SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus (COVID-19)

I had wondered about this. At one time antibodies in the blood were considered effective but I'm wondering if T-cells might be equally important.

Bob Wilson

 

Speaking of charts, here's a depressing one with useful information:



Buckle up America, we're going to be at current Italian levels at roughly March 24th.

 

I was under the impression that white and T-cells could 'exchange' genetic material to code for antibody formation. But I'd not thought that a foreign cell would preferentially trigger a more vigorous response against them . . . negating any antibody coding.

What about interferon? Are they generic anti-viral or specific to the virus in a compromised cell?

Not to sound grim, could antibodies be harvested postmortem without a viral load ... a type of organ donation?

Bob Wilson

ps. This exhausts my layman's understanding.

 

i was reading one doc who said the virus infiltrates while we sleep because we aspirate. he said it has to get beyond the trachea to do damage.
he recommended cleaning your nostrils with soap and water, and gargling with anticeptic mouthwash before retiring, to limit the number of viruses if you have been infected that day

 

traveling up the east cosat, the closer we get to home, the more prepared we are seeing hotels and restaurants

 

Hopefully they have toilet paper.

They closed the local Costco down yesterday out here due to unruly customers.

A lot of prized commodities I guess.

Safe travels north though.

 

Is that time or latitude?

 

jersey. panera had a new customer/employee covid notification. place was spotless, no more customer interaction with products or accessories.

residence inn, posted cleaning policy

last night, in n.c., things were more relaxed

 

Got a haircut today and they had posted signs if your sick, we'll cut your hair another day.

No wait either.

The hand sanitizer was used prior to me sitting in the chair as well and when I left .

 

"don'T rump"..... Hey, I'm the Pressy-dent. No one gets anything.... even re-pubic-lick-uns.

 

Gonna be a lot of long-hairs, & I ain't talkin' classical music lovers.

 

My wife and I usually go for the grocery pick-up option with Walmart. Today this system was automatically canceling orders, even as Walmart associates were trying to bag them. It took a long phone call to be assured that our payment would be returned quickly.

We went to our closest Walmart expecting the worst. Yes, the usual things were out of stock, but we were not shopping for those things. We frequently oversupply on cleaning materials. My wife oversupplies on Bath & Body Works products (including sanitizers).

The crowd was civil, but busy. No one was outwardly panicking yet. I felt we were better supplied by ourselves, instead of letting some minimum-wage employee grab what was left and throwing it in a sack.

 

480 tested in massachusetts, 120 presumptive positive. i wonder how the ratio will change if they ever get testing in place

 

Wish we could finally get to asymptomatic and minimally symptomatic population testing with contact tracing. That would help answer many critical questions, including if we should close down schools and if so, for how long.

Unfortunately this remains not to be in the cards and no indication for the near future.