COVID-19

[Zed Head]

Another view - https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2020/apr/20/coronavirus-map-of-the-us-latest-cases-state-by-state

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[Zed Head]

Imagine.

 

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[Zed Head]

Science.  Hydroxychloroquine.  Another casualty.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/rick-bright-chief-of-coronavirus-vaccine-research-says-he-was-demoted-after-questioning-trumps-miracle-drug/body

 

[Zed Head]

Smoke 'em if you got 'em...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/22/french-study-suggests-smokers-at-lower-risk-of-getting-coronavirus

[siteunseen]

7 minutes ago, Zed Head said:

Smoke 'em if you got 'em...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/22/french-study-suggests-smokers-at-lower-risk-of-getting-coronavirus

I read the opposite. Also no packing the cigarette tobacco, more lung sucking work.

[Zed Head]

10 minutes ago, siteunseen said:

I read the opposite. Also no packing the cigarette tobacco, more lung sucking work.

They're saying that heavy smokers aren't getting as sick when they have the virus as much as non-smokers.  

I wonder if you can start smoking after you test positive?

“Our cross-sectional study strongly suggests that those who smoke every day are much less likely to develop a symptomatic or severe infection with Sars-CoV-2 compared with the general population,” the Pitié-Salpêtrière report authors wrote.

“The effect is significant. It divides the risk by five for ambulatory patients and by four for those admitted to hospital. We rarely see this in medicine,” it added.

Edited April 23, 2020 by Zed Head

[siteunseen]

Well I'll be one one of 'them' I guess. Cigarettes kill way more than covid-19 could hope to.

I'm sorry but I do not understand smokers of the cigarette. No offense, I'm a hypocrite, I do things that baffle my loved ones.

 

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Mainland Chinese Lies:

 

[Zed Head]

The Scientist-in-Chief muses... From the briefing report on TheGuardian.com.  Tanning beds for anyone who needs one.

“Supposing you brought the light inside the body - either through the skin or some other way,” Trump wondered. He also mused about ways to use disinfectants on people, “by injections inside or almost a cleaning.”

“It’d be interesting to check that,” the president said. “You’d have to use medical doctors.”

 

3m ago23:17

The DHS has worked with Johns Hopkins to test how the virus in droplets of saliva and respiratory fluids survives at different temperatures.

The virus survives best indoors, in dry conditions. UV rays and hotter, more humid temps cut down the halflife of the virus.

 

7m ago23:13

Both Trump and Mike Pence have referenced research that the virus will fade in warm weather. The president said “you won’t even believe” how the virus reacts to sunlight.

Preliminary studies, which have not been peer-reviewed, indicate that warm weather could slow the virus. Some researchers think that some Southeast Asian countries, like Cambodia and the Philippines, were spared larger outbreaks because of their hot, humid climate. But there have several outbreaks in other warm areas. The science is far from conclusive on whether the virus is seasonal.

Bill Bryan, who heads the science and technology directorate at Department of Homeland Security, is presenting more information on how the virus reacts to heat, humidity and light.

[Zed Head]

It gets better...

The DHS’s Bryan is asked about the president’s suggestions that disinfectants be injected into a person.

“We don’t do that within our lab,” Bryan said.

“Maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t work,” Trump interjected — but disinfectants like isopropyl alcohol definitely has an effect on “stationary objects.”

Note: If you are not a stationary object and are, in fact, a person, please follow medical advice and do not inject disinfectant into your body

[motorman7]

Here is the latest chart of the US Covid deaths.  Looks like the peak may have been reached, but I think the slope down is going to be a long one.

 

I also plotted the charts for New York and California.  New York's actually looks very good, nice bell top and tapering off on the right.  California looks like it is just getting started, pretty scary really.  I think several months from now Cuomo will look like a hero and Newsom, not so much.

 

 

This site referenced previously by @Zed Head   has some nice state by state charts. Some these states on the down side of the bell curve should start opening up.  Those still not reaching their peak are a concern.

https://covid-19.mdmetrix.com/grid.html?list=new_case_curve