Coronavirus

WHO just declared a world health emergency. Something about countries with poor health standards.

Six in the USA, with the husband in Chicago. Haven't heard of any deaths outside of China.

Ever play pandemic? It's like an android phone thing. Old.

Eye didn't click on it either. It's not recently as much as just don't go there. 

France has a YELLOW ALERT.

Waiting for my procedure. Only about half the folk here are wearing hazmat suits. The teachers of course, as this is a teaching hospital.

Guess I was just dreaming. At Waffle House now. Fiesta omelette!

RIP Ron...

From Today's Boston Globe.   The "Pandemic" is becoming reality.  The pandemic model developed by John Hopkins's predicts 65 million deaths. 
Think about it.  Let's hope we figure this out before it becomes reality
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NEW YORK — The Wuhan coronavirus spreading from China is now likely to become a pandemic that circles the globe, according to many of the world’s leading infectious disease specialists.

The prospect is daunting. A pandemic — an ongoing epidemic on two or more continents — may well have global consequences, despite the extraordinary travel restrictions and quarantines imposed by China and other countries, including the United States.

Scientists do not yet know how lethal the new coronavirus is, however, so there is uncertainty about how much damage a pandemic might cause. But there is growing consensus that the pathogen is readily transmitted between humans.

The Wuhan coronavirus is spreading more like influenza, which is highly transmissible, than like its slow-moving viral cousins, SARS and MERS, scientists have found.

“It’s very, very transmissible, and it almost certainly is going to be a pandemic,” said Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease.

Thai doctors have seen success in treating severe cases of the new coronavirus with combination of medications for flu and HIV, with initial results showing vast improvement 48 hours after applying the treatment, they said on Sunday.

The doctors from Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok said a new approach in coronavirus treatment had improved the condition of several patients under their care, including one 70-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan who tested positive for the coronavirus for 10 days.

www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/cocktail-of-flu-hiv-drugs-appears-to-help-fight-coronavirus-thai-doctors/story-4TTLC78ThbkLYYh46bvJ7O.html