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  1. I work in clinical trials and in fact on COVID-19. I cannot speak on behalf of my company so this is my educated belief: I believe it is almost certain we will have several effective, approved and ready vaccines by January, as well as dozens of drugs that will effectively treat at least some of the most serious symptoms. It is almost unthinkable to believe that no country in the world will have a successful vaccine at this point, because the entire scientific community is working together with powerful computer models that are essentially running trials on computers before they even make it to human testing. That’s why we have five government sponsored vaccines that are all likely to work, albeit in different ways. Never before in human history have we seen multiple clinical trials, in multiple countries, for the same virus get to approved Phase 3 trials as quickly as this has. Let alone at risk manufacturing. If you only watch the news and don’t understand clinical trials, to be fair, you cannot possibly appreciate how fast this is moving. There are over 100 different clinical trials happening simultaneously all over the world. Unprecedented. They all fall into a few different buckets of approaches, and each one has scientific efficacy. In other words, there is reason to believe that each approach will be effective. I think the biggest hurdle may be housing. Attendance will return, streaming will be much bigger than before, but where do kids sleep? Will school systems open up their buildings? That to me is very fragile.
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  2. CADETS.LIVE.ORG Join Cadets Brass Caption Manager, Dr. Matt Stratton, on June 23rd, 8 pm EST, as he sits down and chats with the Heavy Hitters of DCI brass arranging. #CBrass #CadetsLive
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  3. And now....unfortunately, she got hit with a copyright...she put the vid on a Google drive (link in the description)
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  4. In the U.S. today, newly reported cases (33,000), deaths (775), and the positivity rate (6.4%) were all higher today compared to yesterday -- but that's normal for Tuesdays vs. Mondays -- and compared to last Tuesday. Deaths would be flat week over week if not for some delayed reporting today out of Delaware, but the positivity rate was at its highest point in more than a month: the implication of that is that the increase in cases is not just a function of more testing. However, in his Congressional testimony today, Dr. Fauci had some encouraging words: "We feel cautiously optimistic, based on the concerted effort and the fact we are taking financial risks — not risks to safety, not risks to the integrity of the science, but financial risk to be able to be ahead of the game — so that when, and I believe it will be when and not if, we get favorable candidates with good results, we will be able to make them available to the American public. ... It would put us at the end of this calendar year and the beginning of 2021."
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  5. Christopher Martin, bro of Michael (Cavies brass arranger) and son of Freddie (famous brass pedagogue), is the trumpet player in the red shirt. He was in Spirit of Atlanta in the 90s.
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  7. My son-in-law is an oncologist - they are now seeing an uptick in more serious / later stage cancers because for several months people were afraid to go to their Dr / ER when they first noticed a lump or other symptom / sign. And I think this is a wave that will get bigger before it gets smaller.
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  8. As "Larry the Cable Guy" would say "SMOTHERED AND COVERED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" That's back when this old body could handle all that.
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  9. Saltine crackers with shredded cheese on them Before the San Antonio regional in 2005 Capital Regiment, baby!!!!!
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  10. Cheese toast. Literally a piece of toast with slice of space cheese on it.
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  11. I was thinking of Cadets' 2005 show, but why?
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  12. Quite a different scene than what was presented ( in way of real info ) ..Sad, People like your son are the true hero's in all this..Thank him from all of us...scary for you too I'm sure
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  13. My son is an OR Nurse at the VA Hospital in Orlando. The past three months he was moved to another location to do COVID screening. He is being moved back to his original job next week, and others are coming back as the OR schedule fills out.
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  14. heheheheh I see what you did there.......hysterical😷
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  15. I hate to disagree but there are multiple configurations for the Waffle House hash browns. There have been songs written about them. ( Not good ones but still.) Here's just one article from the AJC that have been written about the experience. (My Dad did prefer his grits as a dessert with sugar.) https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/dining/your-guide-waffle-house-hash-browns/u6FvGwLoPboYIaz6hFukGP/
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  16. Too many puzzle pieces to put together for me.
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  17. I think best odds for DCI tour summer 2021 are 50:50. A whole lot of things will need to fall into place - not just a vaccine / treatment, but all the details of logistics.
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  18. For a healthy donation more than what the New Zealand lady gets.
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  19. Can we get the Mandarins to play true colors again
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  20. Partially hydrogenated oil sandwich made with butter flavored partially hydrogenated oil.
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  21. I know. Not happening is my guess.
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  22. Grilled cheese sandwich made with butter flavored Crisco and fake cheese.
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  23. First, all five of the American government sponsored clinical trials are approved to manufacture at full capacity before final approval in the event that one or all get approved. This ensures that there are millions of doses ready the moment it is approved. Second, there will be successful vaccines of all different types tested and approved in the Uk, China, Japan and Israel. Finally, you don’t need 100% of the population immune to effectively stop the community spread of a virus. Ive read that 30% is the key threshold. We already have over a million Americans immune. In the grand scheme of things, while this virus is about three times more contagious than the common flu, it is not complex. The vast majority of people who contract this virus appear to show little to no symptoms. This is actually a problem because you often don’t even know you have it and therefore might be unknowingly spreading it. For the most part, the only people who are at extreme health risk appear to be those who have other serious health problems, namely obesity, diabetes and heart disease. That’s because these conditions are already effecting your respiratory system. Almost all of the diagnosed patients are sent home to recover.
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  24. Some excellent submissions today and I believe we have a new leader; Mello Dude. Spaghetti food poisoning is going to be tough to beat.
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  25. Endless PB&J sandwiches at Sky Ryders, where the summer heat usually melted the peanut butter into a soupy mess that had to be poured onto the bread.
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  26. I’m sure this must sound strange, but before finals in 1979, we were fed a Thanksgiving meal. Turkey, stuffing and trimmings, after eating nothing but marginal nutrition, at best, for weeks. So I marched finals in a tryptophan coma. I am still pretty sure I had a good run, but I wonder if we could have scored higher on a carb loaded meal.
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  27. BD's worst meal in 84 was beef stroganoff. Not many of us ate it...so after the Pt. Huron rainout show, when we were stuck at the Canadian border with Garfield, Freelancers, and 27th, we gave it to Garfield....and we sat on our busses in slack-jawed amazement watching them pound it down like there was no tomorrow. Even today, alums of 84 Cadets tell me that was their BEST meal all year!
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