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Ok, then I was confused on the name for PCR tests and had the wrong name for the test. As to Gov. DeWine, this was awhile ago. He went to meet Trump and had a rapid test before. He tested positive and went home to isolate instead of meet Trump. He also immediately had a "real" test (that takes a day or more) and it was…

He gets the Abbott rapid test daily, which is why I'm surprised he was showing symptoms starting Wed. night and yet continued to test negative. MSNBC had someone on that says the rapid tests have a 3 in 10 false negative rate, which is very high. Yet I thought the rapid testing had a high false positive rate. Is it just…

The medals are super cool with volcanic sand from Iwo Jima. I normally don't do virtuals, but I'm not passing up this medal.

Yes, but can do some speaking from quarantine. Here's what bothers me: They found out about Hope Hicks testing positive as Marine One was taking off yesterday to head to Air Force One and go to a fundraiser. At that time, they took several people off Marine One because they had been in contact with Ms. Hicks. However,…

@Teresa502 Yes, absolutely! Here's my plan: 10/3 - Witch Dance 25K (Houston, MS) 10/17 - Walking Tall 25K (Pocahontas, TN) 10/18 - Wade Mountain 1/2 Marathon (Huntsville, AL) Week of 10/19 or maybe 10/31? (not sure) - MCM Virtual (will find a good spot)

I'm sure they will be fine as he has access to levels of treatment that most people don't.

I'm going to say 100 miles this month.

My understanding is that they created models of the virus and then tried to figure out how to make antibodies that circumvent the spike proteins. It doesn't sound like they had success, but still learned more about the structure of the virus and the spike proteins. Did you understand something different?

Agreed. #5 is something I've seen a lot already. #4 is not something I have seen much until the last day or so and it just doesn't fit.

That makes sense because fructose is processed in the liver, but my understanding is that this virus enters cells with ACE2 receptors, which is a lot of different cells. Specifically, the virus relies upon glycosylation of the ACE2 receptors, so an increased glucose level makes it easier for the virus to enter. Fructose…

Fell short of my goal for Sept.

The best thing to do with type 2 diabetes is to limit the foods that have the fastest and largest impact on blood glucose (carbs). Are you taking any medications? If yes, which ones and when?

I have both type 1 diabetes and Hashimoto's as well... when I mention type 1 diabetes, I sometimes get responses about how I caused it by having a bad diet and therefore it was a choice that I'm in a situation of having higher Covid risk. Except that's also not true with type 1. It's an autoimmune disease and I couldn't…

People on other social media sites are saying the same thing about me as a diabetic. Apparently they don't mind possibly killing people as long as they don't have to experience the slight inconvenience of wearing a mask. People are just selfish.

I have had pest control workers and other maintenance several times since May when I realized there was a nest of feral bees in one of my walls. It was in an interior wall even, that connects to an exterior wall with large holes around an old window. This is in a closet, so I put diatomaceous earth all over inside, blocked…

I didn't get together with family in 2019, so no change. ETA: It is likely my son and I will both eat turkey this year at home, where we both live anyway. ETA again: My son = Midnight. He's a cat. He is also 14 and that makes him an old man that doesn't want to deal with anyone else coming into his home.

My niece (4 years old) got it and then gave it to my mom and nephew (2 years old). Kids can definitely still spread it, even under 5.

She should have gotten the kid accustomed to wearing a mask as soon as she bought the tickets. If she had made that effort, I think she would have been fine. More likely, she is an anti-masker teaching her kids to be anti-maskers. A 2 year old won't suddenly understand and accept a rule change.

There was an article written by a doctor in Sweden, I believe, that declares they have achieved herd immunity despite a rather low infection rate overall. This is based on not having many current cases that are severe, but that is not my understanding of what herd immunity means either. I agree it isn't a single thing we…

Don't forget to supplement electrolytes.

Wow, that is fantastic news!

Sure, but of course this is very different when we are talking about the news reporting it vs. whether included in the official CDC counts. My understanding when I hear this point being made is that the number of deaths from Covid are truly much lower than the reported number (now almost 200K in the U.S.) because they are…

I've still been falling behind and unable to keep up with this, but going to post my updated miles for Sept. Today, I went out for a trail run - something I haven't done for too long. It was super super slow and included lots of hills, but I enjoyed it and that makes it ok. This was in a popular state forest and the area…

Agreed. I keep hearing this and all I can think is that it must be just conspiracy theories. Every time I hear this, I ask for them to name someone who has died and their cause of death was incorrectly classified as Covid. I would like a list of names, but even 3 would be useful. But then I can't even get 1 single name.…

I'll admit there aren't a lot of cases to review, but 1 of the 4 in this article was significantly worse the 2nd time. That's not re-assuring: https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-twice-experts-discuss-cases-154834889.html

None of that explains the re-infections, though. If T-Cells were good enough after anti-bodies are gone, we wouldn't see re-infections... and that is something that indicates herd immunity cannot be achieved over several years.

Ok, not been keeping up much here, but just scrolled through recent posts. @kgirlhart I'm sorry to hear that. *virtual hugs* @Camaramandy648 I hope you get good news, and soon. @RunsOnEspresso

Meanwhile, I see there is a confirmed human case of EEE (Eastern equine encephalitis) in Barry County, MI. This is in addition to 22 horses in 10 counties in the same area. The fatality rate in humans is somewhere around 33% with many survivors having permanent disabilities. It's spread by mosquitoes, so hopefully in MI,…

All fair points. Personally, I don't see sufficient herd immunity happening until we have that artificial immunity from a vaccine. Even then, I don't see this ever going away, but rather just becoming less commonly spread. Unlike SARS, which was contained and killed, this is already too widespread to contain to elimination.

It's not that simple. We know there are some people who have actually gotten re-infected because the immunity lasts only about 3-4 months. So it's actually that 70% of us need to get infected within the same 3 month time frame. This idea that we will reach herd immunity naturally by 2021 or 2022 or something completely…