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Mike Dewine (Republican governor of Ohio) and JB Pritzker, (the Democratic governor of Illinois) both shut down bars and restaurants just days before St. Patrick’s day.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1239279989578592256?s=21[/tweet]

Case numbers in the Midwest have not been as high as Washington, New York, and California, but I’m guessing they are seeing some very concerning signs.

BC

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BC do you have more info on that serology test? I'd be interested in hearing more about it.

Looks like Singapore developed the first serological test a couple weeks ago.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/...infections

And here is a website that claims to have a test available.

https://www.coronavirus-diagnostics.com/

Perkin-Elmer is a reputable company, but I don’t know them necessarily as a clinical diagnostics company.  And the CDC is devloping it’s own test

https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/11/cdc-...-outbreak/

Of course these are the same guys who blew the PCR test because it was “not invented here”.  Snark aside, I have great admiration for the work the CDC does, and I don’t think they will f this up again.

BC

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Fed just cut interest rates to zero.  Unfortunately, not even the fed can prevent the pandemic from spreading.

BC

[BostonCard]

Mike Dewine (Republican governor of Ohio) and JB Pritzker, (the Democratic governor of Illinois) both shut down bars and restaurants just days before St. Patrick’s day.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1239279989578592256?s=21[/tweet]

Case numbers in the Midwest have not been as high as Washington, New York, and California, but I’m guessing they are seeing some very concerning signs.

BC

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BC do you have more info on that serology test? I'd be interested in hearing more about it.

Looks like Singapore developed the first serological test a couple weeks ago.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/...infections

And here is a website that claims to have a test available.

https://www.coronavirus-diagnostics.com/

Perkin-Elmer is a reputable company, but I don’t know them necessarily as a clinical diagnostics company.  And the CDC is devloping it’s own test

https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/11/cdc-...-outbreak/

Of course these are the same guys who blew the PCR test because it was “not invented here”.  Snark aside, I have great admiration for the work the CDC does, and I don’t think they will f this up again.

BC

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Fed just cut interest rates to zero.  Unfortunately, not even the fed can prevent the pandemic from spreading.

BC