BS: New news on the pandemic COVID-19

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: fat B****rd
Date: 10 Apr 20 - 04:20 PM

Good to hear, Eliza x

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Senoufou
Date: 10 Apr 20 - 03:41 PM

With regard to the BCG (protection against TB) vaccine, my sister and I both had it done at 14yrs old, but she recently got Covid.
By the way, she's home at last, very weak and a bit low, but thankful to be back in her Tayside village once more.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 10 Apr 20 - 03:05 PM

Males are twice as likely to get infected. The reasons for that are social and the extra X chromosome in females. Breast milk may provide a bit of protection.

So I just need to find a compliant young mum then ;)

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Mrrzy
Date: 10 Apr 20 - 02:56 PM

And this:

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.23.20026864v2

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Mrrzy
Date: 10 Apr 20 - 02:55 PM

Men are not more likely to catch it, but they are more likely to die of it.

Also this: https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/smoking-weed-and-coronavirus-even-occasional-use-raises-risk-of-covid-19-complications/

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Donuel
Date: 10 Apr 20 - 02:17 PM

Perhaps, too, we will finally start to understand patriotism more as cultivating the health and life of your community, rather than blowing up someone else’s community. Maybe the de-militarization of American patriotism and love of community will be one of the benefits to come out of this whole awful mess.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Donuel
Date: 10 Apr 20 - 01:57 PM

Males are twice as likely to get infected. The reasons for that are social and the extra X chromosome in females. Breast milk may provide a bit of protection.

The line outside the grocery store was about a quarter mile long.
Distancing and one in one out policy is why.

Drivers are pent up and definetely out for themselves with a me first atttude.

No hamburger. No cleaning products. No frozen foods.

They had milk and cookies.

Grocery baggers are dieing despite being only in their 20's.

The supply chain is suffering.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Mrrzy
Date: 10 Apr 20 - 09:49 AM

Just heard on bbc news that the BCG (old tuberculosis vaccine) might work. That would make me happy, my sisters and I all had that. The BCG, not consumption.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Donuel
Date: 10 Apr 20 - 09:15 AM

Loop hole allows debt collectors to seize pandemic relief checks and social security checks from those in pandemic need.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Mrrzy
Date: 10 Apr 20 - 07:00 AM

Patriotism is imho the wrong metaphor. Patriotism would make it right of Trump to steal Germany's masks. Fuck the idea that the citizens of any one country deserve to live more than those of another, sorry.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: mg
Date: 09 Apr 20 - 11:41 PM

except that the military (composed of both men and women) is increasingly a part of the response to this, and is used to doing things fairly quickly and efficiently. We have a lot to learn from them (us).

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Donuel
Date: 09 Apr 20 - 03:53 PM

The personal becomes dangerous.

Deborah Tannen is a professor of linguistics at Georgetown and author, most recently, of You’re the Only One I Can Tell: Inside the Language of Women’s Friendships.


On 9/11, Americans discovered we are vulnerable to calamities we thought only happened in distant lands. The 2008 financial crisis told us we also can suffer the calamities of past eras, like the economic meltdown of the Great Depression. Now, the 1918 flu pandemic is a sudden specter in our lives.


This loss of innocence, or complacency, is a new way of being-in-the-world that we can expect to change our doing-in-the-world. We know now that touching things, being with other people and breathing the air in an enclosed space can be risky. How quickly that awareness recedes will be different for different people, but it can never vanish completely for anyone who lived through this year. It could become second nature to recoil from shaking hands or touching our faces—and we might all find we can’t stop washing our hands.


The comfort of being in the presence of others might be replaced by a greater comfort with absence, especially with those we don’t know intimately. Instead of asking, “Is there a reason to do this online?” we’ll be asking, “Is there any good reason to do this in person?”—and might need to be reminded and convinced that there is. Unfortunately, if unintendedly, those without easy access to broadband will be further disadvantaged. The paradox of online communication will be ratcheted up: It creates more distance, yes, but also more connection, as we communicate more often with people who are physically farther and farther away—and who feel safer to us because of that distance.


A new kind of patriotism.

Mark Lawrence Schrad is an associate professor of political science and author of the forthcoming Smashing the Liquor Machine: A Global History of Prohibition.


