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A vaccine may not even happen, and if it does could takes years. https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/03/health/coronavirus-vaccine-never-developed-intl/index.html "There are some viruses that we still do not have vaccines against," says Dr. David Nabarro, a professor of global health at Imperial College London. "We can't make an absolute assumption that a vaccine will appear at all, or if it does appear, whether it will pass all the tests of efficacy and safety. Most experts remain confident that a Covid-19 vaccine will eventually be developed; in part because, unlike previous diseases like HIV and malaria, the coronavirus does not mutate rapidly. But even if a vaccine is developed, bringing it to fruition in any of those timeframes would be a feat never achieved before. "We've never accelerated a vaccine in a year to 18 months." In 1984, the US Secretary of Health and Human Services Margaret Heckler announced at a press conference in Washington, DC, that scientists had successfully identified the virus that later became known as HIV -- and predicted that a preventative vaccine would be ready for testing in two years. Nearly four decades and 32 million deaths later, the world is still waiting for an HIV vaccine. "An effective vaccine for dengue fever, which infects as many as 400,000 people a year according to the WHO, has eluded doctors for decades. In 2017, a large-scale effort to find one was suspended after it was found to worsen the symptoms of the disease." Similarly, it's been very difficult to develop vaccines for the common rhinoviruses and adenoviruses -- which, like coronaviruses, can cause cold symptoms. There's just one vaccine to prevent two strains of adenovirus, and it's not commercially available. "The lockdown is not sustainable economically, and possibly not politically," says Neal. "So we need other things to control it." That means that, as countries start to creep out of their paralyses, experts would push governments to implement an awkward new way of living and interacting to buy the world time in the months, years or decades until Covid-19 can be eliminated by a vaccine.

Good read. What if we can't find a cure quickly? "The search for a vaccine is a moonshot, and it may work. After all, America did put a man on the moon. But we can’t keep the economy in lockdown while we wait. The purpose of the lockdown was not to prevent every American from getting COVID-19, Roy says, but to prevent our health care system from being overwhelmed. “We’ve done that,” he says. “It’s time to stop annihilating the economy." https://www.journalnow.com/opinion/columnists/marc-a-thiessen-what-if-we-cant-find-a-cure-quickly/article_7426e4f2-8fb9-5e39-a214-e88b43093b2d.html

82k that is insane. That wouldn't get you a 1 bedroom in Hamburg The median home value in Town of Hamburg is $195,565. Town of Hamburg home values have gone up 3.7% over the past year

My drone was having issues. I was trying to get some video.

Wow at that band that just moved trough...An inch already in like 30 minutes, stuck everywhere...

I take probiotics on the daily for the last few years. Haven't had any stomach issues since I started.

My cousin has crohns disease and previously had IBS. Such a brutal illness. He has certain foods that trigger it, so his diet has to be very strict. It's a tough situation to constantly have to track everything and be near a bathroom at all times throughout the day.

LOL

It's been snowing all day here.

Bomb cyclone? More fake news https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/mother-s-day-weekend-snowstorm-could-bring-bomb-cyclone-thundersnow-n1202811

Because unemployment levels were at historic lows before this virus. Not relating to this survey. Obviously UI rates are now at historic highs.

It really is incredible. 6 weeks from the most powerful sun of the year. 6 weeks after June 21st is beginning of August and usually the warmest time of year.

I'm worried about corporate earnings the next few quarters. A lot of large companies are going to be reporting substantial negative profits.

Are not most low income earners still working? Grocery stores, most retail stores, and most restaurants (take out)

So we had the lowest unemployment levels of all time and overall wage growth up 8% over a year ago but it's a bad thing? (Before COVID)

This is pretty historic and rare so lets post about it. Some heavy stuff over Canada.

Even snowing right along lake front

The Unemployment Rate Is 15 Percent. Here’s Why the Stock Market Doesn’t Mind. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/05/us-unemployment-rate-jobs-report-stock-market-dow.html

CNN really is fake news, just reading this is facepalm https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/stock-market-news-050820/index.html Headline- Here's why growing paychecks is bad news American paychecks just got a whole lot bigger. That's not the great news you'd expect it to be. Hourly wages were up 4.7% from March to April, significantly higher than the 0.3% average monthly increase from the previous 12 months. Paychecks grew by nearly 8% from a year ago, way more than the average 3.5% yearly increase Americans have been getting over the past year. The reason for the giant pay increase was a negative one: So many people in lower-paying services jobs have been among the first to get laid off or furloughed. Paycheck growth was a strange quirk in the jobs report: More high-income earners stayed in their jobs than low-income workers, skewing the wage data higher.

The sun is quite strong already got a pretty bad sunburn last weekend.

I grew up on the west side and that was my pizza shop. Every time you post that webcam I want to go grab a few slices.

Markets are going up and up. Everything I thought I knew about investments has been thrown out the window. I guess the only thing that maybe makes sense is all of the future earnings are "factored in" to the current market? Consumers drive the economy, corporate earnings are going to be the lowest in nearly a generation.