Probable an imposter, Sick alright?
If this so called "opening up" goes badly as seems aparent I can see some of these Health Workers throwing in the towel,,. Why beat your head up against total stupidity like this person, imposter or not,,!!
Sorry, I'm completely lost for words where the US administration is concerned - I'm fucking glad I don't live there!!!
+1, Terry.
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Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Today is a gift (that's why it's called "the present")
#1 tip I ride by: Ride as though you're invisible, not invincible
Bikes so far: Honda CB250-Traded, Suzuki GS500F-Traded, '07 F800ST Matt Graphitan-Deceased, '10 F800ST Night Blue-sold, at present bikeless
Moderna reports positive data on early-stage coronavirus vaccine trial, shares surge
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Moderna’s closely watched early-stage human trial for a coronavirus vaccine produced Covid-19 antibodies in all 45 participants.
Each participant received a 25, 100 or 250 microgram dose, with 15 people in each dose group.
At day 43, or two weeks following the second dose, levels of binding antibodies in the 25 microgram group were at the levels generally seen in blood samples from people who recovered from the disease.
Each participant received a 25, 100 or 250 microgram dose, with 15 people in each dose group. Participants received two doses of the potential vaccine via intramuscular injection in the upper arm approximately 28 days apart.
At day 43, or two weeks following the second dose, levels of binding antibodies in the 25 microgram group were at the levels generally seen in blood samples from people who recovered from the disease, the company said. Those in the 100 microgram had antibodies that “significantly exceeded levels” in recovered patients. Data on a second dose was not available for the 250 microgram group, the company said.
The vaccine also produced neutralizing antibodies against Covid-19 in at least eight participants, the company said. Experts have said neutralizing antibodies appear to be important in acquiring protection.
Four participants were assigned to receive a 25 microgram dose, while the other four received 100 micrograms. Levels of neutralizing antibodies were at or above levels seen in blood samples, the company said. Data on neutralizing antibodies for the other participants were not yet available, Moderna said.
“These interim Phase 1 data, while early, demonstrate that vaccination with mRNA-1273 elicits an immune response of the magnitude caused by natural infection starting with a dose as low as 25 [micrograms],” Moderna chief medical officer Dr. Tal Zaks said in a statement.
“When combined with the success in preventing viral replication in the lungs of a pre-clinical challenge model at a dose that elicited similar levels of neutralizing antibodies, these data substantiate our belief that mRNA-1273 has the potential to prevent COVID-19 disease and advance our ability to select a dose for pivotal trials,” Zaks added.
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Moderna CEO on the promising preliminary results of early-stage Covid-19 study
Scientists hope the antibodies provide some degree of protection against getting Covid-19, but they can’t say that definitively yet since it hasn’t been studied and some patients appear to have been reinfected after recovering from the virus.
There are no formally approved treatments for Covid-19, which has killed at least 315,225 and sickened 4.7 million people worldwide since emerging from the Chinese city of Wuhan more than four months ago, according to Johns Hopkins University. U.S. officials have said producing a vaccine to prevent Covid-19 would take 12 to 18 months at the earliest.
More than 100 vaccines are under development globally, according to the World Health Organization. At least eight vaccines are in human trials.
Moderna, which has been fast-tracking work with the National Institutes of Health to develop a vaccine, is the first company to release data on a human trial testing a coronavirus vaccine.
The company said it expects to begin a phase 3 trial in July.
Earlier this month, Moderna announced that it was wrapping up phase one human trials on its potential vaccine with the U.S. government and is moving to start phase two trials that would include 600 participants. If the vaccine is found to be effective and safe to use, it could be ready for the market in early 2021, the company said.
The company said the vaccine was generally safe and well tolerated. To date, the most notable adverse events were seen in the 250-dose group where three participants developed “grade 3 systemic symptoms,” following the second dose, the company said.
The potential vaccine by Moderna contains genetic material called messenger RNA, or mRNA, that was produced in a lab. The mRNA is a genetic code that tells cells what to build — in this case, an antigen that may induce an immune response to the virus.
The phase 1 trial took place at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. It tested the vaccine on 45 males and nonpregnant females ages 18 to 55.
I hope that trial and similar vaccine developments continue to go well. Just as interesting, I heard on the news today about a local company who is developing a patch that people could place on their skin themselves to inoculate against the COVID-19 virus or other diseases. The report said that it could even be sent through the mail. That would be a real game-changer if it worked and would help to inoculate people throughout the world many times faster than a typical injection performed by a nurse.