America has long equated patriotism with the armed forces. But you can’t shoot a virus. Those on the frontlines against coronavirus aren’t conscripts, mercenaries or enlisted men; they are our doctors, nurses, pharmacists, teachers, caregivers, store clerks, utility workers, small-business owners and employees. Like Li Wenliang and the doctors of Wuhan, many are suddenly saddled with unfathomable tasks, compounded by an increased risk of contamination and death they never signed up for.


When all is said and done, perhaps we will recognize their sacrifice as true patriotism, saluting our doctors and nurses, genuflecting and saying, “Thank you for your service,” as we now do for military veterans. We will give them guaranteed health benefits and corporate discounts, and build statues and have holidays for this new class of people who sacrifice their health and their lives for ours. Perhaps, too, we will finally start to understand patriotism more as cultivating the health and life of your community, rather than blowing up someone else’s community. Maybe the de-militarization of American patriotism and love of community will be one of the benefits to come out of this whole awful mess.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Mrrzy
Date: 09 Apr 20 - 01:21 PM

Another of my cousins has it. This one is in the DC area, the others were in Austin.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Mrrzy
Date: 09 Apr 20 - 11:12 AM

Also posted on the Cause thread


Blicky

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Donuel
Date: 09 Apr 20 - 09:21 AM

WHAT IS THE AFTERMATH?


I admire thinking ahead. Here are the best macro thinkers on dealing with the now and future.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/03/19/coronavirus-effect-economy-life-society-analysis-covid-135579

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: gillymor
Date: 09 Apr 20 - 08:48 AM

Yep, Mr. Prine made it clear how he wants his remains disposed of long ago:

"Please don't bury me
Down in that cold, cold ground
No, I'd rather have 'em cut me up
And pass me all around"

"Throw my brain in a hurricane
And the blind can have my eyes
And the deaf can take both of my ears
If they don't mind the size"

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Mrrzy
Date: 09 Apr 20 - 07:58 AM

And don't bury John Prine down in the cold cold ground.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Donuel
Date: 07 Apr 20 - 04:01 PM

The racial parameters are not measured in the hospital but are garnered later by calling the morgue. So the figures could be unreliable bu t I fear not. I believe I can see the social and economic reasons. The psych reasons for not trusting whitey and not giving a fuck goes around and comes around. Poverty is a powerful killer.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Helen
Date: 07 Apr 20 - 02:36 PM

Donuel said, "...losing black citizens at a death rate 7 times higher than other communities..."

This is what worries me. The people who cannot afford medical services, the people who are on or near the poverty line, the people who are targeted by the racists, they are all of the people who seem to be fair game in Donald Trump's policies and strategies. I keep seeing in my head the media scenes of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and what I saw was a country abandoning its people in crisis to a great degree, and most of the people in those media images were black people.


A note on productive coughs: it's a medical term meaning that the cough is "producing" or ejecting phlegm from the lungs. If you can clear the lungs it will help ease the symptoms. Dry coughs tend not to be productive coughs.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Donuel
Date: 07 Apr 20 - 11:59 AM

A morning productive cough is normal to me.
A dry cough is normally bronchitis,allergies,asthma...
A dry cough with fever should be watched.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Mrrzy
Date: 07 Apr 20 - 10:52 AM

Article on what might or might not be sn actual symptom: https://slate.com/technology/2020/04/coronavirus-wild-symptoms-correlation.html

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 07 Apr 20 - 10:25 AM

It took me several days to get off of Tramadol after taking it for about 3 weeks for the knee surgery. I had to cut the tablets to taper off of it. It was somewhat helpful for the muscle pain (nothing is completely effective). Is coughing with coronavirus "productive" - do you want to keep coughing? Codeine cough syrup is pretty effective with heavy coughs; I prefer taking guiafed. Are people having to sleep propped up?

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Donuel
Date: 07 Apr 20 - 10:20 AM

At the intersection of Disinformation and Hate there are hard core Trump advocates that will not relent their conspiracies even unto their deathbed. We are going to lose quite a few extremists to covid 19.
We are also losing black citizens at a death rate 7 times higher than other communities for a similar but different kind of disinformation and distrust.

