• Researchers studying the novel coronavirus and ways to neutralize SARS-CoV-2 that don’t involve a vaccine are working on antibody-based drugs.
• Centivax has been exploring antibodies that work on SARS to prevent the novel coronavirus from attacking cells.
• Other labs, including one at Stanford University, confirmed the antibodies worked on the new virus as well and could act as a potential COVID-19 cure.
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A vaccine is the only drug that can stop us from becoming infected with the novel coronavirus. More than 100 candidates are already in the works, and a handful of them have already reached various phases of human testing. While the signs are promising, we’ve yet to learn whether or not these drugs are safe and effective. Once they are approved for use, it will take years for the entire global population to be immunized.

Thankfully, a new type of drug is currently in development — one that can improve the condition of existing patients and even provide limited immunity against infection. These are drugs based on antibodies that can block the SARS-CoV-2 virus from replicating inside the body and can boost the immune response in COVID-19 patients.

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• A new survey found that 70% of people would rather rent a new movie at home as opposed to going out to a theater.
• In light of the coronavirus, 10% of people indicated they may not ever go back to a theater again.
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The coronavirus pandemic will likely have a long-lasting impact on a number of previously popular leisure activities. Absent the development of a vaccine, there’s a good chance that activities where people tend to sit in close proximity to one another will be decidedly less appealing. Indeed, this is why sporting events may be held in crowd-less stadiums and why comedy clubs — where patrons are packed tightly together — may not even open up until 2021.

Moviegoing is another activity that will likely be turned on its head because even people eager to return to a sense of normalcy are liable to have serious reservations about returning to packed theaters.

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• A group of international researchers has published a new analysis of how countries around the world can best get the coronavirus pandemic under control in their areas.
• The basic idea is an on-off cycle of lockdowns and relaxation. Specifically, an alternating cycle of 50 days of strict lockdown followed by 30 days of easing, which the researchers think is an ideal solution for reducing the number of COVID-19 deaths.
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Early on in the coronavirus pandemic in the US, back in early March, a Medium post went viral that offered a way forward in terms of what the best and least onerous response to the COVID-19 outbreak should be. The writer used the following images to describe it: The hammer, and the dance.

The hammer refers to the all-at-once, abrupt, dramatic lockdowns in response to a spike in cases, a spike that could threaten to overwhelm an area’s health care resources. Once that surge begins to subside, then you can begin “the dance” — the less-precise, more open-ended return to normal that lets people and businesses get back to what they were doing before, albeit within strict limits. And if the surge returns? You guessed it. The hammer comes back down again. Rinse, repeat. “Strong coronavirus measures today should only last a few weeks, there shouldn’t be a big peak of infections afterward, and it can all be done for a reasonable cost to society, saving millions of lives along the way,” the piece argues — and a new study from international researchers is now pretty much calling for the same thing.

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• NASA is recruiting volunteers to spend eight months locked up in a simulated spacecraft on its way to Mars.
• The participants will be studied throughout their ordeal as scientists determine how long-haul spaceflight affects the human body and mind.
• Volunteers will be paid, though NASA is keeping the exact dollar amount a secret.
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Humans are headed for Mars. We don’t know exactly when that’s going to happen, but NASA and other space agencies around the world are already preparing for that eventuality. It’ll be a long trip, and one of the big question marks is just how well humans will deal with being locked in a cramped spacecraft for months on end.

To that end, NASA wants to hire a handful of suitable humans to spend a whopping eight months cooped up in a tiny mock spacecraft. The experiment will take place in Moscow, Russia, and follows a similar experiment where a team of six spent four months in the same confined quarters.

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• Some airlines will have cabin crews wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) and will implement other safety measures to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission.
• The novel coronavirus pandemic has grounded international flights for months, but as countries start to reopen, some people will start flying again.
• Qatar Airways is the latest company to announce the introduction of hazmat suits for its flight attendants on all of its flights. Passengers will have to wear face masks.
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Airlines will bend over backward to tell you how they’re improving safety during the coronavirus pandemic. The truth is that we have no idea whether those fancy HEPA filters that completely cycle the air in the cabin every two to four minutes can actually eliminate the risk of COVID-19 infection. But it’s still refreshing to know that such filtration systems are in place. Add to that social distancing measures inside airports combined with temperature screening, and flying can get safer.

