Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #56

[BUF]

More airports will probably be doing this...

Las Vegas airport adds vending machines selling face masks, sanitizer

Travelers flying in and out of Las Vegas can pick up a variety of items including forgotten toiletries and designer cupcakes at two dozen vending machines scattered throughout McCarran International Airport.

New to the lineup this week: three machines selling personal protective equipment including face masks, gloves, hand sanitizer and wipes.

The airport said it is the first in the U.S. to install the machines from vending machine operator Prepango, though Tulsa International Airport has added masks to existing vending machines and many airports are selling masks, sanitizers and related goods in their retail stores. The machines were installed in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Sailors on sidelined carrier get coronavirus for the second time

Sailors on sidelined carrier get coronavirus for the second time

1 hour ago
Five US sailors on an aircraft carrier sidelined in Guam due to a COVID-19 outbreak have tested positive for the virus for the second time and have been taken off the ship, according to the US Navy.

The resurgence of the virus in five sailors on the USS Theodore Roosevelt underscores the befuddling behaviour of the highly contagious virus and raises questions about how troops that test positive can be reintegrated into the military, particularly on ships.

All five sailors had previously tested positive and had gone through at least two weeks of isolation.

As part of the process, they all had to test negative twice in a row, with the tests separated by a day or two, before they were allowed to go back to the ship.

Somewhat confusing, and bewildering. So these sailors had tested negative for at least a couple of tests before going back on the ship. But got it again on the ship. What are these closed quarters doing to keep people safe? I would think that all the sailors on the ship are required, to at least, take their temps every day. But was this a case of virus sustained inside their bodies, or are there more infected sailors lurking on that ship.

 

[LadyL]

More airports will probably be doing this...

Las Vegas airport adds vending machines selling face masks, sanitizer

Travelers flying in and out of Las Vegas can pick up a variety of items including forgotten toiletries and designer cupcakes at two dozen vending machines scattered throughout McCarran International Airport.

New to the lineup this week: three machines selling personal protective equipment including face masks, gloves, hand sanitizer and wipes.

The airport said it is the first in the U.S. to install the machines from vending machine operator Prepango, though Tulsa International Airport has added masks to existing vending machines and many airports are selling masks, sanitizers and related goods in their retail stores. The machines were installed in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

great idea and they won't be able to keep them stocked IMO

 

[nhmemorymaker]

California biopharmaceutical company claims coronavirus antibody breakthrough

California biopharmaceutical company claims coronavirus antibody breakthrough

Perry Chiaramonte
6 hrs ago
A California-based biopharmaceutical company claims to have discovered an antibody that could shield the human body from the coronavirus and flush it out of a person’s system within four days, Fox News has exclusively learned.

Later Friday, Sorrento Therapeutics will announce their discovery of the STI-1499 antibody, which the San Diego company said can provide "100% inhibition" of COVID-19, adding that a treatment could be available months before a vaccine hits the market.

"We want to emphasize there is a cure. There is a solution that works 100 percent," Dr. Henry Ji, founder and CEO of Sorrento Therapeutics, told Fox News. "If we have the neutralizing antibody in your body, you don't need the social distancing. You can open up a society without fear."
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"When the antibody prevents a virus from entering a human cell, the virus cannot survive," Dr. Ji said. "If they cannot get into the cell, they cannot replicate. So it means that if we prevent the virus from getting the cell, the virus eventually dies out. The body clears out that virus."

"This puts its arms around the virus. It wraps around the virus and moves them out of the body."

All over the world..... we are going to get these announcements and proclamations. "The Race for the Vaccine" will end up as a Netflix Binge Watch in the future!

 

[nhmemorymaker]

pure cv deaths? that is ridiculous! how do you possibly cta


The concept of "pure coronavirus is absurd"-- it is splitting hairs to try and separate "those dying due to CV" and "those dying with Coronavirus". IMO all of those deaths are people who would still be alive but for CV; many of them had co-morbidities, but they were living just fine with their diabetes, obesity, COPD, etc etc etc. Had they not contracted the virus they would still be on this erth. There is no doubt in my mind 99.9 of those people died due to the virus and of course they died with it. I don't get the point at all.