Subject: VIRUS DENIERS on TV and radio
From: Donuel
Date: 07 Apr 20 - 09:51 AM

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-republicans-denial-fox-news-trump-war-on-science-20200315.html



https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/04/dr-drew-coronavirus-supercut-restored-to-youtube-after-copyright-takedown/

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 07 Apr 20 - 09:45 AM

No narcotics for me, thanks. I had a terrible experience with tramadol - and I only took it for three weeks. Not only that, it didn't work.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Jack Campin
Date: 07 Apr 20 - 09:35 AM

The problem with NSAIDs is their effect on the immune response to the virus - they drastically reduce it. Paracetamol and microdose aspirin are ok, pain-relief or anti-inflammatory doses of aspirin/NSAIDs seem to be very dangerous right now. Use dihydrocodeine or similar if you really need it. (No idea about gabapentin or amitryptiline).

I haven't seen any research on fhe effects of fever reduction. My take on it is that fever is an anti-viral response, so you want to just let it happen unless it gets dangerously high - and with COVID-19 it rarely seems to get that bad.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Donuel
Date: 07 Apr 20 - 09:10 AM

https://www.technologynetworks.com/immunology/videos/the-coronavirus-outbreak-explained-through-3d-medical-animation-332089

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 07 Apr 20 - 06:23 AM

Acetaminophen and paracetamol are the same thing, as is Tylenol, which is just a brand name in the US.

Well I've been taking diclofenac (Voltarol) for many years for back pain. It's an NSAID but the advice is to continue taking it, and I am doing. I have better things to worry about.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Mr Red
Date: 07 Apr 20 - 04:18 AM

very high temperatures - >40C - are, in themselves, life-threatening and need to be reduced.

As I always say, "life ain't binary". But the advice to the general idiot in the street, currently for COVID-19, is "to avoid ibuprofen and asprin", because they are vaso-dilatory.
If you are in hospital, it is a different context, you have the extended knowledge of experts, who have thermometers and are not afraid to wield them.

Some experts advocate Tylenol which would appear to be nothing more than Paracetamol which has been cited as not much better - and is also antipyretic BTW. Though is not anti-inflammatory which is a plus apparently.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 07 Apr 20 - 03:55 AM

Good news, Sen. I hope she’s on her way to a full recovery.
I’m also in the same camp as most others re: Boris Johnson - I’ve never wished I’ll health on anyone, and I wish Mr. Johnson a full and speedy recovery.
Stay well dear lady!

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Senoufou
Date: 07 Apr 20 - 03:46 AM

I live in fear of hearing that Abidjan cases escalate. Most of the people there are poor, ill-nourished and living in very close proximity, several to a room etc. They are all on curfew, but can go out during the day and mix freely, which seems mad to me.
Also, medical care is practically unobtainable there.

I see that most of the major supermarkets are now allowing only one person to each trolley (no couples) so I'll have to stay in the car while husband does the actual shopping armed with a list.

I hope Boris Johnson pulls through. (and indeed anyone in an ICU)
I read today that two-thirds of those put on a ventilator will die from the virus. Luckily my sister is off hers now and on a drip instead.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Mrrzy
Date: 07 Apr 20 - 12:05 AM

DC too.

Bad Supreme Court decisions about in-person voting in Wisconsin and I think simewhere else.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Donuel
Date: 06 Apr 20 - 10:51 PM

A friend of the devil is a friend of mine.
I hope Boris does well in the Horse spittle.
A failure to act is his only sad crime
We can hope his breathe won't get too brittle
What this means is that Covid 19 has stunned
his ace2 receptors deep in the lungs.
The air sacs (avioli) have the ace2 receptors.
If the virus stays in the nose the case may stay mild
but being well behaved is not in virus nature.

ITS OFFICIAL In Chicago the black community is suffering a double
infection rate and is dieing at 7 times the rate of white communities.
The cause is probably education and the nature of their employment.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Mrrzy
Date: 06 Apr 20 - 05:21 PM

And Oklahoma has partially stopped the ban on abortions.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Mrrzy
Date: 06 Apr 20 - 05:13 PM

I was just about to post about Boris. When did he last shake hands with Trump?

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 06 Apr 20 - 04:07 PM

It's at my mum's care home too. She is 91 and has COPD.

The news about Boris is terrible. Get well, mate...

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 06 Apr 20 - 03:33 PM

Boris Johnson moved to Intensive Care (BBC News just now).