Needless to say that they are likely to be buried under funding offers. I just hope the company isn't jerking the public around in order to get the big bucks. It has happened before and I believe that there is at least one pretty lady that might be heading for her own long-term confinement after performing a spin job to shake out millions of bucks from investors who didn't do their due diligence.
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US President Donald Trump has said he's taking the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a preventative measure against Covid-19, although scientists have warned about side effects.
Another lie, the same as Tariffs are good for you and so are Neo Nazis, he dosnt care what negative effects this drug will have on those that are stupid enough to believe him and try this,,.
Common hydroxychloroquine side effects include:
-headache with chest pain and severe dizziness, fainting, fast or pounding heartbeats;
-very slow heart rate, weak pulse;
-muscle weakness, numbness or tingling;
-nausea, vomiting, stomach pain;
-loss of appetite, weight loss;
-feeling nervous or irritable;
-skin rash or itching; or.
-hair loss.
There no way that a person thats protected like an Emperor with the latest testing and most stringent anti virus protocols any where in the country is going to take a drug that has been proven to have negative side effects to elderly obese carnival barkers,,. Of course he is not going to get C19, he is one of very few people in the country that can say that with confidence,,.
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I live in a very "progressive" town, with quite a few retired people living here, most of whom I see wearing masks whenever they are out and about, even by themselves. So I find it interesting that the publisher of the town's newspaper is not afraid to make editorials that question the local health official rules. See the attachment from today's newspaper.
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Richard in that article Sherman Frederick described three burrs under his saddle.
C - Basically insider trading by Senator Richard Burr. Caught and in trouble for selling stocks at the beginning of the pandemic.
B - Dr Rachel Levine, Health secretary who moved her mother out of a nursing home into private care.
A - Mask switcheroo
I think your post comment "local health official rules" could be applied to Dr Rachel Levine as she makes the rules, but not Senator Richard Burr. He just sounds like a white collar criminal to me - without prejudice of course.
Which brings us to the not very hard to understand but constantly described as hard to understand 'mask switcheroo'. In the beginning... there were not many cases by definition. There were also not many masks (relatively). The advice for the general public not to wear a mask was based on two main things:
1) a standard 'surgical' mask is effective at containing cough and snot egress from an infected person. Not perfect, but effective. They are not very effective if an infected person not wearing a mask coughs or snots onto you while you are wearing a mask. May provide some protection, but not very effective. The coughed or snotted gunk exits the mouth or nose in an explosive cone shaped mist.
If you put a mask near the pointy end of the cone (ie over the nose and mouth) the mask can catch a whole bunch of stuff. Stories about how small the virus is and how it can get through the pores in the mask don't take into account the mucus globules that the virus can clump in. If you put a mask at the base end of the cone (ie on your face, not on the snotter) you may still get snotted gunk from the top of your head across your face and body, both hands and that pen you have in your top pocket. That doesn't tend to happen much when you wander about buying TP and canned food. Where that happens is if you are a health worker right in front of the infected people for your whole 12 hour shift.
2) Umm, there were not enough masks, so stop wasting them when you don't need them.
So a mask was seen as a good thing for frontline health workers and known COVID-19 patients, but not necessary for the uninfected general public.
But now the situation has changed. Now there are millions of people in your country infected. Millions. Many people do not know if they are infected or that they are infected. That is due to 3 things:
i) They are asymptomatic; or
ii) They are in the latency period (virus on board but not test-positive) or still within the incubation period (virus on board but not feeling sick yet); or
iii) They have remained under a rock and don't know about the pandemic. Its just the sniffles.
So the reason that the mask switcheroo has occurred is because in some areas there are so many people now getting around with the virus but not knowing it that it is simpler for everyone to assume that everyone is infected and should wear a mask.
You say Sherman Frederick is local to you. Could you please appraise him of this info that he must be trying very hard to avoid knowing?
It is suggested that we wear cloth bandanas, in addition to more typical face masks, like hardware store dust masks. I think that is why the publisher said that the masks likely don't do a lot to keep small virus particles contained. The request is that we don't wear NR95 masks as they are needed by medical workers. Regarding letters to the editor of the newspaper, most letters that get published have to do with complaining to the city about the homeless parking their motor homes along the streets in their neighborhood.
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Has he a slightly warped sense of humour? If it is a joke, I'll get this moved to the ' worst jokes' thread
Ya that some statement all right,,. 25% of the worlds cases and 5% of the population,,.
