Coronaviral

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A thread devoted to all things COVID-19 related, football and otherwise.

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Global COVID-19 Tracker

Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU)

 

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Trump seeks EXCLUSIVE rights to vaccine in development in Germany

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/15/coronavirus-latest-updates-trump-tests-negative-as-spain-orders-nationwide-lockdown-uk-us-australia-italy-europe-global-economy

German newspaper Welt am Sonntag has reported that US president Donald Trump has sought exclusive rights to a vaccine for the coronavirus which is being developed by a German-based company, CureVac.

The report, which quoted unnamed sources, said Trump had offered large sums of money to German scientists working on the vaccine, and that the Germany government was working to prevent the US procuring it on this basis.

 

Donald Trump greift nach deutscher Impfstoff-Firma

https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article206555143/Corona-USA-will-Zugriff-auf-deutsche-Impfstoff-Firma.html

 

 

Germany and US wrestle over coronavirus vaccine: report

US President Donald Trump is attempting to entice a German lab to develop a vaccine exclusively for the US, a German newspaper reported. Berlin health authorities are in intensive talks with the company.

 

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-and-us-wrestle-over-coronavirus-vaccine-report/a-52777990

The governments of Germany and the United States are wrestling over the German-based company CureVac which is working on a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, reported German newspaper Welt am Sonntag.

The prominent German media outlet reported, citing unnamed sources, that US President Donald Trump was offering large sums of money to German scientists working on a vaccine. He wanted to secure exclusive rights to their work, the newspaper reported.

Trump was doing everything he could to secure a vaccine for the United States, "but only for the US," the newspaper quoted an anonymous German government source as saying.

The newspaper reported that the German government has tried to offer the company financial incentives to remain in Germany.

A German health ministry spokesman told Die Welt that the government was in "intensive" dialogue with CureVac.

"The German government is very interested in having the development of vaccines and treatments against the novel coronavirus undertaken in Germany and Europe," the spokesman said.

Read more: Coronavirus: Is Germany doing enough to slow the outbreak?

CureVac declined to comment to Die Welt. The company is based in the southwestern German city of Tübingen and works with the Paul Ehrlich Institute, linked with the German health ministry. It also has sites in Frankfurt and the US city of Boston.

On Friday, CureVac co-founder and chief production officer Florian von der Mülbe told Reuters that research into several possible vaccines had begun and the two most promising would be chosen for clinical tests. The company hoped to have an experimental vaccine developed by June or July, and then to get approval for testing on people.

Meeting with Trump

Trump on Saturday tested negative for the coronavirus after potentially being exposed to several cases.

The COVID-19 outbreak, which started in China, has spread across the globe with more than 156,000 confirmed cases and 5,800 deaths. More than 70,000 people have recovered from the virus, which presents for most people as a mild to moderate illness, but can become a serious condition in others.

On March 2, CureVac's then-CEO Daniel Menichella attended a meeting at the White House to discuss coronavirus vaccine development with Trump and members of his coronavirus taskforce.

On March 11, the company announced Menichella would be replaced by company founder Ingmar Hoerr, without giving a reason why.

 

 

 

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I for one wont touch that vaccine Vesper thats for sure. Even if it exists its nothing more than Avian flu or H1N1 flu.

Nothing spreads like fear.

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

I work in the travel industry, things are absolutely fucked for us. A lot of people are going to lose their jobs

[Laylabelle 9,360]

The people panic buying..urgh!! Know theres panic but people buying 10 packets of pasta or 7 bottles of capol is madness. It's sad shops have had to send emails out reminding people and limiting them. Not everyone can afford to go mad and they are the ones who will be effected. 

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42 minutes ago, We Hate Scouse said:

I work in the travel industry, things are absolutely fucked for us. A lot of people are going to lose their jobs

Really feel for you, absolutely awful situation.

Keep us posted.

[manpe 10,861]

I hope this nightmare is over by summer. In Estonia all schools, theatres, museums, cinemas are closed. All public gatherings are banned, life is standing still.

Lamb Of God concert I was waiting for a long time is not happening in Helsinki.  It's a tragedy for me.

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39 minutes ago, 11Drogba said:

 

In the US people queue up to buy guns. In the Netherlands thousands of people were today queueing to buy weed before all coffee shops (and restaurants, cafes etc.) closed down at 6pm and will remain shut for next 3 weeks at least.

I guess stereotypes do exist for a reason 

[NikkiCFC 7,966]

This is great article.

[Special Juan 27,430]

Just announced that the FA have closed down all grass roots football for the foreseeable future.

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The upcoming bailouts and stimulus from Trump administration will make Bernie Sanders' policies look like free market capitalism.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,489]

The school I teach at closed down today indefinitely. We will be doing remote learning via Google Classroom. It will be interesting.

[Special Juan 27,430]

Boris Johnson was fucking awesome once again how he skirted around everything and put the onus on the British public rather than actually telling people what to do.

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[Special Juan 27,430]

Boris won't do that he is worried about upsetting people.