Corona and other diseases

[Iceman]

Figures in Scotland from 2pm today are 12,273 tested, 1,059 confirmed cases and 33 deaths.

I'm hoping it doesn't spike too much. Also, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary has started doing their own tests with around 160 samples a day (all hospitals currently have to send to Glasgow for test results), so cutting out travel time etc is great news. I hope more hospitals can do the same.

I didn’t realise Scotland had much of a problem. That’s a fair chunk of the UK’s total. I’d heard Glasgow had quite a few cases.

 

[terry78]

Only because he was forced to by others.

 

[StarLord]

I didn’t realise Scotland had much of a problem. That’s a fair chunk of the UK’s total. I’d heard Glasgow had quite a few cases.

I think, like most, it's just a case of awaiting the daily news and updates etc.

 

[Iceman]

Trump sees 100k cases and the numbers going up by 15k. “So when can I play golf?”

 

[Dark Raven]

After a few days:

 

[Dark Raven]

Trump sees 100k cases and the numbers going up by 15k. “So when can I play golf?”

Trump sees riches and golf at the same time and gets quickly distracted:

 

[Schlosser85]

He's totally Goldfinger's dumber brother.

 

[Prison Mike]

Just got a text that Verizon added 15GB of free data to my cell plan. I can use it until 4/30. Kinda funny though because I’m actually barely using any cell data as I’m just connected on my WiFi at home. Still a good thing to do though and I’m not complaining!

I got the same text. Thought it was spam lol

 

[Dark Raven]

He's totally Goldfinger's dumber brother.

Orangefinger.

 

[DCMarv37]

Orangefinger.

Copperfinger.

 

[Dark Raven]

Most of the Bond film titles could apply to Trump:

1. Dr No - what he tells Dr Fauci every day
2. From Russia With Love - the favours he gets from Putin...

 

[Detective Conan]

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

People are using Animal Crossing: New Horizons for birthdays, weddings and dates while stuck inside

Animal Crossing will get us through this.

 

[Yowza]

One perhaps eerie finding over the last week is that "recovered" cases are no longer given in detail on most Covid-19 maps I look at. For instance:

Example A) John Hopkins interactive map is now a lot more precise (I find the dots distracting so have quite using this) but for whatever reason removed the recovered statistic for the state I'm in so accuracy is in question (only 1 recovered but that mysteriously disappeared about a week and a half ago).


Example B) Now the Newsbreak app. I just mentioned in above post is pretty precise but started doing the same thing. Last week, you could click on each state and the entire state would highlight but provide a state based recover statistic along with the other stats. Now, you can click on each state and it zooms in giving a county by county breakdown of numbers within the state that it didn't do before (both statewide and county based confirmed cases, new cases, deaths) but no state based or county based "recover" statistic. Instead the "recovered" statistic is now for the entire United States which is odd...

That being said, if using a map that doesn't give a detailed breakdown of recovery more specific besides a national statistic I'd recommend using the following website to ascertain recovery in one's state based region that can be seen here: United States Coronavirus: 100,972 Cases and 1,557 Deaths - Worldometer
I did the following from the above link: total reported cases minus total deaths=remaining reported cases. Next: Remaining Reported Cases minus Active Cases=Recovered Cases within a given state.

 

[Pennywise]

Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn’s ‘Making The Cut’ Donating $600,000 To World Health Organization Amid Coronavirus Crisis – Deadline

 

[Schlosser85]

One perhaps eerie finding over the last week is that "recovered" cases are no longer given in detail on most Covid-19 maps I look at. For instance:

Example A) John Hopkins interactive map is now a lot more precise (I find the dots distracting so have quite using this) but for whatever reason removed the recovered statistic for the state I'm in so accuracy is in question (only 1 recovered but that mysteriously disappeared about a week and a half ago).


Example B) Now the Newsbreak app. I just mentioned in above post is pretty precise but started doing the same thing. Last week, you could click on each state and the entire state would highlight but provide a state based recover statistic along with the other stats. Now, you can click on each state and it zooms in giving a county by county breakdown of numbers within the state that it didn't do before (both statewide and county based confirmed cases, new cases, deaths) but no state based or county based "recover" statistic. Instead the "recovered" statistic is now for the entire United States which is odd...

That being said, if using a map that doesn't give a detailed breakdown of recovery more specific besides a national statistic I'd recommend using the following website to ascertain recovery in one's state based region that can be seen here: United States Coronavirus: 100,972 Cases and 1,557 Deaths - Worldometer Just subtract total deaths from total cases for the state you want and then compare to "active cases" to see if any difference and that I think would give an indicator of recovery.

From worldometer:

 

[Yowza]

From worldometer:

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That doesn't say by state which is why I linked there (yes, that is the same link I linked to). I explained how to utilize the numbers there by state in my above post for the reasons described so I don't know why you post the national statistic.

Of course, the maps I look at still give the nationwide statistic which is what I said.

 

[Yowza]

Pertaining to the topic relating to treatment options for those with Covid-19, I see Michigan's Gov. Gretchen Whitmer had the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs block some of the newer treatment options pertaining to Covid-19 sending a warning to doctors and pharmacists that they must obey or else...

Opinion: Michigan’s doctors fight coronavirus, and governor's office

Opinion: Michigan’s doctors fight coronavirus, and governor's office
The coronavirus is unquestionably a significant threat to the health and safety of people throughout the world. The infection’s worldwide death toll is more than 23,000 and counting, 1,163 in the United States and 60 here in Michigan.

There is a silver lining however, in the numbers of people who are recovering from COVID-19 — more than 122,000 at this writing.



