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  1. LurkerBaba

    Wuhan Coronavirus Thread

    Nah. It was obvious that Covaxin would be much more expensive. Reasons: Less scale compared to SII. PSUs are supposed to start producing Covaxin but that'll take many months Contrary to popular belief, mRNA vaccines are far easier to mass produce compared to traditional vaccines. You need to...
  2. LurkerBaba

    Wuhan Coronavirus Thread

    Sad that we don't have critical thinking skills even on DFI. A few Google searches can debunk this It's comparing price in private hospitals vs negotiated contracts by goverments These prices are for the old contracts when GoI was paying rs 150 per dose. Here's a source from Jan about the...
  3. LurkerBaba

    Wuhan Coronavirus Thread

    There are two types of such plants - Liquefaction - converting air to liquid for separating oxygen. This is expensive. Industries use this because they want high purity Molecular sieve - they are also called oxygen concentrators. It literally uses a sieve to filter out the O2 molecules based...
  4. LurkerBaba

    Wuhan Coronavirus Thread

    The import of oxygen and conversion of industrial oxygen to medical is not going to yield immediate results. Reason is logistics - you need cryogenic containers (-90C) to transport in large quantities and we have a limited number of such containers. What should have been done is augment...
  5. LurkerBaba

    Wuhan Coronavirus Thread

    (offtopic) Microwaves have a higher wavelength compared to visible light. Since E = h · c / λ Microwave radiation is less powerful than visible light Also, compared to X rays etc Microwaves are non-Ionizing. It's ionizing radiation which has the ability to increase risk of cancer
  6. LurkerBaba

    Wuhan Coronavirus Thread

    Some folks were quoting Sweden as an effective model wrt to its "soft lockdown" approach. Current situation there - "Sweden has now overtaken the UK, Italy and Belgium to have the highest coronavirus per capita death rate in the world, throwing its decision to avoid a strict lockdown into...
  7. LurkerBaba

    Wuhan Coronavirus Thread

    Folks, please continue the boarder discussion on media here https://defenceforumindia.com/threads/indian-media-watch.32479/page-153
  8. LurkerBaba

    Wuhan Coronavirus Thread

    Meanwhile in Pakistan... "The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association (PPMA) has warned the federal government that any decision to discontinue the import of raw material of medicines from India will weaken the country’s ability to fight coronavirus."...
  9. LurkerBaba

    Wuhan Coronavirus Thread

    I'm talking about global deaths saar. Already ~300k
  10. LurkerBaba

    Wuhan Coronavirus Thread

    80k+ dead in USA. The initial projections of 1mil+ deaths turning out to be true :(
  11. LurkerBaba

    Wuhan Coronavirus Thread

    OT You'll like this thread :) https://defenceforumindia.com/threads/are-you-authorized-to-defend-yourself.24591/page-24
  12. LurkerBaba

    Wuhan Coronavirus Thread

    Apparently, in Michigan (USA) there are no laws against open carry of firearms. This is 100% legal. Scarier ?
  13. LurkerBaba

    Wuhan Coronavirus Thread

    Meanwhile in America... "Hundreds of demonstrators — some of them heavily armed — crowded into Michigan’s state Capitol Thursday afternoon to protest against Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s shelter-at-home order. The demonstration began outside the Capitol early in the day in heavy rain...
  14. LurkerBaba

    Wuhan Coronavirus Thread

    Got this off /r/China on reddit - CCP troll exposes his own tactics in /r/coronavirus. I've deleted the mandarin original text and left only the translation ===== I'm here to share some of my experiences baiting people on YouTube and Reddit. I'm not a keyboard warrior, I don't play LoL and I...
  15. LurkerBaba

    Wuhan Coronavirus Thread

    Please stay on topic. Use the galli gossip thread for OT political discussion
  16. LurkerBaba

    Wuhan Coronavirus Thread

    This is the Coronavirus thread. Some OT posts moved
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