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I wonder if she's trolling on purpose..I've never heard of her until she shared her Covid diagnosis and I learned that she's SW's partner. That use of the word "fatigue" was provocing and of course pwME - or with "false illness believe" - jumped on it and now she can tell everyone that with the...

I don't think the German case fatality rate is accurate but it might not be that wrong either. When an "abnormal" amount of people is passing very quickly in one area, that can't go unnoticed by other tertiary involved places and parties like morgues, funeral homes, crematories etc. They would...

I saw this footage today in the news with people in NY standing for hours in line for the hospital, very close to each other. And I was wondering, if they can stand up for so long, do they really need a hospital? I don't know how health care works there, maybe it's the only place to get tested...

Mathematics of life and death: How disease models shape national shutdowns and other pandemic policies "Long lockdowns to slow a disease can also have catastrophic economic impacts that may themselves affect public health. 'It’s a three-way tussle,” Leung says, “between protecting health...

If co-infections are so common though, it's more difficult to pinpoint an occuring death to Covid 19 (and not e.g. Influenza), isn't it?

New data on containment strategies from China "The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China" "Containment of respiratory infections is particularly difficult if they are characterized by relatively mild symptoms or transmission before the onset of disease...

Then after millennials, we have the coronials ;-)

This is a handbook for health care workers on how to treat and manage COVID-19 "This handbook compared and analyzed the experience of other experts in China, and provides good reference to key departments such as hospital infection management, nursing, and outpatient clinics. This handbook...

Data on comorbidities in the deceased from Italy retrieved from this news article. From what I understand around 99% had pre-existing conditions like heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure, often 2 or three (see table 1). Seems similiar to the data from China before.

Regarding HIV meds/Kaletra, new study says "In hospitalized adult patients with severe Covid-19, no benefit was observed with lopinavir–ritonavir treatment beyond standard care."

There this infographic from JAMA regarding age etc but not comorbidities.

Not sure if this has been posted yet, there is new data showing that being infected once leads to immunity according to this study in rhesus macaques. "Taken together, our results indicated that the primary SARS-CoV-2 infection could protect from subsequent exposures, which have the reference...

I had my will/patient's provision done years ago and put it in a prepared hospital bag I always have on hand, just in case. I have no interest in getting intubated or anything and hope that will be respected. It's a grim topic but it gives me peace to have it, even if I didn't have ME. You just...

I've been having an eery feeling in my stomach for weeks that got better when our government and people around me finally acknowledged that this is serious. And the media stopped mocking this as "hysteria". I don't know what it is that in crisis people either panic (me) or go into denial. Not...

jI'm not sure that has been posted already. Don’t “Flatten the Curve”, stop it! "There will be some countries that do not have the necessary infrastructure to implement severe containment measures, which include widespread testing, quarantines, movement restrictions, travel restrictions, work...

In Germany it's a little difficult to make nation wide decisions, so the different states decide on their own. Each state has closed schools, kindergardens etc. so far. Many bigger cities (Cologne, Berlin etc.) have closed places where people gather (clubs, bars, movie theatres) but keep...

It was wonderful spring weather today and I took a walk in the nearby park, carefully making sure I'm opening doors and pushing elevator buttons in my house with my elbows. I kept my distance from the few people walking in the park and was equipped with hand sanatizer. The only Café in my area...

Oh there seem to be different strains of this tale. According to this article the French recommendation is based on this paper that says: "ACE2 can also be increased by thiazolidinediones and ibuprofen. These data suggest that ACE2 expression is increased in diabetes and treatment with ACE...

It's a hoax the university of Vienna says.

I don't know if this answers your questions but Dr John Campbell is summarizing/explaining the UK approach here. He too says containment phase has passed, it's about delaying the peak now. The WHO though said that those measures (contain & delay) should not be seen as a dichotomy in their...