Testing is critical to any reopening. It’s the only way to identify a second wave and control it.
IF they had started say a few weeks earlier...they would be producing several millions a month for every essential worker...starting with healthcare and first respondors along with contact tracing and essential workers. That's several hundreds of millions here in the US before June 2021' when a vaccine in projected.
Where are you seeing June '21 as vaccine release timeframe? Everything I've read is 12-16 months to develop, test, approve, produce, and release said vaccine.
Taking an educated gues, those initial numbers were taking into account clinical trials and standard protocol, which has been all but thrown out the window now.
I guess nothing is off the table, but I would be amazed if the powers that be authorize for human use a completely untested vaccine without proper clinical trials. Can you imagine the liability if there does happen to be unknown side effect if this vaccine were to be given to 10's if not hundreds of millions of US citizens? I'd think they'd rather see people succumbing to the disease during a thorough testing period rather than taking that risk of putting out an untested product.
All aboard the Looneyville Express. Hope I get a window seat.
Hey, if you’re one of the lucky ones that haven’t done direct deposit with the IRS, you’re gonna get a stimulus check with The Dump’s autograph on it! And it’ll only delay your check a few days, worth the wait, right?
I’m down for a zombie apocalypse—I got guns and a German shepherd, I should set.
I think the presidents authority to adjourn congress applies only when the two houses disagree on a date of adjournment. Not sure that is the case right now though - in fact don’t think it is the case.
He could but I’m not at all sure he would. It would kind of make it look like his Senate is just a bunch of screwups that need to just get out of the way. However true that might be, I don’t think he wants to paint that picture in an election year.
One could argue they are always in a kind of limbo. They just maybe have a more compelling reason for it now.
Yes, but that would be essentially the normal schedule, wouldn't it? Consider that one of the alternative scenarios is that the season starts sometime in February. That would mean that pre-season practice would be conducted in the snow. And we still have no IPF and are unlikely to get one in the near future because of the financial effects from the pandemic. Also somewhat problematic for Utah and Colorado but I would imagine that they at least have IPFs. The Arizona and Cal schools would not mind a bit especially knowing that the more northern schools were screwed.
Huh? The problem started around the turn of the year so 12-16 months would be June 2021. Am I missing something again?
I somehow skipped a year as I had it in my head it’s 2021. I wish I could blame it on my Flux capacitor-equipped Delorean, but unfortunately just early onset dementia.
Hey watch it or I’ll call you names like poopy pants while making mocking gestures of mentally disabled and then tell you how amazing and great and fantastic and awesome I am
