Crossposted from encouraging news.
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You can freebase baby aspirin, right?
RIGHT?
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Nickel Foam Filter Catches, Heats and Kills the Virus
⌠And Medistar knew the virus canât survive temperatures above 70 degrees Centigrade, about 158 degrees Fahrenheit, so the researchers decided to use a heated filter. By making the filter temperature far hotter â about 200 C â they were able to kill the virus almost instantly.
⌠Hourani and Peel have called for a phased roll-out of the device, âbeginning with high-priority venues, where essential workers are at elevated risk of exposure (particularly schools, hospitals and health care facilities, as well as public transit environs such as airplanes).â
Um⌠200C? In an airplane ventilation system? 
In the cabin!? 
âŚnextâŚ
Though we could try it in the Toronto Subway, people probably wouldnât notice the increased heat.
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The aircraft AC units and the APU are decent existing heat sources that could be used for the job rather than introduce a new heat source. Their heat is normally exhausted out the back of the aircraft. May as well put it to use.
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Hoo boy this one is a doozy.
The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid, with many millions going to dioceses that have paid huge settlements or sought bankruptcy protection because of clergy sexual abuse cover-ups.
The churchâs haul may have reached â or even exceeded â $3.5 billion, making a global religious institution with more than a billion followers among the biggest winners in the U.S. governmentâs pandemic relief efforts, an Associated Press analysis of federal data released this week found.
The Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico â once home to a now-closed and notorious treatment center for predator priests â prevailed in court, clearing the way for its administrative offices to receive nearly $1 million. It accused the SBA of overreaching by blocking bankruptcy applications when Congress didnât spell that out
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When I saw the subtitle, I knew it was Petri. Her stuff always makes me happy!
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Yeah, I thought it was interesting that Andy Roddick argued against this, given his history of delaying tactics and injuries:
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Occupancy measures are âhow many people can stand together in this room and still evacuate safely in a fire.â
Doug Ducey is a murderer. He is murdering people.
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Here is yet another âWTF is up with this bug?â ironically involving other bugs:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7190514/
tl;dr: In Wuhan, in a single unconfirmed epidemiological study, beekeepers are remarkably underrepresented among victims of coronavirus. This may suggest that the well-known anti-inflammatory properties of multiple bee stings might alter the course of illness to some degree.
Being a beekeeper myself, this makes me happy, although I also donât put a lot of credence in a single unverified study. Food for thoughtâŚ
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Nostrafuckingdamus
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I thought it was going to âgo away, like a miracleâŚâ Guess not, eh?
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Ah, but the next weekâŚ
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Oh, boy, people messing with hives to get stung on purpose - coming right up.
And if bee stings are good, then maybe yellow jacket stings are better. And hornets even better! Wait, what about those murder hornets?!!? They must be the best of all because they come from Asia too, right?!!?
/s
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Never accept half measures.
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There are a goodly number of problems with this idea. We already use it for high risk babies in RSV season, and it works, but only briefly. The technique is known as passive immunization, and works by injecting pre-formed antibodies into a vulnerable person. It does not âact as a vaccineâ in that it does not cause immunological memory, therefore no lasting immunity. When the donor antibodies are gone, usually after 3-4 weeks, you are right back where you started. And the price is astronomical. Upwards of $5-7k per dose in infant dosing. I would not want to think what adult dosing would cost. Availability is an issue as well, since this is not manufactured, as such, but is harvested from donor plasma. As a therapeutic option, yeah, I could see that. As a broadly applicable prophylactic? I suspect not practical.
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I guess this should be filed under Schadenfreude.
Thereâs a definite end to this story.
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Spoiler:
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There are more important things than living, eh asshole?
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