2019-nCoV Coronovirus (COVID-19]

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  1. Vanilla Gorilla

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    They have 66,000 students
     
    Vanilla Gorilla, Aug 26, 2020
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  3. Vladimir Illich

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    AND ???
     
    Vladimir Illich, Aug 26, 2020
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  5. hotwater

    hotwater Senior Member Lifetime Supporter

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    Exactly, VG does that all the time.

    The school was clearly sending a message to students that this type of behavior during time of pandemic, will not be tolerated.
     
    hotwater, Aug 26, 2020
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  7. Vanilla Gorilla

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    And 228 out of 66,444 students

    1/3 of 1 percent

    BFD

    I do what all the time? Present facts?

    My old uni has 70,000 students, so it's the first thing I thought of when I saw that

    228 students had been linked to a cluster BFD

    What behaviour are you talking about?; as reported in a media article which may not have anything to do with why the University told 228 students to keep self isolated for 2 weeks
     
    Vanilla Gorilla, Aug 26, 2020
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  9. Vanilla Gorilla

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    US population density map

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    Vanilla Gorilla, Aug 27, 2020
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  11. soulcompromise

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    I think this can be corrected despite population density.

    And as I'm about to say "our numbers are doing well" I realize the pop. density of Los Angeles is not near that of those eastern seaboard areas.
     
    soulcompromise, Aug 27, 2020
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  13. Vanilla Gorilla

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    UK records highest daily virus cases since mid-June, and extends travel restrictions

    From CNN's Lauren Kent

    The United Kingdom reported its highest number of new daily Covid-19 cases since June 12, with 1,522 new infections on Thursday, according to government data.

    The number of new confirmed cases on Thursday is an increase from 1,048 new cases reported Wednesday and 1,184 new cases reported Tuesday.


    UK records highest daily virus cases since mid-June, and extends travel restrictions
     
    Vanilla Gorilla, Aug 27, 2020
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  15. Tyrsonswood

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    "it goes away... with the heat"
     
    Tyrsonswood, Aug 27, 2020
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  17. ~Zen~

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    From Mexico News Daily:

    Hibiscus is key ingredient in face masks developed by Hidalgo researchers
    One model has proved superior to the widely used N95 surgical mask
    Published on Thursday, August 27, 2020
    Researchers at the Autonomous University of Hidalgo (UAEH) have developed various models of face masks with filters strengthened with extracts of the hibiscus flower.

    The use of hibiscus, known as jamaica, as well as the mineral zeolite in one mask filter they developed allows it to stop up to 98% of particulate matter, said Javier Castro Rosas, a researcher at the UAEH Institute of Basic Sciences and Engineering.

    He told the newspaper Milenio that the hibiscus/zeolite filter is superior to that in N95 surgical masks.

    Castro said that researchers at UAEH have been working with hibiscus for 15 years and explained that it has a “significant antimicrobial effect.”

    He added that they have been granted nine patents for disinfectants made with the flower. “With all that experience, we wanted to include hibiscus in face masks,” Castro said.

    The researcher explained that hibiscus has at least six different substances with the capacity to destroy pathogenic bacteria.

    “One is an acid called hibiscus acid that gives hibiscus its characteristic aroma, … this compound has been reported since the ’70s … but it wasn’t known that it has an effect against bacteria; we discovered it a couple of years ago and patented its use,” Castro said.

    He and fellow researchers Esmeralda Rangel and Edgar Chávez used hibiscus in the filters designed for two everyday face masks. One is a disposable mask that will cost 20 to 25 pesos and the other is a washable cloth mask that will cost 50 pesos.


    The hibiscus filters, which can be used for a week, will cost 10 pesos each but the price could go down if they are produced in higher quantities, Castro said.

    “We’re not just putting jamaica [in the filters], it’s a mixture with other compounds such as vinegar. We’re taking advantage of the physicochemical properties of the material we’re using as a filter – it’s made of cellulose, … mixing this material with our formulation it becomes more rigid but it’s resistant and it causes particles to be stopped,” he said.

