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Coronaplague update: Norway under control - reproduction rate below 1
2020-04-07
Medical group endorses anti-malarial drug treatment for coronavirus patients
[NYPOST] America’s major medical society specializing in the treatment of respiratory diseases has endorsed using hydroxychloroquine for seriously ill hospitalized coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
 patients.

The American Thoracic Society issued guidelines Monday that suggest COVID-19 patients with pneumonia get doses of the anti-malaria drug.

"To prescribe hydroxychloroquine (or chloroquine) to hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia if all of the following apply: a) shared decision-making is possible, b) data can be collected for interim comparisons of patients who received hydroxychloroquine (or chloroquine) versus those who did not, c) the illness is sufficiently severe to warrant investigational therapy, and d) the drug is not in short supply," the Thoracic Society said.
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Nearly 3,000 new NYC coronavirus cases overnight, total approaches 68,000
[NYPOST] Nearly 3,000 more New Yorkers were diagnosed with the coronavirus overnight Sunday into Monday, with an additional three succumbing to the contagion, City Hall statistics show.

As of 9:30 a.m. Monday, there were 67,820 confirmed cases in the five boroughs, with 2,475 now dead, as compared to 64,955 and 2,472, respectively, on Sunday evening.

The toll continued to mount as City Councilman Mark Levine (D-Manhattan) said the Big Apple may be forced to temporarily bury its dead in public parks.

Queens remains the hardest-hit borough, with 22,767 confirmed cases, followed by Brooklyn with 18,215, according to City Hall.

The Bronx has the third-most diagnoses (13,397), followed by Manhattan (9,624) and Staten Island (3,780).
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Courtesy of lord garth:
Gov Cuomo Wants More HCQuine Since Tests Show Promise
[LegalInsurrection] Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said during his daily briefing that he wants President Donald Trump's administration to increase the hydroxychloroquine because tests at New York hospitals show promise.
this will be extremely painful for CNN to report

Cuomo raises fine for not social distancing to $1,000
[NYPOST] ALBANY — New Yorkers must maintain social-distancing discipline until the coronavirus is defeated, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday — or face a fine now doubled to $1,000. The governor doubled down on the punishment for violating the rules in public as he announced the state’s shutdown would continue until at least April 29.

“Frankly, there has been a laxness on social-distancing, especially over this past weekend,” said Cuomo told reporters during his daily press briefing at the state Capitol. “That is just wholly unacceptable.”

A visibly-irked Cuomo went off as spring weather has tempted cooped up New Yorkers out of self-imposed isolation — to the risk of themselves and their neighbors.

“If you get infected [or] you infect someone else [or] you go to an emergency room, you put a burden on all sorts of other people who you don’t know and who, frankly, you don’t have the right to burden with your irresponsibility,” he said.
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Courtesy of Woodrow:
‘Well, I'm Upset’ - Dr. Oz Vents After NY Governor Cuomo Shuts Down His Study on Hydroxychloroquine for Early Treatment of Coronavirus
[GatewayPundit]
Dr. Oz: Well the trial that I was helping with at my institution was shut down when the governor banned the use of hydroxychloroquine for prescription use for outpatients. And I was trying to see if it could prevent, well there was a prevention trial that was approved, but I was trying to see if it could actually treat early disease and replicate what has been done in China and in France. Unfortunately, those trials have been held back. I don't know of a trial in New York State. I have been searching for the one that has been spoken about... I spoke this morning to the famous French Infectious Disease specialist Didier Raoult, he's the one who's actually been pioneering the hydroxychloroquine with azithromycin, it’s not published yet, but he shared the results of his first thousand patients who have been on that protocol. Seven people died. They were all older and frail individuals. That is lower than what you would expect from people who have been admitted to the hospital. And he's had 20 got to the ICU, again lower than I would expect... Well, I’m upset because I wanted to do the trial. Also I wanted it to be legal in my state for a doctor to talk to a patient about the COVID-19 and treat them as they saw appropriate.

Courtesy of Clem:
Boris Johnson taken to ICU
[BBC] Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care in hospital after his coronavirus symptoms "worsened", Downing Street has said. Mr Johnson has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputise "where necessary", a spokesman added.

The prime minister, 55, was admitted to St Thomas' Hospital in London with "persistent symptoms" on Sunday. The spokesman said he was moved on the advice of his medical team and is receiving "excellent care".

A statement read: "Since Sunday evening, the prime minister has been under the care of doctors at St Thomas' Hospital, in London, after being admitted with persistent symptoms of coronavirus.

"Over the course of this afternoon, the condition of the prime minister has worsened and, on the advice of his medical team, he has been moved to the intensive care unit at the hospital."

It continued: "The PM is receiving excellent care, and thanks all NHS staff for their hard work and dedication."

