After weeks of #coronavirus restrictions, many European countries have slowly begun to ease lockdown measures. pic.twitter.com/TGfRFrA4Bt
— DW News (@dwnews) April 24, 2020
There are now more than 2.6 million confirmed cases of coronavirus in 185 countries, as the disease continues to spread
Track worldwide infection and fatality rates worldwide https://t.co/IzVJmRTyF6
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 23, 2020
U.S. coronavirus deaths top 49,000, averaging 2,000 lives lost a day: Reuters tally https://t.co/uCSspz4BWd pic.twitter.com/E0oEQNRO0v
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 24, 2020
When you're off the chart and still rising, that's a bad sign.
Especially when it pertains to fatalities. pic.twitter.com/I0cFjMU2R3— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) April 24, 2020
Hopes dashed as coronavirus drug remdesivir fails first trial https://t.co/Z7HR25Mfa9
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 23, 2020
Scientists are baffled by how the coronavirus attacks the body – killing many patients while barely affecting others. But some are tantalized by a clue: A disproportionate number of patients hospitalized by COVID-19 have high blood pressure https://t.co/PoZyPhjJ3h pic.twitter.com/vSXvLTJeJU
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 23, 2020
Read the full @SpecialReports: As virus advances, doctors rethink rush to ventilate https://t.co/22y5HmcboI by @tomescritt @silviaaloisi @gabriellaborter @kkelland @journotopia & Deena Beasley 8/8
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 23, 2020
#Coronavirus: Medics in Cheshire seem to have cut mortality rates by adapting breathing machines normally used for a sleeping disorder https://t.co/UKJow65GlZ
— SkyNews (@SkyNews) April 24, 2020
Coronavirus vaccine used in first European trial was developed in under three months by team at Oxford University@BBCFergusWalsh reports https://t.co/I6MIuTwk5G pic.twitter.com/QtrnzNHuHb
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) April 23, 2020
#BREAKING Russia confirmed 5,849 new coronavirus infections on Friday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 68,622https://t.co/XDGZO2uYis
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) April 24, 2020
BREAKING: Officials in Russia have reported 5,849 new cases of #COVID19 over the past 24 hours – a rise of more than 1,100 on the previous day.
Get the latest on #coronavirus: https://t.co/76vClnj90S #Breakfast pic.twitter.com/xAYoHiVQVM
— SkyNews (@SkyNews) April 24, 2020
"We are all living in fear"
There's a rising wave of coronavirus infections among Singapore’s massive migrant population
About 80% of cases in the city-state have been linked to dormitories where they livehttps://t.co/QVsxdI7upu pic.twitter.com/3zUOXRsEOS
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 23, 2020
After-action report on #COVIDー19 shd focus China's delay in reporting to @WHO & downplaying human transmission. China is widely credited w/ rapid genetic sequencing of #SARSCoV2 & widely sharing. But China may have delayed 17 days after early sequencinghttps://t.co/VsD8BJlKJ6
— Lawrence Gostin (@LawrenceGostin) April 22, 2020
Coronavirus: Is social distancing an oxymoron in India? https://t.co/v451Fa44Ld
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 23, 2020
.@BDUTT: India appears to have flattened the #coronavirus curve, but its poorest citizens are paying a devastating price. Instead of gratitude, empathy or even acknowledgement, many Indians behave as if the poor are the problem. #COVID19 https://t.co/ZaHeOern8m
— Sadanand Dhume (@dhume) April 24, 2020
How Germany And South Korea Have Battled Coronavirus Better Than Others https://t.co/fulOQN2vvf via @TPM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 23, 2020
Prosecutors have begun investigating whether errors by the authorities had contributed to or caused Italy’s deadliest clusters. “The pandemic is going to turn into a big collective trial," a journalist wrote. https://t.co/WYB5crt2HV
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 24, 2020
European Union leaders agreed on a budget and a recovery plan to tackle the impact of the coronavirus and to help rebuild the 27-nation bloc's ravaged economies. https://t.co/sjKB7rswFJ
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) April 23, 2020
Hundreds of doctors in Bangladesh infected with coronavirus https://t.co/z1skBy44GC
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) April 24, 2020
Elimination is not the same as eradication. @otago’s Prof. Michael Baker told me the goal is to make Covid like measles: gone from a given area, with measures that can control new cases if they occur or come in from abroad. But that’s the tough part. 4/https://t.co/BpJ8pyGFpx
— Damien Cave (@damiencave) April 24, 2020
Brazil reports highest daily death toll since start of pandemic https://t.co/wgeFybFpVe
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) April 24, 2020
New study suggests saliva can be as effective as nasopharyngeal swabs for detection of #coronavirus; allowing self-collection that can reduce direct provider-patient interactions, lowering the risk to healthcare system and demand on testing supply chain. https://t.co/IilDUdjEAr pic.twitter.com/5rfkY2001a
— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) April 23, 2020
It seems off to me to label these “hidden outbreaks.” The fact is that there was no effective testing in Feb because of the Trump admin’s policies. They changed those on 2/29 to let NY do its own testing and the next day we saw the first confirmed case. https://t.co/EyaI8FK47j
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 23, 2020
2% seroprevalence? 4% seroprevalence?
