04-09-2020, 03:09 AM
Hopefully we have benefited here on the BI from being "rural" and starting our quarantine before we got too far along on the curve.
A lot of the news about healthcare and service workers seems to suggest viral load plays a role in severity as well. Many of us here work and live in relatively "open air" non-climate-controlled environments. Maybe that is keeping the load down, as demonstrated in some of those "airborne droplets" videos. There's so much to be learned here, and a great opportunity for some "citizen science" type surveys.
Some bad news I've seen: that the antibody counts for the recovered are rather low, suggesting immunity may not be strong or lasting in all patients. Let's hope that's just a mistake or too small of a sample, because the implications would not be good for our more vulnerable or the economy.
Some good news: Australians have identified Ivermectin (anti-parasite drug) as a potential anti-viral, and are beginning tests. Even if we cannot build effective immunity to Covid-19, finding a good drug like this to "knock it out" would be a game changer.
I hope when all this is over, people have a new respect for science and how important it is to our survival as a species!
A lot of the news about healthcare and service workers seems to suggest viral load plays a role in severity as well. Many of us here work and live in relatively "open air" non-climate-controlled environments. Maybe that is keeping the load down, as demonstrated in some of those "airborne droplets" videos. There's so much to be learned here, and a great opportunity for some "citizen science" type surveys.
Some bad news I've seen: that the antibody counts for the recovered are rather low, suggesting immunity may not be strong or lasting in all patients. Let's hope that's just a mistake or too small of a sample, because the implications would not be good for our more vulnerable or the economy.
Some good news: Australians have identified Ivermectin (anti-parasite drug) as a potential anti-viral, and are beginning tests. Even if we cannot build effective immunity to Covid-19, finding a good drug like this to "knock it out" would be a game changer.
I hope when all this is over, people have a new respect for science and how important it is to our survival as a species!