COVID 19 GLOBAL

[lazarus]

[fforest]

You must stay home....

[Thai Spice]

FFS, has stupidity no limits ?

https://coconuts.co/bali/news/bali-residents-protest-cremation-of-covid-19-victim-over-alleged-lack-of-notice/

Dozens of local residents refused a cremation process for a COVID-19 victim on Saturday, fearing that smoke from the coronavirus may lead to transmission of the virus.

 

[fygjam]

22 minutes ago, Thai Spice said:

FFS, has stupidity no limits ?

https://coconuts.co/bali/news/bali-residents-protest-cremation-of-covid-19-victim-over-alleged-lack-of-notice/

Dozens of local residents refused a cremation process for a COVID-19 victim on Saturday, fearing that smoke from the coronavirus may lead to transmission of the virus.

 

Perhaps they weren't all dead.

 

 

[fygjam]

[Washedup]

So who's up for the approved Russian vaccine..I'm in! Better Hold Fast 

[lazarus]

Never going to go away...

New Zealand reinstates coronavirus restrictions after first locally-transmitted case in 102 days

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/11/world/new-zealand-restrictions-intl-scli/index.html

New Zealand has reintroduced coronavirus restrictions in parts of the country after new locally transmitted cases broke the 102-day streak the country had gone without recording a local infection.

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed four new locally transmitted coronavirus cases on Tuesday night, and announced that New Zealand's most populous city, Auckland, will temporarily see level three restrictions introduced for three days starting from midday on Wednesday...

[fforest]

https://www.kayak.com/travel-restrictions

Daily update on worldwide travel restrictions.....Interactive chart...

Completely closed

Only citizens, residents returning home, or people in other special circumstances may enter the country.

86

countries are completely closed

no changes from yesterday

Partially open

Entrance into the country may depend on the traveler’s citizenship, point of origin, or other specific regulations.

86

countries are partially open

no changes from yesterday

Reopening soon

The country has announced a specific date for reopening, but certain entry requirements may still apply.

6

countries are opening soon

no changes from yesterday

No restrictions

The country has no formal entry restrictions in place, but is still monitoring the situation and may have other travel advisories in place.

42

countries have no travel restrictions

+1 from yesterday

[lazarus]

^ ^ ^

I spoke with my neighbor (in the US) a few days a ago. She was just in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and had a good trip.

Lots of room to breathe on the plane and very quiet at the airports. No restrictions.

[KhunDon]

11 hours ago, Washedup said:

So who's up for the approved Russian vaccine..I'm in! Better Hold Fast 

Well Putins daughter has had the vaccine, so it must be safe. 😉

[Steelers4Life]

8 hours ago, lazarus said:

^ ^ ^

I spoke with my neighbor (in the US) a few days a ago. She was just in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and had a good trip.

Lots of room to breathe on the plane and very quiet at the airports. No restrictions.

I have been there before years ago. Wonderful holiday! Time for me to go back? 

Edit- Quick Google search tells me maybe not. 😞

Edited August 12, 2020 by Steelers4Life

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[fforest]

 

[forcebwithu]

Eccentric tech millionaire John McAfee arrested after wearing ‘safe lacy thong as a coronavirus mask’ in Norway

[Steelers4Life]

This whole Russian vaccine is dodgy as f**k IMO. Scientists around the globe hope for the best for their success, but are highly doubtful. Why don't they share the recipe with the globe so they can take a closer look? Instead, they call it "Sputnik V" as a dig towards us. The Philippines seem to be first in line for doses via Russia. 

You can be sure as F the US, UK, EU, Japan, etc. would be sharing the recipe if they had a vaccine. Putin is playing old USSR games

Edited August 12, 2020 by Steelers4Life

[fygjam]

53 minutes ago, Steelers4Life said:

This whole Russian vaccine is dodgy as f**k IMO. Scientists around the globe hope for the best for their success, but are highly doubtful. Why don't they share the recipe with the globe so they can take a closer look? Instead, they call it "Sputnik V" as a dig towards us. The Philippines seem to be first in line for doses via Russia. 

