Covid 19 thread

[Dieter the Brock]

80+ yrs old with pre-existing underlying health issues are predominantly the people who are dying.

60+ yrs old with pre-existing underlying health issues are predominantly the people who are requiring hospitalization.

Act accordingly.

Yeah totally fucked up

 

[12intheBox]

I know the elderly are more at risk - but I keep seeing stories of younger and younger people hospitalized and even dying. Maybe these are just outliers, but I think the whole - I'm fine because I'm under 55 years old - isn't necessarily the case.

 

[CeeZar]

I know the elderly are more at risk - but I keep seeing stories of younger and younger people hospitalized and even dying. Maybe these are just outliers, but I think the whole - I'm fine because I'm under 55 years old - isn't necessarily the case.

At least part of that is the younger folks not following social distancing and other guidelines. Young and stupid.

 

[Dieter the Brock]

I know the elderly are more at risk - but I keep seeing stories of younger and younger people hospitalized and even dying. Maybe these are just outliers, but I think the whole - I'm fine because I'm under 55 years old - isn't necessarily the case.

I mean Tony Boselli was in the ICU
That’s all you need to know. That guy is a specimen of fitness.

 

[Dieter the Brock]

At least part of that is the younger folks not following social distancing and other guidelines. Young and stupid.

I did so much dumb shit as a kid that almost got me killed without even knowing it. Nothing’s changed, except the global pandemic

 

[12intheBox]

At least part of that is the younger folks not following social distancing and other guidelines. Young and stupid.

But that would only make them more likely to catch it - not more likely to die from it. Right?

 

[Merlin]

The media here in japan announced that the govt had done just the same.
Tokyos cases surged over the weekend, but many people stayed in because the weather was bad.
Then today the news reported tracking and hotspots compared to the weekend before.
Anyway, numbers have miraculousy dropped to about 40 cases from 200.
In a day.

This is good, but also worrying.
Numbers all over the world continue to escalate, yet Japan keeps pulling in low cases.
Then with only one weekend of most people isolating, cases drop significantly.

Theres a lot of speculation here.
I find it troublesome how japan can almost effortlessly keep numbers low whilst the rest of the world cant contain it despite stricter measures.

I suspect it's the lower incidence of shaking hands when people meet. Japanese take to social distancing easier because a courteous bow can keep distance easier.

Japanese are also extremely law abiding people socially. As opposed to free thinking American dickheads like us who do whatever we want even when told to stay inside lol.

 

[Merlin]

But that would only make them more likely to catch it - not more likely to die from it. Right?

Yes. But I also think the average numbers are good indicators of who should have the most concern. It definitely shows age is a huge factor, probably the single largest factor in this thing.

And re: the younger people who do struggle with it... Over large numbers you absolutely will have outliers, even some young folks who for whatever reason aren't equipped to handle the virus. It's a shame but that's the nature of things, it's always been that way and still is in spite of our medical technology.

 

[SWAdude]

I don't know if this has been shared yet. It is a long watch (one hour) and has some glitches to it but it comes from a Doctor on the front line in NYC.

He goes over what they have discovered and answers questions that many of us have. I dumbs it all down to us.

I found it fascinating and enlightning.

Hope all are well.

Ignore the "Sorry" and push the #Watch on Vimeo". It is safe.


View: https://vimeo.com/399733860

 

[Dieter the Brock]

I don't know if this has been shared yet. It is a long watch (one hour) and has some glitches to it but it comes from a Doctor on the front line in NYC.

He goes over what they have discovered and answers questions that many of us have. I dumbs it all down to us.

I found it fascinating and enlightning.

Hope all are well.

Ignore the "Sorry" and push the #Watch on Vimeo". It is safe.


View: https://vimeo.com/399733860

Is it safe?

 

[VegasRam]

80+ yrs old with pre-existing underlying health issues are predominantly the people who are dying.

60+ yrs old with pre-existing underlying health issues are predominantly the people who are requiring hospitalization.

Act accordingly.

Thank God I'm 70+.
Dodged a bullet there.

 

[Dieter the Brock]

Redirect Notice

 

[12intheBox]

In a pandemic, all memes, GIFs, jokes and the like are fair game and are meant to be shared far and wide. We need that shit.

 

[thirteen28]

The media here in japan announced that the govt had done just the same.
Tokyos cases surged over the weekend, but many people stayed in because the weather was bad.
Then today the news reported tracking and hotspots compared to the weekend before.
Anyway, numbers have miraculousy dropped to about 40 cases from 200.
In a day.

This is good, but also worrying.
Numbers all over the world continue to escalate, yet Japan keeps pulling in low cases.
Then with only one weekend of most people isolating, cases drop significantly.

