Semi-OT: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread IV (Must read Post 1)

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Re: Semi-OT: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread IV (Must read Post 1) 

Post#1181 » by SSUBluesman » Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:22 am

ClipsFanSince98 wrote:
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Wonder who's lying at this point

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This is the political process, this is exactly when 'politics' is going to be employed.

GOP miscalculated thinking they could bully their way through even though there is an even split due to 5 senators being out due to Corona.
Naz Reid.
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Post#1182 » by Richfield » Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:24 am

ClipsFanSince98 wrote:
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Wonder who's lying at this point

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It was designed to fail from the beginning.

Could see this from a mile away.

You don't start building an airplane from a design that you know from the start can't stand a little wind.

The wind experts, and the plane experts, should have always been working together. Not in separate rooms.

And we're all grounded.
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Post#1183 » by Fairview4Life » Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:31 am

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Great depression was around 25%.

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In theory the government can directly transfer cash to people to prop up demand in the short term, use money to help the decimated restaurant etc. industries in the medium/long term, and the infection should (hopefully) be relatively short term. All, hopefully again, different from the depression.
9. Similarly, IF THOU HAST SPENT the entire offseason predicting that thy team will stink, thou shalt not gloat, nor even be happy, shouldst thou turn out to be correct. Realistic analysis is fine, but be a fan first, a smug smarty-pants second.
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Post#1184 » by LKN » Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:32 am

You know - this is a really good question

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Post#1185 » by LKN » Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:34 am

Example of how disruptive and dangerous COVID 19 is. Quite a few knock on effects:

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Post#1186 » by BladeDaywalker » Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:34 am

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Post#1187 » by BladeDaywalker » Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:37 am

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Post#1188 » by BladeDaywalker » Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:40 am

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Post#1189 » by Crizzle » Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:41 am

i had to take a day off from this thread. Was there any "good" news today?
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Post#1190 » by Pointgod » Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:42 am

ItsDanger wrote:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32141569

"However, the amino acid sequence of COVID-19 differs from other coronaviruses specifically in the regions of 1ab polyprotein and surface glycoprotein or S-protein. Although several animals have been speculated to be a reservoir for COVID-19, no animal reservoir has been already confirmed."

As the biologist explained to us, a transfer between life forms may likely have 1 or even 2 changes in amino acids, its not likely to have more than 2 if it was natural. This SAR CoV 2 has more then 2 differences in amino acids. While not impossible to occur naturally, it does lean more towards synthetic. I believe its still inconclusive. Your linked articles don't even discuss this aspect. What do you think these people do in these labs all day?

In conclusion, we really need a vaccine and reportedly, its easier to develop if its man made.


Where did you get the second paragraph from? It’s not found in the link.
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Post#1191 » by LKN » Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:47 am

OMG - +9,339 new cases today, +117 deaths.

~18 days to go from 1 death to 100.

2-3 days to go from 100 to 200

2-3 days to go from 200 to 400


Not good - same trajectory Italy saw.
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Post#1192 » by bwgood77 » Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:47 am

2012NadalShadow wrote:
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Insurers probably begging to get that "can't be denied due to preexisting conditions" part out.
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Post#1193 » by Courtside » Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:51 am

ClipsFanSince98 wrote:
Pennebaker wrote:
ClipsFanSince98 wrote:Listing a bunch of reputable scientists is nice, but doesn't prove a damn thing. I'm asking for more evidence. Because you sure as hell don't respect the scientists who are also top of their fields (such as the group of Indian scientists from a prestigious school), Israeli intelligence officers of 30 years specializing in biological weapons testing etc.

I've been studying science my whole life. Not just in a classroom, but hundreds, if not thousands of hours of my own research, just because I want to learn. Maybe my standards for science are higher than yours. Deduction is founded in logic, not science and is about 5% of an equation. I wouldn't run around saying deductive logic is scientific method.

It's like me telling you basketball is scoring.

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So you mean never in a classroom and all of your thousands of hours of "research" has been you reading random things online. Gotcha.

Well I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it looks like your standards are far lower than you realize.

Your lifelong self motivated study of "science" has turned you into a conspiracy theorist whose theories wouldn't last 2 seconds if put under the same detailed scrutiny and evaluation by other experts in the field as the Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2 paper was.
You resorting to ad hominem doesn't change anything I said bud. Nothing in that link you listed is more than educated guessing. It's shaky at best and we don't have enough information yet. Appeal to authority and other stuff you're using won't work.

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Dude, please do us all a favor and have a Snickers. Keep pushing this stuff into every thread and you risk not only getting it locked, but also risk no longer having your good posts being taken seriously.

For your sake and for ours. Please.

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Post#1194 » by Zenzibar » Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:54 am

The U.S. just skipped over Spain for 3rd most cases and screaming toward Italy level.



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Post#1195 » by bwgood77 » Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:54 am

LKN wrote:
Ayt wrote:
LKN wrote:
I'm not sure anyone is lying. The Democrats though the Republican senate bill was crap so they refused to sign on.

It's just part of the process.


This is what one Democratic senator had to say about it.

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Hopefully this isn't getting into partisan things here but a few of those are very important.

- Hospital money
Why do hospitals need money? They've been forced to cancel elective surgeries which is how they make money. Given the crazy lengths some are already going to we need to make sure they stay solvent.

- State and Local Governments
Why do they need money? State and Local governments depend on sales tax, tourism taxes, use taxes and income taxes. Several of these have fallen off massively - some close to zero. Unlike the federal government, states can not just print money. States can't buy masks and ventilators if they don't have money!


Or pay unemployment. They can't let state's fail and keep bailing out corporations, and obviously hospitals need to not fail.
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Post#1196 » by Richfield » Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:57 am

Crizzle wrote:i had to take a day off from this thread. Was there any "good" news today?


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Post#1197 » by SimonFish » Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:57 am

A third of coronavirus cases may be ‘silent carriers’, classified Chinese data suggests
- More than 43,000 people in China had tested positive without immediate symptoms by the end of February and were quarantined
- It is still unclear what role asymptomatic transmission is playing in the global pandemic


More at link:
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3076323/third-coronavirus-cases-may-be-silent-carriers-classified
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Post#1198 » by Crizzle » Mon Mar 23, 2020 2:06 am

Richfield wrote:
Crizzle wrote:i had to take a day off from this thread. Was there any "good" news today?


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Post#1199 » by Richfield » Mon Mar 23, 2020 2:10 am

Crizzle wrote: :(


Okay maybe I can throw you a small bone.

I believe NYC is making progress on testing sites.

Not sure I think I saw it on the news. Somebody may have posted not sure. I have no details.
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Post#1200 » by azcatz11 » Mon Mar 23, 2020 2:17 am

Stay strong folks...and do what you can for others
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