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Tangy
User ID: 69917668 United States 01/25/2020 06:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Question I asked in another thread, but no one had an answer. Maybe someone here has a thought? Quoting: Lady Jayne Smith "What about the antivirals like Zovirax? I was given that a few years ago when I caught chicken pox (don't ask, please ), the case was very light, and gone in 4 days. Does this work on any virus, or just certain ones?" My son just reminded me of the prescription I have for the same! I did one course with predisolone, and it didn't help, so they gave me another course. THEN, it was discovered I had freaking SCABIES, caught from my mother in the hospital.. I still tell people I know it was chickenpox. rofl.. We were wondering that also.. I am not sure, but I've read this corona virus has an envelope that is tougher? I swear I need to organize my links, lol.. If it mutates in a good way, maybe treatments will be found to work? *edited* My prescription is for acyclovir Last Edited by Tangy on 01/25/2020 06:29 PM |
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Forum Administrator 01/25/2020 06:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | For whatever this is worth: Quoting: Lady Jayne Smith My neighbor is an internationally renown epidemiologist (no! I will NOT give his name), he has rarely been home for several days, and is too distracted to even wave when driving to his house. He's usually quite friendly, and has that funny-as-hell, sarcastic professor sense of humor. Is he wearing a space suit around the hood? No, but he is not putting the top down on his Beamer. Does that count? First of all, just to be a total douche, a BMW car is called a "Bimmer" not a beamer, that's the motorcycle. I know this because I read it somewhere and now I'm stuck with that douchey knowledge in my head. Now, does it count? Hard to say, but it might, depends on what Doc neighbor thinks. Does kinda sound like he's got more serious than normal though, top up with jibe with that. Whatever ..... I'm a Mercedes snob. Top up comment was tongue in cheek. Yes, I would imagine he has far more important things on his mind than enjoying his convertible. Fate whispers to the warrior "You cannot withstand the storm" the warrior whispers back "I am the storm" INTJ-A |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 78081395 Czechia 01/25/2020 06:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | For those not familiar with NIOSH's rating of HEPA filters and Respirators> Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78239778 95 means 95.97% efficient down to 0.3 microns 100 means 99.97% efficient down to 0.3 microns The letters N,R, and P before these numbers indicates oil mist resistance: Not resistant, Resistant, and Proof. These HEPA filters are meant to protect workers in an Industrial setting against certains Dusts, Particles and some Mists. Of course to reach this efficiency the worker needs to be fit tested and trained in the proper use of these respirators as they are tight fitting, negative pressure. Not wearing them properly provides no protection. For those not familiar with NIOSH's rating of HEPA filters and Respirators> Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78239778 95 means 95.97% efficient down to 0.3 microns 100 means 99.97% efficient down to 0.3 microns The letters N,R, and P before these numbers indicates oil mist resistance: Not resistant, Resistant, and Proof. These HEPA filters are meant to protect workers in an Industrial setting against certains Dusts, Particles and some Mists. Of course to reach this efficiency the worker needs to be fit tested and trained in the proper use of these respirators as they are tight fitting, negative pressure. Not wearing them properly provides no protection. The mask recommended Needs to be down to 0.1 microns I’ve been advised. Do you have any recommendations? |
Tangy
User ID: 69917668 United States 01/25/2020 06:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hi, I'd like you to read this and tell me what your gut feeling is on it. Does this guy seem to be legit? Does what he is saying seem to be legit? Thank you in advance! Quoting: Wildthing3 [link to i.imgur.com (secure)] Personally, I dunno.. He makes no mention of genome sequencing being done in numerous places that would point to this.. There is no flu in the genome sequencing. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 75960975 United States 01/25/2020 06:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We could engineer a light form and spread it before this one takes hold making the world immune to the more virulent form. |
catnahalf
