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SpO2 average @ 97
PR bpm 72
an oximeter can be a valuable tool in the house,
PR bpm 72
an oximeter can be a valuable tool in the house,
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1600 Covid Avenue, Washington, D.C.
It's been a busy month in the White House where Trump's valet, 2 Pence employees, 3 white house staff members and something like 11 secret service agents have all tested positive for the coronavirus.
Testing, testing, testing and serious concern for top officials in the oval office.
I shouldn't speculate on this one...
Testing, testing, testing and serious concern for top officials in the oval office.
I shouldn't speculate on this one...
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Unmasked...
They reopened a popular South Florida beach and 7,000 people showed up not wearing masks with a total defiance of social distancing. So the city was forced to close the beach again. C'mon people... use your brains.
Restaurants are soon to reopen allowed with only 25% capacity. It's reported some will annex their parking lots setting up tables distanced so they can service customers and maintain compliance. They have a plan!
Local news reports say many retail stores have masks for sale.
It's good to hear this.
While I find the image below to be funny, if the outside of the mask is contaminated and your hands touch the straw and cap, there is a strong chance the virus will pass into the mask.
Restaurants are soon to reopen allowed with only 25% capacity. It's reported some will annex their parking lots setting up tables distanced so they can service customers and maintain compliance. They have a plan!
Local news reports say many retail stores have masks for sale.
It's good to hear this.
While I find the image below to be funny, if the outside of the mask is contaminated and your hands touch the straw and cap, there is a strong chance the virus will pass into the mask.
Excellent update on the Covid-19 vaccine front
Today in Bloomberg;
(continued in my first comment below)
In response to:
Virus Vaccine May Be Ready for Mass Production By Autumn, Oxford Professor Says
By Jason Gale
and Stephanie Baker
April 17, 2020, 2:23 AM EDT Updated on April 17, 2020, 7:25 AM EDT
A coronavirus vaccine trial by University of Oxford researchers aims to get efficacy results by September, and manufacturing is already underway.
A team led by Sarah Gilbert, a professor of vaccinology, has recruited 500 volunteers from the ages of 18 to 55 for the early- and mid-stage randomized controlled trial. It will be extended to older adults and then to a final stage trial of 5,000 people. Gilbert said that the timing is ambitious but achievable.
“We would hope to have at least some doses that are ready to be used by September,” she said in an interview. “There won’t be enough for everywhere by then, but the more manufacturing we can do starting from now, then the more doses there will be.”
Volunteers to take part in the trial have been abundant, she said, and it’s no longer accepting new subjects.
Gilbert, whose research on vaccines began at the University of Oxford in 1994, was awarded a 2.2 million pound ($2.8 million) grant from the U.K.’s National Institute for Health Research and U.K. Research and Innovation in March to scale up her team’s efforts to move into Covid-19 vaccine research.
The group’s experimental immunization is among the first to enter clinical trials. The World Health Organization counts 70 vaccine candidates in development, with three others in human testing. They are from CanSino Biological Inc. and the Beijing Institute of Biotechnology; Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc.; and Moderna Inc. along with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Gilbert’s trial divides 510 participants into five groups that will be observed for about six months with the option for a follow-up visit about a year after entering the trial. One group will receive a second intramuscular shot of the vaccine four weeks after the initial immunization.
The research aims to determine the efficacy, safety and immunogenicity of the candidate vaccine, named ChAdOx1 nCoV-19. A vaccine against meningococcal disease will be given to participants who will be randomly chosen for control purposes.
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ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 is a so-called recombinant viral vector vaccine. It’s made from a harmless virus that’s been altered to produce the surface spike protein of the pandemic-causing SARS-CoV-2 virus.
The vaccine acts by priming the immune system to recognize and attack the coronavirus, stimulating a T-cell response. It uses the same technology as a shot Gilbert’s team previously developed for the related MERS coronavirus. That vaccine appeared to be safe in animal and early-stage human testing, giving confidence for the coronavirus version.
“We’re doing safety testing,” Gilbert said, “but we’re not concerned.”
Gilbert’s team has used the same technology for about 10 different vaccines, she said. The challenge that now arises is testing the vaccine even as virus infection rates vary.
“It’s going to be complicated trying to determine vaccine efficacy when the virus transmission in different places is going up and then going down again,” she said. “The trial has to be set up in the right place at the right time and that’s very hard to predict. That’s why we’re planning to do multiple trials in multiple countries.”
Another hurdle is money.
“We have some funding but we don’t have all of it yet,” she said. “You can’t just go and start manufacturing at large scale. You have to put a lot of things in place and that’s what we’re trying to do at the moment. It’s in the order of tens of millions of pounds.”
The WHO is creating a forum for everyone developing Covid-19 vaccines to share their plans and initial findings, according to Gilbert.
