Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only

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Anonymous wrote:Pfizer hopes to have Phase 3 results by October. All my fingers crossed. That could be a huge boost, particularly since they're already planning to (or are) manufacturing doses at risk.

https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/08/11/biontech-and-pfizer-hope-to-have-late-stage-corona/

I agree. I think the vaccine will likely come much earlier than people think. Just hope it hasn't been politicized to death before it gets here.

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Anonymous wrote:Pfizer hopes to have Phase 3 results by October. All my fingers crossed. That could be a huge boost, particularly since they're already planning to (or are) manufacturing doses at risk.

https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/08/11/biontech-and-pfizer-hope-to-have-late-stage-corona/

Oh wow, October! My fingers and toes are crossed!

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Anonymous wrote:Pfizer hopes to have Phase 3 results by October. All my fingers crossed. That could be a huge boost, particularly since they're already planning to (or are) manufacturing doses at risk.

https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/08/11/biontech-and-pfizer-hope-to-have-late-stage-corona/

I agree. I think the vaccine will likely come much earlier than people think. Just hope it hasn't been politicized to death before it gets here.

When do Moderna/Oxford expect to conclude their P3 trial and then report on them? We could have 3 really good P3 trial candidates finish by Oct. That is GREAT.

[Anonymous]

First time good news appeared in my news feed in months!

Finding long term immunity:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/16/health/coronavirus-immunity-antibodies.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20200817&instance_id=21332&nl=the-morning®i_id=53186273§ion_index=1§ion_name=big_story&segment_id=36280&te=1&user_id=911a9bcda375c11cbb288f22b292fe19

AND!!! Herd immunity closer than anticipated:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/health/coronavirus-herd-immunity.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20200817&instance_id=21332&nl=the-morning®i_id=53186273§ion_index=1§ion_name=big_story&segment_id=36280&te=1&user_id=911a9bcda375c11cbb288f22b292fe19

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Anonymous wrote:First time good news appeared in my news feed in months!

Finding long term immunity:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/16/health/coronavirus-immunity-antibodies.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20200817&instance_id=21332&nl=the-morning®i_id=53186273§ion_index=1§ion_name=big_story&segment_id=36280&te=1&user_id=911a9bcda375c11cbb288f22b292fe19

AND!!! Herd immunity closer than anticipated:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/health/coronavirus-herd-immunity.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20200817&instance_id=21332&nl=the-morning®i_id=53186273§ion_index=1§ion_name=big_story&segment_id=36280&te=1&user_id=911a9bcda375c11cbb288f22b292fe19

All very interesting to read. It supports the notion that herd immunity is a very inexact science and could vary from place to place/pocket to pocket/etc.

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Here's something on accurate and instant testing...

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I’ve been following the herd immunity arguments and models closely, thank you for sharing.

And yay on a quick, accurate test!

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/16/health/us-coronavirus-sunday/index.html?utm_content=2020-08-17T17%3A16%3A06&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social&utm_source=fbCNN&fbclid=IwAR3nsz7rCuAqDVSFf-Do3twYFrFiixwcb2kDP54XV8xbwRL9_uw2iLvlFb0

New saliva-based Covid-19 test could be a fast and cheap 'game changer'. Researchers from the Yale School of Public Health created the SalivaDirect test, which received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/16/health/us-coronavirus-sunday/index.html?utm_content=2020-08-17T17%3A16%3A06&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social&utm_source=fbCNN&fbclid=IwAR3nsz7rCuAqDVSFf-Do3twYFrFiixwcb2kDP54XV8xbwRL9_uw2iLvlFb0

New saliva-based Covid-19 test could be a fast and cheap 'game changer'. Researchers from the Yale School of Public Health created the SalivaDirect test, which received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday.

That would be awesome. I hope someone is out there working on a home version of this type of test as well. That would be huge.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/16/health/us-coronavirus-sunday/index.html?utm_content=2020-08-17T17%3A16%3A06&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social&utm_source=fbCNN&fbclid=IwAR3nsz7rCuAqDVSFf-Do3twYFrFiixwcb2kDP54XV8xbwRL9_uw2iLvlFb0

New saliva-based Covid-19 test could be a fast and cheap 'game changer'. Researchers from the Yale School of Public Health created the SalivaDirect test, which received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday.

That would be awesome. I hope someone is out there working on a home version of this type of test as well. That would be huge.

I watched the scientist discuss it with Jim Sciutto this morning (I think it was Jim) and she said it would be $10. So it's cheap but not cheap enough to take daily.

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^ more importantly than cheap is accessible .... do we think it can be widely distributed enough?

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/16/health/us-coronavirus-sunday/index.html?utm_content=2020-08-17T17%3A16%3A06&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social&utm_source=fbCNN&fbclid=IwAR3nsz7rCuAqDVSFf-Do3twYFrFiixwcb2kDP54XV8xbwRL9_uw2iLvlFb0

New saliva-based Covid-19 test could be a fast and cheap 'game changer'. Researchers from the Yale School of Public Health created the SalivaDirect test, which received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday.

That would be awesome. I hope someone is out there working on a home version of this type of test as well. That would be huge.

I watched the scientist discuss it with Jim Sciutto this morning (I think it was Jim) and she said it would be $10. So it's cheap but not cheap enough to take daily.

Daily would be great, but even being able to have intermittent access would be helpful, I think. You couldn't test the kids every morning before school, but people could test ahead of family gatherings, for instance.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/16/health/us-coronavirus-sunday/index.html?utm_content=2020-08-17T17%3A16%3A06&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social&utm_source=fbCNN&fbclid=IwAR3nsz7rCuAqDVSFf-Do3twYFrFiixwcb2kDP54XV8xbwRL9_uw2iLvlFb0

New saliva-based Covid-19 test could be a fast and cheap 'game changer'. Researchers from the Yale School of Public Health created the SalivaDirect test, which received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday.

That would be awesome. I hope someone is out there working on a home version of this type of test as well. That would be huge.

I watched the scientist discuss it with Jim Sciutto this morning (I think it was Jim) and she said it would be $10. So it's cheap but not cheap enough to take daily.

Daily would be great, but even being able to have intermittent access would be helpful, I think. You couldn't test the kids every morning before school, but people could test ahead of family gatherings, for instance.

Yes it would be OK if I could test just ONE family member rather than all 4 of us. That would be way too much and I"m wealthy.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/coronavirus-dc-maryland-virginia/2020/08/19/d31d441a-e20f-11ea-8dd2-d07812bf00f7_story.html?hpid=hp_local1-8-12_virus-dmv-145pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans

Lowest numbers in a month!!

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According to the Virginia Department of Health website, Key Measures - Coronavirus page, the Northern Region (about 2.35M people) has had one death in the month of August (by Date of Death, not by Date Reported). More could be reported with a lag, but from the graph it is pretty clear that things are looking very positive. Probably positive enough to consider opening schools.