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COVID-19 Update Morning 2-14-2020
There are currently 65,213 confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide, including 1,486 fatalities. Of which 4,823 new cases and 116 new deaths were reported in Hubei province, China. . There are several trends...
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COVID-19/SARS-CoV2 Update 2-23-2020 — When the “New Versailles Class” Meets...
The themes of this update will be on issues of COVID-19 spread, testing, public health institutional credibility, some e-mails evaluating the CDC and our elites, and my personal analysis of same after...
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SARS-CoV2/COVID-19 Evening Update 2-25-2020: The Pandemic Hide the Name &...
The themes of this update will be on issues of COVID-19 spread, World Headlines, border closings, the CDC news conference, developments with fomite spread, how American Public Health institutions...
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SARS-CoV2/COVID-10 Update 3-5-2020 —“As long as you remember to keep...
Issues covered will be on COVID-19 spread, World Headlines, the 3-4-2020 Seattle Public Health Press conference, World Headlind Summary, Corruption at the WHO, Bad and good news COVID-19 medical...
View ArticleCrisis Remote Working: What Will be the Long-Term Effects?
A lot of people…office workers, students…are going to be getting their first experience of remote working, and a lot of organizations are going to be getting either their first experience or a greatly...
View ArticleIt is time to start the economy again.
I have previously described the COVID 19 virus, which is also referred to as Wuhan virus, to the annoyance of the China friendly US Media. The consequences for the US economy have been severe. The most...
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Ventilator manifold can quadruple number of people on ventilation
A paper published in 2014 documents the invention of a ventilator manifold which can lead to up to 4 people sharing a ventilator. You can find the paper here and an article describing the invention...
View ArticleTexas Aggie Doctor Reports — Clinical Pearls Covid 19 for ER practitioners
The following information is from a front line ER doctor using the handle of ‘nawlinsag’ on a Texas Aggie web site. I’ve included the link below. I’ve also included the complete text of his post in...
View ArticleVentilator Math
So Andrew Cuomo says that they need up to 40,000 ventilators in New York City. But “the number of ventilators we need is so astronomical,” Cuomo warned, pegging the “apex number” of ventilators that...
View ArticleDueling Doctors
In the blue corner, we have the joint statement on multiple patients on ventilators by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC), American Society...
View ArticleStuff Is Going To “Fall Off The Truck”
In my previous post I hinted that perhaps Mr. Cuomo doesn’t really need forty thousand ventilators for the Covid-19 crisis in New York. A lively and interesting discussion ensued and I thank the...
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“A Fresh Perspective on the Covid-19 Numbers”
Robert Prost emails: I wanted to share with you, my take on the corona virus situation in the United States. But first, a brief introduction. I am professor emeritus at the Medical College of...
View ArticleOne Million Health Care Workers
As I was driving to work today I heard on Bloomberg that presidential candidate Andrew Cuomo requested a million health care workers to help with the crisis in New York. “A million!” I said to myself...
View ArticleSARS-CoV2/COVID-19 Update, Easter 2020 edition
There are lots of hopeful reports — despite the USA COVID-19 infections being over 1/2 million and the total deaths of over 20,000 people — that the pandemic will soon be “Over.” This is fantasy...
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“A Fresh Perspective on the Covid-19 Numbers”– Part 2
Robert Prost follows up his previous email (posted here): Plotted below are the covid-19 confirmed cases for Wisconsin. The data is graphed so that the first derivative plot is scaled up for better...
View ArticleCytokine storms
Covid-19, as a virus, generally does not directly kill. Instead, it fools our own immune system into killing us via the mechanism of a cytokine storm. It is not the only disease that can provoke...
View ArticleVirus Transmission Modes
Here’s an article with data…or at least assertions…about various ways in which Covid-19 spreads and their relative risks. To the extent that data at this level of detail can be obtained and verified,...
View ArticleIn the Field
Sometimes, long after first reading a book or watching a movie and enjoying it very much, I have come back to re-reading or watching, and then wondering what I had ever seen in that in the first place....
View ArticleObamacare – The COVID-19 Virus of U.S. Healthcare Insurance
It tricks its way in and infects the vital organs. Obamacare promised to reduce the cost and improve the availability of health care services in the U.S. without reducing the quality, generally...
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Reopening — III (Theory ∧ Practice)
“We should act incrementally as prudent risk minimizers and pursue any effective no-regrets options. We do not have to wait for the formulation and acceptance of grand strategies, for the emergence of...
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