Is DNA driving the rise of young adults dying of coronavirus? Scientists are searching for genetic ‘errors’ that may make some people with NO underlying conditions vulnerable to the virus
Dr Jean-Laurent Casanova of Rockefeller University thinks that these rare, young patients who fall so desperately, seemingly at random, may have invisible risk factors, called ‘inborn errors of immunity.’
paging 23 and Me. paging 23 and Me. courtesy white phone please. Margaret Sanger calling.
CALIFORNIA - South Lake Tahoe - guess what? yes, you have been Wuhan’ed.
Woman, 53, is arrested for licking $1,8000 worth of items inside a California grocery store amid coronavirus pandemic
Jennifer Walker, 53, allegedly licked meats, alcohol and costume jewelry inside the South Lake Tahoe Safeway on Tuesday
She has been booked on suspicion of felony vandalism and is being held on a $10,000 bond
THIS is why SK has a handle on transmission and the outbreak. Not because the virus is a pissant one or ‘went away on its own without mitigation’ as some would have you believe. But you can’t do this without a LOT of testing. But you don’t have to lock down every single human being either.
“With almost 6,300 cases and more than 40 reported deaths, South Korea has become home to the world’s largest coronavirus outbreak outside China. As a result, the government in Seoul has taken what it calls “maximum” action to contain the spread of the disease—including sending thousands of people into mandatory home quarantine.
Now it is launching its latest attempt to keep things from escalating further: a smartphone app that can monitor citizens on lockdown.
The app, developed by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, allows those who have been ordered not to leave home to stay in contact with case workers and report on their progress. It will also use GPS to keep track of their location to make sure they are not breaking their quarantine.
Named “self-quarantine safety protection,” the sparsely designed service is being launched today for Android smartphones, while an iPhone version is expected to be released on March 20. Officials said it is intended to help manage the increasing case load and prevent cases of “super spreaders,” who have been blamed for significant numbers of infections.
Lockdown rules
Under current guidelines from the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, anyone who has come into contact with a confirmed coronavirus carrier is subject to a mandatory two-week self-quarantine. “Contact” is defined as having been within two meters of a confirmed carrier, or having been in the same room where a confirmed patient has coughed. “
FNC - In Wuhan, for every one case of CV, the infection was passed on to infected 5.7 others.
What race was the child? We know darker skin makes it harder to produce Vit D from the sun.