Coronavirus

[sene5hos]

Georgia governor sues to stop Atlanta mask mandate

“I am not afraid of the city being sued,” Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms had declared in instituting a mask requirement in the city.

www.politico.com

Discussion about the spread of coronavirus.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp sued Thursday to stop Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms from mandating masks be worn in the city to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
The legal actions comes after prominent Democratic mayors in the state pledged to challenge an executive order by Kemp barring local mask mandates.
Bottoms defiantly declared, “I am not afraid of the city being sued.”

Kemp made that a reality, writing on Twitter that his lawsuit "is on behalf of the Atlanta business owners and their hardworking employees who are struggling to survive during these difficult times."
"We will fight to stop these reckless actions and put people over pandemic politics," Kemp wrote.

On Wednesday, Kemp banned localities from ordering people to wear masks in public to stop the spread of coronavirus. Mayors across the state hit back at Kemp and accused him of playing politics during a pandemic.

It's because of a Republican governor like him that things are going so badly in the USA.

 

[MAXHD]

Really interesting to read the first weeks of comments of this tread...

 

[EagerBeaver]

Russian spies seeking Covid Vaccine Research:

Coronavirus: Russian spies target Covid-19 vaccine research

The UK, US and Canada say state-backed hackers tried to steal coronavirus vaccine research.

www.bbc.com

 

[The Nature Boy]

Damn, 77,000+ New cases just yesterday. That’s a lot. Whatever America’s doin isn’t working

 

[EagerBeaver]

UConn Announces Its Covid 19 Testing Strategy:

UConn announces COVID-19 testing strategy for fall semester

I am hoping most other universities will follow this lead.

 

[cloudsurf]

There are other unknowns like how long complications will last or even how long they take to manifest themselves. Science still doesn`t know how long antibodies last. Mutations should be another concern. What happens in the coming flu season when the common flu starts interacting in people with the coronavirus

 

[IamNY]

Promising news on a vaccine:

Coronavirus: Oxford vaccine triggers immune response

Study shows the vaccine is safe, but it is still too soon to know if it can stop people from being infected.

www.bbc.com

 

[EagerBeaver]

Ronny DeSantis Presser Interrupted by Angry Protesters, he literally is made to stop talking:

Protestors interrupt Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' coronavirus briefing - CNN Video

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' press briefing on his state's response to the pandemic was met with loud protests, including shouts of "Shame on you Ron DeSantis!"

www.cnn.com

 

[EagerBeaver]

Pfizer Vaccine could be available in 2020! And available to United States citizens at no cost. The US government will own the vaccine if it's approved:

US government and Pfizer reach $1.95 billion deal to produce millions of Covid-19 vaccine doses | CNN

The US Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Defense announced on Wednesday a $1.95 billion agreement with Pfizer to produce 100 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine in the United States. The deal also allows the US government to acquire an additional 500 million doses.

www.cnn.com

 

[IamNY]

US passes the 4 million mark:

US coronavirus cases surpass 4 million

The number of coronavirus cases in the US has surpassed 4 million, with nearly 144,000 Americans now killed by the global pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University. The grim toll makes the co…

nypost.com

 

[cloudsurf]

What concerns me is that some scientists are now saying that antibodies fade after as little as 3 months.
If immunity lasts only a few months then how effective will be herd immunity or even a potential vaccine.
There is so much more to learn about this no ordinary flu .
One solution may lie in discovering how a bat`s immune system works and protects them against so many varieties of virus

 

[IamNY]

I was watching an interview with Dr. Birx yesterday and she mentioned that all antibodies fade over time. So I'm not so sure it's a new problem or or if it's one that's always been there.

I think this explains it, although it will fade it doesn't necessarily stop protecting you:

Virus antibodies fade fast but not necessarily protection

New research suggests that antibodies the immune system makes to fight the new coronavirus may only last a few months in people with mild illness

abcnews.go.com

 

[ShyMan]

^^^^^

The science is encouraging -- our highly evolved bodies will protect us after we train them with the proper vaccines.

Can You Get Covid-19 Again? It’s Very Unlikely, Experts Say (Published 2020)

Reports of reinfection instead may be cases of drawn-out illness. A decline in antibodies is normal after a few weeks, and people are protected from the coronavirus in other ways.

www.nytimes.com

Can You Get Covid-19 Again? It’s Very Unlikely, Experts Say
Reports of reinfection instead may be cases of drawn-out illness. A decline in antibodies is normal after a few weeks, and people are protected from the coronavirus in other ways.

. . . .

"People infected with the coronavirus typically produce immune molecules called antibodies. Several teams have recently reported that the levels of these antibodies decline in two to three months, causing some consternation. But a drop in antibodies is perfectly normal after an acute infection subsides, said Dr. Michael Mina, an immunologist at Harvard University.

Many clinicians are “scratching their heads saying, ‘What an extraordinarily odd virus that it’s not leading to robust immunity,’ but they’re totally wrong,’” Dr. Mina said. “It doesn’t get more textbook than this.”

Antibodies are not the only form of protection against pathogens. The coronavirus also provokes a vigorous defense from immune cells that can kill the virus and quickly rouse reinforcements for future battles. Less is known about how long these so-called memory T cells persist — those that recognize other coronaviruses may linger for life — but they can buttress defenses against the new coronavirus.

“If those are maintained, and especially if they’re maintained within the lung and the respiratory tract, then I think they can do a pretty good job of stopping an infection from spreading,” said Akiko Iwasaki, an immunologist at Yale University."

 

[ssj3]

Pfizer Vaccine could be available in 2020! And available to United States citizens at no cost. The US government will own the vaccine if it's approved

If Pfizer’s vaccine is available at or around the same time as AstraZeneca’s that would be huge. For 2020, it’s estimated that 100M doses will be available from each manufacturer. And both vaccines seem to elicit antibody and CD8+ T-cell production which is a big positive as well.

They will just need to ensure that antibody dependent enhancement doesn’t occur with the dose they choose to be manufactured or else we’ll have a much bigger problem on our hands.

 

[IamNY]

Bring in the glory holes for safe sex, just not in Quebec:

Sorry Everyone, Unlike BC, Quebec Isn't Recommending Glory Holes For Safe Pandemic Sex

Here's what you need to know about having sex right now.

www.mtlblog.com

 

[The Nature Boy]

Fake news! Liberate!

Hospital must choose who's "sent home to die" amid pandemic

 

[sene5hos]

Because the coronavirus is not controlled in America.

It's official, there will be no F1

So a lot of lost clients for our agencies.
It's not known exactly what the% of lost customers will be.

 

[The Nature Boy]

Don’t tell me you didn’t see that coming?

Fifa was supposed to have the euro cup this year

 

[EagerBeaver]

Because the coronavirus is not controlled in America.It's official, there will be no F1

You can't blame this on us. Borders are closed. The Blue Jays aren't being allowed to play in Canada, yes, but F1 is just a bunch of Eurodudes. Americans don't do F1, it's a strictly Eurodude and Canadian sport. Americans do NASCAR.

 

[Fradi]

It is because the coronavirus is not completely controlled worldwide including in Quebec.
This is still not the time to have thousands in the stands and at bars for a week of uncontrolled mayhem that will result in hundreds of deaths afterwards.
It is good that both Canadians and Eurodudes are smart enough to recognize that.