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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…
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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….
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 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….
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…
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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…
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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…
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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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….
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…
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…
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…