Know The Nature 0f The Beast

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Ken
At 90, she said her final goodbyes as doctors prepared her to die from coronavirus.
Then she survived By Sara Sidner, CNN

New Irish study says vitamin D could help prevent Covid-19 infection.
Geneva Wood knew her life was about to end. She could feel it with every strained breath.
She was well aware her 90-year-old lungs were filling with fluid. She was drowning from the inside out. The coronavirus had taken hold and she had one last request. “I said to the doctor, this is the end.
I’m not gonna make it and I want to see my family,” Wood told CNN. “And that was my only wish and desire was to be able to talk to my children again.” Her doctor agreed.
She was dying. Her children were called to see their mom alive one last time.
With so little oxygen in her lungs, Wood was losing the ability to talk.

Her daughter, Cami Neidigh, drove to the hospital.
“They didn’t think that she was going to make it, and that we should go ahead and come on down while she can still talk to us,” her daughter said. The news was doubly devastating for the family. Wood had been recovering from a stroke. “It was kind of cruel, you know,” Neidigh said. “She had just learned to live again.” Wood’s family had chosen to send her for rehab to the nearby Life Care Center of Kirkland, Washington, after her stroke. When Wood arrived months earlier, she couldn’t talk. She couldn’t walk. She couldn’t speak well enough to be understood.
The staff cared for her until she could do all those things.
“All I could do was jabber and they taught me to live again,” Wood said. “I went there for therapy, which they provided. What the staff did for me was great.” But as she regained her strength, the coronavirus spread through the Life Care Center of Kirkland. It became the first place in America to have a major deadly outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Only nobody realized it at the time. The virus was spreading like a deadly plague inside the facility long before people switched to elbow bumps instead of handshakes, and before self-distancing and stay-at-home orders became the norm.
Geneva Wood suddenly found herself infected like 80 other patients there. She was rushed
to the hospital where the virus began taking her breath away. “I coughed a lot.” Wood said
“I had trouble breathing, I was just tired. I just wanted to sleep, rest and be left alone.”
She had never felt the kind of exhaustion that came with Covid-19. The spitfire of a great-grandmother says she survived the flu dozens of times while raising her children and survived the Great Depression and World War II, but she never wanted to give up until she got the coronavirus.

But her body fought it. And she survived, with her humor intact.
“I’m not dead yet,” Wood quipped to the nurse who she asked to bring her water. Wood was
one of the lucky ones. Fifty-five people associated with the Life Care nursing home died, many younger than her. Now Wood is home and able to speak with her family, who she once feared she might never see or talk to again. She snuggled up next to her daughter in her big comfortable chair and marveled at how happy she was just to be home. “I love it here.
One of the things I fought for was to be able to be with my kids. To give them a hug or a kick
or whatever they needed,” Wood said.
Her daughter cracked up. Her feisty, strong-willed mother was back.
“That’s, that’s what I’m here for.” Wood laughed. “To take care of their needs. If they need a
hug that’s what they need and if they need a kick in the rear, that’s what they get.” 
Her daughter is relieved to hear her mom joke again. “It’s been a brutal roller coaster ride,”
she says. And Neidigh wants anyone who is writing off the elderly as those who can be sacrificed to coronavirus for the sake of others or for the economy to remember people like
her mother. She says nobody should get to choose who gets to live or die and that the world could
used the wisdom of the elderly. They still have something to give.

“You can’t put a price on life like that,” Neidigh said.
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J.K. Rowling suffers ‘every symptom’ of coronavirus and reveals what cured her!!!
The Harry Potter author said she had not been tested but used a breathing technique to get
air in to the bases of her lungs. J.K. Rowling has said she is “fully recovered” after suffering
“all symptoms” of coronavirus. The Harry Potter author said she had not been tested but used
a breathing technique to get air in to the bases of her lungs and shared a video of a doctor
advising how to do it.

She wrote on Twitter: “Please watch this doc from Queens Hospital explain how to relieve respiratory symptoms. “For last 2 weeks I’ve had all symptoms of C19 (tho haven’t been tested) & did this on doc husband’s advice. “I’m fully recovered & technique helped a lot.”
In the video the doctor shows how to take deep breaths, hold the breaths and then cough, before lying flat on the stomach to allow air into the lungs. He says: “While you have an active infection you need to get a good amount of air into the bases of your lungs and the only way you are going to do that is by having a technique.
“I want you guys to start dong this if you have the infection right from the beginning,
if you want to do it before you even pick up the infection, good idea. “Take five deep breaths in, hold the breath for five seconds, on the sixth deep breath you will take it in and do a big cough, covering your mouth. “Do this twice and then lay flat on your bed (on your stomach) with a pillow in front of you and taking slightly deeper breaths for the next ten minutes. “The majority of your lungs is on your back,
not on your front, so by lying on your back you’re closing off your smaller airways and this is not good during a period of infection, it’s very important that you guys understand this.”  

SEE: Coronavirus breathing technique used by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowlin.

COVID-19: Here’s everything you need to know about the novel coronavirus!!! 
 
Why does the CDC only list three novel coronavirus symptoms?

“It’s because these are the most common symptoms in the U.S.,” says Richard Watkins, M.D., infectious disease physician and professor of internal medicine at Northeast Ohio Medical University.
Fever: This is by far the most common sign of COVID-19, and is defined by having a 
temperature of 100.4° F or higher.
Cough: Experts say patients typically develop a dry cough, meaning you’re coughing but nothing is coming up, like phlegm or mucus.
Shortness of breath: This symptom often presents in more advanced cases and can range
in severity. Some people simply feel winded by otherwise normal activities, while others end
up having trouble breathing on their own. “It feels like you’re not getting enough air,”
says David Cutler, M.D., a family medicine physician at Providence Saint John’s Health Center
in Santa Monica, Calif. That said, several studies have shown a solid number of people infected with COVID-19 have no symptoms. “We are likely missing many cases in the U.S.,” Watkins says.
The CDC maintains those big three are the symptoms of novel coronavirus, but the World Health Organization (WHO) has a more extensive list that includes 14 different symptoms detected in people with mild cases of COVID-19.  That’s a big deal, since “most people infected with the COVID-19 virus have mild disease and recover,” per a February report of a joint World Health Organization-China mission. In fact, that report found that 80% of confirmed patients had mild to moderate disease.  

What are the mild symptoms of novel coronavirus?
In the WHO report, the organization analyzes nearly 56,000 cases of COVID-19 in China
and breaks down a wide range of “typical” symptoms, as well as how often people
with the virus experienced them:

Fever (87.9%)
Dry cough (67.7%)
Fatigue (38.1%)
Sputum production (33.4%)
Shortness of breath (18.6%)
Sore throat (13.9%)
Headache (13.6%)
Muscle aches and pains (14.8%)
Chills (11.4%)
Nausea or vomiting (5.0%)
Nasal congestion (4.8%)
Diarrhea (3.7%)
Coughing up blood (0.9%)
Red eyes (0.8%)

A lost sense of smell wasn’t on the WHO’s list, but several organizations—including the
British Rhinological Society, British Association of Otorhinolaryngology, and The American Academy
of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), say it’s a possible symptom, too.
Below, what you need to know about the mild symptoms that didn’t make the CDC’s list:
1. Lost sense of smell
This “has been seen in patients ultimately testing positive for the coronavirus with no other symptoms,” the AAO-HNS said in a statement. “It could potentially be used as a screening tool
to help identify otherwise asymptomatic patients, who could then be better instructed on
 self-isolation.” According to a joint statement from the British Rhinological Society and British Association of Otorhinolaryngology, two out of every three people with confirmed cases of COVID-19
in Germany had a lost sense of smell, and 30% of patients in South Korea who
tested positive experienced the same thing.
“Viruses are a common cause of changes to the sense of smell or taste that can occur with an upper respiratory infection,” says Rachel Kaye, M.D., assistant professor of laryngology-voice, airway, and swallowing disorders at Rutgers University. “Viral infection can result in both inflammation and swelling of the nasal cavity lining, leading to nasal congestion, which in
turn causes a change in smell. Furthermore, there is also some evidence that viral infection
can lead to neurologic damage in the smell receptors.”
2. Fatigue
It’s not shocking that a viral infection would cause people to feel completely wiped out,
says Susan Besser, M.D., a primary care physician at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore.
“Your body is working hard to fight the virus, and that requires a lot of energy,” she says.
“It doesn’t leave much energy left over for you.”
3. Sputum production
Sputum production, a.k.a. excess mucus that you may cough up, isn’t super common with
COVID-19, but it’s common enough that more than a third of patients have experienced it.
Dr. Cutler points out that sputum production is common with plenty of other respiratory conditions, like the common cold and allergies, so you shouldn’t rush to assume you have coronavirus if you’re experiencing this.
4. Sore throat
Because COVID-19 is a respiratory virus, you may have postnasal drip (where excess mucus
drips down the back of your nose and throat) and that can cause irritation in your throat,
Dr. Besser says. Also, constantly coughing can be tough on your throat in general.
5. Aches, pains, and headaches
These are common symptoms with viruses, Dr. Cutler says. “When you get a viral infection,
often you get a fever and that fever response can cause the body to feel achy all over,”
he explains. “We see that with the flu and other infections as well.”
6. Diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting
There’s no clear reason to explain why this is happening in some people, Dr. Besser says,
but she has some theories. “It’s possibly due to increased drainage from postnasal drip into
the stomach—that can cause issues,” she says. It could also just be the way the virus itself
behaves in some people, she says.
New research in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, found that a “unique sub-group” of COVID-19 patients develop digestive symptoms.
“In some cases, the digestive symptoms, particularly diarrhea, can be the initial presentation
of COVID-19, and may only later or never present with respiratory symptoms or fever,”
the researchers wrote.
They believe these symptoms may occur because the virus enters your system through
“a receptor found in both the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract where it is expressed
at nearly 100-fold higher levels than in respiratory organs.”
What should you do if you think you have novel coronavirus symptoms?
If you’re experiencing multiple symptoms of COVID-19, get your doctor on the phone.
You should not go to the hospital, because you could potentially spread the virus if you
do have it or pick it up if you actually don’t. Once you discuss your symptoms, your doctor
will be able to determine if you qualify for a COVID-19 test and go from there.
However, there is no specific cure for novel coronavirus and most people are being advised
to treat mild symptoms with over-the-counter remedies while isolating at home for at least
14 days, Dr. Watkins says. “Many people have symptoms for two weeks—some longer and others a shorter duration,” he adds.
For a fever, aches, and pains, have acetaminophen (Tylenol) on hand and follow the label’s dosage instructions. Turn to cough medicine or tea with honey to relieve your cough or sore throat. Plenty of rest and fluids are also recommended. If you notice your symptoms getting worse, though, call your doctor again about next steps. And if the following occur, the CDC says it’s your cue to head to the hospital: 
Trouble breathing
Persistent pain or pressure in the chest
New confusion or inability to arouse
Bluish lips or face
Other severe or concerning symptoms (like a fever that won’t die down)
When can you leave your home after experiencing novel coronavirus symptoms?
The CDC has guidelines that depend on whether you have access to a COVID-19 test.
If you will not have a test, the CDC says you can leave home after these three things happen:
You don’t have a fever for at least 72 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication.
Your symptoms have improved.
At least seven days have passed since you first had symptoms.
If you will have a test, you can leave home after the following:
You no longer have a fever without the use of fever-reducing medication.
Your symptoms have improved.
You received two negative tests in a row, 24 hours apart.
When in doubt, call your doctor to be on the safe side.

Related video:  How to Tell the Difference Between Coronavirus Symptoms and Allergies 
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Two Different World Outlooks Dealing With The Conoravirus!!!
New Zealand isn’t just flattening the curve. It’s squashing it.
Coronavirus? Pandemic? For many in Sweden, life goes on as usual.

New data on New York coronavirus deaths:
Most had these underlying illnesses;
61% were men.

