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| Coronavirus killing more than a person an hour in NYC |
| 2020-03-21 |
| [FoxNews] The coronavirus killed city residents at a rate of more than one per hour on Friday. Between just 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., 14 people in New York City died from the virus, pushing the Big Apple’s total death toll to 43. The toll had been 29 prior to Friday’s jump in deaths. During that eight-hour period Friday the city’s positive cases also climbed from 5,151 to 5,683. At 1,750 Brooklyn has the most COVID-19 cases followed by 1,514 in Queens, 1,402 in Manhattan, 736 in the Bronx, and 285 in Staten Island. Authorities attribute at least part of the jump to increased testing capacity. Horrifying moment man gasps and collapses in New York City subway sparking panic amid coronavirus outbreak |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #10 The real pressing issue is patients literally being suffocated by the Chinese virus before they can fight it off. If chloroquine or any other drug were to significantly reduce the incidence and/or severity of Chinese virus pneumonia this pandemic would be comparable to a very severe flu pandemic; bad but not a global catastrophe. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2020-03-21 22:51 |
| #9 per this report, NYers only die during normal business hours actually, I think this is because of the way the dept of vital statistics works anyway, the daily State reports of infections and deaths seem to be revised frequently over the days following the initial reports |
| Posted by: lord garth 2020-03-21 20:26 |
| #8 Chinese used chloroquine too, which is the more toxic version. hydroxychloroquine, known as plaquenil, is commonly used for Lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. Mylan, a US-based generics maker, has restarted production of hydroxychloroquine at its West Virginia plant and is looking to increase manufacturing outside of the US too. Supposedly they are capable of making approximately 1 million doses per day. Per the Korea Times, it is on the list of the WHO's most essential and effective medicines. It is one of the cheapest drugs to manufacture and could easily be made available to everyone concerned worldwide. The second is the experimental drug "remdesivir" being developed by the US based company Gilead to target the machinery helping the Ebola virus to divide and increase its population to cause the death of its host and leading to its spread and survival. The drug is currently undergoing a few clinical trials in China and soon in the U.S. for the SARS-CoV2 virus. It was given to the first American infected with the virus and he survived, seemingly cleared of the SARS-CoV2 virus. Both drugs are safe and available today, or can be manufactured. The scientific research supporting their individual effects on SARS-CoV2 virus was made public in earlier February 2020. Where do we go from here? President Moon has the power to commandeer all drug manufacturers in South Korea by executive order, and in the name of national security, order them to begin producing and distributing plaquenil and remdesivir. These companies have received funding and bailout-money from the government many times over, and benefited from many other privileges and tax incentives. It is their time to step up, shine, and help save their fellow countrymen and the world from this looming pandemic. |
| Posted by: Marilyn Tojo7566 2020-03-21 18:44 |
| #7 Pretty much everyone outside NYC says "Fack You" |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-03-21 14:09 |
| #6 If not chloroquine, then something else already in the pipeline. Mr. Wife reminded me last night that 90% of drugs that do well in small scale clinical testing — the one in France was 40 people — fail at the next stage of development. Still, the South Koreans have been using it for this thing, which is a hopeful sign. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-03-21 12:25 |
| #5 Chloroquine is going to change everything. Trump nailed it. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2020-03-21 11:47 |
| #4 #2 Wait a few weeks and there's going to be an effective treatment. Meanwhile, just clench your teeth - that's life. p.s. Do a search to see the new businesses appearing due to Covid. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-03-21 11:05 |
| #3 And how many suicides because of business failures? |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2020-03-21 11:01 |
| #2 Not "OK" but a valid question is, "How many lives and businesses is it worth to save a life?" Nothing we can do is gonna save everybody. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2020-03-21 10:57 |
| #1 But they're all old people with previous condition, so it's OK. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-03-21 10:38 |