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Hope for treatment of people infected with coronavirus
In Wuhan doctors were desperate for a way to treat patients and thus tried a variety of drugs for effectiveness.
One drug used to successfully treat malaria helped. With corona virus infections it helped reduce hospital stays and hasten recovery. It had a similar effect with SARS. While perhaps not advisable for the general public, due to side effects, it might offer promise as a treatment, especially in severe cases.
Last night from ABC news;
One drug used to successfully treat malaria helped. With corona virus infections it helped reduce hospital stays and hasten recovery. It had a similar effect with SARS. While perhaps not advisable for the general public, due to side effects, it might offer promise as a treatment, especially in severe cases.
Last night from ABC news;
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Chloroquine, an old malaria drug, may help treat novel coronavirus, doctors say
Chloroquine, or hydroxychloroquine, has been used to treat malaria since 1944.
By
Dr. Angela N. Baldwin
March 18, 2020, 10:22 PM
What do malaria and COVID-19 have in common? On the surface, not much. But according to early research, an old malaria drug called chloroquine might also work for the new coronavirus.
Could a decades-old malaria drug work to treat COVID-19? Elon Musk seems to think so, recently tweeting that it "might be worth considering chloroquine" for COVID-19. Although data are spare, studies so far seem to back up the billionaire entrepreneur’s suggestion.
Chloroquine, or hydroxychloroquine, has been used to treat malaria since 1944. It can be given before exposure to malaria to prevent infection, and it can also be given as treatment afterward.
Malaria is a disease that is caused by a parasite, unlike COVID-19. Nevertheless, laboratory studies show chloroquine is effective at preventing as well as treating the virus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, a close cousin of COVID-19.
Given chloroquine’s effectiveness in treating SARS, scientists have investigated if it will be an effective treatment against the new coronavirus responsible for COVID-19. So far, the initial trials are encouraging.
"There is evidence that chloroquine is effective when they looked at SARS in vitro with primate cells," said Dr. Len Horovitz, a pulmonologist and internist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. "The theory of the experiment with primate cells was that chloroquine could be for preventing viral infection or as a treatment for viral infection after it had occurred. In vitro in these primate cells, there was evidence that viral particles were significantly reduced when chloroquine was used."
Both the virus that causes SARS and the virus responsible for COVID-19 belong to the same overarching family of coronaviruses. Researchers in China discovered that the protein spikes on the surface of the COVID-19 virus are similar to the protein spikes found on the surface of the SARS virus.
People become infected when those protein spikes bind to special receptors on the outside of human cells. Chloroquine works by interfering with those receptors, which may interfere with the virus’s ability to bind to cells.
"The way that it worked against SARS was by preventing of the attachment of the virus to the cells. Chloroquine interfered with the attachment to that receptor on the cell membrane surface," Horovitz said. "So it’s disrupting a lock and key kind of mechanism of attachment."
Researchers in China found that treating patients with COVID-19-associated pneumonia with chloroquine may shorten their hospital stay and improve the patient’s outcome.
There are more than 20 ongoing clinical trials in China and more scheduled to start in England, Thailand, South Korea and the United States.
Chloroquine, an old malaria drug, may help treat novel coronavirus, doctors say
Chloroquine, or hydroxychloroquine, has been used to treat malaria since 1944.
By
Dr. Angela N. Baldwin
March 18, 2020, 10:22 PM
What do malaria and COVID-19 have in common? On the surface, not much. But according to early research, an old malaria drug called chloroquine might also work for the new coronavirus.
Could a decades-old malaria drug work to treat COVID-19? Elon Musk seems to think so, recently tweeting that it "might be worth considering chloroquine" for COVID-19. Although data are spare, studies so far seem to back up the billionaire entrepreneur’s suggestion.
Chloroquine, or hydroxychloroquine, has been used to treat malaria since 1944. It can be given before exposure to malaria to prevent infection, and it can also be given as treatment afterward.
Malaria is a disease that is caused by a parasite, unlike COVID-19. Nevertheless, laboratory studies show chloroquine is effective at preventing as well as treating the virus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, a close cousin of COVID-19.
Given chloroquine’s effectiveness in treating SARS, scientists have investigated if it will be an effective treatment against the new coronavirus responsible for COVID-19. So far, the initial trials are encouraging.
"There is evidence that chloroquine is effective when they looked at SARS in vitro with primate cells," said Dr. Len Horovitz, a pulmonologist and internist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. "The theory of the experiment with primate cells was that chloroquine could be for preventing viral infection or as a treatment for viral infection after it had occurred. In vitro in these primate cells, there was evidence that viral particles were significantly reduced when chloroquine was used."
Both the virus that causes SARS and the virus responsible for COVID-19 belong to the same overarching family of coronaviruses. Researchers in China discovered that the protein spikes on the surface of the COVID-19 virus are similar to the protein spikes found on the surface of the SARS virus.
People become infected when those protein spikes bind to special receptors on the outside of human cells. Chloroquine works by interfering with those receptors, which may interfere with the virus’s ability to bind to cells.
