morrowasted said:

BTW Asante you can put me on your "trained medical professionals" list. I'll shoot you a PM with proof.

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No proof needed, we just rip imposters a new one (100 days sitewide ban and up) upon discovery

Thank you for going on the record, but then again you always have

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Public health experts have reacted with alarm to remarks by the head of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that he might give the green light for a US Covid-19 vaccine before the normal clinical trial process had reached its conclusion.

As the US was on the verge of 6m coronavirus cases on Sunday, Stephen Hahn, the FDA commissioner, told the Financial Times in an interview published on Sunday that he was prepared to issue emergency use authorization for a Covid-19 vaccine before the end of Phase 3 human trials that put the drug through stringent testing for safety and efficacy.

He said the standard he would apply instead would be “that the benefit outweighs the risk in a public health emergency”.

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Asante said:

There is the possibility of the "cow pox method" of Pasteur..

There is a likeliness that infection with a common cold based on a coronavirus gives a degree of immunity to severe COVID. We might literally spread this harmless cold before a vaccin is available, as a harm reduction step.

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gopher said:

I thought of that already, but where do you get a mild corona virus from

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That's an aspect of the virus that makes the shutdown a bit of a double edged sword (though still 100% necessary).

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deucedbi9 said:

Most of the masks I see people wearing are the disposable pleated blue ones. I often notice when I sit behind someone on a bus, that there is a gap you could fit a pencil down that seems like it would act almost like an exhaust and direct any exhalation to anyone sitting behind them.

It'll be interesting,  but rather concerning, as it gets colder, to see people wearing these masks leaving twin vapour trails behind them as they walk.

My one doesn't have the metal strip at the top to pinch the nose.

As I don't shave I'm probably leaking like a sieve anyway, but at least it will help stop the larger droplets getting airbourne.

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Dark_Star said:

The notion of pushing the vaccine out before it passes phase 3 trials sketches me out

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