Remdesivir and Possibility for Anti-Covid19 Drug Cocktail

It seems plausible that a near term cocktail of drug treatments might halve the fatality and halve the hospital times for coronavirus. This is just assuming the Remdesivir results could be improved with some other anti-virals or other drugs. The preliminary data showed that the time to recovery was 11 days on remdesivir compared to …

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Tesla Has Profitable First Quarter Despite Coronavirus

Tesla reported first-quarter profits despite the coronavirus and shutdowns of factories. $283M GAAP operating income; 4.7% operating margin in Q1 $16M GAAP net income; $227M non-GAAP net income (ex-SBC) in Q1 Gross margin at Giga Shanghai approaching level of US-made Model 3 Model Y gross margin positive in Q1 Tesla missed qualifying for the SP500 …

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Cautious Staged Re-Opening of Retail, Restaurants from Texas to California

It seems that retail and restaurant will try to safely re-open by following procedures similar to the supermarkets and hardware stores that have not closed. Texas will have staged re-opening starting at 25% capacity and then increasing if there is very little increase in coronavirus cases. Florida and other states are re-opening. California has announced …

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Sweden Was Not Overrun Without a Full Coronavirus Economic Lockdown

Sweden did not lockdown its economy or close its schools in response to the coronavirus. They did ban gatherings of over 50 people. Sweden has been able to keep most of its economy open. Sweden’s deaths per million from Coronavirus is lower than Italy, Spain, France, UK, Netherlands and Ireland. Sweden is only slightly worse …

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How Americans are Practicing Self-Care in the Age of Quarantine

For the millions of Americans who are quarantining at home, self-care has been pushed to the back burner. But think twice before you decide to neglect your own physical and emotional well-being. During times like these, self-care is a vital necessity (and welcome relief from the problems of the outside world). Practical Ways to Prioritize …

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What is the New Future After the Pandemic Has Reshaped Our Present?

The Coronavirus Pandemic is reshaping our current world and it is reshaping the future. The pandemic and global lockdown is causing a global economic depression, shattering the energy markets and killing previously might companies and industries. 18 months ago, Nextbigfuture looked at the world from 2018-2028. In 2010, the iPhone 4 was introduced and Apple …

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Magnet Enhanced Aerocapture Would Enable 39 Day Mars Crewed Flights

Direct comparisons were made between aerocapture and competing orbit insertion techniques based on state-of-the-art and advanced chemical propulsion, solar electric propulsion, and aerobraking. Aerocapture is enabling for three missions: delivery of spacecraft into elliptical orbits at Neptune and circular orbits at Jupiter or Saturn. Aerocapture significantly enhances five other missions by putting larger, and usually …

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