Kolek planning to go pro
I've heard that some of the best people love our current president.
Some? All of our best people love him. And everyone else, too.
LOL. Thanks Lenny.Well in advance, lets remember this long weekend is to thank those who have given their lives so that we can debate stupid crap here. Brave men sent to battle. Answered that call no matter the cause. Bless them and their kin.
My 95 year old WWII vet dad thanks you for knowing that this holiday honors those that gave their lives, rather than honoring all veterans. One of his only pet peeves.
"Happy Memorial day" is one of the biggest cringe moments going.
On the negative news side. The British vaccine that they were claiming could be ready by fall, and is already being mass produced, may not be that effective. Despite resulting in neutralizing antibodies, the vaccine did not prevent Monkeys from being able to be infected with COVID and be able to spread the disease. There claim of "positive results" in monkeys, was because none of the monkeys (very few) got viral pneumonia. The problem is, results are usually much better in monkeys than humans. So not so promising. That also means that the neutralizing antibodies being produced in these other trials, may also be incapable of preventing infection and spread.
Ugh. Not good. This is why I am skeptical that we can find an effective vaccine and mass-produce it in time for widespread distribution within a year or less. First, there are so many scientific hurdles - like showing that it produces antibodies, showing that they can actually prevent the disease in some significant percentage of vaccinated individuals, and showing that there aren't significant side effects (and knowing anything about long-term side effects in a couple of three-month studies). One narrow path to success, but so many opportunities for failure.Then overlay the production issue. Our supposed solution is to ramp up production of the most promising candidates, so we have a few hundred million doses ready to go. But it wouldn't be economically feasible to do that with every possible candidate, so we have to gamble by making "educated guesses" on the ones we think have the best chance of running the gauntlet. It is a noble and necessary goal, but a longshot at best....
Sadly, that is impossible in today’s world.
Been the best president in my lifetime.
The rest of the world did agree to work together. Only one major nation abstained from that effort. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-usa/u-s-says-will-not-take-part-in-who-global-drugs-vaccine-initiative-launch-idUSKCN2261WJhttps://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-absent-global-conference-raise-money-coronavirus-vaccine/story?id=70493681That same major nation has been trying to poach the top scientists, to corner the market on therapies. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/world/europe/cornonavirus-vaccine-us-germany.html
@realDonaldTrump: HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!
I pity the people that have been conned by President Pandemic into thinking he remotely cares about them. Those being conned can rarely ever see it as it happens.
See, e.g., several of the posts from the geriatrics above. In order to resist the creeping notion they’ve been duped, they can only echo “America first” pitifully into their bowl of morning oats.
I place him second behind Ronaldus Magnus who was one of the greatest in the proud history of this noble Republic.