Shit! I hope Chinese biotech companies can register for clinical trials in other countries. China must be first to get to the vaccine.
Coronavirus 2019-2020 thread (no unsubstantiated rumours!)
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Intrepid
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Any country that makes the vaccine available to the world community should be the first.
Intrepid
Major
Not the only airline to think about it:
Someone better makes it quick.
Life will never go back to normal because there are rogue actors likely storing the virus for nefarious purposes. (FLG, Josh Wong, CIA, ISIS...)
Of course if China gets to the vaccine first it would make it widely available to the entire world - in fact, it's the only country with the productive capacity to do that. Even the least charitable interpretation of China's motives must acknowledge the enormous PR value in doing that.
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
I saw on CNN last night on I think was the Erin Burnett show some British lab is claiming they will have a vaccine by September because it's based on the Ebola vaccine which has gone through many of the clinical tests already. I don't know if that's how it works but they say they've already talked to the big vaccine producers of the world to get ready. We'll see...
For comparison, the New York City revision 2 or 3 days ago added 3700 more deaths to approximately 6500, making a total exceeding 10,000. That is about 57% jump.
supercat
Major
The U.S. has to be very careful about reopening. It is not out of the woods yet. The new cases "plateaued" only because the tests have reached a ceiling.
Situation in the U.S. on April 17 at 8:00 pm EDT:
On April 17, excluding Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, there are 10 new domestic cases and 17 more imported cases. There are 54 new asymptomatic cases. There is no new death nationwide.
Revision in Wuhan, Hubei: death toll was revised up 1290. Cured cases were reduced by 965.
Nationwide, there are 4,632 deaths. There are 85 severe cases. There are 77.029 cured cases, and there are 1,058 existing cases. Existing cases in Hong and Macau decreased 44 to 513.
Situation in the U.S. on April 17 at 8:00 pm EDT:
On April 17, excluding Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, there are 10 new domestic cases and 17 more imported cases. There are 54 new asymptomatic cases. There is no new death nationwide.
Revision in Wuhan, Hubei: death toll was revised up 1290. Cured cases were reduced by 965.
Nationwide, there are 4,632 deaths. There are 85 severe cases. There are 77.029 cured cases, and there are 1,058 existing cases. Existing cases in Hong and Macau decreased 44 to 513.