Comments by "N Marbletoe" (@nmarbletoe8210) on "First viral human challenge study" video.

  1.  @g.t.7362  This wave is less deadly. Also, fewer hospitlizations. . The effect is so strong it is probably from multiple factors.
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  2. it doesn't mean that
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  3. Well... idk. On one hand, Covid is much more closely related to SARS genetically, and they even have a very similar spike protein. . On the other hand, Covid is closer to the cold in terms of infectiousness. . In any case, immunity to Covid clearly lasts more than 3 months. If not we would be seeing millions of re-infections instead of a few here and there.
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  4.  @G-ra-ha-m  Yeah but Selma hasn't said anything yet so Bloomberg it is.
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  5. If it was made in a lab it was not a weapon -- or not a completed weapon at least. . It possibly was a natural virus that escaped from a lab where it was being studied. . It is possibly a natural virus that jumped to people with no lab involved.
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  6. Two is a tiny number compared to the total infections. . It is actually very good news if there are so few. It means that so far, immunity is nearly 100% after infection. Very good news indeed.
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  7. yes definitely . if i had antibodies I wouldn't bother with the vaccine, leave it for someone who needed it. . great idea
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  8. is it better if it is accidental?
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  9.  @Rose-vs5jd  Oh yes, good point! The test numbers are not representative, so we don't know much about total infection numbers. . Clearly the deaths and hospitalizations are both way down, which is very good. The news doesn't mention that much.
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  10. cats, but not dogs
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  11. Herd immunity isn't really a plan. It's a destination, and most plans aim to get there. . In the US we don't have a plan, so it's hard to critique any further. But that is the desired end point of all the plans I have heard of.
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  12. A person drove off the road in Cambodia. . Why are people still making seat belts?
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  13. I don't agree. Everyone now says "No" because we see our government screwing up basic stuff like the post office. . Also, many of us are not early adapters. . Give it time to get working, it will be plenty to get herd immunity if the vaccine is good. . Guaranteed. Most AMericans will get the vaccine if it's actually effective and safe.
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  14. Bats still have coronaviruses but those have different spike p;roteins and can't infect people. . It is rare to jump species, but important.
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  15.  @RussCR5187  The hospitilization rate has gone way down even for the youngest age groups (US). . There's something going on besides schools and testing. The virus has mutated to be less deadly perhaps. . Someday we will invent random sampling and be able to do proper estimates of the numbers. Where is that on the tech tree? .
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  16. Guardian is terrible at reporting science. . Their only use is to check if they give a link to a reliable source, and then go to that source. Their headlines quite often are contradicted by the primary source.
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  17.  @jaycee6996  Well that is good to hear! Maybe they are getting better. . I quit reading Guardian after too many articles on "faster than light" communication and other inanities a few years back. Read one article last month, the title was directly contradicted by the text. . What was the expert's dose of realism?
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  18. I'm guessing microchannels etched onto silicon chips
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  19.  @uchihaluis999  It's an easy one. The virus was isolated and sequenced, and the sequences is published. . It's very easy to sequence a virus. Isolating it is not always easy, but if it can be cultured that helps a lot. This one can be cultured I think. .
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  20. What it means is that reinfection is so rare as to be a great relief. .
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  21. If it had R<1, cases would not be growing nationally. . They are probably getting close though maybe. Certainly the death rate is almost zero, but that's not due to herd immunity.
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  22.  @joelsombroek  Indeed, excellent point! .
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  23.  @barbarabreunis7788  People don't care about history when they use the word like that. It's just trolling.
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  24. Immune = does not get the virus at all. can't spread it. Resistant = gets it but does not get very sick. can spread it. . (That's how the terms are defined in epizootiology.)
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  25.  @tonypacke6954  yes. although, there would be a level of virus that the gov should say "OK now shut down X Y and Z businesses" (if they are proven to be hot spots). . So we also need proper monitoring, which the USA isn't doing. It's cheap and easy with random samples.
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  26. the vaccines would probably only have a piece of the virus, so a person could not catch Covid from the vaccine. A person still could have problems, however, so it is a good question.
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  27. i think that is part of the MATHs protocol . look up Dr. Mobeen
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  28. Yes, but no. . Yes it picks up 'dead' virus particles. No it does not pick up cold viruses including coronavirus colds.
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  29.  @morlidor  Yes. Iceland's random invitation study is one example of why. . They found 0.6% positive nationwide. Therefore, any false positives were more rare than that. . Clearly the test was not picking up many cold viruses. .
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