Coronavirus COVID-19 *Global Health Emergency* #13

[otto]

Replying to myself.

"A 62-year-old man who became Spain’s first coronavirus patient is believed to have made a full recovery after being treated with an HIV drug, according to a report." https://nypost.com/2020/03/05/coron...y-recovers-after-being-treated-with-hiv-drug/

and this is of interest too:
"'Among the potential treatments is an HIV medication that may work to block an enzyme the virus needs to mature."
Doctors fight coronavirus outbreak with drugs that target HIV, malaria and Ebola

Now I'm curious whether that enzyme is much bigger or stronger in children under age 10. It seems to me that the virus needs a place to hide for a couple of weeks before it emerges - attacking the most vulnerable organ (e.g.: lungs, kidneys, central nervous system, stomach tract).

Where does this virus hide while it incubates and matures? In other organisms, it hides in the liver. It's contagious while it incubates and deadly when it matures. It's invisible and silent. It's quite a strange reality.

 

[Chelly]

That’s what I’m saving my Pottery Barn catalogs for.

Ohhhh....the higher class wipe.

 

[MJPeony]

Has anyone checked in our YouTube ladies from the Grand Princess since last night? I need to go find their link and check...

 

[What if...]

I read that article, but didn't link it because it applies to controlling the virus through school children, and in this case it looks like children are not at high risk ... assumed it would be dismissed. However, if the borders can't be closed anymore, at least the school can be closed.

Online, or virtual, teaching and learning has been a thing for almost 2 decades. Now is a great time to move forward with open education resources and virtual learning environments. Open academics credentialing is the next step.

I wouldn’t discount the role that children are having in this outbreak. There’s new research indicating that that children are catching it at the same rate as the adults, but the majority are having very mild or no symptoms at all. Speculation is growing that children may be carriers and are also contributing to the rapid spread of the virus throughout the communities.

Whether children aren’t catching it, or are catching and remaining asymptomatic is a big mystery either way. Gaining some understanding of the dynamics between the children and the virus will hopefully provide insights to how this virus actually operates.

So, IMO, all of these articles could ultimately be very relevant...

 

[otto]

I'd like to see North Korea's 'leadership' wiped out.

The first coronavirus patient was shot, and another 25 people are in line for execution for having the virus. Someone with the virus went there, and, given their appalling living conditions, it probably spread throughout the population before anyone knew they were sick.

 

[LadyL]

Maybe those of us who are hypochondriacs atm should take like a three-day break from this thread and see if it helps. Ignorance is bliss?

 

[LadyL]

The first coronavirus patient was shot, and another 25 people are in line for execution for having the virus. Someone with the virus went there, and, given their appalling living conditions, it probably spread throughout the population before anyone knew they were sick.

I just realized my post was political. Oops.

 

[Midgie2]

Thank Goodness I can come here and talk/type to other like minded people.

If I mention this to either of my daughters they tell me to go have a drink and relax.
And I’m not a drinking woman. Wish I was now.

 

[What if...]

Has this been posted on the thread yet?

"'The influence of COVID-19 on the human body is like a combination of SARS and AIDS as it damages both the lungs and immune systems,' Peng Zhiyong, director of the intensive care unit of the Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan, told the Global Times."

Coronavirus ‘like a combination of SARS and AIDS’

WOW! Going to have to sleep on that one. COVID-19 is a beast!!

I believe my brain is having a meltdown just considering what this combination could possibly equate to.

No words....

 

[dixiegirl1035]

And................we have hit 1,000 posts again in just 24 hours.... this thread is mooooooooooooooving.

 

[otto]

Opinion - Those Australians seem to take their toilet paper shopping very seriously....moo

Rumour is that some shops in Melbourne were out of toilet paper, pasta, sauce, and flour yesterday. Today people at hostels are being turned away if they leave the facility. Australians have no choice but to start taking things seriously. The hot spot is Sydney, but it will spread. Maybe Amazon delivers toilet paper in Australia too.

 

[cody22]

I just realized my post was political. Oops.

I can just see me waiting in the Election line to vote on November 3, 2020 in my n95 mask, and wearing an old backpack full of black market toilet paper.....moo

 

[otto]

Left hand. That is why you eat with your right hand in the communal rice dish. Never with the left.

That's Muslim and Southern Europe.

 

[Midgie2]

Maybe those of us who are hypochondriacs atm should take like a three-day break from this thread and see if it helps. Ignorance is bliss?

I would but I’d be afraid I’d miss some good survival tips. BOB’s, homemade sanitizer, elderberry syrup.

 

[dixiegirl1035]

National Guard delivers coronavirus test kits to cruise ship

 

[cody22]

I would but I’d be afraid I’d miss some good survival tips. BOB’s, homemade sanitizer, elderberry syrup.

I never knew that ice cream and Tater Tots were survival foods until I read this thread....moo

 

[What if...]

They should just get it over with and tell us we are all going to die.

LOL - not funny, but.... LMAO

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Has anyone checked in our YouTube ladies from the Grand Princess since last night? I need to go find their link and check...

 

[otto]

I wouldn’t discount the role that children are having in this outbreak. There’s new research indicating that that children are catching it at the same rate as the adults, but the majority are having very mild or no symptoms at all. Speculation is growing that children may be carriers and are also contributing to the rapid spread of the virus throughout the communities.

Whether children aren’t catching it, or are catching and remaining asymptomatic is a big mystery either way. Gaining some understanding of the dynamics between the children and the virus will hopefully provide insights to how this virus actually operates.

So, IMO, all of these articles could ultimately be very relevant...

Yes, there's an article I read the other day about a parasitic virus that implants in the brains of ants. One plants in the brain to make it do what it wants while the others mature in the liver. The parasitic virus causes the ant to crawl to the top of the plant where it will be eaten by mammals, such as cattle.

I think there's a big question about the one thing that children have that adults don't have which allows them to recover quickly.

 

[LadyL]

Rumour is that some shops in Melbourne were out of toilet paper, pasta, sauce, and flour yesterday. Today people at hostels are being turned away if they leave the facility. Australians have no choice but to start taking things seriously. The hot spot is Sydney, but it will spread. Maybe Amazon delivers toilet paper in Australia too.

they were - I saw pictures of the empty shelves
not sure if it was New Zealand or Australia