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by ksk 7y ago
Sad as it may seem, you cannot avoid those deaths. Stopping the spread of this disease is impossible. Even if you flatten the curve, the virus will continue to infect just as many, just slowly. >and Sweden's tactics don't seem
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by ksk 7y ago
There's never ever going to be enough antibody kits for everyone in the world. Same with the PCR test, its impossible to make so many. The only discussion is going to be about the definition of "wide-spread". Whats yours?
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by ksk 7y ago
Just brushing rapidly against any of those surfaces can potentially aerosolize it as well. Not to mention that the radius of air-borne transmission route keeps changing. And on top of that we haven't got a lot of data on other vectors
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by ksk 7y ago
I'm hoping they succeed in getting herd immunity.
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by ksk 7y ago
All I know is that the streets are just as crowded, people are still going out and businesses are still open. There are plenty of news reports showing that. There is no known method of stopping the spread of this disease. Even if you flatt
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by ksk 7y ago
I read the link and unfortunately the "data" as far as I could tell is people's opinions and assumptions. Is there any other source/data?
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by ksk 7y ago
>we already have direct evidence that when it spreads without any containment it causes unacceptably extreme amounts of sickness and death That hasn't happened in Sweden.
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by ksk 7y ago
Yep.. our oral cavity has a ton of ACE2 receptors (much more than the lungs). Apart from eating it, in a round about way, I think people do recognize that its a vector, as the food container/packaging still qualifies as a surface that
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by ksk 7y ago
Well there's two things. There is the 'minimum viable dose' which you can estimate for various diseases, that will most likely result in an infection. And then there is the dose size (above that minimum). With an exponential
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by ksk 7y ago
Well with an exponential curve, even if the amount of the initial dose changes 10 fold, from 20,000 to 200,000 virons you will get to hundreds of millions in pretty much the same time. I believe adaptive immunity takes about a week or two t
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by ksk 7y ago
Thanks for taking the time to post the link, but it wasn't convincing as it lacked data and other relevant scientific information that I was looking for. Personally, I do not consider the NYT to a reliable source of information, but I
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by ksk 7y ago
>but it's still preferable to receive a smaller dose of the virus. Could you explain why you believe that? I haven't found anything definitive on this topic.
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by ksk 7y ago
> starting doses likely matter as well. That is something that I've been wondering about too. I work in biotech but not as a scientist. These things are tricky to nail down as they seem to be very individual specific. Theoretically,
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by ksk 7y ago
Since you seem to imply that one can make a good business plan for an airline accounting for such high risk, please present one, or point to one that has succeeded.
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by ksk 7y ago
I don't think any business plan accounts for half of the worlds population suddenly not participating in the world economy.
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by ksk 7y ago
>Because best data to date is that sterilization procedures damage the mask in ways that render it unsafe. There are multiple sterilizing procedures, and multiple material compositions for masks. Which ones were you referring to?
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by ksk 7y ago
Okay? Then consider my comment as a protest.
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by ksk 7y ago
>Researchers, scientists, and people on the ground in China, Taiwan, and South Korea issued early warnings well ahead of the WHO, CDC, and FDA flip flopping on transmit-ability, masks, and testing. Do you have a rough timeline for '
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by ksk 7y ago
They already have a policy to ban accounts that incite violence. (Which might have happened, the article doesn't say..) >"Information" that's not only going to get people killed but also is factually wrong is definite
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by ksk 7y ago
Unfortunately, they already know this.
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by ksk 7y ago
> There's no way for software to know that it needs an update unless it runs a background service to constantly check. That is required only if you need to update the app when you are not using it. Apps can check for updates when yo
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by ksk 7y ago
Sure, have any opinion you want as long as you base it on facts, and respect others who don't agree with you.
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by ksk 7y ago
I work for neither, and the claim itself is vague, as it lacks any technical facts. "purported capabilities to monitor users" can mean anything from full on CIA spy-mode with pema-enabling audio and video and 24/7 recording t
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by ksk 7y ago
That's interesting, but how do you plan to sample microlitres of volume from thousands of gallons? At which physical location would would you take the sample?
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by ksk 7y ago
I don't know the context, but if you are looking for guarantees in life, then there is no possible way for you to accept any foreign material inside your home. I work in biotech(vaccines) and we have special protocols for disinfecting
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by ksk 7y ago
You asserted it, but what makes your metaphor better? What results have you gotten out of it that everyone can learn from?
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by ksk 7y ago
I believe it has been known for about 15 years now, that ACE2 positive epithelial cells are a potential vector for the coronavirus family of viruses. I think with SARS-CoV-2 the pathogenesis is still not properly understood. For e.g. if yo
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by ksk 7y ago
Oh, I meant it half in jest. I definitely don't want your job ;) For e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22703219 Commenter labels a legitimate company as "skeezy", uses needlessly insulting language to
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by ksk 7y ago
Unfortunately for you, people have been using neutral language to start daily flame-wars and getting away with it.
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by ksk 7y ago
And yet most Americans believed that Saddam Hussein was connected to 9/11. The US lies differently than China. But the lies work all the same.

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