Are the rights of children to live and develop,
being severely hurt at present
by adults’ fear of death
from a virus about six times as deadly as the typical yearly influenza?

https://www.outkick.com/obsession-with-death-means-young-people-can-not-live/

warning: above argument somewhat religious and legalistic, made by a minority male raised by a single parent who says that football changed his life for the better.

i was flipping through the channels at news time last night, and i caught a story at it's end that stated a company developing a vaccine would offer it to the public for free or very minimal cost.
i didn't catch the company though.
did anyone else see this ?

IIRC it was Pfizer's CEO that said the "vaccine" should be free to all Americans...I'm sure he meant free distribution/immunization for the asking, but I'm sure John Q Public the taxpayer will foot the ultimate bill, with the "vaccine" companys making billions or trillions in profits off of it.... nothings free when money is to be made by all involved...

Slightly off topic:

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-07-lighter-weights-faster-mobility-cardiovascular.html

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In a pilot study, Sayers compared vascular function in two groups of older individuals before and after 16 weeks of weightlifting. One group completed high-speed power training with lighter weights while the other group focused on lifting heavier weights at slower speeds. Sayers found that the group lifting lighter weights at faster speeds improved vascular function compared to the group lifting heavier weights.

"When you train with lighter weights and higher speeds, you don't generate as much of a blood pressure response during exercise," Sayers said. "When you train with heavy weights, your blood pressure really rises, which can lead to stiffer blood vessels and restricted blood flow to your organs and tissues. Since the risk of cardiovascular disease increases for adults over 65, high-speed power training can help maintain heart and blood health as well as joint and limb health."

In addition to cardiovascular problems, Sayers added that falls are another leading cause of hospitalizations among older individuals. His research examines whether high-speed power training can help older adults move their limbs and joints faster, which can potentially be life-saving in an emergency situation.

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Columbia U finds most severely sick Covid-19 patients on ventilators produce the most potent antibodies for killing the virus

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-07-neutralizing-antibodies-isolated-covid-patients.html

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Ho's team found that although many patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 produce significant quantities of antibodies, the quality of those antibodies varies. In the patients they studied, those with severe disease requiring mechanical ventilation produced the most potently neutralizing antibodies.

"We think that the sicker patients saw more virus and for a longer period of time, which allowed their immune system to mount a more robust response," Ho says. "This is similar to what we have learned from the HIV experience."

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Thursday WSJ says
USA paying $2 Billion to buy 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from BioNTech
that will be made available to US residents for free.

Another article says small US businesses running out of cash.

Mayo Clinic also sees “male pattern baldness” as a predictor of more serious Covid-19 disease.

If you are over 50, have Type A blood, are overweight, and have male pattern baldness,
consider taking extra precautions.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-07-covid-male-pattern-baldness-factor.html

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However, Dr. Poland says that not all cases of severe COVID-19 can be attributed to one of the known risk factors.

"It's very unfortunate, we see young, healthy kids and young, healthy adults getting very complicated, even fatal disease. So, what we know about the risk factors we know about doesn't explain all of it,"
says Dr. Poland.
"That's why I still tell people, you know, universal precautions are still in order here. This is a serious disease."

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Slightly off topic:

Work until you are 90
Do not smoke
Keep your blood “pulse pressure” low (Systolic number minus Diastolic)
If you do not have two APOE2 genes,
as soon as available have a future Crispr operation to splice them in place of what you have.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-07-predictors-amyloid-deposits-oldest.html

Sounds like you got this one off Facebook. Lol. Male pattern baldness.

my old man was 82 when he passed.
every time he came over to my place, he would give a good look at my head and say : "HEE, HEE, HEE ! i got hair and you DON'T ! HEE, HEE, HEE !"
he sure seen humor in that. when he passed, he had a full head of hair. a little thin, but still had it on top.
i've had the "no hair on top" for a very long time. [got LOTS on the side though..... ]

fIxEd

DoC, you been LoOkiN' in my bathroom window when i be doin' sum trimming ?

No mopX... the electrical GRID is hit on the east coast whenever you partake in that activity!

Years of research has proven the best way to protect yourself from the virus is to have a diet loaded with food that gives you terrible gas. The release of this gas not only gives you correct social distance but also alerts you to people who have lost their sense of smell due to having the virus.

