Chat about Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCoV - COVID-19

This is a v interesting point.

I believe if you have certain 'viruses' already in your system they may well not tolerate the new kid on the block so to speak.

#Hearsay

Well apparently having been exposed to some viruses like herpes can make immune response less effective for other viral infections, but increase protection against some bacterial infections including the plague.

I also read studies that showed mice infected with Lyme bacteria then go on to produce a lower immune response to influenza virus so there's a relationship between historic viral and bacterial exposure and how well your body will respond to future infections.

Interesting Special Report from Reuters today:
Johnson listened to his scientists about coronavirus - but they were slow to sound the alarm

Stephen Grey is the guy who uncovered extraordinary rendition, so particularly credible.

You can feel it in the air. Which is why social distancing is so important.

Not listened to it yet:
Radiolab: Dispatch 3: Shared Immunity http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/dispatc­h-3-shared-immunity/

You can feel it in the air

Tonight?

Oh lord

Newsvultures circling St Thomas'

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Journalists must be as bored as the rest of us

Hah yeah, nice way of getting out the house.

How long have they been up there? Heard a ghettobird above our place in Leyton last night and initially I thought "oh shit if that's on it's way to St Thomas' then things have escalated".

As it happens it stayed overhead so was obviously responding to some bullshit round my way.

What does this mean?

Interesting report.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/a­pr/07/plasma-from-coronavirus-survivors-­found-to-help-severely-ill-patients

We established about 100 pages ago that he’s had the clap twice.
Or was that @hippy

winks

Well jell of your legitimate use of ‘ghetto bird’ in a sentence

Barely legitimate since we're in Leyton as opposed to downtown LA but I've been sitting on that one for a while I guess.

sorry this thread moves faster than #dbad so hard to keep up

Companion piece,
based upon same Chinese small scale testing.

But don't follow us wherever we go
The shit that I'm saying, make it's heard
Motherfuck you and your punk-ass ghetto bird

Rhythm is a dancer.

You made me spit out my tea

https://www.ft.com/content/1bf986e6-ae9c­-4afe-975c-0e51997ea3c4?segmentid=acee41­31-99c2-09d3-a635-873e61754ec6

UK quietly accepts EU help to repatriate people and help for businesses.

Now for the ventilators/health help I guess...still no idea why Boris said no to that

Breakdown of the ICNARC data in a nice graph - 50% mortality so far if you’re admitted to ITU, 60% if you’re ventilated within the first 24 hrs.

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My colleagues gf works in a hospital here in Sweden in a separate ward and not in direct contact with corona patients. But one of her patients got tested positive for covid after a test. She had been caring for the patient without proper PPE for several days and requested to get a test herself, but nope, those were only available for patients and the head of the hosptital. She was asked to keep working, and report sick as usual if she began to have symptoms. Many of her patients are in a risk zone. Wtf.

Now for the ventilators/health help I guess...still no idea why Boris said no to that

Think Hancock will take advantage of Boris's incapacitation to ask if he can take them back up on the offer?

That would be great, he actually did ask for the help.

But to go behind the bosses' back like that would be unusual in any political party/company...