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May. 21st, 2020
Even more good news and some bad news
May. 21st, 2020 11:41 amhttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-05-21/if-i-had-covid-19-am-i-immune-what-scientists-know-so-far
To summarize:
1) Both animal and human studies show that the immune system has primary and auxiliary responses to the novel coronavirus. Background papers:
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/05/19/science.abc4776 (Science)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.05.015 (Cell)
2) Currently, antibody tests are not reliable enough to make individual and population-wide conclusions about immunity.
https://immunology.sciencemag.org/content/immunology/5/47/eabc6347.full.pdf (Science Immunology)
To summarize:
1) Both animal and human studies show that the immune system has primary and auxiliary responses to the novel coronavirus. Background papers:
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/05/19/science.abc4776 (Science)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.05.015 (Cell)
2) Currently, antibody tests are not reliable enough to make individual and population-wide conclusions about immunity.
https://immunology.sciencemag.org/content/immunology/5/47/eabc6347.full.pdf (Science Immunology)
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May. 21st, 2020 11:52 amMark Cuban articulated it the best about what's wrong with Trump: he is the most powerful man in the world, yet he always plays the victim card.
Given the dismal performance of the US government during the coronavirus epidemic, any CEO who had ample warnings about the problem and, practically, unlimited resources to deal with it, would be fired for failing on his KPIs.
Given the dismal performance of the US government during the coronavirus epidemic, any CEO who had ample warnings about the problem and, practically, unlimited resources to deal with it, would be fired for failing on his KPIs.
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May. 21st, 2020 05:08 pmУжасно смешно читать, как советские программисты авторитетно рассуждают о научном методе. Особенно развлекает, что они готовы подвергать декартовскому сомнению все, кроме собственного понимания науки.