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

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lvbuckeye said:
You motherfuckers pissed yet?
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what am I mad about today?
 
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Taosman said:
The virus is running things now so getting multiple treatment and vaccine options will remove that large impediment to the economy and sports going forward.
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That's what I'm talking about: the assumption that "multiple treatment and vaccine options" will be found, as if there isn't a disease we cannot conquer.

What's the plan if they're not found? Hide forever?
 
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Jake said:
That's what I'm talking about: the assumption that "multiple treatment and vaccine options" will be found, as if there isn't a disease we cannot conquer.

What's the plan if they're not found? Hide forever?
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Well you either believe in the science or you don't. I have always believed in "science". Science gets my vote.
 
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Taosman said:
Well you either believe in the science or you don't. I have always believed in "science". Science gets my vote.
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Don't quote me if you're just going to give a non-answer like that one. You "believe" whatever you like but it doesn't change the fact that we don't have cures for everything.

Then there is this fun fact - coronaviruses are not stationary targets. They evolve, mutate, shift, and drift. Your vaccine may work on some strains but not others, like the annual influenza vaccine. The ever-popular "until there's a vaccine" (insert closure/cancellation here) could go on for the rest of our lives.

So I'll ask again: what's plan B?
 
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Jake said:
Don't quote me if you're just going to give a non-answer like that one. You "believe" whatever you like but it doesn't change the fact that we don't have cures for everything.

Then there is this fun fact - coronaviruses are not stationary targets. They evolve, mutate, shift, and drift. Your vaccine may work on some strains but not others, like the annual influenza vaccine. The ever-popular "until there's a vaccine" (insert closure/cancellation here) could go on for the rest of our lives.
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Sincere response: QFT

So I'll ask again: what's plan B?
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Cynical response: open it all up and let the cards fall where they may.

The social distancing and steps taken thus far have all been in an effort to reduce the strain on the medical community in order to take care of those most at risk. *It was never a step to to eradicate the virus.* All people will get exposed at some point by some strain of this virus.
 
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Jake said:
Don't quote me if you're just going to give a non-answer like that one. You "believe" whatever you like but it doesn't change the fact that we don't have cures for everything.

Then there is this fun fact - coronaviruses are not stationary targets. They evolve, mutate, shift, and drift. Your vaccine may work on some strains but not others, like the annual influenza vaccine. The ever-popular "until there's a vaccine" (insert closure/cancellation here) could go on for the rest of our lives.

So I'll ask again: what's plan B?
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There is more than one "plan B". But clearly, a "plan B" is probably just treatments that prevent a death and wearing a mask during flu season. Obviously a vaccine is what most people would prefer as that would be less an imposition on peoples lives rather than ending up in a doctors office getting treatment and staying home for a couple weeks. Just alike a flu case. We live with the flu every year.

Plan B https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/what-s-backup-plan-if-there-s-no-covid-19-n1234742
Improving testing availability and turnaround times, which the White House has been reluctant to put more federal dollars into, could help detect outbreaks before they get out of hand. Hiring and training more contact tracers, and maybe even experimenting with apps to assist them, could help track the spread of the virus. Finding effective treatments that speed up recovery and increase survivability could make the pandemic easier to manage as a day-to-day threat. Former Obama health official Andy Slavitt has called for a national push to produce high-quality N95 masks for daily public use, rather than the more common cotton masks.
 
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