JohnCushman
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My niece whose on mandatory quarantine is on her 8th day with no test results......
COVID-19 Links, facts and discussion. Politics and hyperbole welcome.
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elkduds
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for calmness and health to you and her.Also, thanks for reminding veterans here that telemedicine and mental health is available.
Back in the day (HIV/AIDS epidemic) you knew that whoever you had sex w, you were also having sex w everyone they had sex w. That mentality could be useful for reaching the young and virus-invincible, as in: When you get close to someone, you are getting close to everyone they've been close to, and everyone that group got close to...
SAJ-99
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Sorry. I know that must suck. I have heard results are up to 10 days out in some areas and tests are in short supply. Some Drs are diagnosing off of chest X-ray and CT, much like China did. Hopefully her symptoms are light.
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In our prayers here.
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I can't access. Can you post the Cliff Notes version? Please
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They tracked patients and have good testing so likely there mortality rate is accurate, Italy et al is probably total bs.
Pro tip: You can usually get around the pay walls by opening articles in incognito mode in chrome, or private mode on your phone browser (safari).
Nameless Range
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From the article :
“In Italy, 9.5 percent of the people who have tested positive for the virus have succumbed to covid-19, according to data compiled at Johns Hopkins University. In France, the rate is 4.3 percent. But in Germany, it’s 0.4 percent.
The biggest reason for the difference, infectious disease experts say, is Germany’s work in the early days of its outbreak to track, test and contain infection clusters. That means Germany has a truer picture of the size of its outbreak than places that test only the obviously symptomatic, most seriously ill or highest-risk patients.”
The United States failed at testing early on. We are now up against inertia, and it is unclear how difficult it will be to stop.
Nameless Range
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For tough ones that private browsing can’t get past, I use Chrome as a browser and do this:
f12>ctrl+shift+p>disable javascript>refresh = bye-bye paywall
I have absolutely no idea WTF that all means. Please post something I can understand, like a photo of Mac and cheese.
(Sorta scared to dip my toes into shark filled commenting waters)
Skimming thru the last 6 pages, I don’t recall any conversation when comparing death rates of Influenza A or B versus Covid-19: A major difference has to include immunization rates that reduce infection or morbidity of the “flu” versus and viable antivirals (Tamiflu) whereas there is no herd or individual resistance or well known medications (yet) to fight the new virus.
Flu shots save multitudes of lives. Hopefully there will be a viable vaccine for Covid-19.
I also don’t recall much discussion here regarding the hopeful news that Plaquenil alone or in combination with azithromycin is showing early promising stories. Cuomo certainly seems to have gone all in for chloroquine (Plaquenil) with news outlets reporting NY ordering a huge number of doses (millions?)
Skimming thru the last 6 pages, I don’t recall any conversation when comparing death rates of Influenza A or B versus Covid-19: A major difference has to include immunization rates that reduce infection or morbidity of the “flu” versus and viable antivirals (Tamiflu) whereas there is no herd or individual resistance or well known medications (yet) to fight the new virus.
Flu shots save multitudes of lives. Hopefully there will be a viable vaccine for Covid-19.
I also don’t recall much discussion here regarding the hopeful news that Plaquenil alone or in combination with azithromycin is showing early promising stories. Cuomo certainly seems to have gone all in for chloroquine (Plaquenil) with news outlets reporting NY ordering a huge number of doses (millions?)
Doublecluck
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Nasty little bug
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A new perspective: Virtual reality shows exactly how COVID-19 can damage the lungs
WASHINGTON (WJLA) – High-tech imaging is now providing a first-of-its-kind look at the damage COVID-19 can inflict on a patient's lungs. Dr. Keith Mortman, the Chief of Thoracic Surgery at George Washington University Hospital, used a CAT scan from an actual coronavirus patient to create the...
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Jim/Wa
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If you apply Germany's 0.4% mortality rate to the CDC estimated 60 million swine flu infections in the US for 2009 you get ~250k dead. Hopefully that's still an order of magnitude off.
Doublecluck
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So many mixed messages who knows what to think? I know one thing, if was on my death bed, start throwing and see what sticks..
Ps. If you’ve been reading the reports of chloroquine uses in treating the virus, don’t drink fish tank cleaner that contains chloroquine phosphate because it’s 100% more deadly than the virus.. lol..
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I predict the governor will be proven both right (needs controlled studies) and wrong (it’s gonna be effective in the short term, and not many long term problems).
Every Monday for breakfast our family would take a then newish drug chloroquine as a malarial prevention dose. Most of my current Facebook MK friends share that they did their weekly dose on Sundays. Returning more recently to either East or West Africa I’ve used other anti malarials as there has been a significant resistance by Plasmodium species.
Kinda interesting. Not mega newsworthy though interesting...
A color code for the map would helpKinda interesting. Not mega newsworthy though interesting...
Tried to copy it w/ the map though wouldn't route over. It's in the link provided.
Nameless Range
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New York Will Try Convalescent Blood Therapy - Marginal REVOLUTION
On March 17 I wrote: “A simple and medically feasible strategy is available now for treating COVID-19 patients, transfuse blood plasma from recovered patients.” New York, with other states following closely behind, is now trying the idea. NBC News: Hoping to stem the toll of the state’s surging...
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