It’s kind of confusing he is saying people are criticizing them for not wearing masks to score political points? Why not just say that instead of being a bitch about it. Yes you’re not trying to criticize people while calling them fake, sure guy. Nick Saban is dumb Facebook friend.
Like you’re just an Alabama football hater if you want them to wear masks, roll tide. Yea I get it.
I’m sorry you are going through that. Not fair to any of you. Will be hoping everything goes the best it can.
I think he’s trying to preserve his ability to coach a football team and make $8 million this year without explicitly criticizing the dipshits that both directly and indirectly pay his salary.
Don’t know how we can prove this theory because the common cold is too many different viruses and there is no way to determine which one improved your immune response against covid. It is probably not even possible to determine if this theory is true or if some people just naturally have a better response to corona viruses.
Infecting yourselves would mean some sort of vaccine type production as human to human would be a bit risky with Covid floating around as well. The cost would be too high for dubious and short lived benefits at most.
The New Zealand outbreak is pretty interesting to follow. The first cluster still has no known origin. There was a second infection in another location and genomic sequencing traced that to a person in quarantine. Interesting there is that the 2 people never met so there is either another case there or smear transmission happened. With 100 days without cases and low cases total they are doing a lot of testing and research on these new transmissions.
He’s saying wear your damn masks, people.
Bingo
I think testing is b.s., cases are b.s., and positive pct. is b.s. right now when trying to look into the numbers. What I’m putting below might give the best insight into disparities in testing though it’s still flawed as it’s just picking out peak day and today. I’m not smart enough to make any correlations but I broke down 51 places vs. 2019 population in the U.S. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I feel like the daily testing percentage in a place should match as closely as possible to its percentage of the U.S. population. A lot of small places seem to be getting a lot of testing and some of the biggest places are getting a ton of testing. Many places that need a lot of testing aren’t doing anywhere near enough. Here’s the chart that shows the numbers for someone smarter than to see if there’s anything to this as a way to see what’s really going on:
| St. | U.S. Pop 2019 | Pop. | Pct. Of U.S. Pop. | Peak U.S. Test Total 7/18 | 7/18 Tests | 7/18 Test Pct. | 8/17 U.S. Tests | 8/17 Tests | 8/17 Pct. U.S. Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | 328,300,544 | 731,545 | 0.2% | 760,968 | 2,949 | 0.4% | 648,710 | 4,133 | 0.6% |
| AL | 328,300,544 | 4,903,185 | 1.5% | 760,968 | 11,380 | 1.5% | 648,710 | 6,499 | 1.0% |
| AR | 328,300,544 | 3,017,825 | 0.9% | 760,968 | 5,508 | 0.7% | 648,710 | 412 | 0.1% |
| AZ | 328,300,544 | 7,278,717 | 2.2% | 760,968 | 7,023 | 0.9% | 648,710 | 6,414 | 1.0% |
| CA | 328,300,544 | 39,512,223 | 12.0% | 760,968 | 123,119 | 16.2% | 648,710 | 135,645 | 20.9% |
| CO | 328,300,544 | 5,758,736 | 1.8% | 760,968 | 6,434 | 0.8% | 648,710 | 8,268 | 1.3% |
| CT | 328,300,544 | 3,565,287 | 1.1% | 760,968 | 0 | 0.0% | 648,710 | 44,278 | 6.8% |
| DC | 328,300,544 | 705,749 | 0.2% | 760,968 | 3,348 | 0.4% | 648,710 | 2,803 | 0.4% |
| DE | 328,300,544 | 973,764 | 0.3% | 760,968 | 2,147 | 0.3% | 648,710 | 2,253 | 0.3% |
| FL | 328,300,544 | 21,477,737 | 6.5% | 760,968 | 51,220 | 6.7% | 648,710 | 20,248 | 3.1% |
| GA | 328,300,544 | 10,617,423 | 3.2% | 760,968 | 33,128 | 4.4% | 648,710 | 22,144 | 3.4% |
