Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[LinekersLegs]

Someone in the news said around 6 weeks isolation then we slowly get back to normal should the trend stay the same and follow.other countries.

Is this right

This is the best approach I’ve seen detailed on how to open back up but it doesn’t have a set timelime.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

That is my understanding as well but think they have even skipped the animal testing on one of the vaccine trials.

First Results From Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine May Take Two More Months

An experimental vaccine for the novel coronavirus developed by Moderna Inc. was dosed in the first patient earlier this month and it seems a first look at the results could come in a little over two months, at least according to Goldman Sachs.

www.bloomberg.com

I suppose another challenge will be developing a vaccine that is universally effective. I can't recall the exact stats, but I remember reading that many drugs on the market are kinda useless to many people (with some being actively harmful). It's actually quite rare to get a treatment that works the same way for everyone, and as the symptoms for this seem to vary so much from person to person, it seems unlikely (in my uneducated opinion) that a vaccine would work for the entire population. It would perhaps be sensible for scientists to work on one that is effective for the most vulnerable, but I don't know if it works like that tbh.

 

[LinekersLegs]

So, looking at the report, their best estimate for the UK is 2.7% ( on the 28th ), with a range of 1.2 to 5.4%.

If it's something like 2.7%, then that's a positive compared to previous estimates. That'd be something like 1.5 million people.

Yeah, much lower population infected than previous ranges although that initial reproduction number of around 3.87 [3.01-4.66] is going to be a concern on how we manage opening up going forward.

Edit this is the table for those who don't want to trawl through the whole report

 

[Goat]

This is the best approach I’ve seen detailed on how to open back up but it doesn’t have a set timelime.

The problem is that nobody will be able to move to phase 2 for a very long time due to lack of testing.

 

[LinekersLegs]

The problem is that nobody will be able to move to phase 2 for a very long time due to lack of testing.

Some US states aren’t even in phase 1!

 

[Goat]

Some US states aren’t even in phase 1!

When this is over, we need a revolution.

 

[Goat]

Have we past the peak as last thee days death rate been 263 , 209, 180 or im i reading it wrong

Its certainly trending in the right direction, but.

 

[Walken]

When this is over, we need a revolution.

who will lead us Goat?

 

[LinekersLegs]

The US Navy did an awesome job getting this ship ready in such a fast time. Won’t treat Covid patients but will take others which will a) free up beds in other hospitals for COVID b) mean those patients have less of chance of catching the disease.

 

[Goat]

who will lead us Goat?

Andre Gomes.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

who will lead us Goat?

@Sentinel

 

[Walken]

@Sentinel

I can see the beware the peril posters now

 

[Papa Shango]

Destroying COVID 19 just in his nation and not the rest of the world?

What a knob!

 

[COYBL25]

When this is over, we need a revolution.

who will lead us Goat?

Andre Gomes.

@Sentinel

The correct answer is of course comrade @davek

 

[Goat]

7000 tests a day is 4th world figures.