The following thread regards how we should be planning for the possibility that nCoV cannot be contained (Tweets from J. Hopkins Director)

Twitter ^ | January 26, 2020 | Tom Inglesby

[numberonepal]

Don’t bother. It’s a scam except when used topically.

Partially incorrect. Yes there is some question about oral administration, but there are some serious successes with topical applications and nebulized inhaled solutions. The trick with oral administration is to let the solution absorb though the mouth. Once it hits HCl in the stomach there's not much silver left to absorb.

[VeniVidiVici]

It’s going to spread, but the flu does every year. If the mortality rates are accurate, we have no more to fear from this than from the seasonal flu. Too many folks are panicking, and this tweet-based info seems to follow that model. These videos cropping up are interesting, but I think folks get excited from seeing them and panic. When all is said and done, we will probably look back and smile at how fearful we were. We’ve had so many of these situations over the last 5-7 years, and none of them panned out to be the pandemic folks thought they would be at the outset.

I agree. However, the one thing that bothers me is that they are aiming to build a 1,000 bed hospital by Feb 3 in Wuhan. Why do that?

[DoodleBob]

I appreciate your concern. Please contact the responsible cretins:

Natsuko Imai, Anne Cori, Ilaria Dorigatti, Marc Baguelin, Christl A. Donnelly, Steven Riley, Neil M. Ferguson

WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Modelling, MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Imperial College London, UK

Correspondence: neil.ferguson@imperial.ac.uk

[steve86]

Which refereed medical journal would give me the best coverage on the serious successes with nebulizer application?

[bert]

This falls under the general heading of CYA

[Think free or die]

Thanks for the good wishes. Between a son working in the ER and a 94 year old mother 700 miles away, I’m watching this closely.

[gandalftb]

Fever screening is clinical insanity.
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Trying to pick out real corona patients from common winter illnesses.
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There is no rapid and accurate diagnostic test.
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The Chinese are driving non-corona patients to clinics where they are packed in with actual corona patients.
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In the US, possible patients are sent home with orders to stay out of the public until symptoms expand and obsolete SARS testing shows a corona virus.
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The Chinese mean well, but communist control type thinking is going to cause a faster infection rate.

[Salamander]

I only picked that one out of hundreds that popped up in a 30 second search because I’m too lazy to be preaching against this “miracle cure” today.

If you want to rely on it, that’s fine with me.

https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/hi-ho-silver/

[GOPJ]

Thanks...

[DoughtyOne]

It’s a reasoned question, but you can see how the regular hospitals have been overwhelmed. If this were something more sinister they would probably see futility in creating a 1,000 bed hospital. I don’t think they would bother if they knew it was a weaponized killer.

A weaponized killer would probably take out over 90%.

[sneakers]

bump

[numberonepal]

Which refereed medical journal would give me the best coverage on the serious successes with nebulizer application?

LOL. I seriously doubt you're going to find that research. Plenty of anecdotal out there. Bottom line is to take your health care into your own hands. Never trust the white coats as they are not always working YOUR interest.

[justa-hairyape]

Yes. The only people save right now are in the Spacestation.

[Pelham]

Magical Thinking and conspiracy theories run in a pack.

I see it all the time at nephrotic syndrome forums. When there’s no easy or effective answer people convince themselves that apple cider vinegar, vitamin supplements, herbal tea, or a pre-modern medicine will cure them. And that the medical profession is lying to them. SMH. They never consider that some of the medical types suffer from these same diseases and are just as eager for a cure as they are.

[jonrick46]

The skin discoloration caused by oral ingestion of colloidal silver isn’t exactly a welcome side effect. Such a condition, called argyria, is not reversible. Silver gets deposited in the skin and other tissues, where it continues to build up. When your skin is then exposed to light, it turns blue-gray. Continued exposure to the oral ingestion will cause it to appear over the entire body. Any silver in the body should be avoided. This is why dental amalgams that contain silver have been linked to Alzheimer’s disease. Because of that concern, people are having them removed.

[Hot Tabasco]

I'm prepping with chips, salsa, beer, gin and lots of toilet paper. I'm staying in my house for the long haul........

See you all next November, provided I can maneuver my car thru all the dead bodies on the streets and sidewalks..........

[grey_whiskers]

Make sure the beer is Dos Equis, not Corona.

[Hot Tabasco]

Not a problem, I have lots of Lime disease to go with it.....

[Freedom56v2]

Sources?
Waiting...

[rxsid]

"You multiplied by 100 two times in the equation."

Yeah, I see the error now :) It's actually 0.0115%...even less than what I was making it out to be (1.5%).

Guess I should leave the basic math for before I have some Pinot.