Corona Virus #8

[Citydude]

What I found interesting and a bit irritating was that farmers are excluded from the loan packages.

Yes. Keeping all the restaurants afloat is moot without food products.

 

[rswyan]

Every day @jburnmurdoch increases the log Y-axis plot for US cases, and each day the US doesn't fit on the chart

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[MGH PA]

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I feel as though this is only going to end with herd immunity at this point. We will need ~ 70% infection rate I believe I read for it to die out. Containment doesn't seem to be working, or should I say, people aren't following directives.

 

[pennwalk]

Woahh! I scrolled down to the bottom of the page. There was an ad for swimsuits. Finally an ad I'm interested in. But I'm not sure how good I would look in a bikini. :laughing:

 

[lman]

It seems to be working in rural areas, but the U.S. cities are having a hard time. I suppose when your neighbor is 10 ft. away it's hard to keep your distance.

 

[rswyan]

I feel as though this is only going to end with herd immunity at this point. We will need ~ 70% infection rate I believe I read for it to die out.

Likely going to take a multi-faceted approach ... with multiple angles of attack.

Containment doesn't seem to be working, or should I say, people aren't following directives.

Yes.

 

[rswyan]

Testing struggles emerge as key hurdle to reopening country | TheHill

 

[rswyan]

Massachusetts governor launches effort to trace coronavirus cases in state | TheHill

Testing ... and track/trace/quarantine is part of that multi-faceted approach I referred to earlier.

 

[IslandTractor]

New York Times reports Italy is thinking of testing for antibodies people have after they have recovered from covid 19 and then letting them go back to work. I wonder if the U.S. could do that of if it would be beyond our capacity?

Chris

We don’t yet have an antibody test. Probably a month or so away assuming relatively lax FDA standards.

Also, typically you’d want to know that antibody is present at a high enough level (titer) to be protective. It will take some time to determine what titer is actually protective. Of course a decision could be made that just accepts any detectable level as adequate in this setting to help get the economy moving. Herd immunity doesn’t require that everyone has antibody levels that are “certifiably” protective.

 

[D2Cat]

So just how big is this virus?

Microorganisms Size Comparison - YouTube