I now look at the virus as "an immune system killer" so the Covid is the killer......... just quicker in some with underlying conditions. And unfairly so...since most of these underlying conditions were probably under good medical management.

 

[tresir2012]

All over the world..... we are going to get these announcements and proclamations. "The Race for the Vaccine" will end up as a Netflix Binge Watch in the future!

I just searched to see what is in trials or developments.

Coronavirus outbreak: Top coronavirus drugs and vaccines in development

 

[nhmemorymaker]

We don't know that. Diabetes, Obesity, Asthma, COPD---all by themselves, are responsible for many deaths. COPD is very serious:

Is COPD a fatal disease?
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) refers to a collection of lung diseases that can lead to blocked airways. ... For those living with COPD, every breath can be difficult. People with COPD can be at risk for serious complications that can not only put their health in jeopardy, but also be fatal.Nov 5, 2018

Recognizing Serious COPD Complications - Healthline
www.healthline.com › health › serious-complications

COPD CAN be very serious...... but it can also be very mild. there is an elaborate scale that has been established for very mild to very severe cases. A wide range of pulmonology tests establish these classifications. Wide scale and wide symptoms. The above is more like the "severe" definition of COPD.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Donald Trump says America's coronavirus curve is flattening but a second wave is coming for rural communities

Donald Trump says America's coronavirus curve is flattening but a second wave is coming for rural communities

By Emily Olson
4 hrs ago

Cuthbert is the kind of place where social distancing was practiced well before it became a buzzword.

Tucked away in a quiet, empty corner of south-west Georgia, the town has one traffic light, two grocery stores and a dozen churches. There are zero skyscrapers or subway cars or international airports.
So, when Cuthbert's 3,000 residents first learned about coronavirus — visualised as maps with big red circles around America's urban centres — they thought to themselves, "surely that sort of thing could never happen here".

Cuthbert had the highest death rate per-capita in the US
At the time of writing, Cuthbert and the surrounding Randolph County (total population: 6,700) reported 169 confirmed cases and 21 deaths.[/QU

Coronavirus Might Become An Endemic. But What Does That Mean?

Coronavirus Might Become An Endemic. But What Does That Mean?

Elizabeth Gulino
11 hrs ago
COVID-19 is currently classified as a pandemic, which is defined by the World Health Organization as the worldwide spread of a new disease. You’re probably familiar with this term by now — it’s been used everywhere since March. But its status might change again. If eventually, the virus could become what’s known as endemic.

“This virus just may become another endemic virus in our communities and this virus may never go away. HIV hasn’t gone away,” said Dr. Michael Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization’s health emergencies program, during a media briefing. “I’m not comparing the two diseases, but I think it is important that we’re realistic. I don’t think anyone can predict when or if this disease will disappear,” Dr. Ryan said, according to CNN.

When coronavirus first emerged as a major outbreak, it was labeled an “epidemic.” The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines that term as “an increase, often sudden, in the number of cases of a disease above what is normally expected in that population in that area.” A short while later, COVID-19 officially became a pandemic. That’s more serious, because it indicates that the illness has spread over several countries or continents, affecting a large number of people.

An endemic is “the constant presence and/or usual prevalence of a disease or infectious agent in a population within a geographic area,” reports the CDC. So if coronavirus stuck around in a certain area, it could be considered endemic there. Other endemics include HIV, chicken pox, and in some areas of Africa, malaria. They’re always present in a certain population or region, but not necessarily at high levels — in some cases, endemic diseases are rare.

Rural counties just do not have the healthcare systems to manage this. More will die. Hopefully, as the curves in larger metro areas go down and the rural areas go up, healthcare professionals can move with it. But then again....... all these health care workers.. whoosh.. they need our honor f-o-r-e-v-e-r.

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Has this been posted?

Kidney injury seen in more than a third of hospitalized COVID-19 patients: U.S. study

Day before yesterday Dr. Hansen was covering this in his YouTube and showed some actual autopsy photos of kidneys and other organs clots, and EM photos of the virus in the kidneys and other organs. More and more moving to "epithelial disease that gets in the body through the lungs" per Dr. Seheult, especially now learning more about children with the TSS/Kawasaki syndrome similarities.

GRAPHIC WARNING on this video of clots in internal organs, not for squemish.

