COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[kaz7]

Don't think she meant the death figures.

Infection rates underestimated means you can't have accurate death rates from the infection either imo
Anyway don't want to dwell on the morbid side of things

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Medical authorities in China have said a drug used in Japan to treat new strains of influenza appeared to be effective in coronavirus patients, Japanese media said on Wednesday.
Zhang Xinmin, an official at China’s science and technology ministry, said favipiravir, developed by a subsidiary of Fujifilm, had produced encouraging outcomes in clinical trials in Wuhan and Shenzhen involving 340 patients.
“It has a high degree of safety and is clearly effective in treatment,” Zhang told reporters on Tuesday.
Patients who were given the medicine in Shenzhen turned negative for the virus after a median of four days after becoming positive, compared with a median of 11 days for those who were not treated with the drug, public broadcaster NHK said.
In addition, X-rays confirmed improvements in lung condition in about 91% of the patients who were treated with favipiravir, compared to 62% or those without the drug.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-effective-in-treating-coronavirus-says-china

China saying nice things about Japanese science isn't common.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

I was saying before that if a patient who is expected to die of a chest complaint,say COPD and they they start with a sore throat the day before then they are not going to test for the virus,the death will go down as COPD,i am not suggesting anyone telling lies but they won't be testing them post mortum

Thanks Karen

 

[SebastianBlue]

Or strip poker.

That’s less useful for @mexico1970. ;-)

 

[oman0115]

Seems like our respective employers on here are a mixed bag. I was staying in doors because I’ve had symptoms and my parents aren’t well. Was working from home, but my boss wanted me back in. The rest of the department kicked off and demanded I called the dr.

woke up to a text from my manager begging me not to and come in because the dr would only say stay at home. I was fuming

 

[mexico1970]

That’s less useful for @mexico1970. ;-)

Being trapped in the house with a permanently naked wife could push me over the edge bud :) I love her to death but my John Holmes wacca wacca music days are long behind me.

 

[SebastianBlue]

I can vouch for Carcassonne, but Pandemic hasn't come out of the box yet - recommend it would you? I've got a 10 & 14yr old wanting to play it

I enjoy it, especially as it is one of the few well-balanced, fully collaborative board games available right now. And it is certainly topical. :-)

 

[SebastianBlue]

Being trapped in the house with a permanently naked wife could push me over the edge bud :) I love her to death but my John Holmes wacca wacca music days are long behind me.

Exactly my point!

 

[blueparrot]

Infection rates underestimated means you can't have accurate death rates from the infection either imo
Anyway don't want to dwell on the morbid side of things

Of course you can, deaths are one figure that are known as they are tested,untested infection rates could be anything, the latest estimate was done by multiplying the known deaths by 1000, but that was said to be a very rough estimate. So that would give around 250,000, thats what she meant was an underestimation.

 

[domalino]

I was saying before that if a patient who is expected to die of a chest complaint,say COPD and they they start with a sore throat the day before then they are not going to test for the virus,the death will go down as COPD,i am not suggesting anyone telling lies but they won't be testing them post mortum

It's a good conspiracy theory but everyone admitted to ICU is being tested, and COPD or otherwise, no one is just dropping dead of this, it's a progressive illness - they're spending days in ICU before dying.

The idea that people are just dropping dead without being tested has no basis in the facts.