Has the US conducted the most tests?
While the US has carried out more tests by volume than any other country, it is not first in the world on a per capita basis, according to Our World in Data, a scientific publication based at Oxford University.
Its chart ranks the US as 16th globally in terms of tests per 1,000 people, ahead of South Korea, but behind the likes of Iceland, New Zealand, Russia and Canada.
You sure cant blame those guys for wanting to do there own policing with all the crazy shit thats going on,,. Same around, not Navajos but first nations have closed off roads to there communities,,.
Originally Posted by Roadpizza
The Navajos have now become the fastest growing infection rate. Out doing New York.
Same here. Our 40000+ year old 'first nations' culture could be severely impacted, but those communities have remained safe so far. Roads closed and state borders closed.
I kind of wonder how Russia is performing so many tests, considering how large and sparsely populated their country is?
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The total commandeering of the CDC messaging from day one and still continues will go down as the Crime of the Century in the History books,,. Unfortunately those 93 thousand lives could be just a start of things to come,,!!
The total commandeering of the CDC messaging from day one and still continues will go down as the Crime of the Century in the History books,,. Unfortunately those 93 thousand lives could be just a start of things to come,,!!
With the current adminstration, there will be a laundry list of crimes to choose from. It ain't over till the fat lady sings and the clorox clown is booted out.
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93,000 Dead,,,,,,,,,,Cant believe the media, the guy has just corrupted the CDC, the State department, the Inspector Watchdog system, the Senate, the FBI and the Prosecutors office not to mention the totally inept Supreme Court and all the media cares about is if or not he is going to wear a mask and weather he is taking an un-prescribed drug which he is clearly not taking..!!
93,000 Dead,,,,,,,,,,Cant believe the media, the guy has just corrupted the CDC, the State department, the Inspector Watchdog system, the Senate, the FBI and the Prosecutors office not to mention the totally inept Supreme Court and all the media cares about is if or not he is going to wear a mask and weather he is taking an un-prescribed drug which he is clearly not taking..!!
When you are President you gotta keep busy.
And speaking about that drug that he is taking, I heard today that his family is heavily invested in the French company that makes it.
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Nah, that wouldn't be right!
(spoken sarcastically)
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I kind of wonder how Russia is performing so many tests, considering how large and sparsely populated their country is?
The weird thing about a large, sparsely populated country is that where the people are, the people are, just like home.
The real wonder was how America keeps banging on about its testing. Unbelievable incompetence mixed in with a bit of bad luck featured for months. It's 'just the sniffles' morphed into 'get the test. Its a beautiful test. Great test. I didn't know people died from the 'flu, but I'm a super brain or my uncle, my uncle he worked at MIT, but I knew about all of this before anyone else knew about it and we have the test, so if you want to get the test... get the test.'
There were not enough tests.
Consequently the USA went on to take the lions share of COVID-19 cases. Rocketed to the top of the pops, baby. Now, I have heard the confusion about the tests from the mouth of Mr DJ Trump. 'How come somebody can test so good and then sometime later test positive?!?! Something must have happened.' I do wonder if in that idiot's brain he is somehow attributing treatment or vaccine-like or just preventative qualities to the test? Even now Trump seems to want to back off on the testing coz it makes him look bad. That's why he pushes people to the front to wear the brunt of the blame, says 'don't look at me' and then fires them, or maybe just has them moved sideways into a black hole.
Its a little too little and a little too late. I understand that the USA has conducted the highest total number of tests. Fair enough, there's a dang lot of you. But much of the reason for the eye-wateringly high numbers in America, beyond the American public failing to do the right thing (right, in violation of 'individual rights', how funny), is that the corona virus slipped your guard. It spread without detection so very,very easily coz the US wasn't concerned that it needed detecting. 'Its only 5 cases, we have it under control'.
Russia. Yeah, yeah, I know everyone is a little uncomfortable with their own thoughts about Russia. But like I said up above, despite how big the country is, if there are people in a place, the test can get to that place, um, by people*. I haven't seen, nor heard, nor read that the Russians are getting together in their huge groups, shaving mohawks into their skulls and jumping up and down about the right to jump up and down. Crikey back in the day they were famous for lining up nice and orderly to do absolutely everything and anything their gubbyment said to do. Like buy bread, or go down the salt mines.
If there's a test, the Russians will get the test. Its a beautiful test.
*Really, really remote communities occur in Russia. They are at very low risk of SARS-CoV-2 reaching them, but at incredibly high risk of devastation if it does.
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