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Post by Boom! on Mar 27, 2020 22:02:46 GMT -5
This article and video describe how the virus invaded the lungs of a generally healthy 59 year old whose only risk factor was high blood pressure. The man went quickly from asymptomatic to serious respiratory distress: www.cnn.com/2020/03/26/health/covid-19-lung-damage-video/index.htmlEarlier reports suggest that the covid-19 virus attacks cell receptors that regulate blood pressure in order to cleavage the cell. It might make sense to not only test body temperature, but also blood pressure, as a way to monitor potential symptoms and/or risk of covid-19 infections. Is There a High Blood Pressure and Coronavirus Link? www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=229079
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2020 13:31:38 GMT -5
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Post by volleylearner on Mar 28, 2020 15:00:29 GMT -5
Good article, though the last part was way too optimistic (I realize it was presented as only one possibility). I also don't really see these times as comparable to WW-II and 9/11. STEM is front-and-center in a pandemic, but not in a war.
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Post by cindra on Mar 28, 2020 15:16:43 GMT -5
Good article, though the last part was way too optimistic (I realize it was presented as only one possibility). I also don't really see these times as comparable to WW-II and 9/11. STEM is front-and-center in a pandemic, but not in a war. It's certainly not a military engagement, but the mobilization of manpower and industry is certainly similar to the mobilization during a war. DPA in effect, massive tent hospitals being built in cities, people significantly changing their daily routines, some rationing (though voluntary mostly). Remains to be seen if patriotism or anger with the government arises out of this. I don't think "rally around the flag" will be nearly as strong with this than with military conflicts.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2020 16:10:29 GMT -5
Good article, though the last part was way too optimistic (I realize it was presented as only one possibility). I also don't really see these times as comparable to WW-II and 9/11. STEM is front-and-center in a pandemic, but not in a war. There were two endings presented, however. The first one was not optimistic at all.
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Post by volleylearner on Mar 28, 2020 16:44:43 GMT -5
Good article, though the last part was way too optimistic (I realize it was presented as only one possibility). I also don't really see these times as comparable to WW-II and 9/11. STEM is front-and-center in a pandemic, but not in a war. There were two endings presented, however. The first one was not optimistic at all. Yes, sorry I wasn't clear. I should have expressed my disappointment in both endings being too extreme, though I felt the pessimistic one was slightly less unrealistic.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2020 17:04:52 GMT -5
Yes. I'm afraid scenario one is much more likely. Or something closer to that if it's a spectrum of possibilities, which it is, of course.
Why? Because this country is full of stupid people.
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Post by volleylearner on Mar 28, 2020 18:48:00 GMT -5
Yes. I'm afraid scenario one is much more likely. Or something closer to that if it's a spectrum of possibilities, which it is, of course. Why? Because this country is full of stupid people. I'm sure there are many who believe that--often about each other--but perhaps the problem is more that we are "full" than the intellectual acumen of the population. Scaling organizations is hard.
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Post by preschooler on Mar 28, 2020 18:52:27 GMT -5
My family has two in the hospital not here in Kirkland but in NYC One who is my age covid positive the other her 90 year old mother who is not expected to make it. Update all of this family is now positive. Two at home one in hospital on ventilator. Grandmother has died. Other family in Idaho a niece lpn works in a hospital ER home with symptoms quarantined unable to get test to confirm diagnosis.
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Post by volleylearner on Mar 28, 2020 21:40:30 GMT -5
My family has two in the hospital not here in Kirkland but in NYC One who is my age covid positive the other her 90 year old mother who is not expected to make it. Update all of this family is now positive. Two at home one in hospital on ventilator. Grandmother has died. Other family in Idaho a niece lpn works in a hospital ER home with symptoms quarantined unable to get test to confirm diagnosis.
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Post by hammer on Mar 28, 2020 22:12:07 GMT -5
Good article, though the last part was way too optimistic (I realize it was presented as only one possibility). I also don't really see these times as comparable to WW-II and 9/11. STEM is front-and-center in a pandemic, but not in a war. Easy read, but disappointing from a scientific standpoint. No modeling data was presented, no mention of vectoring, and the conclusions were too simplistic.
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Post by azvb on Mar 28, 2020 22:56:02 GMT -5
My family has two in the hospital not here in Kirkland but in NYC One who is my age covid positive the other her 90 year old mother who is not expected to make it. Update all of this family is now positive. Two at home one in hospital on ventilator. Grandmother has died. Other family in Idaho a niece lpn works in a hospital ER home with symptoms quarantined unable to get test to confirm diagnosis. So sorry. How awful
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Post by XAsstCoach on Mar 29, 2020 6:18:05 GMT -5
My family has two in the hospital not here in Kirkland but in NYC One who is my age covid positive the other her 90 year old mother who is not expected to make it. Update all of this family is now positive. Two at home one in hospital on ventilator. Grandmother has died. Other family in Idaho a niece lpn works in a hospital ER home with symptoms quarantined unable to get test to confirm diagnosis. Sorry to hear this š¢
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Post by ironhammer on Mar 29, 2020 8:24:30 GMT -5
My family has two in the hospital not here in Kirkland but in NYC One who is my age covid positive the other her 90 year old mother who is not expected to make it. Update all of this family is now positive. Two at home one in hospital on ventilator. Grandmother has died. Other family in Idaho a niece lpn works in a hospital ER home with symptoms quarantined unable to get test to confirm diagnosis. I wish them a speedy and full recovery.
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Post by ironhammer on Mar 29, 2020 8:24:56 GMT -5
Latest research suggest the coronavirus may have transmitted to humans for years if not decades, but until the Wuhan outbreak it was not easy for the virus to cause human to human transmission or trigger severe diseases, thereby escaping detection. A recent mutation likely cause it to be more transmittable from humans to humans and make them come down with symptoms: www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3077442/coronavirus-pathogen-could-have-been-spreading-humans-decadesAn international team of scientists say the coronavirus may have jumped from animal to humans long before the first detection in China. Photo: APAn international team of scientists say the coronavirus may have jumped from animal to humans long before the first detection in China. Photo: AP
The coronavirus that causes Covid-19 might have been quietly spreading among humans for years or even decades before the sudden outbreak that sparked a global health crisis, according to an investigation by some of the worldās top virus hunters.
Researchers from the United States, Britain and Australia looked at piles of data released by scientists around the world for clues about the virusā evolutionary past, and found it might have made the jump from animal to humans long before the first detection in the central China city of Wuhan.
Though there could be other possibilities, the scientists said the coronavirus carried a unique mutation that was not found in suspected animal hosts, but was likely to occur during repeated, small-cluster infections in humans.
Dr Francis Collins, director of the US National Institute of Health, who was not involved in the research, said the study suggested a possible scenario in which the coronavirus crossed from animals into humans before it became capable of causing disease in people. āThen, as a result of gradual evolutionary changes over years or perhaps decades, the virus eventually gained the ability to spread from human to human and cause serious, often life-threatening disease,ā he said in an article published on the instituteās website on Thursday.
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