Moemg
Gone but not forgotten
Florida is starting to open today .It will not change what I am doing but it suddenly feels so freeing .
To me, today feels like a giant roulette wheel was given a big spin. We won't know for 2-3 weeks whether it lands on red or black. Step right up and place your bets.
What if it lands on green?
My theory about vaccines is proving likely. I opined the fact that our children receive a lot of vaccines may be protective. It appears that live virus vaccines such as polio (which is no longer in use in the US) and tuberculosis vaccine (which we don't use because our incidence is very low) may activate innate antibodies. Both of those vaccines are administered orally and are cheap. These vaccines wouldn't provide long term specific protection but they would buy us time until a targeted vaccine is available.
Then I'll kick myself for not having more of my AA allocated to stocks.
Interesting theory--have you read anything to back it up? At age 68 I have had several vaccines over the last few years--2 pneumonia shots, 3 shingles shots, tetanus, and of course flu shots every year. Would your theory apply to those too?
To me, today feels like a giant roulette wheel was given a big spin. We won't know for 2-3 weeks whether it lands on red or black. Step right up and place your bets.
With a low prevalence of COVID-19 cases countywide, UPMC hospitals and medical facilities soon will resume providing preventative testing (colonoscopies and cancer screening, for example), elective surgeries and other medical services for patients who aren’t infected.
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UPMC has informed Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and the state Department of Health of its intentions, he said, in anticipation of state plans for areas with declining infection rates to begin reopening their economies beginning May 8.
A UPMC doctor on Thursday made a case the death rate for people infected with the new coronavirus may be as low as 0.25% — far lower than the mortality rates of 2-4% or even higher cited in the early days of the pandemic.
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“We’ve learned that way more people, far, far more people have actually been exposed to the infection without any knowledge of it. That makes the overall death rate much lower,” said Yealy, who is UPMC’s chair of emergency medicine. “Many people just didn’t feel sick at all and recovered without difficulty.”
UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) ready to provide full medical services: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2020/04/30/UPMC-coronavirus-COVID-19-hospitals-provide-medical-services-resume-testing/stories/202004300161
The interesting part (to me) is that the counties in that area are still "red" in terms of the PA state restrictions. https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/allegheny-county/gov-wolf-expected-announce-reopening-plan-friday/NW4V4GA77FG4HL67WVZVHE7BFA/
So a bit of a disconnect there - the by far largest hospital/research center in the area is ready to go, but the state isn't.
And there is this article: https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/04/umpc-argues-covid-19-not-as-deadly-as-feared-says-its-hospitals-will-shift-back-to-normal.html
Our county south of "The 'Burgh" has a population of 200,000. We have 115 cases, 2 deaths, total. My circle of friends, relatives, tenants, contractors, winery customers and Home Depot & grocery store cashiers knows of no positive tested persons.
We are still in lock down mode.
Yeah, I think it's way too soon to start returning to normal life. It will be interesting to see what happens in a couple weeks from those areas that opened anyway.
I've only done takeout once. I ordered a pizza online, picked it up, and by the time I made the 20 minute drive home it was cold. At least pizza is still decent when it's cold.
My theory about vaccines is proving likely. I opined the fact that our children receive a lot of vaccines may be protective. It appears that live virus vaccines such as polio (which is no longer in use in the US) and tuberculosis vaccine (which we don't use because our incidence is very low) may activate innate antibodies. Both of those vaccines are administered orally and are cheap. These vaccines wouldn't provide long term specific protection but they would buy us time until a targeted vaccine is available.
My news is that I received an email from my car insurance company today informing me that they are mailing me a check in the amount of $50 as part of the "rapid relief premium savings" program. Every customer gets $50 per auto policy (not per driver).
Hey, that's terrific! Allstate sent me the whopping sum of $21.76 as my auto insurance rebate due to coronavirus. Oh well, still, it's nice that they at least recognize that people aren't driving as much these days.
Hey, that's terrific! Allstate sent me the whopping sum of $21.76 as my auto insurance rebate due to coronavirus. Oh well, still, it's nice that they at least recognize that people aren't driving as much these days.
No one I know is unhappy about our state opening up which suggests that your (everyone's) peer group has a lot to do with your perspective. Most of my friends have kids at home. We're struggling with home schooling, tired of working at home and desperate to do anything that looks like normal.The people I know in the states that have opened are not at all glad. They think it's a huge mistake although they recognize the negative impact on the economy. There is no one right answer to this.