Serious matter now https://www.cbsnews.com/news/first-coronavirus-death-in-us-has-been-confirmed-in-washington-2020-02-29/#
This is now rated as “very high” by WHO. Not your ordinary flu here
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-28/who-raises-global-risk-for-coronavirus-to-very-high-from-high?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&cmpid=socialflow-facebook-business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_content=asia
@Gary Agreed. Trump is very wise---Bigly, in fact.
Thanks Mark.
The CDC has basic information about it, i.e. what it is, its symptoms (how it differs from the flu), and how to prevent catching it. The bottom line, despite what others have said IT IS an airborne disease, you prevent catching it the same way you prevent catching other flu-like and cold-like sicknesses, and there is no treatment. And for those of you who want to accuse the media of creating an unnecessary hysteria, learn about how the US government manipulated the media during the 1918 pandemic, which lead to 12,500 people dying in Philadelphia. As the saying goes...those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Helpful thoughts, thanks Pneuma
find out more here https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
The following is not a 'cure', exactly, but the mechanisms at play suggest that taking HUGE quantities of vitamin C will significantly reduce the effects of Coronavirus. See link below if you're a science nerd.
Vitamin C is an amazing antiviral and works miraculously for colds IF you take enough of it. Last time I felt a cold coming I took 45g (yes that much!) in the form of Ascorbic Acid and the next day the cold had completely gone. Don't copy that dose, though. What's appropriate will vary enormously from person to person, and it's beyond the scope of this comment to get into details. Warning: you'll, er, need to stay near a toilet if ever you do take these really large amounts of vitamin C!
https://www.evolutamente.it/mitochondria-the-coronavirus-the-vitamin-c-connection-part-3/
5 portions of fruit and veg is a good idea anyway.
I don't know of any anti-coronavirus advice, that isn't also beneficial for general health and disease avoidance. The virus seems to be like many other illnesses, that it most affects people with other illnesses and health problems, so anything people can do to be more healthy generally, will help.
I met an ex-military Physical Training instructor, who was bemoaning having a heart attack in his 50s having been so fit. His doctor pointed out that it was his years of physical exercise that meant when his heart performance dropped to just a few percent, it was still enough to keep him alive.
****does not include 1 death recently in US. ****
@Hugger99 I'm also a fan of Vitamin C mega-dosing. I recognise the evidence is mixed but anecdotally it seems to work really well for me in reducing symptoms and duration.
The potential usefulness against Corona is interesting and I read similar speculation from a different source a week ago.
Info from James Robb, MD FACP, a renowned pathologist:
"Dear Family and Friends, as some of you may recall, when I was a professor of pathology at the University of California San Diego, I was one of the first molecular virologists in the world to work on coronaviruses (the 1970s). I was the first to demonstrate the number of genes the virus contained. Since then, I have kept up with the coronavirus field and its multiple clinical transfers into the human population (e.g., SARS, MERS), from different animal sources.
The current projections for its expansion in the US are only probable, due to continued insufficient worldwide data, but it is most likely to be widespread by mid to late March and April.
Here is what I have done and the precautions that I take and will take. These are the same precautions I currently use during our influenza seasons, except for the mask and gloves.:
1) NO HANDSHAKING! Use a fist bump, slight bow, elbow bump, etc.
2) Use ONLY your knuckle to touch light switches. elevator buttons, etc.. Lift the gasoline dispenser with a paper towel or use a disposable glove.
3) Open doors with your closed fist or hip - do not grasp the handle with your hand, unless there is no other way to open the door. Especially important on bathroom and post office/commercial doors.
4) Use disinfectant wipes at the stores when they are available, including wiping the handle and child seat in grocery carts.
5) Wash your hands with soap for 10-20 seconds and/or use a greater than 60% alcohol-based hand sanitizer whenever you return home from ANY activity that involves locations where other people have been.
6) Keep a bottle of sanitizer available at each of your home's entrances. AND in your car for use after getting gas or touching other contaminated objects when you can't immediately wash your hands.
7) If possible, cough or sneeze into a disposable tissue and discard. Use your elbow only if you have to. The clothing on your elbow will contain an infectious virus that can be passed on for up to a week or more!
