Damn, really expected a dick joke after that intro
Almost time for a new thread.
COVID-19 2: Electric Superflu
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Almost perfect, but I think we gotta go:
SARS-CoV-2: Electric Superflu
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Yeah, nearly 1000 posts in the last 24 hours alone.
It’s really incredible how much better this forum is than 2+2 for fast moving threads like this.
A+ job to the people that made this place possible.
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Fuck that’s perfect, I want to like it more than once
Huh? Viruses live just fine on hot food. They die in the oven, but when the cook/preparer in the back–who is asymptomatic or mildly sick but can’t afford to stay home–touches your food, the virus is just fine until it goes in your mouth.
Do whatever you want, but I have to say I’ve found your posts inconsistent in this thread.
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Hey guys
I mentioned this yesterday but am going to try again as I think it’s important
This thread is so valuable but getting very hard to sift the important information from the jokes, memes, jabs at trump and his supporters, ancillary stuff about sports etc.
We are making like 200 posts an hour in here.
I think we need two threads. A low content covid and one for just news and core discussions of response etc.
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no
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My sister-in-law works in a hospital 30 miles from there and told me someone was admonished by higher-ups about a week ago for trying to order the test due to high cost. My brother runs a restaurant in the area was happy to report today that they are just as slammed as usual with no signs of slowing down.
Replace O-H-I-O with G-G-N-R.
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I flew 2,000 miles to see an expert that would order the tests, then came back with positive results and they were still like “Nah, it’s rare. Probably just false positives.” The amount of bullshit they’ve made up about the disease which I know to be unequivocally incorrect is troubling.
Make sure you get the right ones, some of them don’t work for novel coronavirus. If the active ingredient is benzethonium chloride, it may not protect you (some say it does not, some say it depends on the concentration). If there are a bunch left, they may be the wrong ones.
All that does is create work for our unpaid mods. And it always fails anyway.
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Say what? The ones I got say that, but the tiny writing says (among other things) that it kills coronaviruses.
I agree it can be tough to follow. Perhaps someone should start a second thread that gets no original posts, but people can quote posts from here into there if they feel they’re important updates that people should read. Thus, easier to catch up from behind and get cliff notes on the latest.
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They are 100% confident it will work and are only limited by the time required for human trials and production, which understandably means that while we are looking at a year or so before Oprah hands out vaccines for everyone, a vaccine is moving about as fast as it can.
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I don’t think it’s possible at the stage they are at to be positive about anything. But maybe virus discovery is significantly different than drug discovery.
I might have mixed up benzethonium chloride and benzalkonium chloride. Is there a difference in effectiveness for this? I’m not sure… Frankly, I think we don’t know for sure that alcohol kills novel coronavirus, but I think we’re more confident that alcohol does than we are that the chloride products do.
It’s also possible we learned more since this, but…
The Philippines
"SUMMARY OF PRRD PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT
March 12, 2020 at 9:00PM
The Palace wishes to inform the public that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has been apprised by our health officials about the decision to raise the Code Alert System for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country to Code Red Sublevel 2.
Following discussions with health officials, as well as with members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF), the Chief Executive has decided to approve the imposition of Stringent Social Distancing Measures in the National Capital Region (NCR) for thirty (30) days, with the salient directives discussed below.
First, the suspension of classes in all levels in Metro Manila is extended until April 12, 2020, with students remaining in their respective homes for the said duration.
Second, mass gatherings, defined as events where the number of people attending could strain the planning and response resources of the community hosting the event, shall be prohibited during the aforesaid period.
Third, community quarantine is imposed in the entire Metro Manila. Local Government Units (LGUs) in other areas are advised to abide by the following guidelines:
• A barangay-wide quarantine is advised when there at least two (2) positive COVID-19 cases belonging to different households in the same barangay;
• A municipality/city-wide quarantine is advised when there at least two (2) positive COVID-19 cases belonging to different barangays in the same municipality/city;
• A province-wide quarantine is advised when there at least two (2) positive COVID-19 cases belonging to different municipalities, component cities or independent component cities in the same province; and
• LGUs, which have imposed community quarantine in their respective jurisdiction/s, upon the declaration of a State of Calamity, shall be allowed to access their Quick Response Fund.
Fourth, work in the Executive Branch shall be suspended during the same period, without prejudice to the formation of skeletal workforces by government agencies. The Congress and the Judiciary are encouraged to adopt the same policy. Law enforcement agencies, including the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police, as well as health and emergency frontline services shall continue in full operation.
Fifth, flexible work arrangements shall likewise be encouraged in the private sector, following guidelines from the Department of Labor and Employment and the Department of Trade and Industry designed to safeguard the welfare of the workers. All manufacturing, retail and service establishments shall remain in operation during the same period, provided that strict social distancing measures are observed.
Sixth, mass public transports, such as the Light Rail Transits, the Metro Rail Transits, and the Philippine National Railway shall continue in operation, following guidelines by the Department of Transportation intended to ensure social distancing.
Seventh, land, domestic air, and domestic sea travel to and from Metro Manila shall be suspended beginning March 15, 2020 00:00H until April 14, 2020 23:59H.
All the aforementioned measures shall be subject to daily monitoring and reassessment by the IATF.
In addition, LGUs outside of the National Capital Region are advised to exercise sound discretion in suspending classes in their respective localities.
The President likewise approved that Balik-Manggagawa Overseas Filipino Workers may be allowed to travel to mainland China, except to Hubei Province, upon their execution of a declaration signifying their knowledge and understanding of the risks involved in their travel. A health advisory pamphlet shall similarly be handed to them upon their departure.
Finally, entry travel restrictions shall be imposed upon those traveling from countries with localized COVID-19 transmissions, except for Filipino citizens including their foreign spouse and children, if any, holders of permanent resident visa, and holders of diplomatic visas issued by the Philippine Government.
To be clear, and to allay the fears and apprehension of the public, the government is essentially calling for a stricter implementation of preventive measures in order to slow down and put a halt to the further spread of COVID-19. While a total and absolute lockdown is considered by some as a valid preventive measure, current circumstances do not warrant such an extreme course of action.
While the Duterte Administration remains resolute in combating this disease, the Palace asks affected entities and individuals for their cooperation in properly observing the foregoing adopted measures.
Salvador S. Panelo
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel
& Presidential Spokesperson"
I can’t read. Active ingredient in the ones I got is Alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride.