COVID-19 >>"True and Helpful" Covid Information Thread

[cc]

Must be ... further it's moved to the south of Italy which does not have as many or as good facilities



hell on earth there .. and growing like wildfire

[Anonymous]

Must be ... further it's moved to the south of Italy which does not have as many or as good facilities



hell on earth there .. and growing like wildfire

They forty some thousand confirmed cases and more deaths than China had. And nothing they do seems to slow the spread.

[Frood]

Must be ... further it's moved to the south of Italy which does not have as many or as good facilities



hell on earth there .. and growing like wildfire

They forty some thousand confirmed cases and more deaths than China had. And nothing they do seems to slow the spread.

Might be a cultural thing... Italians are known for kisses and embraces...asymptomatic Italians early on could have seeded each other...

[Anonymous]

How long did it take to create a vaccine for SARS.

[Odinson]

Doing the Hitler salute is the new way of shaking hands.

[Anonymous]

How long did it take to create a vaccine for SARS.

I can't remember IHJ..



Only eight thousand people caught it.

[Anonymous]

If you can, please help.



Food Banks Canada: Providing food to those in need can be difficult at the best of times. With COVID-19, that task just got harder. Needs have gone up, available volunteers have gone down, and additional measures to keep workers and users safe make this work more challenging. You can support them here.



Children's Aid Foundation: Canada's leading national charity dedicated to improving the lives of children and youth in/from the child welfare system. COVID-19 has made Canada's most vulnerable kids even more vulnerable. You can support them here.



Kids Help Phone: With social distancing and school closures across the country, children and young adults have access to even fewer mental health supports. Friends, teachers, guidance counsellors and school nurses are no longer there, with many adults re-deployed or isolated to help control the outbreak. You can support them here.



Unison Benevolent Fund: Unison Benevolent Fund is a non-profit, registered charity that provides counselling and emergency relief services to the Canadian music community, which has been particularly hard hit by COVID-19. You can support them here.



Alzheimer's Society: Providing care and support to Canadians living with Alzheimer's and related dementias is challenging at the best of times. However, with COVID-19 posing such a threat to elderly populations, it's imperative those with Alzheimer's and dementia are able to continue receiving the care they need. The Alzheimer's Society works nationwide to support Canadians living with Alzheimer's and related dementias. You can support them here.



Of course, this list represents just a small sampling of the thousands of Canadian charities and non-profits working to help our country win the fight against COVID-19.

[cc]

You are definitely one of the most responsible posters, seoul

[Anonymous]

If you can, please help.



Food Banks Canada: Providing food to those in need can be difficult at the best of times. With COVID-19, that task just got harder. Needs have gone up, available volunteers have gone down, and additional measures to keep workers and users safe make this work more challenging. You can support them here.



Children's Aid Foundation: Canada's leading national charity dedicated to improving the lives of children and youth in/from the child welfare system. COVID-19 has made Canada's most vulnerable kids even more vulnerable. You can support them here.



Kids Help Phone: With social distancing and school closures across the country, children and young adults have access to even fewer mental health supports. Friends, teachers, guidance counsellors and school nurses are no longer there, with many adults re-deployed or isolated to help control the outbreak. You can support them here.



Unison Benevolent Fund: Unison Benevolent Fund is a non-profit, registered charity that provides counselling and emergency relief services to the Canadian music community, which has been particularly hard hit by COVID-19. You can support them here.



Alzheimer's Society: Providing care and support to Canadians living with Alzheimer's and related dementias is challenging at the best of times. However, with COVID-19 posing such a threat to elderly populations, it's imperative those with Alzheimer's and dementia are able to continue receiving the care they need. The Alzheimer's Society works nationwide to support Canadians living with Alzheimer's and related dementias. You can support them here.



Of course, this list represents just a small sampling of the thousands of Canadian charities and non-profits working to help our country win the fight against COVID-19.

excellent seoul.

[Anonymous]

The Seoul brother is a good man.



Some hope people.



https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-03-22/coronavirus-outbreak-nobel-laureate">https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2 ... l-laureate">https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-03-22/coronavirus-outbreak-nobel-laureate

Why this Nobel laureate predicts a quicker coronavirus recovery: 'We're going to be fine'



Michael Levitt, a Nobel laureate and Stanford biophysicist, began analyzing the number of COVID-19 cases worldwide in January and correctly calculated that China would get through the worst of its coronavirus outbreak long before many health experts had predicted.



Now he foresees a similar outcome in the United States and the rest of the world.



While many epidemiologists are warning of months, or even years, of massive social disruption and millions of deaths, Levitt says the data simply don't support such a dire scenario — especially in areas where reasonable social distancing measures are in place.



"What we need is to control the panic," he said. In the grand scheme, "we're going to be fine."

[Anonymous]

The Seoul brother is a good man.



Some hope people.



https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-03-22/coronavirus-outbreak-nobel-laureate">https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2 ... l-laureate">https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-03-22/coronavirus-outbreak-nobel-laureate

Why this Nobel laureate predicts a quicker coronavirus recovery: 'We're going to be fine'



Michael Levitt, a Nobel laureate and Stanford biophysicist, began analyzing the number of COVID-19 cases worldwide in January and correctly calculated that China would get through the worst of its coronavirus outbreak long before many health experts had predicted.



Now he foresees a similar outcome in the United States and the rest of the world.



While many epidemiologists are warning of months, or even years, of massive social disruption and millions of deaths, Levitt says the data simply don't support such a dire scenario — especially in areas where reasonable social distancing measures are in place.



"What we need is to control the panic," he said. In the grand scheme, "we're going to be fine."

That would be good news if true.

[Gaon]

India is imposing a 21 day lock down for all of it's 1.3 billion people.

[Blazor]

I think I saw on BF yesterday that some symptoms are lack of taste and smell, as well as "allergy eyes", not the white part, looks like red eye shadow.

[Anonymous]

I think I saw on BF yesterday that some symptoms are lack of taste and smell, as well as "allergy eyes", not the white part, looks like red eye shadow.

Not everybody has the same symptoms. Dry cough and breathing difficulty seem to be the most common sysmptoms.

[cc]

https://www.foxnews.com/science/coronavirus-has-stable-genome-study-vaccine-could-help-over-many-years">A touch of positive news in a sea of bad news .. albeit future and not present



Coronavirus has 'stable genome,' study suggests, so vaccine could help 'over many years'



Currently, there is no known specific medicine to treat the novel coronavirus, but researchers in Italy suggest that the COVID-19 disease is slow to mutate, based on its genetic material.



This finding could aid in helping large swaths of people over an extended period of time once a specific cure is found.



The study, which was produced by two independent teams in the country, used "a new next-generation sequencing (NGS) research assay" from Thermo Fisher Scientific on Italian COVID-19 patients. The experts then compared them to a sample from the original outbreak to come up with their findings.



"Had we investigated other viruses we might have expected up to dozens of new mutations after so many infectious cycles in patients," professor Stefano Menzo, head of Virology at Ancona University Hospital, said in a statement. "Our initial data show that this is a very stable RNA virus, with only five novel variants. A virus with a stable genome is good news for vaccine development because it indicates that the effectiveness of vaccines could be more consistent, possibly over many years."