Covid 9/4/20

Better late than never – as many doctors in NY were advocating to prescribe corticosteroids/steroid treatment – WHO finally concluded that is the right thing to do – https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2770279

“Corticosteroids were associated with lower mortality among critically ill patients who were and were not receiving invasive mechanical ventilation at randomization, as well as in patients from the RECOVERY trial who required oxygen with or without noninvasive ventilation but were not receiving invasive mechanical ventilation at randomization. These results were consistent with the subgroup analysis suggesting that the association between corticosteroids and lower mortality was stronger in patients who were not receiving vasoactive medication at randomization than in those who were receiving vasoactive medication at randomization. The ORs for the association between corticosteroids and mortality appeared similar for older and younger individuals, men and women, and for longer and shorter durations of symptoms before randomization.”

“There was no suggestion of an increased risk of serious of adverse events.”

This is a very cost effective treatment of covid – no $1000+ treatment needed in many cases.

It would seem media is like a month slow to the science publication – discussion of Africa and covid rates – https://bgr.com/2020/09/03/coronavirus-spread-africa-outbreak-immunity-common-cold/

We discussed this back in 8/13 https://covid19mathblog.com/2020/08/covid-8-13-20/

An added point we needed to add from that discussion is the Darwinian impact. Africa likely has a greater younger mortality rate in general therefore those surviving to older age likely have a more stronger immune system than the general western society.

India leads the death chart at 1096

Leader in US death TX – but looks to be a major confirmation revision for MA -7636

Though TX leads in death the leading county is LA CA at 54

Big 4 reporting – Maricopa is showing an alarming high fatality rate of recent ~5%. Miami-Dade deaths are still not trending down yet.

Play the long game….note the only country that is not showing an increase in confirmation below….

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