COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[East Level 2]

Qatar has now made it law to wear a mask if you leave the house, for whatever reason. So walking the dog and running will be fun in the heat.

And it will stop Suarez biting opponents during the world cup.

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52656808

game changer

 

[Vic]

Yes indeed. Something my research picked up in February. Thank God I loaded up or I'd probably be dead now.

"My research"? Has it been peer-reviewed?

 

[drthingy]

game changer

Hopefully, opens up the possibility of Covid "passports". As ever though it isn't that simple as its unclear how long these antibodies last and also the current belief is about 40% of younger people don't develop the longer term IgG they are testing Here as it is believed they clear it with their IgA immune system (short term). Which means they may not develop the longer term immunity

What is reassuring is the lack of reinfected healthcare workers suggesting immunity does exist but need to see how they are in 6 months time.

But overall an instant, accurate antibody test is promising!

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Up to date article on the potential effects of survivors medium term health on cv19 and very interesting analysis of monitoring that happened during the subsequent years to the initial 2003 SARS survivors, not very positive follow up data on those who survived unfortunately :-(

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...lth-effects-can-last-long-after-virus-is-gone

Also think this section needs highlighting for future consideration on policy seeing as we are always behind the curve on the science.

There is some hope: Early intervention could play a role in longer-term outcomes of coronavirus patients, said Ivan Hung, a professor of medicine at the University of Hong Kong. Hung said in April that 90% of about 200 discharged patients he oversaw at a clinic at one of the city’s hospitals appear to be making a full recovery a month out.

He attributed the success to Hong Kong’s “early diagnosis and early treatment” of patients, which leaves the virus with less time to wreak havoc on the body.

That’s true of many/most viruses.

There’s a pertinent snippet in this article:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-17497-6
where is calls influenza infection in the lungs a “lung injury”.

Wherever a virus/bacteria/fungi affects a part of the body, they cause an injury to the cells or even the full organ in that part of the body. As anyone who’s had a physical muscle or bone injury before, you know that, often, you never fully recover from it.

 

[Vic]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52656808

Are we reckoning that the Germany study of the carnival town of Gangelt and the American study of who had had it in New York State were utterly unreliable? But hurrah, the Brits have got it right.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Looks like we're going to have a 4 week heat wave, maybe 8 weeks. Good news for putting the current Coronavirus epidemic wave to bed.

Nice one, where’ve you heard that?

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

You said put to bed,clearly a look around around the world and research doesn't bear that out,it should slow but it will still be here and still spreading and still killing,social distancing will have to continue just the same as now,you forget this is a brand new virus that has its own identity and complete with surprises

So far you have told people they are definately immune and for how long,in capitals i think it was and that antibody tests have already been used and good enough for clinical use,i will let you off masks although you over egg them a lot

Don't lead people up the wrong path,everyone wants hope but bad info is worse than no info

he's not posting bad info.

thats been confirmed by the number 1 specialist in Korea on Coronavirus.

I watched the same video yesterday

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Not necessarily sunlight but certainly humidity and the fact the UK is cold and damp (virus party time) and we will open windows and maximise ventilation that will ground virus particles in what little breeze we have.

As well as getting good levels of Vitamin D from the Sun.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170216110002.htm

 

[Bazzmand Show]

The law will not protect us.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/13/poli...rt-strikes-down-stay-at-home-order/index.html

Good luck over there, I really feel for some mates in the US.

The system over there is just not setup for this sort of thing and they have a fucking weirdo running the country.