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Post by Wicked Cricket on Mar 31, 2020 8:56:05 GMT
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Post by kevininnessupersub on Mar 31, 2020 22:38:08 GMT
I have been informed that Derek Semmence passed away on Sunday(29/3/2020)
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 1, 2020 6:16:06 GMT
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 1, 2020 6:23:04 GMT
A truly uplifting and positive story amidst the present troublesome times.Sussex CCC report that Sid the Shark is on the frontline of helping the world’s medical profession find a cure for the coronavirus pandemic. It has been known for some decades that a cholesterol-like compound found in sharks' tissue is able to combat viruses that cause hard-to-treat human diseases, such as dengue fever and hepatitis, but a new study has proven that this same compound can also help fight Covid-19. Called squalamine, the compound is presently being used in human clinical trials in both America and the UK. To date several hundred people with coronavirus have been tested and early results show great promise. This new study also reveals that squalamine can disrupt the virus's life cycle and prevent it from replicating, which is exciting news given how infectious Covid-19 is proving to be. Emma Williams, a marine biologist from the UKs ‘Sharklife Conservation Group’, comments, “We are very excited that sharks could hold the key for a coronavirus cure and we are delighted that Sussex CCCs mascot Sid the Shark is helping us with our trials.” While testing of the anti-malaria drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have shown promise, squalamine, say doctors, could be the most effective treatment as current antiviral drugs are highly specific—each targeting just one strain of a virus—but strains can easily mutate and become resistant to the medication - whereas squalamine has the capacity to counteract all known forms. "It's a whole new approach to treating viral disease," said study leader Michael Zasloff, of Kings College London Hospital. “And we are very grateful that Sid the Shark has offered up his time to help.” Zasloff discovered squalamine in 1993 while searching for antibacterial agents in sharks, which are immune to most diseases, including all viruses. Sid's self-isolation tankHe found that squalamine—which "looked like nothing else that had ever been described or discovered"—inhibits the growth of blood vessels, suggesting the molecule could potentially stop diseased cells from multiplying. Research eventually led to Zasloff's ‘eureka moment’, when he realised squalamine can also disable viruses. "I could see [how it works against viruses] almost as if it were a moving picture," he recalls. “Squalamine is a positively charged molecule, so when it enters a cell, the molecule immediately sticks like Velcro to the cell's inner membranes, which have negative charges.” Sid the Shark is presently residing in a self-isolation tank at Kings College London while doctors take regular samples from his skin tissue. A Hospital spokesperson says, “Sid is delighted to be aiding the fight against Covid-19 and hopes his tissue can bring about a cure, so the county cricket season can begin on May 28th with the Sharks home T20 Blast fixture against the Kent Spitfires.”
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Post by joe on Apr 1, 2020 6:46:10 GMT
He’ll probably break a thumb after 2 games 😂
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 1, 2020 11:24:44 GMT
This is well-off piste, but these series of drone films showing the extraordinary, almost unbelievable world in lockdown, is a once in a lifetime must viewing.
Breathtaking.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 1, 2020 11:38:28 GMT
No surprises here, but the players appear to be still gaining their full monthly wage.
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Post by liquidskin on Apr 1, 2020 18:37:33 GMT
News out today that they've tested 150,000 people and 30,000 are positive. All these people are either hospitalised or hospital/care workers presumably. Question, If 150,000 hospitalised people have been tested, and 30,000 people are infected with Covid, what the hell have the other 120,000 people got? Shouldn't we be more concerned with the 80% majority? What have they had that's bad enough to hospitalise them? A flu we've heard of? I wonder how many of the 120,000 have died of what they had.
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Post by flashblade on Apr 1, 2020 20:27:06 GMT
News out today that they've tested 150,000 people and 30,000 are positive. All these people are either hospitalised or hospital/care workers presumably. Question, If 150,000 hospitalised people have been tested, and 30,000 people are infected with Covid, what the hell have the other 120,000 people got? Shouldn't we be more concerned with the 80% majority? What have they had that's bad enough to hospitalise them? A flu we've heard of? I wonder how many of the 120,000 have died of what they had. I thought they'd aimed to test ALL hospital patients. Presumably the 120,000 that are virus free are those that have been admitted for all the other things that hospitals do, not just people showing covid symptoms.
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Post by liquidskin on Apr 2, 2020 9:50:09 GMT
Like people with fractured bones? I don't think so. Unless they are ridiculously dumb, they will only test people with flu symptoms. Covid is responsible for about a fifth of worldwide flu, and probably a fifth of worldwide flu deaths too - although I don't know that because data on this stuff is harder to ascertain than info on the length of a Sussex player's contract.
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Post by flashblade on Apr 2, 2020 10:01:09 GMT
Like people with fractured bones? I don't think so. Unless they are ridiculously dumb, they will only test people with flu symptoms. Covid is responsible for about a fifth of worldwide flu, and probably a fifth of worldwide flu deaths too - although I don't know that because data on this stuff is harder to ascertain than info on the length of a Sussex player's contract. They don't want to risk anyone coming into a hospital (for whatever reason) bringing Covid-19 with them. I guess that's why they test them all - after all, they may be asymptomatic. Sussex CCC have recently been specifying the length of contracts being renewed. Hope that helps.
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Post by liquidskin on Apr 2, 2020 10:13:14 GMT
So if you come into hospital with something that needs urgent attention, they test you for Covid first, then send you away and tell you to return in 24 hours when they have the result?
No that doesn't help Flash, because it's nonsense.
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Post by flashblade on Apr 2, 2020 10:20:45 GMT
So if you come into hospital with something that needs urgent attention, they test you for Covid first, then send you away and tell you to return in 24 hours when they have the result? No that doesn't help Flash, because it's nonsense. I don't know all the details - I don't work in a hospital. Maybe the procedures are different for urgent admissions, which is what you seem to be focussing on. With less urgent admissions, they would be able to build the 24 hour test delay into the pre-admission procedure, I guess. If you are going to pursue this further, you may need to ask a medical person.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 2, 2020 12:16:23 GMT
In such unprecedented times, the news that the 2020 Wisden is to be published on April 9th feels rather hollow when there is no cricket being played and with no confirmed date of it starting in sight. Perhaps, though, it is time to return to the sport's roots, its traditions, the many memories and pleasures, especially when the latest Wisden has on its front cover the actual moment England won the World Cup last year. This is the Almanack's 157th edition which, not surprisingly, focuses on that incredible summer of 2019. The Wisden honours, including the 'Five Cricketers of the Year', will be announced on April 8th. email.bloomsburynews.com/q/1IHBYuIhAyDfvtsNc43HW/wv
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 3, 2020 11:24:19 GMT
Now... this is impressive.
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