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Coronavirus (COVID-19) is too exciting for adults to discuss (CLOSED)

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shetuck said:
Serious question... why can't people who have recovered (and presumably have antibodies) donate blood to those who are infected as a way to help them recover?

EDIT: I've been asking my epidimeologist wife this question for a few weeks, and I can't get a straight answer. So, naturally, I now turn to BP... lol.
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I saw a story about a 104-year-old World War II veteran who has survived a bout with COVID-19. This guy also lived through the Spanish Flu as a toddler.

If he's type O, I'll take a pint of his plasma. He's got some worthwhile antibodies.
 
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shetuck said:
Serious question... why can't people who have recovered (and presumably have antibodies) donate blood to those who are infected as a way to help them recover?

EDIT: I've been asking my epidimeologist wife this question for a few weeks, and I can't get a straight answer. So, naturally, I now turn to BP... lol.
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Ha ha I got a less than optimal response from my epidemiologist daughter. Lots of why nots....
 
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Onebuckfan said:
Crops get plowed under milk gets dumped all around the world without the Coronavirus..food gets pitched by restaurants and Groceries. Target alone when food reaches a day before expiration the expectation is fresh product is disposed and dry goods ..pet foods can be donated. The milk thing is millions of cartons for schools are not being filled..while grocery store milk lines are running 24 hours a day.
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The problem brewing is that, say, 50% of all food production goes to businesses and schools. The other 50% is run through the grocery store distribution model.

Now that 50% business and school demand has shifted, over night, to the grocery store distribution channel and the supply chain cannot keep up.

You package and prepare food for the two channels completely differently. It takes a huge capital investment and time to re-tool for the switch over.

In the meantime, the "excess" 50% that was going to the now defunct channel is waste and there is/will be a shortage in the grocery store channel.

As one in under served it watches the other pour milk down the drain and plow crops under.
 
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I've got a new business idea - I'm off to Britain to sell tinfoil hats.

Reuters

5G coronavirus conspiracy theory is dangerous fake nonsense, UK says
Guy Faulconbridge, Kate Holton

LONDON (Reuters) - A conspiracy theory that links 5G mobile telecommunications masts to the spread of the novel coronavirus is dangerous fake news and completely false, Britain said on Saturday after masts in several parts of the country were torched.

When asked by a reporter about the so called “theory” that 5G telecommunications masts could play a role in the spread of the disease, British Cabinet Officer Minister Michael Gove said: “That is just nonsense, dangerous nonsense as well.”

NHS England’s national medical director, Stephen Powis, said the 5G conspiracy idea was fake news with no scientific backing that risked damaging the emergency response to the outbreak.

“The 5G story is complete and utter rubbish, it’s nonsense, it’s the worst kind of fake news,” Powis said. “The reality is that the mobile phone networks are absolutely critical to all of us.”
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Really? Radio waves, or microwaves are going to spread a virus?
 
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AKAK said:
In a positive turn of events, in about 3 weeks I will finally know how well I rock a 1970' formula one driver hair style.
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So this but holding a gun instead of a helmet.

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Heck yes, these are meaningless. There is NOT random sampling (kinda important for statistics). You don't get tested unless you exhibit symptoms. So if you exhibit, you've got a proportionally higher probability of having the virus. Ergo, the more test kits, the more testing, (but you're still only testing those who exhibit the classic symptoms), so you're finding more cases. Seems like the bigger population centers (naturally) are more potentially larger. Not certain if the lesser cities are showing as many, probably because not as many are being tested? I believe there are more people out there who carry the bug, but have not yet been tested, because have not exhibited symptoms. Two week germination period has a lot to do with this. Anyway, the article mentions "R2", which I dimly remember from stats is the correlation co-efficient. Certainly the R squared is higher, but merely because the samples are pointed toward a certain group versus randomly. Also seem to remember the old saying: Figures lie, and liars figure. Also, newspaper/magazine/news reporters want to showcase the worst of things, as that's what sells. In re-reading this, it's pretty rough, but am certain that one of the BPers can say it better. Hang in there guys, this too will pass.
 
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ORD_Buckeye said:
Dentist just sent me an email saying that original Listerine hits the 65% alcohol threshold, kills coronavirus and will make the back of your mouth/top of your throat much less susceptible to the virus taking hold. I've been using the repugnant shit for years and actually gargling with it is tough, but just a head's up for those who want to try it.
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So this would work?

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