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Ferrets are Cool

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18. I was not aware of this
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 10:09 AM
Jun 2020

“Giving serum from newly recovered patients is a stone-age approach, but historically it has worked,” said Jeffrey P. Henderson, MD, PhD, an associate professor of medicine, infectious diseases, and of molecular microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. “This is how we used to prevent and treat viral infections like measles, mumps, polio and influenza, but once vaccines were developed, the technique understandably fell out of favor and many people forgot about it. Until we have specific drugs and vaccines for COVID-19, this approach could save lives.”

So, he probably has a bank of 7 survivors strapped to beds down in his "bunker". One for each day of the week.

Satan doesn't get sick. N/T pdxflyboy Jun 2020 #1
I don't get it either. femmocrat Jun 2020 #2
Have you read the "Andromeda Strain"? lapfog_1 Jun 2020 #3
If I remember correctly, there were two... Hugin Jun 2020 #6
If this were a zombie apocalypse, I would say with certainty... Hugin Jun 2020 #4
He likely has it, is a super spreader, and doesn't care JackInGreen Jun 2020 #5
As a side note, why haven't we heard of any of the super rich, the jet setters etc getting sick? LiberalArkie Jun 2020 #7
+1 2naSalit Jun 2020 #8
This!👆 SheltieLover Jun 2020 #19
Viruses have standards... Miguelito Loveless Jun 2020 #9
Thread winner! fleur-de-lisa Jun 2020 #10
Gold Star Award Ferrets are Cool Jun 2020 #12
DUzy of DUzys Roland99 Jun 2020 #15
Won't be the first time I've been asked whether my tinfoil hat is too tight... Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #11
Bet he's been getting blood plasma treatments all along Roland99 Jun 2020 #13
beat me Demonaut Jun 2020 #16
lol! GMTA! Roland99 Jun 2020 #17
I'll lay money on antibody plama infusions Demonaut Jun 2020 #14
I was not aware of this Ferrets are Cool Jun 2020 #18
I must have been born in the stone-age. GeorgeGist Jun 2020 #20
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