THE NEW WONDER DRUG!!!
Cuba has mobilized its medical corps around the world to distribute a new “wonder drug”
that officials there say is capable of treating the new coronavirus despite the United States’
strict sanctions that continue to pressure the communist-run island. The drug, called Interferon
Alpha-2B Recombinant (IFNrec), is jointly developed by scientists from Cuba and China,
where the coronavirus COVID-19 disease outbreak first emerged late last year.
 Already active in China since January, the Cuban Medical Brigades began deploying to
dozens of nations, providing personnel and products such as its new anti-viral drug to battle
the disease that has exceeded 400,000 confirmed cases across the globe. As of Tuesday, over 100,000 people have recovered from the infection and more than 18,000 have died.
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South Korea flattened its coronavirus curve

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Ken
Tom Streetman works as a marketing manager at a gaming company in Seoul.
By Grace Moon / NBC News 

SEOUL, South Korea — It took Thomas Streetman two hours to walk out his front door,
take a cab to the public health center, get tested for the coronavirus and make it back to his apartment. Streetman, 32, an Ohio native — who had a slight fever — was greeted with blue tents scattered across a surprisingly barren street. Medical staff clad head to toe in hazmat suits conducted screenings as
another staff member fogged the sidewalk with disinfectant spray.
“It was almost militaristic,” said Streetman, who has lived in the South Korean capital for almost a decade. “They stuck a long swab up my nose pretty deep. It felt like a button poked my nerves and released my sinuses.”
Streetman, who works as a marketing manager at a gaming company in Seoul, received his negative results
in less than 24 hours and is now one of more than 327,000 people out of the country’s 51 million-strong population to have been tested for the coronavirus in South Korea since the country confirmed its first case
Jan. 21. The U.S., which confirmed its first case the same day, is suffering from the repercussions of a weeks-late start in obtaining test kits.
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Since March 11, South Korea has seen a general decline in the number of new coronavirus cases, some as low
as 74 and 76 each day — a stark comparison to its peak of 909 cases Feb. 29. The U.S. is one of many countries that has followed South Korea’s lead by beginning to install drive-thru testing hubs at CVS, but the slow installations come at a time of national panic with over 80 million Americans already under lock down.

This is how South Korea flattened its coronavirus curve.

Early testing, detection, prevention

News that China had reported its first case of the coronavirus was enough reason for South Korean leaders
and medical staff to brace themselves for the worst. “Acting fast was the most important decision South Korea made,” said Hwang Seung-Sik, a professor at Seoul National University’s Graduate School of Public Health. 
By early February, the first test had been approved. Active collaboration among central and regional government officials and medical staff took place before cases began piling up, enabling South Korea’s current testing capacity
of 20,000 people a day at 633 sites, including drive-thru centers and even phone booths.
The collaborative effort was underway just 11 days after “Patient 31,” a member of a
secretive religious group called the Shincheonji Church, caused an explosion of infections in Daegu,
a major city 170 miles southeast of Seoul. Early testing meant early detection of infections
in South Korea, where a relatively larger proportion of patients showed either no symptoms or very mild ones,
according to Hwang.
“Among Shincheonji members, there were many 20- and 30-year-olds who were infected. Many of them may have never even known they were carrying the virus and recovered easily while silently infecting those around them,” Hwang said. “Early testing is why Korea hasn’t reached its breaking point yet.”  Under South Korea’s single-payer health care system, getting tested costs $134. But with a doctor’s referral or for those who’ve made contact with an infected person, testing is free. Even undocumented foreigners are urged to get tested and won’t face threats due to their status.

Extensive tracing and mapping

South Korean leaders have amped up efficiency for overwhelmed hospitals by digitally monitoring lower-risk patients under quarantine, as well as keeping close tabs on visiting travelers who are required to enter their symptoms into an app. Sites like Corona Map generate real-time updates about where current patients are located and inform proactive Koreans focused on protecting themselves. 
That people are willing to forgo privacy rights and allow the publication of sensitive information underlines the willingness to pay the digital cost of state surveillance in the name of public safety, said professor
Ju Youngkee, who teaches health and data journalism at Hallym University. According to a survey conducted last month by Seoul National University’s Graduate School of Public Health, 78.5 percent of respondents agreed that they would sacrifice the protection of their privacy rights to help prevent a national epidemic.     
Public spaces transformed into PSA venues
The refusal by some Britons to follow the government’s social distancing measures in the United Kingdom prompted the closings of thousands of pubs, cafés and restaurants last week, leaving many to consider layoffs and shutting for good. In South Korea, however, reminders from the government aren’t delivered in the form of blanket lockdowns. Commuters wait at platforms and in subway cars as announcements are played in different languages, including English and Chinese. 

A female voice lists tips such as “blocking” your mouth when coughing.
The broadcasts are one of many upgrades from the 2015 Middle East Respiratory Syndrome outbreak — a failing of the South Korean system that cost 38 lives and amounted to 186 cases, the highest number outside the Middle East. Now, hand sanitizer bottles are placed in front
of nearly every entrance and elevator for public use. And of the 1,000 people who took part in
a study by Seoul National University, 97.6 percent responded that they at least sometimes wear a mask when they are outside, 63.6 percent of whom said they always wear one.

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“Wearing masks or self-monitoring alone isn’t foolproof to people in Korea, but taking part in these practices
as a group is believed to have an impact,” said Michael Hurt, who teaches cultural theory at Korea National University of the Arts. “This says that your individual choices may not have immediate benefit to you as an individual but will benefit the herd — that it doesn’t work unless everybody is in the game.”

Cautious hopefulness
Despite its apparently swift recovery from the coronavirus, South Korea may only be entering the beginning stages of what experts suspect may be a long ride ahead. According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 80 percent of COVID-19 cases can be categorized as mass infections. A call center in southwestern Seoul was at the center of a local outbreak this month that generated more than 156 infections.

About 90 cases were traced to a Zumba class.
“Even though the number of reported cases is declining, this may be painting an illusion of recovery,” Hwang said. “All 210,000 Shincheonji members have been tested, which may account for the decline we’re seeing, but local infection clusters are emerging every day in churches, hospitals and other mundane spaces.” South Korea has already started new testing on all arrivals from Europe, according to local news reports, preparing for a “second wave” of imported clusters. Even those who test negative are required to self-quarantine for 14 days. “We are proceeding with cautious hopefulness,” Hwang said.

South Korea’s return to normal interrupted by uptick in coronavirus cases.
South Korea has been held up as a paragon for containing the coronavirus, lauded by the
world for successfully flattening its curve, it is now bracing for a possible second wave.  
But two worlds have emerged in South Korea. In one, everyday life resembles something
closer to normal: There are lines outside restaurants during lunchtime; streets are busier;
some wear masks and some do not.  https://www.pnas.org/content/114/35/E7348

The other world, however, keeps its eye firmly on the slight daily uptick in the country’s number of cases. Despite methods like early testing and digital tracing, South Korea is bracing itself for a second wave of infection. The government recently pushed back the new school year, opting for April 6 as the start date. Despite efforts to protect children from being infected with the coronavirus, With over 83 percent of South Korea’s Hwajeong Poly School — test prep centers for students — remain open.
With many parts of the world wondering what a slow return to normal life will look like,
South Korea’s situation offers a warning: The curve doesn’t necessarily stay flat. The first wave of the coronavirus struck South Korea in mid-February after a “superspreader” from
the Shincheonji Church in Daegu, a major city southeast of Seoul, infected worshippers
during a service — a single case that infected more than 6,000 people.
Since then, with the swift implementation of nonpharmaceutical initiatives, like refraining from handshakes and diligently wearing masks, South Korea significantly reduced its number of daily cases from a peak of 909 in late February to as low as 76 and 64 in mid-March. Despite this general decline, 125 new cases were reported last Monday — a slight increase from the previous day, at 78. The new stats also showed a rising death toll.
Local infection clusters have continued to set South Koreans on edge as case numbers fluctuate.
Most recently, a hospital in Daegu, the center of South Korea’s outbreak, experienced another cluster infection, with at least 62 cases. Mannim Central Church in southwestern Seoul confirmed more positive tests, increasing their number to 33. With these slight upticks, it’s clear that South Korea hasn’t fully contained the virus yet.

But local clusters aren’t the only problem.
South Korea is simultaneously coping with an influx of travelers from Europe and the U.S., which has resulted in more than 518 imported cases. How widespread an infection cluster has to be to be considered another “wave” varies. Some local media refer to South Korea’s first confirmed case on Jan. 20 involving a traveler from Wuhan to be the “first wave” and the Shincheonji outbreak to be the second. Dr. Ki Moran, a professor at the National Cancer Center’s Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy, said that even the slightest loosening
of social distancing fosters the danger of triggering another mass wave.
“A wave occurs when you see an increase followed by a decrease in the number of cases,
not just once, but the pattern should repeat itself again, which in this case it has,” Ki said.
“Right now our greatest jeopardy is becoming complacent.” In efforts to push back against
this doubled burden, every new arrival as of April 1 will be placed in mandatory quarantine
for 14 days, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).
Those who fail to comply with regulations are subject to imprisonment for up to 1 year or may be fined
up to 10 million won, whereas foreigners risk facing deportation. 

Reassessing the realities
How long can South Korea and the rest of the world live in isolation? In the United States alone, more than 3.3 million people filed for unemployment in a week, highlighting the toll this virus has taken on those who cannot afford isolation. Ki said that South Korea is already planning ahead, brainstorming ways the country can practice “everyday distancing” that would introduce more sustainable lifestyle changes rather than temporary campaigns.
For instance, instead of having all children arrive and leave school at the same time, an alternative
would be conducting half of the coursework online and half in-person to reduce
the number of students in class. Rearranging lunch tables so students sit in a zig zag rather
that adjacent to each other is also being taken into consideration. But South Korea’s decision
to further move back the start of the school year points to the continuous disruption that
the coronavirus has inflicted.
“We can’t just delay the entire educational system for a year,” Ki said. As of March 31, 9,786 total cases were confirmed in South Korea, moving the country down to 14th on the list of countries with COVID-19 cases. “Hoping that a vaccine will be developed soon is too optimistic, ” Ki said. “We have to acknowledge the reality of the situation we are in and make a plan.”

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had time to test vitamin D directly against it. 
 
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A Real Game Changer

Posted on April 4, 2020 by Ken
U.S. Sees Virus Peak in Some Cities Next Week as Global Toll Climbs
By Melissa Korn & Newley Purnell  

Confirmed coronavirus cases shot past 1.1 million globally, with the U.S. firmly at the center
of the global pandemic and bracing for the country’s hardest weeks. White House coronavirus coordinator Deborah Birx said during a White House briefing that modeling shows New York, Detroit and New Orleans— and the areas around those cities—will likely reach the peak of their outbreaks in the next six to seven days.
She declined to predict how many people could
perish in those cities, noting that each place is different. 

