Pandemic 2020
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PJ Diaz
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No, I watched him say it on C-SPAN, is that ok with you?
Probably, but I prefer the C-SPAN video here:
Pandemics
Sonia Shah moderated a forum on emerging infectious diseases and the next pandemic. The event began with Ms. Shah discussing her book, [Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, From Cholera to Ebola and Beyond].
printer
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You do realize the US and China as well as a number of other countries were colaborating in tracking possible future pandemic viruses after SARS showed there was a danger?
PJ Diaz
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Yes, and unfortunately they were also conducting Gain of Function research on viruses, to make them more infectious. Peter Daszak openly admitted it in the past.
printer
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And the US were doing the same thing. It is a thing that is known in the research world that many have carried out this type of investigation. Not necessarily to find a weapon but to see how the viruses tick.
PJ Diaz
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Yeah, the problem as I see it is that scientists sometimes don't know when to stop, and end up crossing the line, like Peter Daszak and his buddies did when they made the SARS virus more transmissible (Gain of Function), as he has openly proclaimed years prior to the pandemic.
hanimmal
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You in the room with a lot of top scientists enough to make that kind of statement?
Also love the repeated use of the scare tactic terminology.
https://smallbusiness.chron.com/repetition-advertisement-technique-24437.html
ypes of Repetition
The idea behind repetition is that when the consumer goes to buy a particular product, the name of your brand is the first one that comes to mind. There are several different types of advertising repetition. One is simply to repeat the same advertisement, such as a television commercial, over and over. For example, the same commercial may be broadcast at each ad break of a show.
Another way to use repetition is to place the product or brand in as many places as possible. For example, print ads in newspapers and magazines, television ads, radio ads and utilize product placement on television shows or in movies. Another type of repetition is to use ads that are produced with similar styles, but have a slightly different final product. For example, television ads that use the same actors, but in different scenarios.
Two-Factor Theory
One of the leading theories on the effect of repetition on consumer behavior was developed in the 1970s by University of Toronto psychology professor Daniel Berlyne. This theory, called two-factor theory, or wear-in/wear-out, suggests that repetition has a positive effect for a period, and then begins to have a negative effect.
During the first phase, called wear-in, repetition of an ad allows consumers to become familiar with the brand. In this phase, repetition can overcome consumer reluctance to purchase a new product or brand. As the repetition continues, consumers become used to the brand and may enter a second phase, called wear-out. In the wear-out phase, consumers become tired of hearing about the brand and continued repetition of ads can cause consumers to stop buying the product or brand.
Familiar and Unfamiliar Brands
The effect of repetition can vary based on whether the consumer is already familiar with the brand being advertised. Consumers tend to pay more attention to an ad that is for a completely new product or brand, than to an ad for a product or brand with which they are already familiar. The new ad will be more interesting to consumers, so they will be more likely to take note of it.
In this case, repetition may be more effective when it is used to advertise a new brand or product. Once consumers are familiar with a brand or product, the advertiser may be able to decrease the frequency of the ad and still achieve the same effect.
Signalling a Good Buy or a Quality Product
Repetition of an ad may signal to consumers that the brand or product is a good buy, or a quality product. This is sometimes referred to as signaling theory. In 1975, University of Wyoming researchers Anthony McGann and Raymond Marquardt found that ads with high rates of repetition tended to also be rated as high quality in Consumer Reports.
A later study, published in the Journal of Consumer Research, confirmed that consumers tended to think products advertised with repetition were good buys. Repetition may convince consumers that the manufacturer is willing to spend a lot of money on advertising because the product is a good one.
CunningCanuk
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Yeah! Fucking scientists. If only they directed their efforts to the development of a vaccine.