Mexican Coronavirus Cases Spike 21% over Weekend
[BREITBART] Mexican health officials saw a 21 percent jump in new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in a span of two days, leading to a total of 2,143 since the pandemic first arrived in the country. Officials are warning the public "the toughest" part is yet to come.Mexico’s Undersecretary of Health Hugo Lopez Gatell revealed the newest statistics in a nightly news conference from Mexico City. Currently, Mexico has 2,143 confirmed cases and 94 fatalities directly related. Health officials also revealed they are looking at 5,209 test cases.

Corrected fake news! Trump celebrates after German politician backtracks accusation that the US diverted a shipment of masks that were en route to Berlin police
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Berlin senator Andreas Geisel had claimed the masks had been taken by the US

  • He also said they were ordered from American company 3M for the police

  • The claims have been debunked by the US and 3M said it received no order


Qatar confirms it has detected 228 new cases of the #COVID_19 coronavirus
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Coronavirus death toll in #Iran rises to 3,739 as the total number of confirmed cases in the country reaches 60,500
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Norway Says It Has Virus Outbreak 'Under Control'
[AnNahar] Norway's government said Monday it considered the coronavirus outbreak to be "under control" in the country. It said the reproduction rate of the disease -- the number of new people infected by each patient with the virus -- had fallen to 0.7. That was down from 2.5 when containment measures such as closing public spaces and banning sports and cultural events were introduced in mid-March.

Denmark to ease restrictions next week after coronavirus lockdown
[Jpost] Denmark plans to reopen day care centers and schools on April 15 as a first step to gradually relax a three-week lockdown to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, the country's prime minister said on Monday. The Nordic country, which was one of the first in Europe to shut down, has seen the number of coronavirus-related hospitalisations and deaths stabilize over the past week.

It is now trying to balance the need to keep its population safe and the economic risks of a deep recession, tough decisions that many other governments around the world have lying ahead of them.

Global Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 70,000
[AnNahar] The new coronavirus has killed more than 70,000 people across the globe, the majority in Europe, according to an AFP tally Monday at 1100 GMT.

Out of a total of 70,009 killed in the pandemic, 50,215 are in Europe, according to figures compiled from official government data and the World Health Organization. Italy is leading the global death toll with 15,877 fatalities, followed by Spain with 13,055, the United States with 9,648 and France with 8,078.

Deutsche Welle is liveblogging the pandemic today here. Yesterday’s liveblog can be accessed at the bottom of the page at the link.
Posted by:Fred

#10  If you can’t get HCQ as an outpatient, an intelligent home version would be to take zinc tablets and use saline nasal irrigation several times a day if you start getting Wuflu symptoms. This, at least, provides chlorine ions in the nasal mucosa.

But, try to get the HCQ plus zinc from your doctor first!
Posted by: KBK   2020-04-07 15:01  

#9  Dr Oz's comment was interesting.

Using hcq by Wu outpatients would potentially be a major advance in getting this under control. I suspect we don't have enough of the hcq currently.
Posted by: lord garth   2020-04-07 12:37  

#8  Using the latest reports from hospitals, the state [NY] now expects it may need only about 20,000 hospital beds for COVID-19 patients when the pandemic peaks—less than a fifth of the 110,000-bed projection that Cuomo had relied on previously.

Epoch Times
Posted by: Bobby   2020-04-07 11:34  

#7  Could be B, thank you. Our lakeside village has the last stand of old growth white pines in this part of the state.

But, Blastomycosis is not a contagious disease and it is generally not transmitted from one person to other. The likelihood of Blastomycosis transmission is rare.

Remind me, when was the first known case in Wuhan?
Posted by: Woodrow   2020-04-07 11:13  

#6  Reproduction rate below one hurts my chances of meeting a nice Norwegian girl...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-04-07 10:43  

#5  /\ Possibly Blastomycosis. Again, possibly.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-04-07 08:49  

#4  Not surprised about the Norse. We are not a very physical social or huggy people. Extreme end would be the Italians.

Open question to Burgs. There was a persistent respiratory infection north of the metro in Minnesota. Little contact if any from China-asia as a whole. That was in late October, early November. Even a local cattery had all of their felines infected.

In your opinions, is there any chance that could have been a Wuhan instance. Personally I don't think so but had to ask my betters here. What say you?
Posted by: Woodrow   2020-04-07 08:46  

#3  Boris Johnson's government reportedly believes the coronavirus may have accidentally leaked from a Chinese laboratory
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-04-07 03:03  

#2  China outraged after Brazil minister suggests Covid-19 is part of 'plan for world domination'
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-04-07 03:02  

#1  I sure hope Boris pulls through.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-04-07 02:18  

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