But she said that New York has seen several hundred deaths per day and officials there have said that figure could increase into the range of 500-700 people per day. “That’s very concerning to us,” Dr. Birx said. Government officials are closely monitoring an uptick in cases in Pennsylvania, Colorado and Washington, D.C., she said, explaining that experts are hopefully social distancing in those places could prevent those areas from seeing the same level of spread as New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and part of Rhode Island are having.
“The next two weeks are extraordinarily important,” she said.“This is the moment to do everything that you can,” Dr. Birx said later at the briefing, “Doing everything you can to keep your family and your friends safe.”“There will be a lot of death unfortunately,”
President Trump said at the briefing. But he added there would be less death than there would have been without the federal government’s response to stop the spread of the virus.
The U.S. has more than 300,000 cases, and New York state is hardest hit with nearly 114,000 as of Saturday. Upward of 8,100 people in the U.S. have died from Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, according to Johns Hopkins data. Roughly half of those are in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. “It is like a fire spreading,” Mr. Cuomo added on Saturday. Most states now have stay-at-home orders, with governors in Alabama and Missouri announcing such restrictions Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday evening recommended that all people wear face coverings in public, especially in hot spots with high transmission rates. 
Officials urged people to reserve N95 surgical masks and respirators for medical first responders and instead encouraged the use of scarfs, bandannas or other cloth coverings.
Mr. Trump called the mask advisory “voluntary,” and said he didn’t expect to wear one himself. Meanwhile in New York City, crematoriums are now running 24 hours a day, and the city put out a wireless emergency alert on Friday asking any licensed medical personnel to volunteer to fight the virus. Tens of thousands from outside the state had already done so before that call went out, and they and local medical professionals who volunteered are now being paired with hospitals requesting assistance, Mr. Cuomo said.
The governor warned New York is probably about a week away from its caseload apex, when hospitals, health care workers and supplies will be stretched thinnest. The state now has 113,704 cases, up by nearly 11,000 in the past day, Mr. Cuomo said. The death toll rose to 3,565, a one-day jump of 630. New York state has been struggling to amass enough ventilators, the most in-demand hospital item in the fight against the virus. The Chinese government helped facilitate a donation of 1,000 ventilators, which would arrive on Saturday, Mr. Cuomo said.
He also thanked the federal government for its help converting the Javitz Center in Manhattan into
a 2,500-bed hospital for Covid-19 patients.
At the White House news briefing Saturday, Mr. Trump said 1,000 medical military personnel were being sent to New York to help with the coronavirus response. He said he had dispatched them and that they would go “where they’re needed the most.” The president also again criticized many states for asking for too much federal aid, saying that the federal government was there to serve as a “backup” to states.
New Jersey now has more than 34,000 confirmed cases, followed by Michigan, California and Massachusetts. At a news conference Saturday, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said the coronavirus death count now eclipses the death toll from the terrorist attack on 9/11 by more than 100. He asked people to continue to practice social distancing, despite desires to congregate for Easter and Passover in the coming week. In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Saturday the state would increase testing. So far, 126,700 people have been tested, a number that Mr. Newsom said isn’t enough. The state has more than 12,600 confirmed cases, the governor said Saturday.
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  The state has a new partnership with the University of California, Davis and San Diego, to create a minimum of five to seven testing hubs throughout the state. “I have a responsibility as governor to do better, and do more testing in the state of California,” Mr. Newsom said at a news conference Saturday. U.S. medical experts and the White House have estimated the national death toll from the coronavirus pandemic could reach 100,000 to 240,000.
At the same time, governments around the world further tightened limits on social activity, as the death toll surpassed 63,900 world-wide.
In Spain, 124,736 people have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to data updated Saturday morning, more than anywhere else after the U.S. So far, 11,744 people are known to have died there. But in Italy, long the center of the outbreak, the rate of infection is slowing. There were 119,827 confirmed cases of infection as of Friday evening, a 3.9% increase from the previous day, a sign that the strict social-distancing measures introduced more than three weeks ago are having an impact.
Italy’s official death toll, however, remains the world’s highest, with 14,681 people confirmed dead. But as elsewhere, many people—infected and dead—aren’t being counted. China, where the new virus first emerged late last year, is slowly returning to normal after lifting one of the world’s longest and most stringent lockdowns.
According to Johns Hopkins data, the country has recorded more than 82,500 cases—now surpassed by those in the U.S., Italy, Spain, Germany and France—and the rate of spread has slowed. President Xi Jinping and other leaders gathered Saturday in Beijing to observe three minutes of silence as part of a national day of mourning for Covid-19 victims.  
Write to Melissa Korn at melissa.korn@wsj.com 
and Newley Purnell at newley.purnell@wsj.com

Coronavirus COVID-19 Stay at Home Survival Guide 
by Gene DellaSala — March 15, 2020 

How I’m Managing My COVID-19 Symptoms
I recently tested positive for COVID-19 after struggling with what I thought at the time was a stomach bug or flu on and off for 8 straight days. It wasn’t until I got the call from a business associate who visited my home to demo the new RBH Sound SVTRS system that I learned that his colleague and his wife were hospitalized from illness due to COVID-19. I immediately coordinated with my doctor and the health department to get tested and less than 48hrs later (03/10/20), I was diagnosed and ordered to be quarantined in my home with my family for the next two weeks or until I produced two negative consecutive test results. My first test comes this Monday and I sit here with fingers crossed for a successful negative result though with symptoms like chest tightness, and headaches persistent, I remain cautiously optimistic. 
I remain hopeful NOT to infect my wife or youngest daughter. I’ve read the research. Somehow children seem to be less symptomatic than adults but are still carriers. COVID-19 seems to target men more than women but my wife has severe Asthma so I pray she doesn’t get this.
I pray for everyone right now and that we get through this not only as a nation but as a race.
I hope that good will come of this as people realize we are all connected,
and we are all stewards of this planet.

So, what do you do to pass the time while in isolation? I’m literally stuck between my theater room (not a bad place to be) and the guest room with our Bearded Dragon who looks at me in confusion as to why I’m not picking him up and playing with him as usual. I must look pretty funny to him wearing a face mask and having a mouthpiece when doing nebulizer treatments. Isolation is important. 

Whomever your caregiver is, make sure they ALWAYS wear gloves and a mask while interacting with you if you have COVID-19. 

You should wear a mask, preferably the N95 rated, for all interactions with quarantined family members even if they are asymptomatic. Paper plates & cups are a good idea, to cut down on washing dishes and the exposure to the virus since they thrive on hard surfaces.
Your clothes and trash should be contained in bags and handled with gloves. Take no chances.
It’s been reported that COVID-19 can live on surfaces for days.

Living with Coronavirus (COVID-19) Symptoms & Treatments
Survival: The first order of business is to control your symptoms to be comfortable.
I’ve had excellent luck with Tylenol 8hr taken twice/day to control fevers and body pains. Thankfully I haven’t had a fever in the last 3 days but the Tylenol still partly helps with the migraines. How about a Nebulizer treatment every 4-6 hours help to relieve chest tightness which is a common symptom of those afflicted with COVID-19.
Any asthma sufferers will definitely want to be vigilant with their breathing treatments.
Hot Green Jasmine/Mint tea works wonders to hydrate and make you feel good. I discovered better results with warm beverages. Hydration is key. Coconut water also helps maintain energy levels thanks to high concentrations of electrolytes. 
Keep eating. I feel for my wife having to prepare meals as I’m forbidden from the kitchen
but you need your energy so don’t deprive yourself of food, especially proteins and fiber. 
Avoid irritants like coffee and alcohol (two things I love but don’t even have a desire to consume right now).  Boost your Vitamin D3, Vitamin B, C, etc.
There are good resources online to expand upon this just a Google search away.
Note: Stocking up on basic supplies to last you two weeks is a good idea such as items like milk, eggs, proteins, bread, canned items, batteries, toilet paper and paper towels.

COVID-19: 1 Month Still Infected, What Now?

The Idle Mind is the Devils Playground
Keep your mind occupied. I can’t sit in total silence very long without going crazy. Believe me it gets quiet in an acoustically controlled room all by yourself. I always have music going in the background but now is a great time to literally chill out and do some critical listening.
 I’m finding myself rediscovering music and movies that I haven’t listened to
or watched in some time.
♫
♫  Peter Gabriel: Security   ♫
♫♫
Classic albums like Peter Gabriel   Security sounds pretty awesome up mixed in Dolby Surround. Give it a try, crank up the “Rhythm of the Heat”. You will thank me. “Wallflower”
is one of those songs that you just listen to alone and reflect. A bit prophetic in this case
but enjoyable, nonetheless.
♫
♫  Steely Dan: Gaucho DTS CD  ♫
♫♫ 
This album is a treasure and represents an era of music long gone but not forgotten. I know it’s a bit overplayed but who could ever get tired of Donald Fagen’s vocals in “Third World Man” especially while being enveloped in discrete 5.1 bliss?   
♫
♫   Genesis: Trick of the Tail SACD  ♫ 
♫ ♫ 
It’s no secret Genesis is one of my all time favorite progressive rock bands. Trick of the Tail
was arguably  their musical peak. With Gabriel gone, Phil Collins really had to step up not only as their masterful drummer, but as lead vocals. The album starts off strong with
“Dance on a Volcano”. Few bands today can play at this level of musicianship or impact.
  “Entangled” is mesmerizing thanks to the wonderful Mellotron of Tony Banks and brilliant vocal track laid out by Phil Collins. Again pop this track on and thank me later. After going through withdrawal symptoms of finishing all 9 seasons of the Office, I was looking for a way to entertain myself on Netflix when suddenly
I went into classic Star Trek mode.

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Set in the late 23rd century, Captain Kirk goes on his last official mission to escort the chancellor of the Klingon Empire to a peace accord when he’s framed for murder. Christopher Plummer gives a superb performance as a the Klingon antagonist. I almost forgot what a Klingon looked like from the trash CBS Show Star Trek Discovery. This movie is pure sci-fi gold and perhaps only rivaled by STII TWOK from the the same director Nicolas Myer.

Apollo 13 (Full Movie)
This is about the best feel good American patriotic movie one can watch and it’s starring Tom Hanks, a fellow COVID-19 sufferer, so it’s an appropriate watch in this situation. Apollo 13 has everything you can want including great acting, great storytelling and great directing by Ron Howard. If we can bring the crew of Apollo 13 home from a failed space craft heading to the moon using nothing but slide rules and computers less sophisticated than those found in a fitbit, we can surely come up with a vaccine for the coronavirus. Go science! 
                                 
Dodgeball A True Underdog Story Full Movie _Ben Stiller Movie
Dodgeball is a silly comedy that has so many quotable moments thanks to Ben Stiller’s
brilliant performance as Wight Goodman. This is a movie I often come back to when I need
a lighthearted feel good comedy or if I ever need a refresher of the 5 D’s of Dodgeball (dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge!) These are useful life lessons we should all have instilled upon us.
Here’s to taking the bull by the horns White Goodman style.
Are you team Average Joe’s or team Globo-gym?

COVID-19: Dealing with Retest, Isolation & Recovery YouTube Video

 It’s Gonna Get Better
One thought I must keep going in my mind is that things are going to get better.
We will prevail over this virus. Our economy must recover, and humanity will survive.
It’s easy to go negative fast on this, especially me being a glass half empty kind of guy.
I’m in the middle of our most ambitious project in our 20-year history, the building of the Audioholics AV Smart Home where my goal is to document everything from soup to nuts
on our YouTube channel. I absolutely must make this work and I know with the support of our sponsors and my friends at HD2020, we will prevail.
In the meantime, if you feel sick, don’t go out. Stay home and isolate. Practice good hygiene.
Follow the advice of the medical professionals. They know what they’re doing.
Be kind to anyone you know that has COVID-19. We are still human.
We need the help, support and understanding of everyone.
I’d like to thank ALL of our readers for their prayers and support they’ve given me since I was diagnosed.
The positive energy has been invaluable to my healing.
   Source:>  https://www.audioholics.com/editorials/
the-covonavirus-covid-19-survival-guide 
  ^ This video is so valuable for the whole world.^
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‘We’re not Sacrificial Lambs’

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Ken
‘I’m not dead and each day is slightly better:’ The story of a senior coronavirus survivor.  
By Scott Fallon North Jersey.com

The first sign that Greg Foudy had been infected with coronavirus came in an unrelenting wave of chills that made him blast the heat in his Cresskill home until “it felt like an oven.”
It was late on March 10 and Foudy’s temperature had already risen above 102.
Over the next two weeks, the 65-year-old retiree would become as sick as he’s ever been. With growing frustration, he and his wife navigated a complicated and fractured health system seeking help. And finally, on the road to recovery, he dedicated himself to helping others avoid a disease that “knocked the hell” out of him.
Coronavirus hits older people especially hard. Eight out of 10 deaths reported in the U.S. have been among adults 65 and older, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control. And while Foudy is at the youngest end of that demographic, he still counts himself lucky.
“I’m not dead and each day is slightly better so I can’t feel too bad for myself,”
Foudy said with a chuckle.