CunningCanuk
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What the Delta variant's trajectory in Israel and the UK could mean for the US
www.cnn.com
Delta variant's trajectory in UK and Israel provides hope for US -- if we can keep vaccinating
All eyes are on the Delta variant that is now dominant in the United States as new Covid-19 cases rise week-to-week and the variant -- first identified in India and also known as B.1.617.2 -- accounts for a growing share.
www.cnn.com
CunningCanuk
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One mutation may have set the coronavirus up to become a global menace
A single change in a key viral protein may have helped the coronavirus behind COVID-19 make the jump from animals to people, setting the virus on its way to becoming the scourge it is today. That mutation appears to help the virus’ spike protein strongly latch onto the human version of a host protein called ACE2 that the virus uses to enter and infect cells, researchers report July 6 in Cell. That ability to lock onto the human cells was stronger with the mutated virus than with other
Read in Science News Magazine: https://apple.news/A6ymjB6wBPMC52C2lSaSRyQ
A single change in a key viral protein may have helped the coronavirus behind COVID-19 make the jump from animals to people, setting the virus on its way to becoming the scourge it is today. That mutation appears to help the virus’ spike protein strongly latch onto the human version of a host protein called ACE2 that the virus uses to enter and infect cells, researchers report July 6 in Cell. That ability to lock onto the human cells was stronger with the mutated virus than with other
Read in Science News Magazine: https://apple.news/A6ymjB6wBPMC52C2lSaSRyQ
PJ Diaz
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So, am I understanding correctly that you are a supporter of Gain of Function research?
printer
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Yes it is a concern, one that had been brought up by scientists and discussed in private and out in the open. It seems that a number of eager students have taken things a little too far in the past. I can see a problem with the accessibility of the technology to the general public to play with in their basement. I posted a while back with a lab setup for a person to begin splicing stuff together for a few thousand dollars. I am more concerned with this than experiments being done in an appropriate lab. The Blade Runner era may be just about upon us. What are your thoughts on home gain of function research?
hanimmal
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idk why you think that I would be informed enough (not being a specialist in these highly scientific (that take years of rigorous study to be proficient) fields) to make a non bullshit conclusion of it one way or another.
But that being said, here is a interesting read of a discussion of it.
printer
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Where is this from? (quite interesting)
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idk why you think that I would be informed enough (not being a specialist in these highly scientific (that take years of rigorous study to be proficient) fields) to make a non bullshit conclusion of it one way or another.
But that being said, here is a interesting read of a discussion of it.
hanimmal
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lol if you mean the peewee herman thing, it was a late 80's early 90's kid show.
If you mean the chapter of that book, the link is right above the ss I took on the National academies of science, engineering, and science academies press.
printer
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Damn fine print.
DIY-HP-LED
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This appears to track the 2020 and perhaps 2022 election map.
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DIY-HP-LED
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We have 78.5% of eligible people with a single dose already and should end up with nearly 90% fully vaccinated by fall in most places.
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Coronavirus: Canada to reach 55M vaccine doses by week's end | CTV News
Canada to reach 55M vaccine doses by week's end, catching up to U.S. on second doses
OTTAWA -- Canada is expecting vaccine shipments to keep rolling in this week as the country inches closer to matching the percentage of people in the United States fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
The federal government expects another 1.4 million doses of the shot from Pfizer-BioNTech to arrive in the next seven days.
It also plans to distribute the 1.5 million doses from Moderna that came in last Friday.
By the end of the week, Canadian officials expect to have received a total of more than 55 million doses including the latest shipments, though those figures may change.
The federal government has promised that it would reach 68 million shots delivered by the end of July and says it's still on track to hit that target.
To date, around 42.7 per cent of Canadian residents have received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine, giving them full protection against the virus.
The figures come courtesy of COVID-19 Tracker, a volunteer-run project that relies on data from provincial and territorial governments.
The U.S.'s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data tracker lists 48 per cent of that country's population as being fully immunized.
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Coronavirus: Canada to reach 55M vaccine doses by week's end | CTV News
Canada to reach 55M vaccine doses by week's end, catching up to U.S. on second doses
OTTAWA -- Canada is expecting vaccine shipments to keep rolling in this week as the country inches closer to matching the percentage of people in the United States fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
The federal government expects another 1.4 million doses of the shot from Pfizer-BioNTech to arrive in the next seven days.
It also plans to distribute the 1.5 million doses from Moderna that came in last Friday.
By the end of the week, Canadian officials expect to have received a total of more than 55 million doses including the latest shipments, though those figures may change.
The federal government has promised that it would reach 68 million shots delivered by the end of July and says it's still on track to hit that target.
To date, around 42.7 per cent of Canadian residents have received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine, giving them full protection against the virus.
The figures come courtesy of COVID-19 Tracker, a volunteer-run project that relies on data from provincial and territorial governments.
The U.S.'s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data tracker lists 48 per cent of that country's population as being fully immunized.
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