Hydroxy chloroquinine is effective against the Chinese virus because it alters the PH of the cells in the body, making it impossible for the virus to live. This is how this drug worked against malaria parasites.
Other drugs being tested suppress the virus but do no totally eliminate it.
There is a hotspot in Colorado—San Miquel County, where Telluride is located.
There may a new strain of Chinese Virus that has landed there. The county is on lockdown, but they will be testing everyone with a blood test (not a nasal swab).
What is ominous about this is that this is the first time young children have been affected by this virus.In other areas where the disease manifests itself, young people and children are not affected.
Agree.
But remember her major gripe - she doesn't know if she has the virus because she has not been able to get tested.
And none of that addresses the question she raised as to possible preferential treatment on the allocation of test kits or other limited resources.
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A 34-year-old man has died in California after testing positive of coronavirus just days ago, and 2 weeks after visiting Walt Disney World and Universal Studios in Florida ... TMZ has learned.
Jeff’s timeline regarding his COVID-19 infection is terrifying and should be eye-opening for people of all ages. According to his family, he flew from L.A. to Orlando on March 2 for a work conference, but stayed a few extra days to visit Disney World and Universal theme parks with friends.
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We’re told on March 7 he developed a cough, and the next day he coughed up blood. He flew back to LAX on March 9 ... and immediately went to the ER, where he also had a high fever.
The family says a chest x-ray confirmed Jeff had pneumonia, and he was tested for COVID-19 and sent home with fluids and antibiotics and instructed to self-quarantine until he got the results back.
We’re told the results came back positive on March 13, and Jeff was provided a portable oxygen meter to keep an eye on his levels ... which took a turn for the worse that afternoon.
On March 14 he was taken by ambulance to the hospital and quickly transferred to the ICU when it was discovered his lungs were 60-70 percent blocked with pneumonia. Doctors decided the best path forward was to sedate and intubate, hoping a ventilator would help his lungs heal.
Sadly — and despite the family claiming he was approved for antiviral meds — the medication was delayed in getting to him, he took a turn for the worse ... and passed away Thursday morning.
It appears Jeffrey was higher-risk patient. He had a history of asthma and frequent bronchitis as a child, though he outgrew that. He also had undergone surgery for testicular cancer back in 2016.
The CDC now says young people can also be at grave risk ... and this
Just turned news on looks like I missed a lot on the presser.
Just found out from my wife’s brother, that he’s had coronavirus type symptoms for 13-ish days and hasn’t been tested.
His Dr. doesn’t think he needs it as he had no fever.
Lives in upper Wisc. His wife also now has symptoms.
Testing or not testing doesn’t trouble me ( you can have it and be asymptomatic) as much as what they are going to do with any vaccine or cure.
It seems to me, whatever they come up with, they have to give it to everybody damn near at the same time.
I remember back in the day as a little kid, getting a shot then a couple of years later getting the medicine on a sugar cube...both to fight polio.
I’m guessing we’d have to do something like that today.
What also troubles me is:
I could find no mention of “health insurance relief” in any of the bills that have been passed so far that deal with this crisis.
I’m betting we go to some sort of “Medicare for all” for those that have been fired\laid off with no insurance for things other than coronavirus.
Gov. Pritzker just issued a “stay at home, except” order in Illinois.
I just might push it to test the constitutionality of all this.
No matter how this turns out I think our Pres. will be politically vulnerable.