 Retirement and recovery
The owner of a commercial refrigeration repair company, Foudy shut down his business in January after decades of servicing restaurants, bakeries and stores throughout New York. 
He was just sinking into retired life when he became sick. 
The fever that began on March 10 was not going away. Electric blankets, a raging radiator and copious amounts of Tylenol did only so much to manage his chills.
“I knew something was serious,” he said.
He suspected it was coronavirus and he mentioned it when he spoke to his family doctor of
30 years by phone. The doctor told Foudy he might have the flu, but cautioned him from coming into the medical office or going to the hospital just yet. 
Foudy considered himself in pretty good health, but like many men his age took daily medications for blood pressure and cholesterol.
The aches and pains came next, followed by near-crippling fatigue.
Taking a short walk to the hallway bathroom wiped him out.  
“All the little things you do that you take for granted were lost,” he said.
“Walking up and down the hallway felt like I was running a marathon.”
Foudy soon isolated himself from his wife, Dale Kopel, and their two grown children,
by staying in a guest bedroom.
He often slept for more than 20 hours a day — a welcome respite from the aches,
chills and uncontrollable cough that had developed. 
“I felt like I’d rather be asleep than being awake and feeling that way,” he said. “Your brain
kind of shuts down. I might not be the sharpest knife in the drawer but it felt like my brain turned to mush.
It was hard to concentrate on anything.”
Foudy ate nothing for days. He only drank water. He ended up losing 23 pounds.
“This is not how you want to lose weight,” he said. “Going from 165 to 142 pounds at my age
is not what I wanted to do.”
Foudy pressed his doctor to give him a prescription so he could get a coronavirus test.
On March 18, he had his nose swabbed at a drive-up site in Englewood Health hospital’s 
parking lot. 
Foudy said he was told he would get the results in 24 hours.
It took 12 days — and came back positive.
“Of course it was,” he said. “I thought it was obvious. It ran the classic course of COVID-19.”
By then Foudy had been feeling a lot better, even though he had a bout with bacterial pneumonia that antibiotics quickly cleared up. 
“I was angry that it took so long to get tested and then get the results, but then I did a
mental reboot and realized they’re trying to put out a fire with a Dixie cup,” Foudy said.
His wife was also frustrated that it took so long and questioned whether the lag time was
giving the public an inaccurate account of how far infections had spread. 
“The overall numbers are so off because people aren’t allowed to be tested and there’s
a huge lag in getting the results,” said Kopel.
Kopel said she felt mild flu-like symptoms for about two days.
“I suspect I might have it, but I don’t know,” she said.
Foudy isn’t sure when he was infected, but he suspects it was at a dinner party about a week before his symptoms started. At least one other person at the dinner, attended by about 50, came down with symptoms.

How recovered patients can fight the disease.
Mount Sinai Health System in New York is appealing to those who have fully recovered
from COVID-19 to donate blood plasma to help those with severe cases.
Plasma from recovered patients is rich with antibodies that fight against the virus.
The antibodies will be transfused into critically ill patients with the hope that they can neutralize the virus.
The procedure was used successfully in China, which reported that some patients improved within 24 hours, with reduced inflammation and viral loads, and better oxygen levels in the blood,
a report by Mount Sinai researchers said.
Foudy says he wants to make a donation as soon as he can.
“I feel fortunate that I didn’t die or infect anyone else,” he said.
“I also was lucky,” he said. “I had all my ducks lined up in a row when it came to closing my business and retiring. I didn’t have to worry about not having an income because I would have had to shut the business down. So I want to do everything I can to help those who may not be as fortunate.”
Any recovered patient wishing to join the Mount Sinai effort can sign up here.

Hosted by Risa Morimoto               
On March 12th, my daughter came home with a fever and headache.
That was the first time when I realized that this pandemic was real and was going to affect a lot of people.
I had lost my job that week as well so the pressure and stress were extraordinarily high. Many of us have gone into self-quarantine, canceled events, canceled travel, work from home, look suspiciously at anyone
who sneezes or coughs.

When I sneeze, I look up coronavirus symptoms on Google.
Is it like Ebola, Zika virus, Parainfluenza, h1n1 virus?
It is a viral infection. Is it an airborne disease? Well, the coronavirus has hit home for us.
My daughter had it and now my husband has it. They were put into self-quarantine where they are
in their own separate room. Self-isolation is one of the ways to contain the disease.
We have had to make many adjustments in our routines but so far,
I have managed to stay healthy.
In this video, my daughter and I share some of things we did to treat her illness in hopes
that it can provide some support for you if you are experiencing something similar.
There is a lot of debate as to whether or not my daughter had the Coronavirus.
I tired to get her tested but was refused at my multiple requests. I then decided that whether
or not shehad COVID-19 didn’t really matter because there is no vaccine or cure for Coronavirus.
So we hunkered down at home and treated her as we would have for a bad flu.
If you need help with finding healthy meals to eat to keep your immune system strong,
try SPLENDID SPOON – a plant-based meal delivery service with healthy smoothies,
soups and grain bowls.    

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czDv1IECerE
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GOD’s Intention: Peace 0n Earth

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Ken
Why does God allow floods, earthquakes, hurricanes and affliction?

On this April Fools Day is the liberal population that big of fools
to follow the likes of Nancy “supposedly” Pelosi into the wrath of evil ~ heat of hell.
Being the hypocrite that she is in trying to convince her loyal followers in her own district.
That she could careless about them being homeless. After her and Mitch McConnell giving themselves and an elbow bump “paid leave” during the Coronavirus outbreak. While most of the country afflicted are Democrat stronghold areas believing in all the other free stuff and Abortion and she is withheld communion
at mass in her Catholic Faith 🙁 

So why doesn’t God stop all the suffering and pain? 
The Bible says that He is all-powerful (Revelation 4:8).
That means He has the power to stop it any time He chooses. The Bible also describes God as being all-good (Luke 18:19).
Wouldn’t a good person want to help someone who is suffering?
How can God be all-good and all-powerful, and yet still allow people to suffer?
In order to answer this question, we must go all the way back to the Garden of Eden. Before Adam and Eve sinned, there were no diseases or suffering. Everything God had made was pure and good. One of those good things that God gave Adam and Eve was the freedom to make their own decisions. They were given the ability to decide if they wanted to obey or disobey God. The heavenly Father did not create humans to be like robots that must do what they are programmed to do. God is love (1 John 4:8), and love allows people to make their own decisions. [Think of how parents love their children and because of that love,
allow the children to make personal choices on occasion.]
Unfortunately, Adam and Eve made the wrong decision. They chose to disobey God, and their sin brought pain, suffering, disease, and death into the world. These terrible consequences of sin are not God’s fault; rather they are the results of sinful human beings. And one reason that God does not remove all suffering in this life is because He wants us to be free to make our own decisions—just like Adam and Eve.

But what about innocent people such as babies?
Why do they sometimes suffer even when they have done nothing wrong?
Look at the life of Jesus. He suffered terribly, even though He never had done anything wrong.
Innocent people sometimes suffer because those around them make wrong decisions.
Even though suffering and pain seem terrible now, we must remember that they are only temporary. This world never was intended to be our final home, and the suffering that God allows to take place on this Earth is small compared to the joy that He will give to faithful Christians. The apostle Paul wrote: “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us” (Romans 8:18).

God loved humans so much that.
 He allowed them to have the freedom to choose even when He knew it would cost Him the death of His precious Son Jesus. Let’s use the suffering that comes into our lives to help others see God’s love.

The issue of sickness is always a difficult one to deal with. The key is remembering that God’s ways are higher than our ways (Isaiah 55:9). When we are suffering with a sickness, disease, or injury, we usually focus solely on our own suffering. In the midst of a trial of sickness, it is very difficult to focus on what good God might bring about as a result. (Romans 8:28) reminds us that God can bring about good from any situation.
Many people look back on times of sickness as times when they grew closer to God, learned to trust Him more, and/or learned how to truly value life.
This is the perspective God has because He is sovereign and knows the end result.
This does not mean sickness is always from God or that God always inflicts us with sickness
to teach us a spiritual lesson. In a world tainted by sin, sickness, disease, and death will always be with us.
We are fallen beings, with physical bodies prone to disease and illness. Some sickness is simply a result of the natural course of things in this world. Sickness can also be the result of a demonic attack. The Bible describes several instances when physical suffering was caused by Satan and his demons
(Matthew 17:14-18; Luke 13:10-16).
So, some sickness is not from God, but from Satan.
Even in these instances, God is still in control. God sometimes allows sin and/or Satan to cause physical suffering. Even when sickness is not directly from God, He will still use it according to His perfect will. It is undeniable, though, that God sometimes intentionally allows, or even causes sickness to accomplish His sovereign purposes. While sickness is not directly addressed in the passage, (Hebrews 12:5-11) describes God disciplining us to “produce a harvest of righteousness” (verse 11). Sickness can be a means of God’s loving discipline. It is difficult for us to comprehend why God would work in this manner. But, believing in the sovereignty of God, there is no other option than suffering being something God allows and/or causes.

The clearest example of this in Scripture is found is Psalm 119.
Notice the progression through verses 67, 71, and 75 – “Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word…It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees…I know, O LORD, that your laws are righteous, and in faithfulness you have afflicted me.” The author of Psalm 119 was looking at suffering from God’s perspective. It was good for him to be afflicted. It was faithfulness that caused God to afflict him. The result of the affliction was so that he could learn God’s decrees and obey His Word.

Sickness can be a challenging topic.
We think that a good and loving God would not allow sickness, and yet we know that sickness exists. We can begin to believe that sickness is the result of a person’s sin. While that may sometimes be the case, sickness is often just a result of living in a fallen world.

So why does God allow this?

In John 9 describes Jesus healing a man who had been blind since birth. Jesus’ disciples asked
if the man’s blindness was caused by his sin or that of his parents. Jesus replied, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned … but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life” (John 9:3 NIV).
In this case, God allowed sickness in order that.
His glory might be shown.

If we trust in the sovereignty of God and the goodness of God, we know that nothing happens outside of His will (Matthew 10:29; Ephesians 1:11; Job 42:2), and we also know that everything He does is motivated by love
(1 John 4:8; Luke 18:19). Therefore sickness must sometimes fit into His will and into His loving nature. This is not to say that God is the cause of sickness. As mentioned, sometimes sickness is just a natural result of living in a world marred by sin. At times sickness can also be an attack of Satan (Matthew 17:14-18; Luke 13:10-16). Sickness could be used to test and refine our faith, as Job’s trials were. Sickness could also be a form of discipline, a tangible demonstration of imperfect life that leads us to greater dependence on
and obedience to God (see Psalm 119:65-72).

An important thing to remember is that God’s ways are not our ways (Isaiah 55:8-9). Often we do not understand exactly why God allows things to happen or causes things to happen a certain way. But we do know God and can trust in His character. He is for us (Romans 8:31-32). We also “know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28).
But through sickness we may not understand, we can trust that in God’s timing the sickness will be redeemed.

God will work it into His good purpose for our lives and for His glory

Again, sickness and suffering are never easy to deal with.
One thing is for sure, sickness should not cause us to lose faith in God. God is good, even when we are suffering. Even the ultimate of suffering—death—is an act of God’s goodness. It is hard to imagine that anyone who is in Heaven as a result of sickness or suffering regrets what they went through in this life. One final note—when people are suffering, it is our responsibility to minister to them, care for them, pray for them, and comfort them. When a person is suffering, it is not always appropriate to emphasize that God will bring good out of the suffering. Yes, that is the truth. However, in the midst of suffering, it is not always the best time to share that truth. Suffering people need our love and encouragement, not necessarily a reminder of sound biblical theology.

Related Truth:
Why does God let bad things happen to good people?
Is sickness ever part of God’s will for believers?
Is it sometimes God’s will for believers to be sick?
Why does God let innocent people suffer?
Why does God allow natural disasters?
What does the Bible say about affliction?
Why does God allow evil?

