Corona Virus Updates Part 6

Just lost my uncle to covid 19. Yes he had underlying health issue and was in a care home but I know a number of people whose relatives have died from this. Before this virus I have never known anyone die from flu, now I know about 5 who died from this virus in the past 2 months. I can't believe there are many out there that think this is overblown, I don't understand how they can say that when it's as clear as day that this virus is the real deal.

a reply to: Byrd

Thanks, I hope so too!

If not yet read then do so. Interesting Q&A and explanation on whats going on with patients, ARDS, oxygenation and ventilators. etc

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Here is a link to all of TennisDawg's posts

www.abovetopsecret.com...&list=posts

Numbers update for the USA, and elsewhere :











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Financial times Graphs by John Burn-Murdoch :

a reply to: Byrd

As I remember from paleontology class many years ago, 90% of mutations don't do anything, they're in an inactive area of the gene or basically don't affect breeding success, 9% are detrimental, resulting in death, or disadvantage in breeding, and 1% result in an breeding advantage for the organism.

Well it local for me too now

FIRST COVID-19 CASE CONFIRMED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF GREENSTONE
The following is a joint release from the Geraldton District Hospital and the Municipality of Greenstone.

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I didn't see it but apparently Patrick Vallance said that he was sure the r0 was definitely below 1 today at the UK press conference. Seems strange he has that number when we do so little testing here.
Even the WHO say it is between 2 and 3. This paper proposes it's around 5.7
We haven't published any new data as far as I can see - the UK government are really dragging their heels in publishing anything detailed. Or what they base their models on. Frustrating.

Glad TD was mentioned again, guy was onto it. Not surprised some insiders would post here, more chance of being listened to than on mainstream sites.

US may have to endure social distancing until 2022 if no vaccine is quickly found, scientists predict

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Projecting the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 through the postpandemic period

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EUROPE and the US could see up to three more waves of Covid-19 once the virus takes hold in Africa, a global health expert has warned

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originally posted by: cirrus12
I didn't see it but apparently Patrick Vallance said that he was sure the r0 was definitely below 1 today at the UK press conference. Seems strange he has that number when we do so little testing here.
Even the WHO say it is between 2 and 3. This paper proposes it's around 5.7
We haven't published any new data as far as I can see - the UK government are really dragging their heels in publishing anything detailed. Or what they base their models on. Frustrating.

I checked to see if there was newer data... the most recent I find on this was Newsweek, which kept with the R0 between 2 and 3... but added the caveat that depending on the environment it could be very low OR R0 up to 11 on a cruise ship (shudder)

I think that looking at it by grouped environments makes a lot of sense... so an R0 higher on college campuses, nursing homes, apartments, and much lower in far urban/small town/farm areas.

2 confirmed and 6 probable cases in Aotearoa/New Zealand today, all link to known cases or clusters. Due to finish lockdown next wednesday from alert level 4 to alert level 3, but we are stilling waiting to see if this will happen.
Kia kaha

Which will of course become a permanent situation.

originally posted by: RalagaNarHallas
a reply to: Gargoyle91

in Sf they are putting them up in empty hotel rooms www.npr.org...

Local lawmakers in San Francisco have given the mayor 12 days to secure 7,000 hotel rooms to house the city's homeless population during the coronavirus emergency, plus another 1,250 rooms for frontline workers. The emergency ordinance passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors requires Mayor London Breed to secure the rooms by April 26 and asks her to use emergency powers to commandeer the rooms if she is unable to reach deals with hotel owners. The vote, taken via videoconference, was a rebuke to what has until now been the mayor's more moderate strategy to place only the city's most vulnerable homeless people in hotel rooms. The legislation highlights the ongoing challenges that San Francisco and other cities face in managing large homeless populations, whose susceptibility to COVID-19 threatens broader efforts to contain the spread of the virus. As of Tuesday, San Francisco had leased about 2,000 hotel rooms but filled less than half of them. It was prioritizing rooms for homeless people older than 60 or those with underlying health conditions that put them at greater risk of death should they contract COVID-19.

Report: Covid-19 patients recovering quickly after getting experimental drug remdesivir

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I guess this is good news

The patients taking part in a clinical trial of the drug have all had severe respiratory symptoms and fever, but were able to leave the hospital after less than a week of treatment, STAT quoted the doctor leading the trial as saying.
"The best news is that most of our patients have already been discharged, which is great. We've only had two patients perish," Dr. Kathleen Mullane, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Chicago who is leading the clinical trial, said in the video.

However, the trial does not include what's known as a control group, so it will be difficult to say whether the drug is truly helping patients recover better. With a control arm, some patients do not receive the drug being tested so that doctors can determine whether it's the drug that is really affecting their condition.
Trials of the drug are ongoing at dozens of other clinical centers, as well. Gilead is sponsoring tests of the drug in 2,400 patients with severe Covid-19 symptoms in 152 trial sites around the world. It's also testing the drug in 1,600 patients with moderate symptoms at 169 hospitals and clinics around the world.

a reply to: Willtell

Well, inhibitors of RNA dependent RNA polymerases do seem an effective treatment.. So lets hope its profitable enough to hit the market!

a reply to: Serdgiam

They have to conclude these bigger trials all over the planet. If they are successful then good and of course, it will make them some long cash.

Clinical trial of Remdisivr halted in China because no patients could be recruited. The reason given is " (The epidemic of COVID-19 has been controlled well at present, no eligible patients can be recruitted.)" per the clinical trials site.

The implication is that there's very few new cases -- or that new cases are so widespread that hospitals are seeing only 1-3 of these patients at this time.

There are a total of 11 trials of this drug listed

For fans of zinc and vitamins, there are 5 trials

a reply to: Willtell

"Things" that inhibit replication of RNA dependent RNA polymerases have a pretty solid body of work. For SARS-CoV, specifically, as well as a surprising amount of efficacy beyond that.

Now, this virus might be a bit different, but case reports worldwide have been quite promising. We shall see if Remdesivir hits whatever numbers they are looking to achieve. I hope it does. ETA: Annnd, nope, doesnt look like it.

originally posted by: Byrd
Clinical trial of Remdisivr halted in China because no patients could be recruited. The reason given is " (The epidemic of COVID-19 has been controlled well at present, no eligible patients can be recruitted.)" per the clinical trials site.

The implication is that there's very few new cases -- or that new cases are so widespread that hospitals are seeing only 1-3 of these patients at this time.

There are a total of 11 trials of this drug listed

For fans of zinc and vitamins, there are 5 trials

I'm sure they can find plenty of places to test besides China.

It's good to see zinc and vitamin supplements being tested.

originally posted by: Serdgiam
a reply to: Willtell

"Things" that inhibit replication of RNA dependent RNA polymerases have a pretty solid body of work. For SARS-CoV, specifically, as well as a surprising amount of efficacy beyond that.

Now, this virus might be a bit different, but case reports worldwide have been quite promising. We shall see if Remdesivir hits whatever numbers they are looking to achieve. I hope it does. ETA: Annnd, nope, doesnt look like it.

Can you elaborate on the "ETA: Annnd, nope, doesnt look like it." comment? Did you run across a source about Remdesivir that's worth sharing that prompted that statement?