dobre_shunka
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this is getting incredibly... incredibly stupid.
Remember, we are only ~75 days in to this. Flu goes back to 400 BC and antibodies to it and we have 4 standard viral meds. No antibodies to this new disease. Also we don’t want a second viral disease to combat every year in addition to Flu so they are trying to prevent it now. Remember that we don’t know how this even mutates. In 1918, the problem was the mutation that happened 6 months later that no precautionary mesasures were ever taken which resulted in the mass of deaths. They are just trying to get out in front. Everyone complains until it impacts them. I am happy they are trying to get in front of this. Especially with my wife being a physician, I know how concerned she is which makes me take this more serious.Yes. Very stupid. How many cases have been found in Tennessee? Not many.
lol
ut has a vaccine now they think will stop it. It is currently going thru test.
Flu shot doesn’t cure the flu, so like the flu it’s about managing symptoms once you have it. By the time it’s figured out we will be into something else to worry about. Being blown so far out of reality.Yup..... But the infrastructure to make those changes was already in place. All that had to happen was a "tweak" of the existing vaccine.
There's nothing for CoVid right now.
1918 Flu epidemic. Read up on it. My Mom is 85 with 3 caregivers including myself. I am very concerned about her welfare in the next few months. Am I close to being in a situation very soon where I cannot risk them coming over anymore ? The first case in The immediate area of Bristol/Abingdon was confirmed last night. I expect dozens or hundreds of cases In This area within the next couple of weeks.How is death preventable?
Wow, I’m done. I see this as nothing more than a stronger strain of the flu. So, you and I will never see eye to eye on it. Better to just agree to disagree.
I saw that!! And, DAMN, am I proud that UT is on the forefront of developing a vaccine for this. That's MY alma mater!!! Woohoo!
But.... We're still looking at a year (give or take) before there's a commercially available vaccine.
Our moms’ assisted living facility has now shut down all group trips by residents to the outside world, and all group visits by outsiders into the facility, meaning all the musicians, actors, storytellers, and dancers who perform and keep the residents happy and engaged. Families can only visit two at a time, and our temps will be taken before we’re allowed to enter. Last week, we could not visit at all, as Hubs had a cold.1918 Flu epidemic. Read up on it. My Mom is 85 with 3 caregivers including myself. I am very concerned about her welfare in the next few months. Am I close to being in a situation very soon where I cannot risk them coming over anymore ? The first case in The immediate area of Bristol/Abingdon was confirmed last night. I expect dozens or hundreds of cases In This area within the next couple of weeks.
1918 Flu epidemic. Read up on it. My Mom is 85 with 3 caregivers including myself. I am very concerned about her welfare in the next few months. Am I close to being in a situation very soon where I cannot risk them coming over anymore ? The first case in The immediate area of Bristol/Abingdon was confirmed last night. I expect dozens or hundreds of cases In This area within the next couple of weeks.