| HI | 328,300,544 | 1,415,872 | 0.4% | 760,968 | 1,791 | 0.2% | 648,710 | 2,649 | 0.4% |
| IA | 328,300,544 | 3,155,070 | 1.0% | 760,968 | 1,276 | 0.2% | 648,710 | 2,791 | 0.4% |
| ID | 328,300,544 | 1,787,065 | 0.5% | 760,968 | 2,186 | 0.3% | 648,710 | 1,265 | 0.2% |
| IL | 328,300,544 | 12,671,821 | 3.9% | 760,968 | 46,099 | 6.1% | 648,710 | 38,246 | 5.9% |
| IN | 328,300,544 | 6,732,219 | 2.1% | 760,968 | 9,820 | 1.3% | 648,710 | 7,782 | 1.2% |
| KS | 328,300,544 | 2,913,314 | 0.9% | 760,968 | 0 | 0.0% | 648,710 | 11,219 | 1.7% |
| KY | 328,300,544 | 4,467,673 | 1.4% | 760,968 | 7,139 | 0.9% | 648,710 | 4,455 | 0.7% |
| LA | 328,300,544 | 4,648,794 | 1.4% | 760,968 | 0 | 0.0% | 648,710 | 16,202 | 2.5% |
| MA | 328,300,544 | 6,949,503 | 2.1% | 760,968 | 12,246 | 1.6% | 648,710 | 14,946 | 2.3% |
| MD | 328,300,544 | 6,045,680 | 1.8% | 760,968 | 12,770 | 1.7% | 648,710 | 15,202 | 2.3% |
| ME | 328,300,544 | 1,344,212 | 0.4% | 760,968 | 1,484 | 0.2% | 648,710 | 2,331 | 0.4% |
| MI | 328,300,544 | 9,986,857 | 3.0% | 760,968 | 30,572 | 4.0% | 648,710 | 19,157 | 3.0% |
| MN | 328,300,544 | 5,639,632 | 1.7% | 760,968 | 16,451 | 2.2% | 648,710 | 5,969 | 0.9% |
| MO | 328,300,544 | 6,137,428 | 1.9% | 760,968 | 12,980 | 1.7% | 648,710 | 12,999 | 2.0% |
| MS | 328,300,544 | 2,976,149 | 0.9% | 760,968 | 5,821 | 0.8% | 648,710 | 4,443 | 0.7% |
| MT | 328,300,544 | 1,068,778 | 0.3% | 760,968 | 1,475 | 0.2% | 648,710 | 2,801 | 0.4% |
| NC | 328,300,544 | 10,488,084 | 3.2% | 760,968 | 35,169 | 4.6% | 648,710 | 10,826 | 1.7% |
| ND | 328,300,544 | 762,062 | 0.2% | 760,968 | 2,040 | 0.3% | 648,710 | 619 | 0.1% |
| NE | 328,300,544 | 1,934,408 | 0.6% | 760,968 | 4,955 | 0.7% | 648,710 | 2,115 | 0.3% |
| NH | 328,300,544 | 1,359,711 | 0.4% | 760,968 | 0 | 0.0% | 648,710 | 1,042 | 0.2% |
| NJ | 328,300,544 | 8,882,190 | 2.7% | 760,968 | 12,522 | 1.6% | 648,710 | 20,884 | 3.2% |
| NM | 328,300,544 | 2,096,829 | 0.6% | 760,968 | 8,930 | 1.2% | 648,710 | 5,282 | 0.8% |
| NV | 328,300,544 | 3,080,156 | 0.9% | 760,968 | 5,530 | 0.7% | 648,710 | 3,960 | 0.6% |
| NY | 328,300,544 | 19,453,561 | 5.9% | 760,968 | 69,817 | 9.2% | 648,710 | 56,891 | 8.8% |
| OH | 328,300,544 | 11,689,100 | 3.6% | 760,968 | 22,312 | 2.9% | 648,710 | 19,371 | 3.0% |
| OK | 328,300,544 | 3,956,971 | 1.2% | 760,968 | 10,687 | 1.4% | 648,710 | 369 | 0.1% |
| OR | 328,300,544 | 4,217,737 | 1.3% | 760,968 | 6,598 | 0.9% | 648,710 | 2,420 | 0.4% |
| PA | 328,300,544 | 12,801,989 | 3.9% | 760,968 | 13,337 | 1.8% | 648,710 | 10,456 | 1.6% |
| RI | 328,300,544 | 1,059,361 | 0.3% | 760,968 | 0 | 0.0% | 648,710 | 3,957 | 0.6% |
| SC | 328,300,544 | 5,148,714 | 1.6% | 760,968 | 8,618 | 1.1% | 648,710 | 5,946 | 0.9% |
| SD | 328,300,544 | 884,659 | 0.3% | 760,968 | 1,274 | 0.2% | 648,710 | 519 | 0.1% |
| TN | 328,300,544 | 6,833,174 | 2.1% | 760,968 | 22,980 | 3.0% | 648,710 | 13,768 | 2.1% |
| TX | 328,300,544 | 28,995,881 | 8.8% | 760,968 | 75,364 | 9.9% | 648,710 | 37,126 | 5.7% |
| UT | 328,300,544 | 3,205,958 | 1.0% | 760,968 | 8,434 | 1.1% | 648,710 | 3,268 | 0.5% |
| VA | 328,300,544 | 8,535,519 | 2.6% | 760,968 | 12,997 | 1.7% | 648,710 | 19,594 | 3.0% |
| VT | 328,300,544 | 623,989 | 0.2% | 760,968 | 1,080 | 0.1% | 648,710 | 1,888 | 0.3% |
| WA | 328,300,544 | 7,614,893 | 2.3% | 760,968 | 14,483 | 1.9% | 648,710 | 576 | 0.1% |
| WI | 328,300,544 | 5,822,434 | 1.8% | 760,968 | 12,477 | 1.6% | 648,710 | 5,976 | 0.9% |
| WV | 328,300,544 | 1,792,147 | 0.5% | 760,968 | 2,959 | 0.4% | 648,710 | 5,500 | 0.8% |
| WY | 328,300,544 | 578,759 | 0.2% | 760,968 | 39 | 0.0% | 648,710 | 803 | 0.1% |
Well the idea is that the benefits are not short-lived, that it’s not an antibody response it’s a t-cell response. In other words, your body remembers how to make the anitbodies to fight a coronavirus, so it’s able to ramp up production as soon as it detects one.
