Corona Virus #6

[rswyan]

This raises some interesting points ... and may require a rethinking of our approach - as a consequence of “lessons learned” in/from Italy ...

Italian Doctors Urge Move from Patient-Centered Care | Talking Points Memo

Additional links to the original source publications in the article.

 

[cqaigy2]

About last year I read where the lozenges are more effective but I had been just using zinc pills for years and they seemed to work.

I'm curious, what type of zinc? Zinc citrate or something else? Last year my cousin was talking about someone she knows, that has a prescription for some sort of zinc, something about a compromised immune system. She didn't know anymore than that, but her friend never gets sick. Though im sure her friend is pretty careful too.

 

[ruffdog]

Since wife's mom passed one month ago, wondering if one of us should live there until things calm down. Maybe then we wouldn't both get covid at the same time and we could still take care of the dogs etc.

 

[cqaigy2]

Can't remember where, but saw something about FDA approve test that takes about 45 minutes, and can be done in the Dr. office.

 

[California]

Just heard that one of the very first symptoms for this disease is sudden loss of smell or taste. Like suddenly can't smell a dirty diaper or cat litter, or taste garlic.

The only time I took Zinc for a cold that was a side effect. It was a couple of weeks after the cold before I went back to normal.

I think the Zinc and Echinacea did shorten the length of the cold.

 

[Citydude]

Exclusive: U.S. axed CDC expert job in China months before virus outbreak | Article | Reuters

Did you read the information you posted? The person left in September due to the trade issues we had with China at the time. . She wasn't canned.

 

[95XL883]

A small feel good story from the corona virus scare.

In the office I work, the staff was getting very nervous on Friday due to the rumors of a nationwide shutdown. One lady, who is a single mom, just joined us on Monday: she burst out that they couldn’t do that, that she hadn’t bought groceries yet. We calmed her down, assuring things would be fine.

A little while later I observed someone talking to her quietly- I could see she was crying but it didn’t look like fear. She left the office shortly and was gone for about an hour. About 30 minutes after she left, the other person left for the day. I noticed later that her car had a couple of weeks groceries in the back. Doing the math, my guess is she was told to go pick out what she needed and the other person met her at the store and paid for it. A simple act of kindness just because she needed it. It

 

[Citydude]

A small feel good story from the corona virus scare.

In the office I work, the staff was getting very nervous on Friday due to the rumors of a nationwide shutdown. One lady, who is a single mom, just joined us on Monday: she burst out that they couldn’t do that, that she hadn’t bought groceries yet. We calmed her down, assuring things would be fine.

A little while later I observed someone talking to her quietly- I could see she was crying but it didn’t look like fear. She left the office shortly and was gone for about an hour. About 30 minutes after she left, the other person left for the day. I noticed later that her car had a couple of weeks groceries in the back. Doing the math, my guess is she was told to go pick out what she needed and the other person met her at the store and paid for it. A simple act of kindness just because she needed it. It

Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

 

[rswyan]

Did you read the information you posted?

Yup, you betcha.

The person left in September due to the trade issues we had with China at the time. . ...

That would seem to be your interpretation of the reporting in the article - that trade issues were the CAUSE of her leaving.

The article doesn’t actually say that though.

I read it differently - rather than reporting the cause, the article reports the TIMING ... and covers the trade issues simply to give context or a frame of reference for WHEN her leaving occurred.

... Quick left amid a bitter U.S. trade dispute with China when she learned her federally funded post, officially known as resident adviser to the U.S. Field Epidemiology Training Program in China, would be discontinued as of September, the sources said. The U.S. CDC said it first learned of a “cluster of 27 cases of pneumonia” of unexplained origin in Wuhan, China, on Dec. 31. ...

Pretty sure the Chicoms don’t dictate what we fund at the federal level ... at least not yet.

 

[Citydude]

Yup, you betcha.



That would seem to be your interpretation of the reporting in the article - that trade issues were the CAUSE of her leaving.

The article doesn’t actually say that though.

I read it differently - rather than reporting the cause, the article reports the TIMING ... and covers the trade issues simply to give context or a frame of reference for WHEN her leaving occurred.



Pretty sure the Chicoms don’t dictate what we fund at the federal level ... at least not yet.

Yup, you betcha. Got anything besides theory?