Common blood test for C-reactive protein can be used to more carefully judge when to use steroid Dexamethasone

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-07-steroids-dexamethasone-covid-.html

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The U.K. trial that tested dexamethasone found that only certain hospitalized patients benefited. In this case, it was those who were sick enough to need oxygen or a mechanical ventilator. The drug cut their risk of dying by one-fifth to one-third.

But when hospital patients were not on respiratory support, the drug was no help.

The current study turned up a different line of demarkation:
Blood levels of a substance called C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of inflammation.

If patients' CRP was high (20 mg/dL and up), treatment with steroids cut the risk of death or ventilation by 77%.

But if CRP was low (less than 10 mg/dL), steroid therapy more than doubled those risks of death, the study authors reported.

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I think we saw this one already...

Group in New Orleans gets grant to test MMR vaccine against Covid-19:

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/ar...nes#Repurposing-MMR-vaccine-for-COVID-19

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The ability of the immune system to fight infection in a nonspecific way is the first line of defense against infections, and it is called the innate immune response.

Repurposing MMR vaccines in the fight against SARS-CoV-2 rests on the hypothesis that such an innate immune response can be trained.

In the case of COVID-19, and in support of their theory, the authors of the new mBio study cite the example of the 955 U.S. Navy sailors on the U.S.S. Roosevelt ship who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 but only had mild symptoms.

The researchers believe that this is due to the fact that all U.S. Navy recruits receive the MMR vaccine. Further studies revealed lower COVID-19 mortality in areas where people receive MMR vaccinations, note the researchers.

If their hypothesis is correct, the authors say that using MMR vaccines could be a “low-risk-high-reward” approach to saving lives that COVID-19 might otherwise claim.

Dr. Paul Fidel, Jr., associate dean for research at Louisiana State University Health School of Dentistry in New Orleans, and Dr. Mairi Noverr, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, wish to implement a clinical trial of MMR vaccines in high risk frontline healthcare workers in New Orleans.

Fidel and Noverr also received a grant to test the MMR and TB vaccines in monkeys with COVID-19.

“While we are conducting the clinical trials, I don’t think it’s going to hurt anybody to have an MMR vaccine that would protect against the measles, mumps, and rubella with this potential added benefit of helping against COVID-19.” – Dr. Paul Fidel

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Texas researchers find Covid-19 “very sneaky”

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-07-coronavirus-cells-1.html

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The scientists resolved the structure of an enzyme called nsp16, which the virus produces and then uses to modify its messenger RNA cap, said Yogesh Gupta, Ph.D., the study lead author from the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio.

"It's a camouflage," Dr. Gupta said. "Because of the modifications, which fool the cell, the resulting viral messenger RNA is now considered as part of the cell's own code and not foreign."

Deciphering the 3-D structure of nsp16 paves the way for rational design of antiviral drugs for COVID-19 and other emerging coronavirus infections, Dr. Gupta said. The drugs, new small molecules, would inhibit nsp16 from making the modifications. The immune system would then pounce on the invading virus, recognizing it as foreign.

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Very small study, but French say arthritis drug
Anakinra
had rapid positive effect on severe Covid-19 patients

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-07-rheumatoid-arthritis-drug-severe-covid-.html

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A team led by Dr. Gilles Kaplanski, of the Public Assistance Hospital in Marseille, reported that in a study involving 22 very ill patients,
“all of the patients treated with anakinra improved clinically with no deaths, significant decreases in oxygen requirements, and more days without invasive mechanical ventilation."

The drug also seemed to have a "rapid" effect,
with fever receding at an average of three days after the first intravenous infusion was given,
the researchers reported July 22 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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High levels of the hormone Leptin affects immune response to covid-19
Obesity increases Leptin levels.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-07-obesity-common-covid-patients.html

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Elevated leptin levels hamper the body's ability to fight off infections, in the lungs and elsewhere, Dr. Rebello said. High leptin levels promote a low-grade systemic inflammatory state.

"If you have obesity, there are a number of underlying health issues that make it more difficult for you to fight off a COVID-19 infection," said John Kirwan, Ph.D., Pennington Biomedical Executive Director and a co-author of the review. "Your entire body, including your lungs, may be inflamed. Your immune response is likely compromised, and your lung capacity reduced.

"Add in a virus that further weakens the body's ability to fight infection, that can limit the body's ability to control lung inflammation, and you have the recipe for disaster."

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