Kuya John Posted June 5, 2020 Posted June 5, 2020 (edited) To borrow the location of one of our forum members Living in the Philippines, you can consider yourselves lucky with the population spread out over so many islands. It has without doubt saved many lives during the World Pandemic, also precious time has and will continue to be on your side. ( Learning from others mistakes ) Speaking for what I am seeing and hearing here in UK, I really believe that our Government has been playing a guessing game all along. Yet again today we are being told that any release of restrictions will be subject to wearing masks at all times while travelling on public transport or in public places, quite sensibly really, trouble being, it was only days ago that we where told that masks were not absolutely necessary! While some European Countries have now decided to open up to tourism, Britain is imposing a 14 day quarantine on overseas visitors? Something they should of done in the very beginning Yes folks it's ok to go abroad, but when you come back expect to self isolate for 14 days! All this and the fact that already there is talk of massive redundancies, especially in the car and other manufacturing industries, one is left guessing as to what the immediate future holds for the whole of the UK...........Confusion Reigns Edited June 5, 2020 by Kuya John 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JJReyes Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Posted June 5, 2020 The rules keep changing daily, even on a hourly basis. It might be best to wait. This global Covid-19 lockdown is a first in history so there are many contradictory paths being proposed. We need to be reminded that the quarantine is meant to slowdown the spread of the virus until there is sufficient medical capacity to take care of those who contract it; a cure is found; a vaccine becomes available; or a combination of all three. Deaths from Covid-19 will continue, but hopefully at a slower pace. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuya John Posted June 5, 2020 Author Posted June 5, 2020 2 hours ago, JJReyes said: We need to be reminded that the quarantine is meant to slowdown the spread of the virus until there is sufficient medical capacity to take care of those who contract it; a cure is found; a vaccine becomes available; or a combination of all three. Deaths from Covid-19 will continue, but hopefully at a slower pace. Looking a bit more positive with this later today...Coronavirus: AstraZeneca to begin making potential vaccine - BBC News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJReyes Posted June 5, 2020 Posted June 5, 2020 2 hours ago, Kuya John said: Looking a bit more positive with this later today...Coronavirus: AstraZeneca to begin making potential vaccine - BBC News The strategy is to have multiple pharmaceutical companies develop a vaccine. The Gates Foundation and the US government through the CDC are examples of entities involved in funding research. The amount is in the hundreds of millions. If the initial trials appear promising, the pharmaceuticals begin the manufacturing process while waiting for the clinical trials to be completed. If determined to be ineffective, then the promising vaccine is destroyed. Hopefully, one vaccine will be effective and available before the end of the year. AstraZeneca is one such company. I believe the White House is already bragging they have 2 million doses manufactured. Another researcher is the University of Oxford in England, which to me sounds the most promising. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack D Posted June 5, 2020 Posted June 5, 2020 6 hours ago, JJReyes said: This global Covid-19 lockdown is a first in history so there are many contradictory paths being proposed. Agreed, but I'd be terrified if we were being invaded by hostile aliens, since it would also be a first time in history for that too. If we have so "many contradictory paths" with COVID-19, how many "contradictory paths" would we have if we were dealing with an alien invasion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hounddriver Posted June 5, 2020 Posted June 5, 2020 43 minutes ago, Jack D said: how many "contradictory paths" would we have if we were dealing with an alien invasion? Dan Aykroyd: COVID-19 is 'the closest thing to an alien invasion that we'll see' The disease is like "a zombie walking the Earth," wanting to kill humans, he added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack D Posted June 6, 2020 Posted June 6, 2020 17 minutes ago, Dave Hounddriver said: Dan Aykroyd: COVID-19 is 'the closest thing to an alien invasion that we'll see' Great minds must think alike, since I had never seen or heard Dan Aykrod make that statement (until reading your post). I think that he and I are both spot on with that analogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freebie Posted June 6, 2020 Posted June 6, 2020 6 hours ago, JJReyes said: The strategy is to have multiple pharmaceutical companies develop a vaccine. The Gates Foundation and the US government through the CDC are examples of entities involved in funding research. The amount is in the hundreds of millions. If the initial trials appear promising, the pharmaceuticals begin the manufacturing process while waiting for the clinical trials to be completed. If determined to be ineffective, then the promising vaccine is destroyed. Hopefully, one vaccine will be effective and available before the end of the year. AstraZeneca is one such company. I believe the White House is already bragging they have 2 million doses manufactured. Another researcher is the University of Oxford in England, which to me sounds the most promising. And apparently the bad guys, which are stated to be China, Russia and Iran are all very busy trying to hack into the info of those producing a vaccine. Once bad always bad it seems. Not content with having introduced this killer virus to the world, the chinese, those fine upholders of virtue and honesty are trying to steal the formula for a vaccine that might cure people of virus they introduced/made/developed/allowed, whichever term works best.. given that they have yet to determine from which place in Wuhan it first became visible..Lab or Bat or Market... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jollygoodfellow Posted June 6, 2020 Posted June 6, 2020 11 hours ago, Jack D said: Agreed, but I'd be terrified if we were being invaded by hostile aliens, since it would also be a first time in history for that too. Not a first time here in the Philippines. My ARC clearly shows a hostile alien and seen many others about to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJReyes Posted June 6, 2020 Posted June 6, 2020 9 hours ago, Freebie said: And apparently the bad guys, which are stated to be China, Russia and Iran are all very busy trying to hack into the info of those producing a vaccine. Once bad always bad it seems. Not content with having introduced this killer virus to the world, the chinese, those fine upholders of virtue and honesty are trying to steal the formula for a vaccine that might cure people of virus they introduced/made/developed/allowed, whichever term works best.. given that they have yet to determine from which place in Wuhan it first became visible..Lab or Bat or Market... The motivation is money so the dishonesty factor is very strong. The vaccine is worth billions. I read President Duterte offered a prize for the Philippine scientists who develop one. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation initial commitment for development is $750 million. Just think, if the licensing fee is $1 per dosage, how many people are there? But the licensing fee will probably be greater. My wife and I as seniors are entitled to free flu shots once a year under Medicare. We get ours through a Walmart pharmacy and the bill is sent directly to Medicare for reimbursement. The bill is usually around $127.00 per person. My assumption is the flu vaccine supplied by a pharmaceutical company is at least $10 per dosage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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