Gael_Force

You know what ... a healthy dose of panic might be just what is needed to get some people to take this seriously. Far too many blithely going about their business/social lives, oblivious to the dangers.

You might find this helpful. Coronavirus infection and pregnancy WWW.RCOG.ORG.UK Information about coronavirus for pregnant women and their families

I suspect it is coming from this... https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2004973#.XnGGKWVPq0Q

People talk about the success of some far eastern countries in limiting cases through testing and isolation; I'm sure their stringent policies on regular spraying and cleaning of surfaces has played a part. When you see hundreds of workers, in PPE, just devoted to the sanitisation of their cities it is a concept that's never seen in the west.

In Italy, a small town of 3000 tested ... 50-75% were asymptomatic at time of testing yet still give positive result and were highly infectious. Coronavirus: "Il 50-75% dei casi a Vo' sono asintomatici. Una formidabile fonte di contagio" WWW.REPUBBLICA.IT Lettera dell'immunologo Romagnani alla Regione Toscana basandosi su una ricerca effettuata sugli ammalati del paesino veneto. "Ora bisogna cercare di

Remember that Italy changed to reporting only hospitalised cases: prior to that testing was to track and trace and had a much larger scope in the community. To compare accurately, you need to know the policy and how the tally is calculated.

I thought N95 had to be properly fitted and therefore only suitable for use in the front line or was that to stop public purchasing precious resources that were needed by professionals. I'm wearing a medical mask when out but it's to stop me touching my face.

I think the production of material has been interrupted in China and every nation will be hoarding for themselves. I suspect some medicines will also be in short supply for a similar reason. This was warned about early in the outbreak but far too late to do anything about it now.

Yes, unfortunately takes too long when the priority now is to feed the family.

Should solve the dilemma of those arguing about travel and allow for refunds and insurance to kick in.

They are not suggesting increased susceptibility from taking those drugs but that you can suffer from more severe disease if they are taken while you are unwell with Covid. Anti-inflammatories may aggravate Covid-19, France advises | World news | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM French minister says patients should take paracetamol rather than ibuprofen or cortisone

I suspect that is the case. You might be interested to read this study. Here’s what coronavirus does to the body WWW.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM From blood storms to honeycomb lungs, here’s an organ-by-organ look at how COVID-19 harms humans.

Same in Holland... This family shared their story to shock the complacency of their young folk. Privacy settings WWW.AD.NL

Another appalling example of fake news !!

You cannot even do that successfully with a virus spread while asymptomatic and especially, one that can survive on surfaces for a considerable time. This was seen in action in Washington state: genetic tracing proves patient #1 led to the cascade being witnessed now.

The theory of summer fall-off is people being outdoors and virus not surviving on surfaces. If people are stuck indoors in a lockdown, this rather negates summer benefits.

I'm sure I read, early on, testing would stop when community spread was confirmed and pandemic declared. In other words, testing is only effective in the early stage when identification and isolation might mean something. Beyond that, people with symptoms are then just assumed to have the disease and will be added to statistics for later analysis of CFR.

It's all very well making hundreds of ventilators but according to a specialist on C4 news there's hardly enough specially trained staff to operate the ones we already have. I'm also confused as to who they are intended for .... The young don't get sick enough to require: the middle aged ... might be a few serious cases that need ventilation... over 65 and your past the point at which resuscitation by ventilator is considered appropriate.

This is concerning .... https://www.thelocal.fr/20200314/france-orders-all-bars-restaurants-and-non-essential-shops-to-close-to-step-coronavirus-epidemic

https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lanres/PIIS2213-2600(20)30116-8.pdf Also mentions Ibuprofen: sure I saw something about that in this thread.

All we know is the areas on lockdown in other counties have kept food shops and chemists open. I suppose it will depend on level of containment and how sections of the public would behave as to what happens here. Also doubt that there are the number of small local shops as compared to areas like Italy and Spain.

Of course it removes doubt but situation then was different to now... 1918 flu hit young people very hard: probably very few mothers worked at that time or if they did, extended family tended to be quite close by. Early school closures would have been very effective and a life saving action.

Maybe the government has realised that events will naturally overtake any timetable of theirs and will thus prevent them being seen as the architects of the drastic measures to come.

Veneto asking for full Wuhan measures .... (...) The requests of the Veneto Even the President of the Veneto Region, Zaia, announced that he had asked for even more incisive measures to combat the virus, even without detailing them. "If it continues like this it will all close by force," he said at a press conference. «Today the game is in the hands of the Venetians. I want to see the empty streets, the lights of the rooms turned off, the empty beaches, the deserted squares. Beyond the law: don't go to friends' dinners, don't meet family, don't go out. Each family must remain isolated in their home ». Corriere della Sera - Ultime Notizie WWW.CORRIERE.IT Notizie e approfondimenti di cronaca, politica, economia e sport con foto, immagini e video di Corriere TV. Meteo, salute, guide viaggi, Musica e giochi...

I think a 'like' is inappropriate for such a subject but want to thank you for posting this. This must be an additional disheartening blow for all the medical workers who already face the daily challenges. One imagines, all resources would have been employed in this instance ...