Since we don't have a proven drug in hand, and most drugs have side effects, however, I would still not throw all caution to the wind. Even literally, that could be an undoing. It's still best to proceed with caution and avoid contact with humans and surfaces that humans have contacted. Plus, make sure you thoroughly wash your hands before touching your nose, mouth, or eyes.
Canada probably has a greater percentage that live off the land, including Native Americans. They may have money below the poverty level, but they may be better off in other ways. People have lived off the land before there was money. It's the people who work, don't live off the land and still live in poverty, and also those who want to work and can't get a job. That's what should be compared.
Yeah, it's usually the same group that compares death by automobile versus death by guns. Apparently death by anything is OK, as long as it's not the leading cause.
I think their main goal is to not overwhelm the medical facilities all at once and to delay the start as long as possible (to allow for development of vaccines & treatments) and to allow infected people to recover while limiting the number of people they infect. However, in theory if all the infected people were isolated from infecting un-infected people until they fully eliminate the virus, there would be no more spread. Of course, that isn't practical for many reasons including that we don't know who all the infected people are, etc.. But limiting exposure at least will reduce infections.
Actually, you were one of the wrong right wingers, that was calling me all sorts of names, because I predicted early on, that Trump would be impeached. It took a while, but Trump was impeached. Live with it. Just because you can't accept the truth, does not mean that your misjudgement is accurate. What I am immune to is people who misjudge me.
Worldwide and all 50 states now. Do you have your head in the sand ? In the USA alone currently over 40,500 cases and over 520 dead and the US only recently had it's first case. Worldwide over 374,000 cases and over 16,300 dead.
Since Trump's election American comedians have become much more successful. This is due in part to how ridiculous Trump's press conferences are. Less comedy writing is needed and more actual video of Trump's ridiculousness is played. Also, there is a greater need to find joy in the agony of Trump's reign.
On that I agree. However, we don't really know with this new situation, where the actual border between reasonable hope and false hope is accurately positioned. Time will tell. I'm just making reasonable educated guesses, when it comes down to it. But, mostly I am just reporting the news verbatim, and disputing it, if it seems unreasonable to me. Hope itself can be motivation towards a goal. Or it can be used unwisely to assume an outcome. That choice lies with the recipient only. Some make wise choices and others do not, no matter how much, or how little, hope is present.
While they both went down 5% recently, there's a more significant move up to restore S&P to previous levels. It will return eventually. As with many things, 'timing is everything'.
OK. I found some information on that. They ARE calling it a "vaccine", but that is a very loose application (indeed, inaccurate) of the term. Note that the anticipated end of the testing IS over a year away. Based on the additional things I've stated above, it might be quite a bit longer before that one is actually used on indiviuals not under critical care with that one.
I'll have to look into it. However, what you describe would not really be a vaccine in a traditional sense. A vaccine pre-initiates an immunological response. What you describe is a step away from genetic engineering. There would (or should) be much longer range animal trials to determine what else those newly induced proteins might muck up, besides the viral attachment sites. Antibodies are highly specific, and thus, much safer and thus, have far less potential side effects. I'm guessing, that there would be more ethical resistance from the public too, especially if a reverse transcritase ends up making gene copies of that RNA.
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"Trump has completely mishandled the coronavirus response and should resign"
I'm beginning to suspect, that you are getting commission mic.