https://www.realclearscience.c...ld_drugs_111330.html

an article about a team working to find existing drugs to block a viral protein from interacting with a human protein it needs

I'll just leave the link for anyone interested

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adding: Gov Cuomo says NY will immediately conduct trials with Hydroxychloroquine + Zithromax

FDA to send NY 10,000 doses

Cuomo: in a situation where a person is in dire circumstance, try what you can

Another article on the French testing the use of existing drugs, and very rapid control of the affected.

https://techcrunch.com/2020/03...e-covid-19-duration/

To fight WWII taxes were raised and citizens lent money to the government in the form of War Bonds.
How times have changed...

"10% Of GDP": US Coronavirus Stimulus Package To Total $2 Trillion

First it was $850 billion. Then $1 trillion. Then $1.2 trillion. Then $1.3 trillion and the market still didn't care, even as Round 3 of the proposed fiscal stimulus package grew faster than the number or coronavirus cases.

So in the Trump admin's scramble to impress investors, on Saturday morning Trump's top economic advisor Larry Kudlow said that the latest and greatest financial package being assembled to offset the crippling economic impact from the coronavirus pandemic which according to Goldman will wipe out 24% of GDP in Q2 would total more than $2 trillion.

“The package is coming in at about 10% of GDP,” Larry Kudlow told reporters as he headed into a meeting with Republican senators. He said that would work out to a bit more than $2 trillion. “We’re just trying to cover the right bases,” he added.

https://www.zerohedge.com/mark...age-total-2-trillion

The phrase "helicopter money" was first coined by Milton Friedman in 1969, when he wrote a parable of dropping money from a helicopter to illustrate the effects of monetary expansion.

Am I the only one who agrees with Milton Friedman that this is a bad idea?

I don't know if this has been posted or not; I didn't see it. Fake news???

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/t...L-fPTvCUo5l6fQ6bzQgY

The U.S. wants smartphone location data to fight coronavirus. Privacy advocates are worried.

The White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are asking Facebook, Google and other tech giants to give them greater access to Americans' smartphone location data in order to help them combat the spread of the coronavirus, according to four people at companies involved in the discussions who are not authorized to speak about them publicly.

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quote:

Originally posted by 6guns:
I don't know if this has been posted or not; I didn't see it. Fake news???

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/t...L-fPTvCUo5l6fQ6bzQgY

The U.S. wants smartphone location data to fight coronavirus. Privacy advocates are worried.

Appears to be real.

Facebook and Google may go along with this. Apple and others: Not so much. Personally, I'll turn off all location services faster than you can say "GPS" if they do.

(As an aside: I believe there's also once again a bill in the House to cripple private, end-to-end encryption, too.)

quote:

Originally posted by sigalert:
My friends brother 50 is on a ventilator. I’m praying for him.

Good news. Off the ventilator today. Test results are back. Pneumonia, but not COVID-19.

^^^^^
Thanks for the update and good news!

Good news is good of late..

Some progress in COVID-19 testing tech, possibly

MIT News: Paper-based 20-min tests, usable earlier in cycle (before antibodies), to be submitted to FDA for 'emergency use authorization' .

quote:

Originally posted by 6guns:
I don't know if this has been posted or not; I didn't see it. Fake news???

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/t...L-fPTvCUo5l6fQ6bzQgY

The U.S. wants smartphone location data to fight coronavirus. Privacy advocates are worried.

The White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are asking Facebook, Google and other tech giants to give them greater access to Americans' smartphone location data in order to help them combat the spread of the coronavirus, according to four people at companies involved in the discussions who are not authorized to speak about them publicly.

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If they are using the data from those infected to track their movement history to create a map of possible infection sites to establish a network of hot spots and focus attention on those possibly exposed rather than everyone I'm ok with it.

If they're using it to track all of us to see what we're up to every minute, I have a definite problem.

Interesting read

https://medium.com/six-four-si...ovid-19-1b767def5894

quote:

Originally posted by 1KPerDay:
Interesting read

https://medium.com/six-four-si...ovid-19-1b767def5894

Please put a description when posting a link.
Many of us won't click links we don't know anything about.

quote:

Originally posted by 1KPerDay:
Interesting read

https://medium.com/six-four-si...ovid-19-1b767def5894

quote:

The World Health Organization (“WHO”) released a study on how China responded to COVID-19. Currently, this study is one of the most exhaustive pieces published on how the virus spreads.

The results of their research show that COVID-19 doesn’t spread as easily as we first thought or the media had us believe (remember people abandoned their dogs out of fear of getting infected). According to their report if you come in contact with someone who tests positive for COVID-19 you have a 1–5% chance of catching it as well. The variability is large because the infection is based on the type of contact and how long.

Thanks, Para.

quote:

Originally posted by WaterburyBob:
Please put a description when posting a link.
Many of us won't click links we don't know anything about.

from a pc hover cursor over link (if active) / or copy it, right click, copy link address, open proxy, paste and see wth it is safely.

quote:

Originally posted by chellim1:
Am I the only one who agrees with Milton Friedman that this is a bad idea?

I agree 100% it is a horrible idea. I think the whole concept of helicopter money or the current incarnation "modern monetary theory" is insane and will only serve to enrich the people close to the "hot money" while impoverishing generations of working people.

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quote:

Originally posted by f2:

quote:

Originally posted by WaterburyBob:
Please put a description when posting a link.
Many of us won't click links we don't know anything about.

from a pc hover cursor over link (if active) / or copy it, right click, copy link address, open proxy, paste and see wth it is safely.

I'm on a Kindle, so I can't do the hover.

quote:

Originally posted by parabellum:

quote:

The World Health Organization (“WHO”) released a study on how China responded to COVID-19. Currently, this study is one of the most exhaustive pieces published on how the virus spreads.

The results of their research show that COVID-19 doesn’t spread as easily as we first thought or the media had us believe ...

That's terrific news, if true. But, if it's true, I don't understand the why and how of Italy being overwhelmed in the way it's been, nor other countries.

Even if one disregards the number of infections detected or writes it off to increased/improved testing, there is the number of people requiring hospitalization.

Either way: I wonder if this is a sign the infection rate is beginning to slow here in the U.S.: Covid-19 in US and Canada. Look at the bottom curve on the top chart.

Texas' governor just expanded the pool of eligible nurses:

quote:

Governor Abbott Takes Action to Expand Nursing Workforce

Published 03/21/2020

AUSTIN, TX -- Governor Greg Abbott has waived several regulations to help meet Texas’ growing need for nurses as the state responds to the COVID-19 virus. The Governor’s actions will expand Texas’ active nursing workforce by doing the following:

Allowing temporary permit extensions to practice for graduate nurses and graduate vocational nurses who have yet to take the licensing exam.
Allowing students in their final year of nursing school to meet their clinical objectives by exceeding the 50% limit on simulated experiences.
Allowing nurses with inactive licenses or retired nurses to reactivate their licenses.

'In the coming weeks and months, Texas will continue to see a growing need for medical professionals to help us respond to these unique and challenging times,' said Governor Abbott. 'With these actions, Texas is taking an important step to meet that need. Nurses are essential to our ability to test for this virus, provide care for COVID-19 patients, and to continue providing other essential health care services. Suspending these regulations will allow us to bring additional skilled nurses into the workforce to assist with our efforts and enhance our COVID-19 response.'

^^ Considering the sheer volume of nursing students there always is in Texas (huge!), that could be a pretty effective way to get more capable people on this thing.