Corona Virus #6

[Molalla1]

Re: New York coronavirus cases surge 38% overnight to 20,875

^^^ No I'm retired . . .

 

[Molalla1]

I thought Starbucks was still running drive thru service

I believe you are correct . . . they (my sister & husband) are not traveling anywhere, they live in the big city (Portland, Oregon).

 

[bcjmmac]

Re: New York coronavirus cases surge 38% overnight to 20,875

All the better - expendable “crew member”

 

[RSR]

Yep. Pray for his good health. He is the only medical professional/scientist on the task force telling it like it is. And even he is not actually an epidemiologist.

The Surgeon General (of USPHS) is a toadie. Useless politically cleaned up comments.
Deborah Birks is reasonable on camera but is an long term program director type not a practicing epidemiologist. She also has to "conform" and support WH statements from people who know next to nothing about epidemiology
The Director of the CDC is missing in action. No clue why he has been sidelined as former directors like Tom Frieden have been making reasonable comments from the sidelines.
Anne Schuchat who is a deputy director at CDC with same infectious disease training as Fauci plus is a career CDC epidemiologist has been silenced.
Various Division heads at CDC (Hospital infection control, Special Pathogens, etc) are not allowed to talk.

I'm a retired pediatric infectious disease and hospital epidemiology MD who did virology research and the only people I trust speaking about this pandemic on TV are Fauci and Bill Schaffner (Vanderbilt MD who is often a spokesperson for the ID societies)

I fully understand the need to get the economy moving again but it is wrong to push that issue before we have a better handle on how fast this pandemic is moving. Economists and politicians need to be heard but to have them pushing for an early end to strict social distancing is similar to having them tell your surgeon where to make an incision or when to operate. Not who you want making the informed decisions. At some point it will be appropriate to take economic and political factors into account but right now, with cases doubling every two days in some areas, is not the time.

 

[Clint S]

Re: New York coronavirus cases surge 38% overnight to 20,875

Hey mine went too........

 

[ovrszd]

Re: New York coronavirus cases surge 38% overnight to 20,875

Me too. Story of my life.....

 

[SPYDERLK]

re hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin:

Anybody know more about this study?

Web info:

Hydroxychloroquine
Interaction: Azithromycin: (Major) Avoid coadministration of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin due the risk of additive QT prolongation. If use together is necessary, perform an ECG at baseline and monitor closely throughout therapy, avoid any non-essential QT prolonging drugs, and correct electrolyte imbalances prior to initiation. Hydroxychloroquine prolongs the QT interval. Qt prolongation and torsade de pointe (TdP) have been spontaneously reported during azithromycin postmarketing surveillance​

The QT interval is the time from the start of the Q wave to the end of the T wave. It represents the time taken for ventricular depolarisation and repolarisation, effectively the period of ventricular systole from ventricular isovolumetric contraction to isovolumetric relaxation.

The normal QT interval varies depending on age and gender, but it's usually 0.36 to 0.44 second (see QT interval ranges). Anything greater than or equal to 0.50 second is considered dangerous for any age or gender.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Spain is passing China....is this virus mutating and getting worse? Does it affect different races differently?

China just stopped reporting, or stopped testing, or both. Those charts are mostly bogus.

 

[Diggin It]

Those charts are mostly bogus.

Charts? Bogus?

Yer kiddin!!!??

 

[Steppenwolfe]

China just stopped reporting, or stopped testing, or both. Those charts are mostly bogus.

Any proof of that? Or just an opinion? You think the US is testing as it should?