Coronavirus:

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I'm so glad I asked, then , as I was about to consider it further as I plan my life.

[Neil]

You won’t find too many doctors scientists and nurses who don’t believe that masks work. The casual member of the Flat Earth Society will doubt masks of course.

[chuck]

she is an RN

Registered Nitwit? Real Nincompoop?

[rogruth]

We will coform, sooner or later.

[robert.]

[Neil]

Written by their lawyers, no doubt, to cover their ***, rather than your face . Any face covering will reduce risk of transmission of respiratory pathogens to some degree.

[robert.]

Everything is done by lawyers. If you look at at enough tubes of toothpaste you'll find a brand making this statement. " Don't get in mouth"{

[MurphOnMillerAve]

.... Any face covering will reduce risk of transmission of respiratory pathogens to some degree.

Is that why doctors and surgeons wear them continually for 8hrs during a full day of service?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

.... Any face covering will reduce risk of transmission of respiratory pathogens to some degree.

Is that why doctors and surgeons wear them continually for 8hrs during a full day of service?

Okay, almost nobody wears them 8 continuous hours; yes, there are times when they do. Particularly, now; however, they are changing them fairly frequently if stock is available. None of my personal doctors wore masks until this year; I rarely saw any doc wearing a mask while in my old job except during direct patient interaction; on before and off/discarded immediately thereafter to disposal to minimize any contamination to anyone.

[HONDO74]

Inside the body, the coronavirus is even more sinister than scientists had realized
https://news.yahoo.com/inside-body-coro ... 22628.html

The new coronavirus’ reputation for messing with scientists’ assumptions has taken a truly creepy turn.

Researchers exploring the interaction between the coronavirus and its hosts have discovered that when the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects a human cell, it sets off a ghoulish transformation. Obeying instructions from the virus, the newly infected cell sprouts multi-pronged tentacles studded with viral particles.

These disfigured zombie cells appear to be using those streaming filaments, or filopodia, to reach still-healthy neighboring cells. The protuberances appear to bore into the cells’ bodies and inject their viral venom directly into those cells’ genetic command centers — thus creating another zombie.

The authors of the new study, an international team led by researchers at UC San Francisco, say the coronavirus appears to be using these newly sprouted dendrites to boost its efficiency in capturing new cells and establishing infection in its human victims.

Their research was published Friday in the journal Cell.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Their research was published Friday in the journal Cell.

Something to read over the weekend; bit off my usual reading path, but looks interesting.

[up148]

So, can we expect an opinion on Monday?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

So, can we expect an opinion on Monday?

Doubt it. My interest in hitting the technical reading stack really dropped off after I retired despite picking an Editor's job of a technical journal; different selectivity. But in any case, the article in question is a long ways off my usual range.

You want a copy?

[healey36]

So, can we expect an opinion on Monday?

By the looks of his avatar, Rufus''ll have no time for that...he'll be whipping up a batch of Thai salmon fricasee with pine nuts and bouillabaise white sauce.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

So, can we expect an opinion on Monday?

By the looks of his avatar, Rufus''ll have no time for that...he'll be whipping up a batch of Thai salmon fricasee with pine nuts and bouillabaise white sauce.

Actually, I did a very nice wine braised beef with a 2 day bourbon brown sugar marinade this afternoon that was fork tender that we had for dinner over white jasmin rice.