Emergence of a Deadly Coronavirus

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I think there may be a significant discrepancy between "where most of the money and power is" vs "what people need most in a time of a crisis". Lobbying follows the former, not the latter.

More simply stated: "Follow the money!"

Indeed

He sounds like he's hyping his stock.

His stock is up 83% today.

He claims "100% inhibition" , yet, he's done no human testing, and what drug is ever 100%?

Then he makes sweeping conclusions "you don't need the social distancing. You can open up a society without fear".

It is a possibility. That is why I titled it ANOTHER POTENTIAL TREATMENT.
But there are also many potential treatments that are undergoing trials, even human trials.

As I recall in past pandemics, the media quickly latched onto a potential cure. It received all the press. It never really panned out. So it is important to not put all your eggs in one basket. Some cures will pan out and others will flop.

But if you happen to contract this coronavirus, it might be important to know what some of these cures or potential options which are available.

I saw this cartoon and thought it was rather cute. It came from the following article. Word of the week: ‘R number’

The article was rather interesting and fits very well with the cartoon.
The article also introduces some rather new interesting phrases - ‘Offence’ virus, ‘Phobia Denunciation’ Virus, ‘You’ve Stolen Our Future’ Virus, and ‘Follow The Science’ virus.

yup.. A month ago i saw a picture in the news Huge lines of unemployed ppl...
now... in pak....
who were being given help frm government ...

Most Already poverty stricken (maybe for generations)
n now entirely without any income. Poor countries hit the worst .. Refugee camps festering grounds fr covid19..

Situations in countries with conflict worsened..

Bomb blast destroyed a maternity ward in Afghanistan recently (few days ago)..



Saw it about couple who had been trying to conceive for years. The Baby was born.. N died in this bomb blast.


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On a New York highway: "Cuomo killed my mom"

MORTALITY RATES: MALE vs. FEMALE

Men's blood has higher levels of a vital enzyme used by the novel coronavirus to infect cells, according to a new European study, which could help explain why men are more vulnerable to COVID-19 infection.

Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is located in the heart, kidneys and other organs. Researchers believe that it plays a role in how the infection from COVID-19 progresses into the lungs.

The study, published Sunday in the European Heart Journal, also found that popular drugs called ACE inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers did not lead to higher ACE2 concentrations and should therefore not increase the COVID-19 risk for people taking them.

“Our findings do not support the discontinuation of these drugs in COVID-19 patients as has been suggested by earlier reports," Adriaan Voors, professor of Cardiology at the University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands, who led the study, said in a statement.

The study did have its limitations, however. It examined ACE2 concentrations in plasma, not in tissues such as lung tissue. And the patients involved in the study did not have COVID-19, so the researchers cannot provide a direct link between the course of the disease and ACE2 plasma concentrations.

“When we found that one of the strongest biomarkers, ACE2, was much higher in men than in women, I realised that this had the potential to explain why men were more likely to die from COVID-19 than women," said the first author of the study, Iziah Sama from UMC Groningen.

ACE2 is found not only in the lungs, but also the heart, kidneys and the tissues lining blood vessels, and there are particularly high levels in the testes. Scientists have speculated that its regulation in the testes might partially explain higher ACE2 concentrations in men, and why men are more vulnerable to COVID-19.

Source: Men have high levels of enzyme key to COVID-19 infection, study finds

Is NY still so grey in May? Trees are leafless on this picture. When do leaves regrow in the spring in NY?

I'm in Connecticut. If it hasn't leafed out yet it's dead.

We are mostly green and leafy in NYC.

It’s 28 Celsius with sunny skies now.

Well, I don't know the full story, but to me, this photo looks like made in the winter. Whoever was blaming his mother's death on Cuomo, it was a different story than what's happening now.

It could be way up north.

Trust me.....you would want to be in the north during the summer

The average maximum temperature in July is 30 Celsius.

We were early with some blooms because of a very mild winter. Late with some blooms because of a very cool spring.

It was 2 Celsius with some snowflakes a week ago.

I took my wife to Hawaii for a second honeymoon a few months ago. Hawaii is fairly laid back but much of their economy relies heavily on tourism (quite a bit from Japan) and that makes them very vulnerable to threats like the coronavirus.

While we were exploring the different islands, we decided to travel by bus. For senior citizens, like us, the cost is only one dollar to the end of the bus line (45 miles distant). Well we were waiting for the bus to come, there was a native Hawaiian also waiting. A car drove by with some natives flying a large flag out of their sunroof. I asked the Hawaiian what was the flag for. He said they were protesting. Apparently the U.S. government was planning to build a large telescope on top one of their tall mountains and they objected. It was a sacred mountain. The Hawaiian was complaining that in recent years many jobs have dried up on the islands. No more sugar cane production. I think the pineapple farms have taken a big hit. He wrapped the telescope into his list of disconnects.

So the following headline caught my attention. Hawaii could face civil unrest, rioting if coronavirus reopening doesn't happen quicker, top official says



This is a photo of Waikiki Beach in Honolulu taken on March 28. Notice it is almost empty. When we were there it was wall-to-wall people. This is the legacy of the coronavirus.

Hawaii’s top emergency response official said Monday he fears there will be civil unrest and rioting if the state doesn’t speed up its process of reopening the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“If we let the economy go the way it’s going, there will be, I feel, significant unrest that could lead to civil disobedience. In worst case, civil disturbance and rioting,” Maj. Gen. Kenneth Hara, the state director of emergency management, told lawmakers Monday.

Hara, who heads the state's coronavirus response team, argued before the state House Select Committee on COVID-19 in Honolulu Monday that, despite pushback from the department of health, Hawaii must accept the risk of an increase in new infections because the longer they wait, the harder it will be for the economy to recover, KHON2 reported.

“At some point we need to accept risk,” Hara said. “We have to accept that people will get infected and we have to push it to the threshold of what our health-care system can handle.”

Hawaii, as of Wednesday, has recorded 635 confirmed coronavirus cases, with 17 deaths, according to the state department of health. Just one new case was recorded within the last 24-hour period. At least 81 COVID-19 patients have required hospitalization.

The state’s tourist-centric economy, meanwhile, has taken a serious blow since the governor’s stay-at-home order took effect on March 25, which shut down all non-essential businesses and forced restaurants to switch to take-out or delivery.

Travel has plummeted to the islands both due to fears of infection and a mandatory 14-day quarantine for anyone coming from out of state. More than 100 hotels have closed their doors.

I guess if I had some words of advice for the governor of Hawaii it would be don't stand in the way of opening up the state. Don't paint yourself as a bad guy. Realize that even if you open up the state, the doors will not instantly fly open. Tourist will not flock into your state. I wonder how many aircraft fly into Hawaii at the moment, how many cruise ships are operating!