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  1. 47 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

    Going to be on the northern fringe of the ice storm that is supposed to cripple a big chunk of Central and Northern Kentucky tonight through Thursday.  I really, really, really need to move to a warmer climate when the kids are out of school.

     

    They're saying 1/2 to 3/4 inch of ice. Yikes! 

  2. 2 hours ago, tdhoosier said:

    Regarding the Brazilian variant......😬

    https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/01/27/961108577/why-scientists-are-very-worried-about-the-variant-from-brazil

    While the variant from the U.K. took about three months to dominate the outbreak in England, P.1 took only about a month to dominate the outbreak in Manaus. In addition, Manaus had already been hit extremely hard by the virus in April. One study estimated that the population should have reached herd immunity and the virus shouldn't be able to spread easily in the community. So why would the city see an even bigger surge 10 months later? Could P.1 be evading the antibodies made against the previous version of the virus, making reinfections easier? Could it just be significantly more contagious? Could both be true?

    Good questions. Also, are people who had the virus previously, getting re-infected with the variant? 

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