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

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I started the COVID-19 "Serious" thread a while ago as things were starting to appear serious .. because I saw this virus as a serious growing danger and serious change of lifestyle if it continued to spread .. even to the point of worldwide danger



Some of the info in it is from bad sources .. even politically driven sources .. along with personal opinions not based on fact





Well, we now know things are VERY serious and getting out of control



THIS VIRUS is far more serious than when I posted the other thread .. and very much on the move around the world - It's growing and out of control at this time



There is some accurate and helpful info out there now that we can use to protect ourselves and our loved ones





[size=120]Can we please use this thread for info that people need and be info completely free of political and garbage political dominated media sites and misinformation .. and free of personal opinion



A thread to have a place where we could count on the information ...  and be only info that is true and can be used in our lives

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Just coming off a serious case of pnemonia that I have not mentioned, I stocked up yesterday so that I can isolate myself IF NEEDED



I'm not suggesting that for others at this point, but this virus is here now and needs to be taken seriously -



We are NOW at the point where [size=120]Good info is vital .. bad info is harmful[/size]

[Anonymous]

I started the COVID-19 "Serious" thread a while ago as things were starting to appear serious .. because I saw this virus as a serious growing danger and serious change of lifestyle if it continued to spread .. even to the point of worldwide danger



Some of the info in it is from bad sources .. even politically driven sources .. along with personal opinions not based on fact





Well, we now know things are VERY serious and getting out of control



THIS VIRUS is far more serious than when I posted the other thread .. and very much on the move around the world - It's growing and out of control at this time



There is some accurate and helpful info out there now that we can use to protect ourselves and our loved ones





[size=120]Can we please use this thread for info that people need and be info completely free of political and garbage political dominated media sites and misinformation .. and free of personal opinion



A thread to have a place where we could count on the information ...  and be only info that is true and can be used in our lives

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Free of bias, good luck ceec.

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lol .. ""Free of bias not allowed on the net



Here's an especially good world update - new cases and deaths tell if it's still advancing in that area for instance

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19.html">https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/ ... id-19.html">https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19.html



Here's States - if anyone finds one that has detail of new cases, new deaths etc it would show trends - please post better charts

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/03/health/us-coronavirus-cases-state-by-state/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/03/health/u ... index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/03/health/us-coronavirus-cases-state-by-state/index.html

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lol .. ""Free of bias not allowed on the net



Here's an especially good world update - new cases and deaths tell if it's still advancing in that area for instance

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19.html">https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/ ... id-19.html">https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19.html



Here's States - if anyone finds one that has detail of new cases, new deaths etc it would show trends - please post better charts

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/03/health/us-coronavirus-cases-state-by-state/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/03/health/u ... index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/03/health/us-coronavirus-cases-state-by-state/index.html

Very helpful.

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A US biotech firm has ramped up production of an experimental drug that has become a focal point for hopes of an effective treatment for coronavirus. The first clinical trial of the antiviral medicine remdesivir in Covid-19 patients is due to report its findings next month according to Gilead Sciences, which said it had accelerated manufacturing of the drug to increase its supplies "as rapidly as possible".



As the coronavirus outbreak has unfolded, about 300 separate trials into different drugs and experimental therapies have been launched in the absence of any established treatments. Many see remdesivir, originally developed to treat Ebola, as a frontrunner and one of the very few drugs that has a reasonable prospect of helping patients in the near-term.





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"As a therapy, it could potentially help make people's disease less severe, save lives for those hospitalised, and be used prophylactically for hospital workers and perhaps even in the community to limit spread out there," said Timothy Sheahan, a virologist who has studied the drug at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. But he added that the wider use of the drug in the unfolding epidemic was "completely contingent on its success or failure in the trials".While awaiting these results, doctors in the US, China and Italy are already using remdesivir on a compassionate basis to treat small numbers of patients with severe Covid-19. The first US patient, a 35-year-old man in Snohomish County, Washington, recovered, but the full trials are needed to assess whether the drug reduces the severity of symptoms and, crucially, mortality rates.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/10/hopes-rise-over-experimental-drugs-effectiveness-against-coronavirus">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... oronavirus">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/10/hopes-rise-over-experimental-drugs-effectiveness-against-coronavirus

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A US biotech firm has ramped up production of an experimental drug that has become a focal point for hopes of an effective treatment for coronavirus. The first clinical trial of the antiviral medicine remdesivir in Covid-19 patients is due to report its findings next month according to Gilead Sciences, which said it had accelerated manufacturing of the drug to increase its supplies "as rapidly as possible".



As the coronavirus outbreak has unfolded, about 300 separate trials into different drugs and experimental therapies have been launched in the absence of any established treatments. Many see remdesivir, originally developed to treat Ebola, as a frontrunner and one of the very few drugs that has a reasonable prospect of helping patients in the near-term.





