Corona Virus Updates Part 5

Aotearoa New Zealand has now closed its boarders except for residents and citizens to return. Indoor gatherings of 100 people or more banned except for universities, schools and early childhood centres.
At least have self sufficient organic family farm to escape to if need be, I admit I panic stocked up on coffee beans today.
Kia tupato
Be careful. stay save everyone

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Emerging infectious diseases expert warns “Time is running out for Thailand”

Most/many of the wealthy have hotels or cater to the tourist trade. They have not really wanted to close the borders or cut off the Indians or Chinese tourist.. Like many countries things are going to get worse before they get better, IMO.

Medicines to treat viral infections, Lopinavir/ritonavir, which were originally believed to be effective against the virus, have proven to be ineffective, according to the latest New England Journal. This leaves Chloroquine, which is used to treat malaria, and Favipiravir, which is only produced in China and Japan. Current supplies of Favipiravir, however, are only enough for 600-700 patients, who each require about 70 tablets. What if there are tens of thousands of patients?

The current national health system has only about 100 negative pressure rooms for the treatment of infected patients. Are there enough appropriately equipped hospital rooms to accommodate all patients? If the hospitals do not have separate air-conditioning systems, there is a likelihood that the virus will rapidly spread to other rooms.

South Africa Update

1. Cases 116 (no update for yesterday yet - expecting it later today)
2. All bars, resturants and places serving alcohol have limited operating hours. Must close at 6pm, 1pm Sundays.
3. France now on travel ban
4. SAA cancels 162 flights
5. 1 Billion rand small business rescue package being discussed
6. Markets and Rand in freefall

News24

South Africa Censorship?

Government has effectively gagged epidemiologists, virologists, infectious disease specialists and other experts on Covid-19 with an instruction that all requests for comment about the state of the pandemic, the virus itself and its spread should be directed to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD).

Several senior and experienced scientists told News24 directly that they were requested not to speak to the media and to direct all communications to the NICD.

The Ministry of Health confirmed this, saying that communications around the coronavirus needed to be "tightened" and that experts needed to be left alone to do their work.

This means that, for the most part, with a few exceptions, only government’s version of the spread of the virus is reaching the public.

Link

MV Corona cleared of Corona.

Cape Town - Transnet National Ports Authority confirmed that test results from the individuals suspected to be the first cases of Covid-19 in any South African sea-port have all come back negative.

Earlier this week two vessels, the general cargo vessel MV Corona and the luxury passenger liner AIDAmira, were held off port limits outside the Port of Cape Town. The cruise liner was later allowed to dock but its roughly 1 700 passengers and crew remained onboard pending test results from one suspected Covid-19 case and seven others who had possible contact with him.

IOL

originally posted by: MissBeck
a reply to: Drachenfel

I just asked my little girl how many times she was tested by the school, and she said 5 times from 9.30am until 10.15am. The readings they got were high temp, normal, high temp, normal and then high temp again, which is when they phoned me. How strange this happened somewhere else. Dodgy thermometers?

Would PE and other physical activities at break/lunch times increase the temp?

Keep the distance and greet properly

If you have you sanitizer and soap get a few bottles of hand cream because as you should know by now you'll need it.

originally posted by: mikell
If you have you sanitizer and soap get a few bottles of hand cream because as you should know by now you'll need it.

I can't help but laugh, but that's good advice, oh man has it really come to this .

A total of 35 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 after the March 6 wedding of social media star Jimmy Niggles and Emma Metcalf.

31 people who attended the Stanwell Tops wedding have been confirmed to have the virus, as well as four others who were in contact with those guests, The Daily Telegraph reports.

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Data from Italy (Instituto Superiore di Sanita) :
Link to pdf (17 march)

From the first syntomns to death: 8 days
Death per age:
0-18 years -> 1.1%
19-50 years -> 24.3%
51-70 years -> 37.4%
> 70 years -> 37.2%

In Bergamo, the army is transfearing the death to other cities as the city can't cope with the huge numbers.

a reply to: Phage

OR

They lie about their numbers

S H O C K E R

originally posted by: JoeRivers

Thanks for the help. Anyway...sent to me from my ROOMMATE, an hour ago...

Had a positive test in scott county yesterday but they were from another county.

Iowa has low numbers compared to a lot of states but they aren’t testing as much. Seems they are ramping up testing if they now have drive through testing sites operational now .

Stay safe man .

originally posted by: looofo
Data from Italy (Instituto Superiore di Sanita) :
Link to pdf (17 march)

From the first syntomns to death: 8 days
Death per age:
0-18 years -> 1.1%
19-50 years -> 24.3%
51-70 years -> 37.4%
> 70 years -> 37.2%

In Bergamo, the army is transfearing the death to other cities as the city can't cope with the huge numbers.

So much for just the old dying. 0 - 50 = 25.4% is not good!

not big on pictures in this thread, but I really thought this speaks volumes about the old world.

originally posted by: TheAMEDDDoc
a reply to: Mamana12
You should always take Tylenol/Paracetamol for fever. The ibuprofen data is very very weak just like the ACE inhibitor data.

Don't be uncomfortable and stressed, take the medications. At most you're cutting hours maybe a day or two of infection and increasing spread time by a bit.

Note: I am not arguing against what you have said, I'd just add...

Fever is part of the body's natural immune/defense mechanism, and you shouldn't take anything to lower a fever unless/until it gets dangerously high.

In fact, taking anything solely to artificially suppress any symptoms - unless it is something that is only stimulating to the immune system (like Vitamin C) - will, imnsho, only drag out the process.

Imnsho, best thing to do when sick is fast, drink plenty of pure water, (and I always take lots of Vitamin C, D3+K2, Selenium and Zinc), and get plenty of rest.

a reply to: tanstaafl

Great post. I was wondering when someone would mention fasting. Fasting gives your imune system a big jolt. Its great to do when you think you might be getting sick. Its also great to do when your not sick.

It just sucks to get yourself in a rythem with it cause its nice to eat when your hungry.

I will say that the more you do it the easier it gets.

Hope I am not too far off topic. Apologies I am.

a reply to: tanstaafl


I agree everything else, but with viral infection i think body needs glucose,sugar.

But if have bacterial infection, then body needs fasting


I have posted about the thing in ATS , i just dont remember where

originally posted by: RP2SticksOfDynamite
So much for just the old dying. 0 - 50 = 25.4% is not good!

Sorry, but Italy is an anomaly, like China.

The numbers for the rest of the world - except China and Iran - are not coming even close to Italy's.

I read that Italy has a huge immigrant population, so it would be good to see stats on the nationalities of those dying. Maybe there are a lot of chinese that were given the SARS vaccine that was later shown to be very problematic (could cause Cytokine storms that kill you quick)?

originally posted by: agenda51
a reply to: tanstaafl

Great post. I was wondering when someone would mention fasting. Fasting gives your imune system a big jolt. Its great to do when you think you might be getting sick. Its also great to do when your not sick.

It just sucks to get yourself in a rythem with it cause its nice to eat when your hungry.

I will say that the more you do it the easier it gets.

Hope I am not too far off topic. Apologies I am.

Not at all of topic, if we can talk about bogus figures/ so called drugs that so called work -

Then surely we can discuss well established natural fasting remidies to ill health, not to mention the fact that real Christianity promotes it as essential.

Q : are starving countries suffering from corona??????