Coronavirus Updates

[Brenda Archer]

That would give you two different populations as the antibodies would still be present afterward, right?

Usually? I still see people speculating about how long the immunity lasts, if there’s more than one strain, and so forth. Some viruses lead to a lifetime immunity but others don’t.

 

[Brenda Archer]

For example:

Coronavirus: Are there two strains and is one more deadly?

 

[Brenda Archer]

Ah.. I read Elisa as Eliza, which in the context of computers and medicine left me feeling even more confused than usual.

Eliza, Computer Therapist

I went and tried it (there’s an online version)

 

[Fionalein]

If you start at the date of 1,000 cases and check how many days until approximate doubling, it was 3 days for a while to double. In the final 4 days on that table (starting 3/18), it changed to 2 days to double! Because Trump killed the pandemic directorate and then starved the CDC, we were/are unprepared for this exponential disaster.

Yeah, I had trouble fitting a linear model to it - I did not see why, but now that you mention it: Indeed! The growth seems to grow. That curve is not exponential, it is beyond exponential growth. (BUT DON'T PANIC! I bet it will go back to exponential once we habe more data/estimates - remember T. did not want to see cases in early stage)

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Thread -- what lockdowns achieve and the cost in human lives and suffering if they are ended too soon

 

[Free]

Italy records smaller increase in virus cases for 2nd day

ROME (AP) — Italy has recorded a smaller day-to-day increase in new coronavirus cases for the second straight day, officials said Monday while cautioning it was too soon to know if the worst is behind the country with the world's second-biggest caseload.

apnews.com

 

[Isabeau]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Primarily of interest to Brits, at least at the moment, but


In the comments, people are speculating about why they can't use existing designs, but I suspect it's simply to do with the types of engines, pumps, control systems and components they're set up to produce.

 

[Free]

In the comments, people are speculating about why they can't use existing designs, but I suspect it's simply to do with the types of engines, pumps, control systems and components they're set up to produce.

Patents may be another issue.

 

[Soen Eber]

Donald Trump's lies about coronavirus drugs just got someone killed

...

www.palmerreport.com

Can he face civil action for this?

Better yet, can he go to jail once he leaves office?

 

[Free]

Newly approved novel coronavirus test gives results in 45 minutes

It’s only for hospitals

www.theverge.com

The Food and Drug Administration approved the first rapid test for the novel coronavirus over the weekend. The test, made by the biotechnology company Cepheid, returns results in around 45 minutes and does not need to be processed in a lab.

But the test should primarily be used in emergency rooms and hospitals, not in doctors’ offices, David Persing, chief medical officer of Cepheid, told Stat News. In a hospital, it could help streamline care for sick people — knowing someone has or does not have COVID-19 quickly will let doctors decide how much protective equipment is needed to treat them, for example. “This is not a test for the worried well,” Persing said.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Advice for the public on COVID-19 – World Health Organization

Simple precautions to reduce your chances of being infected or spreading COVID-19.

www.who.int

 

[Jolene Benoir]

Can he face civil action for this?

Better yet, can he go to jail once he leaves office?

I see you are an optimist, both on the jail front and the leaving office part.

 

[Jolene Benoir]

Oz specific, but there is some good information in here:

Can you catch COVID-19 from Aussie bats? When are you immune? Your questions answered

We're answering your questions about COVID-19 as they hit our inboxes, with regular updates featuring up top.

www.smh.com.au

 

[Kara Spengler]

Patents may be another issue.

Legally, yes. However a company that did that would be a pariah after the crisis

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Patents may be another issue.

They may well be, though I see that a consortium of British companies is also working on making ventilators for the NHS:

Evernote

www.evernote.com

British manufacturers will produce 30,000 emergency ventilators to help the NHS deal with the Covid-19 crisis.

A collaboration between the aviation, car and medical equipment industries aims to deliver 5,000 machines in the next fortnight and a further 25,000 in a matter of months.

The medical regulator is working with the manufacturers and has drawn up specifications for Rapidly Manufactured Ventilator Systems (RMVS). They must be lightweight, robust and “not require more than 30 minutes training for a doctor with some experience of ventilator use”.

The Ventilator Challenge UK consortium includes the aviation companies Airbus and GKN, the Formula One team McLaren, Siemens and the medical equipment manufacturers Smiths and Penlon. Clinicians have been closely involved in discussions in the past week.

Phase one involves

It could also just be Sir James Dyson being Sir James Dyson, I guess -- he's always been something of an Elon Musk with the volume turned down.

ETA: More on British ventilators (primarily of interest to Brits, I guess)

Government chooses design of ventilators that UK urgently needs

Sources say existing models will be used to meet expected demand for 30,000 machines

www.theguardian.com

 

[Clara D.]

Legally, yes. However a company that did that would be a pariah after the crisis

We already have politicians willing to write off 3% of the population off BECAUSE CAPITALISMZ.

I wouldn't count on corporations to worry about their image.

 

[Kara Spengler]

We already have politicians willing to write off 3% of the population off BECAUSE CAPITALISMZ.

They are pariahs too.

 

[Fionalein]

Can he face civil action for this?

Better yet, can he go to jail once he leaves office?

Yes he can, just impeach him over it, and let legal action to follow up. But wait till idiotic behavior swings senate odds - one idiot already self removed himself from the Senate.

 

[Fionalein]

It just occured to me I might need to warn you about overusing hand sanitizer. Something I saw no one doing so far.

Our skin is naturally protected by a layer of fatty acids inhabited by an army of micriobiotic symbionts - this is a human body's first line of defence. Sure, hand sanitiozers kills the germs, but it also removes the acids and symbionts. It's like a tactical nuke - if you think you might habe a high chance of contact you can use it, but cream up your hands after use and do not immediately reexpose yourself. If you do not think you might have contacted it and just want to go sure, use soap instead.