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And id say as villigant as most of us on here are, chances are atleast 40 to 50% of us will contract this. Hooefully we want notice.
So Im not in any way downplaying the fact this is highly communicable and most likely not a walk in the park for several of us even if we dont end up in the hospital.
 
Interesting timing for this job. November ??‍♂️
 

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Shaggy said:
What worries me is how fast we saw the dominoes fall. California apparently just tipped another with the stay at home order. We as a society really walk on eggshells. Too many dominoes tip at once and that shaky ground becomes quicksand in quick minute.

I believe that last domino to be the food supply. If people suddenly find themselves unable to provide food for their loved ones then desperation and panic take over. No matter what we have to keep steady supply of food.
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In most of the Italian accounts I’ve read they say there is plenty of food and supplies. Once people can’t leave as much I figure it will be easier to stock.
 
Matthew70 said:
Well I woke up this morning with diarrhea and have had it all day. I have diverticulitis so I associated it with it. I just found this article.
www.cbsnews.com

Almost half of coronavirus patients have digestive symptoms, study finds

A new study suggests respiratory symptoms aren't the only thing doctors and patients should be looking out for.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com
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Relax. Stress can tear your stomach up worse than anything. As someone who has IBS I can assure the more worrying the more stomach problems.
 
EmersonGA said:
In most of the Italian accounts I’ve read they say there is plenty of food and supplies. Once people can’t leave as much I figure it will be easier to stock.
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We need to institute a nationwide grocery schedule. M-W-F for senior citizens T-T-S for everyone 60 and younger. Have stores open from 7a to 7p. Take the newly unemployed and hire them to restock and DISINFECT the store on nightshifts so the next day the store is stocked and sanitized.
 
Hydroxychloroquine: still needs fda approval. In like phase 3 i beleive. Its an Updated version of Chloroquine

Chloroquine any physican can prescribe right away

Zpack. We all know what those are.

Been several studies abroad. The Hydroxychloroquine performed best stand alone. The z pack on coronovirus. All yielded decent results.

**The french study used the Hydroxychloroquine + zpack [cocktail] together on 40 patients. Cured all 40 within 5 days. Small sample size, but thats what has everyone hyped. In USA. Doctor can prescribe the Chloroquine right now. So he/she can make the cocktail.

Shannon bream Thursday night 11pm fox show. Around the middle show interviewing a congressman/ doctor. Great Info!
 
Doctors will have to get creative to fight this. Some therapies may work while others may not. We just need to slow this thing down so patients don’t need to go into the ICU or on a vent. Hopefully, someone will get lucky. It may be a long shot but it’s all we have right now.
 
news.sky.com

Coronavirus: Italy's hardest-hit city wants you to see how COVID-19 is affecting its hospitals

The sheer numbers of people succumbing to the coronavirus is overwhelming every hospital in northern Italy.
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Watch the video but warning if you are stressed, depressed or already panicking don’t watch it. We as America need to shut everything down. I can’t believe I’m saying this but we don’t want any part of this. Yes Italy is older population but we all have older folks in our lives here in America. This virus needs to be eradicated.
Also I found out 2 of my co workers are sick and have been tested. I have not been around them thankfully.
 
The drugs will help but there is not enough of them to handle so many at once. We need a vaccination yesterday. I know that’s not possible but there are reports it’s a second wave starting in China and SK. Plus we are racing against it mutating again. I pray this is not true.
 
www.cnn.com

Live updates: Coronavirus deaths top 10,000 globally - CNN

The novel coronavirus has sent countries worldwide under lockdown and threatened the global economy. Follow here for live updates.
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So the countries that had decreased are getting cases from outside their borders. People coming in. Only way to beat this virus is a vaccine. Otherwise it’s going to keep going around unless every country locks it’s borders down for a long long time.
 
EV_WS said:
Hydroxychloroquine will save us all? Thoughts? @Jon Thank You, in advance.
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Looks hopeful along with the other antivirals and monoclonal antibodies being looked at.

It works in auto immune disorders by decreasing the cytokines or helping with CRS or cytokine storms. It also has antiviral activity. With severe cases of COVID-19 we are seeing cytokine storms, and I believe it absorbs well in the body and lungs, so it essentially decreases swelling and lowers the virus.

The word “cure” even used by the president isn’t the word clinicians would use. It’s a treatment used in the management of the disease, it is not a cure. When you say 100% of people were cured, it’s more correct to say 100% of people recovered. Just like there is no cure to flu, there is absolutely NO cure to SARS-CoV-2.

Going back to Hydroxychloroquine, there’s likely going to be a shortage. We tried to order as many as we could (keep in mind patients take this to treat their inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis)...these people could now be in danger of going without. Our warehouse will probably have 0 bottles in stock tomorrow. Hopefully there’s a backlog of supply, but Hydroxychloroquine isn’t like a -- med, not many people are on it in the first place...so I assume we have a limited supply in the US in general.

The good news is I see some interesting dosing from China trials.
They treat it like a ZPAK, and do a 5 day taper.
400mg twice daily on day 1; followed by 200mg twice daily for 4 days. That makes the per patient burden of the drug 12 tablets, which is a good thing considering it doesn’t take much to treat each patient.


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As expected, the county commission here in Athens passed a 24/7 "shelter in place" ordinance. The highlights:
- All businesses in ACC (except for essential businesses) are required to cease all activities, except those needed for minimum basic operation.
- Residents are requested to shelter in place except when performing essential activities, essential governmental functions, or operating essential businesses.
- Travel is prohibited, except for essential travel and travel required for essential activities.

www.11alive.com

Live updates: Coronavirus in Georgia

We're providing facts, not fear. Find updates on the coronavirus outbreak impacting Georgia from Friday, March 20.
www.11alive.com www.11alive.com
 
My wife has a patient that had undergone an elective surgery at a wake county hospital. She was sent back to the retirement center after positive corona cases were found at the hospital.

The lady came back with no specifics as to what contacts she had or why she is on droplet precautions. There are no more masks so my wife has to use a non-certified mask AND she has to reuse it each shift.

We are wholly unprepared for this problem even with a 2 month lead time.
 
I think it's pretty evident by now that China's numbers are definitely NOT accurate. We know they destroyed evidence when WHO was there and lied to them about it transmitting from person to person. We also have seen evidence about them covering this up for at least 3-4 weeks and if some reports are to be believed even longer than that is possible (back into mid-November). There's simply no way I can believe the virus went unchecked for 1-2 months in a country with 1.4 billion people and they only have a total of 80k cases or so, especially with the poor air quality and lack of nutrition over there which would further enhance the severity of this. I'm glad to see the US is working on a proposal that would move critical drugs out of China and offer credits for companies that make them in the US... this is a much needed step that needs to happen and it's only a matter of time before another crazy virus comes out of China.
 
Matthew70 said:
So Japan is opening schools back up. The olympics are still on. President of Japan said they won’t cancel.
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I find it hard to believe that they will go ahead with this...Too many countries will not be sending participants not to mention the possibility of Covid-19 firing up there....I don't think Japan will be immune to this...Having the Olympics would be a bad mistake!!!
 
Interesting that the Olympics are still on, sure travel restrictions could be relaxed by then (goodness I hope so) but how are athletes actually able to prepare? Obviously individual sports they can train but any team sports (i.e. basketball), just curious how this will play out.
 
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