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TIP for the day: Trim your nose hairs to minimize nasal irritation. That will lessen the chance of touching your face. 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…
Elderberry (Sambucus Nigra) is an over the counter nutritional supplement that is used when someone has a cold. Many studies support that elderberry is useful for the flu. Elderberry for influenza Prevents the multiplication of the influenza virus [1], [3] Elderberry increases the body’s ability to fight infection by an increase in the production of…
TIP for the day: When going out to buy anything, keep the receipt. It has a date and time on it. That way if your local health department announces a positive case in that area at the time you are there, you will know if you are exposed and need to be tested. This…
In the movie I am Legend, Will Smith’s character uses his blood to create a cure for a viral disease that killed 90% of the people and turned the rest into cannibalistic mutants. That’s not only in the movies. During a viral illness like Covid-19, the immune-competent can develop their own antibodies to kill the…
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The Coronavirus Task Force announces that starting this week, Covid-19 testing labs will be operational in 10 states. Each site is projected to do 2,000 to 4,000 tests a day. The priority for testing are the health care workers and the elderly and the chronically ill. The press conference yesterday laid out the plan to…
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The virus causing the Covid-19 disease is so tiny that you can’t see it. More than that, you can’t smell, feel, and hear it. But that tiny thing has infected more than 160 thousand and killed almost 6,000 worldwide. The Covid-19 virus was able to do that damage because it is very contagious. The virus…
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. Click on the titles in blue…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….