General Coronavirus chit chat thread - non-travel specific

[TheRealTMA]

For those of you with a science background or interest, this is a great article.

Key ingredient in coronavirus tests comes from Yellowstone’s lakes

A curious life-form that lives in the park’s thermal pools makes a protein that changed the course of biomedical history.

www.nationalgeographic.com

 

[PineappleSkip]

Received a call from our dentist this afternoon.. closing down.. all too hard.

What to do now.. this is stuff you don't think of….

Ditto, got a call late last week to say my dentist only doing emergency stuff. Might be waiting a while for my next routine checkup.

 

[Flying mermaid]

Ditto, got a call late last week to say my dentist only doing emergency stuff. Might be waiting a while for my next routine checkup.

It was a decision to put level 3 restrictions on dentists so pretty much only emergency work could be done. No crowns or preventative work. There were concerns about aerosol secretions.

 

[JohnM]

For those of you with a science background or interest, this is a great article.

Key ingredient in coronavirus tests comes from Yellowstone’s lakes

A curious life-form that lives in the park’s thermal pools makes a protein that changed the course of biomedical history.

www.nationalgeographic.com

Interesting back story to Kary Mullis (who, reputedly, had his PCR epiphany on a dark and stormy night drive in the Californian Sierra or such-like). The thermo-cycling key to making the process work efficiently using enzymes from those extremophiles was attributable to others. Nevertheless, a Nobel Prize went his way in 1993.

He died last year, but went on to believe in all sorts of weird cough - outlined, amongst others, in this book: The Intelligence Trap : David Robson : 9781473669857

It's also covered in his Wikipedia entry: Kary Mullis - Wikipedia. Pretty interesting reading.

There's a fine line between genius and weird in all fields of endeavour...

As a scientist who became increasingly p*ssed off with the grant-sucking, I like this line: Mullis was quoted saying "the never-ending quest for more grants and staying with established dogmas" has hurt science. He believed that "science is being practiced by people who are dependent on being paid for what they are going to find out," not for what they actually produce.

 

[Denali]

Interesting how quickly nature steps in

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[blackcat20]

On the topic of grants, NHMRC has pulled some of the funding rounds this year due to the current climate.

 

[Pushka]

On the topic of grants, NHMRC has pulled some of the funding rounds this year due to the current climate.

That's my nieces job at risk now too in research at QUC. Makes a sad kind of sense. Everything else has gone down the toilet.

 

[blackcat20]

That's my nieces job at risk now too in research at QUC. Makes a sad kind of sense. Everything else has gone down the toilet.

I'm lucky I'm employed directly through the uni and not as a result of grant funding. Plus my role has been classed as essential so I'm still working, albeit at home half the time.

 

[RooFlyer]

Again all of my posts on this have agreed with what Steady said on the criminality link not being a valid one and so I am not sure why your post has been directed at myself? Maybe I have missed something?

Sorry, that connection not intended. It was a general statement, with the post poorly constructed.

 

[Foreigner]

I see half the harbour bridge and part of Cahill Expressway and don’t notice as much traffic as in the past.
Webcams were a craze i recall many years ago, wondering if there are cams around Syd one can view

 

[Pushka]

I see half the harbour bridge and part of Cahill Expressway and don’t notice as much traffic as in the past.
Webcams were a craze i recall many years ago, wondering if there are cams around Syd one can view

There is one of the harbour I think?

 

[VPS]

I see half the harbour bridge and part of Cahill Expressway and don’t notice as much traffic as in the past.
Webcams were a craze i recall many years ago, wondering if there are cams around Syd one can view

There are thousands of webcams viewable on line - I haven't got bored enough yet to check all of them out

 

[Hvr]

With my barbar closed I visited Shaver Shop and purchased clippers.

My hair is now 0.4mm long and the beard has gone.

This will allow me to wear a mask properly if required.

Sorry for scaring people but safety first.

 

[mrsterryn]

With my barbar closed I visited Shaver Shop and purchased clippers.

My hair is now 0.4mm long and the beard has gone.

This will allow me to wear a mask properly if required.

Sorry for scaring people but safety first.

Think husband is going to pick up some clippers . His hair does not lend itself towards being long

 

[Flying mermaid]

Think husband is going to pick up some clippers . His hair does not lend itself towards being long

Mr FM doesn’t have much, but the bit he has is starting to look very 1960s

For some time I have wondered how much of my hair has turned gray - now is the opportunity to find out.

 

[Denali]

There are thousands of webcams viewable on line - I haven't got bored enough yet to check all of them out

I use to watch a guys webcam in Alaska for squirrels and moose - saw a bear once.

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Think husband is going to pick up some clippers . His hair does not lend itself towards being long

Hubby mentioned clippers last night so thanks for the reminder.

 

[Cossie]

Shaved my head during my 6 month Africa trip in '89. Not doing it again, it wasn't a pleasant sight then, and would be a lot worse now.

As an aside it was a pain sleeping under a mozzie net as when the hair grew back, the stubble got caught in the mesh.

 

[Foreigner]

Junior uses this one:

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www.shavershop.com.au

out of stock atm

 

[Foreigner]

I read this moving tribute to a brilliant neurosurgeon who succumbed to coronavirus:

Dr. Sanjay Gupta remembers 'giant' of neurosurgery who separated conjoined twins

Most will remember Dr. James T. Goodrich as a recognized giant of neurosurgery, the most experienced neurosurgeon in the world when it came to the delicate and daunting separation of craniopagus twins, those conjoined at the head. These separations, which involve months of planning and dozens of...

www.cnn.com

 

[get me outta here]

Panama has made an edict that no one at all goes out on Sunday. Men can only go out on certain days to do the shopping, and women on the other days. Interesting approach. Panama's president announces separate quarantine days for men and women