Before there was a medicalxpress.com there was

https://www.eurekalert.org/bysubject/?kw=104&start=30

Medicalxpress is a good site with an emphasis on clear layman’s writing style,
but eurekalert.org usually has information one to two days earlier than medical xpress
with longer articles with more details.

Doctor advocates “white scarf” warnings to fellow citizens....

https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/23/white-scarf-door-lifesaving-lesson-1918-pandemic/

As mentioned earlier, the county I live in goes into lock down at midnight tonight. However, my job is not in the same county and not in lock down. Its also a 'non-essential' job.

Do I just keep going until they get locked down?

In looking at unemployment benefits last night, I am NOT eligible to collect if I find myself unemployed even if due to the virus.

That makes no sense. Maybe their protocols have not been updated to include the special circumstances associated with this virus.

This subject was just on local TV here(by a lawyer) he stated that you have to go to work until you are ordered
out... otherwise you could be fired

Antibodies being found and sent for manufacture in TN.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/ne...nderbilt-covid-19-antibodies/2899574001/

On the Pandemic Aid being held up in the senate, put those senators that put themselves in self quarantine in protective suites and bring them in to vote. Think outside the box!!!!

Finally, been waiting for someone to do this...

Greetings from WV. So far so good. I heard one of the service writers at work wife has the virus. I guess I made the right choice. You all stay safe out there.

Updated night image showing lights (small image in lower left) with the larger showing cv19 cases. Size of red is more people with cv19 which directly correlates to that size (and concentration of people). We are fortunate to yet have no dx as of this a.m.

Apparently a study was done on sterilizing N95 masks.

Study link

It also says to not soak it in any alcohol or chlorine based liquids, since it removes the static charge in the microfibers.

Found from https://www.reddit.com/r/COVID19/

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-03-drugs-fda-covid-.html

Sample quote

But even with rapid government approval, it could take months to develop new drugs from scratch that might be effective against the virus, Sadek explained in a UT Southwestern news release.

That led his team to conduct computer modeling studies on certain drugs already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to assess their potential in combating the coronavirus.

The results showed that the most promising drugs included several antiviral drugs— including Darunavir, Nelfinavir, and Saquinavir—and several other types of drugs, including: the ACE inhibitor Moexipril; the chemotherapy drugs Daunorubicin and Mitoxantrone; the painkiller Metamizole; the antihistamine Bepotastine; and the antimalarial drug Atovaquone.

Another promising candidate is the cholesterol-lowering statin rosuvastatin, which is sold under the brand name Crestor. It's already taken by millions of patients around the world to lower their cholesterol, is safe, inexpensive and readily available, Sadek noted.

End quote

Observing the government wrestle with this pandemic is much like watching the movie no country for old men

So anyone else here have co workers who are looking forward to a shutdown? I got news yesterday that several of our employees were happy about Ohio going into lockdown.

They wanted to be paid to stay home. We aren't closing.

One did come in and he was worried about the fast spread of the virus, hes in the right age group. He stated we should shutdown because of this and we're putting him in danger by staying open. He said the company was just being greedy.

I pointed out that he has 3 weeks of vacation time and a week of sick days paid, he can stay home if he wants.

Why should I have to use my pto?

Ok, if the company closes, i have to use mine because you're afraid?

Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but this is why I said what I did:

"To qualify for unemployment benefits you must have worked for the past 12 months and have at least a minimum amount of wages required by their guidelines."

I was unemployed for almost 9 months of 2019.

And my job is considered essential. Upper management has not been there for at least two weeks because of their kids, or their elderly parent, or.....whatever. But we've been told we can't use our pto and if we're not there for reasons other than being full blown sick, we will be replaced. Period.

Yay.

unemployment article

First I have heard about a "static charge" being part of the 95 mask's methodology.

However that charge eventually has to dissipate over time and likely thru use.

I would think any water trapped, the exhaled breath is rather humid, would absorb a significant amount of anything statically charged, and heating would not replace the static charge that is lost thru burning off the moisture.

And how fast I have no idea, so this idea of gaining extended use maybe mute.

My son in law on the Florida Treasure coast and has a compromised immune system, showed many symptoms and was drive thru tested for Flu and COVID by Dr's orders 8 days ago.

He and his family have still heard of no test results.

He is self quarantined.

Everyone was screaming for "testing", seems like it turned out to be just "sampling".

Heard on the news today, CDC boarded and inspected and tested the now empty untouched cruise ship passenger quarters of the cruise ship off the Japan coast that had numerous infected COVID patients.

17 days later, they still found live COVID virus in the rooms.

I just heard an updated report, they found "genetic material", whatever that means, not "live virus".

That is not good news.