Virus Vaccine May Be Ready for Mass Production By Autumn, Oxford Professor Says
By Jason Gale
and Stephanie Baker
April 17, 2020, 2:23 AM EDT Updated on April 17, 2020, 7:25 AM EDT
A coronavirus vaccine trial by University of Oxford researchers aims to get efficacy results by September, and manufacturing is already underway.
A team led by Sarah Gilbert, a professor of vaccinology, has recruited 500 volunteers from the ages of 18 to 55 for the early- and mid-stage randomized controlled trial. It will be extended to older adults and then to a final stage trial of 5,000 people. Gilbert said that the timing is ambitious but achievable.
“We would hope to have at least some doses that are ready to be used by September,” she said in an interview. “There won’t be enough for everywhere by then, but the more manufacturing we can do starting from now, then the more doses there will be.”
Volunteers to take part in the trial have been abundant, she said, and it’s no longer accepting new subjects.
Gilbert, whose research on vaccines began at the University of Oxford in 1994, was awarded a 2.2 million pound ($2.8 million) grant from the U.K.’s National Institute for Health Research and U.K. Research and Innovation in March to scale up her team’s efforts to move into Covid-19 vaccine research.
The group’s experimental immunization is among the first to enter clinical trials. The World Health Organization counts 70 vaccine candidates in development, with three others in human testing. They are from CanSino Biological Inc. and the Beijing Institute of Biotechnology; Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc.; and Moderna Inc. along with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Gilbert’s trial divides 510 participants into five groups that will be observed for about six months with the option for a follow-up visit about a year after entering the trial. One group will receive a second intramuscular shot of the vaccine four weeks after the initial immunization.
The research aims to determine the efficacy, safety and immunogenicity of the candidate vaccine, named ChAdOx1 nCoV-19. A vaccine against meningococcal disease will be given to participants who will be randomly chosen for control purposes.
Overseas Partners?
ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 is a so-called recombinant viral vector vaccine. It’s made from a harmless virus that’s been altered to produce the surface spike protein of the pandemic-causing SARS-CoV-2 virus.
The vaccine acts by priming the immune system to recognize and attack the coronavirus, stimulating a T-cell response. It uses the same technology as a shot Gilbert’s team previously developed for the related MERS coronavirus. That vaccine appeared to be safe in animal and early-stage human testing, giving confidence for the coronavirus version.
“We’re doing safety testing,” Gilbert said, “but we’re not concerned.”
Gilbert’s team has used the same technology for about 10 different vaccines, she said. The challenge that now arises is testing the vaccine even as virus infection rates vary.
“It’s going to be complicated trying to determine vaccine efficacy when the virus transmission in different places is going up and then going down again,” she said. “The trial has to be set up in the right place at the right time and that’s very hard to predict. That’s why we’re planning to do multiple trials in multiple countries.”
Another hurdle is money.
“We have some funding but we don’t have all of it yet,” she said. “You can’t just go and start manufacturing at large scale. You have to put a lot of things in place and that’s what we’re trying to do at the moment. It’s in the order of tens of millions of pounds.”
The WHO is creating a forum for everyone developing Covid-19 vaccines to share their plans and initial findings, according to Gilbert.
(continued in my first comment below)
Evidence that Covid 19 was around in November?
A good friend of mine works at a hospital lab in a big city. Well, she does not play any direct role in the scenario, but she might have prompted indirectly some of the action to be taken.
Anyway, she has just informed....
Her mom's boyfriend was very sick in November. His doctor thought he might have lung cancer, but it was later diagnosed as pneumonia.
Just recently, in fact the results were gotten today. He and his doctor decided to test him for the anti-bodies of Covid 19, and his test came back positive.....meaning he has had Covid 19.
Well...either he had the disease in November, or he caught the virus later on and never even knew he had it because there were no signs he had it.
I am not doctor, but if I was a betting man (and I am) I would put my money on the fact he had the virus back in November.
Anyway, she has just informed....
Her mom's boyfriend was very sick in November. His doctor thought he might have lung cancer, but it was later diagnosed as pneumonia.
Just recently, in fact the results were gotten today. He and his doctor decided to test him for the anti-bodies of Covid 19, and his test came back positive.....meaning he has had Covid 19.
Well...either he had the disease in November, or he caught the virus later on and never even knew he had it because there were no signs he had it.
I am not doctor, but if I was a betting man (and I am) I would put my money on the fact he had the virus back in November.
Work Restricted
I see a blog regarding working from
The home place as opposed to pre
Covid.
My own thoughts would be if you can
You should. It is going to be a long road
Back for our Economy, as well as for
Others.
I am not working, the hotel that has my
Employment is closed indefinitely but
My job is safe. My hours probably will
Be less. I will be okay.
In lreland the restrictions are starting
To be eased. Hopefully, not too soon.
There is pressure on governments
Now as people are struggling and
Also the fine weather which is a bigger
Test now.
The home place as opposed to pre
Covid.
