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Thai Spice Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 1 hour ago, KWA said: Didn't take long to get back to usual. "Natural" being the right word.... And if you dont like it, please pass your turn ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lazarus Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Jail house blues... Nearly One-Third Of San Quentin Inmates Now Have COVID-19; Death Row Inmate Dies There are now 1,011 active cases of COVID-19 at San Quentin State Prison, meaning that almost a third of the entire prison population has become infected in the span of just two weeks. The San Quentin super-cluster grew overnight from 832 cases to 1,015 cases, according to data from the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) — a jump of 22 percent, or 183 cases. It's also a five-fold increase since a week ago, when 219 inmates had tested positive... https://sfist.com/2020/06/29/nearly-one-third-of-san-quentin-inmates-now-have-covid-19/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 20 minutes ago, lazarus said: The San Quentin super-cluster grew overnight from 832 cases to 1,015 cases, according to data from the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) — a jump of 22 percent, or 183 cases. It's also a five-fold increase since a week ago, when 219 inmates had tested positive... Sorta like a cruise ship. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 (This link was sent to me. I would like to point out that I am NOT a regular Guardian reader! 🙂 ) https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/30/us-buys-up-world-stock-of-key-covid-19-drug?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0d1YXJkaWFuVG9kYXlVS19XZWVrZGF5cy0yMDA3MDE%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUK_email&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUK US buys up world stock of key Covid-19 drug remdesivir No other country will be able to buy remdesivir, which can help recovery from Covid-19, for next three months at least Sarah Boseley Tue 30 Jun 2020 19.32 BSTLast modified on Wed 1 Jul 2020 00.15 BST The US has bought up virtually all the stocks for the next three months of one of the two drugs proven to work against Covid-19, leaving none for the UK, Europe or most of the rest of the world. Experts and campaigners are alarmed both by the US unilateral action on remdesivir and the wider implications, for instance in the event of a vaccine becoming available. The Trump administration has already shown that it is prepared to outbid and outmanoeuvre all other countries to secure the medical supplies it needs for the US. “They’ve got access to most of the drug supply [of remdesivir], so there’s nothing for Europe,” said Dr Andrew Hill, senior visiting research fellow at Liverpool University. Remdesivir, the first drug approved by licensing authorities in the US to treat Covid-19, is made by Gilead and has been shown to help people recover faster from the disease. The first 140,000 doses, supplied to drug trials around the world, have been used up. The Trump administration has now bought more than 500,000 doses, which is all of Gilead’s production for July and 90% of August and September. “President Trump has struck an amazing deal to ensure Americans have access to the first authorised therapeutic for Covid-19,” said the US health and human services secretary, Alex Azar. “To the extent possible, we want to ensure that any American patient who needs remdesivir can get it. The Trump administration is doing everything in our power to learn more about life-saving therapeutics for Covid-19 and secure access to these options for the American people.” The drug, which was invented for Ebola but failed to work, is under patent to Gilead, which means no other company in wealthy countries can make it. The cost is around $3,200 per treatment of six doses, according to the US government statement. The deal was announced as it became clear that the pandemic in the US is spiralling out of control. Anthony Fauci, the country’s leading public health expert and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told the Senate the US was sliding backwards. “We are going in the wrong direction,” said Fauci. Last week the US saw a new daily record of 40,000 new coronavirus cases in one day. “I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around,” he said. He could not provide an estimated death toll, but said: “It is going to be very disturbing, I guarantee you that.” The US has recorded more than 2.5 million confirmed cases of Covid-19. Some states lifted restrictions only to have to clamp down again. On Monday, the governor of Arizona ordered bars, cinemas, gyms and water parks to shut down for a month, weeks after they reopened. Texas, Florida and California, all seeing rises in cases, have also reimposed restrictions. Buying up the world’s supply of remdesivir is not just a reaction to the increasing spread and death toll. The US has taken an “America first” attitude throughout the global pandemic. In May, French manufacturer Sanofi said the US would get first access to its Covid vaccine if it works. Its CEO, Paul Hudson, was quoted as saying: “The US government has the right to the largest pre-order because it’s invested in taking the risk,” and, he added, the US expected that “if we’ve helped you manufacture the doses at risk, we expect to get the doses first”. Later it backtracked under pressure from the French government. Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau warned there could be unintended negative consequences if the US continued to outbid its allies. “We know it is in both of our interests to work collaboratively and cooperatively to keep our citizens safe,” he said. The Trump administration has also invoked the Defense Production Act to block some medical goods made in the US from being sent abroad. Nothing looks likely to prevent the US cornering the market in remdesivir, however. “This is the first major approved drug, and where is the mechanism for access?” said Dr Hill. “Once again we’re at the back of the queue.” The drug has been watched eagerly for the last five months, said Hill, yet there was no mechanism to ensure a supply outside the US. “Imagine this was a vaccine,” he said. “That would be a firestorm. But perhaps this is a taste of things to come.” Remdesivir would get people out of hospital more quickly, reducing the burden on the NHS, and might improve survival, said