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I have a friend who swears he got it twice - but living in the UK he couldn't get a test first time around. Recent research also shows that people with mental disorder are far more likely to get the disease - again the exact reasons for this are up for debate.
We don't know enough about how often in is communicated through aerosols, through tiny droplets in coughts/sneezes etc., through contact with infected surfaces, and for how long it remains active at various temperatures on various types of surfaces. There is still debate over how effective standard issue face-masks are at prevention, and to what extent children can be vectors.
So I think its a bit over the top blaming medics for not having gotten everything right from day one. It's very easy being wise after the event, and everyone's a virologist now. Undermining what public health expertise we do have is not helpful, as the prevalence of the second wave now shows only too well - in large part enabled by people not following the best available public health advice. Index of Frank's Diaries
Which might suggest that a good few of the current cases are reinfections, albeit milder this time around.
And I agree about Fauci. Non-scientists seem to expect science to have instant perfect knowledge, and don't seem to understand that the scientific process is about continuous experimentation and refinement. Which - unfortunately - takes time.
But the fact that knowledge isn't absolute doesn't mean that the random opinion of a drive-by nobody on YouTube is just as valid as that of an experienced epidemiologist. It isn't. The science will get to a workable answer more quickly, and will be less likely to be horribly wrong along the way. Even if this still takes a while.
Neuropilin-1 facilitates SARS-CoV-2 cell entry and infectivity
The causative agent of coronavirus induced disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). For many viruses, tissue tropism is determined by the availability of virus receptors and entry cofactors on the surface of host cells. Here, we found that neuropilin-1 (NRP1), known to bind furin-cleaved substrates, significantly potentiates SARS-CoV-2 infectivity, an effect blocked by a monoclonal blocking antibody against NRP1. A SARS-CoV-2 mutant with an altered furin cleavage site did not depend on NRP1 for infectivity. Pathological analysis of human COVID-19 autopsies revealed SARS-CoV-2 infected cells including olfactory neuronal cells facing the nasal cavity positive for NRP1. Our data provide insight into SARS-CoV-2 cell infectivity and define a potential target for antiviral intervention.
ALL coronaviruses are respiratory pathogens--INHALED and EXHALED with air. THIS coronavirus is dangerous to your health. Chinese authorities fucking barricaded the city Wuhan to prevent ANYONE there from infecting other populations. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, ALWAYS cover your mouth and nose in crowded locations. ALWAYS wash hands and common articles.
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, ALWAYS cover your mouth and nose in crowded locations. ALWAYS wash hands and common articles.
The salient point is, Fauci should have retired from office with a fat pension 20 years ago, BUT his vanity got in the way of common sense and, evidently, the sincerity of admirers who continue to defend the dereliction of his duties.
The COVID-19 death toll could reach a half million in the U.S. by February unless nearly all Americans wear face masks, researchers said, a day after the number of new infections reported across the country approached a record high https://t.co/DCQp3Kpv1B pic.twitter.com/m7VuGtRCHX— Reuters (@Reuters) October 24, 2020
The COVID-19 death toll could reach a half million in the U.S. by February unless nearly all Americans wear face masks, researchers said, a day after the number of new infections reported across the country approached a record high https://t.co/DCQp3Kpv1B pic.twitter.com/m7VuGtRCHX
oh.
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