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2020-03-27 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by Fred 2020-03-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Up to 10 percent of recovered coronavirus patients test positive again

Taking into account the number of false positives, does this mean anything?

Posted by Penguin_of_the_Desert 2020-03-27 01:04|| 2020-03-27 01:04|| Front Page Top

#2 ^How many had symptoms to go with the DNA test? I'd really like to see the DNA test routinely complimented by the immunological.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-27 04:02|| 2020-03-27 04:02|| Front Page Top

#3 re: tests

There are now about a half dozen different test devices in use in the USA. So you could test neg with one test and positive with another.

Also, there were a lot of the specific anti bodies that combat the virus in a patient's blood during the infection. It takes a while for this level to go down.

Have we tried reducing Raquel Welsh in size so she can investigate this in situ.

Posted by lord garth 2020-03-27 08:49|| 2020-03-27 08:49|| Front Page Top

#4 #1 Up to 10 percent of recovered coronavirus patients test positive again
Taking into account the number of false positives, does this mean anything?

I suspect we'll be teasing information out of the available data for years trying to figure out what really happened. Early reports I've seen claimed a 14% reinfection rate and that the second time is far more dangerous. Also saw a report that the virus is able to infect the antibodies created to fight it. Spooky stuff, if true.

Posted by Iblis 2020-03-27 10:19|| 2020-03-27 10:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Does CV-19 get transmitted via airborne routes? I heard no, maybe and yes. I have heard that it can be transmitted by droplets. Aren't droplets airborne?

Can the virus be transmitted via air currents? Our air currents generally flow from west to east. The Japanese, during WWII took advantage of this fact to send balloons with bombs (low tech and the effects not very predictable) in our direction. There is a fairly high incidence of CV-19 in the counties in Tennessee where the tornado occurred. How long can the virus remain active?

I posted an article a couple of days ago that tried to assure us that the virus didn't come out of some lab (I wasn’t thoroughly convinced but then I’m not a genetics or biological warfare guy). How can we be so certain? Can it be weaponized by hostile actors? I don't mean to be an alarmist, but the questions should be asked if we are ever going to find how to prevent, protect from and treat the virus. Maybe these questions are being researched by our scientists.

Posted by JohnQC 2020-03-27 18:13|| 2020-03-27 18:13|| Front Page Top

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