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DrG:
Summit (200 petaFLOPS) used to identify existing compounds with SARS-CoV-2 relevant sites (small-molecules which bind to either the isolated Viral S-protein at its host receptor region or to the S protein-human ACE2 interface).

https://chemrxiv.org/articles/Repurposing_Therapeutics_for_the_Wuhan_Coronavirus_nCov-2019_Supercomputer-Based_Docking_to_the_Viral_S_Protein_and_Human_ACE2_Interface/11871402/4

Article PDF and and associated files are available.
engrguy42:
FWIW, I found a news article from last month on what happened to SARS and what might happen to COVID-19:

"John Nicholls, clinical professor of pathology at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), said the SARS outbreak was brought to an end in July 2003 by good hygiene practices -- such as frequent hand-washing -- and environmental factors such as high temperature and humidity in the summer months."

"That will be the same for this one," he said. "My feeling is that this is just going to be like SARS and the world is going to get basically a very bad cold for about five months."

Of course, I'm sure in the medical community there are many varied opinions on this, and since I have zero medical experience I can't comment, but at least it seems reasonable to consider that maybe this will go the way of the other coronaviruses and just die out.
nctnico:

--- Quote from: engrguy42 on March 19, 2020, 10:25:47 pm ---I think if folks do some research on SARS and MERS and the other coronaviruses from previous years you'll find that once you lock down transmission they kind of die of their own accord. No vaccines, they just die out. No SARS cases since 2004, and very few MERS cases. And has been said they were much worse in terms of % of infected people who ended up dying.

I recall reading that SARS died out in around 6 months (?). Unfortunately there isn't much detail I can find on exactly why they just whithered away (and probably wouldn't understand the medical details anyway), but they did. And they're all similar to COVID-19 in terms of being coronaviruses.

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Perhaps you should figure out the medical details first BEFORE reaching a conclusion. You can't just say one Corona virus is like the other. It is like saying all Glycol is the same (some types of Glycol are very toxic while others are used as a food additive).

The key to containing a virus is catching all people who are infected. The problem with the Covid 19 virus is, is that a large number of people get infected without serious symptoms so these fly below the radar. You can compare Covid19 to a stealth bomber. You don't notice it until it is too late and you have no idea where it hits next. If it would be easy to contain the Covid19 virus then it would have been done already. The SARS outbreak never reached the proportions of Covid19. The Covid19 outbreak started in November 2019. We are almost 3 months further and there is no end in sight.
iMo:

--- Quote from: engrguy42 on March 19, 2020, 10:41:57 pm --- -- and environmental factors such as high temperature and humidity in the summer months."

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Yep, that is something what we discussed earlier, I would add more UV from sunshine in spring/summer will a) damage the virus on surfaces and in air, b) people exposed to sunshine create vitamin D (it supports immune system).
PS: I've been using "damage" instead of "kill" as the virus is not an living organism..
PPS: what the people down under think about it? Covid19 in summer?
engrguy42:
Wow, I'm impressed at the apparent medical research background of the engineers here, but personally, just like I wouldn't expect a clinical pathologist (or whatever a virus expert is called) to answer complex electrical engineering subjects, I don't pretend to understand anything whatsoever about COVID-19 or any other virus. Just like, apparently, a lot of medical folks at this point, who seem to be scrambling to understand this. At best I look at the data I can find, and any information direct from what appear to be experts (which does NOT include online media), and give it my best guess.

So all I can suggest is that folks search the actual data rather than believing the media clickbait hype, and at the same time be intelligently over-precautious. 
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