Posted on 04/02/2020 11:35:03 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The health secretary sets out a strategy to achieve a "significant" increase in testing following criticism of the government.
The "five-pillar" plan involves:
* Swab testing at Public Health England and NHS labs;
* Using commercial partners, including universities and private businesses, to establish more swab testing;
* Introducing antibody blood tests to determine whether people have had COVID-19;
* Surveillance to determine the rate of infection and how it is spreading across the country;
* Build an "at-scale" diagnostics industry to reach 100,000 tests by the end of April.
The promise comes after it was confirmed that another 569 people have died in the UK after contracting coronavirus - bringing the total number of deaths to 2,921.
Mr Hancock said the 100,000 figure included both the general public and NHS staff.
He vowed that health service staff will be able to get tested for the coronavirus "absolutely before the end of the month".
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By the end of April, we may need 2 million less tests than we do today. :(
See this video, contact your doctor to see if it can be available to you if infected. If not call around..
THIS CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE
EXCELLENT NEWS: Hydroxychloroquine Treatment Effective on 699 Patients
Must see video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TJdjhd_XG8&t=586s
Dr. Vladimir (Zev) Zelenko
Board Certified Family Practitioner
501 Rt 208, Monroe, NY 10950
845-238-0000
March 23, 2020
To all medical professionals around the world:
My name is Dr. Zev Zelenko and I practice medicine in Monroe, NY. For the last 16 years, I have cared for approximately 75% of the adult population of Kiryas Joel, which is a very close knit community of approximately 35,000 people in which the infection spread rapidly and unchecked prior to the imposition of social distancing.
As of today my team has tested approximately 200 people from this community for Covid-19, and 65% of the results have been positive. If extrapolated to the entire community, that means more than 20,000 people are infected at the present time. Of this group, I estimate that there are 1500 patients who are in the high-risk category (i.e. >60, immunocompromised, comorbidities, etc).
Given the urgency of the situation, I developed the following treatment protocol in the pre-hospital setting and have seen only positive results:
1. Any patient with shortness of breath regardless of age is treated.
2. Any patient in the high-risk category even with just mild symptoms is treated.
3. Young, healthy and low risk patients even with symptoms are not treated (unless their circumstances change and they fall into category 1 or 2).
My out-patient treatment regimen is as follows:
1. Hydroxychloroquine 200mg twice a day for 5 days
2. Azithromycin 500mg once a day for 5 days
3. Zinc sulfate 220mg once a day for 5 days
The rationale for my treatment plan is as follows. I combined the data available from China and South Korea with the recent study published from France (sites available on request). We know that hydroxychloroquine helps Zinc enter the cell. We know that Zinc slows viral replication within the cell. Regarding the use of azithromycin, I postulate it prevents secondary bacterial infections. These three drugs are well known and usually well tolerated, hence the risk to the patient is low.
Since last Thursday, my team has treated approximately 350 patients in Kiryas Joel and another 150 patients in other areas of New York with the above regimen.
Of this group and the information provided to me by affiliated medical teams, we have had ZERO deaths, ZERO hospitalizations, and ZERO intubations. In addition, I have not heard of any negative side effects other than approximately 10% of patients with temporary nausea and diarrhea.
In sum, my urgent recommendation is to initiate treatment in the outpatient setting as soon as possible in accordance with the above. Based on my direct experience, it prevents acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), prevents the need for hospitalization and saves lives.
With much respect,
Dr. Zev Zelenko
5 posted on 3/29/2020, 8:07:28 AM by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obam_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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Why won't he won't stress the truth and get the meds distributed so when someone tests positive they are given the cocktail. Now what the hell is wrong with that.
If our kids had a temp, we took them to a doctor. If they had a fever, they got some kind of med. He didn't pat our kids on the back and say...hey, you're sick...so be it. We tried to get that fever down.
She is still very sick and in bed - over two weeks laid up now - she is unable to work. My son dropped off a load of groceries and cash to her, and her son, yesterday. She works as a medical transport driver. Shouldn't this fall under workman's comp insurance program?
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