Recommended Resource:   
What Grief Teaches About God:  We have to trust the process.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ZSIfsqXEUuDZ9cZ6_HEVA
^ Troy Black’s Other Videos ^

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Ready for Battle

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Ken
   Versailles High School graduate and Premier Health X-ray technician Lauren Bohman 

Nurse on the front lines of virus fight in New Orleans
The Daily Standard By William Kincaid

YORKSHIRE – Seeking out a new medical experience, Premier Health X-ray technician Lauren Bohman
landed her first travel assignment in New Orleans.
Little did the 24-year-old Versailles High School graduate know her eight-week placement
in The Big Easy’s second-largest hospital would put her on the front line of a hellish, unfathomable
pandemic with sickened patients descending upon the emergency room in droves.
“I went down there at the beginning of February, and I had no idea it was going to turn out
the way it did,” she said.
Bohman’s last day on the job was Saturday. On Sunday, she packed up her things and drove back to her parents’ home in Yorkshire. Her father, Dave Bohman, is originally from Osgood, and her mother,
Mary Bruns Bohman, St. Henry.
Bohman, while in quarantine, recounted her harrowing experiences working in an urban hospital overwhelmed by a fast-moving contagion. Though she hasn’t contracted the disease, she was intensely exposed to it while working 12-hour shifts in a ballooning hot spot. She’s isolating herself for 14 days in accordance with a state mandate
The last few weeks at the hospital, which she cannot name due to confidentially rules, had felt as if she were living in a movie, seeing many COVID-19 patients gasp for what would be their last breath, she said.
“It is crazy to see how fast this is taking over people’s lives,” she said. “This disease, it spreads fast, and when you get it, things can happen, change quickly.”  
Bohman was assigned to the hospital’s emergency room. Coronavirus talk heated up three to four weeks ago, she said.
“It was the week after Mardi Gras … it started getting talked about a lot more,” she said.
“And then Thursday, March 12, was our first positive case we had come into the ER, and that’s when it got real.”
  A man had tested negative for the flu but a week later had not improved.
That’s when his wife brought him to the emergency room. The next day he was on a ventilator in one of the hospital’s overflow rooms that were last used after Hurricane Katrina in 2005,
she said.
“He was a younger gentleman. He was 45 years old, healthy, a very well-known guy in the community,
and just like that he was on life support,” Bohman said.
In a week’s time the number of incoming patients rose from just a handful to an
overwhelming flow.
“Our hospital was maxed out with only COVID patients,” she said. “Last week was really bad. We could not keep up. We were completely out of (personal protective equipment) some days, and it was very stressful.”
The numbers continued to surge on Saturday, her last day of work.
The emergency room has 45 beds.
“We had a waiting room completely full, and we had tents set up outside that could hold approximately
50 people. Everything was full,” she said.
In fact, the hospital had reached its limit and would not accept any more patients, as ambulances were detoured to other local hospitals.
The facility was overwhelmed, to say the least.
“When I walked in on Saturday to go do my first rounds in the ER, to see one entire hallway with patients
that had big flashing signs in red (over their rooms) that said DNR (do not resuscitate) – they were positive COVID-19 patients – that was just a really defeated feeling,”
she said. “Those patients did not want put on a ventilator and actually several of them …
took their last breath before my shift was ever over.”  
COVID-19 test results take some time to come back. The next fastest way to see whether
a patient likely has the disease is by X-ray, Bohman said.
“So we X-rayed every patient that came in the ER,” she said. “By seeing the X-rays you
can almost assume that they have it with what it looks like.”
It looks like bilateral pneumonia but worse, Bohman said, adding it’s hard to describe
for someone not familiar with reading X-rays.
“Usually a good clear healthy set of lungs is nice and black and full of air,” she said.
“These lungs looked like somebody had smashed cotton balls all over them, and they were white, full of fluid. They’re showing that the patient is drowning, basically.
There’s no lung capacity.”
People ranging in age from 20 to 90 showed up at the hospital with the disease, Bohman said.
“I can’t say it was ever really elderly. It was more middle aged. I would say ages 40 to 60,”
she replied when asked the most common demographic in the ER. “We have to help out in ICU
a lot also, and a majority of the patients on ventilators were between 40 to 60.”
During the pandemic, hospital protocol for personal protective equipment began to change. Instead of wearing one mask a day, health officials were told to use one mask every five days, she said.
Staff were not permitted to wear handmade masks, Bohman said. The infectious disease control doctor did not feel those masks alone offered much protection against COVID-19.
“Now, we could use it as a protective covering over our mask, since we’re wearing the same mask for five days,” she added.
Medical gown supplies began to diminish as well.
“There was one gown that hung outside the patient’s room and any staff member that went into that patient’s room, all the staff shared that one gown,” she said, noting it’s stressful to put on such a gown not knowing if the previous employee had taken all the necessary precautions against contamination.
Health officials attempted to sterilize the gowns to reuse them.
“At one point we were trying to recycle the gowns and hang them up. Gowns are like napkins.
They are paper-thin. They rip very easy. So that process did not work as well as planned,” she said.
“One day when we ran completely out of gowns, the health care workers were just wrapping themselves up in the gowns and ribbons that we provide for our patients to change into.”
Bohman revealed her mindset going into to work each day.
“I was always questioning, ‘Is this going to be the day I’m going to contract the virus?
Is there going to be equipment for me to wear?’ There were so many questions.
Every day was a different day. I had no idea what to expect,” she recalled.
None of her colleagues had to step out of the rotation due to infection.
“Thankfully, all my co-workers in ER, none of them have had to step out, yet,” Bohman said.
“(But) it’s just a matter of time, especially with the PPE getting scarce as it is.”
Near the end of her stay, Bohman said a downtown convention center was being repurposed into a medical isolation ward with 1,000 beds for COVID-19-positive people not requiring ventilators.
“(Officials) are bracing for (cases) to peak within the next week or two,” she said.
Bohman works for Premiere Health, dividing her time between
Miami Valley and Upper Valley hospitals.
“My travel agency is completely separate from the hospitals here,” she said.
“I signed up with a travel agency, just like a traveler nurse would, and they just
kind of send you from spot to spot, wherever the need is.”
This was her first traveling medical assignment.
“I signed up in January, and I got sent out in the beginning of February to go down to
New Orleans,” she said. “Young, single and I just wanted to travel.
I never thought this would happen.”
She’s anxious to return to Premier Health once she leaves quarantine.
For the public, Bohman stressed the importance of hand washing and social distancing
in protecting against the coronavirus. People must be vigilant for the virus’ symptoms.
Shortness of breath is a particularly critical symptom, she said.
“This past week we saw a lot of people who had tested positive earlier without coming to the
ER and then they came once they had the shortness of breath,” she said. “I hate to say it, but some of those patients were dead within … my 12-hour-shift.”
As for health officials, Bohman recommended they wear personal protective gear when dealing with coronavirus-infected patients. They should also limit their interactions with such patients, as hard as that is to do as a health professional.
How the coronavirus outbreak happened  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jpXAMwRSu4

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A VIEW FROM THE I.C.U.

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Ken
A Healthcare worker near Central Park in the Manhattan Borough of N.Y.C. ― Mar. 30.

 I Just Got Out Of The COVID-19 ICU. Here’s How I Made It Through.
Courtesy of Kelli Dunham

I live with two unrelated roommates even though I’m 51 years old, I have multiple day jobs (nursing, and working with high school students) that support my art (performing comedy), and until two weeks ago I hated New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for a stunning array of well-thought-out political reasons but now I’m not sure whether I’m in love with him or want him to be my dad.

In other words, I’m a typical New Yorker.
Despite my 15-plus years in the five boroughs, there are days when my Wisconsin-born soul unexpectedly ― and quite inconveniently I might add ― intrudes on my Brooklyn life. Like last week, when I found myself leaning against a stretcher gasping for breath in a local pediatric ER turned COVID-19 ER. I felt not just the substantial terror of “Oh shit, this is serious” but also the embarrassment of “Can we please not make quite such a big deal about this? And also, “P.S., can you please quit looking at me?”

It’s a Midwestern thing.
Making people worry feels like bad manners. But I’d had a bad cough for a few days and then had grown steadily more short of breath. I hadn’t initially suspected COVID-19 since I hadn’t really had a fever. But red-faced with the embarrassment of, OMG, needing something and blue-lipped with lack of oxygen, I headed to the Manhattan hospital where I’ve received extremely competent medical care in the past.

I walked in with a red flannel button-up shirt tied midlevel around my face. If any of the initial assessment staffers thought I looked like a middle-aged genderqueer version of an Old West bank robber, they were kind enough not to share their impression. Instead, the triage nurse said dryly, “I applaud your efforts,” handed me an actual disposable mask that hadn’t been part of anyone’s wardrobe in the last hour, and took my vitals. For a moment, it seemed like a regular Thursday morning in any emergency room. But then a tech clad head to toe in plastic protective gear called my name and motioned me to follow her.

We stepped through a heavy door.
“Oh,” I said. “Oh, this is where you’re keeping the pandemic.” I tried to keep my eyes on my own paper as the tech walked me past row after row of beds separated by opaque plastic walls that had been pulled out from freestanding columns like portable movie screens turned sideways. Each makeshift cubicle was stuffed with various pieces of equipment, a patient who was trying very hard to breathe, and one or more staff members in their astronaut-esque gear. And then I was in my own room, leaning against a stretcher, with an ER doc ― who looked as exhausted as if she’d just completed the New York City Marathon even though it was not yet
9 a.m. ― staring intently at me.

“I’m worried about how rapidly you’re breathing.”
“Ah … yes,” I said, trying to lighten the mood a little although my comic timing was being annoyingly hampered by the whole gasping-for-air business. “We … ah … share … this concern.” Tired and Kind Doctor (whose name I cannot remember despite having inquired about it three times) asked if I would be OK with being intubated. I can remember thinking that it was a weird time to have a theoretical conversation about such a serious matter. What was she doing, taking a survey? But then I noticed the gathering of health care providers outside the room, suiting up in their protective gear and circling like scrub-clad extraordinarily helpful jackals.
This was alarming.

 No visitors were allowed in the area 
I also suddenly realized that no one had ever asked for my insurance info. This scared me
even more. Although, I was lucky: I responded to non-invasive efforts, so the Helpful Jackals moved on to address the dozens of similar situations I heard going on around me. The first rule of the COVID-19 floor is that there are no visitors on the COVID-19 floor set aside for patients whose symptoms placed them squarely in the “presumed COVID-19” category. I messaged folks to let them know where I was, asking my sister and my girlfriend to pass along the info since I’d forgotten an extra phone battery.

After I shut off my cellphone, I had some time to think. I thought about my girlfriend’s smile.
I thought about how my students were dealing with the pandemic, even ― or perhaps especially ― the kid who makes the most fun of my tattoos. I thought about my 86-year-old mother who has been on chemo for a rare blood disorder nearly five years and how pissed off she would be if I died before her.
And how she would smile if she knew that’s what I was worried about.
And then without other distractions and surrounded by the alarming sounds of respiratory distress (including my own), I could no longer not think about what I was trying not to think about. I’ve been a nurse for more than two decades but the vast majority of my experience managing severe respiratory distress has been in my personal rather than professional life. In 2010, my then-partner Cheryl was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which ― with treatment ― has a five-year survival rate of 86%. In a grossly ironic (for real this time, Alanis) instance of the cure being worse than the disease, the standard chemo treatment that
Cheryl received caused her to develop pulmonary side effects.

