this. HCQ for everyone NOW!!!!


67 posted on 04/05/2020 12:40:55 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Unredact the 99 page Collyer Report!!!)
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To: Paladin2

No one is getting a test these days to see if you are negative. That’s not going to happen any time soon.


68 posted on 04/05/2020 12:41:21 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: HalfIrish

>>They want to test everyone for antibodies then brand those who pass.
>>https://vigilantcitizen.com/latestnews/bill-gates-calls-for-a-digital-certificate-to-identify-who-is-vaccinated/

Bill Gates think he’s L.Ron Hubbard now and will charge people for auditing until they test clear???


69 posted on 04/05/2020 12:43:20 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Everyone knows Hillary was corrupt, lied, destroyed documents, and influenced witnesses. Rat crime.)
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To: steve86

Agreed- they can cut a slice in my finger an inch long is they want- to get blood - but keep that swab away from me- lol


70 posted on 04/05/2020 12:49:37 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: BradyLS

No joke.


71 posted on 04/05/2020 1:09:17 PM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: Vermont Lt

I already visit friends and family. But corporations cannot operate on pain of following out of favor with the local petit rex. The hysterical crowd has managed to impose their will on everyone else.


72 posted on 04/05/2020 1:29:12 PM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: FreedomNotSafety

So, it’s not a government thing.

So, who exactly are you angry at? Your neighbors?


73 posted on 04/05/2020 1:37:28 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: SeekAndFind

China’s WuXi AppTec Invests In US Biotech Software Firm ...
https://www.chinamoneynetwork.com/2019/01/07/chinas-wuxi-apptec-invests-in-us-biotech-software-firm-backed-by-bill-gates

“Jan 07, 2019 · Schrödinger Inc., an American computational software developer for drug discovery, has raised a US$85 million financing round, led by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust and Chinese biopharmaceutical company WuXi AppTec’s Corporate Venture Fund, according to an announcement released last Friday.”


74 posted on 04/05/2020 1:41:07 PM PDT by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her. Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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To: combat_boots

….”George Soros & Bill Gates Partner with China on Coronavirus Drug!”

https://civilianintelligencenetwork.ca/2020/02/12/george-soros-bill-gates-partner-with-china-on-coronavirus-drug/


75 posted on 04/05/2020 1:42:37 PM PDT by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her. Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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To: combat_boots

RETWEET! Bill Gates says mass public gatherings will not come back "at all" until every human being in the world is vaccinated!!!

pic.twitter.com/hDNDImH6yJ— Deep State Exposed® (@DeepStateExpose) April 4, 2020


76 posted on 04/05/2020 1:43:18 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Vermont Lt

It is a government thing. Unless you didn’t notice that government has forced the closure of 30% of the economy.

Would you have problem with allowing people the freedom to operate their businesses and letting employees decide for themselves whether to work or not?


77 posted on 04/05/2020 1:43:22 PM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: combat_boots

GAtes and $orass should be investigated.


78 posted on 04/05/2020 1:44:09 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Plz somebody, tell me how I can go ahead and get this virus so I don’t have to take Bill Gates poison pill. Or I die, either is preferable than to have anything to do with that vaccine.


79 posted on 04/05/2020 1:56:30 PM PDT by SaintDismas
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To: SeekAndFind

Go ahead. Take the mark in your hand that the Rockefeller/Soros/Bill Gates cabal proposes. Laugh and giggle while you’re allowed to buy and sell and hold a job while those who refuse are removed from society. Will you still be laughing when you realize what the mark really means?


80 posted on 04/05/2020 4:52:44 PM PDT by HalfIrish
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