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Donuel
Date: 06 Apr 20 - 03:30 PM

In Wash DC the mariquana dispensories are praised by the mayor as being an essential store.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Mrrzy
Date: 06 Apr 20 - 03:24 PM

And Virginia is allowing distilleries to ship to people's homes to avoid trips to the liquor store!

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Mrrzy
Date: 06 Apr 20 - 12:38 PM

Just heard it is at my good friend's old folks' home. Merde.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Mrrzy
Date: 06 Apr 20 - 11:41 AM

I got a purple-ish silk scarf. No idea where my kelly green one went.

Plays havoc with my claustrophobia, though.

I only wear it when I am out of my house but indoors (doc's office, grocery store). Somehow that last bit came out to the tune of the Beverley Hillbillies (swimming pools, movie stars).

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Donuel
Date: 06 Apr 20 - 09:44 AM

Our true character shines through masks
But Bank robbers still wear skimasks
While some Red necks wear bandanas
Trumpists proudly wear no masks
Kid masks have smiling bananas
but Democrats wear N-95's

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Mrrzy
Date: 06 Apr 20 - 09:10 AM

And why are the testing tigers in the zoo? Madeleine would say pooh pooh.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Mrrzy
Date: 05 Apr 20 - 09:34 PM

Marianne Faithfull.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: keberoxu
Date: 05 Apr 20 - 07:40 PM

Has anyone besides me seen this site?

A Mask For All: requires a 3D printer

I don't know who has a 3D printer where I am ...
having said that:
this thing you can download, for free if I get this right,
and the 3D printer will make it
and you assemble it.
The mask frame has a place where you can insert filter material,
thus you can clean the mask when not in used,
and replace a used mask filter with a new clean one.

What do you all think?

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Mrrzy
Date: 05 Apr 20 - 06:56 PM

Well shit, Steve Shaw. So sorry. My cousin and her daughter are recovering, but I fear for Senoufou's sister.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 05 Apr 20 - 06:42 PM

Funny, innit. We get all hoity-toity about our governments and their failings, etc, and all judgemental about wankers we see sunbathing on the beach...

Then something hits you in the guts. Yesterday, a bloke I knew personally died of the bloody thing. That's the first time for me. It's a shuddering thing is that. He was a brilliant musician and I once played a duet on the harmonica with him. There's actually a thread about him above the line. His name is Ted Crum and he was one of the loveliest men you could wish to meet. Damn... :-(

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Helen
Date: 05 Apr 20 - 05:02 PM

Worldometer data and charts for COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic

If you want to know more data on a specific country click the hyperlink on the country name on the left hand column. Not all countries have a hyperlink. A useful column for comparison of countries in the spreadsheet is Deaths/1 million population.

For the last two weeks Australia has been using social distancing and non-essential business shutdowns and social isolation. People are expected to stay at home and only go out for essentials like food supplies, medical appointments and essential work. A lot of people are suddenly working from home, including my Hubby.

If you look at the charts most of the negative data are showing a flattening of the curve or even a minor decline.

Unfortunately a decision was made in mid March to allow a cruise ship to dock and passengers disembarked and went to their respective home areas, despite a notification by the medical officer on board advising that some of the passengers and crew were found to be infected with COVID 19. This has been the main source of infections in Australia and contact tracing has been conducted in most of the cases to trace the various infections to contact with someone coming in from overseas. Some contacts have been within the community, however, and these have been more difficult to trace.

The important thing to focus on is that the social distancing and isolation, and the shutdown of non-essential businesses appears to be having a positive effect.

By comparison, look at the U.S. data and the negative charts all show rising cases and rising deaths.

I would suggest that if your government does not tell you to socially isolate yourself then think about doing it for yourself if at all possible.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 05 Apr 20 - 04:08 PM

Yeah, I met a bloke today who said there's no virus, we can't prove it, and that it's all a big conspiracy. You appear to be in bed with lunatics of that ilk, keberoxu.

Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic
From: Donuel
Date: 05 Apr 20 - 03:44 PM

I don't know, even toe nail clipping future casting has its place.

For example thousands of rental cars went up in flames at a florida airport today. My toe nail clippings predicted it. Wink Wink nudge nudge News