[COVIDelta-19] Remember To Mask Up Between Bites

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keegan: Jul 13, 2004; John Dillinger died for you!

Does the false negative rate for a PCR test depend on the level of viral shedding / infectiousness? I believe that's the case for antigen tests, which is part of the reasoning for why a rapid test with 10% or 20% false negatives can still be useful for controlling the spread. In other words it's more accurate as a test for infectiousness than as a test for infection. But it would also suggest that false negatives are very much not independent events.

# ? Sep 2, 2020 19:56

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Mr Hootington: Jul 24, 2008; I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY

[Covid-19 Heart Fallure] *points at x-ray*

# ? Sep 2, 2020 19:57

DAD LOST MY IPOD: Feb 3, 2012; Fats Dominar is on the case

if we do get a new thread i vote for [COVID-19 FALL] Terrified, aside to Cassilda: "No mask? No mask!"

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:03

BeefThief: Aug 8, 2007

all this over a dang flu smdh

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:04

Fuck You And Diebold: Sep 15, 2004; by Athanatos

https://twitter.com/bfishbfish/status/1301233899796914177
:newlol:

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:05

Giga Gaia: May 2, 2006; 360 kickflip to... Meteo?!

wrap it up covidailures

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:06

JAY ZERO SUM GAME: Oct 18, 2005; Walter.
I know you know how to do this.
Get up.

lmbo

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/world/covid-19-coronavirus.html

quote:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has notified public health officials in all 50 states and five large cities to prepare to distribute a coronavirus vaccine to health care workers and other high-risk groups as soon as late October or early November.

The new C.D.C. guidance is the latest sign of an accelerating race for a vaccine to greatly ease a pandemic that has killed more than 184,000 Americans. The documents were sent out last week, the same day that President Trump told the nation in his speech to the Republican convention that a vaccine might arrive before the end of the year.

Over the past week, both Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the country�s top infectious disease expert, and Dr. Stephen Hahn, who heads the Food and Drug Administration, have said in interviews with news organizations that a vaccine could be available for certain groups before clinical trials have been completed, if the data were overwhelmingly positive.

Public health experts agree that agencies at all levels of government should urgently prepare for what will eventually be a vast, complex effort to vaccinate hundreds of millions of Americans. But the possibility of a rollout in late October or early November has also heightened concerns that the Trump administration is seeking to rush the distribution of a vaccine � or simply to suggest that one is possible � before Election Day on Nov. 3.

�This timeline of the initial deployment at the end of October is deeply worrisome for the politicization of public health and the potential safety ramifications,� said Saskia Popescu, an infection prevention epidemiologist based in Arizona. �It�s hard not to see this as a push for a pre-election vaccine.�

Three documents were sent to public health officials in all states and territories as well as New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston and San Antonio on Aug. 27. They outlined detailed scenarios for distributing two unnamed vaccine candidates � each requiring two doses a few weeks apart � at hospitals, mobile clinics and other facilities offering easy access to the first targeted recipients.

The guidance noted that health care professionals, including long-term-care employees, would be among the first to receive the product, along with other essential workers and national security employees.

People aged 65 or older, as well as those from �racial and ethnic minority populations,� Native Americans and incarcerated individuals � all communities known to be at greater risk of contracting the virus and experiencing severe disease � were also prioritized in the documents.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine unveiled a 114-page plan on Wednesday, sponsored by the C.D.C. and the National Institutes of Health, that proposed a complicated four-phase system for priority.

The C.D.C. noted in its guidance that �limited Covid-19 vaccine doses may be available by early November 2020.� It also said its plans were still hypothetical, noting, �The Covid-19 vaccine landscape is evolving and uncertain, and these scenarios may evolve as more information is available.� A C.D.C. spokeswoman confirmed that the documents were sent but declined to comment further.

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From the creator of Trump Ice, Trump Steaks, Trump Wine, bankrupt casinos, failed licensing projects, and PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF GODDAMNED AMERICA come get your TRUMP VACCINE before you head to the polls!!!

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:07

Pillowpants: Aug 5, 2006

I�ve never even heard of a neuroradiologist...is it just a x ray guy that can understand brain scans?

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:07

Giga Gaia: May 2, 2006; 360 kickflip to... Meteo?!

JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:

lmbo

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/world/covid-19-coronavirus.html

loving looooooool

From the creator of Trump Ice, Trump Steaks, Trump Wine, bankrupt casinos, failed licensing projects, and PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF GODDAMNED AMERICA come get your TRUMP VACCINE before you head to the polls!!!

hell yeah kill all the health care providers first

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:08

JAY ZERO SUM GAME: Oct 18, 2005; Walter.
I know you know how to do this.
Get up.

I mean

quote:

People aged 65 or older, as well as those from �racial and ethnic minority populations,� Native Americans and incarcerated individuals � all communities known to be at greater risk of contracting the virus and experiencing severe disease � were also prioritized in the documents.

if you ever wanted a setup for a white supremacist fantasy land

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:08

Shugojin: Sep 6, 2007; THE TAIL THAT BURNS TWICE AS BRIGHT...

Pillowpants posted:

I�ve never even heard of a neuroradiologist...is it just a x ray guy that can understand brain scans?

It's the person who knows how to read brain x-rays, MRIs, all that good stuff

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:09

Giga Gaia: May 2, 2006; 360 kickflip to... Meteo?!

cant diagnose covid if all the doctors are dead

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:09

Mr Hootington: Jul 24, 2008; I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY

JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:

lmbo

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/world/covid-19-coronavirus.html

quote:
People aged 65 or older, as well as those from “racial and ethnic minority populations,” Native Americans and incarcerated individuals — all communities known to be at greater risk of contracting the virus and experiencing severe disease — were also prioritized in the documents.

!!!!!!!

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:10

JAY ZERO SUM GAME: Oct 18, 2005; Walter.
I know you know how to do this.
Get up.

Mr Hootington posted:

!!!!!!!

this is the pivot, to DONALD THE DOVE

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:11

keegan: Jul 13, 2004; John Dillinger died for you!

Testing the rushed vaccine on minorities and prisoners, it's the American way :patriot:

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:12

Bust Rodd: Oct 21, 2008; by VideoGames

it�s been said but for real, using minorities, the elderly, and inmates to test this first draft vaccine is so insanely hosed up that I want to barf

this has �TUSKEEGEE� written all over it

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:13

Tei: Feb 19, 2011; Can't post for 3 days!

keegan posted:

Testing the rushed vaccine on minorities and prisoners, it's the American way

:-O

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:16

Mr Hootington: Jul 24, 2008; I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY

*THSishly* THEY SHOULD BE PROUD AND WILLING TO GET THIS VACCINE.

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:16

In Training: Jun 28, 2008

Mr Hootington posted:

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absolutely appalling

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:18

fosborb: Dec 15, 2006; Chronic Good Poster

*in the Hilton ballroom next year*

You switched the samples! And the pathology reports! You kill Wenliang, too?! Huh?! Did you?! He falsified his research, so that mRNA-1273 could be approved and Moderna could give you... TrumpVax!

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:19

moist turtleneck: Jul 17, 2003; Represent.; Dinosaur Gum

lol this summer was a fuckin waste

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:20

BeefThief: Aug 8, 2007

this is why im not taking it for at least 6 months after it's available. cmon man that poo poo is crazy.

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:21

fosborb: Dec 15, 2006; Chronic Good Poster

moist turtleneck posted:

lol this summer was a fuckin waste

dunno, seemed pretty good to Bulliet's bottom line, from the perspective of my liver

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:21

Raine: Apr 30, 2013; ACCELERATIONIST SUPERDOOMER

[covid-19 forever] - turning children into cspammers one dead heart at a time

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:25

HAMAS HATE BOAT: Jun 5, 2010

fosborb posted:

*in the Hilton ballroom next year*

You switched the samples! And the pathology reports! You kill Wenliang, too?! Huh?! Did you?! He falsified his research, so that mRNA-1273 could be approved and Moderna could give you... TrumpVax!

i understood this reference

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:26

fosborb: Dec 15, 2006; Chronic Good Poster

HAMAS HATE BOAT posted:

i understood this reference

holy poo poo that movie is 27 years old now. :corsair:

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:29

Lpzie: Nov 20, 2006

loling at my university getting owned right now.

