We Are The World - 2020 Version

https://youtu.be/lTK84KEDMW8

We Are The World - 2020 Version

New York musicians and singers recently faithfully reproduced the sound of the original "We Are The World" from their Long Island homes while in quarantine.

Everyday inspiration from NY

https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/wear-mask-new-york-ad-contest-cast-your-vote

How did we get along without bitmojis

Oh that Dave !

Filters for homemade masks

Re filter material for extra layer inside the mask.  

Scientists around the country have taken it upon themselves to identify everyday materials that do a better job of filtering microscopic particles. In recent tests, HEPA furnace filters scored well, as did vacuum cleaner bags, layers of 600-count pillowcases and fabric similar to flannel pajamas. Stacked coffee filters had medium scores. Scarves and bandanna material had the lowest scores, but still captured a small percentage of particles.

 

If you don’t have any of the materials that were tested, a simple light test can help you decide whether a fabric is a good candidate for a mask.  “Hold it up to a bright light,” said Dr. Scott Segal, chairman of anesthesiology at Wake Forest Baptist Health who recently studied homemade masks. “If light passes really easily through the fibers and you can almost see the fibers, it’s not a good fabric. If it’s a denser weave of thicker material and light doesn’t pass through it as much, that’s the material you want to use.”

DIY Tracing Tracking

I am isolated but have not heard a word about tracing COVID-19 in CV.  So I am begging all positive people whether symptomatic or not (and their friends and helpers) to look back and let people know who they may have been close to.  Hopefully physicians are also encouraging this. Plus all the washing, isolating, social distancing, masks, measures too.

 

Here is advice from Phoenix healthcare (our testers) 5/11:

We are advising all positive patients to self quarantine themselves and to notify their Primary Care Physician. If they do not have a Physician available, they can contact our Physician.

The CDC advises that any patient that has tested negative but has symptoms associated to COVID-19. They should still self quarantine themselves and notify their Primary Care Physician. If they do not have a Physician available, they can contact our Physician.

Dr. Catherine Arevalo

P- (407)  378-6686

C- (561) 574-9186  

Double blind in the hearing today (hydroxychloroquine)

Dr Bright and Rep. Bilirakis did not know:

A new study -- the largest of its kind -- shows that hydroxychloroquine, the drug touted by President Trump, does not work against Covid-19 and could cause heart problems.

The study was published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. It follows a study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine that also showed the drug doesn't fight the virus.

Even before these reports were published, the US Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health issued warnings about using the drugs for coronavirus patients.

"The nail has virtually been put in the coffin of hydroxychloroquine," said Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease expert and longtime adviser to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In the most recent study, researchers at the University at Albany looked at 1,438 patients with coronavirus who were admitted to 25 New York City area hospitals. After statistical adjustments, the death rate for patients taking hydroxychloroquine was similar to those who did not take the drug. The death rate for those taking hydroxychloroquine plus the antibiotic azithromycin, was also similar.

However, the patients who took the drug combination were more than twice as likely to suffer cardiac arrest during the course of the study. Heart issues are a known side effect of hydroxychloroquine.

Thailand simple methods work

Thailand has one of the most successful campaigns against Coronavirus,

This is how:

They spend most of their time outdoors,  pale skin and sunlight makes sure they have enough Vit D.

They turn off a/c and open all windows.

Masks are almost universally worn.

Travel is mostly by moped, not public transport or cars.

At shopping stores and mall, your temperature is taken before you go in.

Doormen splash your hands with alcohol cleaner.

Shopping baskets are cleaned after every use.

There is testing of hotspots and tracing and quarantine, also names of positives are published so chain of infection can be found.

People are sensible.