Author Topic: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19? (Read 221415 times)

avromie7 · « **Reply #1400 on:** August 17, 2020, 12:21:34 PM »

Quote from: Euclid on August 13, 2020, 06:37:25 PM

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

This sounds intriguing.

Can something like this be put into an HVAC system making an entire building safe?

ExGingi · « **Reply #1401 on:** August 17, 2020, 03:28:52 PM »

Quote from: Dawie on August 17, 2020, 12:20:26 PM

Air Cruises!!
maybe even a Borensteins KSML
https://www.secretflying.com/posts/airlines-launch-flights-to-nowhere-for-people-itching-to-fly

Flights to nowhere was an old Israeli idea that people used for the experience + duty free purchases. IIRC it faltered after an adverse tax ruling.

yesitsme · « **Reply #1402 on:** August 17, 2020, 10:08:13 PM »

Quote from: ExGingi on August 17, 2020, 03:28:52 PM

Flights to nowhere was an old Israeli idea that people used for the experience + duty free purchases. IIRC it faltered after an adverse tax ruling.

I have done that, we left sdei dov airport landed after 30 minutes flying

ExGingi · « **Reply #1403 on:** August 18, 2020, 12:11:30 AM »

Quote from: yesitsme on August 17, 2020, 10:08:13 PM

I have done that, we left sdei dov airport landed after 30 minutes flying

Probably more value in being able to say that you flew out of SDV than the actual flight.

Now it would be nice if they would use a more obscure airport, but I guess those don't have the capacity for aircraft that can carry more than a handful of passengers.

Jerseysteve · « **Reply #1404 on:** August 20, 2020, 09:45:39 PM »

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1296507751238193153

Jerseysteve · « **Reply #1405 on:** August 21, 2020, 01:45:29 PM »

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/odds-catching-covid-19-flight-wellness-scn/index.html

Jerseysteve · « **Reply #1406 on:** August 22, 2020, 10:19:42 PM »

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166354220302011

Euclid · « **Reply #1407 on:** August 23, 2020, 12:02:06 AM »

https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1297373454262571008

Any speculation?

yelped · « **Reply #1408 on:** August 23, 2020, 12:17:15 AM »

Quote from: Euclid on August 23, 2020, 12:02:06 AM

https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1297373454262571008

Any speculation?

So that means that all of a sudden the press will say that this medicine doesn't work?

Euclid · « **Reply #1409 on:** August 23, 2020, 12:20:55 AM »

Quote from: yelped on August 23, 2020, 12:17:15 AM

So that means that all of a sudden the press will say that this medicine doesn't work?

He is doing this during the time period that Dr. Fauci can't speak. And Dr. Birx isn't at the conference either so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

shapsam · « **Reply #1410 on:** August 23, 2020, 09:13:58 AM »

https://twitter.com/BenMarten/status/1297228066893082624

Lurker · « **Reply #1411 on:** August 23, 2020, 09:19:00 AM »

Quote from: shapsam on August 23, 2020, 09:13:58 AM

https://twitter.com/BenMarten/status/1297228066893082624

Read the responses. Too much assuming and bad math here.

aygart · « **Reply #1412 on:** August 23, 2020, 09:49:40 AM »

Quote from: Lurker on August 23, 2020, 09:19:00 AM

Read the responses. Too much assuming and bad math here.

THe study itself is definitely good news. The study does not reach the conclusion that this tweet does simply because the reactions were varied and not necessarily enough to prevent infection or even severe infection. Any level of pre-existing immunity is good news though since it lowers the required threshold for herd immunity.

Lurker · « **Reply #1413 on:** August 23, 2020, 10:07:54 AM »

Quote from: aygart on August 23, 2020, 09:49:40 AM

THe study itself is definitely good news. The study does not reach the conclusion that this tweet does simply because the reactions were varied and not necessarily enough to prevent infection or even severe infection. Any level of pre-existing immunity is good news though since it lowers the required threshold for herd immunity.

Sorry, I should have been clearer. T-cell prevalence is good. How good, and what exactly T-cell prevalence means with regards to immunity or even lessening of symptoms is still very much a work in progress. This guy's tweet is misleading at best.