I have attached a link below for a successful trial on Hydroxychloroquine. There is also another drug that works well in fighting the virus and it is called Rimdesivir. It was developed by Gilead Sciences during the last Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak a couple years ago. Both of these drugs have completely eliminated the virus in lab settinge and in human trials.
These two drugs are being put through clinical trials already and they should be available much sooner than we thought possible if we had to develop a new antiviral compound to fight this new strain of coronavirus.
Not so incidentally, virologist say there are two different variants (strains) of SARS-CoV-2 they have identified so far, “S” and “L”. Some virologists that are studying the virus are claiming that the “L” variant, a downstream mutation, is less deadly than the “S” variant but that has not been conclusively determined.
It does appear that what’s going around in in the United States is not nearly as deadly as what has been infecting the Chinese and the Italians. Let’s hope that is the case.
Lastly, people that study epidemics and pandemics believe that up to 86% to 88% of coronavirus cases have gone undiagnosed. There is a lot of anecdotal evidence that we have had at least one variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States since October or November of last year. If true, that means the mortality rate for the virus is a factor of six to seven times less deadly then the numbers that are being published.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has been estimating the mortality rate to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 3.5%. if the above case is true... and there are many more cases than have been confirmed, the real mortality rate number may be in the neighborhood of a half-a-percent to less... which is not great news but one hell of a lot better than 3.5 out of a hundred cases being lethal.
Anyway, there is hope this thing is going to get better sooner rather than later. We will see.
There is some debate, whether the different results in Italy and China, may be a result of different pain-relievers used, in the two locations.
Maybe.
A fellow named Greg Rigano spoke of a successful study last night with Carlson.
There is an article in the Wash. Examiner about this.
I will get that article.
I'm having computer problems, so I think I gotta get off.
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Hydroxychloroquine ............... liking that word.
The existence of two (or more) varieties of COVID-19 could explain why some people are getting reinfected.
"As described by Melinda Liu in Smithsonian Magazine, the Chinese wet markets, “often poorly ventilated, with multiple species jammed together -- create ideal conditions for spreading disease through shared water utensils or airborne droplets of blood and other secretions.”
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This 2017 article was titled: “Is China Ground Zero for a Future Pandemic?”
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When the pandemic arrived, at least the World Health Organization leapt to action. First step: Find a cure? Develop a vaccine? Demand protections for the elderly?
NO!
WHO officials got together and worked on coming up with a new name for the “Wuhan virus” that sounded less Asian.
Next, the WHO put out a “Fact Sheet” to ensure that those with Kung Flu would not be stigmatized. It instructed:
"DO -- talk about people 'acquiring' or 'contracting' #COVID-19.
“DON'T -- talk about people 'transmitting COVID-19,' 'infecting others' or “spreading the virus' as it implies intentional transmission & assigns blame.”
As fear of the Chinese virus spread, Gloria Allred brought a lawsuit against a Los Angeles school for sending an Asian student to the school nurse after he coughed in class.
Americans are cowering in their homes. Airlines, restaurants, beaches, ski resorts, professional sports, colleges and stores have been shut down. But we must never violate the fundamental civil right of an Asian to cough in class and refuse to see the nurse!
The New York Times has also been on the racism beat, with these pressing stories:
As Chinese Grapple With a New Illness, an Old Stigma Is Revived
An Outbreak of Racist Sentiment as Coronavirus Reaches Australia
As Coronavirus Spreads, So Does Anti-Chinese Sentiment"