Also, the use of face masks could further reduce transmission inside the cabin, as could the extensive use of disinfectants on frequently touched surfaces. And, going forward, don’t be surprised to see some flight attendants wearing the same hazmat suits you see in reports about doctors and nurses fighting COVID-19 on the front lines.

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• All 30 NBA teams are going to be taking part in a coronavirus antibody study led by the Mayo Clinic as part of a newly announced effort to determine how many players and coaches have developed antibodies.
• This is a key step toward the league, which suspended its season two months ago, being able to safely start back up again.
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All 30 NBA teams are expected to participate in a newly announced coronavirus antibody study led by the renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Although, that belies the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has struck closer to home for some teams more than others.

Take the Minnesota Timberwolves, for example. Star center Karl-Anthony Towns lost his mother to the coronavirus last month, making his team one of the first to truly understand the deadliness of the virus. The Timberwolves practice facility is also just about an hour away from the Mayo Clinic, which will use a finger prick to draw blood to try and determine how many of the league’s coaches and players have developed coronavirus antibodies, according to Reuters.

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• DoorDash added a location tracking feature for pickup orders so that restaurants can know when you are getting close and can have your order ready the moment you arrive.
• You will have to opt-in to the feature, so your location won’t be tracked automatically.
• DoorDash also shared some interesting statistics about pickup in the time of coronavirus.
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Restaurants were forced to adapt quickly when the novel coronavirus pandemic arrived. Having dozens of customers sitting feet from one another was no longer safe, and in many countries around the world, restaurants had no choice but to eliminate dine-in altogether until the spread of the virus was under control.

As a result, delivery and pickup have skyrocketed, as has the usage of apps and services like DoorDash. It has been almost two years since DoorDash gave merchants the option to allow customers to place an order online for carryout, and on Wednesday, the company announced that it will bolster the feature by giving customers the ability to opt-in to share their location so that merchants will know when they are getting close.

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• Twitter today announced that it’s testing a new feature designed to limit who can reply to your tweets.
• The new conversation setting has three new options. The first allows anyone to reply. The second allows people you follow to reply. The third allows only people you mention in a post to reply.
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For as informative and engaging as Twitter can be, conversations on the social networking site can quickly become unmanageable at best. At worst, Twitter threads can quickly become a cesspool of hate and vitriol.

In an effort to address this, Twitter earlier today announced that it’s testing new conversation settings that would allow tweeters to dictate just who is able to reply to certain posts. While there are some tweets you want to push out into the world, there are other times when you may only want to solicit or entertain replies from people you actually follow yourself.

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• NASA’s head of human spaceflight, Doug Loverro, resigned just days before NASA’s first crewed launch in nearly a decade.
• Loverro told colleagues he was resigning due to a decision he made earlier in the year.
• SpaceX’s Crew Dragon launch will still proceed as scheduled.
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We’re literally just days away from NASA’s first manned launch of a spacecraft from US soil since the Space Shuttle era. It’s a massive event, with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon taking a pair of NASA astronauts to the International Space Station and, if all goes well, reaching the finish line of the Commercial Crew program.

It would be hard to imagine a single soul at NASA not wanting to be part of this huge milestone, and even harder to imagine one of the people who helped make it possible choosing to leave the space agency. That’s exactly what Doug Loverro, the head of NASA’s human spaceflight efforts, is doing. Loverro resigned from his post as Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations.

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• Moderna’s early coronavirus vaccine results look promising, but they actually lack the crucial data that doctors and physicians working on COVID-19 therapies need.
• The company’s Monday announcement left out key details that will only arrive once a full study is available, but it also sent its stock soaring ahead a new round of public stock offering.
• Moderna did say that eight out of 45 volunteers who were inoculated with the RNA vaccine developed neutralizing antibodies for SARS-CoV-2.
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Moderna is one of the several companies working on a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, and it’s the first company to have started Phase 1 human trials for the drug. It’s also the closest to reaching Phase 2, and emergency use of the vaccine may be approved as soon as this fall if all goes well.

The first patients were inoculated with Moderna’s mRNA-1273 compound several weeks ago, and the company disclosed preliminary results a few days ago saying the drug generates an immune response comparable to the one seen in COVID-19 survivors. That’s the kind of good news the world has been waiting for. A vaccine will be key to stopping the spread of the disease. However, some researchers say that Moderna hasn’t actually shared any data of value to scientists, cherry-picking the information it chose to make public.

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