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"As a therapy, it could potentially help make people's disease less severe, save lives for those hospitalised, and be used prophylactically for hospital workers and perhaps even in the community to limit spread out there," said Timothy Sheahan, a virologist who has studied the drug at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. But he added that the wider use of the drug in the unfolding epidemic was "completely contingent on its success or failure in the trials".While awaiting these results, doctors in the US, China and Italy are already using remdesivir on a compassionate basis to treat small numbers of patients with severe Covid-19. The first US patient, a 35-year-old man in Snohomish County, Washington, recovered, but the full trials are needed to assess whether the drug reduces the severity of symptoms and, crucially, mortality rates.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/10/hopes-rise-over-experimental-drugs-effectiveness-against-coronavirus">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... oronavirus">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/10/hopes-rise-over-experimental-drugs-effectiveness-against-coronavirus

A seasonal coronavirus will be around for the coming years even after we get this pandemic under control.

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I started the COVID-19 "Serious" thread a while ago as things were starting to appear serious .. because I saw this virus as a serious growing danger and serious change of lifestyle if it continued to spread .. even to the point of worldwide danger



Some of the info in it is from bad sources .. even politically driven sources .. along with personal opinions not based on fact





Well, we now know things are VERY serious and getting out of control



THIS VIRUS is far more serious than when I posted the other thread .. and very much on the move around the world - It's growing and out of control at this time



There is some accurate and helpful info out there now that we can use to protect ourselves and our loved ones





[size=120]Can we please use this thread for info that people need and be info completely free of political and garbage political dominated media sites and misinformation .. and free of personal opinion



A thread to have a place where we could count on the information ...  and be only info that is true and can be used in our lives

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I don't like watching American news about the coroanvirus because all it's all about blaming Trump..



I don't like watching Canadian news about coronavirus because they give our pm a pass and he's done nothing.

[Frood]

I started the COVID-19 "Serious" thread a while ago as things were starting to appear serious .. because I saw this virus as a serious growing danger and serious change of lifestyle if it continued to spread .. even to the point of worldwide danger



Some of the info in it is from bad sources .. even politically driven sources .. along with personal opinions not based on fact





Well, we now know things are VERY serious and getting out of control



THIS VIRUS is far more serious than when I posted the other thread .. and very much on the move around the world - It's growing and out of control at this time



There is some accurate and helpful info out there now that we can use to protect ourselves and our loved ones





[size=120]Can we please use this thread for info that people need and be info completely free of political and garbage political dominated media sites and misinformation .. and free of personal opinion



A thread to have a place where we could count on the information ...  and be only info that is true and can be used in our lives

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Accurate and valid depends on the biases of contributor... I've seen plenty of stuff in the other thread that were merely msm narratives/talking points and nothing else...

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TONIGHT!! -

 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-pelosi-house-coronavirus-bill">Pelosi, WH have agreement on coronavirus response bill after wrangling; House vote expected tonight



(hoping they did not have to agree to some whacky add ons initially proposed by dems  - I hope this is clean of the shit (many of their platforms that have NOTHING to do with the virus stuff previously demanded by Dems like killing very late terms etc. etc. ... such that Reps can agree and get it done tonight



Apparently it includes everything Trump suggested in today's speech

I don't like watching American news about the coroanvirus because all it's all about [size=120]blaming Trump[/size]..



I don't like watching Canadian news about coronavirus because they give our pm a pass and [size=120]he's done nothing[/size].

Exactly

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Britain reduces self quarantine to 7 days from 14, letting it spread:



https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEFocU9V9MFYT6SgRl6kc6H8qGQgEKhAIACoHCAow9935CjCe0eYCMLXxzAU?hl=en-GB&gl=GB&ceid=GB%3Aen">https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEF ... id=GB%3Aen">https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEFocU9V9MFYT6SgRl6kc6H8qGQgEKhAIACoHCAow9935CjCe0eYCMLXxzAU?hl=en-GB&gl=GB&ceid=GB%3Aen

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Britain reduces self quarantine to 7 days from 14, letting it spread:



https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEFocU9V9MFYT6SgRl6kc6H8qGQgEKhAIACoHCAow9935CjCe0eYCMLXxzAU?hl=en-GB&gl=GB&ceid=GB%3Aen">https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEF ... id=GB%3Aen">https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEFocU9V9MFYT6SgRl6kc6H8qGQgEKhAIACoHCAow9935CjCe0eYCMLXxzAU?hl=en-GB&gl=GB&ceid=GB%3Aen

ac_wot

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I really like what the Asian Tigers have done to slow/stop the spread of the pandemic. The US is taking the bull by the horns too. But, Europe and Canada cannot or will not get their collective act together.

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We have two confirmed cases now in Saskatchewan. Tomorrow is my last day on the rigs for the winter. I will be driving home late tomorrow night. I hope I don't catch when I get home.

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The US will have a second test available by Monday. There will be drive through tests as Walgreens and Walmart.