When her symptoms became so severe that she had to be admitted to the hospital,
I moved in alongside her, sleeping curled up in a blanket on the radiator next to her bed.
I was lucky to be able to do that: I had supportive friends and short legs. Cheryl struggled to breathe for three months, cycling through the intensive care unit, the step down unit and then back to the ICU. The memory of standing outside her hospital room yelling, “I’m here, honey! Just look at my face!” while they put her on a BiPAP machine, a single tear running outside the mask and down her cheek, is one of the most searingly painful of my life, perhaps even more painful than the moment she died in my arms. In that instant of physical separation, I had felt so helpless, like I was doing nothing for her. After wrestling my respiratory rate into something more compatible with ongoing life, the staff moved me upstairs into the ICU.
The next few days were as unpleasant as you might imagine ― struggling to breathe, reliving those terrible moments in the hospital with Cheryl and negotiating all the random death-related worries that popped into my head. “Damn, I wish I’d given someone my Facebook passcode to shut down my page,” I thought. “I don’t want people writing corny shit on my wall.” Despite the logistical isolation and the very real physical distress, however, there were moments of connection that kept me from feeling truly alone.
My girlfriend called and said, “You don’t have to talk. We’ll just stay on the phone.”
My roommates texted me photos of our ridiculous cats doing ridiculous things. Friends sent video messages of their choreographed quarantine dance moves. A nurse took an extra moment to look into my eyes and not just at my vitals on the monitor. A respiratory therapist putting me on high flow oxygen started our interaction with “I know this is scary but ….”
The director of pulmonary care laughed at my attempted (but not funny) joke.
After a little less than a week, I was able to breathe well enough to leave the hospital and
I am acutely aware of how lucky ― and privileged ― I am. I had economic and logistical access to medical attention that will likely become much more scarce in New York in upcoming weeks.

I speak the language of health care and feel comfortable enough in the hospital setting to advocate for myself, even when I was quite sick. I have a job and an apartment to return to. COVID-19 ― like most crises ― has magnified social and economic inequities and left the planet’s most vulnerable citizens exponentially more vulnerable. On the macro level, if we really believe that everyone deserves the kind of care and support Prince Charles and Tom Hanks are getting, it’s the responsibility of all decent humans to collectively scrap
like hell to make that a possibility.
If I’m being honest, I was hoping for a slightly different flavor of global crisis, maybe involving a giant gorilla, a great soundtrack, lots of sexy costumes and the Rock saving us all in the end. Or at the very least, a scenario in which we could hug. But to paraphrase my Midwestern mom, we can’t work with the pandemic we’d like to have, we have to work with the pandemic we’ve got. And this becomes our everyday challenge: What does it mean to show up for the people we care about when the nature of the crisis requires us to be physically apart? I doubt that anyone I referenced earlier understands what a profound difference their small actions made to me, just as I didn’t understand ― until this past week ― how being present while just out of reach for Cheryl could have made any difference in her distress. We can’t say that these small moments of connection through plastic, masks or Wi-Fi mitigate any of the actual human tragedy. But these moments can reinforce our faltering humanity and while this is far from enough, its profound and stunning improvement over no connection at all.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGRl5ekAqo0 

Where coronaviruses come from and why we haven’t eradicated them!!!  
New Research: Bats Harbor Hundreds Of Coronaviruses, And Spillovers Aren’t Rare
February 20, 20205:15 PM ET Heard on  All Things Considered  
By  NURITH AIZENMAN  

Three years ago, NPR accompanied disease ecologist Kevin Olival on a field trip to Malaysian Borneo. Olival, who is with the nonprofit research group EcoHealth Alliance, was there to trap bats and collect samples of their body fluids. He and his collaborators would then test the samples for viruses. Bats are known for carrying some dangerous ones, particularly viruses that have the potential to kick off global outbreaks through what’s called “spillovers” — instances of an animal virus jumping into a human.So the researchers were on a hunt for the next big threat. The results of their work put the current coronavirus outbreak in China in a wholly new light. Scientists say it was caused by a spillover event. And the findings from the sample collection project suggest these kinds of spillovers have actually been quietly taking place in China for years.

Swabbing bats:
The evidence comes from hours of painstaking sample collection sessions, like the one NPR witnessed in Borneo: Olival is at the edge of a rain forest, sitting in a makeshift outdoor lab. There are plastic chairs. On a folding table, he places a small female bat.

Why Killer Viruses Are On The Rise”
It’s OK, girl. It’s OK, girl,” says Olival soothingly as the bat wriggles.”So we’re getting the
oral swab in the back of the throat,” Olival explains. “And I’m just holding her head between
my two fingers.” He smiles. “Oooh, good one! There’s definitely some sample on that swab.”
The bat gives a sudden squeak. “That was a reaction to a rectal swab,” says Olival wryly.
A few more swabs and it’s all done.

“Now she gets her special treat,” says Olival. “A little bit of mango juice as a reward.”
At that time, Olival and his colleagues were also in the process of collecting samples from thousands of bats in China. Fast-forward to the present day. Olival says what they found is alarming: “We found evidence for, in total, from all the sampling we did in China, about 400 new strains of coronavirus.” That means 400 potential candidates to spark another outbreak. After all, a coronavirus caused a massive outbreak in China back in 2002 — severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS. And this current outbreak is from a SARS-related coronavirus.
No cases of COVID-19 where you live? You should still stay home.

A Direct Path to Humans:
It gets worse: Scientists had thought spillovers were rare — that bat coronaviruses weren’t generally capable of infecting humans, so it took complicated steps. Step one: A bat coronavirus would have to infect some animal species that had closer contact with people than bats do. Step two: While in that other animal’s body, the virus would need to pick up new genetic code.
Bats Carry Many Viruses.

So Why Don’t They Get Sick?
But the sampling project found that those steps are not needed, says Olival. “What we showed was that SARS-related viruses in these bat populations have the potential to go directly into human cells and do not need that extra mutational step [of] infecting another host.” In other words, the path to sparking new outbreaks is potentially much more direct.For example, one of the coronaviruses that the researchers found was a very close genetic match for the SARS virus. So they put it in a petri dish with human cells. The virus succeeded in infecting the cells. After the sampling is over, the bat will be released back into the wild.

Bat contact:
Olival says the fact that a bat coronavirus had at least this biological ability in a lab setting raised an obvious next question: Is there evidence that these viruses are infecting people in the real world?So the researchers started taking blood samples from villagers in China who lived near some of the bat caves they’d been studying. Hongying Li is an ecologist with EcoHealth Alliance. She says there were any number of ways these people seemed at risk of inadvertently coming into contact with bat saliva, urine or poop.

“In some places:
you could find bats roosting in people’s homes,” she says. “A lot of people reported, ‘Once a bat flew into my house and I killed it’ or ‘Bats ate the fruits in my backyard.’ “And people even visited the bat caves, says Li. The caves were a particularly popular hangout in the summer, when they provided respite from the heat. “When we went to the caves for sampling, we’d usually see people’s beer bottles and water bottles,” says Li. She and her colleagues checked the villagers’ blood for signs of recent infections with bat coronaviruses.
The team did this again with people in some other rural areas. Each time, says Li, “we found coronaviruses that had already spilled over into the human population.”These were multiple mini-outbreaks that had gone undetected. Olival says this discovery was a huge red flag: “The signal is there that these SARS-related viruses were jumping into people even if they weren’t causing any noticeable disease.” Indeed, people might have even had symptoms, but health authorities simply never picked up on it.

Spillovers:
Which brings us to this current coronavirus outbreak. As soon as it started, EcoHealth Alliance’s longtime collaborators in China (principally researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital) compared the new virus with the bat samples they’d collected. They found an extremely close match. “A viral taxonomist would probably call that the same virus species,” says Olival. That suggests this current outbreak — which has infected tens of thousands of people — could have come directly from bats, says Olival. And, he adds, the larger takeaway is clear: “These bat SARS-related coronaviruses are actively spilling over in the human population.” Not all of them will spark deadly pandemics. But the more frequent these spillovers, the greater the chances. NPR reporter Michaeleen Doucleff and senior editor Jane Greenhalgh
contributed to this report.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/coronavirus?ocid=msedgntp

“How to Boost Your Immune System”   

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When Will This Virus Burn Itself Out.

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Ken
Getting through the fear and panic is like removing the ball and chain from your ankle!!!
  
When should you seek help for coronavirus?
12 Expert-Approved Ways to Manage Coronavirus Anxiety!!!
Related video: How to stop stress-induced overthinking to increase your immunity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUyKMAPdrQE   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s42kQCwwTv8
Watch Contagion (2011) Full Movie Online free in HD,As an epidemic of a lethal airborne
virus – that kills within days – rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find
a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.  This film Contagion is the No.1 movie 
in our psyches,  in that a film made by Steven Soderburgh in 2011 should eerily prefigure the latest coronavirus pandemic. The film did not end well. The Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow movie depicted a global epidemic, showing the virus originated with a bat in China, as the coronavirus did.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrulIOKhijI 

This is a virus, everyone will get it, there is no cure. Conspiracy Theorists state that is made in a lab to manage global health care cost and limit green house emissions (via Bill Gates twisted mindset) and probably will destroy the global economy. While 80% that is inflicted, will not have severe symptoms to require a hospital stay, it will hospitalize 20% of the people and kill 3% of ailing people. Distancing simply flattens infection rate. Those with other conditions, lung, breathing and heart conditions are at extreme risk of death.
The problem is that most people cling to their fears, because they believe it’s a part of who
they are. If you aren’t ready to face your fears, you probably won’t transcend them.
And there’s nothing wrong in that. Everything happens in its own time.
CBS News medical contributors Dr. David Agus and Dr. Tara Narula and CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger — to answer questions from viewers around the country who want to know how the coronavirus affects their health and their finances.
 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-questions-answered-can-i-walk-outside-is-the-virus-on-my-shoes-covid-19/  
America’s fear the worst to come ‘weeks from now’ for COVID-19 cases.   
As they erect a Make Shift New York’s Central Park coronavirus field hospital !!!  
ANALYSIS: Nearly every person dying from the coronavirus likely has these three things in common!!!
It’s interesting to me that cancer in the United States is a Pandemic also.
However, nobody fears that as much as Coronavirus (Covid-19). 
 https://worldpopulationreview.com/states/cancer-rates-by-state/

CORONAVIRUS: Why flattening the curve is so vitally important!!
Rather than letting the virus quickly rampage through the population and burn itself out fast, the idea is to spread all those infections out over a longer period of time. Flattening the curve is another way of saying buying more time. Yes, it would potentially prolong the epidemic. But in doing so, public health agencies and the health care infrastructure gain invaluable time to respond to the crisis. There are many myths swirling around on the internet at the moment about COVID-19, more commonly known as the coronavirus. To ensure that we all stay informed with the accurate information, the World Health Organization (WHO) has put together a “myth busters” page, highlighting the truth about some of the
most popular misconceptions out there. 
Coronavirus expert says he knows when the virus ‘will burn itself out,’ according to leaked analysis!!! With the overall death toll climbing each day, but the daily death toll showing signs of subsiding, fear and uncertainty have spread farther and farther around the globe as the novel coronavirus continues to captivate the world’s attention. However, John Nicholls, a pathology professor at the University of Hong Kong, says he knows
when the virus will become inactive.
In a private conference call organized last week by CLSA, a brokerage firm based in Hong Kong, investment analysts had a chance to ask Nicholls, one of the world’s foremost experts on the topic, questions about the novel coronavirus. In the days since the call took place, details of Nicholls’ analysis have surfaced on social media and elsewhere online, including a transcript of the call.
Nicholls responded to emailed questions from AccuWeather on Wednesday and confirmed his participation in the discussion, but emphasized that his remarks were made in “a personal capacity” and meant to remain “private.” He said the call was recorded “without my knowledge or consent” and then leaked on social media. When asked by AccuWeather, Nicholls did not dispute any of quotes attributed to him in the leaked transcript. CLSA has not responded to AccuWeather’s request for a comment on the conference call.
The transcript of the call showed Nicholls believes weather conditions will be a key factor in the demise of the novel coronavirus. Referencing the SARS outbreak from 2002 and 2003, Nicholls said he thinks similar weather will shut down the spread of the novel coronavirus.