You can be sure as F the US, UK, EU, Japan, etc. would be sharing the recipe if they had a vaccine. Putin is playing old USSR games

It is a viral vector vaccine. Same as Oxford University's ChAdOx1 (now called AZD1222, in Phase III trials) and CanSino Biologics' vaccine approved for the Chinese military.

You take a different virus (a strain of Adenovirus, causes the common cold).

Remove that virus's ability to replicate.

Insert the genetic sequence (the gene) for the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein into the virus.

Inject it into someone.

The injected virus should infect cells but it cannot replicate itself. Instead is causes the cell to make copies of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein which hopefully generates an immune response which offers protection against the actual SARS virus.

 

 

Edited August 12, 2020 by fygjam

[lazarus]

3 hours ago, Steelers4Life said:

This whole Russian vaccine is dodgy as f**k IMO. Scientists around the globe hope for the best for their success, but are highly doubtful. Why don't they share the recipe with the globe so they can take a closer look? Instead, they call it "Sputnik V" as a dig towards us. The Philippines seem to be first in line for doses via Russia. 

You can be sure as F the US, UK, EU, Japan, etc. would be sharing the recipe if they had a vaccine. Putin is playing old USSR games

Putin is working on a "deal" with Trump. Major announcement to come soon.

[lazarus]

Let's go...?

The odds of catching COVID-19 on a plane might not be what you think
New study shows likelihood quite small

...a new study that finds the odds of catching COVID-19 on a flight are actually pretty low.

The study shows that passengers have 1 in 4,300 chance of catching the coronavirus on a full, two-hour flight. If the airline leaves the middle seat open, your chances of contracting the bug are nearly cut in half, to 1 in 7,700. And the chances of dying from COVID-19 contracted on a flight are between 1 in 400,000 and 1 in 600,000 depending on your age and other risk factors. That's according to Arnold Barnett, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who has been trying to quantify the odds of catching COVID-19 while flying. The study was revealed in a recent Bloomberg story, which points out that the findings (see link below) are not yet peer reviewed, but will likely be of immense interest to anyone thinking about flying soon.

Fliers have a much lower chance of dying in a plane crash — just 1 in 34 million. The lifetime odds of an American dying in an automobile crash are 1 in 114, according to the National Safety Council — significantly more than your odds of contracting COVID-19 on a plane. And how many of us have stopped riding in cars with odds like that?

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/catching-COVID-19-on-a-plane-15475695.php

 

Covid-19 Risk Among Airline Passengers: Should the Middle Seat Stay Empty?

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.02.20143826v3

[lazarus]

There's progress being made in the fight against COVID-19.

Of course, if you don't believe in science then maybe a little Russian vodka might do the trick for you. 😉

 

Coronavirus updates: UCSF researchers unveil nasal spray that protects against COVID

Researchers at UCSF say they have developed a synthetic, production-ready molecule that provides protection against the novel coronavirus.

Called "AeroNabs," the aerosol formulation can be administered once a day via a nasal spray or an inhaler.

“Far more effective than wearable forms of personal protective equipment, we think of AeroNabs as a molecular form of PPE that could serve as an important stopgap until vaccines provide a more permanent solution to COVID-19,” said UCSF biochemistry professor Peter Walter.

The UCSF research team is in talks with commercial partners to ramp up manufacturing and clinical testing.

https://www.sfgate.com/news/editorspicks/article/Coronavirus-updates-Bay-Area-COVID-latest-virus-15478128.php

 

‘AeroNabs’ Promise Powerful, Inhalable Protection Against COVID-19

...a team of researchers engineered a completely synthetic, production-ready molecule that straitjackets the crucial SARS-CoV-2 machinery that allows the virus to infect our cells. As reported in a new paper, now available on the preprint server bioRxiv, experiments using live virus show that the molecule is among the most potent SARS-CoV-2 antivirals yet discovered...

...“Though they function much like the antibodies found in the human immune system, nanobodies offer a number of unique advantages for effective therapeutics against SARS-CoV-2,” explained co-inventor Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of pharmaceutical chemistry who frequently employs nanobodies as a tool in his research on the structure and function of proteins that send and receive signals across the cell’s membrane...

