Its not going away – its time to get healthy….
There is way too much human element to think we can just put this virus away, but we are not helpless. Many of us can adopt a much healthier lifestyle shifting the odds in to your favor and you will get multiple rewards beyond preventing/defeating a covid infection.
Case in point the vigilant super testing and tracing country – S. Korea – is having problems now – and really it’s the human aspect which we cannot eliminate from society – https://in.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-battles-worst-coronavirus-outbreak-in-months-warns-of-crisis-idINKCN25D0G6
“South Korea warned on Monday of a looming novel coronavirus crisis as new outbreaks flared, including one linked to a church where more than 300 members of the congregation have been infected but hundreds more are reluctant to get tested.”
“South Korea has been one of the world’s coronavirus mitigation success stories but it has nevertheless battled persistent spikes in infections. The latest cases brought its total infections to 15,515 including 305 deaths.”
“Jun, 64, took part in a protest on Saturday in defiance of a government order that all church members self-isolate and get tested.
His lawyers said at a news conference on Monday that Jun did not violate quarantine rules nor intentionally offer incomplete lists. Jun said in an interview with a Christian media outlet that his church was a victim of “virus terror”.
A ban on church services was lifted in April though attendees are required to register and sit apart.”
There are many things you are taught not to have a discussion on – and one of them religion. This issue is global – this is a human thing and this will likely happen worldwide. We must learn to live/adapt with covid – and that means getting healthier and supporting a stronger immune system and eating well – less inflammatory foods.
Human characteristic – to err. This will happen – https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oklahoma-high-school-student-knowingly-went-class-coronavirus-officials-say-n1236895
“School officials in Oklahoma say a student knowingly attended classes with the coronavirus on the first day of school, thinking it was safe to do so because the child was asymptomatic.
The student at Westmoore High School in Moore, just south of Oklahoma City, was "under the understanding that since they were asymptomatic … they did not need to quarantine for the full 14-day-period," school officials told NBC affiliate KFOR of Oklahoma City on Friday.”
As noted before but reported again recently – the country that reported to eliminate corona now back at it – New Zealand – massive quarantine is just not feasible on a human timeline – https://au.news.yahoo.com/how-nz-coronavirus-outbreak-may-be-linked-to-australia-010631217.html
“Health Minister Chris Hipkins said the source of the Auckland outbreak was unknown, but it appeared it had not come from a confirmed case in hotel quarantine.
"The epidemiology suggests it has come from Australia or the UK because that’s the epidemiological DNA of it. But none of our cases in managed isolation match the same sort of fingerprint as the outbreak we have in Auckland,” Mr Hipkins told Newstalk ZB.
“It’s a mystery.””
To be human is also to be resourceful and inventive. We will figure a way to adapt and overcome – some good news….
China is moving forward with a vaccine – https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-cansino-idUSKCN25D09V
“China’s vaccine specialist CanSino Biologics Inc has won a patent approval from Beijing for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate Ad5-nCOV, state media reported, citing documents from the country’s intellectual property regulator.”
“Saudi Arabia said this month it plans to begin Phase III clinical trials for the CanSino vaccine. CanSino has said it is also in talks with Russia, Brazil and Chile to launch Phase III trials in those countries.”
Not the best of study not the worse in terms of conclusions – https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.14.20174490v1.full.pdf
“we conclude that 60 immunity is durable for at least several months after SARS-CoV-2 infection.”
Better than days but still months not years….
Positive movement on the HCQ front – https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/08/17/mn_governor_quietly_reverses_course_on_hydroxychloroquine__143978.html
“This past week Minnesota became the second state to reject regulations that effectively ban the controversial drug hydroxychloroquine for use by COVID-19 patients.
The decision, which comes two weeks after the Ohio Board of Pharmacy reversed an effective ban of its own, was rightfully praised by local health care advocates. “We are pleased that Governor [Tim] Walz lifted his March 27 Executive Order 20-23 restrictions on chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine,” said Twila Brase, president of Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom.”
“The reversal by Walz, a first-term Democrat, clears the way for doctors to prescribe hydroxychloroquine, a drug commonly used to treat malaria and other conditions but one the FDA has declined to recommend for COVID-19 treatment.”
“Prescribing hydroxychloroquine in the early stages of the virus is key, Risch said, and others agree. Steven Hatfill, a veteran virologist and adjunct assistant professor at the George Washington University Medical Center, says the literature supporting hydroxychloroquine is overwhelming. There are now 53 studies that show positive results of hydroxychloroquine in COVID infections,” Hatfill wrote in RealClearPolitics. “There are 14 global studies that show neutral or negative results — and 10 of them were of patients in very late stages of COVID-19, where no antiviral drug can be expected to have much effect.”””
“Hydroxychloroquine might be politically controversial, but that hasn’t stopped some of its critics from taking advantage of the drug. In a May interview, former presidential hopeful Sen. Amy Klobuchar admitted her husband was successfully treated with hydroxychloroquine, a medication she had mocked on Twitter.”
Last point is quite awful…a political jab when lives are on the line and then you go do something that you jabbed on ….shameful….
Another political drug/remedy likely to be discussed is Oleandrin – coming from the Oleander plant – which if ingested at decent amounts will kill you and your pets….but the good thing it doesn’t taste good so eating the quantity to the level of harm unlikely – https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.15.203489v1.full.pdf
“Oleandrin has also been shown to produce a strong anti-inflammatory response, which may be of benefit
in preventing hyper-inflammatory responses to infection with SARS-CoV-2”
“In summary, we demonstrated that oleandrin has potent anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity in vitro, both when
administered before or after infection. Care must be taken when inferring potential therapeutic benefits
230 from in vitro antiviral effects. Nevertheless, our results indicate the in vivo studies with oleandrin should
proceed rapidly to address the COVID-19 pandemic”
US dipped down below 1K to 571 – but its weekend reporting India on top at 941
Leading the way is TX at 128
Leading the death in county is Broward FL. Dallas TX had a huge surge in confirmation likely a data delay issue 5361. TX leading death county a border county Hidalgo at 24.
The big 4 trending in right direction in confirmation – looks like deaths are stabilizing.