Theres a lot of speculation here.
I find it troublesome how japan can almost effortlessly keep numbers low whilst the rest of the world cant contain it despite stricter measures.

I've been tracking them some, my wife is originally from Koga about an hour north of Tokyo by train and her mom is still over there. Seems like they have avoided the worst without any massive clampdown. A lot of it I think has to do with culture, as they wear facemasks even in normal flu season at a far higher rate than we do in the U.S. I don't know about their supply chain either, but I suspect they haven't insanely and stupidly outsourced everything to China like we have in the U.S.

 

[thirteen28]

Actual #'s (see cumulative hospitalization #'s)


View: https://twitter.com/COVID19Tracking/status/1244735582544130048


Predicted #'s (purple dashed line ... notice where they are on April 1st, compared to the actual #'s they presented in the tweet above)

(source: http://covid19.healthdata.org)

So, 22,303 cumulative hospitalizations from COVID-19 as of March 30. Predicted 112,000 beds needed by April 1.

Actual << Predicted.

And for perspective, here's some seasonal flu #'s from the CDC:

Preliminary In-Season 2021-2022 Flu Burden Estimates

CDC's weekly cumulative in-season estimates of flu cases, medical visits, hospitalizations and deaths in the United States.

www.cdc.gov

Meanwhile, on the economic side of the ledger:

And this:

U.S. Jobless Rate May Soar to 30%, Fed’s Bullard Says


I sincerely hope this prediction is overstated as much as the projected hospitalizations have been overstated above. Keep in mind unemployment in the Great Depression peaked at 25% in 1933.

And from another angle, this is not getting much media play. I wonder why:

Dr. Vladimir Zelenko has now treated 699 coronavirus patients with 100% success using Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate, Zinc and Z-Pak [UPDATES] - Tech Startups

April 11 Update: A new research study reveals that COVID-19 attacks hemoglobin in red blood cells, rendering it incapable of transporting oxygen. In the conclusion, researchers found that chloroquine could prevent the virus attacking the hemoglobin in the red blood cells. Last Wednesday, we...

techstartups.com

This only a little more media play:

FDA Approves Emergency Use of Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine to Treat COVID-19

Anecdotal evidence has suggested that the anti-malaria drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine may be effective therapies for the coronavirus infections

reason.com

 

[Dieter the Brock]

Three Additional Patients with Severe COVID-19 Treated with Leronlimab in New York Medical Center Bringing the Total to 10 Patients

CytoDyn

Three Additional Patients with Severe COVID-19 Treated with Leronlimab in New York Medical Center Bringing the Total to 10 Patients

VANCOUVER, Washington, March 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CytoDyn Inc. (OTC.QB: CYDY), (“CytoDyn” or the “Company"), a late-stage biotechnology company developing leronlimab (PRO 140), a CCR5 antagonist with the potential for multiple therapeutic indications, announced today that an additional three

apnews.com

 

[Dieter the Brock]

Restrictions Are Slowing Coronavirus Infections, New Data Suggest
A database of daily fever readings shows that the numbers declined as people disappeared indoors.

Restrictions Are Slowing Coronavirus Infections, New Data Suggest (Published 2020)

A database of daily fever readings shows that the numbers declined as people disappeared indoors.

www.nytimes.com

 

[12intheBox]

3/30/2020

740,157 Confirmed
35,114 Dead

4.7% Mortality rate

3/31/2020

801,400 confirmed
38,714 dead

4.8% mortality rate

 

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I see there’s a whole conversation going on here, which I am not following, that seems to center around numbers.

I’m gonna drop this here since this is where I’ve been posting on it, Despite the parallel
conversations.

My wife’s son Alan now appears to have all the symptoms. She’s pretty beat up and thinking irrationally, like it’s all Emma’s fault for insisting on taking the job and Delta. (a whole side story about how Emma all too eagerly finds other things to do besides take care of her kids, a typical mother in law stance to take)

Anyway- Alan’s being difficult, refusing to go get tested on the pretext that “It doesn’t matter, the doctors told us we were all going to get it anyway” and of course that is really taking its toll on the wife. Meanwhile, Emma is thinking irrationally as well, insisting she is ready to get retested so she can get her negative result and return to work. Except for one thing- she has zero seniority and 90% of flights are of course halted.

Crazy kids these days. <shrug> I’m hoping clearer minds prevail in the next 24 hrs or so.

Thankfully, there are health care workers checking in with them daily. And it appears the health department is also investigating where all Emma has been, frequently calling and requesting details of her last week flying and where she ate, slept, etc....

wish us luck- it’s not a very good feeling knowing the kids are all sitting ducks waiting for their turn.