"The way that it worked against SARS was by preventing of the attachment of the virus to the cells. Chloroquine interfered with the attachment to that receptor on the cell membrane surface," Horovitz said. "So it’s disrupting a lock and key kind of mechanism of attachment."
Researchers in China found that treating patients with COVID-19-associated pneumonia with chloroquine may shorten their hospital stay and improve the patient’s outcome.
There are more than 20 ongoing clinical trials in China and more scheduled to start in England, Thailand, South Korea and the United States.
symptoms of Corona
I found this interesting on CNN tonight. They interviewed a couple people who had direct experience with the Corona virus.
This one younger lady, probably in her early 30's...she was diagnosed with it and she said that she had lost her sense of smell and taste. The host commented that she had heard that before as well.
Then they interviewed a few nurses from the elderly home out in Washington State...I think, or maybe Oregon. But anyway, they said that the patients with it, their eyes turned red. One lady (nurse) said, it was like they put red eye liner on.
Anyway...just a few things I have not heard before other than just tonight.
Stay safe all.
This one younger lady, probably in her early 30's...she was diagnosed with it and she said that she had lost her sense of smell and taste. The host commented that she had heard that before as well.
Then they interviewed a few nurses from the elderly home out in Washington State...I think, or maybe Oregon. But anyway, they said that the patients with it, their eyes turned red. One lady (nurse) said, it was like they put red eye liner on.
Anyway...just a few things I have not heard before other than just tonight.
Stay safe all.
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Phobias or simple fears?
Like most kids, I climbed trees, but unlike most normal folks, the habit stuck, principally for setting antennas up for a dying hobby. Thanks Internet. Never caused problems. In my early 30's, I think first looking over the edge of out Grand Canyon prior to a week of desert backpacking, I noticed that queasy feeling for the first time. Slight dizziness, mild nausea, and anxiety. Got worse over the years, and now if I climb a big tree, as is part of all our simian heritage, I can only do so if I don't look down at my kids and dog below, all hoping for that big insurance settlement. So wise and valued CS bloggers, any similar experiences, perhaps with spiders, insects, elevators or snakes? How do you distinguish between a simple natural fear, and a crushing phobia? Anyone recover from such, either naturally or with help. Are there natural fears? Babies, most of them, will reach innocently for snakes and tarantulas. Some ladies seem to avoid zippers on men's pants: could it be due to that big snake hiding inside? D.
Dr. Richard Fleming a convicted felon, lies about COVID being a bioweapon
14/09/2021, 09:31 FBI — Doctor Sentenced in Health Care Fraud Scheme
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Doctor Sentenced in Health Care Fraud Scheme
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August 20, 2009
District of Nebraska
(402) 661-3700
United States Attorney Joe W. Stecher and the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Bureau of Investigation announce the following information for the attention of the media:
Event Triggering this Release: Dr. Richard M. Fleming was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, by the Honorable Richard G. Kopf to five years probation with six months home detention, including electronic monitoring, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $107,244.24 for the felony offenses of health care fraud and mail fraud. Fleming pled guilty to those charges on April 23, 2009. Fleming lived in Papillion, Nebraska, at the time of the crimes, and now lives in Reno, Nevada. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Missouri and Iowa, and as a part of his plea agreement in the case he agreed to a lifetime exclusion from participation in any federally-funded health care benefit program.
A federal grand jury in Nebraska returned an indictment against Fleming on January 18, 2007, charging ten counts of health care fraud and three counts of mail and wire fraud. The health care fraud counts charged Fleming with submitting bills to insurance companies in 2002 for medical procedures, diagnostic heart tests, he had not actually performed. The mail and wire fraud counts charged Fleming with obtaining payment from a North Carolina soy food company in 2004 for product testing work he had not performed, and more specifically charged him with lying about whether he had performed the services he was paid for, and with creating and submitting false documents in order to cover up the fact that he had not done the work for which he had been paid. The case actually went to trial, which began on April 6, 2009, and the jury was deliberating on their verdict when Fleming pled guilty, admitting that he had committed both health care fraud and mail fraud.
Name of Defendant: Richard M. Fleming AKA:
Age: 53
City of Residence: Reno, Nevada
Crime(s) Charged and Potential Penalty: Health Care Fraud - 10 years’ imprisonment; $250,000 fine; three-year term of supervised release, and $100 special assessment. Mail Fraud - 20 years’ imprisonment, $250,000 fine; three-year term of supervised release, and $100 special assessment.
Specific Location of Alleged Crime: Papillion, Nebraska Location of Arrest:
Alleged Dollar Loss/Type and Quantity of Drug: $72,244.42 for the health care fraud counts, and $35,000 for the mail fraud counts, for a total of $107,244.42.