“Either way, we’re ending up with a lot of people being hospitalized and dying. Everyone needs to keep that part in mind.” – Me
A great, thorough summary of the controversy behind the Santa Clara study.https://t.co/YwJKXsYDpR
— Natalie E. Dean, PhD (@nataliexdean) April 23, 2020
This is what NYC needs:
* Capacity for 100k-200k tests/day
* 1000s of staff for contact tracing
* Hotels for 1000s who need to isolate
* Telemedicine, patient transport, big call center, IT systemsWe need to build this in record time. Or there is no reopening of our economy.
— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) April 23, 2020
2/ I stress again that these are very preliminary numbers. They're best seen as a ballpark. Applying these numbers to NYC would suggest an infection mortality rate of .76%.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 23, 2020
California aims to quintuple its coronavirus testing—and build a 10,000-person "army" of contact tracers. https://t.co/FnQVqetGfQ
— MIT Technology Review (@techreview) April 22, 2020
After 10,000 deaths that have made the nation’s nursing homes some of the most terrifying places to be during the coronavirus crisis, most still don’t have access to enough tests to help control outbreaks. https://t.co/R2SGrQkx54
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 23, 2020
The Department of Veterans Affairs is struggling with shortages of workers and medical supplies at its health care facilities as it cares for veterans infected with the novel coronavirus. @AP exclusive. https://t.co/1OyOln2ME0
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 23, 2020
5G does not spread Covid-19, steam inhalation is not a cure and skin colour can't protect from catching the virus
Reality Check's Chris Morris tackles the latest false claims about coronavirus circulating onlinehttps://t.co/wkh9MnS8nY pic.twitter.com/wufmieJc6s
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) April 23, 2020
Dan B
The US trajectory still looks terrible. It would be great to have some additional information like where are the number of hospital beds and ICU units close to being overwhelmed. Rural areas could be on the verge of being overwhelmed and we have no information by location. Yakima Valley in central Washington, close to Yutsano’s location has a large number of cases, especially among farmworkers who are starting the pruning and care of sizeable tree fruit crops, table and wine grapes, and hops. This could have a terrible impact if the hospital capacity is stretched and immigrants have minimal or zero health insurance. But the concern is great for southern states that try to force people back to work.
More local data would be great but I’m not sure health departments have the capacity. In fact I’d bet that their budgets are, especially in red states, cut to the bone.
rikyrah
I really do appreciate the depth of information that you bring in these posts
OzarkHillbilly
@Dan B: Misery is tracking cases by county. I am sure they have a good idea of where these people are hospitalized too. The CoVid Tracking Project gives it’s data a grade of “A” but the day to day reporting is a little hit and miss. FWIW.
satby
The studies are coming so fast and furiously it’s headspinning. But they’re inching their way to better treatments and a better understanding of the disease so quickly it really gives me some hope. Especially since cases are still rising in this country and I don’t think we’re near a peak at all.
JPL
@satby: Schultz of Starbucks fame said we needed to put a trillion into finding a vaccine, which seems smart until you realize who’s president. I’m still in disbelief that we reached the drinking bleach stage so quickly
We have to accept the fact that we won’t be leading the way.
JPL
GA openings today will probably be limited to a few small places around the Atlanta area. LA Fitness decided to stay closed.
OzarkHillbilly
How unAmurikan.
Geminid
@JPL: Glad business owners are not falling for Kemp’s “reopen” gambit. But not surprised. These “reopen” rallies and politicians seem to be motivated by misplaced ideology (and in Kemp’s case a desire to game unemployment compensation). Business owners have to pragmatic.
Barbara
Thanks for this. If you take medication for high blood pressure you should read the linked article on ace inhibitors and be on the lookout for updates on that subject. The articles on ventilation and CPAP were also illuminating. Well done!
Amir Khalid
Sorry I’m late. Malaysia’s daily worldometer numbers. 88 new cases, total 5,691; one death, total 96. 121 patients recovered and discharged from hospital, total 3,663. 41 patients in ICU, 18 of them requiring respiratory aid. CFR: 2.5%.
DG of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says we are past the peak of new infections, and if we don’t let our guard down we should see a continuing reduction in that number. He also reports that testing capacity has been increased from 11,500 to over 16,000 a day. R0 has gone down from 3.55 at the outset to less than 1 now.
satby
@Barbara: I’m following the research closely as it evolves. So many people have high blood pressure so that’s something they have further clarity on soon. I don’t, but I do have asthma, so I’m hoping that without HBP even if I end up catching it I don’t fall into the worst case scenario.