What I have stocked in preparation for the pandemic spread to the US:
1) Latex or nitrile latex disposable gloves for use when going shopping, using the gasoline pump, and all other outside activity when you come in contact with contaminated areas.
Note: This virus is spread in large droplets by coughing and sneezing. This means that the air will not infect you! BUT all the surfaces where these droplets land is infectious for about a week on average - everything that is associated with infected people will be contaminated and potentially infectious. The virus is on surfaces and you will not be infected unless your unprotected face is directly coughed or sneezed upon. This virus only has cell receptors for lung cells (it only infects your lungs). The only way for the virus to infect you is through your nose or mouth via your hands or an infected cough or sneeze onto or into your nose or mouth.
2) Stock up now with disposable surgical masks and use them to prevent you from touching your nose and/or mouth (We touch our nose/mouth 90X/day without knowing it!). This is the only way this virus can infect you - it is lung-specific. The mask will not prevent the virus in a direct sneeze from getting into your nose or mouth - it is only to keep you from touching your nose or mouth.
3) Stock up now with hand sanitizers and latex/nitrile gloves (get the appropriate sizes for your family). The hand sanitizers must be alcohol-based and greater than 60% alcohol to be effective.
4) Stock up now with zinc lozenges. These lozenges have been proven to be effective in blocking coronavirus (and most other viruses) from multiplying in your throat and nasopharynx. Use as directed several times each day when you begin to feel ANY "cold-like" symptoms beginning. It is best to lie down and let the lozenge dissolve in the back of your throat and nasopharynx. Cold-Eeze lozenges are one brand available, but there are other brands available.
I, as many others do, hope that this pandemic will be reasonably contained, BUT I personally do not think it will be. Humans have never seen this snake-associated virus before and have no internal defense against it. Tremendous worldwide efforts are being made to understand the molecular and clinical virology of this virus. Unbelievable molecular knowledge about the genomics, structure, and virulence of this virus has already been achieved. BUT, there will be NO drugs or vaccines available this year to protect us or limit the infection within us. Only symptomatic support is available.
I hope these personal thoughts will be helpful during this potentially catastrophic pandemic."
Good luck to all of us,
James Robb, MD FACP
Ah, yes - Vitamin C. Mega-dosing on that is permitted given it's water-soluble. Even some brands encourage it, with products such as E-mer-gen-C.
Overdosing on fat-soluble vitamins? That wouldn't be a good idea.
who here are in Washington? Its much bigger than the data provided https://www.zerohedge.com/health/coronavirus-was-spreading-washington-state-6-weeks-infecting-1500-study-finds
Why, Vietnam took quite the interesting approach to the corona virus (COVID-19)
https://qz.com/1805422/wuhan-virology-lab-unable-to-quell-china-coronavirus-conspiracies/
Either the earth is going to kill off us humans or man is going to kill us off!!
Interesting quote from James Robb, MD FACP (Thanks PeopleLIkeUs).
"2) Stock up now with disposable surgical masks and use them to prevent you from touching your nose and/or mouth (We touch our nose/mouth 90X/day without knowing it!). This is the only way this virus can infect you - it is lung-specific. The mask will not prevent the virus in a direct sneeze from getting into your nose or mouth - it is only to keep you from touching your nose or mouth."
So @hillbilly actually has a great idea - you can rubber band a CD or DVD to your face and achieve the same results as a mask!
https://medium.com/@amwren/forget-about-the-death-rate-this-is-why-you-should-be-worried-about-the-coronavirus-890fbf9c4de6
Interesting article.
80,151 Mainland China
4,812 South Korea
2,036 Italy
1,501 Iran
706 Others
274 Japan
191 France
165 Germany
120 Spain
108 Singapore
103 US
100 Hong Kong
56 Kuwait
49 Bahrain
WHO estimates coronavirus death rate at 3.4 percent – higher than earlier estimates
https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1234872254883909642
Showing up for a great cuddle like this!
@BashfulLoner Don't forget the hazmat suit.
No-one has mentioned the financial impact of this situation. The decline in the US stock market has already cost me tens of thousands of dollars in retirement savings.
I think this will cure the coronavirus
@hugonehugall @PeopleLikeUs best advice ever, will start implementing immediately
Mammals came to power, because dinosaurs couldn't cope with the asteroid impact. Perhaps we should check which animals can't get corona virus, and start teaching them everything we know.