Coronavirus Coronavirus: In-Iowa General Discussion (Not Limited)

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madguy30

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I am declaring myself officially immune. As a result I will be granted a key to all state park restrooms.

You can also just go around licking and coughing on people.

FREEDOM!!!!!
 

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Just talked with a friend that works at a major employer in Des Moines that had a town hall call this afternoon. Had an exec speak about their role on Reynold's Covid task force. Apparently said very bluntly they are disappointed as there has been zero requests for freedback from the task force members and only getting announcements sent to them. Basically said the major employers in DSM metro are interacting with each other in regards to move forward as a group since Governer's office has shown no interest in feedback.

Well...that's how it's going at the very top (federal) so it's just going that way on the lower (state) levels.

Preach personal responsibility but don't take responsibility.

Those major employers should go vocal about their situation and broadcast it.
 

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I bet it does. What doesn’t though?
Well it makes me mad, and I'm pretty even tempered on this. The federal government has enough on its plate. It doesn't need to send the vp here to thump his bible. The church leaders know what's best for their people, not the vp.
 

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Not exactly sure.
Well it makes me mad, and I'm pretty even tempered on this. The federal government has enough on its plate. It doesn't need to send the vp here to thump his bible. The church leaders know what's best for their people, not the vp.


What am I missing? The article that is in her reply is about a mailman giving Dunkin donut gift cards.
 

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He's coming here to encourage church leaders to reopen.....

Church groups in Iowa have already made public statement regarding the steps they will take to reopen when they have agreement from state officials. Has nothing to do with Pence.
 

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Not exactly sure.
Church groups in Iowa have already made public statement regarding the steps they will take to reopen when they have agreement from state officials. Has nothing to do with Pence.
My church put in measures before the closures even happened. Many Lutheran churches in my area are not opening right away, want things to slow down first. With older populations, churches have been doing things to combat flu situations for many years so several had measures put in place that was a light level of social distancing.
 

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Church groups in Iowa have already made public statement regarding the steps they will take to reopen when they have agreement from state officials. Has nothing to do with Pence.

Its literally what he's coming here to do, to push them to open anyway. Its entirely a play to the base.
 

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Its literally what he's coming here to do, to push them to open anyway. Its entirely a play to the base.
Exactly. This is a campaign visit in the guise of a pandemic response. This visit with church leaders accomplishes nothing.
 

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COVID-19 is going to run through society. How do we keep it at a relative slow burn until a vaccine is approved, herd immunity reached? People are going to get sick and some are going to die. We can open most things up responsibly with some precautions like social distancing, wearing a face covering / mask, washing hands, increased testing and contact tracing. The biggest imposition on people's rights out of those would be how contact tracing is done / enacted. Is it with a cell phone app that tracks proximity / duration next to other phones and that list can be accessed when someone tests positive?

I agree with much of what you said. But we aren’t doing much, if any of the above. We have no mask mandates (we should) and the President has said we don’t need more testing. And if we aren’t getting increased testing, we sure as hell aren’t getting significant contact tracing. The only impactful thing is that we are requiring places to operate at reduced capacities.

So why is it that we all KNOW we need to be doing more but we aren’t?
 

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Gotcha. Thank you. I wonder if this is something that could be sort of a base platform to be an early configuration of a possible treatment/vaccine for not only this virus, but others in the same category we may face later?

Multiple companies are already developing possible drugs based on mimicking natural human antibodies from virus survivors. Many in the biotech space (myself included) feel this approach is the best bet for a good drug in the coming months (ie this type of drug can likely be developed and deployed much quicker than a vaccine). No guarantee it will be a magic bullet but I think there’s a good chance these drugs will work well in some settings, it’s just not clear until the trials are run.

Regeneron is a leader in this field and they have an antibody based drug that will start trials in July. Apparently they are aiming to have ‘several hundred thousand’ doses ready by late summer in case it looks good. Still, when we have millions or tens of millions of infections you can see that it will be a long road...
https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma...es-human-tests-covid-19-antibody-coktail-june
 

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Even without a vaccine if something like that antibody treatment turned out to work it would still be a gamechanger for this thing.
 
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