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71cuda User ID: 78330135 United States 01/25/2020 06:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | long story, making short, i have to put a prescription in my nose the first 5 days of the month as i am a 'staph' carrier, i recently had a skin issue and a guy from India whom i didnt quite understand handed me a note that said, Kalonji (Nigella Seeds),, and go to the local Thai market and start taking, i put 5/6 seeds in water and drink in am, my skin is completely healed, asking OP, have you heard of this, and is it a good recommendation for others? as a preventative? i recently ordered the caps on Amazon. stay safe all, ty |
cosmicgypsy
User ID: 74619032 United States 01/25/2020 06:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | could a coronavirus that causes the common cold be engineered to trick the immune system into identifying nCoV and killing it off? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75960975 We could engineer a light form and spread it before this one takes hold making the world immune to the more virulent form. Noice thought ball.... You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. -Buckminster Fuller ...I adapt to the unknown, under wandering stars I've grown, by myself, but not alone... [link to www.youtube.com (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 75682040 United States 01/25/2020 06:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hi, I'd like you to read this and tell me what your gut feeling is on it. Does this guy seem to be legit? Does what he is saying seem to be legit? Thank you in advance! Quoting: Wildthing3 [link to i.imgur.com (secure)] Personally, I dunno.. He makes no mention of genome sequencing being done in numerous places that would point to this.. There is no flu in the genome sequencing. Are you a microbiologist too? Does the mention of genome sequencing on a post on the chans de-legitimize the entire conversation? Or is this possibly a whistle blower trying to get a warning out. would genome sequencing help in getting a warning out? |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 78344784 United Kingdom 01/25/2020 06:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hi, I'd like you to read this and tell me what your gut feeling is on it. Does this guy seem to be legit? Does what he is saying seem to be legit? Thank you in advance! Quoting: Wildthing3 [link to i.imgur.com (secure)] Probably a larp because non of the information we have seen suggests otherwise, we are not seeing anything related to people hemmoraging in the lungs or anything, but what i gleamed from what tangy posted is that the virus is a novel corona virus thats come from bats. Tangy posted the genome in the thread. So hypothetically speaking, if this is a bioweapon (i dont think it is ) its been designed from the ground up, to look like a brand new virus and doesnt show gene activity relating to anything known to be human, it appears to be a bat corona virus thats made a jump to humans. We also dont have any good info yet on how deadly it is, and the r0 numbers are implied to be around 3.5 which is significantly infectious even if it isnt anymore deadly than bad seasonal flu. |
Tangy
User ID: 69917668 United States 01/25/2020 06:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | could a coronavirus that causes the common cold be engineered to trick the immune system into identifying nCoV and killing it off? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75960975 We could engineer a light form and spread it before this one takes hold making the world immune to the more virulent form. like.. a vaccine? lol Some are working on it.. Russia, US, probably others.. Then this startup company mentioned in this article.. Working on a faster way to diagnose. [link to www.statnews.com (secure)] The genome sequences have more to give. They “will be crucially important for development of diagnostics [and] vaccines,” said biologist Richard Ebright of Rutgers University. For instance, the genome-editing technology CRISPR is the basis for Cambridge, Mass.-based startup Sherlock Biosciences’ diagnostics, which promise to slash how long it takes to make a definitive identification. In the U.S, that’s now done only by sending samples to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which uses a technology invented in the 1980s, polymerase chain reaction or PCR, to identify the presence of coronavirus. “Our vision is that our [CRISPR-based] SHERLOCK and INSPECTR platforms are tailor-made for outbreaks like coronavirus,” said Sherlock CEO Rahul Dhanda, who declined to discuss “specific plans related to coronavirus.” |
Tangy
