Good grief! We are so f#*ked. Look at out stats vs everyone else. We make Italy look like a sniffle now.
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Idk if anyone saw this but it brought a tear to my eye.
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All that talk about inflated COVID-numbers - then there is this…
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Who knows who is right on the numbers??
It’s just damn crazy, we are all going to get it in one way shape or form…
Maybe not now, but I feel I have to agree… it will hit hard this winter.
Too many stupid people playing for stupid prizes. 
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Perhaps kind of interesting information (perhaps based on data that may not be highly reliable ?).
(Psychology Today, April 9, 2020):
… it seems clear that the COVID-19 outbreak has impacted the dream lives of younger people more strongly than older people. At least three possible explanations for this difference come to mind.
First, many previous studies have shown that young people in general have higher dream recall compared to older people. Perhaps it makes sense that during a time of collective crisis, younger people’s dreams would be more sensitive to change and disruption, since they are already remembering more dreams to begin with.
Second, the economic and social disruptions of the past month may have taken an especially hard toll on younger people, who tend to have fewer financial resources and depend more on urban social activities than older people do. Younger people right now may be more exposed to the severe uncertainties and dislocations of the pandemic, generating a host of negative emotions that would likely spill into their sleep and dream lives. …
… Third, dreams do not simply reflect our present difficulties; they also imagine new possibilities and alternative paths into the future. This is the visionary, creative problem-solving aspect of dreaming. Perhaps younger people, with their naturally high dream recall and longer time horizons, have been stimulated by this crisis to even more dreaming than usual, precisely because of the urgent need for visionary guidance.
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Here is a nice little graphic showing physical depictions of some of the elements being written about:
Image Source:
https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Single-virion-with-all-parts-750px.jpg
Source:
https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/04/27/what-covid-19-antibody-tests-can-tell-us-and-what-they-cant/
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This article may be of some practical legal interest/value to employees returning to work positions:
(National Law Review, April 27, 2020):
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(CNN, April 29, 2020):
“Meat plant workers to Trump: Employees aren’t going to show up”*
By invoking the Defense Production Act, Trump is requiring plants to remain open with some of the most dangerous conditions during the pandemic. For years, major meat processors have been ruthlessly tamping down costs and increasing efficiencies. That has contributed to a hazardous working environment even before the coronavirus hit. Over the years, meat processing companies have been speeding up production lines to process more meat in each facility. Faster lines require more workers who have to stand closer together.
Trump had a very different view of meat-packing plants a year ago, when he ordered the facilities to be raided by ICE and “illegals” be rounded up and deported. Nearly 30% of meat-packing workers are foreign-born, said a 2016 Government Accountability Office report. Nearly two-thirds are either Latino (35%), Black (20%) or Asian (8%), according to a 2016 Northwest Arkansas Workers’ Justice Center report.
But by signing the order, Trump declared these plants part of critical infrastructure in the United States. “We’re going to sign an executive order today, I believe, and that’ll solve any liability problems,” Trump said on Tuesday.
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(Associated Press, April 29, 2020):
“Over 70% of tested inmates in federal prisons have COVID-19”
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(Vox, April 29, 2020):
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the alternative…
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Sweden has not hit their peek yet either…
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This common (anti-tussive) ingredient in OTC cough-syrups increases SARS-CoV-2 replication in vitro:
… the Sigma1 benzomorphan agonist, dextromethorphan, actually has pro-viral activity (Fig. 6g), further supporting the role of these receptors in viral infection. … Dextromethorphan increases viral titers (viral titer TCID50: red; cell viability: black). Data=mean±SD; n=3 biologically independent samples. … we find that the widely used antitussive dextromethorphan harbors proviral activity and therefore its use should merit caution and further study in the context of COVID-19.
Source (PDF): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2286-9_reference.pdf
Web-page link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2286-9
Article (at “The Conversation” web-site) referencing the paper linked-to above: https://theconversation.com/we-found-and-tested-47-old-drugs-that-might-treat-the-coronavirus-results-show-promising-leads-and-a-whole-new-way-to-fight-covid-19-136789
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@Mikser Awesome Now that’s what Ive been waiting for. 99% Accuracy 
I’ll still take it 3 x to make sure. 
New coronavirus antibody test ‘with 99 per cent accuracy’ approved for use…
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(If only) anybody really knew what that may actually mean (in terms of immunity to re-infections). 
The public is bouncing around between “optimistic hope” pieces in the press without reliable bases.
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Yea interesting re: reliable bases. Everyone knows vapers will share their vape once and a while. And that goes double for teen vapers. It’s strange that the epidemic of teen vapers agenda completly disappeared, when right now it might be needed more than ever - to remind ppl NOT to share vape devices with others.
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With asymptomatic carriers and transmission appearing to be more and more prevalent in the high invective-ity of the SARS-CoV-2 viral microbe, not much should be ruled out surrounding precautions. The cells that SAR-CoV-2 appears to have the most affinity for are the mucus-producing cells in the nasal passages (that’s why they are one of the 2 swab-locations in the dominant PCR antigen-culturing tests), as well as cells along the intestinal lining (in some study reports, as high as 50% of patients) reported gastrointestinal disturbances. So, blowing “clowds” out of one’s nose, or encouraging other people to “eat scat” are probably on the “not advised” list for now. Nasal component is under-estimated.
Not really. I have seem print/media indications that those zealots are “champing at the bit” for (even one) relatively younger person (allegedly vaping at some point prior) who passes away from COVID-19. As ever, truth will remain the first casualty of “Drug Wars” (remember the Vit E Acetate / Nic deceptions)
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My sister lives in Florida and she just told me they are planning a slow reopening. I just sent her the article. Thanks 
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Yes and until then and moving forward.
In order to protect the most at risk of death from covid-19 which they totally failed at doing. - Re: the older population.
One area would be disability insurance or SSDI. They need to make it easier for people over 50 especially with any type of comorbidity issues “Respiratory comes to mind” at being more risk of flu and covid-19 medical needs, emergencies and complications - easier to obtain needed SSDI benefits.
It would also be nice if the government lowered the retirement age. Or at least set-it-up so THE PUBLIC had the same opportunities that the lawmakers gave themselves (that is - equal representation under the laws of the country). In “the House and Senate” or Congress as they are known. - Seems like If they work for 25 or 30 years they can retire with full benefits at the age of 50, while the everyday citizen has to endure almost 20 more years of continued labor to receive full benefits. The laws they passed Re: Retirement that only benefit them, sure sound like an abuse of office and position power.
Not to mention that there will be less jobs available when things start getting normal again, and older people will need to retire early because of that. Since, one obvious mistake the administration make was giving all that money to businesses. Knowing full well that most of them would use the money for the cutting of their work force and office space and setting up outsourcing - by buying and using technology and not use the money to hire more people.
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