The Coronavirus thread

Quote: Dalex64

Here's another republican for you guys to disown

Utah Gov. Announces Statewide Mask Mandate, Citing Steep Spike In COVID-19 Cases

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/11/09/933055781/utah-gov-announces-statewide-mask-mandate-citing-steep-spike-in-covid-19-cases

Quote: kenarman

Pfizer's magic bullet vaccine must be stored at -70 C. They estimate they will be able to produce 25 million doses worldwide the first year and it takes 2 doses.

We will be getting herd immunity faster than we see any real relief from that vaccine.

Quote: SOOPOO

Everyone wants ONE thing to end the pandemic. The therapeutics have decreased morbidity and mortality significantly already. Just added the Eli Lilly drug to take another bite out of the negative effects of the virus. The likelihood of dying has dropped significantly from last spring, and is falling every day.

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For adults with COVID-19 and acute hypoxemic respiratory failure despite conventional oxygen therapy, the Panel recommends high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) oxygen over noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) (BI).
In the absence of an indication for endotracheal intubation, the Panel recommends a closely monitored trial of NIPPV for adults with COVID-19 and acute hypoxemic respiratory failure for whom HFNC is not available (BIII).
For adults with COVID-19 who are receiving supplemental oxygen, the Panel recommends close monitoring for worsening respiratory status and that intubation, if it becomes necessary, be performed by an experienced practitioner in a controlled setting (AII).
For patients with persistent hypoxemia despite increasing supplemental oxygen requirements in whom endotracheal intubation is not otherwise indicated, the Panel recommends considering a trial of awake prone positioning to improve oxygenation (CIII).
The Panel recommends against using awake prone positioning as a rescue therapy for refractory hypoxemia to avoid intubation in patients who otherwise require intubation and mechanical ventilation (AIII).
For mechanically ventilated adults with COVID-19 and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), the Panel recommends using low tidal volume (VT) ventilation (VT 4–8 mL/kg of predicted body weight) over higher tidal volumes (VT >8 mL/kg) (AI).
For mechanically ventilated adults with COVID-19 and refractory hypoxemia despite optimized ventilation, the Panel recommends prone ventilation for 12 to 16 hours per day over no prone ventilation (BII).
For mechanically ventilated adults with COVID-19, severe ARDS, and hypoxemia despite optimized ventilation and other rescue strategies, the Panel recommends using an inhaled pulmonary vasodilator as a rescue therapy; if no rapid improvement in oxygenation is observed, the treatment should be tapered off (CIII).
There are insufficient data to recommend either for or against the routine use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for patients with COVID-19 and refractory hypoxemia.

Quote: petroglyph

I don't see as much info about intubating and ventilators for Covid patients as in the beginning. Do you think there were a significant number of patients that were ventilated that shouldn't have been, or were patients damaged long term from being intubated?

I saw just a blip but didn't catch the story, it was in either Texas or NM, that said something about bringing in portable morgues. That reminded me of the freezer vans that were hauled into New York in the early days.

I don't think that many excess storage spaces are really needed for body's, do you?

Quote: petroglyph

I don't see as much info about intubating and ventilators for Covid patients as in the beginning.

Quote: AZDuffman

I was talking to a recruiter yesterday and called it "china virus" in passing.

Quote: Tanko

Trump didn’t win any friends in the Asian community by calling it the “Chinese virus”. Many Asians here in NYC are afraid to go outside their homes for fear of being attacked, as some have. One mother told me she is afraid to speak “Chinese” to her child in public, out of fear of drawing attention and being attacked.