User ID: 69917668 United States 01/25/2020 06:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hi, I'd like you to read this and tell me what your gut feeling is on it. Does this guy seem to be legit? Does what he is saying seem to be legit? Thank you in advance! Quoting: Wildthing3 [link to i.imgur.com (secure)] Personally, I dunno.. He makes no mention of genome sequencing being done in numerous places that would point to this.. There is no flu in the genome sequencing. Are you a microbiologist too? Does the mention of genome sequencing on a post on the chans de-legitimize the entire conversation? Or is this possibly a whistle blower trying to get a warning out. would genome sequencing help in getting a warning out? No, I am not. What I am saying is the 24 genome sequences that are already out do not point to anything that guy is saying, at all.. Oh and to add.. YES, genome sequencing would point to this being engineered. Last Edited by Tangy on 01/25/2020 06:37 PM |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76405653 United States 01/25/2020 06:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Question I asked in another thread, but no one had an answer. Maybe someone here has a thought? Quoting: Lady Jayne Smith "What about the antivirals like Zovirax? I was given that a few years ago when I caught chicken pox (don't ask, please ), the case was very light, and gone in 4 days. Does this work on any virus, or just certain ones?" that is specific to that virus only....varicella zoster |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 75960975 United States 01/25/2020 06:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hi, I'd like you to read this and tell me what your gut feeling is on it. Does this guy seem to be legit? Does what he is saying seem to be legit? Thank you in advance! Quoting: Wildthing3 [link to i.imgur.com (secure)] Personally, I dunno.. He makes no mention of genome sequencing being done in numerous places that would point to this.. There is no flu in the genome sequencing. Are you a microbiologist too? Does the mention of genome sequencing on a post on the chans de-legitimize the entire conversation? Or is this possibly a whistle blower trying to get a warning out. would genome sequencing help in getting a warning out? No, I am not. What I am saying is the 24 genome sequences that are already out do not point to anything that guy is saying, at all.. Oh and to add.. YES, genome sequencing would point to this being engineered. 27 sequences: [link to nextstrain.org (secure)] |
Tangy
User ID: 69917668 United States 01/25/2020 06:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Question I asked in another thread, but no one had an answer. Maybe someone here has a thought? Quoting: Lady Jayne Smith "What about the antivirals like Zovirax? I was given that a few years ago when I caught chicken pox (don't ask, please ), the case was very light, and gone in 4 days. Does this work on any virus, or just certain ones?" that is specific to that virus only....herpes zoster ahh.. bummer. lol But I guess I assumed that, when there has been mention of NO treatment, just treating symptoms. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 75682040 United States 01/25/2020 06:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hi, I'd like you to read this and tell me what your gut feeling is on it. Does this guy seem to be legit? Does what he is saying seem to be legit? Thank you in advance! Quoting: Wildthing3 [link to i.imgur.com (secure)] Probably a larp because non of the information we have seen suggests otherwise, we are not seeing anything related to people hemmoraging in the lungs or anything, but what i gleamed from what tangy posted is that the virus is a novel corona virus thats come from bats. Tangy posted the genome in the thread. So hypothetically speaking, if this is a bioweapon (i dont think it is ) its been designed from the ground up, to look like a brand new virus and doesnt show gene activity relating to anything known to be human, it appears to be a bat corona virus thats made a jump to humans. We also dont have any good info yet on how deadly it is, and the r0 numbers are implied to be around 3.5 which is significantly infectious even if it isnt anymore deadly than bad seasonal flu. but I'v seen the hemorrhaging in the videos...haven't you? look at 55 seconds in (this is one of the more noticeable hemorrhaging examples) |
Tangy
User ID: 69917668 United States 01/25/2020 06:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Tangy Personally, I dunno.. He makes no mention of genome sequencing being done in numerous places that would point to this.. There is no flu in the genome sequencing. Are you a microbiologist too? Does the mention of genome sequencing on a post on the chans de-legitimize the entire conversation? Or is this possibly a whistle blower trying to get a warning out. would genome sequencing help in getting a warning out? No, I am not. What I am saying is the 24 genome sequences that are already out do not point to anything that guy is saying, at all.. Oh and to add.. YES, genome sequencing would point to this being engineered. 27 sequences: [link to nextstrain.org (secure)] NICE!! Thank you.. It's freaking AMAZING how fast they are done now. In 2003, it took MONTHS for the first sequence to come out. and during h1n1, it was faster, but not this fast.. pretty cool. |
thinking...
