Furlough estimate
08-26-2020 | 09:40 AM
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That article points out that he caught two different strains of the virus. No real difference than catching two different strains of the flu which is also a virus (influenza).
My concern is that there is more than one strain of the virus out there, which means that a truly effective vaccine will need to fight more than one strain of Covid.
My concern is that there is more than one strain of the virus out there, which means that a truly effective vaccine will need to fight more than one strain of Covid.
Yep so just like the yearly flu vaccine which is recommended for higher risk patients (and mandatory for my entire military career) is at best an educated guess as to which strain will be prevalent in the upcoming season. I highly doubt that a “cure all” vaccine is even possible. I think it’s largely window dressing, they have to be seen to be doing something
08-26-2020 | 10:05 AM
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yep this is here to stay, it will never go away. Every year we will get a vaccine that may or may not help. People will die from it but life must go on. As soon as the news cycle shifts....which it will this will fade into the background and the yearly deaths will just be accepted just like every other disease and sickness.
08-26-2020 | 10:11 AM
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Yep so just like the yearly flu vaccine which is recommended for higher risk patients (and mandatory for my entire military career) is at best an educated guess as to which strain will be prevalent in the upcoming season. I highly doubt that a “cure all” vaccine is even possible. I think it’s largely window dressing, they have to be seen to be doing something
08-26-2020 | 10:32 AM
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The research into steroid inhalers, convalescent plasma, or other treatments to significantly reduce the dangerous effects of the virus are showing promise. If you can’t prevent the virus by a highly reliable vaccine, being able to reduce the severity of the symptoms and significantly drive the mortality rate down is a huge factor in allowing for a recovery. Hopefully these things materialize, restore consumer confidence, and reduce the furlough numbers of all airline employees.
By all means research! I’m all for mitigation
08-26-2020 | 12:58 PM
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The research into steroid inhalers, convalescent plasma, or other treatments to significantly reduce the dangerous effects of the virus are showing promise. If you can’t prevent the virus by a highly reliable vaccine, being able to reduce the severity of the symptoms and significantly drive the mortality rate down is a huge factor in allowing for a recovery. Hopefully these things materialize, restore consumer confidence, and reduce the furlough numbers of all airline employees.
08-26-2020 | 03:48 PM
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He was positive again by way of a nasal swab PCR test. Doesn’t even really mean anything. Doesn’t mean he was “infected”, assuming the test was accurate. And there will be residual immunity for most likely forever. You are coming into contact with numerous viruses every single day. If we tested for any of them by way of PCR we would be finding positive tests for just about everything. As long as we continue to test people for no real reason we are going to find “positive cases” forever.
08-26-2020 | 05:14 PM
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No more than the originally announced 2250 is my bet. They showed their hand with that number. They could have easily warned 3900 initially when the 2250 were warned. The 3900 is a totally arbitrary BS number they made up to try to divide the pilot group into thirds (post merger hires) in hopes of gaining concessionary votes on a potential LOA that will likely be delivered soon.
Not sure I agree. All of UAL’s displacements have been consistent with shrinking by about 3900 total pilots.
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