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It's very unusual, but other than time, it may be that they shortcut the trials into 'does it kill them'. I expect they'll still do mouse trials at that level at least.

Off the top of my head, if COVID19 isn't carried by animals (I don't know whether it is), it may be difficult to test on them.

The trouble is getting something to manufacture and administration otherwise could be years, and there just isn't time for that.
I saw an expert say we can give back to bats but as it stands no other animal transmission but they are looking at whether it can pass to and from cats and dogs,they use lab testing on computers a lot now as well
I was reading today there are 24 human volunteers that will not be given COVID_19 but another coronavirus as near to as possible and hope to get info from that which can be useful
 
Have you noticed that it started with over 80's with pre-exsisting conditions,then it went to 70's,today our deaths are over 60,it is creeping downwards,i wonder if we start to get healthy younger people it will still be said they had health probs or whether we will get the truth

Just said the same think, maybe this is what it needs though to make people realise how bad this can get.
 
What does that actually mean in practice? Other than the locking borders bit.
Declare war, help allies and defend ourselves, invest financially like its war ie find a cure or a prevention. We’ve conquered over worst under the name of WAR, stop pretending we’ve had a fall out with it and go full on
 
Where have you read this please?
My mate was sending stuff from Twitter some girl was saying her uncle lives in italy and he told her what was going on. I've also seen a video of a chinese family and in the bedroom about 4 young kids say around 7 years old and they were dead. Now it was sickening seeing that and whether that is from corona I don't know. Although there was other clips of officials with masks and all that carrying guns walking to the apartments.
 
Are you "online panic buying" ?

More seriously have they got most things online ?
No i've just ordered my usual amount,the last couple of weeks i couldn't eat so didn't order much,this is the first normal order,i've no idea what i'll actual get,there were no restrictions other the usual on painkillers when i did the order
 
We've both had text messages from our surgery telling us they don't want ANYONE attending the surgery from Monday, not even normal or routine appointments. That'll be tough, they never do, last time I tried for a routine appointment to check my blood pressure, I was given a date 4 months away as the "earliest" possible, so I told them to shove it.

Completely pointless having a surgery where I live, and yet they pester my phone with pointless messages like that.
 
No i've just ordered my usual amount,the last couple of weeks i couldn't eat so didn't order much,this is the first normal order,i've no idea what i'll actual get,there were no restrictions other the usual on painkillers when i did the order
I was joking :) Good to hear they're not restricting online, was there much you couldn't order ? I expect they're keeping things back for "online" customers.
 
We've both had text messages from our surgery telling us they don't want ANYONE attending the surgery from Monday,
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Ours has been doing this for 2 weeks now, if you have a prescription to pick up they push it through the letterbox.
The dr rang me yesterday to say we’re only doing telephone consultations now for the foreseeable future
 
We have seen unprecedented global events in the last few weeks and will continue to see more on a government, corporate, sporting and personal level - pharma companies will bend to whatever the governments tell them to do in situations like this, they will have a shotgun to the head - they will get paid but the public comes first

I don’t know if this is accurate or not
(Taken from Twitter)
“US Pharma Company Gilead has been working on a Vaccine and is close to one , it has been tested in Wuhan in China where the Chinese have asked can they make it and distribute it for free to everyone , Gilead said no they want up to $100 per vaccine”
 
I was joking :) Good to hear they're not restricting online, was there much you couldn't order ? I expect they're keeping things back for "online" customers.
I could order everything i need,has to be said though i only order basics and fresh fruit and yogurt,fresh veg that kind of thing,so long as i get those i'm ok,oh and ice cream,must have that !
 
Have you noticed that it started with over 80's with pre-exsisting conditions,then it went to 70's,today our deaths are over 60,it is creeping downwards,i wonder if we start to get healthy younger people it will still be said they had health probs or whether we will get the truth

the Brit who died in Bali on holiday with underlying conditions was 53.
 
Ours has been doing this for 2 weeks now, if you have a prescription to pick up they push it through the letterbox.
The dr rang me yesterday to say we’re only doing telephone consultations now for the foreseeable future
I don't blame them in some ways, but telling me not turn up when you normally can't anyway, just felt like spam on my phone. My other half works in a dentist, they're still taking people.
 
My mate was sending stuff from Twitter some girl was saying her uncle lives in italy and he told her what was going on. I've also seen a video of a chinese family and in the bedroom about 4 young kids say around 7 years old and they were dead. Now it was sickening seeing that and whether that is from corona I don't know. Although there was other clips of officials with masks and all that carrying guns walking to the apartments.

The Chinese vid is from fucking carbon monoxide poisoning it was debunked along time ago jesus christ.
 
We've both had text messages from our surgery telling us they don't want ANYONE attending the surgery from Monday, not even normal or routine appointments. That'll be tough, they never do, last time I tried for a routine appointment to check my blood pressure, I was given a date 4 months away as the "earliest" possible, so I told them to shove it.

Completely pointless having a surgery where I live, and yet they pester my phone with pointless messages like that.

I had this
Message from Market Street Medical Practice. To support efforts to minimise the spread of the Coronavirus, we have adopted a policy of triage before any decision for a further appointment is made. This applies to all appointments including cancelling our walk-in service. Instead, we invite all patients to access appointments online, by visiting www.tinyurl.com/marketstweb and clicking the start online consultation button. For anyone who cannot access this, telephone triage will be used, however, lines will be very busy so please use the online service. In all instances, clinicians will review your needs via online and telephone before a face-to-face appointment.
 
Thanks,it is a bit irresponsable for one of them to be saying they might skip animal trials

It's very unusual, but other than time, it may be that they shortcut the trials into 'does it kill them'. I expect they'll still do mouse trials at that level at least.

Off the top of my head, if COVID19 isn't carried by animals (I don't know whether it is), it may be difficult to test on them.

The trouble is getting something to manufacture and administration otherwise could be years, and there just isn't time for that.
A very interesting story about the challenges of mouse trials for COVID-19 vaccine research:

Mouse Hunt: Lab Races To Grow Mice For COVID-19 Research

https://one.npr.org/i/815624878:815778471
 
We've both had text messages from our surgery telling us they don't want ANYONE attending the surgery from Monday, not even normal or routine appointments. That'll be tough, they never do, last time I tried for a routine appointment to check my blood pressure, I was given a date 4 months away as the "earliest" possible, so I told them to shove it.

Completely pointless having a surgery where I live, and yet they pester my phone with pointless messages like that.
You can do your blood pressure at most chemists
I got a text with a link for an app to use that gets you a same day virtual appt with a dr,i have been changing over my phones so haven't tried it yet,i can still talk to my dr over the phone
 
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