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I was talking to my dad last night. As parents do, he asked if I was seeing anyone. I had to remind him that a pandemic is not really the best time to be meeting new people in public places.
The British Columbia CDC’s official recommendations include doggy style, glory holes, no kissing, and keeping masks on during sex... kinky.
Of course, you might not want to discuss all that with the old man, but he lived through the ‘60s and ‘70s. Nothing earth shattering, I’m sure.
Nah. One time, my stepmother accidentally scrolled past where he had recorded R rated level programming involving biker ladies on the DVR. He almost died. His earth would be shattered by n95 breath play. Haha.
I was talking to my dad last night. As parents do, he asked if I was seeing anyone. I had to remind him that a pandemic is not really the best time to be meeting new people in public places.
You need some masks (they can be kinky) with a filter pocket? I have a hookup.
Post by postreznorjack on Aug 27, 2020 13:10:23 GMT -5
today's episode of Freakonomics is about the various covid-19 vaccines and how medical research is funded. amongst other guests they spend a lot of time with the chief medical officer at Moderna. i'm about halfway through the episode, really interesting stuff. mRNA technology sounds so cool.
obviously the chief medical officer at moderna is going to be bullish on his own vaccine, but he gives a lot of good reasons to be optimistic about it's efficacy.
A 33-year-old man was infected a second time with the coronavirus more than four months after his first bout, the first documented case of so-called reinfection, researchers in Hong Kong reported Monday.
The finding was not unexpected, especially given the millions of people who have been infected worldwide, experts said. And the man had no symptoms the second time, suggesting that even though the prior exposure did not prevent the reinfection, his immune system kept the virus somewhat in check.
“The second infection was completely asymptomatic — his immune response prevented the disease from getting worse,” said Akiko Iwasaki, an immunologist at Yale University who was not involved with the work but reviewed the report at The New York Times’s request. “It’s kind of a textbook example of how immunity should work.”
A 33-year-old man was infected a second time with the coronavirus more than four months after his first bout, the first documented case of so-called reinfection, researchers in Hong Kong reported Monday.
The finding was not unexpected, especially given the millions of people who have been infected worldwide, experts said. And the man had no symptoms the second time, suggesting that even though the prior exposure did not prevent the reinfection, his immune system kept the virus somewhat in check.
“The second infection was completely asymptomatic — his immune response prevented the disease from getting worse,” said Akiko Iwasaki, an immunologist at Yale University who was not involved with the work but reviewed the report at The New York Times’s request. “It’s kind of a textbook example of how immunity should work.”
yeah the headlines on this were fear-mongering, but what you quoted here is a good interpretation of the situation. maybe bad because he could still infect others, but good because natural immunity did it's job protecting him.
yeah the headlines on this were fear-mongering, but what you quoted here is a good interpretation of the situation. maybe bad because he could still infect others, but good because natural immunity did it's job protecting him.
Also from what I read, he caught two different strains as well.
yeah the headlines on this were fear-mongering, but what you quoted here is a good interpretation of the situation. maybe bad because he could still infect others, but good because natural immunity did it's job protecting him.
Also from what I read, he caught two different strains as well.
Not necessarily two different “strains.” There were genomic differences between the two viruses he caught (which is why they’re calling it a reinfection rather than a relapse), but not enough to classify it as a different strain, which is a specific thing.
That’s the reason we have to have two shots. 28 days apart. Even the Oxford shot that was I nitially going to be one is now going to be two. AstraZeneca, Moderna, and Pfizer are all in the top running so far. It’s a race and my money is on Pfizer. They bypassed the NIH so they could go faster.
Post by jorgeandthekraken on Sept 1, 2020 16:18:14 GMT -5
Well, friends, some interesting developments on the post-infectious front for me. As I mentioned here a while back, I was testing positive for antibodies as late as 7/30 (infection happened mid-March). Went back in for some other bloodwork on 8/20, and the doc threw in another antibody test...and this one came back negative for IgG antibodies. I'm not sure what was being measured, exactly, but I clocked in at a .63, and the threshold was .8.
