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

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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…

The Covid-19 can Attack the Brain

A report coming from the Beijing Ditan Hospital talked about a patient infected with Covid-19 who had multiple organ system failures with brain involvement. The 56-year-old patient was admitted on Jan 12 and developed severe respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), heart damage, abnormal clotting, kidney failure, and liver damage. He was being managed aggressively with antiviral…

New Study Explains the Rapid Spread of Covid-19

The Covid-19 spread throughout the world has been fast. Almost 96 thousand are now infected in 6 continents. As an infected person coughs or sneezes, the droplets containing the viruses can land on any surface. The virus can survive on a smooth surface for as long as 9 days and transfer to the next person…

Covid – 19 Headlines Mar 5, 2020

  This page will update all day. Check frequently to be updated. Click on the ads to help support the website. Click on the headlines to get to the full report. As more tests are done, the percentage of serious and death rates will decrease. The articles in blue are original articles by me. Just published today:…

6 Little Known Effective Home Disinfectants for Covid-19

  The Covid-19 virus, also known as the SARS-CoV-2, has spread throughout six continents. There are now more than 94 thousand cases and more than 3,000 dead. The death rate or case fatality rate is currently 3.4%. The elderly and the ones with medical problems like heart disease, lung disease, diabetes, and cancer are noted…

Acceptable Hand Sanitizers You May not Know

  During the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a shortage of hand sanitizers and rubbing alcohol. The good news is that there are alternatives. The following is obtained from a CDC article, Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings.  Ways to disinfect the hands Alcohols Alcohols containing 60-95% are most effective, and…

Covid-19 Headlines Mar 4, 2020

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What Happens to Critically-ill Covid-19 patients?

A paper published in Lancet, Clinical course and outcomes of critically ill patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia in Wuhan, China, described 52 seriously ill with the Covid-19. Sars-CoV-2 is the same virus as Covid-19. It is the term science journals use for Covid-19. The Rapid Spread of Covid-19 Covid-19 is a new coronavirus. Being a new strain,…

Coronavirus Headlines Mar 3, 2020

  This page will update all day. Check frequently to be updated. As more tests are done, the percentage of serious and death rates will decrease. Many governments are afraid to test and reveal the true number of cases thinking that it will cause panic in their population. However, as the percentage of serious cases…

Covid-19 Headlines Mar 2, 2020

Cases tops 89,000. Six US deaths all in the Seattle are, First cases for Malaysia, Tunisia, Senegal, Latvia, Saudi Arabia, Portugal, New Hampshire, New York State, and Indonesia, Total deaths exceeding 3,000. Record days again for South Korea and Italy. Dow Jones bounces back. The death rate or case fatality rate is the number of…

Covid-19 Headlines March 1, 2020

  The new coronavirus does not take a Sunday off. Today is busy with a record number of cases in the UK, South Korea, Spain, France, Iran, Italy, and Japan. The Dominican Republic, Czech Republic, Scotland, Rhode Island, and Armenia reported their first documented cases. Thailand and Australia mark their first death. Factories remaining shut…

Is the Covid-19 epidemic Fake News?

Many people do not believe that the current Covid-19 epidemic is real. Others think that it is blown out of proportion and sensationalized. I will tell you that the outbreak is for real. How do I know? BECAUSE IT IS ALWAYS ABOUT THE MONEY! If the Covid-19 is fake news: Countries will not shut their…

Covid-19 Headlines Feb 29, 2020

This post will be updating the whole day. Keep up to date. If you know someone who does not believe in the epidemic, Is the Covid-19 epidemic Fake News? Covid-19 Headlines Don’t Test, Don’t Tell – Epsilon Theory But the CDC refuses to test for COVID-19. Why? Because it didn’t fit their “criteria” for testing. They didn’t…

The Secondary Attack Rate of Covid-19

Covid-19 is rapidly spreading globally. A paper published yesterday in Lancet, Secondary attack rate, and super covering events for SARS-CoV-2, gave us a specific number of how fast Covid-19 can spread. SARS-CoV-2 is another name for Covid-19 and is used in science journals. The paper was made by Yang Liu and Rosalind Eggo of the…

Covid-19 Headlines Feb 28, 2020

7:26 pm EST. I just published tonight a short read: The Secondary Attack Rate of Covid-19 The Covid-19 epidemic has continued to spread. The death rate is now at 3.4% worldwide. However, with the continued spread by asymptomatic patients, we can be sure that cases will continue to increase. Covid-19 headlines show the new virus…