Gael_Force

A conference where, out of c175 attendees, 70+ were infected and a led to a cascade of containment, isolation, and quarantines all over the world. How the Biogen leadership conference in Boston spread the coronavirus - The Boston Globe WWW.BOSTONGLOBE.COM Amid ominous signs after a routine conference, a frightening realization slowly dawned: The virus was on the loose.

I saw Italy had their youngest ICU admission yesterday ... 18y/o male. Interesting that some European countries have avoided the 'comfort blanket' of old/underlying diseases. They will need to be very frank to get population compliance for what will be something the young of the free west have never seen in their lifetime.

Wuhan built new hospitals in days and were able to free-up specialist hospitals to concentrate on the critically ill, Italy does not have that luxury. Some very distressing decisions are having to be made regarding who gets treatment and who is unlikely to survive dangerous invasive therapies. Couple of stats from Wuhan. Who is getting sick? A look at coronavirus risk by age, gender, and more WWW.STATNEWS.COM For a variety of reasons, researchers want to figure out who’s most at risk of being infected and who’s most at risk of developing severe illness.

By testing more, there will be a bigger lag time to results .... currently 4-5 days according to article in the Guardian. I see foreign sites saying test results later same day of test so who knows really. NHS to start testing people for coronavirus to ease strain on PHE | World news | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Move will double the number of tests that can be done every day in UK from 2,000 to 4,000

It's very difficult, us old blighters are a stubborn bunch but sometimes reading something can really take the wind out of your sails. Let them read this in its entirety .. had a profound effect on me. Thread by @jasonvanschoor: From a well respected friend and intensivist/A&E consultant who is currently in northern Italy: 1/ ‘I feel the pressure to give you a qu… THREADREADERAPP.COM Thread by @jasonvanschoor: From a well respected friend and intensivist/A&E consultant who is currently in northern Italy: 1/ ‘I feel thegive you a quick...

Ask them to read this and then ask if they want to go there.... Thread by @jasonvanschoor: From a well respected friend and intensivist/A&E consultant who is currently in northern Italy: 1/ ‘I feel the pressure to give you a qu… THREADREADERAPP.COM Thread by @jasonvanschoor: From a well respected friend and intensivist/A&E consultant who is currently in northern Italy: 1/ ‘I feel thegive you a quick...

The marathon runner (38) first case, is still in intensive care. Apparently the Omaha, Nebraska case is also a young fit person into sport. The chances for recovery in the young are higher but it could be a long stay in hospital. Here's how a Nebraska coronavirus patient was transported NYPOST.COM A chilling photograph shows the extreme measures taken to safely transport Nebraska’s first corona­virus case — an Omaha woman who may have...

Very sobering article in Corriere. They expect to have 3000 ICU patients by late March .. maybe there sooner. They might find beds and retired volunteers but I wonder if they have anywhere near enough ventilators for all those people. Terapie intensive per coronavirus: allestite anche nei corridoi - Corriere.it WWW.CORRIERE.IT L’allarme del coordinatore dell’Unità di crisi della Regione Lombardia Antonio Pesenti: «Il 26 marzo in lombardia avremo 18 mila malati, 3 mila avranno bisogno di...

They are not being asked to, according to the government advice.... PS.. why no mention of all the other areas now seeing big jumps in case numbers?

Big problem here ... if the economy tanks ... a bad outcome for the livelihood of all the people. It's a very fine line to tread and I don't envy those who have to make decisions.

Talking about the UK in general, not a specific location.

Scary quote from his twitter feed... There's a lot of elderly people living on their own here: if it strikes that fast maybe not enough time to summon help with likely overstretched ambulance service. Really doesn't bear thinking about....

Since we neither got snow nor sunshine this winter, add some cod liver oil capsules to your shopping lists. Vitamin D and the Immune System WWW.NCBI.NLM.NIH.GOV It is now clear that vitamin D has important roles in addition to its classic effects on calcium and bone homeostasis. As the vitamin D receptor is expressed on...

Have you found out why so many from the gathering?

https://emcrit.org/pulmcrit/lopinavir/

Think about going food shopping... thousands of products .... any one of which could be contaminated by someone just before you sneezing over the shelf/display rack. You pick up something and touch your face without thinking.... hand washing and sanitising are great but cannot protect you entirely.

If you read the letter from clinicians, someone posted yesterday, you'll see cases are arriving at hospital with a very poor survival outcome. There doesn't seem to be the long stays in ICU before death announced. Just to add... the very first case (38 year old marathon runner) is still in intensive care along with approx 400 others. Situation is apparently desperate in locked down communities.

A very succinct account of how it can all go wrong very quickly ...

How many of the cases have been detected in patients already hospitalised for something else?

Yes, interesting study posted last night. The Italian outbreak traces back to the first case in Germany where executives were infected by an asymptomatic (symptoms and testing after return to China) Chinese woman attending a two day workshop. That will be similar to Washington where genetic sequence goes back to patient #1 in mid January. They do a great job in contact tracing but cannot catch all the people who may have been contaminated by touching something where virus has lingered.

Not good ... in a Madrid nursing home. Hope for a better outcome than the one in Washington state.

Yes, and when you factor in the need for Covid-19 cases to be isolated, it further decreases the availability. To maximise capacity, I would think they need to start clearing some hospitals for use as designated infection only units.

I think we need to accept, throughout history, mother nature's laboratory has been very effective in population control ... the only help from humans was to play host... modern medicine has changed the balance but nature is always inventive too.

I'm wondering what impact obesity will have on the CFR. Not seen any mention yet .. does China even have an obesity problem ?

@Kirkcaldy Weather Thank you for keeping us informed on this tragic event. Fascinating from a weather enthusiasts point of view but gut wrenching with regard to loss of life and destruction of a community.