12 Autopsy Cases Reveal TRUTH About How Patients Die From Coronavirus | COVID-19

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Donald Trump says America's coronavirus curve is flattening but a second wave is coming for rural communities

Donald Trump says America's coronavirus curve is flattening but a second wave is coming for rural communities

By Emily Olson
4 hrs ago

Cuthbert is the kind of place where social distancing was practiced well before it became a buzzword.

Tucked away in a quiet, empty corner of south-west Georgia, the town has one traffic light, two grocery stores and a dozen churches. There are zero skyscrapers or subway cars or international airports.
So, when Cuthbert's 3,000 residents first learned about coronavirus — visualised as maps with big red circles around America's urban centres — they thought to themselves, "surely that sort of thing could never happen here".

Cuthbert had the highest death rate per-capita in the US
At the time of writing, Cuthbert and the surrounding Randolph County (total population: 6,700) reported 169 confirmed cases and 21 deaths.

One of the problems with Georgia, is with the very very high number of counties, trying to establish procedures for the future.

Of course I watch overall Florida rulings, changes etc, but I pay closer attention to what my County is doing in regards to opening up beaches, defining essential businesses, which types of restaurants can open etc.

I also watch Georgia, because Georgians rush into Florida to play. As our beaches opened, only county residents could park on the beaches. But out of staters could park in the large parking lots and our 120 + beach access lots to walk on to the beaches. Everyone has noticed the very high percentage of Georgia plates in all of our beach access parking lots.

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Consistency is just so hard, and small rural counties WILL be overrun.

I believe it is a fair variable when looking at weaker health systems and enforcement of the new rules and regs on social distancing and opening businesses up.

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Packing a Covid19 kit for my husband to take with him on the airplane tomorrow. I’m sending:
5 pairs of nitrile gloves
10 Lysol wipes
2 N95 masks

he has one connection each way. I’m also packing a lunch so he doesn’t have to eat airport food. He’s going to have to buy water once he’s through security but with the wipes he should be able to clean the outside of the bottle.

can anyone think of anything else that might be useful and can be brought through airport security without checking a bag?

Less than 3 oz bottle of hand sanitizer
Glasses to protect eyes mucous membrane (not just normal glasses, but swimming type goggles type to wear on plane for "floating droplets/aerosols" like Ben wore)
Bandana, just in case and easy to pack

ETA: Reference to Ben is the first YouTube we followed here in thread #1/#2..... as he was in Wuhan when we first started following him. They knew that potential respiratory pathogen could get in through aerosols and in the air.. so he was ahead of the curve big time and never became positive)

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Day before yesterday Dr. Hansen was covering this in his YouTube and showed some actual autopsy photos of kidneys and other organs clots, and EM photos of the virus in the kidneys and other organs. More and more moving to "epithelial disease that gets in the body through the lungs" per Dr. Seheult, especially now learning more about children with the TSS/Kawasaki syndrome similarities.

GRAPHIC WARNING on this video of clots in internal organs, not for squemish.

12 Autopsy Cases Reveal TRUTH About How Patients Die From Coronavirus | COVID-19

missed this one......... thanks for the reminder to watch.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

So your answer is to lockdown till there is a vaccine, which could be never? Or over 60's stay locked down and the rest go back to work till 70% have had it? Then what if the virus continues to mutate, and the younger ages start dying too?
There is no one solution to this. But slowly working towards herd immunity will help, where hospitals don't get swamped. Why attack people for their views. If you are "not going to participate" what exactly do you mean? What will you be doing instead?

I want to see some age-related lock-down or stay at home... People can petition for one or the other, but it is one way of saying "we want to protect seniors" by putting you on a different schedule... Prob will never happen, but I really like the "idea". We may need to change it all if the younger start getting more severe cases, or the specific PIMS gains horrific momentum... but change is the name of the game.

 

[dixiegirl1035]

This information does not seem revolutionary to me......... this is one of the reasons why I find it just so valuable to follow some of these doctor's youtube lectures and updates. One is Dr. Campbell who provides a tally of cases and issues from all over the world.

