I thought it would be a capital idea to offer the vaccine shots while everyone is waiting in line at the voting centers! sadly I suspect they won’t be ready with enough supplies at that early stage.
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Penicillin will take care of that, or so I’ve been told. 
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Really? From your posts, I thought you hated everything American.
Now we know why Nancy Pelosi is thumbing her nose at the social distancing guidelines and mask guidelines. Where is Dr. Fauci now? And please don’t say he’s spreading the virus in Europe under Trumps orders. 
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Argbot? Bender?
WH Preferred model updated again, now estimates over 410k by Jan 1.
Mask use estimate fell from 51% to 45% from beginning to end of August.
I’ll stick to my 401k.
Nancy Pelosi, of the ruling class, was accidentally seen by the ruled class. Her example led 10s of idiots to do what she did.
Here’s an interesting big data approach to understanding covid disease via gene expression with suggestions on the pathways involved and hence targets for possible therapies. It’s a slightly different theory than the current understanding of the disease mechanism and should be easy to test.
It’s very complicated but the general idea is the virus causes downstream vascular effects leading to fluid build up in the body tissues. the main actor in this process is bradykinin (BK), has a role in blood pressure regulation. If it becomes overactive, it can cause many symptoms observed in covid, and it can be targeted at several stages by existing drugs.
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It’s good to see the Oak Ridge Boys are still in business.
It seems that all we need are ACE enhancers to limit the bradykinin and let us return to the good 'ol days of hypertension.
Trump’s new coronavirus adviser uses made-up statistics and false claims to praise White House pandemic response
"Confronted by the BBC interviewer regarding his lack of expertise, Atlas lashed out. “You know, I have to laugh at that,” he said, adding that it was “sort of silly” to think a virologist or immunologist was needed to deal with the pandemic.
" Atlas has supported the controversial strategy of allowing the virus to spread naturally until enough of the population — around 60 or 70 percent, by varying estimates — has been exposed to achieve what’s called “herd immunity,” at which point the epidemic should end on its own. That was Sweden’s goal in resisting the kinds of lockdowns most other nations instituted. That strategy failed.
Despite having [explicitly and repeatedly advocated for the herd immunity approach, Atlas denied being a herd immunity proponent to the BBC…
Trump and Republicans have repeatedly asserted in recent weeks that excess mortality in Europe is 40 percent higher than that in the United States. The principal problem with this assertion is that it is not true. Trump appears to have simply made up the statistic, and a fact check of the claim by the Annenberg Public Policy Center found it to be false."
Guess it’s not a miracle cure, we’ll have to go back to using bleach instead.
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I’m not quite sure on what grounds your article would say they “failed”. Here’s some commentary on Sweden - an article against and a response in favor.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sweden-shouldnt-be-americas-pandemic-model-11598822005
With all due respect, I beg to differ with Dr. Scott Gottlieb on the issue of Sweden’s approach to Covid-19 (“Sweden Shouldn’t Be America’s Pandemic Model,” op-ed, Aug. 31). The deaths per 100,000 are almost identical between the two countries despite Sweden having an older population. As of Sept. 2 the U.S. had 571 deaths per 100,000 and Sweden 576 per 100,000. Contrary to Dr. Gottlieb’s assertion, Sweden, like the U.S., did not perform well in protecting the elderly, according to its chief epidemiologist Anders Tegnell. Contrast then the drop in the second quarter GDP for the two nations. The U.S. GDP dropped 31.7% in contrast to Sweden’s GDP dropping 8.6%. This difference in loss rates cost the U.S. an addi-tional $1.25 trillion in lost GDP in the second quarter. Further, schools have remained open in Sweden, avoiding the damage being done to children and families by the school closures here. Sorry, but given the evi-dence, I do believe that we can learn from Sweden.
The daily death rate graph I think speaks for itself.
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Has Trump switched parties? Or was it just his new coronavirus adviser?
Leave it to CNN to provide free advertising to someone they don’t like. At least with the President, they sort of have to talk about him. It’s like life just goes over CNN’s head, along with the vast majority of big media. I don’t think they will ever get it.
Lots of nice charts here. They have various statistical models and projections too, but I haven’t studied them enough to have an real opinion on them. They seem a bit pessimistic at first glance, but maybe that’s just me being a bit optimistic.
http://www.healthdata.org/covid/estimation-updates-united-states
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Small randomized study out of Spain on Vit D. Those treated with Vit D (or similar forms of the same thing) only 2% progressed to need ICU level care, vs 50% ICU in the control group. Death rate was 0% for Vit D group vs 7% for the control.
Our pilot study demonstrated that administration of a high dose of Calcifediol or 25-hydroxyvitamin D, a main metabolite of vitamin D endocrine system, significantly reduced the need for ICU treatment of patients requiring hospitalization due to proven COVID-19. Calcifediol seems to be able to reduce severity of the disease, but larger trials with groups properly matched will be required to show a definitive answer.
Take your Vitamin D!
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Most people nowadays are low in D anyway. We just don’t spend enough time outside exposed to sunlight enough to raise levels naturally.
There was some study of college athletes who trained for running outdoors all day long in the summer, and all of their levels were low. Apparently just exposure on your face and arms isn’t enough, and who wants to be in the sun that much anyway?
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I don’t know how well-researched was this article, but it mentions 10-20 minutes per day with one third of skin exposed without sunscreen during mid-day in the summer (longer in the winter). Length depends on UV index and skin tone and sensitivity. Pasties may need to slowly build up a tan / tolerance, and those who burn without tanning should just take a vit D supplement.
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