The Countdown to the restart of the economy has begun.

[Scooter]

[Darren]

That makes sense if you can wrap your mind around it.

You know, every now and then
I think you might like to hear something from me
Nice and easy
But there's just one thing
You see I never ever do nothing
Nice, easy
We always do it nice and rough
So we're gonna take the beginning of this
And do it easy

Wait for it ... as if you had a choice.

[ex-khobar Andy]

I don't want that to sink in.

Please Darren - can you learn how to use quotes? Please?

[Darren]

"South Carolinians will be able to once again shop in-person at some of the state’s retail stores.

Gov. Henry McMaster is expected on Monday to lift restrictions he placed weeks ago on some retail stores in the state, including clothing, furniture and jewelry stores, a source familiar with the governor’s plans told The State on Sunday."

https://www.thestate.com/news/coronavir ... rylink=cpy

[Scooter]

[Scooter]

[Joe Guy]

I wonder how much she charges?

[Darren]

102-year-old grandma with 'that tough New York spirit' survives COVID-19

"Her family credits her Archcare doctors and the experimental drug hydroxychloroquine with saving her life.

“She came in for a broken hip and physical therapy and she was always so jovial,” Dr. Taimur Mirza, Avouris’ attending physician at Archcare’s Mary Manning Walsh, told PIX11 News. “She got that tough New York spirit.""

https://www.pix11.com/news/coronavirus/ ... s-covid-19

[Darren]

Hydroxychloroquine: the drug Costa Rica uses successfully to fight covid-19

"“We decided to ask for help from those who have gone through this. The experts from Shanghai and Wuhan gave us recommendations for patient management.

We were told that it is key that a mild or moderate patient does not become severe.

They explained that they used hydroxychloroquine for this, but never azithromycin (an antibiotic for respiratory infections) due to the associated cardiac complications,” Ruiz said."

https://qcostarica.com/hydroxychloroqui ... -covid-19/

[Darren]

3,600 More Covid-19 Patients to be Enrolled for Remdesivir Trial After Rapid Recoveries in Chicago

"Gilead Sciences Inc on Friday increased enrollment target by 3,600 for a trial testing its experimental drug, remdesivir, in severe COVID-19 patients, a day after a media report said the drug was showing promise."

...

"The enrollment estimate in the trial run by Gilead was increased to 6,000 patients from 2,400 previously, according a register of clinical trials.

Medical news website STAT had reported that a University of Chicago hospital participating in a study of the antiviral medication said it is seeing rapid recoveries in fever and respiratory symptoms, with nearly all patients discharged in less than a week."

https://in.news.yahoo.com/3-600-more-se ... 00842.html

[Joe Guy]

Hydroxychloroquine: the drug Costa Rica uses successfully to fight covid-19

"“We decided to ask for help from those who have gone through this. The experts from Shanghai and Wuhan gave us recommendations for patient management.

We were told that it is key that a mild or moderate patient does not become severe.

They explained that they used hydroxychloroquine for this, but never azithromycin (an antibiotic for respiratory infections) due to the associated cardiac complications,” Ruiz said."

Wuhan experts also suggested high doses of ginseng and careful adjustment of the patient's feng shui.

[Scooter]

[Scooter]

[Bicycle Bill]

She should have stuck to cross-stitching.

-"BB"-

[Lord Jim]

We're likely to see this kind of story repeated again and again in the coming weeks, as the death-cult social-distance-defying howler monkey Trumpanzee protestors incubate their illness and wind up in the ICU...

How many of their own dropping dead will it take for these morons to finally see reality?

[Darren]

We're likely to see this kind of story repeated again and again in the coming weeks, as the death-cult social-distance-defying howler monkey Trumpanzee protestors incubate their illness and wind up in the ICU...

How many of their own dropping dead will it take for these morons to finally see reality?

The question is whether the virus will greatly exceed the deaths caused by the flu which we pay a token nod to each year or not.

Oh the humanity you say? We'll know soon after we total the deaths and the economic damage.

There will be lessons learned and I hope actions taken.

The CDC for one needs to be gone through like shit through a goose. How does a federal agency get by using contaminated labs to manufacture test kits when the labs don't meet their own standards?

Rules for thee but not for me? That's not acceptable.

[Lord Jim]

I'm happy to stipulate that neither the CDC nor the WHO covered themselves with glory in the early days of this crisis...

But this does nothing to expunge the huge portion of blame Trump deserves...(a portion that continues to grow as he continues to spew life-threatening self-serving disinformation at the public on a daily basis...)

[Lord Jim]

The question is whether the virus will greatly exceed the deaths caused by the flu which we pay a token nod to each year or not.

Oh the humanity you say? We'll know soon after we total the deaths and the economic damage.

What an appropriate sentiment to express on Adolf Hitler's birthday...

[Darren]

This is the first article I've read that mentions a percentage related to herd immunity.

"MARIEMONT, Ohio (WKRC) - We still don’t know when schools and businesses will reopen, but antibody testing could be a key factor in determining a timeline.

In Mariemont, Dr. Lisa Larkin opened a drive-through testing site where people can find out whether or not they've had COVID-19, and therefore, are immune.

"This is what we talk about with the herd effect," said Larkin. We want a lot of the population to have protective antibodies. It now looks like we need about 40 to 50 percent of the population to have these antibodies so that we are protected.""

https://local12.com/news/local/doctors- ... r-covid-19

[MajGenl.Meade]

Here's a picture from lib to accompany that guess