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Re: Coronavirus is one mutation away from infecting millions
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Drug trials on coronavirus patients in China yielded mixed results, with an HIV pill showing little benefit and a flu medication made by Fujifilm Holdings Corp. resulting in faster clearance of the virus.
The combination of lopinavir and ritonavir, marketed by AbbVie Inc. as Kaletra, didn’t improve the condition of severe Covid-19 patients or prevent them from dying more than standard care in a randomized, controlled trial of 199 patients. The research was published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
A separate study of 80 patients receiving Fujifilm’s favipiravir, or Avigan, found it helped clear the virus from patients a week earlier than the HIV medicine and was associated with improved chest symptoms shown on CT scans.
The favipiravir study, which wasn’t randomized, was conducted in a different group of patients and at a later time point when doctors might have discovered better ways to care for patients, Evercore ISI analyst Umer Raffat said in a note.
The clinical research on favipiravir augers well for another anti-viral, Gilead Sciences Inc.’s experimental drug remdesivir, which is also undergoing clinical trials in China, Tyler Van Buren, an analyst with Piper Sandler said. Results of the remdesivir study are yet to be published.
“If successful, it could be approved for broad use in the coming months considering it’s safe, the bar for efficacy in the context of the ongoing global pandemic is low,” he said.
Patients in the lopinavir and ritonavir trial were also found to show more gastrointestinal side effects such as vomiting and diarrhea than those not given the drug in the comparison group. Nearly 14% of those taking the drug were unable to finish the 14-day therapy, mostly because of the gastrointestinal disorders.
(Updated with severe patient category in 2nd paragraph and side effects in last paragraph)
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boutons_deux
FL Man de Santis just shut down Spring Break, beaches closed
link?
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Re: Coronavirus is one mutation away from infecting millions
"China has been updating the U.S. on the coronavirus and its response since January 3. On January 15 the U.S. State Department notified Americans in China U.S. CDC's warning about the coronavirus. And now blames China for delay? Seriously?" Hua Chunying posted on Twitter.
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baseline bum
link?
search "desantis party is over" :)
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Re: Coronavirus is one mutation away from infecting millions
Ah fucking hell. The deaths plotted on a logarithmic scale isn't even linear any more factoring the last few days in. Look at how much steeper that graph has become the last 2-3 days.
https://i.ibb.co/JBJCYG2/logdeaths.png
source: https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/healt...day/index.html
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One Iranian dies of the virus every 10 minutes. 50 get infected every hour
Yet Pompeo and evil americans impose more sanctions on that country
evil motherfuckers
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Re: Coronavirus is one mutation away from infecting millions
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Re: Coronavirus is one mutation away from infecting millions
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Originally Posted by
boutons_deux
search "desantis party is over" :)
Any fucking time now Abott
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hater
lol overstatement
they just quarantined a city of 11 million
the virus is mutating
its the mainstream media who are downplaying this
:lmao thinking a paper mask and thermometer can stop this
some clown “doctor” on CNBC just said this is a nothingburger and laughed off the measly 500 infections and 17 dead. its only been 3 days ya dumbfuck and do you really think only 500 infections?
called it :tu
that was more than 2 months ago
called it
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and LMAO american government saying chinese were hiding it :lmao
they had 2 fucking months to prepare at the very least order billions of masks and thousands of ventilators
they did jackshit and now blame china :lmao losers
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baseline bum
We are testing more. There always were vastly more cases out there than we even now know about. That was bound to happen.
It will keep going up sharply as we roll out more testing to get a better handle on it.
The deaths per infection will likely go down a bit. AHA estimates place it at 0.5%, and this is leading that at 2%, so that is going to be more in line with their estimate, if so.
Plot it out.
Bell shaped curve. two months... total cumulative infected 35M.
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RandomGuy
We are testing more. There always were vastly more cases out there than we even now know about. That was bound to happen.
It will keep going up sharply as we roll out more testing to get a better handle on it.
The deaths per infection will likely go down a bit. AHA estimates place it at 0.5%, and this is leading that at 2%, so that is going to be more in line with their estimate, if so.
Plot it out.
Bell shaped curve. two months... total cumulative infected 35M.
35 million infections in the US isn't going to get us close to seeing the light at the end of the tunnel if heat doesn't slow it down. Gonna need somewhere from 4x to 7x that many Americans infected to get there.
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MARCH 19, 2020 AT 4:55 AM
https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/...r-featured.jpg(Twitter photo/Griselda Zetino)
PHOENIX — As the number of coronavirus cases continue to increase in Arizona, health care facilities and their staffs have to effectively prioritize their time, testing and treatment regarding the infectious disease.
Although many Valley residents want to be tested for COVID-19, not everyone qualifies.
Frank LoVecchio, an emergency room physician at Valleywise Health Medical Center in Phoenix, told KTAR News 92.3 FM that certain criteria must be met.
He explained that the most eligible to receive testing for coronavirus are those who are already very sick with something such as pneumonia, or an individual who already requires use of a respirator.
