[OFF TOPIC] Coronavirus Pandemic

[heywoodu 15,141]

3 minutes ago, Griff88 said:

But nowadays more and more people believe that their doctor is random WhatsApp messages 

 

I wonder how surprised we should be with that in an age where there apparently are still tons of people thinking rhino horn powder gives you bigger erections.

Edited March 26, 2020 by heywoodu

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4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

I wonder how surprised we should be with that in an age where there apparently are still tons of people thinking rhino horn powder gives you bigger erections.

 

Ha ha those ancient days.

[Griff88 1,952]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

I wonder how surprised we should be with that in an age where there apparently are still tons of people thinking rhino horn powder gives you bigger erections.

 

Which is actually funnier since the actual Compendium entry for rhino horn is for curing fever, poisoning, and 'devil posession'

[heywoodu 15,141]

1 minute ago, Griff88 said:

 

Which is actually funnier since the actual Compendium entry for rhino horn is for curing fever, poisoning, and 'devil posession'

 

It is officially entered anywhere?  

[Griff88 1,952]

Record number in Indonesia: 103 new cases and 20 deaths

[Dolby 735]

Regarding Chloroquine:
 

In absence of a universal medicine, doctors all over the world are using different combinations to treat the patients. Chloroquine is a known drug for Malaria. Some doctors claimed that it was effective in Covid-19 as well. Trump was irresponsible in declaring it as a sure cure without enough clinical trials. We need to give people hope that a vaccine or atleast an effective treatment is around the corner but Trump should not have named the drug. 

[dcro 10,210]

16 minutes ago, Dolby said:

Regarding Chloroquine:
 

In absence of a universal medicine, doctors all over the world are using different combinations to treat the patients. Chloroquine is a known drug for Malaria. Some doctors claimed that it was effective in Covid-19 as well. Trump was irresponsible in declaring it as a sure cure without enough clinical trials. We need to give people hope that a vaccine or atleast an effective treatment is around the corner but Trump should not have named the drug. 

 

He also praised Croatian-discovered Azithromycin.

 

But yeah, in that case also not enough tests have been made to deem that the medicine is beneficial.

[Agger 1,663]

Denmark is finally preparing to do more testing. Up to 5000 a day is expected. Yesterday just below 16.000 had been tested.

 

So expect the Danish numbers to move up the next week or so. 

The numbers of people hospitalized is still growing also in the ICUs where the last couple of days has seen a significant growth at aout 25 %. Hope it won't stay at that rate. Then it will get rough in a week or so.

[heywoodu 15,141]

About testing in the Netherlands: it's still very limited due to very limited resources. They're especially in need of a certain kind of liquid used for the tests. Laboratories can quite easily create this mix if they have the 'recipe', but the Swiss manufacturer of the testing machines (pharmaceutical giant Roche) is refusing to share said recipe and can't deliver enough. They can't use those of different manufacturers, because when using machines and equipment of manufacturer A, you need the other stuff of manufacturer A as well.

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2 hours ago, Agger said:

Denmark is finally preparing to do more testing. Up to 5000 a day is expected. Yesterday just below 16.000 had been tested.

 

So expect the Danish numbers to move up the next week or so. 

The numbers of people hospitalized is still growing also in the ICUs where the last couple of days has seen a significant growth at aout 25 %. Hope it won't stay at that rate. Then it will get rough in a week or so.

 

Good news to hear about this, Massive testing and increasing the testing kids are the best resources to curb the virus.