Coronavirus is one mutation away from infecting millions

[pgardn]

no clue what type of test they were running

If you have time I would really like to know if they had the capability of amplifying RNA?
We have not been told a whole lot about tests, so I had been reading up and read and then confirmed through the wife they had to be sent out.

There will come a time where we have much simpler test kits, like a simple color change that can be read on a machine or just visually.
but these things take time.

[pgardn]

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https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-he...onavirus-tests

They have something.
I would just like to know how it works.

[spurraider21]

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https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-he...onavirus-tests

They have something.
I would just like to know how it works.

dont know. next time im talkin to him i'll ask.

although dude is a trumper and told me he wasn't taking this seriously until about 5 days ago

one of the smartest guys i've ever known (consistently top of our class in middle school, high school... valedictorian, killed it at UCLA), and he lets politics cloud his judgment even in his profession, smh

[Blake]

When you have nothing else, where do you turn?
If you were raised Catholic anyways.

I wonder how the Vatican is doing

[Thread]

Wait. Hold on Cubster, hold that goddamn phone. Are we talking about a bank run? Or the time you and Katie girl decided on DET BULL?

lol. At this juncture I wish it was "DET BULL" decision.

[DarrinS]

I hope you make it through this relatively OK man. We're all going to need some therapy afterwards but hopefully we all make it through with our families and jobs intact.

Thanks man. We will get through this -- I have ZERO doubt. And we will learn from it and be better prepared for the next one.

I am glad that this virus appears to spare the young.

[pgardn]

I wonder how the Vatican is doing

Gonna go the monk route and isolate, chant... if they are smart.

[vy65]

lol. At this juncture I wish it was "DET BULL" decision.

Bend over and I'll show you a juncture for DET BULL

[Thread]

I hope you make it through this relatively OK man. We're all going to need some therapy afterwards but hopefully we all make it through with our families and jobs intact.

Amen to that, Manny.

[vy65]

Thanks man. We will get through this -- I have ZERO doubt. And we will learn from it and be better prepared for the next one.

I am glad that this virus appears to spare the young.

I think a large portion, maybe even the majority, of the concern/hysteria is that we don't know what's going on. We've had wars and natural disasters and economic collapses in modern times. But the last time something remotely similar to this happened was 102 years ago. I think that, more than anything else, accounts for everything. We don't know how to react to this so you get what very well could be seen as overreactions in hindsight. All you can do is be still and take each day as they come.

[Thread]

I think a large portion, maybe even the majority, of the concern/hysteria is that we don't know what's going on. We've had wars and natural disasters and economic collapses in modern times. But the last time something remotely similar to this happened was 102 years ago. I think that, more than anything else, accounts for everything. We don't know how to react to this so you get what very well could be seen as overreactions in hindsight. All you can do is be still and take each day as they come.

Yes, vy.

[pgardn]

dont know. next time im talkin to him i'll ask.

although dude is a trumper and told me he wasn't taking this seriously until about 5 days ago

one of the smartest guys i've ever known (consistently top of our class in middle school, high school... valedictorian, killed it at UCLA), and he lets politics cloud his judgment even in his profession, smh

Which is why I have stated I dont know what smart is.
But I know exactly what you are talking about.
Moral code and the ability to recognize patterns and remember everything dont necessarily mix.

I still have not figured out why the intent to deceive (lying) has become such a minor detour from telling the truth.
Wft happened to the 10 commandments...

8. “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.”
The Eighth Commandment condemns lying. Because God is regarded as the author of all truth, the Church believes that humans are obligated to honor the truth. The most obvious way to fulfill this commandment is not to lie — intentionally deceive another by speaking a falsehood. So a good Catholic is who you want to buy a used car from

[Mark Celibate]

Lol.

Too bad we'll never know if tech was gonna be in the dance

the silverlining is that we likely won't see Beard get money-whipped to Austin tbh imho

[DarrinS]

I think a large portion, maybe even the majority, of the concern/hysteria is that we don't know what's going on. We've had wars and natural disasters and economic collapses in modern times. But the last time something remotely similar to this happened was 102 years ago. I think that, more than anything else, accounts for everything. We don't know how to react to this so you get what very well could be seen as overreactions in hindsight. All you can do is be still and take each day as they come.

The only thing that would have helped us 100 years ago, was that people weren't easily travelling over the globe. This thing was only discovered a few months ago, and information is now spreading rapidly (no thanks to the Chinese).

I think an effective treatment is coming

[DarrinS]

It still blows my mind that something that can be completely destroyed by a bar of soap, can us up so much if it gets into our system.

[baseline bum]

It still blows my mind that something that can be completely destroyed by a bar of soap, can us up so much if it gets into our system.

All those kids eating Tide Pods don't look so stupid now do they?

[pgardn]

It still blows my mind that something that can be completely destroyed by a bar of soap, can us up so much if it gets into our system.

Its all about protein receptors.
They are extraordinarily fragile.
Change the pH, change the shape of the protein, they dont bind to cells and your immune system blasts them.
They could not even do anything if your immune system did not devour them. They cant hide(inside cells), replicate, and overwhelm.

Still dont get why they are so extraordinarily transmissible. Im betting the load (# of viruses) produced, is huge.
I will most likely be wrong.

[vy65]

The only thing that would have helped us 100 years ago, was that people weren't easily travelling over the globe. This thing was only discovered a few months ago, and information is now spreading rapidly (no thanks to the Chinese).

I think an effective treatment is coming

Science is pretty dope.

[pgardn]

All those kids eating Tide Pods don't look so stupid now do they?

My dog licking soap bars..
Still dont get it.

[baseline bum]

Its all about protein receptors.
They are extraordinarily fragile.
Change the pH, change the shape of the protein, they dont bind to cells and your immune system blasts them.
They could not even do anything if your immune system did not devour them. They cant hide(inside cells), replicate, and overwhelm.

Still dont get why they are so extraordinarily transmissible. Im betting the load (# of viruses) produced, is huge.
I will most likely be wrong.

I like that confidence.

[pgardn]

Science is pretty dope.

It is, but its also got us into a lot of trouble.
We think we know more than we do.

All the mistakes we have made with combating invasive species with other organisms that take over an ecosystem.
The air and trees. We have fcked with both constantly throughout history with incredibly bad results. See Easter Island (trees) and London during the industrial revolution. So many more lessons we have not learned.

[DarrinS]

All those kids eating Tide Pods don't look so stupid now do they?

They were trend setters. Ahead of their time.

[vy65]

Its all about protein receptors.
They are extraordinarily fragile.
Change the pH, change the shape of the protein, they dont bind to cells and your immune system blasts them.
They could not even do anything if your immune system did not devour them. They cant hide(inside cells), replicate, and overwhelm.

Still dont get why they are so extraordinarily transmissible. Im betting the load (# of viruses) produced, is huge.
I will most likely be wrong.

Bend over and I'll show you a huge load

[dude21]

This gonna hit hard for everyone. Do some light exercises to get your system in good shape. Don't work out while sick though.

[DarrinS]

International community needs to pressure China to close down their bat/pangolin/cat Golden Corrals.