Patients who’ve traveled to a country where the coronavirus outbreak is happening and are showing flu-like symptoms are also eligible for testing.
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“If none of those criteria are met, then we’re not allowed to give the test,” LoVecchio said.
“We have to ration the test; it’s not our choice. We’d love to give the test to everyone who wanted it.”
He said when there’s a patient who qualifies for the test, the hospital contacts the Arizona Department of Health Services to do the testing.
Patients who are tested are then placed in isolation at the hospital until test results come back.
“They don’t give us an answer until about 3 to 5 days, which is very, very difficult,” LoVecchio said.
“We have a few patients waiting for the answer, and they are very sick.”
The testing for coronavirus is led by the Arizona State Public Health Laboratory, which has a capacity to test up to 450 people each day.
Commercial testing has also started. Among the private hospitals and labs in Arizona providing testing are Mayo Clinic, TGen, and Sonora Quest Laboratories.
LoVecchio said if you’re feeling flu-like symptoms – like a cough or fever – and can’t get tested for the coronavirus, he recommends staying home and isolating yourself for 12 days.
“And I would you tell others that you have that, I think you should,” he said. “It’s the right thing to do.”
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CosmicCowboy
In other words...we didn't do this for the last 8 years but you might want to think about doing it.
Obama's first year:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_f..._United_States
... with Banksters Great Depression in full swing
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Thread
MARCH 19, 2020 AT 4:55 AM
https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/...r-featured.jpg(Twitter photo/Griselda Zetino)
PHOENIX — As the number of coronavirus cases continue to increase in Arizona, health care facilities and their staffs have to effectively prioritize their time, testing and treatment regarding the infectious disease.
Although many Valley residents want to be tested for COVID-19, not everyone qualifies.
Frank LoVecchio, an emergency room physician at Valleywise Health Medical Center in Phoenix, told KTAR News 92.3 FM that certain criteria must be met.
He explained that the most eligible to receive testing for coronavirus are those who are already very sick with something such as pneumonia, or an individual who already requires use of a respirator.
Patients who’ve traveled to a country where the coronavirus outbreak is happening and are showing flu-like symptoms are also eligible for testing.
Related Links
“If none of those criteria are met, then we’re not allowed to give the test,” LoVecchio said.
“We have to ration the test; it’s not our choice. We’d love to give the test to everyone who wanted it.”
He said when there’s a patient who qualifies for the test, the hospital contacts the Arizona Department of Health Services to do the testing.
Patients who are tested are then placed in isolation at the hospital until test results come back.
“They don’t give us an answer until about 3 to 5 days, which is very, very difficult,” LoVecchio said.
“We have a few patients waiting for the answer, and they are very sick.”
The testing for coronavirus is led by the Arizona State Public Health Laboratory, which has a capacity to test up to 450 people each day.
Commercial testing has also started. Among the private hospitals and labs in Arizona providing testing are Mayo Clinic, TGen, and Sonora Quest Laboratories.
LoVecchio said if you’re feeling flu-like symptoms – like a cough or fever – and can’t get tested for the coronavirus, he recommends staying home and isolating yourself for 12 days.
“And I would you tell others that you have that, I think you should,” he said. “It’s the right thing to do.”
Or someone who plays for the Suns.
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RandomGuy
AHA estimates place it at 0.5%
5%, with 20% for age 65+
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/l...195-X/fulltext
25K x more mortality than H1N1 with 0.02% (10000 dead / 50000000 infected)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_f..._United_States
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baseline bum
100% expected with how far behind we are in ID'ing cases
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Originally Posted by
baseline bum
35 million infections in the US isn't going to get us close to seeing the light at the end of the tunnel if heat doesn't slow it down. Gonna need somewhere from 4x to 7x that many Americans infected to get there.
2009 H1N1 hit 50M infected, marching right through the summer
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baseline bum
35 million infections in the US isn't going to get us close to seeing the light at the end of the tunnel if heat doesn't slow it down. Gonna need somewhere from 4x to 7x that many Americans infected to get there.
Sorry, cumulative infected should ahve been 96M
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RandomGuy
:lmao
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Re: Coronavirus is one mutation away from infecting millions
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Originally Posted by
RandomGuy
We are testing more. There always were vastly more cases out there than we even now know about. That was bound to happen.
It will keep going up sharply as we roll out more testing to get a better handle on it.
The deaths per infection will likely go down a bit. AHA estimates place it at 0.5%, and this is leading that at 2%, so that is going to be more in line with their estimate, if so.
Plot it out.
Bell shaped curve. two months... total cumulative infected 35M.
Yeah, I actually view this as a positive development. Being able to diagnose the situation is the first step to getting a handle on it. Not to say that there isn't a long road ahead/won't get worse before it gets better, but this is a step in the right direction.
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LaMarcus Bryant
100% expected with how far behind we are in ID'ing cases
I'm talking about deaths and not infections found.
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RandomGuy
Sorry, cumulative infected should ahve been 96M
Do they really think these first two months is enough time to spread 96 million infections over and actually only have a 0.5% death rate? That seems really rosy if you're talking that much infection in that short a period.
