Coronavirus:

[MurphOnMillerAve]

With the approach of the warmer months of Summer, the usual plague of Mosquitos will be out there drinking from us.

Will their typical assault, biting one person, then biting the next , spread the Coronavirus further and even more widespread, not matter what the clothing or face-coverings !!!!???

This just occurred to me , as I awakened this morning, though I haven't seen the Mosquitos mentioned anywhere. I have no idea where this idea came from ? Did I dream this?

[up148]

interesting thought Murph. No one has mentioned catching the virus from mosquitos.....wonder if that is a real possibility?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Well, Rufus is connected to science and medicine; perhaps, he would want to suggest it to the right voices?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

interesting thought Murph. No one has mentioned catching the virus from mosquitos.....wonder if that is a real possibility?

Been asked and answered already - no evidence to suggest insects as vectors................................yet.

[HONDO74]

"No evidence" that recovered COVID-19 patients cannot be reinfected: WHO
https://news.yahoo.com/no-evidence-yet- ... 50431.html

WHO warns against idea of ‘immunity passports’
https://news.yahoo.com/warns-against-id ... 00578.html

Scientists fear the hunt for a coronavirus vaccine will fail and we will all have to live with the 'constant threat' of COVID-19
https://news.yahoo.com/scientists-fear- ... 00552.html

Some scientists fear that an effective coronavirus vaccine may prove impossible to produce.

The UK's Chief Medical Officer warned on Friday that there is "concerning" evidence suggesting that people can be reinfected with the virus.

He said evidence from other forms of coronavirus also suggests that immunity quickly wanes.

No vaccine has ever been approved for use against previous forms of coronavirus.

David Nabarro, professor of global health at Imperial College, said the world may have to learn to live with the "constant threat" of COVID-19.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Was hearing that and was also wondering about so-called immunity...... Cheery.

[HONDO74]

Gov. Cuomo says novel coronavirus can live on bus and subway surfaces for 72 hours, posing an ongoing concern for transit employees and riders
https://news.yahoo.com/gov-cuomo-says-n ... 51991.html

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the novel coronavirus' ability to live up to three days on plastic and steel surfaces is a concern for the city's public transport buses and trains.

The lifespan of the virus poses a health threat to the city's public transportation workers and passengers alike as essential employees rely on the buses and trains despite the "pause" order.

According to researchers live coronavirus particles can survive anywhere from three hours to seven days on surfaces, depending on the material.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

According to researchers live coronavirus particles can survive anywhere from three hours to seven days on surfaces, depending on the material.

This probably shouldn't really surprise anyone, but lots of stuff lives on surfaces, and some live for a long time.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Then maybe, just maybe, Covid19 can live on a mosquito's *** or nose-tip, proboscis thingy. ready for the next time the insect sticks its snout INTO a person's blood stream for a snort, and leaves a little death behind, placed INTO the next victim's blood stream? Should we be dismissively ignoring such a possibility?

Wasn't the Black Plague spread by FLEAS, another insect known for its affinity for dipping into human and animal bloodstreams. Huh? Huh?

What about Malaria? isn't that a virus?

I thought we hadn't arrogantly and ignorantly reached a point, yet, at which we thought we knew positively everything there was to know about this latest scourge?> Huh? Huh?

...jus sayin' . Suggestin' stuff.

P.S. How did Typhoid Mary get sick, originally? What was the source?

[bob turner]

So many questions. My sources are still what our leader calls fake, but they indicate a slowing of fatalities over the last week, The death toll stopped increasing exponentially about four days ago, and actually decreased with today's data. Four days is not a long time to identify a long term trend, but still it should give some hope.

I still have not found the sources my rather conservative friends use to prove this is all a hoax. BBC is not one of them.

[HONDO74]

I still have not found the sources my rather conservative friends use to prove this is all a hoax. BBC is not one of them.

The BBC in not conservative they are the opposite when it come to US politics..

Can you elaborate on this.
Quote.
"I still have not found the sources my rather conservative friends use to prove this is all a hoax."
Is someone telling you the virus is a hoax

[Neil]

No evidence there is infectious virus in blood, which would be necessary for mosquito transmission. Most unlikely. That's why there haven't been any reports of transfusion transmission either. This is a respiratory virus, and the damage to the lungs is thought to be primarily over-reaction of the immune system (sepsis, severe respiratory distress syndrome).

Most of the deaths locally are in patients in nursing homes and assisted living, 50% over 80 years of age. About 100 since early to mid-March. Number of hospitalized patients and patients on ventilators pretty much steady for the last 10-15 days so we may be over the initial hump. Deaths in NY State down to half the rate of the peak so far. Apparently 20% of individuals in the NY Metro area have been exposed. Upstate more like 3%.

No one knows whether antibody means immunity in all cases, and, if so, how long it lasts. Best bet is a decent orally active, non-toxic anti-viral, as we have for influenza. Best results so far with an intravenous agent, but these are early results for remdesivir. First randomized trial closed a week or two ago so full results should be available soon.

[webenda]

Then maybe, just maybe, Covid19 can live on a mosquito's *** or nose-tip, proboscis thingy. ready for the next time the insect sticks its snout INTO a person's blood stream for a snort, and leaves a little death behind, placed INTO the next victim's blood stream? Should we be dismissively ignoring such a possibility?

Wasn't the Black Plague spread by FLEAS, another insect known for its affinity for dipping into human and animal bloodstreams. Huh? Huh?

What about Malaria? isn't that a virus?

I thought we hadn't arrogantly and ignorantly reached a point, yet, at which we thought we knew positively everything there was to know about this latest scourge?> Huh? Huh?

...jus sayin' . Suggestin' stuff.

P.S. How did Typhoid Mary get sick, originally? What was the source?

No viruses' on your list, Murph.
Black Plague is a bacteria.
Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite.
Typhoid is a bacteria. A specific type of Salmonella. Mary Mallon was a cook. She got typhoid from contaminated food.

I get Salmonella frequently from my local McDonalds. It is the best colonic available.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Neil and Wayne, Thank you, both, sincerely, for the education. It's always nice to understand further.

I'll have less to be concerned about, thus, when I go bopping about my Upstate NY forests again'; perhaps, this Summer. O' course, there are still those Deer Ticks and their potentially lethal bite.
Murph

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I get Salmonella frequently from my local McDonalds. It is the best colonic available.

Ever so lovely and economical, too!