SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus (COVID-19)

It would be interesting to compare the same analyses done to say cancer drug studies. I wouldn't be too surprised if it is equally disorganized and chaotic.

 

no doubt there isn't enough worldwide communication on overlapping research

 

Just as a follow-up, back on 6/27 I made a back-of-the-envelope projection of sorts, based on the Bexar metric "ICU cases + ventilator cases" having grown from 197 to 338 over five days (72% growth), that the same growth rate would take the number to around 580 over the next five.

Didn't quite get there; it was 499 on 7/1, just 48% growth.

I hope the good news continues.

 

daughter and son in law just got back from a week on cape cod. beaches and restaurants were packed.
phase III starts this week.

 

i really don't understand why the fda is studying this stuff when soap and water works fine according to the experts, but here's another one that is confusing the public:

'scientists debating with who over covid aerosol contagiousness'

 

Was reading about an ongoing case study with a thousand members. ½ of them were a placebo group. In short, the drug reduced the recovery time in half.

 

Which drug?

 

the corona drug

 

Today our state joined the many other states which now require mask!

Governor signed an executive order today on TV- No mask = No service at any retail outlet.

Interesting side note the Chamber of Commerce and the Retailers Association for our state banded together to push for this executive order.

Reaction from citizens was overwhelmingly in favor of mask - as expected some bad actors (which I guess are everywhere) are already planning lawsuits because nobody is going to tell them what to do, especially to wear a mask to protect others!

 

it's all very sad, that the few are endangering the many. they have no loveof neighbor, only of self.

 

"The Maryland-based company, which has never brought a product to market before, just made the biggest deal to date with the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed"

Novavax Gets $1.6 Billion for Coronavirus Vaccine From Operation Warp Speed - The New York Times

 

"At a clinic in Corona, a working-class neighborhood in Queens, more than 68 percent of people tested positive for antibodies to the new coronavirus"

Imagine that, ground zero for the NYC Covid-19 surge appears to have been a neighborhood called "Corona"!
No one would believe me if I didn't include the link:
68% Have Antibodies in This Clinic. Can Neighborhood Beat a Next Wave? - The New York Times

Am I like losing my mind, or what?

 

This was the placebo:

 

Formaldehyde is an FDA-approved preservative in vaccines that does inactivate enzymes, including those that degrade RNA.
Common Ingredients in U.S. Licensed Vaccines | FDA
It does have a side effect, however, of also chemically modifying RNA in ways that can affect biological activity, and its presence in vaccines is among concerns of the anti-vax community.

A variety of commercially-available RNase inhibitors are available, but may not have been vetted fully as vaccine components for human use. RNA also is more stable when precipitated from solution. I am sure they are exploring different delivery formats at warp speed.

Dry ice shipping and storage is a lower-tech alternative to -80C freezers, but does involve costs and is not a viable way to reach much of the planet.

Any untried technology is going to have its issues that will have to be worked out, but each presents a pinch point. That comment also was made by the CEO of Novavax, who might be trying to cast aspersions on competing technologies and touting the advantages of their approach (their candidate is not an RNA-based one but uses protein-bearing nanoparticles that he does say are room temperature stable).

 

Looks like we found our limit where the rapidly growing cases among the (not completely immortal) younger ones eventually translate into deaths:




California:

 

grateful for that, but long term health ramifications still hold a lot of unknowns.

or am i misreading, are you saying deaths are now on the rise? that's what i see in the graphs.