Just thought I'd create a thread for updates and discussion on the Coronavirus.  As of right now there's about 120,000 cases worldwide with 4300 deaths. 

 

 

9 hours ago, DaytimeFan said:

 

Hopefully, it is. The issue is that they now need to determine how long the antibody response lasts thanks to the vaccine. What is troubling is that in people who have had Covid-19, the antibodies their body generates do not appear to last long based on current studies to date.

I wonder if this means we'll end up needing more than one shot a year or if the disease will continue to mutate and we'll need a new vaccine every year or so.

8 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

At this point, even a vaccine that can minimize the worst of the effects of COVID-19 would be a big step in the right direction.

That's for sure. Things are going to get hellish once schools open if we don't get some vaccine or therapeutic that works.

8 hours ago, ChitHappens said:

When being blindly devoted to Trump makes you look like a colossal dumb ass!  

Is there any time his followers don't look like hateful idiots? IJS!

The worst part of Woolery's BS is I have a feeling the stuff with his son might have just been used by him because of backlash. He's absolute scum.

 

Anyway...there are so many stories like this but my heart just breaks for her.

 

 

 

  

 

Edited July 17, 20205 yr by victoria foxton

Looks like another vaccine is in stage 3 trials.

 

Can Thailand’s low rate of Covid-19 infections be attributed to culture? Genetics? Face masks? Or a combination of all 3? https://t.co/4LVM6oq18B

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 17, 2020

 

 

On 7/15/2020 at 5:45 PM, ChitHappens said:

When being blindly devoted to Trump makes you look like a colossal dumb ass!  

He called out everybody but Trump and the Republicans. There's Republicans out there that will sacrifice their love ones for their lord and master Trump.

And boom, there it is: "Fed up with remote education, parents who can pay have a new plan for fall: import teachers to their homes...It’s a 2020 version of the one-room schoolhouse, privately funded." https://t.co/h728mQCUvZ

— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) July 17, 2020

 

 

Considering the thread, I think this belongs here as well as the Politics thread. A new ad from The Lincoln Project. And this one is not funny. Or snarky.

 

It is, however, chilling:

 

 

 

 

 

I have heard a number of Black people say that they don't trust any vaccine coming from the Trump administration (one of many reasons, I've been hoping that another country, other than the U.S. will be the prominent country to distribute the vaccine first) but I had wondered how other communities view a vaccine being distributed in the U.S.  I don't know whether this is true though.

 

The most prominent anti-vax group in Texas says their membership had skyrocketed since April. "Our phones are ringing off the hook with people who are saying, 'I’ve gotten every vaccine, but I’m not getting this one'"https://t.co/Jv3vCxX58o

— Aman Batheja (@amanbatheja) July 18, 2020

 

 

He is completely delusional, isn't he?  

 

Whenever I see him, which admittedly isn't that often because the mere sight of him usually makes me switch channels or something, I'm amazed at the fact that he actually was elected president.

After almost 4 years I can still hardly believe that it's actually true.  

 

Edited July 19, 20205 yr by I Am A Swede