Coronavirus

[Captain Turdseye]

17 minutes ago, Spy Bee said:

I'd like him to survive, just because if he doesn't, everybody is going to think they are going to die & that won't be a nice environment for anyone.

 

I listened to a quick podcast on London Reel today. I heard they had that demented twat David Icke on, but didn't find that one. Instead there was some cunt absolutely thriving on this situation and telling people it was their own fault for eating too much sugar and having the wrong attitude towards money. Absolute weirdo!

Crypto has gone up overnight though mate. It’s not all bad news. 

[clockspeed]

10 hours ago, Special K said:

He's possibly on one but the powers that be don't want to say it

Why would he be in intensive care if he not on one. Again more spin from the soundbite party. They know they are going to get shite about 1. NHS funding 2.Lack of ventilators 3.testing kits. Boris has now availed of all these things something his party either caused or was responsible for. Ok hope he lives but I wouldn't put it past that DC to encourage Boris's Drs to advise he goes to ICU unit for the sympathy it will induce.  

 

 

[The Golden Eel]

5 hours ago, aRdja said:

Real scathing take this.

 

 

It's not really "scathing" is it? It's just someone stating the obvious and being a prick. 

[Captain Turdseye]

3 minutes ago, The Golden Eel said:

It's not really "scathing" is it? It's just someone stating the obvious and being a prick. 

I’ve got no idea who that man is but he’d clearly be a welcome addition to this forum. 
 

[Anubis]

Probably not the best point for Greg to be defending Johnson on, given how many wives/partners and children he’s already abandoned.

[Captain Turdseye]

Quote

"...one of the theories is, that perhaps you could take it on the chin, take it all in one go and allow the disease, as it were, to move through the population, without taking as many draconian measures. I think we need to strike a balance..."

 

Could end up being one of the most famous quotes of all time. Crazy. 

[PestiRed]

Let’s be honest, that child is going to be fatherless anyway when Boris gets bored of the mother and moves on to the next one. At least this one will be able to publicly talk about who his/her father is

[Dr Nowt]

Yeah, didn’t want to make the obvious “This wouldn’t be the first of his children to only be brought up by it’s mother” crack, but Greg opened that door wide. Thanks Greg.

[Davelfc]

Scientists at UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have announced a potential vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic.

When tested in mice, the vaccine produces antibodies specific to SARS-CoV-2 at quantities thought to be enough to neutralize the virus.

 

The vaccine is delivered through a fingertip-sized skin patch. The research team calls this vaccine PittCoVacc, short for Pittsburgh Coronavirus Vaccine.

A paper on the vaccine appeared April 2 in EBioMedicine, which is published by The Lancet. It is the first study on a potential COVID-19 vaccine to be published after a critique from fellow scientists at outside institutions.

UPMC and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers were able to act quickly because they laid the groundwork during earlier coronavirus epidemics.

 

Scientists also use a new approach to deliver the drug, called a microneedle array, to increase potency. This array is a fingertip-sized patch of 400 tiny needles that deliver spike protein pieces into the skin, where the immune reaction is the strongest.

The patch goes on like a Band-Aid, and the needles, which are made entirely of sugar and protein pieces, simply dissolve into the skin.

 

 

So whether or not PittCoVacc is the "silver bullet" here, it's existence shows that the energies and innovation of our research companies is yielding good options -- a process that should only accelerate from here.

 

And now that we have more data, it really does appear that the hydroxycholorquine/azithromycin cocktail combo reduces the severity and duration of covid-19 infection -- provided it's delivered early on enough. These encouraging developments, plus an exploding set of citizen-entreprenuers creating their own DIY solutions (especially with masks) give us the first real sense that we are beginning to make real progress against the coronavirus.

 

We'll need to hold tight to that good news, as the next few weeks will be quite traumatizing with the expected huge increases in # of infected and deaths. But will well get through this. And it's heartening to see promising developments like PittCoVac and hydroxycholoquine begin to put points on the board for our side.

 

[JohnnyH]

I just can't take anything from America serious anymore.  I was reading the above and waiting for the final paragraph to state that they've discovered it's another Trump pal and the "vaccine" is of no help.  That country has fucked itself so badly.

[Scott_M]

54 minutes ago, Spy Bee said:

I'd like him to survive, just because if he doesn't, everybody is going to think they are going to die & that won't be a nice environment for anyone.

More people adhere to the lockdown, more lives are saved, we’re through this horrible period faster and we get to win the title quicker...

 

 

Might even get a Bank Holiday out of it. 

[Butch]

He's still a cunt in my book. Nice if murdock joined him. 

[Spy Bee]

He's not even on a ventilator, so why is he in ICU?

[redinblack62]

7 minutes ago, Butch said:

He's still a cunt in my book. Nice if murdock joined him. 

It was actually his arsehole mate Simon Heffer that wrote that wasnt it? Johnson was just the editor. Doesnt lessen his culpability though.

[Dr Nowt]

6 minutes ago, Butch said:

He's still a cunt in my book. Nice if murdock joined him. 

If the line ‘It’s been revealed Boris Johnson’s final meeting before self-isolation was with Rupert Murdoch’ were released by Kuenssberg, I’d laugh myself to death like one of the weasels in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

[M_B]

6 minutes ago, Spy Bee said:

He's not even on a ventilator, so why is he in ICU?

Well they might be lying.

 

But without knowing anything about medical procedures, can you be in the ICU and not need a ventilator?

[Spy Bee]

He's only on 4 litres of oxygen per hour. A member of the general public probably wouldn't have even been admitted.

[SasaS]

6 hours ago, DJLJ said:

Define ‘under control’. 
Unless we know exactly what this Corona Virus is and how to treat it etc. then we don’t know how to control it. 

Under control would mean you have a small linear growth in total numbers, managed to prevent or stop the breach of the hospitals and care home system by the virus and keep a close eye on potential hotspots, with sufficient capacities to treat many more people in serious condition than you currently have. Vast majority of population already used to and implementing distancing measures  

[Bruce Spanner]

1 hour ago, Anubis said:

Probably not the best point for Greg to be defending Johnson on, given how many wives/partners and children he’s already abandoned.

 

He hasn't abandoned them, he takes them all for a week in Crotaia in the summer, alledgedly.

[Paulie Dangerously]

1 hour ago, Spy Bee said:

He's not even on a ventilator, so why is he in ICU?

He's bagsyied a ventilator in case he needs it. 

[Bobby Hundreds]

Him and Cummings are currently playing squash knowing they've made Boris golden. Spread the word.. not the virus!

[Gnasher]

Sorry my empathy tank is empty. If he dies he dies.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

1 hour ago, Lizzie Birdsworths Wrinkled Chopper said:

If the line ‘It’s been revealed Boris Johnson’s final meeting before self-isolation was with Rupert Murdoch’ were released by Kuenssberg, I’d laugh myself to death like one of the weasels in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Repped for the film analogy.

[Gnasher]

14 minutes ago, Paulie Dangerously said:

He's bagsyied a ventilator in case he needs it. 

That sounds like its correct 

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

Gove is self isolating now as a family member has coronavirus symptoms.