CoronaBlunters

3 bùkas, -à adj. (4)

1. nesmailus, atbukęs: Tas kuolas bukas, neįkalsi Ėr. Nulūžo adata, dabar viškum bukà, nebelenda Kp. Jau bukà žagrė, reikia smailint Kp. Bukà yla Dkš.
^ Ant bùko kalno aria geležiniais jaučiais (kerpa avį žirklėmis) Plv.
bukai̇̃ adv.: Kodėl tep bukai̇̃ nudrožei, pasmailink! Kt. Tiek bukai̇̃ patašė gembę, kad nėkaip į žemę nelenda Vvr.
ǁ su apvaliu galu: Buki̇̀ čebatai kaip vyžos Kp.
ǁ rš geom. turintis tarp 90° ir 180° (apie kampus).
ǁ neaštrus, atšipęs: Peilis bùkas, o kirvis atšipęs, atsivypęs J. Peilis jau bùkas, pagaląsk Kt. Tas kirvis bùkas, negaliu įkirsti Yl.
ǁ nestiprus (apie skausmą): Krūtinėje bukas, maudžiantis skausmas rš.
ǁ sugrubęs: Buki̇̀ pirštai, nesugraibau adatos Kp.

2. Vrn buolas, baužas: Bùką karvę nusipirko Pbs.

3. prk. negudrus, nepastabus, negabus: Jis yra tiek bukas, kad jo niekas neperkalbės rš. Nebūk bukas kaip kuolas V.Krėv.
bukai̇̃ adv.: Jis bukai žiūri į žemėlapius, lyg nieko negirdi ir nemato sp.
ǁ abejingas: Liudas žiūrėjo į lubas buka veido išraiška ir tylėjo J.Avyž.

4. prk. duslus: Absoliučiai bukas garsas greit prapuola rš.

How Covid-19 immunity testing can help people get back to work
We need to find out who has the antibodies to the virus.

Testing to see who has the Covid-19 coronavirus has become one of the most crucial elements of slowing the global pandemic. And it may also hold the key to a return to normal.

“Everyone staying home is just a very BLUNT measure. That’s what you say when you’ve got really nothing else,” Emily Gurley, an associate scientist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, told NPR. “Being able to test folks is really the linchpin in getting beyond what we’re doing now.”

In particular, serological tests, also known as “immunity tests,” for antibodies to the virus could reveal the true extent of the pandemic and help scientists answer basic questions about Covid-19 and the virus that causes it, SARS-CoV-2: How many people have been infected with the virus? Who may have spread it without knowing it? Why do some people have mild illness while others become gravely ill? How deadly is the disease? What tactics are actually working to slow its spread?

Serological tests could also potentially allow people who have immunity to return to work. That could be a huge boost to front-line health workers who may have been exposed to the virus but are desperately needed back in action.

Countries are now racing to acquire more of these tests. The United Kingdom ordered 3.5 million serological tests. Germany is considering using these tests to issue immunity certificates to people who have survived Covid-19.

In the US, the Food and Drug Administration on April 2 granted first approval to a serological test for Covid-19, with an Emergency Use Authorization. The test, made by Cellex, can generate results in as little as 15 minutes. Other companies and labs are jostling to develop serological tests in the US as well.

But scientists are also still learning how long immunity from Covid-19 can last and whether there is a chance that people could be reinfected. Filling in these blanks will be critical to the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. Let’s walk through what we know.

Serological tests can reveal who has defeated Covid-19 and may now be immune

In patients who have recovered from Covid-19 or may have carried the virus without realizing it, a serological test can show who carries antibodies, even if the virus is no longer present. Antibodies are proteins that help the immune system identify and eliminate threats. Once they’re made, they help the body neutralize future infections from the same threat.

Establishing who is immune is important for figuring out who can safely return to work. For example, health workers are facing staffing shortages as Covid-19 spreads through their ranks, and serological tests may soon become necessary to keep hospitals and clinics running.

These tests are also a forensic tool, tracing the spread of the virus through a population. This can solve some of the unknowns of the Covid-19 outbreak and help scientists get ahead of the next pandemic. Countries like China and Singapore have already used serological tests for contact tracing to see how the virus has spread.

Serological tests use blood serum, the liquid part of blood, excluding cells and clotting proteins. Even though SARS-CoV-2 isn’t typically present in blood, an infection causes white blood cells to make antibody proteins that help the immune system identify viruses and stop them, or mark infected cells for destruction.

Although these proteins can be detected in the bloodstream and blood serum, it can take several days for someone to make these antibodies after an infection. So a serological test isn’t always useful for finding an active infection — and can yield a false negative, showing that someone doesn’t have the virus when they actually do. The results of these tests can also be trickier to interpret than results from the more common RT-PCR tests used to diagnose Covid-19, which detect the virus’s genetic material.

But antibodies can linger long after an infection has faded. That’s why serological tests for antibodies can identify past cases of the virus.

“That’s a great screening tool to figure out what proportion of our patient population had it or what proportion of our hospital staff has been exposed to it,” said David Pride, associate director of microbiology at the University of California San Diego.

Researchers are also studying how to use antibodies collected from previously infected patients to treat current cases of Covid-19. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now allowing doctors to use blood plasma from recovered patients that contains antibodies to treat emergency cases of the disease, and serological tests can identify potential antibody donors. (Potential donors can sign up here.)

Serological tests are also cheaper to run than RT-PCR. An RT-PCR test costs about $50 at Medicare rates. A serological test can be less than $10.

blunter

A gigantic shit that completely fills the toilet and stinks to high hell

So the other day I went to the Polish deli and got one of their big meat sandwiches. This morning I took a big Polish blunter.

Polish Deli

any place such as a bar, work office, football game or strip club where the number of guys exceeds the number of girls.