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:30

actionjackson: Jan 12, 2003

Pillowpants posted:

I�ve never even heard of a neuroradiologist...is it just a x ray guy that can understand brain scans?

it's someone that makes more money than god and never has to interact with patients

i have a friend who is a radiologist and he has his own tennis court

this guy is a subspecialist beyond that

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:30

mod sassinator: Dec 13, 2006; I came here to Kick Ass and Chew Bubblegum,
and I'm All out of Ass

moist turtleneck posted:

lol this summer was a fuckin waste

winter is gonna be a waste too. we should be preparing businesses, schools, etc. NOW for actual lockdowns in the fall and winter as flu flares up. we should all be ready to shelter in place on quick notice to ride out bad local flu flare-ups. we should be getting flu vaccines out to everyone at no cost--it's good prep for an eventual covid vaccine too.

but nope we ain't gonna do any of that poo poo and just watch as people die

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:32

Dustcat: Jan 26, 2019

actionjackson posted:

it's someone that makes more money than god and never has to interact with patients

i have a friend who is a radiologist and he has his own tennis court

this guy is a subspecialist beyond that

radiology owns, i used to do radiology transcription while going to college and i could type out a hundred chest xrays in an hour, which i assume is about as fast as the doctor was dictating them

i got a buck per report and considered it good money. i expect the radiologist was charging somewhat more

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:37

Grapplejack: Nov 27, 2007

SKULL.GIF posted:

Berlusconi is old enough corona might take him down

Good riddance

Bolsonaro got it twice and he's fine, this virus doesn't kill terrible people

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:39

Marzzle: Dec 1, 2004; Bursting with flavor

Dustcat posted:

radiology owns, i used to do radiology transcription while going to college and i could type out a hundred chest xrays in an hour, which i assume is about as fast as the doctor was dictating them

i got a buck per report and considered it good money. i expect the radiologist was charging somewhat more

Sounds pretty sweet how do you get in a job like that?

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:39

Iron Crowned: May 6, 2003; by Hand Knit

Grapplejack posted:

Bolsonaro got it twice and he's fine, this virus doesn't kill terrible people

Hell, Trump is probably patient zero and he's still kicking

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:43

Dustcat: Jan 26, 2019

Marzzle posted:

Sounds pretty sweet how do you get in a job like that?

they don't really exist anymore, speech recognition and overseas outsourcing drove prices down to a few pennies per line in the early 2010s

i was lucky enough to work for a very small agency that focused on high quality transcription and charged per report, which is really good for short stuff like xrays but not so great for interventional stuff that can be a 15 minute dictation. we were allowed to count up the long stuff though, according to rules which were never entirely clear, so it was still worth doing. eventually all the clients decided quality wasn't worth paying for and the agency went out of business

e: also, my one weird trick was using a text expander and autokey scripting to almost completely avoid having to use the horrible character terminal based interface. i would just push a hotkey and it would copy the text from Word, paste it into the medical records system, put the report through, switch to the dictaphone program which was a separate website, load up the next dictation, and pull up the case in the medical records. saving 15 seconds 100 times a day was a big deal, especially when a pile of xrays comes in the queue and every transcriptionist is racing to do them

Dustcat has issued a correction as of 20:53 on Sep 2, 2020

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:46

Woodchip: Mar 28, 2010

No cells in the heart
COVID to blame
You give cells
no DNA

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:49

SKULL.GIF: Jan 20, 2017

Grapplejack posted:

Bolsonaro got it twice and he's fine, this virus doesn't kill terrible people

Silvio Berlusconi is 83 years old

# ? Sep 2, 2020 20:54

Owlofcreamcheese: May 22, 2005; Can't post for 9 years!; Buglord

WorldsStongestNerd posted:

A virus or bacteria permanently damaging your heart isn't new or unusual. My dad had scarlet fever as a child, and permanent valve damage started causing problems in his 50's, and he died at 63 from heart failure, well below the average age for his cohort.

On the other hand scarlet fever was never widespread or endemic, and government officials never actively encouraged its spread thru their stupidity. I guess that part is new.

A yearly flu shot reduces your risk of heart attack more than almost any actual heart medication. Viruses are very bad for your heart

# ? Sep 2, 2020 21:01