User ID: 78212432 United States 01/25/2020 06:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It is around a 90% match to bat corona virus, and genome sequencing points to a single animal to human , not multiple animals. Then human to human from there. Quoting: Tangy Yeah just read that in some of the links, Bat SARS, just skimming through now looking for the snake stuff, has anything more been said about the snake link? i read about it but nothing journal published just spurious news stuff. Nothing that I have seen, no. same article [link to www.statnews.com (secure)] Unfortunately, genetic analysis can’t identify what animal species the coronavirus jumped from into humans. But an analysis by a team from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, posted to the preprint server bioRxiv, determined that the genome of this coronavirus (the seventh known to infect humans) is 96% identical to that of a bat coronavirus, suggesting that species is the original source. (Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine on Friday, another team of scientists in China reported that the new coronavirus is 86.9% identical to the bat SARS-like coronavirus.) Is the percentage that doesn't align/the fewer than 100% due to the virus undergoing some change when it infects/spreads in the human? In his poem Human Pride, Marx admits that his aim is not to improve the world, reform or revolutionize it, but simply to ruin it and enjoy it being ruined: With disdain I will throw my gauntlet full in the face of the world, And see the collapse of this pygmy giant whose fall will not stifle my ardor. Then will I wander godlike and victorious through the ruins of the world And, giving my words an active force, I will feel equal to the Creator. “Looking for consciousness in the brain is like looking in the radio for the announcer.” – Nasseim Haramein, Director of Research for the Resonance Project |
Tangy
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 75682040 United States 01/25/2020 06:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | but I'v seen the hemorrhaging in the videos...haven't you? look at 55 seconds in (this is one of the more noticeable hemorrhaging examples) Quoting: Wildthing3 Can you show one that hasn't face planted into the cement? head wounds even small ones bleed like crazy!! I'll look, not sure if there is one, I have another video I can look through. |
Tangy
User ID: 69917668 United States 01/25/2020 06:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It is around a 90% match to bat corona virus, and genome sequencing points to a single animal to human , not multiple animals. Then human to human from there. Quoting: Tangy Yeah just read that in some of the links, Bat SARS, just skimming through now looking for the snake stuff, has anything more been said about the snake link? i read about it but nothing journal published just spurious news stuff. Nothing that I have seen, no. same article [link to www.statnews.com (secure)] Unfortunately, genetic analysis can’t identify what animal species the coronavirus jumped from into humans. But an analysis by a team from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, posted to the preprint server bioRxiv, determined that the genome of this coronavirus (the seventh known to infect humans) is 96% identical to that of a bat coronavirus, suggesting that species is the original source. (Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine on Friday, another team of scientists in China reported that the new coronavirus is 86.9% identical to the bat SARS-like coronavirus.) Is the percentage that doesn't align/the fewer than 100% due to the virus undergoing some change when it infects/spreads in the human? I don't know. I would have to guess the 4% is mutation? I wish I knew, and hopefully I'll run into something that explains it in a way I can understand. lol But also guessing, what it doesn't point to is any known virus spliced in. It's novel. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 78344784 United Kingdom 01/25/2020 06:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | could a coronavirus that causes the common cold be engineered to trick the immune system into identifying nCoV and killing it off? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75960975 We could engineer a light form and spread it before this one takes hold making the world immune to the more virulent form. IMO yes, now they have the genome yes, the problem is mutations that affect the surface antigens that our immune system keys too, they could hypothetically isolate the genes that are responsible for the outer protein structure of the viron and use those genes to make a genetically modified harmless strain and use those antigens to create an immune responce. It might mutate too quickly that this becomes fruitless though. Hypothetically. I might be way off on this an immunologist and virologist and biochemist would help here. In influenza strains the N H prefixes (ie h1n1) you see are generally identifying the types of hemagluttanin (sugar protein) that causes blood cell clotting and neuraminidase (enzyme that breaks sugar bonds in molecules) on the surface of those particular flu strains. The real question is how is the immune reaction to the orginal virus and would that be benefitial, it appears to be novel, so the rumours about it caused cytokine storms might have validity. They might honestly be better just using cultured inert viruses or antibody transfer, the problem is i dont know if they can culture this virus well yet, and antibodiy farming is time sensitive. |
