Coronavirus

FYI

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/08/27/coronavirus-social-distancing-6-feet/

6 feet may not be enough...
Other factors are involved

Really, it’s the dynamics surrounding you
And the time around it

 

Positive news
First American dosed with Oxford-AstraZeneca phase three COVID-19 vaccine speaks out

Let's hope it keeps moving forward so well.
And with such good results.

 

Fauci warns 7 Midwest states to be on alert over Labor Day — Bloomberg

Which Americans will ignore over the holiday

We can’t interrupt our family and fun during a pandemic, can we?

Uhh, let’s just play it smart.
No mass groups at the beach, etc.

 

A Supercomputer Analyzed Covid-19 — and an Interesting New Theory Has Emerged

Now this is interesting...
So the antivirus’ being developed can be a preventative.
And this can help with the symptoms, especially when hospitalized.
I hope this turns out to be useful and applicable.

 

Well, if we’re being realistic and honest
There’s often been unrealistic expectations.
It isn’t magic, it isn’t Hollywood.

The world is developing solutions in unprecedented times.
The pace in comparison to what’s typical is phenomenal
People easily forget, this has only been half a year
From when they ACTUALLY took it serious (February to March) to now.
The governments were confused or negligent
Scientists based it on the flu and older illnesses
Everyone underestimated it.
It took the system awhile to gear up and redirect attention and resources

Now, really only 4-5 months later, are we seeing real movement forward medically.
They’ve reduced deaths, learning what works and what doesn’t
Added in care and symptom meds and methods
Antivirus is being spun out quick
It’s just now safety testing.
Making sure we don’t die or harmed by it. (we don’t want that do we??)
Again it isn’t magic
Normally FAST, “from scratch” development would be 4 years.
What normally comes out is stuff we’ve been doing for decades or years, the system setup to kick it out.

The things that had to be figured out, in immediacy and priority.
1. Prevent death - something to keep people from dying with a new unseen twist (let’s give the docs and medical a hand for dealing a MASH scene)
2. Diagnosis - ACCURATELY know what is happening (again, no tests for it) and results were often wrong.
3. Methods to prevent - training the public and medical staff to keep it under control (much less convincing them and making it consistent)
4. Meds that help symptoms
5. Antivirus to PREVENT (including getting producers to do it, change their system, push it out...AND getting people to take it) and it’s no guarantee.
6. “A cure” - can there be one??? Maybe...
Again, no guarantee...may be years, maybe decades

People are often like kids
Impatient, unrealistic, petty, brattish, etc...
Saying “just fix it!”
Mass deaths and harm is just the driver.
But it just doesn’t “happen”

I think we’re doing good...it’s moving forward
Could have it been BETTER??? Absolutely, no doubt about it. We fucked up. (The world, that is...some better, some worse)

But that’s what complaining and elections are for.

The key is...next time, let’s do it better.
It’s not if...it’s WHEN

I’m chomping at the bit like others, I hate this.
But I’d rather live, I’d rather not go through the shit of being sick with it.

We’ll see an antivirus in a few months
But it won’t be a CURE.
It’s just another step to prevent and minimize.

A cure??? That company/person is going to get rich. (Or richer)

 

Yes, China suppressed what was going on... But actually, most top leaders in China were surprised too.
From what I understand, the lower level politicians and officials covered it up first...from their own country, leaders and Beijing.

It wasn't until things were getting so out of hand and tons dying, that Beijing finally got wind of it.
That's when they sent in the military, told everyone to stay home "or else" (and when China says that, they don't mess around, none of this "freedom" BS ...you do it or dead)
And we spied them by satellite, burning a huge load of "carbon" (We say all the bodies, they called it infected "food")

It's THEN that the top started locking it down, repressing everything, keeping the death count lower, etc.
Even now, we're still not getting real numbers or stories out of them. (it's easy to see...look at their percentages in comparison to more transparent countries)

IF they had said something at first, that would have been in December.
IF we would have reacted throughout the world...since most post-industrial countries were distracted by Xmas and New Year's, that would have been January.
Still would have taken the medical and scientific community some time to change their minds and get some clue, that would have been February.
So I estimate we lost 2 months by China's lack of admission.
But 2 months means 10,000's of people alive or unharmed.

I don't know about other countries, but in the US what's causing more deaths and harm is the confusion & chaos by not having the Federal government being on top of it
Being inconsistent and actually trying to ignore or twist the actual truth.
So all the lower government layers (state, county, official groups,etc), they're all given confusing messaging, inconsistent, left on their own, even opposed at times from the Fed
To the point, quite a few are combative, rebellious and want to ignore and twist the truth further...and not do what's right.
Thus the record death count in the world, currently held by the States. (BTW, there's likely about 25% MORE deaths and hospitalizations, than officially given ~ 225,000)

So there's LOTS of blame to go around.
And honestly, there's more fuckups and to blame in the future.

Other countries are going through their own trials, fuckups...and people who are rebelling.
It's just that the US is doing it "so well"
Although, it's not as bad as Russia, Venezuela or India...IF those countries had good tracking or transparency, they're just as bad as China, for various reasons.
...so I guess America's not completely incompetent or uncaring.