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Did they only collect from people that were completely asymptomatic? I know there have been numerous news articles where you read about someone having all of the symptoms, but because their blood oxygen is 95% and the threshold for testing is 94% they never get tested. I just wonder if that could skew it if they get a lot of volunteers who feel that they had it but were never tested and used this as an opportunity to get tested. Like you mentioned, 50x asymptomatic does not fit what we have seen so far but it would be great if true.
It could be great news. Further testing is needed. The guys doing the study do state that it's possible that asking for volunteers is why they had such a high antibody rate. Basically anyone who is sick or has been sick is likely going to come get tested, as opposed to just the general population.
This is what it's been like for weeks on the space coast beaches (central Florida). I think maybe a week or two ago, they finally closed them? My days are running together.
Not surprising as issue everywhere. Any indication if hospitals are getting an influx of cases? Haven't seen much news about that.
The bolded is right on. And the issue of motivated volunteerism is a good point.
That's good news. I've stopped listening to the news and politics and reading the PSF - infuriating to see a pandemic politicized.
Sorry to hear Jam... all the T&Ps
I don’t think so but Avera Health Systems just furloughed a bunch of employees. Seems like it’s going to get messy soon. My mom works for one of their community clinics near Sioux Falls in the lab. She started back to work Wednesday after being off for a month with a bronchitis. She hasn’t gotten back to me on how it is there. The good news is they do seem to have good PPE and protocols in place.
I probably average a tuna fish sandwich at minimum once a week for probably 20 years. HOW HAS THIS NEVER OCCURRED TO ME
Of course I was exaggerating to make a point, but it's a valid point. I present you with the following scenario...
That's what people do? Have a Covid party with 100 people? Not sure how to answer that, but that's flabbergasting.
14 days from today is May 1st.
Not that I know of. Every one I’ve used previously just has a small piece of rubber with basically a small “pin” holding it in the middle. When you exhale, the rubber piece releases its seal around the edges and lets the air out. There is no filtered covering before the valve (which makes sense because otherwise there would be no purpose in even having a valve since you’d be breathing out through the same exact material you are breathing in from.
I know about anecdotally. I listen to a podcast one of the owners of the company does. All I know about it is from what he has said but I'm willing to bet it's 100% quality. There is a pocket inside the mask so you can insert filtration as well. It's all made onsite in Maine.
The only thing relevant to your ask I've seen is at some point this week, probably in this thread, it had the number of infections in OH and something like 61% were healthcare workers.
Re: the red -- no such pocket on the mask you linked, but they made another type of mask (temporarily our of stock) with a pocket.
Not trying to be morbid or wishing it on anyone but I'd be curious to see if there was any infections that came out of these demonstrations that have been taking place across the country.
Same. My federal tax return was deposited today, so I’m going to give it some more time before I worry. Seems to be happening to a lot of people.
I don't think they have direct deposit info for me (I owed money the past few years), so I just want to be able to enter my info so I don't have to wait until May or whatever for a check
Hmmm not sure how to go about doing that. Is there a section on the IRS site to enter your information?
I think there is supposed to be, once they determine what you are getting, can't get to that point until they make that determination apparently.
In your hypothetical scenario, no, I wouldn't let him back in the house, but I would also refrain from shooting him.
This is incredible news, because we somehow ended up buying a total of 74 ounces of hummus a couple of weeks ago, and about 60 ounces are still in the fridge. We also bought a few cans of tuna fish, which we haven't used yet. This changes everything.Important discovery: I go to make a tuna fish sandwich...out of mayo. But there sits a container of hummus.
Makes a much better mixer!! Very delicious.
This is an amazing sandwich discovery.
Like when they discovered penicillin.
I am not a medical professional, but my bet is that the homeless population is one of the most at risk and likely to be infected for a lot of reasons. Lack of access to PPE, inability to maintain good hygiene, lack of social distancing ability in shelters, and I’ve seen quite a few in Philly who are still panhandling at people’s car windows, etc.
This is where I'm at as well.
You shot down gilead's drug before you knew anything about what was going on because it was during the sneaky super secret after hours period that word came out. You have no idea if it is legitimate yet or not.
