Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TobagoJack who wrote (157535)	5/6/2020 4:17:08 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218176

Pardon my butting in, but..... The article is correct, but doesn’t tell the entire story, which is a lot less dire than it would have you believe. A sort of corona virus is responsible for 20% of common colds. Rhinoviruses, discovered in the 1950s, are responsible for 50%. How close are we to a vaccine for the common cold? If memory serves me right, the polio and Ebola viruses are the only ones we’ve tamed. Neither are in the corona family. I don’t believe there’s a vaccine for any corona virus...I may be wrong. I doubt very seriously that we’ll have a vaccine in 2-3 years. By then, the virus will have undergone several mutations. Or disappeared, like Spanish flu. It’s nice to be optimistic about a vaccine, but I’m afraid that it is going to be some time before it’s perfected, if ever. By then, herd immunity should protect us. I think, personally, my views only, that the first wave was the worst and that it is waning. We’ve learned to adapt, and the second wave should not threaten to overwhelm health systems as much as the first one. So, I don’t see any more lockdowns, etc. in the future, unless a deadly mutation takes place, which is doubtful because the natural history of these viruses is that they mutate into less lethal strains, not more lethal. If the opposite were true, I doubt the human race would exist We’ll slowly but surely deal with it as a somewhat chronic thing, much like malevolent run-of-the-mill viruses, until it simply dies off like the Spanish flu abruptly did. In other words, we’ll be more rational about it. Wikipedia on the end of Spanish flu: en.wikipedia.org End of the pandemic After the lethal second wave struck in late 1918, new cases dropped abruptly – almost to nothing after the peak in the second wave. [59] In Philadelphia, for example, 4,597 people died in the week ending 16 October, but by 11 November, influenza had almost disappeared from the city. One explanation for the rapid decline in the lethality of the disease is that doctors became more effective in prevention and treatment of the pneumonia that developed after the victims had contracted the virus. However, John Barry stated in his 2004 book The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History that researchers have found no evidence to support this position. [5] Some fatal cases did continue into March 1919, killing one player in the 1919 Stanley Cup Finals. Another theory holds that the 1918 virus mutated extremely rapidly to a less lethal strain. This is a common occurrence with influenza viruses: there is a tendency for pathogenic viruses to become less lethal with time, as the hosts of more dangerous strains tend to die out [5] (see also "Deadly Second Wave", above).

To: TobagoJack who wrote (157535)	5/6/2020 5:52:48 PM
From: THE ANT	1 Recommendation Recommended By Secret_Agent_Man Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218176

My guess is that we are at least half over in regards to total deaths. I suspect 20% of the world already has the virus and this 20% included the most medically frail. Probably as many will die as the next 40% get the virus has died when the first 20% got the virus. This is because the next group is not as vulnerable. Also these deaths will be spread out over a year or two. I am not optimistic about a vaccine but believe SRPT will easily have a treatment for the virus in the next 3 to 6 months At least 2/3 of my frail elderly nursing home patients have survived the virus after turning positive.This virus is 10 to 15 times worse than the usual flu but could’ve been a lot worse. It is amazing to live in a world where people want to spread fear and even hope for death for political reasons. I guess I should’ve expected it Political revolutions kill millions and people are no different today than they were 100 years ago. The heart is desperately wicked who can know it