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09-12-2020, 09:10 AM | #44357 |
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Oxford, AstraZeneca to resume coronavirus vaccine trial
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09-12-2020, 09:18 AM | #44358 | |
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09-12-2020, 10:46 AM | #44359 | |
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09-12-2020, 11:36 AM | #44360 |
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09-12-2020, 11:46 AM | #44361 |
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Lol yeah the thread that doesn't have dozens of posters insisting that a person with diabetes who got covid and died - actually died of diabetes - is the diseased thread. o_O
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09-12-2020, 11:51 AM | #44362 | |
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Also there is very strong evidence that initial viral dose affects eventual severity of infection. Masks help with initial viral load, as does warmer weather. I'm concerned about cold weather + back to school + back to office. At least we'll have a small amount of herd immunity. |
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09-12-2020, 12:32 PM | #44363 |
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Dakotas lead US in virus growth as both reject mask rules
https://apnews.com/f4988865f4fad739e099b17707f8727f SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Coronavirus infections in the Dakotas are growing faster than anywhere else in the nation, fueling impassioned debates over masks and personal freedom after months in which the two states avoided the worst of the pandemic. The argument over masks raged this week in Brookings, South Dakota, as the city council considered requiring face coverings in businesses. The city was forced to move its meeting to a local arena to accommodate intense interest, with many citizens speaking against it, before the mask requirement ultimately passed. Amid the brute force of the pandemic, health experts warn that the infections must be contained before care systems are overwhelmed. North Dakota and South Dakota lead the country in new cases per capita over the last two weeks, ranking first and second respectively, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers. South Dakota has also posted some of the country’s highest positivity rates for COVID-19 tests in the last week — over 17 percent — an indication that there are more infections than tests are catching. Infections have been spurred by schools and universities reopening and mass gatherings like the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, which drew hundreds of thousands of people from across the country. “It is not a surprise that South Dakota has one of the highest (COVID-19) reproduction rates in the country,” Brookings City Council member Nick Wendell said as he commented on the many people who forgo masks in public. The Republican governors of both states have eschewed mask requirements, tapping into a spirit of independence hewn from enduring the winters and storms of the Great Plains. The Dakotas were not always a hot spot. For months, the states appeared to avoid the worst of the pandemic, watching from afar as it raged through large cities. But spiking infection rates have fanned out across the nation, from the East Coast to the Sun Belt and now into the Midwest, where states like Iowa and Kansas are also dealing with surges. When the case count stayed low during the spring and early summer, people grew weary of constantly taking precautions, said Dr. Benjamin Aaker, president of the South Dakota State Medical Association. “People have a tendency to become complacent,” he said. “Then they start to relax the things that they were doing properly, and that’s when the increase in cases starts to go up.” |
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09-12-2020, 12:57 PM | #44364 | |
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09-12-2020, 12:59 PM | #44365 |
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Missouri's 7 day positivity rate continues to drop.
Number of cases reported each day is in the same ballpark. Hospitalizations are holding mostly steady. |
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09-12-2020, 01:05 PM | #44366 | |
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My friend thought it was weird because her aunt, "lives in this podunk town in South Dakota where you wouldn't think covid would be an issue." |
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09-12-2020, 01:08 PM | #44367 | |
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We do the same at work now too. N95 with surgical + face shield for direct patient contact. |
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09-12-2020, 01:14 PM | #44368 |
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35% of total beds are available and only 5% are being used for Covid # of average daily tests is down over 60% from July where it peaked # of daily new cases is down almost 50% from the peak in July |
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