April 11, 2020
Gilead’s experimental drug remdesivir shows ‘hopeful’ signs in small group of coronavirus patients (orig NEJM)
Christopher Rowland, The Washington Post April 10, 202https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Gilead-s-experimental-drug-remdesivir-shows-15193295.php
What’s the Least Amount of Exercise You Need to Stay Healthy?Daily walking targets are the easiest way for the average person to get their minimum daily dose of physical activity
https://elemental.medium.com/whats-the-least-amount-of-exercise-you-need-to-stay-healthy-a857b73cec6c
HOW TO CLEAN A FABRIC CORONAVIRUS FACE MASK AND HOW OFTEN
http://a.msn.com/0E/en-us/BB12qN9e?ocid=se2
This is a good, short, practical article about washing cloth masks, how, how often and the like.
HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN MASK AT HOME
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/lifestyle/how-to-make-your-own-mask-at-home/vi-BB12ps28?ocid=spartandhp
Short video shows how to make a bandana into a pretty good mask.
JOHNS HOPKINS CURRENT REPORTS:
White House names next likely COVID-19 hot spots (CIDRAP) Washington, DC, Baltimore, and Philadelphia will likely be the next novel coronavirus hot spots, according to the White House task force.
Nations eye COVID-19 lockdown extensions as global cases rise (CIDRAP) With COVID-19 activity showing some early signs of stabilizing in parts of Europe, some governments are considering extending their lockdown orders, as cases are still surging or picking up in other parts of the continent.
VETERAN HOSPITALS: VA COVID-19 update: over 3,500 cases, 174 patient deaths as officials downplay equipment shortage concerns (Military Times) Since Veterans Affairs leaders reported the first death of a VA patient from coronavirus in mid-March, the number of positive cases — and fatalities — in the department’s health system has risen dramatically.
New Yorkers have been recommended to forego SARS-CoV-2 testing, unless they are seriously ill, illustrating that the city does not yet have the capacity needed to deal with the current situation, let alone an increase that would allow for enhanced surveillance. Mayor de Blasio acknowledged that some of the existing social distancing measures could remain in place for months, even after the city passes its peak and begins to ease some restrictions.
NEW US CDC GUIDANCE FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PERSONNEL The US CDC published new guidance intended to enable critical infrastructure workers to remain on the job following a known or suspected exposure to SARS-CoV-2. The guidance requires that they remain healthy and that additional precautions are implemented. The guidance, which applies to personnel in 16 sectors of the workforce deemed to be critical, calls for temperature screening and symptom checks for all workers as well as self-monitoring by employees, mask usage, social distancing measures, and enhanced cleaning and disinfection protocols to mitigate the risk of transmission at the workplace.
NYTIMES.COM: CORONAVIRUS LIVE UPDATES:
Coronavirus Live Updates: U.S. Projects Summer Spike in Infections if Stay-At-Home Orders Are Lifted
Global supply chains have been disrupted, leading to shortages of key goods. Michigan will ban travel between homes. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/us/coronavirus-updates-usa.html?smid=em-share
TEXAS A&M PANDEMIC EXPERT: CORONAVIRUS WILL HAVE 5 STAGES. WE’RE IN STAGE 2.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lifestyle/renew-houston/health/article/Texas-A-M-pandemic-expert-coronavirus-stages-15192147.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=share-by-email&utm_medium=email
(The reader might want to read this article for himself—I’ve tried to organize it a bit. JH)
Our current pandemic is expected to have five phases:
Phase One: The first phase is containment. That’s when we try to keep the virus from entering our area and try to keep it from spreading in the community.
Phase Two, Mitigation: we are clearly in the mitigation phase now. It’s been a little over two weeks since Harris County issued a stay-at-home order. And one model shows that we still have two weeks to go before our area’s COVID-19 cases peak.
Phase Three: would be (a second stage of) containment BEFORE we have a vaccine to deploy. “I’m optimistic that in three to six months we’ll have (a better treatment for coronavirus symptoms), a therapeutic in our toolkit that can rescue those who become severely ill. But it’s going to be at least 18 months, I believe, before there’s a vaccine available to deploy in any meaningful way. During this time (containment while waiting for vaccine) we need to restart our economy….and we need to do it safely.”
Phase Four: …is (a third stage of) containment once we have a vaccine. We’re going to get into a situation like we’re used to with seasonal flu, because I don’t think COVID is going away. In fact, I think we should anticipate that we’re going to have a second wave in in the fall.
Phase Five: Making preparation for the next pandemic a national security priority.
***READ MORE ABOUT DR PARKER:
https://vetmed.tamu.edu/news/press-releases/dr-gerald-parker-brings-healthy-perspective-to-cvm-initiative/
Apple and Google unveiled a rare partnership to add technology to their smartphone platforms that will alert users if they have come into contact with a person with Covid-19. People must opt in to the system, but it has the potential to monitor about a third of the world’s population.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-10/apple-google-bring-covid-19-contact-tracing-to-3-billion-people (I have found The Houston Chronical to have exceptionally good C-19 coverage. JH)
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