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How Long Can the Covid-19 Virus Survive on Common Surfaces?
The SARS-CoV-2 virus is responsible for causing Covid-19 that has infected more than 1.3 million and killed almost 74 thousand people all over the world. For easier reading, I will use SARS-2 in place of SARS-CoV-2 in some parts of the article. Lancet recently published a study about long can SARS-CoV-2 viruses survive in…
Who Gets Cardiac Injury in Covid-19?
Many are familiar that Covid-19 leads to severe pneumonia. A new study that came out today from the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that heart damage also occurs in patients with Covid-19. Cardiac injury in Covid-19 presents with more severe illness. Their blood work shows signs of more significant systemic inflammation, and chest x-rays and CT…
Can’t Smell and Taste Suddenly? It Can be Covid-19!
There is a surprising similarity between NBA player Rudy Gobert and Member of the UK Parliament and Health Minister, Nadine Dorries. Both lost their senses of smell and taste at the beginning of their Covid-19 illness. The complete loss of smell is called anosmia. If the damage is partial, it is called hyposmia. Lastly, the…
Covid–19 Headlines Mar 23, 2020
The pandemic gets worse each day. Protect yourself and your loved ones. 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…
Covid–19 Headlines Mar 22, 2020
The pandemic gets worse each day. Protect yourself and your loved ones. 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…
U.S. Data: All ADULTS can have Serious Covid-19
Before this report, we knew that the elderly and people with chronic medical problems have the highest risk of severe illness and death from Covid-19. That information came from the Chinese experience. That knowledge is critical in preparing the world on what to expect once the epidemic reaches them. Not all countries are the…
Covid–19 Headlines Mar 21, 2020
Tip: The epidemic is forecasted to last months. Is it a good time to start vegetable gardening? 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…
Should you take Ibuprofen for Covid-19?
When I was in the Philippines in February, I had an upper respiratory infection. I don’t usually get sick, but I guess my body is not immune to the viruses there. At that time, there were only 3 cases of Covid-19, and they were far from me. Two are imported from China, and one…
Covid–19 Headlines Mar 19, 2020
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…
How to Beat a Pandemic Just like in the Movies
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…
How to Fight an Invisible Enemy
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 Headlines Mar 15, 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. Click on the titles in blue…
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….
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…
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…
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 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…