Coronavirus:

[E7]

Since the country is going through the process of tearing its self apart at the seams, it really won't make any difference

The VERY SAD TRUTH of it all!

[rogruth]

Covid: Vaccine will 'not return life to normal in spring'
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-54371559

Even an effective coronavirus vaccine will not return life to normal in spring, a group of leading scientists has warned.

A vaccine is often seen as the holy grail that will end the pandemic.

But a report, from researchers brought together by the Royal Society, said we needed to be "realistic" about what a vaccine could achieve and when.

They said restrictions may need to be "gradually relaxed" as it could take up to a year to roll the vaccine out.

More than 200 vaccines to protect against the virus are being developed by scientists around the world in a process that is taking place at unprecedented speed.

"A vaccine offers great hope for potentially ending the pandemic, but we do know that the history of vaccine development is littered with lots of failures," said Dr Fiona Culley, from the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London.

There is optimism, including from the UK government's scientific advisers, that some people may get a vaccine this year and mass vaccination may start early next year.

However, the Royal Society report warns it will be a long process.

"Even when the vaccine is available it doesn't mean within a month everybody is going to be vaccinated, we're talking about six months, nine months... a year," said Prof Nilay Shah, head of chemical engineering at Imperial College London.

"There's not a question of life suddenly returning to normal in March."

This seems to support what Rufus, Chuck and a few others have been saying for some time.
I really dislike the masks but I wear one whenever in a public place.
Haven't had any dread disease be a real threat to me yet in my 86
years but don't want to die from a virus so I will wait to see about a vaccine.
This will be a major decision for me. Of course I may die of something else
before that time comes.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

......the history of vaccine development is littered with lots of failures.........

Best to keep that in mind

[healey36]

Sorry to hear the Office of the President is now directly impacted by C-19. His health profile closely resembles my own, so I’ll be watching this closely. Wishing him the best.

[robert.]

Will be interesting on many levels. Stock market futures dropped already. There is an antique motorcycle show in your neck of the woods today and Sat. Upperco fire dept.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Will be interesting on many levels.

Indeed.

Stock market futures dropped already.

Already been one of he worse Sept. markets in a long time. All those checks have stopped, UA and AA laid off 30-40k people.....and that's going to ripple across the country very quickly.

There is an antique motorcycle show in your neck of the woods today and Sat. Upperco fire dept.

Run out and get some - the discretionary consumer market is what's propping everything up - do your part!!!

[MurphOnMillerAve]

My immediate reaction when I heard the President and First Lady have been infected was to be sorry to hear that it happened. I truly hope he and she recover fully.

[healey36]

Will be interesting on many levels. Stock market futures dropped already. There is an antique motorcycle show in your neck of the woods today and Sat. Upperco fire dept.

Wow, that's just up the road. You going?

[robert.]

Yes. There and back already. Sat morning wilk have bike judging. Today was more of a swap meet . It’s a nice location for an outdoor event.

[healey36]

Is that the Arcadia carnival grounds? They have a great steam tractor show in mid-September. Might try to slip by tomorrow. Find anything interesting?

[robert.]

Yea Arcadia grounds. I got a cam cover/oil pump, handle bar mounts (triple clamp) , headstock bearing cups and a fork mounting nut for my 1922 harley. It’s a weird atmosphere there. A lot of guys have realized their mortality and that they have been hoarding stuff. This was the first real swap meet of the year. They were happy to get out. Happy to move parts along. In past years i could not find or afford these parts.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

A lot of guys have realized their mortality and that they have been hoarding stuff.

Might be seeing a lot more of that in the coming months....

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[rogruth]

A good one for the return of the real Rufus.
Hope he stays around for a while.

[healey36]

Yea Arcadia grounds. I got a cam cover/oil pump, handle bar mounts (triple clamp) , headstock bearing cups and a fork mounting nut for my 1922 harley. It’s a weird atmosphere there. A lot of guys have realized their mortality and that they have been hoarding stuff. This was the first real swap meet of the year. They were happy to get out. Happy to move parts along. In past years i could not find or afford these parts.

Sounds like you did well. There was an indoor flea market at our Ag Center last weekend; those are usually pretty good for picking up odds and ends, but I just couldn’t bring myself to mingle amongst a few hundred folks.

There used to be a guy here in town that ran a dingy motorcycle repair shop, had a big but rather disorganized hoard of parts. I recall going in there one time on a lark asking if he had a replacement ignition switch/lock for an old Suzuki. He thought for a moment, started rummaging around and came back with a NIB lock/key. I think he charged me five bucks for it. He died a few years ago of some weird cancer; I often wonder what happened to all of that stuff. I go by that place now, where some woman now teaches yoga classes. I wonder if it was all a dream.