The correlation between blue/red states and more/less testing than if it were random is pretty strong. PA is a state with a Dem governor testing less, but we also shut down faster than most and kept our curve pretty flat all along. I’m curious about Washington being so low. I know they were processing a lot of their tests against CDC/Trump admin guidance/regulations through local facilities when they had the bad outbreak there, did those count?
Pretty easy to guess it’s one or all of the few coronavirus caused common colds, versus the vast majority which I think are rhinovirus.
if it didn’t get posted though it probably did and welp also possibly deadlier
I empathize. My friend was in the ICU for months after visitors were no longer allowed. I was only able to see him once near the end to say goodbye. Now it’s like he just disappeared. No funeral. Just gone. It’s surreal. Keeping in touch with friends is the only thing that helps.
Haven’t seen any reliable evidence of this
Yeah it’s like 100-200 rhinoviruses and four coronaviruses.
This is the D614G strain, the same mutation we’ve discussed in the past. So it’s nothing new to be any more scared of than we already were.
This is the main variant we have in the US
We got it from Europe way back when and I guess it hadn’t made its way to Asia yet.
So, “the common cold” isn’t any one virus. It’s hundreds of strains or so of rhinoviruses and coronaviruses and other viruses that mutate all the time. I have no idea how you could test for it, plus I’m pretty sure you’ve had a cold once in your life like everyone else on this planet. I don’t know how you would go about intentionally exposing yourself to a cold. The cold viruses are already doing their very best to come at you.
There’s perhaps some marginal benefit to your immune system from prior exposure to normal coronaviruses, but not much. Like, the whole reason these novel zoonotic diseases are so deadly is that they’re not lot any of the standard cold/flu bugs your immune system is used to dealing with. It’s not like it’s some highly evolved superweapon or special in any way, it’s just that your immune system is used to dealing with normal human colds and this goofy bat/pangolin shit was not mentioned in the contract. No one has immunity to bat colds because we don’t normally have bats sneezing all up on us unless there’s one flying around your Kroger or there’s an absurd wet market in your town.
The moral of this story is that you want an immune system that has seen a lot of shit. Like a grizzled Vietnam vet. And that is why you should get a flu vaccine every year --I am going to be a dick here and tag @microbet here because I know he is hesitant in getting a flu vaccine every year, but we all should get these regularly so our children won’t have to worry about us getting wiped out by seasonal flus/colds.
I am tagging @beetlejuice here because he is an actual expert on viruses and I’m probably saying a lot of dumb shit that you should disregard.
No prob. I’m not hesitant for any real reason, it’s just that, well, my immune system is tip top. People in my immediate family get sick, but the angel of sickness passes by like I have lamb’s blood on my door. I haven’t been laid up sick more than a few times that I remember ever.
So basically these viruses are all constantly switching their game up and trying new formations and trick plays. And your adaptive immune system is constantly reviewing old game footage and coming up with defensive plays If some virus comes at you with a delayed handoff and makes you sick as a dog for a week, your body learns what to look for. You’re not going to be fooled by that a second time.
SARS-CoV-2 is like we’re back in the old-timey days of rugby when someone invented the forward pass out of the blue. No one had any fucking clue how to defend against a forward pass. It’s not that the athletes back in olden times didn’t have the physical skills to run a man-to-man defense pattern, it’s just that they had no fucking clue what was even going on. Eventually teams figured out how to stop it and the modern game of football was created.
Your immune system is like a veteran ruby team that is playing an exhibition match against a bat league team that plays in a completely different style and you have no clue how to defend against a forward pass.
You’ve never played against this kind of thing before, you have no idea how to stop it.