@JPL: it is appalling that the U.S. is not only NOT leading the way but is daily embarrassed by the senile old dipshit in charge.
satby
@Amir Khalid: Blessed Ramadan to you Amir, in case you didn’t see it in the previous thread.
Sounds like Malaysia is doing all the right things to keep the spread down. Hope that can continue.
Amir Khalid
@satby:
It sounds like the people we have know what they are doing, and that’s been very reassuring to us here. I wish it were the same in America. I know some of the leadership over there hasn’t been fit for purpose.
ETA: Thanks for the good wishes.
Amir Khalid
It’s disappointing that the maker of Dettol and Lysol disinfectants has had to make this statement in the wake of ignorant remarks made by Donald Trump.
Lacuna Synechdoche
BBC News via Anne Laurie @ Top:
And drinking bleach, alcohol, or other surface disinfectants is not a cure, either.
Lacuna Synechdoche
Conservatives, this means YOU! A liberal is telling you: Drinking bleach, alcohol, or other surface disinfectants is not a cure for CoViD-19 – DON’T DO IT!
satby
@Amir Khalid: I’m wistfully thinking I should have decided to expatriate to Penang before all this started ?
New Deal democrat
New York is “crushing the curve.” Its number of new infections is down 40% from two weeks ago. It is testing at a far higher rate than any other State. In another three weeks, if these two trends continue, and a robust tracing and isolation regimen is ramped up, Cuomo might be able to announce that New York State can “open up” and relax its mandatory lockdown.
I am trying to imagine the optics of such a press conference, and the way it will make Trump’s head completely explode.
terben
Australian Dept of Health bulletin for today:
“As at 3:00pm on 24 April 2020, there have been 6,675 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia. There have been 14 new cases since 3:00pm yesterday.
Of the 6,675 confirmed cases in Australia, 78 have died and 5,136 have been reported as recovered from COVID-19. More than 482,000 tests have been conducted across Australia.”
The average number of new cases over the last 5 days is <15, mainly in the 3 most populous states.
Australia is a Federation of States and Territories in much the same way that Canada has Provinces and Territories. The leaders of the Federal and State/Territory governments have formed a ‘National Cabinet’ to deal with the COVID-19 crisis. This body meets via teleconference and is briefed by relevant experts (Chief Medical Officer and the Chief Health Officers of each State) and decisions are arrived at by ‘negotiation and compromise.’
This scheme seems to be working in that Australia has got on top of the initial outbreak caused by travellers. Small outbreaks have been dealt with by testing and contact tracing and more testing.
ziggy
@satby: It totally makes sense to me that the widely prescribed ACE inhibitors would make the course of disease worse. If you inhibit the action of receptors, the body makes more of them to achieve homeostasis. Thus if the virus is using these receptors as a pathway into the cell, it’s going to be able to multiply and affect the body much more quickly and harder.
Something to think about, but just my opinion–ACE inhibitors are really dumb. They accomplish only small reductions in blood pressure at a very high cost. There are a lot of things one can do that are much more effective and safe, such as dietary changes, exercise, quit drinking coffee.
Laura Too
@ziggy: ACE inhibitors for congestive heart failure aren’t dumb. They do keep me alive. That said, I would love to find a source who could guide me on this. I don’t think that is going to happen for a while. Sigh…
a thousand flouncing lurkers was fidelio
@Dan B: This site (https://www.ahd.com/state_statistics.html ) has a page that provides information on hospital capacity by state. Some state hospital association websites will give a breakdown by county, others just list the town of city the facility is in.
Hospital capacity is a serious concern for all state & county health planners, and I know they are pretty consistently working from this sort of information, even if it’s not immediately obvious to us outsiders where to find it.
Here in Tennessee, we are now at over 200 diagnosed cases in 18 of the 20 counties that don’t have hospitals. That’s out of over 8,200 diagnosed cases statewide. Those figures came from the state health department website (https://www.tn.gov/health/cedep/ncov.html ), and I imagine other state health departments are also posting this sort of information as well.
Ruckus
@New Deal democrat:
With no vaccine opening up is not wise. The more people that have the virus and survive will help but the point of the closure is that there is no way to actually stop the virus. Only control it and that is as limited opening/masks as possible. Yes the number of deaths will go down as people mask up and stay away from each other and more is known about the virus itself. For example we are finding out that ACE inhibitors – used for high BP, among some other uses, MAY BE not helping the recovery process because of the way it works. I know of 4 people who may have had COVID-19 since January because of the symptoms they reported. None of them are on ACE inhibitors while one is on a beta blocker. And this news is not definitive. We – the human race – is still learning about this virus but what we do know is that the death rate is high and can be much higher for certain groups. So as we learn more we can possibly open up some. But at where we are now, the risk is high no matter what if we open societies back up fully.