Everything COVID-19

[Bob In PA]

As many as 90 percent of all POSITIVE coronavirus tests may have actually been NEGATIVE.  Here's why:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/health/coronavirus-testing.html

[MightyGiants]

As many as 90 percent of all POSITIVE coronavirus tests may have actually been NEGATIVE.  Here's why:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/health/coronavirus-testing.html

I have to say, I don't agree with anything about that article.   It was shoddy science that made a lot of claims that simply are not backed with any facts.  On top of that, there was no accounting for the variable of how samples are gathered.

[LennG]

Dr. Fauci Warns COVID Could Get 'Multiple Times' Worse

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/dr-fauci-warns-covid-could-get-multiple-times-worse/ar-BB18whk2?ocid=msedgdhp

Dr. Fauci Says African-Americans Get More Infections Because of 'Social Determinants'

Dr. Fauci Says African-Americans are Hit Worse Because of Pre-Existing Conditions

Dr. Fauci Says African-Americans

[Bob In PA]

I have to say, I don't agree with anything about that article.   It was shoddy science that made a lot of claims that simply are not backed with any facts.  On top of that, there was no accounting for the variable of how samples are gathered.

Rich: It's got a lot of "wriggle-room" in it.  AS MANY AS..... MAY HAVE BEEN....  they're still investigating, now that doctors' attention has been called to the measurement parameters under which the test is run.  Bob

[MightyGiants]

Rich: It's got a lot of "wriggle-room" in it.  AS MANY AS..... MAY HAVE BEEN....  they're still investigating, now that doctors' attention has been called to the measurement parameters under which the test is run.  Bob

Bob,

You know when it comes to Covid, I will tell you what I think from my background.  When I see something shoddy, I will tell you.  If you post something I agree with even partially I will tell you.   This is just bad work all the way around, in my opinion.   Not only that, you, as a layperson, came away with an incorrect conclusion (one of my big tests for quality).  The argument wasn't that the positive tests were negative, but rather they are arguing (without proper evidence) that the positive tests (because of the sensitivity) are flagging infected people who are no longer infectious.




Here is something Covid related that troubles me.  This is a great way to make things worse

University of Alabama orders faculty to keep quiet about outbreak


If professors become aware of an infection,

[uconnjack8]

Study of some cheap and readily available steroids shows positive results.

https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN25T20D?__twitter_impression=true

[MightyGiants]

I find this article troubling.   It's these sort of issues that make me want to keep the spread of Covid to the smallest amount possible

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/covid-19-can-wreck-your-heart-even-if-you-havent-had-any-symptoms/

[Ed Vette]

Any off topic comments will be removed.

[MightyGiants]

I think we all tend to think of Covid as killing off mostly the elderly and the medically weak.    I was a bit shocked to learn this statistic


Law Enforcement Line of duty as of September 2nd

Covid-   100
Gun Fire- 35
Auto Related- 33
All Other- 13


Officers are men and women who are generally not elderly or informed.  So it's striking that in a hazardous occupation such as this one, Covid has killed more officers than all other deaths combined. 

[MightyGiants]

Parth Upadhyaya
@pupadhyaya_
BREAKING: #PennState's director of athletic medicine, Wayne Sebastianelli, says that cardiac MRI scans revealed that roughly 30-35 percent of Big Ten athletes who tested positive for COVID-19 appeared to have myocarditis. centredaily.com/sports/college

[uconnjack8]

Sad to see people so young die from this disease.

https://apnews.com/4ee025ba6c4c19c024ce384503f23ef3

[MightyGiants]

Sad to see people so young die from this disease.

https://apnews.com/4ee025ba6c4c19c024ce384503f23ef3

She was obese.   Obesity seems to be a major risk factor

[uconnjack8]

This will be a widespread problem relatively quickly. 
https://www.grandforksherald.com/newsmd/coronavirus/6732987-The-true-cost-of-North-Dakotas-strained-hospitals-He-could%E2%80%99ve-easily-died-in-my-home