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Spread of virus in UK and US: US: Virus Is Twice as Deadly for Black and Latino People Than Whites in N.Y.C. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/nyregion/coronavirus-race-deaths.html The coronavirus is killing black and Latino people in New York City at twice the rate that it is killing white...

He is talking about centralised quarantine (something which isn’t being done in the UK and US and infact many countries, anyway, so I don’t know what the furore is about), and this is something they did in China - to stop it spreading to other family members and to stop whole families getting...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-52219930?__twitter_impression=true Coronavirus: Passport Office staff told to go back to work Staff working for Her Majesty's Passport Office believe their lives are being put at risk because of demands that they return to work. Many have been asked to go...

Im the same. As I’m in bed all day, only go to the toilet a few times a day whenever I actually need the toilet and need to be pushed there in a wheelchair - I don’t wash my hands except for after I use the toilet. I don’t wash my hands before eating as it’ll make me too tired to do that before...

@Jonathan Edwards you may be interested in this. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/928156 “Kyle-Sidell: When I initially started treating patients, I was under the impression, as most people were, that I was going to be treating acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), similar in...

An informative article from Stat News, shared on the New York doctor’s twitter: https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/08/doctors-say-ventilators-overused-for-covid-19/ “That is making critical care physicians suspect that blood levels of oxygen, which for decades have driven decisions about...

just looked at his twitter. There’s quite a lot there. He has something that may be a protocol, here

I think he could be giving more detail on his Twitter, but I haven’t investigated yet. However a medscape article says this: COVID-19 Daily: Ventilator Protocols Questioned, Physician Rights https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/928160 As New York health officials race to secure ventilators...

In a follow up video, he says that the ventilation protocols could be changed (as regards to pressure, I think?), as this level of pressure / the ventilators could be damaging people’s lungs:

I think it’s up to everyone individually, what level of risk they take vs what measures they personally can cope with. For example myself with severe ME, and severe asthma, if I were to end up ill with this virus, I know there’s a high chance I may not survive but worse than that, even the act...

So as thought, it was always a political decision. Why is it hard? Other countries have shown it’s possible. What worries me about reading this article is the sense of complacency about the govt’s advisers, still. And the lack of any solid plan. There’s nothing anywhere in that article about...

@Arnie Pye I thought super food market is like a health shop that sells through amazon? Toothpastes, hand washes and shampoos, some canned foods and health food etc? We’ve bought from them before when they used to have a website as well (can’t find it now).

I don’t know, I think it may end up being accurate. That is, I wouldn’t be surprised. I think like Barry said, we did enter lockdown much later than other countries had done - and even when we did enter lockdown; it wasn’t even strict - it still isn’t. Still quite a few differences between the...

@Adrian I’m thinking maybe because UK’s lockdown is not as strict as in other countries..What we class as essential and non essential work etc and who is still commuting into work. Schools as well; remaining open. Maybe other things like sanitisation of outdoor areas. Related to testing and...

I don’t really understand what positive airway pressure or negative airway pressure is @Jonathan Edwards - is positive airway pressure achieved when you lie on your back, so is lying on your back the better thing to do? Or are you saying the position is irrelevant? I have found this...

JK Rowling says she had coronavirus symptoms and that doing these exercises helped in her recovery. https://www.studentproblems.com/j-k-rowling-recovers-at-home-after-showing-coronavirus-symptoms/ I’ve seen this video being shared but haven’t tried them. I’m very worried about when the doctor...

An overview of the different types of drugs that could show promise in treating coronavirus (free to read - no subscription required for this): https://www.ft.com/content/91bd081e-6e7b-11ea-9bca-bf503995cd6f

This is a good resource on Remdesivir from Stat News; https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/06/gilead-remdesivir-data-coming-soon/

Clinical trial of Gilead’s coronavirus hopeful remdesivir begins in UK https://www.pmlive.com/pharma_news/clinical_trial_of_gileads_coronavirus_hopeful_remdesivir_begins_in_uk_1334307?SQ_DESIGN_NAME=2& Article published 3 days ago: “Gilead Sciences has started a pair of phase 3 trials of its...

In the Oxford study (which I posted above), where they are trying to establish how much of the population has/has had the virus, it also says: “What will I be asked to do? We will be randomly selecting participants from those who apply to receive a kit. You will be contacted to let you know you...