Coronavirus

Who Watches that Channel...

Who Watches that Channel...

they waste 8 minutes of disastrous national weather every night... cellie...

Well I don't like the sound of this...........

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*Public Health England, Imperial College London, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Exeter have each been trying to assess how deadly the new variant is.
[Their evidence has been assessed]('https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/955224/NERVTAG_paper_on_variant_of_concern__VOC__B.1.1.7.pdf') by scientists on the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag).

The group concluded there was a "realistic possibility" that the virus had become more deadly, but this is far from certain.
Sir Patrick Vallance, the government's chief scientific adviser, described the data so far as "not yet strong".
He said: "I want to stress that there's a lot of uncertainty around these numbers and we need more work to get a precise handle on it, but it obviously is a concern that this has an increase in mortality as well as an increase in transmissibility."

Previous work suggests the new variant spreads between 30% and 70% faster than others, and there are hints it is about 30% more deadly.*

Who Watches that Channel...

they waste 8 minutes of disastrous national weather every night... cellie...

Except for SWMBO watching the weekly "date rape of the week" on "Law&Order, SVU", I wouldn't know my allegedly smart TV gets that channel. Looked at CVS website, put in zip codes from Riverhead to Far Rockway as well as my own and got the message, "nothing in your area is available" each time.

Well I don't like the sound of this...........

[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55768627[/URL]

*Public Health England, Imperial College London, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Exeter have each been trying to assess how deadly the new variant is.
[Their evidence has been assessed]('https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/955224/NERVTAG_paper_on_variant_of_concern__VOC__B.1.1.7.pdf') by scientists on the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag).

The group concluded there was a "realistic possibility" that the virus had become more deadly, but this is far from certain.
Sir Patrick Vallance, the government's chief scientific adviser, described the data so far as "not yet strong".
He said: "I want to stress that there's a lot of uncertainty around these numbers and we need more work to get a precise handle on it, but it obviously is a concern that this has an increase in mortality as well as an increase in transmissibility."

Previous work suggests the new variant spreads between 30% and 70% faster than others, and there are hints it is about 30% more deadly.*

Yes W, you were correct bout a year ago, can’t ignore the thought... cellie...

DIL saw Dentist, & got a call next day that the Dental Assistant called the office to say she wasn't feeling well, went for a test & tested positive DIL quarantined away from the family & didn't go to work Three or four days later DIL had symptoms, & tested positive, This was over two weeks ago, DIL is 45yrs & still not coming out of it, no smell or taste, & gets out of breath quick.
John

After three weeks DIL just starting to feel better, & now out Son & Grandaughter have mild symptoms & both have had a positive test. This whole thing really sucks.
John

Called a friend up in Head of the Harbor in Suffolk County to see how he was making out. He was the one diagnosed with COVID about two weeks ago - had had two bouts of lung cancer two years ago & is in his 70's. He sounded amazingly good for the experience.

Downside of the call - his wife was diagnosed with it two days ago.

guess I’m still lucky so far... ?cellie...

Living like a semi-hermit helps. A couple of deer hunting sessions, one grocery store visit a week, a couple of visits a month for takeout and to various medicos (my usual preventive medicine in the late January to March timeframe each year), and maybe a HD or Lowes visit to start some honey-dos and that is it for me. Masked and washing hands after every stop. Won't start kayaking until May and its a solo.

Living like a semi-hermit helps. A couple of deer hunting sessions, one grocery store visit a week, a couple of visits a month for takeout and to various medicos (my usual preventive medicine in the late January to March timeframe each year), and maybe a HD or Lowes visit to start some honey-dos and that is it for me. Masked and washing hands after every stop. Won't start kayaking until May and its a solo.

You probably had it already.

Nah. I had an hellacious case of bronchitis in September 2019 while river cruising the Rhine but that was way before. Plus I had an antibody test in the spring of 2020- negative. Trust me, I get anything involving the respiratory system and I will know it.

Nah. I had an hellacious case of bronchitis in September 2019 while river cruising the Rhine but that was way before. Plus I had an antibody test in the spring of 2020- negative. Trust me, I get anything involving the respiratory system and I will know it.

Ex Smoker..??

As the J&J and AstraZeneca vaccines seem to be approaching their introductions, let's review how they differ from the Pfizer & Moderna vaccines. All of the vaccines end up "fooling" a person's cells to make and release the COVID-19 "Spike Protein". Once this protein is released, the person's immune system recognizes this foreign body, activating a complete immune response, including the production of antibodies against the Spike Protein. The end result is that if a person gets infected by COVID-19, this "primed" immune response can immediately begin to attack the invading COVID-19 viruses.

So how do they do this, here are the steps.

Basic differences:
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[*]AstraZeneca (AZ) and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) have the Spike Protein synthesis instructions embedded in the attenuated adenovirus' native DNA
[*]Pfizer (PF) and Moderna (MD) have the messenger RNA (mRNA) instruction for Spike Protein synthesis enclosed in lipid nanospheres, which bypasses multiple cellular steps as you'll see below
[*]AZ, MD, and PF are two dose vaccinations, J&J is a single dose
[*]The attenuated adenovirus AZ and J&J vaccines are far easier to scale up than the mRNA PF and MDD vaccines
[*]The Lipid Nanosphere mRNA vaccines have stringent shipping and storage conditions, including dry ice shipment for PF
[/LIST]

1. Cellular Entry Mode: Attenuated Adenovirus: AZ, J&J Lipid Nanospheres: PF, MD

2. Changes to Host Cell DNA: AZ, J&J N/A: PF, MD

3. mRNA synthesis: AZ, J&J N/A: PF, MD

4. Spike Protein Synthesis: AZ, J&J PF, MD

5. Spike Protein Release: AZ, J&J PF, MD

Time for a picture to jog your collective memory to remember how cells make proteins from mRNA. It occurs in your cellular ribosomes, those little black dots in the rough endoplasmic reticulum.

The mRNA can be considered an instruction tape which runs through the ribosome where transfer RNA (tRNA) which is bound to the appropriate amino acid, come together to assemble the polypeptide chain of the COVID-19 Spike Protein. The whole system can be considered to be a cellular nanobot assembly line. Once the protein is completed, it's then released from the cell, activating your immune system.

If you had the option, which one would you pick?

If you had the option, which one would you pick?

I’ve already had my first Moderna vaccine which was my 1st choice by a hair. They are all so similar and effective that you can’t make a bad choice, with the exception of choosing not to get vaccinated, unless you truly have medical issues directly related to the actual chemical constituents in these vaccines.

Ex Smoker..??

Never. Gotta remember I was subjected to random urinalysis from 1971 through 2011 when I retired so I never did any of the other stupid stuff either.
I nearly died from lobar pneumonia in 1973 in my senior year at Hofstra, and had viral pneumonia as a kid in the 60s as well.

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Again and again, the source says it all. Riding the line.

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Clean up time any More who did what Politically Presidential wise(no links to that either) you get a time out from the thread. Done with this shit back and forth

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Again and again, the source says it all. Riding the line.

Not sure what the giddy laugh face is all about. Please let me know so I can share in the laughter.

just got a scheduling appointment through my Doctor's portal - 1st shot scheduled for January 30 @ high noon

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