My own thoughts would be if you can
You should. It is going to be a long road
Back for our Economy, as well as for
Others.
I am not working, the hotel that has my
Employment is closed indefinitely but
My job is safe. My hours probably will
Be less. I will be okay.
In lreland the restrictions are starting
To be eased. Hopefully, not too soon.
There is pressure on governments
Now as people are struggling and
Also the fine weather which is a bigger
Test now.
Ironic....people attacking other people
Before this virus...well...even during it....there are people who attack other people. dem vs rep rich vs poor....the list just goes on and on and on and on.....
Ironic though....
This virus is reported to set our immune system in hyper mode, where it actually attacks ourselves.
Ironic though....
This virus is reported to set our immune system in hyper mode, where it actually attacks ourselves.
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My "How close is it to you" blog...
Every night I read the dashboard results for the COVID-19 data in the state of Florida. I'll do a screenshot and check it again in the morning to see changes as the numbers are usually higher. Probably a recount or late entry from the previous day causing the numbers to change.
The website data can do a detailed map by zip code. Because the area where I live has several communities packed in high density, the amount of reported cases are higher here than a few miles away that is used for farming. However, it's many people in a few square miles that concerns me.
It's mandatory to have some form of face covering when in public. Security won't let you into the grocery store without one. Many of the stores have added plastic barriers at the cash registers. Every building entrance and register has 6' markings on the floor as distancing reminders. I went to the Post Office on Saturday and they have a plastic curtain from ceiling to counter all the way across the service area.
I'm still in contact (by phone) with people I used to work with. They probably networked with a few hundred. Last month, I heard the wife of the warehouse supervisor who works in the medical field had tested positive for the virus. I didn't hear any more details on that. An associate who's wife works for an air conditioning service with more than 50 employees is able to do her job from home. She said none of their crew have been directly affected. Another friend's wife is a nurse and she recently tested negative. These are all good signs of containment.
Hearing of one episode about 2 weeks ago that annoyed me... a client went to the showroom without an appointment to see the sales rep to go over her order. When the rep said you need to make an appointment, the woman said it was her only opportunity as her son tested positive and is home under quarantine. The rep was angered and shouted "You tell me this? I've got family with young children at home. No we cannot have a meeting! Please leave." So far the rep is okay and has no symptoms.
The Condo Association president sent out a message (a few weeks ago) that anyone who has the virus MUST notify them and special precautions will be taken to disinfect hand rails, elevator interior and control panels, etc. I'm thinking that information should be noted on the condo bulletin board so the other residents can avoid those units. So far, I've seen no notices.
The website data can do a detailed map by zip code. Because the area where I live has several communities packed in high density, the amount of reported cases are higher here than a few miles away that is used for farming. However, it's many people in a few square miles that concerns me.
It's mandatory to have some form of face covering when in public. Security won't let you into the grocery store without one. Many of the stores have added plastic barriers at the cash registers. Every building entrance and register has 6' markings on the floor as distancing reminders. I went to the Post Office on Saturday and they have a plastic curtain from ceiling to counter all the way across the service area.
I'm still in contact (by phone) with people I used to work with. They probably networked with a few hundred. Last month, I heard the wife of the warehouse supervisor who works in the medical field had tested positive for the virus. I didn't hear any more details on that. An associate who's wife works for an air conditioning service with more than 50 employees is able to do her job from home. She said none of their crew have been directly affected. Another friend's wife is a nurse and she recently tested negative. These are all good signs of containment.
Hearing of one episode about 2 weeks ago that annoyed me... a client went to the showroom without an appointment to see the sales rep to go over her order. When the rep said you need to make an appointment, the woman said it was her only opportunity as her son tested positive and is home under quarantine. The rep was angered and shouted "You tell me this? I've got family with young children at home. No we cannot have a meeting! Please leave." So far the rep is okay and has no symptoms.
The Condo Association president sent out a message (a few weeks ago) that anyone who has the virus MUST notify them and special precautions will be taken to disinfect hand rails, elevator interior and control panels, etc. I'm thinking that information should be noted on the condo bulletin board so the other residents can avoid those units. So far, I've seen no notices.
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Prone to recovery from COVID-19...
A few weeks ago, I got into a discussion and made some blog comments that hospitals in China and Italy where coronavirus patients in ICU where placed on their stomachs in a face-down prone position instead of the usual position of being slightly propped up were recovering without the use of ventilators.
One theory was to drain fluids in the lungs and another (more importantly) was to relieve pressure on the diaphragm from the effects of gravity.
The technique is called "proning" and it's helped patients suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) increase the amount of oxygen in their blood without the use of intubation!
I've seen a few articles that confirm this:
One theory was to drain fluids in the lungs and another (more importantly) was to relieve pressure on the diaphragm from the effects of gravity.
The technique is called "proning" and it's helped patients suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) increase the amount of oxygen in their blood without the use of intubation!
I've seen a few articles that confirm this:
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