Others Charged in Same Scheme: None Relevant Dates:
Date of Alleged Crime: 01/24/2002 through 10/09/2002 Federal Arrest Date:
Date Complaint Issued: N/A
Indictment Returned Date: 01/18/2007
Initial Appearance Date: 03/09/2007 Plea or Trial and Date(s): 04/23/2009 Sentencing Date: 08/20/2009
Next Court Hearing Type and Date: N/A
Assigned Magistrate Judge: David Piester
Held without Bond, or Released from Custody: Released In Continuous Custody Since:
Assigned District Court Judge: Richard G. Kopf
Initials of Assigned AUSA/Preparer of THIS Release: ALE This content has been reproduced from its original source.
Home • Omaha • Press Releases • 2009 • Doctor Sentenced in Health Care Fraud Scheme
Doctor Sentenced in Health Care Fraud Scheme
Omaha Division Links
Omaha Home
U.S. Attorney’s Office
August 20, 2009
District of Nebraska
(402) 661-3700
United States Attorney Joe W. Stecher and the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Bureau of Investigation announce the following information for the attention of the media:
Event Triggering this Release: Dr. Richard M. Fleming was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, by the Honorable Richard G. Kopf to five years probation with six months home detention, including electronic monitoring, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $107,244.24 for the felony offenses of health care fraud and mail fraud. Fleming pled guilty to those charges on April 23, 2009. Fleming lived in Papillion, Nebraska, at the time of the crimes, and now lives in Reno, Nevada. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Missouri and Iowa, and as a part of his plea agreement in the case he agreed to a lifetime exclusion from participation in any federally-funded health care benefit program.
A federal grand jury in Nebraska returned an indictment against Fleming on January 18, 2007, charging ten counts of health care fraud and three counts of mail and wire fraud. The health care fraud counts charged Fleming with submitting bills to insurance companies in 2002 for medical procedures, diagnostic heart tests, he had not actually performed. The mail and wire fraud counts charged Fleming with obtaining payment from a North Carolina soy food company in 2004 for product testing work he had not performed, and more specifically charged him with lying about whether he had performed the services he was paid for, and with creating and submitting false documents in order to cover up the fact that he had not done the work for which he had been paid. The case actually went to trial, which began on April 6, 2009, and the jury was deliberating on their verdict when Fleming pled guilty, admitting that he had committed both health care fraud and mail fraud.
Name of Defendant: Richard M. Fleming AKA:
Age: 53
City of Residence: Reno, Nevada
Crime(s) Charged and Potential Penalty: Health Care Fraud - 10 years’ imprisonment; $250,000 fine; three-year term of supervised release, and $100 special assessment. Mail Fraud - 20 years’ imprisonment, $250,000 fine; three-year term of supervised release, and $100 special assessment.
Specific Location of Alleged Crime: Papillion, Nebraska Location of Arrest:
Alleged Dollar Loss/Type and Quantity of Drug: $72,244.42 for the health care fraud counts, and $35,000 for the mail fraud counts, for a total of $107,244.42.
Others Charged in Same Scheme: None Relevant Dates:
Date of Alleged Crime: 01/24/2002 through 10/09/2002 Federal Arrest Date:
Date Complaint Issued: N/A
Indictment Returned Date: 01/18/2007
Initial Appearance Date: 03/09/2007 Plea or Trial and Date(s): 04/23/2009 Sentencing Date: 08/20/2009
Next Court Hearing Type and Date: N/A
Assigned Magistrate Judge: David Piester
Held without Bond, or Released from Custody: Released In Continuous Custody Since:
Assigned District Court Judge: Richard G. Kopf
Initials of Assigned AUSA/Preparer of THIS Release: ALE This content has been reproduced from its original source.
Give me a woman
There are certainly things that women seem unable to do as well as men, but there are also things that women do better than men. This morning I experienced an example of female superiority.
I have always been phobic about injections, they terrify me. Apart from local anesthetic at the dentist's -which doesn't seem quite the same- I have not allowed anyone to stick a needle in me since I was a child. It wasn't easy for me to make myself have the Covid jab, my fear of the needle took a great deal of overcoming. In the event, I hardly felt a thing. It was much easier when I went for the second one, and again, it was completely painless. I went for the booster jab this morning, and when the needle went in, it stung like Hell.
My first two jabs were administered by women, but my third, the one that hurt, was given to me by a man. I know that 3 is much too small a number to be statistically significant, but it's good enough for me. Women are better at giving injections, and that's official as far as I'm concerned.
I have always been phobic about injections, they terrify me. Apart from local anesthetic at the dentist's -which doesn't seem quite the same- I have not allowed anyone to stick a needle in me since I was a child. It wasn't easy for me to make myself have the Covid jab, my fear of the needle took a great deal of overcoming. In the event, I hardly felt a thing. It was much easier when I went for the second one, and again, it was completely painless. I went for the booster jab this morning, and when the needle went in, it stung like Hell.
My first two jabs were administered by women, but my third, the one that hurt, was given to me by a man. I know that 3 is much too small a number to be statistically significant, but it's good enough for me. Women are better at giving injections, and that's official as far as I'm concerned.
When Sadness
become too deep, what can one do? Dont want talk about any reasons. Sorry, when only listening to your views in this blog...
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