Even greater hope lies in a promising new treatment using a combination of old drugs: Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine) and a Z-Pak (azithromycin).

These well-known drugs have very favorable safety profiles. Several small studies have shown significant reduction in viral loads and symptom improvement when combining these medications in COVID-19 patients. Though these studies are small and do not prove efficacy, the results were so promising that the authors of the most famous study concluded:

“We therefore recommend that COVID-19 patients be treated with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin to cure their infection and to limit the transmission of the virus to other people in order to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the world.”

Based on these and other results physicians and governments around the world are now using these medications to claimed great effect. Even in the state of Michigan, prominent hospitals such as the Henry Ford Hospital and the University of Michigan have added hydroxychloroquine to their treatment protocols for hospitalized patients with COVID-19.

By doing so, physicians are using these medications “off-label,” that is, without the costly and time-consuming process of Food and Drug Administration approval. The federal agency’s approval process performs the good task of helping to ensure medications safely do what they claim to do. However, lack of FDA approval does not mean lack of efficacy. It means lack of governmental confirmation of efficacy.

“Off-label” use of medications is legal and common. It may even account for as many as 1 in 5 prescriptions in the United States. This practice is even accepted by the FDA. Furthermore, given the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic and the promise of these medications the FDA has avoided condemning the “off-label” use of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19.

But if you live in Michigan, and you or a loved one is infected with this potentially lethal disease, you’re out of luck.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs literally threatened all doctors and pharmacists in the state who prescribe or dispense hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19.

The agency’s March 24 letter warns physicians and pharmacists of professional consequences for the prescribing of hydroxychloroquine (and chloroquine). Beyond the rational recommendation against hoarding as production of this medication needs to be ramped up, the letter deviates into open threats of “administrative action” against the licenses of doctors that prescribe hydroxychloroquine.

The letter also instructs pharmacists to ignore physician orders for this medication. Due to the debate over a pharmacist’s right to refuse to fill medications that go against their religious beliefs, this could place pharmacists in the unprecedented position of being told that they must fill prescriptions that violate their “conscience (religious belief)” but must not fill prescriptions to treat COVID-19.

Even worse, the letter indicates health care providers are “required to report” their fellow physicians who are prescribing these medications. This draconian measure carries ominous Gestapo-like overtones of neighbor reporting neighbor to “authorities.”

During a time of crisis, in which physicians continue to see patients despite not having enough protective gear, this threatening, authoritarian stance from our governor is counterproductive at best.

What makes this directive more of a head-scratcher is that the same day the state issued its threatening nastygram to Michigan’s health care providers, Whitmer’s counterpart in New York started clinical trials of the very same drugs.

With his state now the nation’s pandemic epicenter, and with the blessing and help of the president and FDA, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo brought in 70,000 doses of hydroxychloroquine, 10,000 doses of Zithromax and 750,000 doses of chloroquine.

The implications of Whitmer and her administration’s knee-jerk scare tactics should terrify all Michigan residents. Not only is our state’s top leader threatening the selfless health care workers who are on the frontline trying to save lives, but she’s denying possible life-saving medications to actual COVID-19 victims.

Overall, Michigan's Covid-19 cases being 4th in the country and nearing 100 deaths with most cases still active (about 5 recovered at the moment if my calculations are correct). I know the state of Michigan has been pretty strict compared to most states pertaining to medications in the past. The compassionate use guidelines won't filter there I don't think.

 

[Zorro]

Is this thing anywhere near it's peak or is it still going strong every new 24 hrs? I mean I see the huge numbers but don't know the ratio of daily cases and deaths of like last week compared to this week.

There seems to be a ton of recoveries lately and so is that a sign of good news now? Deaths in the US were much more than recoveries but not it's the other way around

 

[DCMarv37]

Is this thing anywhere near it's peak or is it still going strong every new 24 hrs? I mean I see the huge numbers but don't know the ratio of daily cases and deaths of like last week compared to this week.

There seems to be a ton of recoveries lately and so is that a sign of good news now? Deaths in the US were much more than recoveries but not it's the other way around

Will still be going strong for the foreseeable future.

And until there's universal testing, the numbers obtained will be well short of the actual infected numbers.

 

[Zorro]

Will still be going strong for the foreseeable future.

And until there's universal testing, the numbers obtained will be well short of the actual infected numbers.

If there's deaths of people who didn't even know they were infected or that didn't get tested, do they count in the stats going on?

 

[Lilbaz]

Is this thing anywhere near it's peak or is it still going strong every new 24 hrs? I mean I see the huge numbers but don't know the ratio of daily cases and deaths of like last week compared to this week.

There seems to be a ton of recoveries lately and so is that a sign of good news now? Deaths in the US were much more than recoveries but not it's the other way around

No peak yet. It's getting faster.

 

[Morg]

Woman who coughed on $35K worth of grocery store food faces felony charges


Good

 

[Yowza]

Is this thing anywhere near it's peak or is it still going strong every new 24 hrs? I mean I see the huge numbers but don't know the ratio of daily cases and deaths of like last week compared to this week.

There seems to be a ton of recoveries lately and so is that a sign of good news now? Deaths in the US were much more than recoveries but not it's the other way around

The number of confirmed cases and confirmed deaths keeps aggregating...

I look at a trend graph that has the "confirmed cases", "confirmed deaths", and "new cases" by date each week on aforementioned sources. The amount still active though by region (the more geographically specific the better) is key.

 

[Zorro]

Still can't believe people do **** like that but I guess I shouldn't be surprised