    Up to 92% of particulates can be stopped by the hibiscus masks, the researchers found. They made another filter for medical-grade masks that uses both hibiscus and zeolite. It is even more effective at stopping potentially harmful pathogens.

    “We’ve found that it has a greater [particulate] retention than N95 masks, … up to 98%,” Castro said.

    “We haven’t worked with viruses but there are researchers in other parts of the world that have found that hibiscus has an antiviral effect. They’ve tried it against … hepatitis A, the measles virus, different types of human herpes viruses. A group of researchers even found recently … that it has an effect against the influenza A H1N1 virus,” he said.

    “Being there in the filter, the hibiscus has an effect against bacteria. Now we need to prove that it has an effect against the coronavirus.”
     
    ~Zen~, Aug 27, 2020
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  19. hotwater

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    Senators call for federal investigation of hydroxychloroquine use in nursing homes


    Fearing the experimental use of hydroxychloroquine went “unchecked” in nursing homes struck by the coronavirus, three U.S. senators are calling on federal authorities to determine whether providers improperly treated patients,
    failed to disclose serious side effects or faced any repercussions from regulators responsible for oversight of the industry.

    In a letter sent Thursday to the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), Robert P. Casey Jr. (D-Pa.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) pointed to state inspection reports
    that cited nursing homes for treating residents with the antimalarial drug without the consent of patients or their family members.

    They also cited media accounts that chronicled the use of hydroxychloroquine in nursing homes across the country, including the 238-bed Southeastern Veterans’ Center outside of Philadelphia, where doctors administered a
    so-called “covid cocktail” to about 30 residents in April. The drug was given to 11 residents who not not been tested for the virus, as well as those who suffered from heart ailments and other underlying conditions
     
    hotwater, Aug 27, 2020
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  21. guerillabedlam

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    World isn't flat...

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    guerillabedlam, Aug 28, 2020
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  23. Vanilla Gorilla

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    WHO didn’t visit Wuhan on its three-week virus investigation trip to China

    It’s widely understood that the coronavirus pandemic sparking global chaos began in the Chinese city of Wuhan, but amazingly World Health Organisation experts beginning an investigation into the virus have not stepped foot in the city.

    The admission from the WHO overnight is fuelling concern among some Western governments that the international probe into the origins of the coronavirus will be a dud.

    WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters overnight that two investigators from the health body flew into China from Geneva and spent the past three weeks there.

    WHO didn’t visit Wuhan on its three-week virus investigation trip to China
     
    Vanilla Gorilla, Aug 28, 2020
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  25. guerillabedlam

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    According to Nicole Millotakis, a republican, New York city small businesses are being extorted over unreasonable Coronavirus policies in order to pay for city defecits.

    If accurate, sounds like something out of Mexico.
     
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    guerillabedlam, Aug 28, 2020
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    That doesn't make sense to me. You don't impoverish those want to extort, do you? New York is driving a lot of small businesses to the wall.
     
    srgreene, Aug 28, 2020
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  29. Vanilla Gorilla

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    Those that are thinking short term vs those that are thinking long term basically
     
    Vanilla Gorilla, Aug 28, 2020
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  31. hotwater

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    Ming Dynasty Restaurant altercation in Marshfield, Massachusetts over not wearing masks……………lol..


     
    hotwater, Aug 28, 2020
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  33. soulcompromise

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    soulcompromise, Aug 29, 2020
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  35. Tyrsonswood

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    I'm sure VG will be in here shortly with percentage of student population, approximate age ranges, and chance of recovery....
     
    Tyrsonswood, Aug 29, 2020
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    6-eyed shaman, Aug 29, 2020
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  39. soulcompromise

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    seriously... does it have to be an n95? :laughing: I'm joking.
     
    soulcompromise, Aug 29, 2020
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