Corona Virus Daily Thread #53 COVID-19 5/23/2020

5/23/20 | Many

[riri]

Memorial Day Weekend Corona Virus Thread

[LilFarmer]

New hospitalizations in Florida has reached a plateau

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EewvNU7WsAg2-xQ?format=png&name=large

[LilFarmer]

(@breakingmkts)

06 Aug - 04:18:33 PM [RTRS] - TEXAS TOTAL COVID-19 DEATHS RISE BY 306 ON THURSDAY - STATE HEALTH DEPT

[LilFarmer]

US has surpassed 5 million cases

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

[LilFarmer]

Even Asymptomatic People Carry the Coronavirus in High Amounts

Researchers in South Korea found that roughly 30 percent of those infected never develop symptoms yet probably spread the virus.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/health/coronavirus-asymptomatic-transmission.html

Link to study:

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2769235

[LilFarmer]

India Crosses 2 Million Coronavirus Cases

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-crosses-2-million-coronavirus-cases-2275409

[LilFarmer]

Massive International Study Shows Countries with Early HCQ Use Had 79% Lower Mortality Rate — THIS IS HUGE! We Are Talking Over 100,000 American Lives!

https://trulytimes.com/massive-international-study-shows-countries-with-early-hcq-use-had-79-lower-mortality-rate-this-is-huge-we-are-talking-over-100000-american-lives.html

[LilFarmer]

(@sciencedjv)

@TAMU classes start in less than two weeks. Texas COVID positivity rate has shot up 5% in just six days.

https://twitter.com/sciencedjv/status/1291471444279517189

[LilFarmer]

J.C. Bradbury
@jc_bradbury
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*Some* encouraging numbers today, which I’ll focus on first. 3,250 cases and the cases continue to decline *slowly.* Positive % is also falling to 10.3% (7-day: 11.9%) on a robust testing day. The decline looks like it’s not an artifact of a backlog.
Charts at link: https://twitter.com/jc_bradbury

[LilFarmer]

As problems mount, college football’s outlook appears grim: ‘You can feel the tidal wave coming

https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football-season-facing-long-odds-you-can-feel-the-tidal-wave-coming-163008561.html

[DEPcom]

This helps explain why the homeless people did not get sick. Might also explain parts of India. Maybe eating mud pies are good for you. The Coronavirus Is New, but Your Immune System Might Still Recognize It

[Black Agnes]

How many obese homeless do you recollect seeing?

They’re outside most of the day, wonder what their D3 levels are...

[DEPcom]

I have see a couple in my area, they get free meals. But it is a good point.

[Black Agnes]

I’ve also wondered if they’re colonized by some parasite(s) that engage in antiviral warfare.

Same for India.

Something like this: (but not necessarily this)

https://opencommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1484&context=srhonors_theses

specifically this:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24600248/

[rlbedfor]

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/covidview/07312020/images/nchs-mortality-report.gif

Quickly moving to non-pandemic levels.

[Black Agnes]

Be sure to read this post:

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3847855/posts?page=3203#3203

[LilFarmer]

How COVID gets into a cell:

https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1291459717487706112/photo/1

From: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(20)30810-2

[LilFarmer]

QCT Illinois news
@QCTIllinois
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4h
Illinois reports nearly 2,000 new confirmed COVID-19 cases (highest since May)

[LilFarmer]

(@AFP)

#BREAKING US tops 2,000 deaths in 24 hours for first time in three months: Johns Hopkins

https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1291533412893769728

[LilFarmer]

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Spain quarantines another town as new cases top 4,000

On Thursday, officials announced that that the town of Aranda de Duero in central Spain will be quarantined for two weeks beginning Friday morning. People will not be able to leave or enter the town of around 32,000 people for non-essential reasons.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/spain-quarantines-another-town-as-new-cases-top-4-000/1933933

[LilFarmer]

COVID-19 took a toll on Clemson’s Xavier Thomas. Now he’ll miss most of 2020

Tigers coach Dabo Swinney announced Thursday night that defensive end Xavier Thomas will redshirt this year after a battle with COVID-19 and strep throat.

https://www.thestate.com/sports/college/acc/clemson-university/article244771767.html