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Nominal Animal:

--- Quote from: mzzj on March 20, 2020, 07:37:04 pm ---Aidian quick-test is antibody test.
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Yup, it was just an example.  A quick lookup finds companies like Abacus Diagnostica that do PCR testing equipment (fully automated PCR and RT-PCR).  I do not personally know these companies, only that there are quite a few internationally known ones here.

I'm certain they (not these two companies in particular, I mean all these medical diagnostics companies in Finland) could boost the Finnish testing capability rapidly, if anybody asked them.  (I suspect they have even offered, but have gotten cold shoulder from THL.  After all, THL opposes even local production of medical oxygen, because reasons...)
The problem in my opinion is, that the testing capacity is kept low intentionally, to keep statistics "unscary" = footgun.
Zero999:
I originally thought that it was no worse than flu, but I was wrong. It will obviously affect smokers much worse. Just watch this video of a young woman fighting for her life. No doubt if she didn't smoke, she'd be at home curled up in bed watching films.
SiliconWizard:
On the positive side, even if the results are still few and preliminary, note that Chloroquine is currently giving hope.
donotdespisethesnake:
Yeah, I thought we nailed this "it's just like the flu" bullshit, but denial is powerful. It's like trying to argue with Flat Earthers. Fortunately, world leaders are taking it seriously, even if it takes a week or two to get through the initial shock. The fact there is no community immunity to Covid-19 makes it completely and utterly different to seasonal flu. It's a really moronic comparison.

People waiting for "all the facts" before taking it seriously will find health systems totally overwhelmed well before they see people near them dying. This is NOT about individual risk but risk to society as a whole. What people don't realise is that health systems assume that 99.99% of the population are healthy enough not to need critical care. Better not need any critical care in the near future, there will be a very long queue.

And now cue more denial in 3..2..1..  :palm:
Mr. Scram:

--- Quote from: Zero999 on March 20, 2020, 08:02:23 pm ---I originally thought that it was no worse than flu, but I was wrong. It will obviously affect smokers much worse. Just watch this video of a young woman fighting for her life. No doubt if she didn't smoke, she'd be at home curled up in bed watching films.


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COVID-19 affecting people with vulnerable lungs more than a regular flu doesn't seem disputed. Smoking does a number on pretty much everything in your body. It'd be interesting to see whether the statistics show that smoking in itself means being at increased risk from COVID-19.
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