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Bobsyeruncle says...

Sorry, I have to agree with Proudloud here. The Seroprevalence surveys are inherently inaccurate. First off Covid has not died off in any of those States or countries that you mentioned.
Secondly, there is currently no reliably accurate Covid serology test, which determines whether a person has the appropriate antibodies. False positives are far too frequent to provide meaningful data.
Thirdly, we still don't know whether having Covid antibodies provides protection against getting infected again.
And lastly, many of the people tested for Covid antibodies in these surveys were NOT Covid patients. Blood samples from people who had regular blood draws for non-Covid related reasons (annual physical, RA, diabetes etc), were also being tested for possible Covid antibodies. With the prevalence of false positives, this would skew the data.

On EDITORIAL: Planning as we wait for a vaccine

Posted 16 September 2020, 5:49 p.m. Suggest removal

Bobsyeruncle says...

The 'common cold' is just a general term and not a specific virus. There are at least a couple of hundred different viruses (mainly types of rhinovirus, & coronavirus), that produce the symptoms of the 'common cold'. Somewhat of a moving target for a vaccine.

On EDITORIAL: Planning as we wait for a vaccine

Posted 16 September 2020, 5:26 p.m. Suggest removal

Bobsyeruncle says...

Man, where do you get your info? That is total horse$hit

Bobsyeruncle says...

Gilead do not own Pharmachem. Pharmachem is an independent privately owned company. Pharmachem provides some manufacturing services for some of Gilead's products

Bobsyeruncle says...

Yes I do, that's what prompted my post. Something just ain't right with these churches

On Four survive as aircraft crashes

Posted 27 August 2020, 9:51 p.m. Suggest removal

Bobsyeruncle says...

Maybe I'm wrong, but how does a bishop (or his church) get his own personal aircraft? Another article today has the BCC complaining that COVID unemployment is hurting church funding. Maybe, they should consider not paying for personal aircraft, nice cars & large houses for their people. Glad they're safe though.

On Four survive as aircraft crashes

Posted 27 August 2020, 5:51 p.m. Suggest removal

Bobsyeruncle says...

Did Tal really post a coherent sentence? Can someone pls translate back to Tal speak.

On Lockdowns have worked for us, says Thompson

Posted 25 August 2020, 8:42 p.m. Suggest removal

Bobsyeruncle says...

At the moment COVID Antibody tests are too unreliable. Test makers were allowed to market tests without having to have any of their data reviewed by regulatory agencies. Of course this was done with good intentions, but as usual a bunch of "entrepreneurs" started marketing fake kits that didn't even work. A lot of governments & healthcare practices started buying antibody test kits, only to find them totally useless. I think the UK government got shafted for $20 million by buying test kits that didn't work.

On MP Hank Johnson tests positive for COVID-19

Posted 20 August 2020, 5:23 p.m. Suggest removal

Bobsyeruncle says...

Agreed ! I really like this lady and her sensible, common sense approach to things. Unfortunately common sense does not seem to be so common among the elite politicians and the bulk of the public.
I can't see the majority of Bahamians having the nous to comply with correct mask wearing or staying 6 feet apart in the grocery store line, once they are past security. Also, even though hurricane season comes around every year, I would guess only a small percentage of the population keep emergency food stuffs and other essential items, sufficient to last 1 week, just in case a hurricane like Dorian comes through. It's just the nature of the population to be lackadaisical & lazy.

Bobsyeruncle says...

What other options are there? The labs that conduct the tests are so backlogged, there are only so many tests that can be completed in 24 hrs. Are the tests samples being sent out of the country or are the samples being analyzed in the country ? Even in the States it's currently taking 5-7 days to get test results back.