So...that's about five months out from my first manifestations of symptoms, which is certainly a drag. Of course, I'm aware of all the caveats - antibody tests aren't crazy reliable, immunity isn't just about antibodies, I could totally have T and B cells to fight off future infections, antibodies waning after infection isn't abnormal and they could just hang out at this level for a long time, etc. I just hope all that is as true as it's being postulated, currently.
Still kind of a bummer. I feel like I went through a bunch of shit and came out with kind of a wack door prize. Of course, I have to remind myself that I'm lucky to not have had to go to the hospital, or die, and that I don't seem to have any debilitating long-term after-effects. I'll just miss my antibodies, damnit.
Well, friends, some interesting developments on the post-infectious front for me. As I mentioned here a while back, I was testing positive for antibodies as late as 7/30 (infection happened mid-March). Went back in for some other bloodwork on 8/20, and the doc threw in another antibody test...and this one came back negative for IgG antibodies. I'm not sure what was being measured, exactly, but I clocked in at a .63, and the threshold was .8.
So...that's about five months out from my first manifestations of symptoms, which is certainly a drag. Of course, I'm aware of all the caveats - antibody tests aren't crazy reliable, immunity isn't just about antibodies, I could totally have T and B cells to fight off future infections, antibodies waning after infection isn't abnormal and they could just hang out at this level for a long time, etc. I just hope all that is as true as it's being postulated, currently.
Still kind of a bummer. I feel like I went through a bunch of shit and came out with kind of a wack door prize. Of course, I have to remind myself that I'm lucky to not have had to go to the hospital, or die, and that I don't seem to have any debilitating long-term after-effects. I'll just miss my antibodies, damnit.
That’s the reason we have to have two shots. 28 days apart. Even the Oxford shot that was Initially going to be one is now going to be two. AstraZeneca, Moderna, and Pfizer are all in the top running so far. It’s a race and my money is on Pfizer. They bypassed the NIH so they could go faster.
I'm wondering why Canada ordered 88 million shots for a country with roughly 37 million people. 37m x 2 = 74 million.
That’s the reason we have to have two shots. 28 days apart. Even the Oxford shot that was Initially going to be one is now going to be two. AstraZeneca, Moderna, and Pfizer are all in the top running so far. It’s a race and my money is on Pfizer. They bypassed the NIH so they could go faster.
I'm wondering why Canada ordered 88 million shots for a country with roughly 37 million people. 37m x 2 = 74 million.
Never you mind what we're doing up here you clown ..
Bad headline, it’s just telling them to have a distribution plan for if one gets approved
It's fairly obvious though that this is (one of) the October surprise(s) that Trump seems to be banking on, so him and his friends don't have to cheat as much.
Bad headline, it’s just telling them to have a distribution plan for if one gets approved
It's fairly obvious though that this is (one of) the October surprise(s) that Trump seems to be banking on, so him and his friends don't have to cheat as much.
I mean, probably. but it’s not like that infrastructure isn’t important.
It's probably important to get it out that state leaders were warned to be ready by October so when it rolls around in February and shitty governors try to pull the "we had no idea" card they can say yes you did.
Only two of six vaccine candidates that have the backing of the federal government – from Moderna and Pfizer – are currently in active Phase III clinical trials, and both require individuals to take two doses, three to four weeks apart. Both also require complex cold shipment and storage conditions. A third vaccine from AstraZeneca, which must be maintained in minus-20 degrees storage conditions, entered Phase III trials in the United States on Monday, but has recruited only three dozen people so far, Corey said.
I don’t get the second Moderna shot until the end of September. Then they have to get my blood work for several months to see if it’s even working. I know Cheeto thinks he can push this so he can get re-elected, but the medical community can’t and I hope, won’t put this vaccine out there before it’s ready. That would be disastrous.
I don't think a vaccine will be ready before the election, but I fully expect Trump to hold a press conference the week before the election where he announces a vaccine is ready even when it isn't.