“Three things the virus does not like:
 1. Sunlight, 2. Temperature, and 3. Humidity,” 
Nicholls said in response to a question about when he thinks confirmed cases will peak. “Sunlight will cut the virus’ ability to grow in half so the half-life will be 2.5 minutes and in the dark it’s about 13 to 20 [minutes],” Nicholls said. “Sunlight is really good at killing viruses.”
For that reason, he also added that he doesn’t expect areas such as Australia, Africa and the Southern hemisphere to see high rates of infection because they are in the middle of summer. Regarding temperatures, Nicholls said the warmer the better for stopping the spread of the virus, according to the transcript of the conference call. “The virus can remain intact at 4°degrees (39° degrees Fahrenheit) or 10° degrees (50° F) for a longer period of time,” Nicholls said, referring to Celsius measurements, according to the transcript. “But at 30° degrees (86° degrees F) then you get inactivation. And high humidity — the virus doesn’t like it either,” he added, the transcript of the call showed.
However, Nicholls also said that he doesn’t consider SARS or MERS, a Middle Eastern novel virus that spread in 2012, to be an accurate comparison for this year’s outbreak. Rather, the novel coronavirus most closely relates to a severe case of the common cold. “Compared to SARS and MERS, we are talking about a coronavirus that has a mortality rate of eight to 10 times less deadly to SARS to MERS,” Nicholls said. “So, a correct comparison is not SARS or MERS but a severe cold. Basically, this is a severe form of the cold.”
Similar to a common cold, the surrounding environment of the outbreak plays an important role in determining the survivability and spreadability of the virus, he continued. Because of the impending shift in seasons, Nicholls said he expects the spread of the virus to be curbed in a matter of months. “I think it will burn itself out in about six months,” Nicholls said.
According to the transcript, Nicholls elaborated on exactly when he expects the novel coronavirus to subside as investment analysts posed more questions. “The environment is a crucial factor. The environment will be unfavorable for growth around May,” Nicholls said. “The evidence is to look at the common cold — it’s always during winter. So the natural environment will not be favorable in Asia in about May.” Average temperatures typically reach as high as 86° F in Wuhan, the outbreak’s epicenter, on June 17. The AccuWeather forecast calls for temperatures ranging from a high in the low 60s F to a low of below 30 F over the next seven days.
When asked about the probability of the novel coronavirus becoming endemic, Nicholls responded, “If it is like SARS it will not be endemic. It most likely will be a hit and run just like SARS.” Outside of China, Nicholls added to AccuWeather that he would expect the impacts of the virus to be varied in places  such as Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. Singapore, Nicholls said, may potentially see the virus linger for longer due to an abundance of large public spaces with indoor air-conditioning, such as malls, where people congregate and temperatures and humidity remain lowered.
AccuWeather Founder and CEO Joel Myers speculated earlier this month that spring may be a pivotal time for the fate of the coronavirus. In response to Nicholls analysis, Myers said, “By mid-April we should know” whether the virus is on the decline because of the changing weather. Experts that AccuWeather has spoken to previously have stopped short of linking weather to the spread of the virus. Earlier this month, Andrew Pekosz, Ph.D. professor and vice chair of the W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology at Johns Hopkins University, told AccuWeather cooler weather provides more favorable conditions for the spread of most respiratory viruses.
“Many respiratory viruses transmit better at low temperature and humidity, but we have no data on how this might affect 2019-nCoV transmission,” Pekosz said in an email to AccuWeather on Feb. 4. “Respiratory coronaviruses do appear more frequently in cooler months (late fall, winter). Since we don’t know how this virus was also transmitted within its natural host, it’s difficult to predict if it will have the same pattern as human respiratory coronaviruses,” Pekosz said at the time. Nicholls’ comments, while made privately, represent the most definitive tie to the weather a health expert has made yet.
At the University of Hong Kong, Nicholls has spent the past 25 years studying coronavirus and he served as a key member of the team that characterized SARS. The Hong Kong University Faculty of Medicine’s Clinical Research Centre also created the world’s first lab-grown copy of novel coronavirus, according to CNN correspondent Kristie Lu Stout, giving researchers a major breakthrough in understanding the behavior of the virus.
However, in an interview with Lu Stout, Nicholls said there is one key difference between prior outbreaks and the current spread of the novel coronavirus. Unlike previous versions of coronavirus, the novel coronavirus has been able to be spread before symptoms present themselves in patients. But despite that frightening trait, Nicholls’ long-term optimism hasn’t changed in other public remarks that he’s made recently. “My feeling is that this is going to be just like SARS, that the world is going to get a very bad cold for about five months,” Nicholls told CNN last week.
  “Of course the weather and climate will be crucial,”  Myers said of the virus’ capacity to spread as the seasons change. “Where spring comes early with above-normal temps and more sunshine, the virus spread will slow faster than where clouds diminish the sunshine and temperatures and humidities are slow to rise.” The World Health Organization (WHO) officially designated the virus COVID-19 on Tuesday, adding that the first vaccine could be available in 18 months, according to Reuters.   Source  https://news.yahoo.
com/coronavirus-expert-says-knows-virus-204850255.html

Age is not the only risk for severe coronavirus disease !!!
WASHINGTON — Older people remain most at risk of dying as the new coronavirus continues its rampage around the globe, but they’re far from the only ones vulnerable. One of many mysteries: Men seem to be faring worse than women. And as cases skyrocket in the U.S. and Europe, it’s becoming more clear that how healthy you were before the pandemic began plays a key role in how you fare regardless of how old you are. The majority of people who get COVID-19 have mild or moderate symptoms. But “majority” doesn’t mean “all,” and that raises an important question: Who should worry most that they’ll be among the seriously ill? While it will be months before scientists have enough data to say for sure who is most at risk and why, preliminary numbers from early cases around the world are starting to offer hints.

NOT JUST THE OLD WHO GET SICK
Senior citizens undoubtedly are the hardest hit by COVID-19. In China, 80% of deaths were among people in their 60s or older, and that general trend is playing out elsewhere. The graying of the population means some countries face particular risk. Italy has the world’s second oldest population after Japan. While death rates fluctuate wildly early in an outbreak, Italy has reported more than 80% of deaths so far were among those 70 or older. But, “the idea that this is purely a disease that causes death in older people we need to be very, very careful with,” Dr. Mike Ryan, the World Health Organization’s emergencies chief, warned. As much as 10% to 15% of people under 50 have moderate to severe infection, he said Friday. Even if they survive, the middle-aged can spend weeks in the hospital. In France, more than half of the first 300 people admitted to intensive care units were under 60. “Young people are not invincible,” WHO’s Maria Van Kerkhove added, saying more information is needed about the disease in all age groups. Italy reported that a quarter of its cases so far were among people ages 19 to 50. In Spain, a third are under age 44. In the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s first snapshot of cases found 29% were ages 20 to 44.

Then there’s the puzzle of children,
who have made up a small fraction of the world’s case counts to date. But while most appear only mildly ill, in the journal Pediatrics researchers traced 2,100 infected children in China and noted one death, a 14-year-old, and that nearly 6% were seriously ill. Another question is what role kids have in spreading the virus: “There is an urgent need for further investigation of the role children have in the chain of transmission,” researchers at Canada’s Dalhousie University wrote in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

THE RISKIEST HEALTH CONDITIONS
Put aside age: Underlying health plays a big role. In China, 40% of people who required critical care had other chronic health problems. And there, deaths were highest among people who had heart disease, diabetes or chronic lung diseases before they got COVID-19. Preexisting health problems also can increase risk of infection, such as people who have weak immune systems including from cancer treatment. Other countries now are seeing how pre-pandemic health plays a role, and more such threats are likely to be discovered. Italy reported that of the first nine people younger than 40 who died of COVID-19, seven were confirmed to have “grave pathologies” such as heart disease. The more health problems, the worse they fare. Italy also reports about half of people who died with COVID-19 had three or more underlying conditions, while just 2% of deaths were in people with no preexisting ailments. Heart disease is a very broad term, but so far it looks like those most at risk have significant cardiovascular diseases such as congestive heart failure or severely stiffened and clogged arteries, said Dr. Trish Perl, infectious disease chief at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Any sort of infection tends to make diabetes harder to control, but it’s not clear why diabetics appear to be at particular risk with COVID-19. Risks in the less healthy may have something to do with how they hold up if their immune systems overreact to the virus. Patients who die often seemed to have been improving after a week or so only to suddenly deteriorate — experiencing organ-damaging inflammation. As for preexisting lung problems, “this is really happening in people who have less lung capacity,” Perl said, because of diseases such as COPD — chronic obstructive pulmonary disease — or cystic fibrosis. Asthma also is on the worry list. No one really knows about the risk from very mild asthma, although even routine respiratory infections often leave patients using their inhalers more often and they’ll need monitoring with COVID-19, she said. What about a prior bout of pneumonia? Unless it was severe enough to put you on a ventilator, that alone shouldn’t have caused any significant lingering damage, she said.

THE GENDER MYSTERY
Perhaps the gender imbalance shouldn’t be a surprise: During previous outbreaks of SARS and MERS — cousins to COVID-19 — scientists noticed men seemed more susceptible than women. This time around, slightly more than half the COVID-19 deaths in China were among men. Other parts of Asia saw similar numbers. Then Europe, too, spotted what Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus coordinator, labeled a concerning trend. In Italy, where men so far make up 58% of infections, male deaths are outpacing female deaths and the increased risk starts at age 50, according to a report from Italy’s COVID-19 surveillance group. The U.S. CDC hasn’t yet released details. But one report about the first nearly 200 British patients admitted to critical care found about two-thirds were male. One suspect: Globally, men are more likely to have smoked more heavily and for longer periods than women. The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control is urging research into smoking’s connection to COVID-19. Hormones may play a role, too. In 2017, University of Iowa researchers infected mice with SARS and, just like had happened in people, males were more likely to die. Estrogen seemed protective — when their ovaries were removed, deaths among female mice jumped,
the team reported in the Journal of Immunology.
https://www.insider.com/ratio-
of-men-to-women-in-each-state-
2018-12#alaska-has-more-men-than-women-2

Country Singer Kalie Shorr Reveals She’s Contracted Coronavirus 
By  Meredith B. Kile‍
Country singer Kalie Shorr is the latest celeb to announce that she’s contracted COVID-19. The “Fight Like a Girl” singer shared her experience with the coronavirus on Twitter on Monday, writing that she has been quarantined for three weeks and is beginning to feel better.”Despite being quarantined (except for a handful of trips for groceries) for three weeks, I managed to contract COVID 19,” Shorr tweeted. “I’m feeling significantly better, but it’s proof how dangerous and contagious this is. It’s endlessly frustrating to see people not taking this seriously.”
“The first few days were absolutely miserable. I’ve never felt like that before,” she detailed.
“My entire body was in pain, and my fever was like riding a wave. I completely lost my sense
of taste and smell.” Despite her “miserable” symptoms, the 25-year-old singer shared in another tweet that she’d found a way to beat the quarantine blues — even if it had unexpected consequences. “Impulsively dying my hair purple during quarantine was all fun and games until my agent asked me to do a self tape for a really big movie and now
I have… purple hair,” she shared. 
 Shorr joins Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Idris Elba, Laura Bell Bundy and many others in her announcement that she suffered from the coronavirus during the ongoing global pandemic. Many others have shared accounts of family members and friends who have fallen ill or died. Like Joe Diffie from the flu-like virus, in an attempt to raise awareness and urge followers and fans to heed the advice of medical professionals to stay at home and avoid social contact in order to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

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‘Extraordinary’ Recovery

Posted on March 29, 2020 by Ken
An 103-year-old woman and a 100-year-old man in China also beat Coronavirus.
By Haven Orecchio-Egresitz

A 101-year-old man has been released from the hospital in Rimini, Italy, after recovering
from the coronavirus. The man, identified only as “Mr. P.,” was admitted to the hospital last week. The city’s deputy mayor said the recovery gives the country “hope for the future.” Visit Insider’s homepage for more stories. A 101-year-old Italian man has recovered from COVID-19 and his city’s deputy mayor said the story provides “hope for the future,” CNN reported.
Gloria Lisi told reporters the man, identified as Mr. P., had an “extraordinary” recovery.
“Mr. P. made it. The family brought him home yesterday evening,” CNN reported Lisi saying.
“To teach us that even at 101 years the future is not written.” The man was born during the Spanish flu pandemic, which killed between 30 million and 50 million people around the world, according to CNN. As of Friday, the coronavirus has killed more than 25,000 people.
Incredibly, the man is so old that he was born during the Spanish flu pandemic, which killed between 30 and 50 million people worldwide. As of Friday, the coronavirus has killed more than 25,000 people, with 100,000 confirmed cases in the US alone. More than 8,000 of the deaths have been in Italy, which has become the centre of the pandemic. The man’s recovery is especially miraculous given that older people are particularly vulnerable to the virus.
In the UK, people over 70 years old have been advised to “self-isolate” inside their homes for
12 weeks. The World Health Organization has called on people to protect “the collective wisdom” of society by looking out for seniors during the pandemic. The Italian man isn’t the only centurion to overcome the disease. An 103-year-old woman and a 100-year-old man
in China also beat the disease this week.  
This old women’s name Zhang Guangfen, a Chinese national, who recovered from the disease after receiving just six days of treatment at a hospital in Wuhan, China-the city the outbreak originated. Zhang Guangfen who survives from coronavirus COVID-19 brings new hope for elderly people. The centenarian is now the oldest person who recovers from the virus,
One day after a 101-year-old man also beat the virus in Wuhan. She was diagnosed at
Liyuan Hospital, Tongji Medical College, in Wuhan, China, according to media reports.