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/08/418241/aeronabs-promise-powerful-inhalable-protection-against-covid-19

 

An ultra-high affinity synthetic nanobody blocks SARS-CoV-2 infection by locking Spike into an inactive conformation

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.08.238469v1

Edited August 12, 2020 by lazarus

[Steelers4Life]

The nasal spray sounds interesting. I am sure everyone is hopeful that it's a successful preventative measure until a vaccine is up and running. Maybe it could help open up the globe a bit more in the meantime?

[grayray]

On ‎8‎/‎4‎/‎2020 at 2:28 PM, fygjam said:

FROGS like this.

that looks a lot like a toad ,shit! Ray I think it is,it's a queensland cane toad.

that is not a frog

BBI

THIS A TOAD LOOKS LIKE YOUNGER BROTHER OF YOUR PIC,ANOTHER TOAD

Edited August 12, 2020 by grayray

[fygjam]

On 6/18/2020 at 12:13 PM, fygjam said:

Watch this space, the first to the finish line may not be the winner.

Worth repeating.

 

[fygjam]

The New Zealand outbreak after 102 days without community transmission provides scope for speculation if not a conspiracy theory.

Some news snippets.

 

One of Auckland's confirmed cases of COVID-19 was employed at Americold, a frozen storage warehouse which handles imports from overseas.

Managing director Richard Winnall told Newshub the man had been sick for quite some me before testing positive.

"He's been on sick leave for the last nine days, been off with flu symptoms," said Winnall.

"He of course didn't test positive until quite recently."

Winnall confirmed all of Americold's employees at the Mount Wellington warehouse had been sent home and would be tested for COVID-19. The company's warehouse near Auckland Airport
has also been closed.

"There's little indication of a case there, and no one has any symptoms but it's a precaution
due to the geographic location," he told Newshub.

Some studies have indicated COVID-19 could last longer on cold surfaces however Winnall said he was not aware of this.

"We've seen no evidence of longevity of the virus [in cold temperatures]," he said.

He said any goods handled in the warehouse would not be touched by consumers as the packaging is multilayered.

Officials are now investigating the possibility that the virus travelled into New Zealand on
refrigerated freight.

The country’s health director-general Dr Ashley Bloomfield said surface testing was under
way in an Auckland cool storage facility where a man from the infected family worked.

“We do know from studies overseas, that actually, the virus can survive in some refrigerated
environments for quite some time,” he said.

China has reported instances of coronavirus being detected on the packaging of imported
frozen seafood.

 

[roobob]

3 hours ago, fygjam said:

The New Zealand outbreak after 102 days without community transmission provides scope for speculation if not a conspiracy theory.

Some news snippets.

 

One of Auckland's confirmed cases of COVID-19 was employed at Americold, a frozen storage warehouse which handles imports from overseas.

Managing director Richard Winnall told Newshub the man had been sick for quite some me before testing positive.

"He's been on sick leave for the last nine days, been off with flu symptoms," said Winnall.

"He of course didn't test positive until quite recently."

Winnall confirmed all of Americold's employees at the Mount Wellington warehouse had been sent home and would be tested for COVID-19. The company's warehouse near Auckland Airport
has also been closed.

"There's little indication of a case there, and no one has any symptoms but it's a precaution
due to the geographic location," he told Newshub.

Some studies have indicated COVID-19 could last longer on cold surfaces however Winnall said he was not aware of this.

"We've seen no evidence of longevity of the virus [in cold temperatures]," he said.

He said any goods handled in the warehouse would not be touched by consumers as the packaging is multilayered.

Officials are now investigating the possibility that the virus travelled into New Zealand on
refrigerated freight.

The country’s health director-general Dr Ashley Bloomfield said surface testing was under
way in an Auckland cool storage facility where a man from the infected family worked.

“We do know from studies overseas, that actually, the virus can survive in some refrigerated
environments for quite some time,” he said.

China has reported instances of coronavirus being detected on the packaging of imported
frozen seafood.

 

Could the real reason for the outbreak in NZ is because lockdown to eradicate the virus does not work.

Time some of these "leaders: come to realise that the way to go is that people have to learn to live with the virus.... get on with our lives... until a vaccine is made.... shutting up shop and hiding from it does not work.

I wonder if the NZ PM is still doing her little dance after she declared to the world that NZ had eradicated the virus.....maybe she broke out into a jig premature.

cheers  

[fforest]

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