Another software app (for smartphones) that is probably worthwhile is the Covid-19 symptom tracker developed in conjunction with King's College London. Users are asked to report daily (there is a reminder) on whether they have been tested, whether they feel normal or not, and if not, what their symptoms are. There are currently over 2 million users.
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Folding is rather an inappropriate title for the scheme, surely?Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostShould we all be folding@home to help the research effort?
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Apparently not:Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
All complex proteins are made of one or more strings of amino acids, folded in on themselves in complex – but predictable – ways to make 3D shapes. By applying those predictable rules, even a home computer can carry out folding calculations, and when millions of home computers are running the software at the same time, the total network can far outpace traditional supercomputers.Comment
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There is a paper published on Tony Blair's "Institute for Global Change" website (yes ... I know ... but bear with me) titled "Covid-19 Testing in the UK: Unpicking the Lockdown".
It contains some interesting information about other countries and I think it is definitely worth a read (one can scroll down past TB's "forward" if one wishes).
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DittoOriginally posted by Pulcinella View Post
Already doing that!My life, each morning when I dress, is four and twenty hours less. (J Richardson)Comment
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Thanks JB. Its a good read, and suggests what seem pretty obvious “ ways out” of the current lockdown.Originally posted by johnb View Post
Even the bit by Blair seems reasonable.......I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.Comment
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Some interesting points in there. Possibly there might be some light at the end of this tunnel - though I'm not holding my breath in the short term. I note that Iceland has conducted a random testing strategy on the whole population. Although Hancock's Pillar 4 is to conduct whole population testing in the UK - an opinion poll type testing strategy would be quicker in the short term, and the results would not necessarily be too inaccurate. It would be cheaper to do than an exhaustive whole population testing strategy. The indications in Italy and Iceland seem to be that there are cases in the asymptomatic population, but these are not actually a huge proportion of the population. There are also indications that some time after the main wave has passed, that the proportion of cases does drop very significantly - eventually. This does give some hope that progress may be made.Originally posted by johnb View Post
So it's not all doom and gloom, though there's a long way to go yet. There are clearly many operations going on in parallel and indifferent countries and companies and organisations around the world.
The economic consequences, if things turn out as in that paper, could be manageable, with targeted testing. However, things may still not turn out well in the short term, at least.Comment
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Has anyone considered the WHO director Lawrence Gostin's 's warning that Europe and USA could get two, three, four more waves of infection, from sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian subcontinent? Do please tell me he's wrong!I keep hitting the Escape key, but I'm still here!Comment
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Oh, you can't trust anything coming from the WHO. Just ask King Donald of the Disunited State of America.Originally posted by LeMartinPecheur View PostComment
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I keep hitting the Escape key, but I'm still here!Comment
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Well if infection doesn't lead to full immunity then presumably we won't even need to import it to suffer repeat occurrences(although that would certainly be a problem), it'll just keep popping up among the existing population?Originally posted by LeMartinPecheur View PostComment
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Indeed, and those other coronaviruses which give rise to the common cold have yet to have a viable vaccine developed for them.Originally posted by oddoneout View PostComment
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