Tangy
User ID: 69917668 United States 01/25/2020 06:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | but I'v seen the hemorrhaging in the videos...haven't you? look at 55 seconds in (this is one of the more noticeable hemorrhaging examples) Quoting: Wildthing3 Can you show one that hasn't face planted into the cement? head wounds even small ones bleed like crazy!! I'll look, not sure if there is one, I have another video I can look through. I've looked at most also.. even the supposed corpses on the floor at wuhan hospital I didn't see it. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 78344784 United Kingdom 01/25/2020 06:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hi, I'd like you to read this and tell me what your gut feeling is on it. Does this guy seem to be legit? Does what he is saying seem to be legit? Thank you in advance! Quoting: Wildthing3 [link to i.imgur.com (secure)] Personally, I dunno.. He makes no mention of genome sequencing being done in numerous places that would point to this.. There is no flu in the genome sequencing. From that paper you linked, it doesnt appear there is anything human related, certainly no human cold and flu virus markers at all. Its seems like larping bullshit to me. |
thinking...
User ID: 78212432 United States 01/25/2020 06:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why do all followers of Judaism think that their chosen religion has morphed a portion of humanity into its own chosen race? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77796806 Because their ancient "story" says so. Of course, they wrote that story so there's that. In his poem Human Pride, Marx admits that his aim is not to improve the world, reform or revolutionize it, but simply to ruin it and enjoy it being ruined: With disdain I will throw my gauntlet full in the face of the world, And see the collapse of this pygmy giant whose fall will not stifle my ardor. Then will I wander godlike and victorious through the ruins of the world And, giving my words an active force, I will feel equal to the Creator. “Looking for consciousness in the brain is like looking in the radio for the announcer.” – Nasseim Haramein, Director of Research for the Resonance Project |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76550302 United States 01/25/2020 06:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 27 sequences: [link to nextstrain.org (secure)] Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75960975 What are we looking at here? ELI5, please. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78371300 United States 01/25/2020 06:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why does grass grow in the fucking concrete on my driveway but I still have bare patches on my lawn? Quoting: Where Eagles Dare Because when you change the oil in your shitbox chevy, you drain the old oil out onto the ground? Or more likely because you need to water your grass as often as you do the driveway. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78239778 United States 01/25/2020 06:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | For those not familiar with NIOSH's rating of HEPA filters and Respirators> Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78239778 95 means 95.97% efficient down to 0.3 microns 100 means 99.97% efficient down to 0.3 microns The letters N,R, and P before these numbers indicates oil mist resistance: Not resistant, Resistant, and Proof. These HEPA filters are meant to protect workers in an Industrial setting against certains Dusts, Particles and some Mists. Of course to reach this efficiency the worker needs to be fit tested and trained in the proper use of these respirators as they are tight fitting, negative pressure. Not wearing them properly provides no protection. For those not familiar with NIOSH's rating of HEPA filters and Respirators> Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78239778 95 means 95.97% efficient down to 0.3 microns 100 means 99.97% efficient down to 0.3 microns The letters N,R, and P before these numbers indicates oil mist resistance: Not resistant, Resistant, and Proof. These HEPA filters are meant to protect workers in an Industrial setting against certains Dusts, Particles and some Mists. Of course to reach this efficiency the worker needs to be fit tested and trained in the proper use of these respirators as they are tight fitting, negative pressure. Not wearing them properly provides no protection. The mask recommended Needs to be down to 0.1 microns I’ve been advised. Do you have any recommendations? Positive Pressure Supplied Air |