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Discussion in 'Coronavirus (COVID-19) News' started by HereWeGoAgain, Mar 12, 2020.

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  1. Sallyally

    Sallyally Well-Known Member Donor

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    Perhaps a wide short one?
     
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    Probably not. You know I meant mask though. ;-)
     
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    It is a fact that not all will go by the rules. It may be a sad situation but it is true. You might have gotten the point

    He ran the risk of getting tested positive.
     
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  4. Tigger2

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    Yeah, just joshing.
     
    Tigger2, Jun 3, 2021
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    MiaBleu, Jun 13, 2021
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    Biden administration to invest $3.2B for Covid-19 antiviral pills

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/wh...=857693951420692326&utm_medium=Email Sailthru

    "The Biden administration announced Thursday that it will invest $3.2 billion in the development of antiviral pills to protect against Covid-19. The money, from the American Rescue Plan, will go toward clinical trials and the manufacturing of promising treatments that could be taken early in the course of the disease and potentially save lives, officials said. "
     
    MiaBleu, Jun 17, 2021
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    MiaBleu, Jun 17, 2021
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    Thanks for this, an interesting piece. Anti viral drugs have been around for a while but a financial boost to their development is a good idea. Its a step towards being ready for Covid 20. Which will surely come.
     
    Tigger2, Jun 18, 2021
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    Point of order.
    It's too late for Covid 20 since it's 2021 already.
    Being prepared for the next pandemic would be a great idea but I'm not convinced we'll be forward enough thinking.
    Any more than 5 years away and preparedness will just be another victim of spending cuts.
     
    Montegriffo, Jun 18, 2021
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    Ah. I thought the 19 referred to the version not the year.
    You are probably right but any commitment helps.
    I know covid killed many good people but it was not any comparison with previous plagues.So our reaction was not so bad as it could have been.
     
    Tigger2, Jun 18, 2021
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    MiaBleu, Jun 19, 2021
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    It's not the black death sure but I wonder how many people are aware that it has killed more Americans than the Spanish flu.
     
    Montegriffo, Jun 19, 2021
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    As a percentage of population?
     
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    Ah, just double checked and I was wrong.
    675,000 deaths from Spanish flu verses 601,000 Covid deaths (so far).
    I thought it was 575,000.
    Still, not that far off.
     
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    As a percentage of the population at the time?
     
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    population US 1918 was 103m
    population US 2020 is 330m
    Spanish flu = .066%
    Covid = 0.19%
     
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    No as a percentage Spanish flu was much worse.
     
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    That can't be right. Is your decimal point in the wrong place?
     
    Montegriffo, Jun 19, 2021
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    ---deaths --- --- population --- --- percent
    675,000.00-- 103,000,000.00-- 0.0066 Spanish flu
    601,000.00-- 330,000,000.00-- 0.0018 Covid
    Apologies here you are.
     
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    The Spanish flu has been said to have included losses due to casualties in World War I.
     
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    That makes sense. In many cases it would have been both injury and virus.
    I'll have a read up when I get a minute.
     
    Tigger2, Jun 20, 2021
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    MiaBleu, Jun 23, 2021
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    Sallyally Well-Known Member Donor

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    Yes. I thought the following was interesting
    “Social determinants of health rooted in inequity — including poverty, where a person lives, to which types of food they have access and their education — were also hugely important factors in a person’s health, especially among nonwhite Americans.

    “Those tendencies in the U.S. that we outlined in 2013 were on full display during the pandemic, and the systemic issues that cause them are still in place,” Woolf said.”
    …..”Black Americans are already more likely than white Americans to face barriers created by social determinants of health. They are more likely to rent their homes, have lower education, make less money, live in polluted neighborhoods and not hold employer-sponsored health insurance.”
     
    Sallyally, Jun 24, 2021
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    That flu killed 1 in 10. Covid is nothing like that.
     
    Hoosier8, Jun 24, 2021
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    None of which limits them from eating less and better foods. Also since Covid killed the majority in their 80s, one cannot escape aging.
     
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