Coronavirus: COVID-19

OccultHawk · 07-21-2020, 07:21 AM

“The Daily” -NYTimes podcast- this morning’s edition was about vaccine hesitancy in the United States and cites data that 50% of Americans will be wary of a vaccine for a myriad of reasons. I recommend listening to it. A major concern typically pro-vaccine people have is that the vaccine would be approved by Trump appointees. Personally, I too would have hesitations about taking a vaccine unless it was approved in the EU as well. Or if it was approved during a Biden administration.

rostasi · 07-21-2020, 01:16 PM

OccultHawk · 07-22-2020, 05:33 AM

rostasi · 07-22-2020, 11:43 AM

Lately, I’ve been seeing covidiots going on about how masks are as effective as your pants are when you fart. It seems to be an idea that’s started to snowball from some wAcKy media source. Along with that, the idea of “sharting” - which is a term I haven’t heard since the 70s.

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SGR · 07-22-2020, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by rostasi

Lately, I’ve been seeing covidiots going on about how masks are as effective as your pants are when you fart. It seems to be an idea that’s started to snowball from some wAcKy media source. Along with that, the idea of “sharting” - which is a term I haven’t heard since the 70s.

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Haven't you heard, rotasi? Farts are extremely dangerous in Covid times. We should all be wearing Depends diapers or something.

Can the coronavirus be spread through farts?

rostasi · 07-22-2020, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SoundgardenRocks

Haven't you heard, rotasi <sic>? Farts are extremely dangerous in Covid times. We should all be wearing Depends diapers or something.

Can the coronavirus be spread through farts?

Well, that just puts a double-whammy on their "theory" of facial masks being as benign as pants covering the undersides of shart pirates.

SGR · 07-22-2020, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by rostasi

Well, that just puts a double-whammy on their "theory" of facial masks being as benign as pants covering the undersides of shart pirates.

Rostasi, my apologies for the misspelling, I've been drinking.

Spreading "info" that masks aren't effective is basically misinformation, and I have a feeling it's mostly politically motivated or simply borne out of ignorance.

For those that are curious, it appears that "farts" are low if not inconsequential in their efficacy in passing Covid.

Fact-check - no evidence passing gas spreads COVID-19

rostasi · 07-22-2020, 05:25 PM

How about a pantless person who farts in your general direction?

**Frownland** · 07-23-2020, 05:01 PM

Structural basis for neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV by a potent therapeutic antibody

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Originally Posted by Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has resulted in an unprecedented public health crisis. There are no approved vaccines or therapeutics for treating COVID-19. Here we reported a humanized monoclonal antibody, H014, efficiently neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV pseudoviruses as well as authentic SARS-CoV-2 at nM level by engaging the S receptor binding domain (RBD). Importantly, H014 administration reduced SARS-CoV-2 titers in the infected lungs and prevented pulmonary pathology in hACE2 mouse model. Cryo-EM characterization of the SARS-CoV-2 S trimer in complex with the H014 Fab fragment unveiled a novel conformational epitope, which is only accessible when the RBD is in open conformation. Biochemical, cellular, virological and structural studies demonstrated that H014 prevents attachment of SARS-CoV-2 to its host cell receptors. Epitope analysis of available neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 uncover broad cross-protective epitopes. Our results highlight a key role for antibody-based therapeutic interventions in the treatment of COVID-19.

Although still at the mice stage, this seems like a pretty significant find if I'm parsing things correctly. These scientists sure do have a way with words, don't they?

Mindy · 07-23-2020, 05:40 PM

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