Hill, although that has not yet been shown in trials, as it has with the other successful treatment, the steroid dexamethasone. There has been no attempt to buy up the world’s stocks of dexamethasone because there is no need – the drug is 60 years old, cheap and easily available everywhere. Hill said there was a way for the UK to secure supplies of this and other drugs during the pandemic, through what is known as a compulsory licence, which overrides the intellectual property rights of the company. That would allow the UK government to buy from generic companies in Bangladesh or India, where Gilead’s patent is not recognised. The UK has always upheld patents, backing the argument of pharma companies that they need their 20-year monopoly to recoup the money they put into research and development. But other countries have shown an interest in compulsory licensing. “It is a question of what countries are prepared to do if this becomes a problem,” said Hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Krapow Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 4 hours ago, fforest said: And what, a few free market entrepreneurial folk. f**k sake your God, Conspiracy King con man Alex Jones was advertising a 'cure' for sale to the thick as f**k gullible conspiracy freaks out there to buy. You seem obsessed with the masks, much much more than anyone else on here. Just come out of the closet and wear the nice flowery one ffs, you know you want to ... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunDon Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/coronavirus-updates-europe-reopens-borders-us-travelers-remain/story?id=71548690&cid=social_twitter_abcn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 I am not taking any risks this weekend 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) Masks we like to see... (click the little square in the lower right to make it smaller)... video-1593650285.mp4 Edited July 2, 2020 by lazarus 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 9 hours ago, Nightcrawler said: I am not taking any risks this weekend Got an appointment with a doctor today,that's how I have to dress....or is it him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunDon Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 2 hours ago, coxyhog said: Got an appointment with a doctor today,that's how I have to dress....or is it him? FFS! Both of you have to wear that complete PPE Safety gear. 🤪 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Fauci talks to Radio 4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08jn7g4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 3 hours ago, KhunDon said: FFS! Both of you have to wear that complete PPE Safety gear. 🤪 He was fully PPE'd up,I had to wear a mask & he couldn't get me out quick enough! It was only for him to have a butchers in my blocked up lughole to confirm that it's wax.Docs no longer doing irrigation syringing so gonna cost me £85 to get it sucked off out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunDon Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Had a consultation with a consultant ENT specialist today, over the phone. Lasted about 20 minutes or so. He seemed to know his stuff and asked all the pertinent questions to diagnose my problem. Seems I need an operation on my nose, but they have cancelled all non urgent surgery until December, so I’ll have to try medication instead. Prescriptions in the post. 🤗 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ivan the terrible Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Darwin awards frontrunners ...the security guards in Melbourne having sex with instead of "guarding" those quarantined passengers from overseas who had a high risk of carrying covid 19...i gather intensive care beds are filling ! There is no saving some people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 36 minutes ago, Ivan the terrible said: Darwin awards frontrunners ...the security guards in Melbourne having sex with instead of "guarding" those quarantined passengers from overseas who had a high risk of carrying covid 19...i gather intensive care beds are filling ! There is no saving some people Don't forget those refusing tests because they think the virus is a hoax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan the terrible Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 4 hours ago, fygjam said: Don't forget those refusing tests because they think the virus is a hoax. they are playing the unlikely to catch odds ...but if you are f***ing someone with tongue twisling ...oh lordy lordy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfc2007 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/health/ireland-s-official-coronavirus-death-toll-likely-to-have-been-overstated-report-finds-1.4295324%3fmode=amp Ireland's Covid19 death toll overstated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunDon Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 For the Wetherspoons crowd. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfc2007 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 1 hour ago, dcfc2007 said: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/health/ireland-s-official-coronavirus-death-toll-likely-to-have-been-overstated-report-finds-1.4295324%3fmode=amp Ireland's Covid19 death toll overstated. Irish death toll closer to 1200 than the 1700 recorded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan the terrible Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 1 hour ago, dcfc2007 said: Irish death toll closer to 1200 than the 1700 recorded. cannot kill those leprechauns...its a given 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painter Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) "From 4 July, Thailand is exempt from the FCO advice against all non-essential international travel. This is based on the current assessment of COVID-19 risks. Time updated3:10pm, 3 July 2020" from UK government. Presumably that means travel insurance will be valid as you aren't travelling against government advice. of course, this is only IF you can actually get there... edit.... however, Thailand does not seem to appear on the uk's quarantine exempt on return list, just published. So, if you can get there, and want to come home, you've still got to isolate when you get back.... Edited July 3, 2020 by Painter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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