CoronaVirus

bunk · 04-22-2020, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

Also read tonight that there is 30 different strains of the virus now. I know before there was 9. The more strains. The harder to make a vaccine.

What gets me. They tell us, no need for a mask until about 2 weeks ago. Now you can't go out without one. I've been working my normal schedule of 5 days a week. I work part time at Home Depot. I'm out in the public. No one at the store is sick or tested positive for the virus. Most us feel that if we was going to get it. We would have had it by now. Our sales numbers are up, and foot traffic has stayed about the same. Starting last Sunday. We limit the number of people into the store to 75 at a time. My county has 67 cases, and 3 dead. 90% of the cases are at a couple of nursing homes. A few are outside of them.

IIRC, the virus causes the immune system to go into hyper drive, which causes excess build up of fluid in the lungs. Researchers are working on keeping the virus from attacking the immune system so that it doesnt over react. So the different strains would be irrelevant as far as creating a vaccine, all strains of the virus have this in common. I believe its a continuation of the Sars research.