That too. There might be a divorce boom soon, from what I've been hearing!And being around eachother 24/7 certainly doesn't make you feel romantic. Lol.
That too. There might be a divorce boom soon, from what I've been hearing!And being around eachother 24/7 certainly doesn't make you feel romantic. Lol.
Love it!!!
Testing is hugely important for more than just getting accurate numbers, especially because the asymptomatic phase of this virus is so contagious and it can last for so long. Testing would help us contain the virus. They were able to keep the first SARS outbreak contained because people were contagious when they got sick, not before. If we knew who was contagious immediately, things wouldn't have gotten this far, and it is absolutely a huge failure of the government that we don't have enough tests to do this.I hear them talking about possibly not testing people where the result would not impact the course of treatment. In a way, I can understand this. We do this with our pets (at least I do). My vet and I always discuss things through before testing and if nothing will be change as a result as far as treatment, we don't do the test. HOWEVER it's bad for the purpose of actually getting the numbers.
I suppose though, we have to wait until they actually make enough of these tests (which I have little faith in our government to actually do that at this point).
I cannot respond without saying something that would be deemed political. I can say that other medications are being tried including the blood pressure medication, Losartan. It is thought to prevent the virus from infiltrating and is being used in U of Minnesota trials for individuals exposed but not yet testing positive.I'd just like to add that the in the paper that Trump has been citing about hydroxychloroquine, they included data for 20 patients who received the treatment and all seemed to get better. But they left off 6 patients. 2 dropped out of the study willingly (one complained of nausea), but 4 were removed because they got worse, and 1 died. No proof either way until large scale studies are completed, but that certainly doesn't count out the possibility that the drug could actually make the virus worse in some patients.
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So glad you are able to work from home. Stay safe and keep us updated. Yea for Toffee and Fudge! Pets around the world are probably rejoicing they get to see their humans even more!We're both self-isolating here - we're both key-workers but are in the at risk category so my mother and I are working from home for now until the pandemic dies down. Toffee and Fudge are loving having their two humans home at the same time!
Yeah. I'd also like to see some random titer testing to see if there was an earlier wave that went through. I suspect there was.Widespread sampling of asymptomatic people across the U.S. at frequent intervals would be valuable for mapping the spread of the virus.
My brother's breathing better, but his coughing has worsened. He's waiting for his roommate's test results.
I was thinking they all were standing too close too, tell your mom great minds think alike!My mom was watching the news, with the president speaking. In the background, there are four people standing practically shoulder to shoulder.. I'm like, mom, why are they standing so close to each other?? She responded, two of them are even doctors
Me tooYup A+ here. Ugh.
Every county in Illinois now has at least one case. Deaths in Chicago and SpringfieldGeography professor Dr. Sutton at Western Illinois University is creating maps to help track the spread of the virus. Although, like molly mentioned, it is hard to know for sure actual numbers because there is extreme selectivity for who is being tested.
Both images posted yesterday, with the top one around lunchtime, and the second picture later in the day.
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I think in time this will become one of the Corona Viruses that are endemic to humans. It will continue to mutate and as a species our immune system will recognize it. Many of our colds are caused by a Corona virus. The issue right now is that it made the jump from bats and it is not something endemic to humans and we are still very early in this cycle.I thought this was really cool.
880 samples of the virus have been sequenced (out of the 300,000 identified) and their sequences have been tracked, for those who are interested in watching how the SARS-CoV-2 has mutated over time. This website specifically not give us a lot of information about how the virus functions when mutated, and keep in mind many of these mutations have zero effect, but it does help us track how the virus travels. If you color code by clade (as it should be when you click on the link), and hit play on the map below, you can watch the different versions of the virus appear and how they spread around the world. The top chart with a bunch of lines and dots show how closely related each of the strains (the dots) are to each other, and you can hover over to see where each strain was identified. You can also play around with the settings to see different things, but I thought this version was the easiest to understand.