Re: [FRIAM] Papers on asymptomatic transmission and serology

2020-03-24 Thread Steven A Smith
Good find, thanks! "you can see a lot just by looking" - yogi berra > From the 1st link: >> Producing highly purified preparations containing a high titer of >> neutralizing antibodies against SARS2-CoV-2 is preferable to convalescent >> sera given that these are safer and have higher activity.

Re: [FRIAM] Papers on asymptomatic transmission and serology

2020-03-24 Thread uǝlƃ ☣
From the 1st link: > Producing highly purified preparations containing a high titer of > neutralizing antibodies against SARS2-CoV-2 is preferable to convalescent > sera given that these are safer and have higher activity. Unfortunately, such > preparations will not be available for many months,

Re: [FRIAM] Papers on asymptomatic transmission and serology

2020-03-23 Thread thompnickson2
pnicks...@gmail.com <https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ From: Friam On Behalf Of Steven A Smith Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 7:16 PM To: friam@redfish.com Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Papers on asymptomatic transmission and serology Thanks

Re: [FRIAM] Papers on asymptomatic transmission and serology

2020-03-23 Thread Steven A Smith
Thanks for the two references: Glen> The convalescent sera option for containing COVID-19 https://www.jci.org/articles/view/138003 Barry> https://www.globalhealthnow.org/2020-03/covid-19s-stop-gap-solution-until-vaccines-and-antivirals-are-ready This is particularly promising, especially the

Re: [FRIAM] Papers on asymptomatic transmission and serology

2020-03-23 Thread Barry MacKichan
See on the Johns Hopkins site: https://www.globalhealthnow.org/2020-03/covid-19s-stop-gap-solution-until-vaccines-and-antivirals-are-ready On 23 Mar 2020, at 12:15, cody dooderson wrote: @Steve Smith . You mentioned that someone who has become resistant to a virus may be able to donate their

Re: [FRIAM] Papers on asymptomatic transmission and serology

2020-03-23 Thread uǝlƃ ☣
Maybe helpful? The convalescent sera option for containing COVID-19 https://www.jci.org/articles/view/138003 On 3/23/20 9:15 AM, cody dooderson wrote: > @Steve Smith . You mentioned that someone who has > become resistant to a virus may be able to donate their blood to s

Re: [FRIAM] Papers on asymptomatic transmission and serology

2020-03-23 Thread Edward Angel
; Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 8:48 AM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <mailto:friam@redfish.com>> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Papers on asymptomatic transmission and serology > > This weekend I received an email from a good friend in NZ. Unlike the U.S, NZ &g

Re: [FRIAM] Papers on asymptomatic transmission and serology

2020-03-23 Thread Barry MacKichan
Good government. What a concept! —Barry On 23 Mar 2020, at 10:48, Edward Angel wrote: This weekend I received an email from a good friend in NZ. Unlike the U.S, NZ spent the last two months preparing for what is happening now. For example, the schools spent a lot of time preparing teachers to

Re: [FRIAM] Papers on asymptomatic transmission and serology

2020-03-23 Thread Barry MacKichan
Wasn’t that used in the ebola epidemic? —Barry On 23 Mar 2020, at 12:15, cody dooderson wrote: @Steve Smith . You mentioned that someone who has become resistant to a virus may be able to donate their blood to someone struggling with symptoms. does that actually work? Cody Smith On Mon, Ma

Re: [FRIAM] Papers on asymptomatic transmission and serology

2020-03-23 Thread thompnickson2
rch 23, 2020 8:48 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Papers on asymptomatic transmission and serology This weekend I received an email from a good friend in NZ. Unlike the U.S, NZ spent the last two months preparing for what is happening now. For

Re: [FRIAM] Papers on asymptomatic transmission and serology

2020-03-23 Thread cody dooderson
@Steve Smith . You mentioned that someone who has become resistant to a virus may be able to donate their blood to someone struggling with symptoms. does that actually work? Cody Smith On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 8:48 AM Edward Angel wrote: > This weekend I received an email from a good friend in

Re: [FRIAM] Papers on asymptomatic transmission and serology

2020-03-23 Thread Edward Angel
This weekend I received an email from a good friend in NZ. Unlike the U.S, NZ spent the last two months preparing for what is happening now. For example, the schools spent a lot of time preparing teachers to be able to teach effectively on line. Ed ___ Ed Angel Founding Di

Re: [FRIAM] Papers on asymptomatic transmission and serology

2020-03-23 Thread Barry MacKichan
The case count in New Zealand is at least 100. The early cases were from travelers who had been in Italy and Iran. Then the word went out that citizens needed to come back to NZ, and some cases were among this counter-diaspora. Then a group from a cruise ship went on a tour through Te Papa, a n

Re: [FRIAM] Papers on asymptomatic transmission and serology

2020-03-21 Thread Steven A Smith
Barry - Really great writeup from your daughter in Wellington.   It reinforces and adds well to what I've been hearing from my own daughter (Molecular Biologist in FlaviVirus lab at OHSU in Oregon) who have actually run PCR based tests using the WHO information on themselves (a dozen or so scienti

[FRIAM] Papers on asymptomatic transmission and serology

2020-03-21 Thread Barry MacKichan
In the distributed FRIAM meeting yesterday I mentioned these results, but I thought you might also want to see the commentary with them. This is an email from last week from one of my daughters (Joanna) who is a microbiologist at Victoria University in Wellington, NZ. —Barry Fir