But the best for me is Dr. Roger Seheult. With the progression of his informative lectures we can see how the medical community is learning and changing their opinions of exactly what this virus really is, and what it does. Seeing how the virus hits the epithelium of the cells shows how this disease is truly an "immune system killer".

How it affects the heart.... shows why we have to get a good handle on ACE inhibitors, ARBs, hypertension and statins....

It is a shame that early victims on ventilators was not the right course.... which tells me the longer we can wait to possible get this virus..the better!!

And makes me wonder, why we haven't encourages an age based stay at home policy more agressively.

Reminds me, I forgot to post yesterday's Dr. Campbell video..

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Of course it’s related to how sick someone is. It’s disturbing that more than a third of hospital COVID patients will have kidney issues.

i agree.... we really do have to follow the increasing knowledge on the renal system....

 

[nhmemorymaker]

He does wear glasses so he has eye protection. An extra ziploc might be handy. Will add it to one of the bags.

ETA: I added two bags, one for the mask he wears in case he needs to store it and doesn’t want to confuse it with the clean one and one for waste. Bags are all labeled. With the wipes and the gloves looks a little bit like an abduction kit. Wipes could be chloroform soaked. (I’ve been on the forum too much). With a ham sandwich in case he gets hungry should make for some interested TSA.

ha ha ha! love it when I can really giggle a bit.

 

[mickey2942]

Skyrocketing meat prices put Las Vegas restaurant owners in jam

This article discusses the problems a lot of restaurants are having sourcing meat, and the cost. As if restaurants have not had enough problems!

INMO, this article is way too optimistic about the situation getting straightened out in a few weeks.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

I just searched to see what is in trials or developments.

Coronavirus outbreak: Top coronavirus drugs and vaccines in development

Thanks for providing this article, Tresir..... its a start to try to follow what is going on out there. And is that date of today, the actual date of when it came out. (sometimes I see a current date broadcast, but not the actual date of the writing).

And this article still puts Remdesivir the top drug being used/tested for those sick.

And Sorrento isn't even mentioned in this article. Sorrento is a relatively small lab in CA, but just this simple PR announcement made their stock skyrocket yesterday.

I hope we can try to keep up with the craziness of possibilities. With the guard down on FDA requirements etc...we are going to see so many outlandish claims.. I am still feeling that the Oxford stuff seems the most sane so far.


Sorrento Therapeutics skyrockets 244% after claiming a breakthrough on a COVID-19 antibody (SRNE) | Markets Insider

 

[jjenny]

Lots of drugs, vaccines being developed-the problem is, it all takes time. Vaccines normally take years because of all the trials they need to undergo. If you accelerate the process and skip steps, there could be unforeseen consequences. Drugs, if they are experimental, usually take a long time to approve. HIV drugs are already approved for HIV, so if they show efficiency, presumably they can be used off label or approved much more quickly. And then if the drug is effective, it's a big undertaking to make enough of it-remdesivir is in short supply. It's all promising but might take years, and the darn virus is killing people now.

 

[jjenny]

Thanks for providing this article, Tresir..... its a start to try to follow what is going on out there. And is that date of today, the actual date of when it came out. (sometimes I see a current date broadcast, but not the actual date of the writing).

And this article still puts Remdesivir the top drug being used/tested for those sick.

And Sorrento isn't even mentioned in this article. Sorrento is a relatively small lab in CA, but just this simple PR announcement made their stock skyrocket yesterday.

I hope we can try to keep up with the craziness of possibilities. With the guard down on FDA requirements etc...we are going to see so many outlandish claims.. I am still feeling that the Oxford stuff seems the most sane so far.


Sorrento Therapeutics skyrockets 244% after claiming a breakthrough on a COVID-19 antibody (SRNE) | Markets Insider

Remdesivir was shown to be effective in a clinical trial, the rest haven't yet. And I think remdesevir could be even more effective if given early on. Unfortunately it's an IV drug. And right now it's only approved for use in severe cases, so not very early in the infection. And there is not enough of it for even severe cases.
My guess, if given early on, it would stop replication of the virus and prevent progression to severe cases, but it's not approved for that yet. It takes a long time for people with even non severe cases to get over it. so something that could shorten the duration, like remdesevir, would be great. But again, it's an IV drug, so can't be prescribed for people to take at home.