With this said, some expert are telling us to stay home and treat
Mild Cases of Coronavirus Ourselves.

This is What Happens to Your Body When You Get Coronavirus
Whether you feel symptoms or not, one thing we all have in common is a wary curiosity about what the heck is happening to your body if you have—or should you contract—Covid-19, a.k.a. the coronavirus. We talked to researchers on the frontline to find out, and here’s what they said.

1. First, it Enters Your Body “The virus primarily affects the respiratory system and is transferred between humans by airborne mechanisms, like coughing or sneezing, or by contact of contaminated surfaces, doorknobs, etc, with hands and then rubbing the face,” says
Dr. Jeffrey Langland, Ph.D., an instructor for Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Concepts in Research. “It attacks the human body in three phases: viral replication, immune hyperactivity and pulmonary destruction,”—pulmonary meaning your lungs—says Dr. Monika Stuczen, FIBMS, a Medical Microbiologist and R&D and QC Laboratory Manager at MWE.

2. In the Beginning, You Might Feel Nothing “At the beginning of infection, people produce a large quantity of the virus,” says Stuczen. “The incubation time is between 2 and 14 days with an average of 5 days. During this time infected people do not show any symptoms but they contribute to the spread of the virus without even realizing it. Moreover, it is proved that
some people may be asymptomatic but they are still able to infect others.”

3. What it Does Once in Your Body “The virus infects the cells in the respiratory tract, taking
over the cells’ functions, allowing the virus to replicate and then spread from cell to cell,”
says Langland. “In mild cases, the body’s immune system helps to limit the spread of the virus within the body.” That’s when a fever may set in, to combat the infection. “In more severe cases, the viruses spread more and can lead to a ‘cytokine storm’ where the immune system is highly stimulated.”

4. Then You Can’t Breathe “This infection can lead to the problems of breathing difficulties
from the bronchials constricting and limiting airflow. You might cough as a result or feel shortness of breath,” says Langland.

5. Depending on Your Health, it Could Get Worse—Much Worse “There are three patterns presented with Covid-19,” says Stuczen. “It usually begins with mild upper respiratory illness followed by non-life-threatening pneumonia. After about 7 days it can progress to severe pneumonia with acute respiratory distress syndrome when the patient may require life support. In severe pneumonia, lungs are filled with inflammatory material. They are unable
to get enough oxygen to the bloodstream, reducing the body’s ability to take on oxygen and remove carbon dioxide what in most cases causes death. About 1 out of 6 people who contract Covid-19 becomes seriously ill and develop difficulty breathing.”

6. If You Have an Underlying Condition, Your Body Has a Harder Time Fighting the Virus
“People with underlying conditions such as cardiovascular problems, high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, immuno-suppressed patients and older people are more likely to develop serious illness,” says Stuczen.

7. Eventually, With Good Care and Good Luck, Your Body Heals “Don’t panic,” says Langland. “Most cases are minor and even the more moderate cases will be fine. The majority of deaths are in the elderly or those with other underlying conditions, including hypertension and diabetes.”

8. What to Do if You Feel Like You Have It “Anyone experiencing flu-like symptoms, high temperature, new, continuous cough or shortness of breath should stay at home and self-isolate immediately,” says Stuczen. “People with mild symptoms are able to recover at home.
– Make sure you drink plenty of fluids. Proper hydration is very important in your recovery process. – Don’t take anti-inflammatory drugs such as Ibuprofen as there are many reports confirming that they exacerbate the condition. Take Tylenol instead.
– Separate yourself from other people at home as much as possible and do not share personal household items such as cups, plates, drinking glasses, towels or bedding. You should stay in one room and use a separate bathroom if available. – Wash your hands very often. – You should also restrict contact with pets and animals. It is recommended that people with the virus limit contact with animals until more information is known. – If you need to leave home make sure you wear a facemask and you keep at least six feet distance from other people. – Remember that you may only experience mild symptoms and recover quickly but if you don’t use all precautions you may infect other people with weaker immune systems. Their bodies may not be able to cope with the virus and it may cost their life. Everyone reacts to this virus in a different way and we need to make sure we protect not only ourselves but also the people around us.”

9. If Your Symptoms Worsen “If your symptoms are worsening (for example you have difficulty breathing) seek medical care immediately,” says Stuczen. “Don’t go to hospital or doctor’s office. Call ahead and tell them your symptoms. They will tell you what to do. You can leave home
after at least 7 days have passed since your first symptoms appeared and you have no fever
for a minimum 72 hours without the use of medicine that reduces fever and all other symptoms have improved such as cough or shortness of breath.”

10. How to Prevent Infection in the First Place “Try to avoid contact with others. Keep distance between you and others if you need to be in a public space. Wash hands and avoid touching your face with your hands. Disinfect surfaces where others may have touched. Also, try to stay healthy. Eat well, get rest and try to not stress. Keep your immune system strong and healthy,” says Langland. “The novel coronavirus is just that, new, which means the world’s population has no immunity,” says Marjorie Golden, MD, a Yale Medicine infectious disease specialist.
Stay inside to keep you—and everyone else—happy and healthy, and your body will thank you.
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And to get through this pandemic at your healthiest, don’t miss these
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Coronavirus Pandemic

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Ken
For weeks, maybe, it seemed that if we ignored
the COVID-19 coronavirus, it would go away. 

By  Laura Johnston, Cleveland.com   — China seemed far, and no one here was wearing masks.
The first case of a new coronavirus that’s sickened nearly 300  people  in  Asia  and spread Europe has been reported in a patient in Washington state, on January 21st, 2020.  The coronavirus,  in the same family as SARS, MERS and the common cold, often circulates among animals. It can jump from animal to human, and in rare cases can mutate and spread from person to person. The Washington state patient, a man in his 30’s, had traveled to Wuhan, but said he did not visit the market in question or know anyone who had the virus.

Cases also have been reported in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, as well as in Taiwan, Japan, Thailand and South Korea. “Information is rapidly evolving. We hope over the coming days the situation will become clear,” Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said Tuesday. The key information, according to Messonnier, will be determining how easily the virus can spread from person to person.

The United States began screening for the new virus at airports in New York, San Francisco
and Los Angeles on Jan. 17.  The Washington state patient entered the United States before the screening system was implemented and before any of his symptoms developed. Health officials said Tuesday they’ll expand screenings to airports in Chicago and Atlanta. Health officials also are doing a contact investigation from China to Washington state, said Dr. Scott Lindquist,

https://www.pbs.org/video/
what-we-know-and-dont-know-about-coronavirus-rqdtck/
How scared should I be? A recent paper from the Chinese Centers of Disease Control and Prevention analyzed more than 70,000 cases of the coronavirus in China and showed that about 81% of cases were mild. Most people wouldn’t need to go to the hospital or ER. Rather, they’d need medicine for fever, like Tylenol, and plenty of fluids.The coronavirus fatality rate is between 2% and 4% in Wuhan, and 0.7% outside Wuhan, according to the World Health Organization. For people with mild disease, recovery time is about two weeks, while people with a severe form of the disease usually recover within three to six weeks.  Read more here.   How does the coronavirus compare the flu?
Or A common cold?
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=How+does+the+
coronavirus+compare+the+flu%3f+A+common+cold%3f&FORM=HDRSC3  
A case of the coronavirus sweeping China could be mild, severe or end in death, according to the CDC. The same can be said of the flu. The coronavirus appears to spread similarly to the flu, through droplets when someone coughs or sneezes. It shares similar symptoms, like fever and cough. The most common symptoms at onset of illness were fever, fatigue, dry cough, muscle pain and difficulty breathing. Less common symptoms were headache, dizziness, abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. With the flu, symptoms appear faster, usually between one and four days. Meanwhile, it can takes between two days and two weeks for symptoms of the coronavirus to appear after you’ve been exposed. Read more here. 

Urban centers nationwide gird for catastrophic virus outbreak!!!

How to treat coronavirus at home? Over-the-counter medication such as acetaminophen.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=how+to+treat+coronavirus&FORM=HDRSC3   

What should I stock up on?
By Emily Bamforth, Cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio — To prepare for the spread of coronavirus in the United States, doctors originally said you could stock up on your favorite over-the-counter medications, said the director of the Ohio Department of Health. Pain relievers could alleviate the fever and aches that come with the COVID-19 coronavirus, doctors say. But a report March 14 from the French health inister warned that anti-inflammatory medications, such as ibuprofen, could aggravate the disease and recommended acetaminophen instead.
Ohio Department of Health director Amy Acton also mentioned having a 14-day supply of Nyquil, or whatever cold medicine you prefer, so you don’t have to run to the pharmacy when you’re sick. “Whatever it is, you want to have those medicines with you,” Acton said at a news conference with Gov. Mike DeWine at MetroHealth Medical Center. She also advised making sure you have enough supplies for your children, parents and/or pets.
“I would prepare for the worst.”

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The U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention believe an outbreak of the disease, which originated in Wuhan, China, is inevitable. “We’re kind of in for a long haul,” Acton said. She did not recommend ordinary citizens wearing masks, in part because there will likely be a shortage for doctors and nurses.
Doctors say the majority of coronavirus case here will likely be mild. That could mean flu-like symptoms, with coughing, sneezing, fever and shortness of breath.
What would you do? Cleveland.com readers  who texted Editor Chris Quinn through the new, free Subtext program suggested their own preparations: Stocking up on frozen meals and electrolyte replacement drinks, pet food and soft foods like yogurt and oatmeal, in addition to over-the-counter medications and slippers. They also encouraged hand-washing with  anti-bacterial soap.   Whether ibuprofen or acetaminophen is better depends the patient, Jason Briscoe, Discount Drug Mart’s director for pharmacy operations, said.
It depends on health history and personal preference. It can never hurt to have
a first-aid kit on hand.
Briscoe said pharmacists will be able to work with those experiencing symptoms or who are worried about the virus. There’s been a run on masks at Discount Drug Mart, but no flood of people stocking up on over-the-counter medicine.
Discount Drug Mart also has a “Health Solutions” facility in Avon Lake, which the company staffs to take calls and give advice on health issues.
Briscoe said that option is one reason he’s not worried about coronavirus overwhelming pharmacy staff.
When it comes to alleviating upper respiratory symptoms, like suppressing cough, the best over-the-counter medicines is Mucinex, however, a behind the counter with script is more effective verify with your primary physician. Also Dr. Keith Armitage, medical director for the UH Roe Green Center for Travel Medicine and Global Health stated. If you feel short of breath, call your doctor. That’s one of the indicators that the virus could have progressed into a lung infection and supplemental oxygen is necessary.
The elderly & people with pre-existing conditions will be at greater risk for severe symptoms.
Armitage reiterated in this internet link that, based on what is known now, most coronavirus patients will be able to recover at home, rather than in a hospital. “I don’t think people need to go buy a bunch of over-the-counter remedies for the common cold,” he said.
“Pay attention to respective public health authorities.”
https://www.livescience.com/possible-treatments-new-coronavirus.html
https://www.foxnews.com/health/coronavirus-treatment
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