Coronavirus good news thread


All depends on what level of the population has had it, to be honest there will be more spread following lifting of restrictions but it's unavoidable unless you're a let's lockdown for 12 months side of the fence to which I say, go ahead if you can afford it and want to... I'm hoping the Oxford model is close to the truth which looks quite likely given new information coming out of Iceland.
 
Alvez_48 said:
All depends on what level of the population has had it, to be honest there will be more spread following lifting of restrictions but it's unavoidable unless you're a let's lockdown for 12 months side of the fence to which I say, go ahead if you can afford it and want to... I'm hoping the Oxford model is close to the truth which looks quite likely given new information coming out of Iceland.
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To be fair, saying Spain is lifting restrictions gives the wrong impression - some work previously classed as non-essential can now be done, if distancing rules are observed - construction and manufacturing mainly. We're back to where we were 2 weeks ago - the vast majority still not allowed out to exercise, and only essential shopping allowed.

Police were out in force challenging commuters in Malaga this morning - roads and public transport - to verify that they were allowed to be out
 
From the Guardian blog so difficult to link. A drug that may help to cure rather than prevent the disease.

Shares in pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca have surged 6% after it started testing whether its Calquence drug can help treat severely ill Covid-19 patients.


Calquence is a blood cancer treatment - it inhibits an enzyme called Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) which helps some leukemic cells to survive and proliferate (details here).


AZ is now testing whether Calquence could help treat the exaggerated immune response associated with COVID-19 infection in severely ill patients.


It says there is strong scientific evidence that BTK plays a role in the exaggerated immune response suffered by some severely ill patients (this is the ‘cytokine storm’ which can hit in the second week of infection as the patient’s immune system goes into overdrive)
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bear66 said:
From the Guardian blog so difficult to link. A drug that may help to cure rather than prevent the disease.
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There's already a lot of drugs available that specifically counteract a cytokine storm, I'd be interesting why they aren't being used or recommended in a lot of these critical cases
 
bear66 said:
Sanofi and GSK hope to have a vaccine ready by the second half of 2021.
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I’ve liked that, but I really hope they are massively under-promising and will hugely over-deliver 🤞🏻
I believe (maybe naively) that they will be late to the vaccine party if it takes them that long, although I realise it ties in with the general prediction of 18-24 months
 
FabioPorkpie said:
I’ve liked that, but I really hope they are massively under-promising and will hugely over-deliver 🤞🏻
I believe (maybe naively) that they will be late to the vaccine party if it takes them that long, although I realise it ties in with the general prediction of 18-24 months
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They do have credibility. They are also reducing 10 years of work to 18 months. They also see the need for combining forces. And if they do, we'll all get it. The worst thing would be if a man in a garage makes enough for a few of the elite and it's only 30% effective anyway.

We need to adopt comprehensive testing, isolating, tracking, isolating to prevent anything like this first surge till then.
 
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