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Not sure how I feel about that. Sounds like A LOT of debt and paired with rent/mortgage payment cancellations...hmm.

IT's not you, it's the way of the media now. Twisting the titles to make it sound as bad as possible.

I'm assuming this is because of the increased testing and validation? It's not like 8 times more people are suddenly being infected...or is it ONLY due to reopening? ---> 3000 deaths/day & forecast about 200,000 new cases each day by the end of the month, up from about 25,000 cases now.

Great news for Italy. Hoping the have some good testing to track potential hot spots.

Another study from NY added to the Chinese one regarding blood type and COVID infection. New info they added below regarding Rh type. If COVID is really going after red blood cells and their ability to carry oxygen, then this make a lot of sense as Rh+ has antigen proteins on red blood cells which create antibodies that could possibly be slowing COVID from attaching and/or infecting. Interested in learning more about this... https://www.pharmacytimes.com/news/study-suggests-blood-type-a-associated-with-higher-risk-of-covid-19 As of April 11, Michael Zietz and Nicholas P. Tatonetti further investigated the assocation between ABO+Rh blood type and SARS-CoV-2 by using observational data on 1559 individuals tested for SARS-CoV-2 with known blood type in the New York Presbyterian (NYP) hospital system.2 A higher proportion of blood group A and a lower proportion of blood group O among COV+ patients compared to COV-, though in both cases, the result is significant only in Rh positive blood types.

What's the timing? We're flying out of HHH Thu early AM. Will the front be through by then? I think the Euro is the slowest.

Hopefully this includes reversing the ban against home-test kits in NY...

Another prelim study suggesting a much higher infection population resulting in a much lower mortality rate: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo revealed Thursday that preliminary results from a coronavirus antibody study show the statewide infection rate is 13.9 percent, which would mean around 2.7 million residents could have carried the disease.

Agreed. COVID-19 seems more and more likely to have been around a lot longer than we think. We all had a 'mysterious' illness as well in mid-Feb. Son had a high fever for 2-3 days, no other symptoms, I had a slight cough, sore throat, sinus. Daughter and other son the same. Wife had it the worst, but recovered in about a week. We had just gone through a round of RSV the month beforehand as well, so it likely wasn't that.

We received ours from American - even half-used. They wouldn't refund unless the return flight was cancelled, which it was.

WW3 is a potential outcome of any economic pressure, but highly unlikely.

Economic pressure on Russia and Saudi is just fine. This is why the US is becoming oil independent and will pave the way for eventual transition to cleaner fuels & tech. It's a win-win IMO.

This is potentially big news: An estimated 320,000 adults in Los Angeles County may have been infected with coronavirus (vs ~8,000 testing positive), according to preliminary results of a study that suggests the illness is far more widespread than current testing shows and the death rate is much lower. The study conducted April 10-11 by the county and the University of Southern California estimated that approximately 4.1% of the county’s adult population of 8 million has antibodies to the virus. When adjusted for margin of error, the infection rate ranged from 2.8% to 5.6%, or about 220,000 to 440,000 adults. The study follows other research that has suggested more people have had coronavirus without symptoms — or without feeling ill enough to seek a test. https://news.usc.edu/168987/antibody-testing-results-covid-19-infections-los-angeles-county/ If this is the case, the mortality rate is much lower.

Agreed, but I think it should be here permanently. Anything higher is just padding Exec wallets.

Good. This is the 'reset' that industry needs since the prices went up quite permanently from the 1990s levels, especially after the 2008 and 2011 spikes. Gas should be in the $1.50/gal range, IMO.

That and military use - that one freaks me out.

Unfortunately I was only half-kidding. We are moving into a very ethically-challenging time when it comes to the genetic altering CRISPR allows.

The 'shortage' of post-COVID antibody testing is because it's brand spanking new. Only some smaller countries like UK and Germany are starting to ramp this up. It takes time.

With the advent of CRISPR, I believe we're going to see some significant advances in vaccine tech and manufacturing in the next 5-10 years like we haven't seen before. Granted, this will also increase the risk of creating an zombie vaccine that could end the world.

The flu vaccine prevents millions of illnesses and flu-related doctor’s visits each year. For example, during 2017-2018, flu vaccination prevented an estimated 6.2 million influenza illnesses, 3.2 million influenza-associated medical visits, 91,000 influenza-associated hospitalizations, and 5,700 influenza-associated deaths. I get what you're saying, but I don't see how they can verify how many people didn't get the Flu because of the vaccine. 6.2M prevented? How would they know? The only hard data they have to go on is 'averts', not prevents. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/vaccines-work/burden-averted.htm

The Flu vaccine doesn't prevent one from getting the flu, it's meant to minimize the symptoms and help you recover more quickly.

They are working on it, but not at a break-neck speeds, but here are some of the reasons why there isn't one yet: 200+ strains of the common 'cold' - complex Relatively mild - not a huge need for one (although it would be great, IMO) They are developing a vaccine for RSV - which is the most severe 'cold' virus.

Ok, but doesn't really change anything.

He's your President too, just clarifying.

Just think about how much the press would rip Pres Trump if this were the case. Calling him anti-science and a hypocrite.