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Unknown FeedSocial Distancing and Enhancing Cleaning Brian Wang | March 16, 2020 | Tomas Pueyo has an excellent article about how early shutdowns reduce the spread of coronvirus COVID-19. Each day earlier action on social distancing can a 40% reduction in disease spread. Hourly hand-cleaning is an enhancer of social distancing and will get us let…
Moderna Coronavirus Vaccine Samples Shipped Brian Wang | February 26, 2020 | Moderna shipped the first samples of messenger RNA based coronavirus vaccine to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease in Bethesda Maryland. Human clinical trials should start in 6 weeks and the results could be available in July. The Moderna vaccine will…
Why and How Governments Need to Mobilize Sanitizer Supply Brian Wang | March 15, 2020 | Problem: Hand sanitizer supply is critical for reducing the spread of coronavirus but we are massively short on supply. Hourly hand sanitizer usage would reduce disease spread by 70% reduction (Extrapolating MIT Simulation Study). In 2019, the industry made…
Coronavirus Crisis Will Openly Test Which Regulations Actually Matter Brian Wang | March 17, 2020 | The most common reason for COVID-19 patient admission to the ICU is severe hypoxic respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. A recent AHA estimate for COVID-19 projected that 4.8 million patients would be hospitalized, 1.9 million of these would be…
D-Wave Systems Real World Hybrid Quantum Applications and Soon 5000+ Qubits Brian Wang | March 1, 2020 | Users have developed 200+ early quantum applications on D-Wave systems, including airline scheduling, election modeling, quantum chemistry simulation, automotive design, preventative healthcare, logistics, and much more. On Feb 27, 2020 D-Wave announced the immediate availability of Leap…
Blood of Recovered Coronavirus Patients Gives Temporary Immunity Brian Wang | March 16, 2020 | Passive antibody therapy is where the blood of patients who have just survived and are recovering from coronavirus is taken and given to the most at-risk people (old but healthy enough to take the treatment). Can they also use the…
(CNN)President Donald Trump made a gathering of World leaders at the Group of 7 summit a video teleconference and canceled plans to hold the June meeting in person at Camp David due to the coronavirus pandemic, White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere sa…
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Washington (CNN)Millennials may just have the opportunity to rebrand what it means to be American, as did many of their predecessors, including the “Greatest Generation,” dubbed so for their sacrifices during World War II. Sure, there’s plenty of blame to go…
