Using the 80/20 Principle for Covid-19

The 80/20 Rule is also the Law of Inequality or the Pareto principle. The idea is, not everyone contributes equally, and not all efforts produce comparable results. 20% of the energy will produce 80% of the results.  20% will provide 80% of the effect. A minority of the workers will contribute 80% of the results….

Covid–19 Headlines Mar 14, 2020

  Covid-19 is the disease caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2. This page will update all day. Check frequently to be current. Check out on the ads to help support the website. Headlines have embedded links. News sources retain all copyright.  Click on the titles to go to the full report. I have added my own…

10 Things Anyone Can Do to Lower the Covid-19 Death Rate

The death rate is the simplified term for the case fatality rate. The Case Fatality Rate (CFR) The CFR is the number of deaths for a specific disease divided by all the same conditions. It is multiplied by 100 to produce a percentage. Death rate = Case Fatality Rate = [the number of deaths divided…

Covid–19 Headlines Mar 13, 2020

  Covid-19 is the disease caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2. This page will update all day. Check frequently to be current. Check out on the ads to help support the website. Headlines have embedded links. News sources retain all copyright.  Click on the titles to go to the full report. I have added my own…

New Covid-19 data confirms the need for 2-week Quarantine

Covid-19 is a disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 stands for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. SARS-CoV-2 will be shortened to SARS-2 for easier reading in this article. A previous article, The SARS-CoV-2, is still present after Covid-19 described how virus particles are continually being shed by a patient that had recovered from the illness….

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Covid – 19 Headlines Mar 12, 2020

Covid-19 is the disease caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2. This page will update all day. Check frequently to be current. Check out on the ads to help support the website. Headlines have embedded links. News sources retain all copyright.  Click on the titles to go to the full report. I have added my own comments…

Protecting At-Risk People from Covid-19

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a set of guidelines to lessen the risk of the at-risk people from catching the Covid-19 virus. Who are the At-Risk People? Older people People with medical problems like Heart disease Lung disease Diabetes Cancer Autoimmune diseases like Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Dies From the Coronavirus? Why…

Treatment and Vaccine Developments for COVID-19 / SARS-CoV-2

  SARS-CoV-2 is the official name that the Coronavirus Study Group has given the present coronavirus epidemic. Covid-19 is the name given by the World Health Organization to the same virus. The news about the spread of Covid-19, formerly known as the 2019-novel coronavirus, can be depressing. Especially with more than 76 thousand cases and…

Covid – 19 Headlines Mar 11, 2020

  This page will update all day. Check frequently to be current. Check out on the ads to help support the website. Headlines have embedded links. News sources retain all copyright.  Click on the titles to go to the full report. Just released: Protecting At-Risk People from Covid-19 Updated: Treatment and Vaccine Developments for COVID-19…

Drive-Thru Testing for Covid-19

South Korea pioneered the drive-thru testing for the Covid-19. The mayor of Goyang was inspired by the efficiency of the Starbucks drive-thru.  They started on Feb 26. Since then, South Korea has tested almost more than 202 thousand people with its 50 drive-thru centers.  As of today, Australia, Wales, Sheffield, England, and the University of…

Covid – 19 Headlines Mar 10, 2020

  This page will update all day. Check frequently to be current. Check out on the ads to help support the website. Headlines have embedded links. News sources retain all copyright.  Click on the titles to go to the full report. Just published today Drive-Thru Testing for Covid-19 In case you missed them: Why is…

Why is Covid-19 testing badly needed?

The symptoms and the course of Covid-19 are mild in the majority of the cases (about 80%). Only a small number needs admission to the hospital. If most cases are mild, why is there a need for testing? Testing can protect the at-risk group. Protect from whom? Covid-19 cases including asymptomatic ones can spread the…

Can children get infected with the Covid-19?

Yes, they do. Covid-19 in children A study of more than 72 thousand Covid-19 cases in China published by the China CDC showed that the 0-9 years old are only 0.9% of the cases, and the 10-19 year-olds are only 1.2 % of the total cases. It is shown in the figure below. Another good…

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Covid – 19 Headlines Mar 9, 2020

This page will update all day. Check frequently to be current. Check out on the ads to help support the website. Headlines have embedded links. Click on them to get the full report. Just released today: Why is testing for Covid-19 badly needed? Can children get infected with the Covid-19? The Complete Covid-19 Articles If…

Covid-19: Why Should Health Care Workers be Protected? (Updated)

Update: 3/8/2020 Since publishing this article, I came upon this correspondence from the New England Journal of Medicine titled, SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in Upper Respiratory Specimens of Infected Patients.   The writers of the letter studied the number of viruses from asymptomatic patients using nasal and throat swabs. They found:  The viral load that was detected…

Covid – 19 Headlines Mar 8, 2020

  This page will update all day. Check frequently to be current. Check out on the ads to help support the website. Headlines have embedded links. Click on them to get the full report Recently Published: Covid-19: Why Should Health Care Workers be Protected? (Updated) 5 Reasons why Covid-19 Is Spreading Fast Covid -19 Headlines…

5 Reasons why Covid-19 Spreads Fast

  The Covid-19 epidemic began in December 2019 and spread rapidly. By now, there are more than 105 thousand cases in more than 100 countries and territories. How can a virus spread that fast in less than four months? Most of the answer lies in the properties of the virus and the ease of transportation….

Study: Chinese Herbal Medicine to Prevent Coronavirus Infection

Covid-19 has infected more than 104,000 people. Currently, there are no definitive drugs and vaccines on the market. A paper from the Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, by a group of researchers from Beijing and London, reviewed three studies that were done in 2003 that used Chinese Medicine (CM) to prevent SARS or Severe Acute…

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Covid – 19 Headlines Mar 7, 2020

This page will update all day. Check frequently to be current. Check out on the ads to help support the website. Headlines have embedded links. Click on them to get the full report Just Published: 5 Reasons why Covid-19 Is Spreading Fast Study: Chinese Herbal Medicine to Prevent Coronavirus Infection 5 Hand Disinfectants for Coronavirus You…

Covid – 19 Headlines Mar 6, 2020

  This page will update all day. Check frequently to be current. Check out on the ads to help support the website. Headlines have embedded links. Click on them to get the full report As more tests are done, the percentage of serious and death rates will decrease. Some articles are written by me. You…