Thread on testing & treatment research for COVID-19
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Using sewage samples to predict Covid-19 cases in State College; PSU tests campus & community sewage to forecast spikes or falls in Covid-19
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (WTAJ)–Penn State researchers believe they have found a new way to predict if Covid-19 cases will rise or fall on Main Campus and in the greater State College community. …
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Holy shit Tom. Can you post one positive article?? How about the new CDC death rates. I know it's not your MO right now.
It sure would be unfair to compare the UK's to Sweden's handling of the Covid-19 Virus...
Sweden vs UK Deaths
Sweden vs UK Deaths
Nationally, ER visits are flat or slightly down, and hospitalizations are trending down according to the CDC dashboards.
No human bodies in those coffins....just ask the COVID-19 deniers.
so no comments on above. Won't have vaccine for distribution until spring (and that is best case). And even then not going to have 330 million available. And then have to actually distribute it across the country to doctors and other to actually administer it. Best case scenario is that by END OF 2021 the vaccine widely out and available with whomever wants it taking it such that herd immunity start to come into play. So talking another entire year or more of the current state. That doesn't concern people.
I assume the government has underwritten the risk for some of these vaccine manufacturers in the interest of public health. If one vaccine is 70% effective and a competitor’s is 80%, who will want the 70% one ?
i think it is going to be a lot more on what you can get, not choosing which one you want.
Bigger question, IMO, is will one work better for elderly? Or diabetics? Or people with organ transplants?
Seems to me that different vaccines will perform differently for different people. Will the Phase III studies produce enough data to deferentiate different modalities?
Study, double blind/placebo controlled, shows HCQ doesn't help as a pre-exposure prophylaxis among healthcare workers.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2771265
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2771265
Another study on HCQ alone when many studies using it along with zinc and Zpac show strong benefit.
This one is different.... HCQ given to healthcare workers as a prophylactic measure.
