Coronavirus - Overall
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@photo-fox Good post. A regular tactic from certain outlets comparing say Sweden or NZ to the USA to make some ridiculous point or mainstream press taking a few isolated tweets and framing them as opinion of a large section of society.
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@Catogrande
It's pretty obvious that the problem with hydroxychloroquine is political, not science.
I've been following this since March, it should have been widely used and publicised for immediate use for outpatients exhibiting minor sympoms.Hydroxychloroquine lowers COVID-19 death rate, Henry Ford Health study finds
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@Catogrande Reading through the whole article (about Michigan hospitals stopping using it), linked therein, shows few actual facts against HCQ, and that it was not used in the manner people have been pushing for-outpatient use combined with zinc and azithromycin (although it is less important). When administered immediately upon manifestation of symptoms, it has shown excellent results.
People that are admitted to hospital, and/or suffering ARDS, would be less likely to benefit from hydroxychloroquine, but many still do recover amazingly quickly-it would be on a case by case basis dependent on the patient's health. Most studies have been focused on the hospital setting. -
using the link I pasted above, https://c19study.com/, the first 9 (out of many studies shown (about 44 back to the start of May, almost all positive)...shown below quoted and abridged for clarity:
Global HCQ studies. PrEP, PEP, and early treatment studies show high effectiveness, while late treatment shows mixed results.*7/3 Positive Lancent Rheumatology, (Peer Reviewed) COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic disease in Hubei province, China:
Rheumatic disease patients on HCQ had a lower risk of COVID-19 than those on other disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs,7/3 Positive Scholz et al., COVID-19 Outpatients – Early Risk-Stratified Treatment with Zinc Plus Low Dose Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin:
Early treatment with HCQ+AZ+Z results in 84% lower hospitalization and 80% lower death. No cardiac side effects. Retrospective 518 patients (141 treated, 377 control).7/1 Positive Arshad et al. (Peer Reviewed) Treatment with Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin, and Combination in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19
HCQ decreases mortality from 26.4% to 13.5% (HCQ) or 20.1% (HCQ+AZ). Michigan 2,541 patients retrospective. Differences in age and sex between HCQ and untreated groups may favor the treatment and the control respectively.6/30 Positive Mikami et al. (Peer Reviewed) Risk Factors for Mortality in Patients with COVID-19 in New York City
HCQ decreases mortality, Retrospective 6,000 patients in New York City.6/29 Positive Ferreira et al., (Preprint) Chronic treatment with hydroxychloroquine provides protection against COVID, ...the actual benefit may be significantly higher .
6/25 Positive Lagier et al. Outcomes of 3,737 COVID-19 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine/azithromycin and other regimens in Marseille, France:
Early treatment leads to significantly better clinical outcome and faster viral load reduction. Retrospective 3,737 patients.6/22 In Vitro Wang et al. (not included in the study count) Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as ACE2 blockers to inhibit viropexis of COVID-19
6/22 Positive Chen et al. (Preprint) Efficacy and safety of chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine in moderate type of COVID-19: a prospective open-label randomized controlled study......Significantly faster clinical recovery and shorter time to RNA negative (from 7.0 days to 2.0 days (HCQ), 67 patients with mild/moderate cases.
6/19 Positive (news) SMSH Sawai Man Singh Hospital, India (not included in the study count) HCQ beneficial as preventive drug: SMS doctors told ICMR
PrEP with 4,300 very high risk healthcare workers in a hospital with up to 500+ COVID patients at a time, only 1% cases, all recovered.* -
#conspiracytheory
Has he really tested positive, or is he just saying so in order to back his downplaying of Covid when he remains healthy and recovers quickly?
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Interesting listen
Episode Info
Coronaviruses aren't new. For more than 20 years, German virologist Rolf Hilgenfeld has been looking for ways to slow or stop the virus. What does it take to find a treatment for coronaviruses, and what might that mean for the future of COVID-19? For more information on this episode, visit nationalgeographic.com/overheard
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Good summary on The Daily, New York Times
Four New Insights About The Coronavirus
In a nutshell
- It's not a respiratory virus but vascular
- Outdoors is safer than indoors
- It's mutating, less damaging but more virulent
- Kids are good, get back to school
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wow!
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oh man, I know we all have our own morons, but 'murica seem to do it better!
Anti-mask activists organised a protest at a grilled cheese restaurant in Florida after the owner encouraged people not to wear masks.
The US restaurant 33 & Melt has created tension after the owner, Carrie Hudson, promised 100 free meals for those who turn up without a mask on July 11.
During Saturday's protest, no customers wore face coverings inside the restaurant, despite the fact Florida county officials made the use of face masks in public mandatory since June 20.
The rally became tense when the Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco arrived at the restaurant and served Hudson with a warning.
"It's wrong, it's wrong, it's wrong. Don't shut her down, don't shut her down," protesters responded in a Global News video.
Protester Chris Nelson said in the video, "All she is doing is standing up for the rights of people to make their own medical decisions".
"You know what, you wanna call me selfish for not wearing a mask? I wanna say to you, all the people call me selfish, you're the one who's trying to force me [to have] a medical procedure so YOU can feel more safe," he said.
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US President Donald Trump has appeared in public wearing a facemask.
Donald Trump wears a facemask for the first time in public
Kiwis are neither required nor encouraged to wear a face mask in New Zealand.
'What a flex:' Kiwi's response to why he doesn't wear a mask goes viral
Many Americans still refuse to wear a mask even though health experts say the use of face masks may help stop transmission of the virus.Another anti-mask activist said she did not oppose those who want to wear face masks.
"If you are at higher risk, feel free to stay home, feel free to wear a mask, feel free to social distance - that is your choice and we respect it. We want our choices to be respected as well," said Tara Hill.
Florida has reported the largest single-day increase of COVID-19 of any state in the US, with a total of more than 269,000 confirmed cases so far.
According to the state Department of Health statistics, Florida reported an increase of more than 15,000 new cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours on Sunday, the day after the protest.
US President Donald Trump wore a face mask for the first time in public when he visited a Washington DC-area military hospital on Saturday July 12.
He had previously refused to wear a face mask or asked residents to wear one, saying it was a personal choice.
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@taniwharugby Putting a facemask on in public is now a medical procedure?
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@Bones who knows, so much (mis) information about.
But my totally qualifed AF thinking, if you have just been sick and get ill again several weeks later, surely that'd knock you harder 2nd time round as your immune system is still in recovery mode?