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What you need to know about the virus in China "2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)"

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Un bombero de Madrid: "El 85% de las salidas son para abrir puertas porque la gente se está muriendo sola"
[Spanish] https://www.elmundo.es/madrid/2020/04/06/5e8ae2cbfdddff15aa8b4631.html

A firefighter from Madrid: "85% of the exits are to open doors because people are dying alone"
https://translate.google.es/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.elmundo.es/madrid/2020/04/06/5e8ae2cbfdddff15aa8b4631.html

[ According to EFE [Press Agency], practically all the exits from the park these days are to open the doors of the homes of the people who are dying at home so that the toilets can enter and take the body away. "There are people who are alone, they are not hospitalized, they call on the phone and tell them to stay at home and they don't do the test. They end up dying without attention," laments José, who in a single day comments that they came to do 20 exits related to deaths from coronavirus .

Before acting, the firefighters attend calls from family members who warn because the person has not answered for many days or from neighbors who warn of the bad smell coming from a house. "There has not been another crisis like it, this break in people's lives is the strongest we have ever experienced. I can't imagine anything that could have been like this, maybe the war," he says... ]

[ He highlights the seriousness with which his colleagues are taking it and the precautions that are now being taken to avoid infections. An example of how the way of operating firefighters has changed that in a routine departure from before due to a water break or something simple took an hour. Now they have to spend almost three hours to disinfect everything: access to the house, its equipment, the car cabin, its boots ... ]
 

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Un bombero de Madrid: "El 85% de las salidas son para abrir puertas porque la gente se está muriendo sola"
[Spanish] https://www.elmundo.es/madrid/2020/04/06/5e8ae2cbfdddff15aa8b4631.html

A firefighter from Madrid: "85% of the exits are to open doors because people are dying alone"
https://translate.google.es/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.elmundo.es/madrid/2020/04/06/5e8ae2cbfdddff15aa8b4631.html

[ According to EFE [Press Agency], practically all the exits from the park these days are to open the doors of the homes of the people who are dying at home so that the toilets can enter and take the body away. "There are people who are alone, they are not hospitalized, they call on the phone and tell them to stay at home and they don't do the test. They end up dying without attention," laments José, who in a single day comments that they came to do 20 exits related to deaths from coronavirus .

Before acting, the firefighters attend calls from family members who warn because the person has not answered for many days or from neighbors who warn of the bad smell coming from a house. "There has not been another crisis like it, this break in people's lives is the strongest we have ever experienced. I can't imagine anything that could have been like this, maybe the war," he says... ]

[ He highlights the seriousness with which his colleagues are taking it and the precautions that are now being taken to avoid infections. An example of how the way of operating firefighters has changed that in a routine departure from before due to a water break or something simple took an hour. Now they have to spend almost three hours to disinfect everything: access to the house, its equipment, the car cabin, its boots ... ]
That's horrible. Geech! It's really bad.
 

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Miles de científicos parados y cientos de máquinas PCR arrinconadas por «una cuestión burocrática»
[Spanish] https://www.abc.es/sociedad/abci-mi...uestion-burocratica-202004052228_noticia.html

Thousands of unemployed scientists and hundreds of PCR machines cornered by 'a bureaucratic issue'
https://www.translatetheweb.com/?ref=TVert&from=&to=en&a=https://www.abc.es/sociedad/abci-miles-cientificos-parados-y-cientos-maquinas-arrinconadas-cuestion-burocratica-202004052228_noticia.html

[ 'We can't invent the coronavirus vaccine, but we can help in the diagnosis." "I have no experience in the handling of viral samples, I am dedicated to the study of cancer samples, but the methodology of analysis is similar and therefore we have sufficient knowledge to perform these tests." The sense of frustration and helplessness that engulfs these two researchers consulted by ABC is the same one shared by hundreds of professionals who are at home at the moment: they feel underused by the Government and denounce the absolute paralysis of science in our country, which has been made available to the authorities against the current coronavirus crisis.

The lockdown seems logical due to the alarm state: the laboratories are closed and only 1 or 2 people come twice a week for the maintenance of the animals. What is not admissible for the researchers consulted - one of them Gema Moreno, head of the Crimeal Research laboratory for Cancer at the Autonomous University of Madrid - is that two weeks ago the Ministry of Health and the Higher Center for Scientific Research (CSIC) called for the inventory of all the quantitative PCR machines that have the research centers, and that material is not being used.

According to several scientists, although not everyone wants to show up with their first and last names to avoid labour retaliation, all laboratories and centers as state-of-the-art as the National Cancer Research (CNIO) provided all their infrastructure and material to the Government. So from the CSIC, and for the Carlos III Institute of Health in Madrid - where patient samples are analyzed - all units and laboratories were asked to describe the material they had. A complete inventory, Moreno assures. "As indicated it was to have an estimate of what equipment we had if necessary; we were also asked for an estimated inventoriable of gloves, and other reagents necessary for both personal protection and the realization of the PCR."... ]
 

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https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20200406/48329586657/cielo-querria-greta-thunberg.html

Comparison of air traffic between Europe and the United States, Sunday April 5 18h30 (FlightRadar24)
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https://www.flightradar24.com/
 

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My best friend, 56, lives in London England (I'm in Toronto). He's been tormented over the last couple weeks with COVID and just sent me a picture showing he's in the hospital. Frightening! Though perhaps a silver lining is getting in there before the system is more overloaded.

Sorry for your friend. If he's Boris...say hi from me ;):facepalm:
 

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Del Seat León al respirador y del Nissan Navara a las máscaras de protección
[Spanish] https://www.elperiodico.com/es/moto...n-navara-a-las-mascaras-de-proteccion-7910371

From Seat Leon to respirator and from Nissan Navara to protective masks
https://translate.google.es/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/motor/20200330/del-seat-leon-al-respirador-y-del-nissan-navara-a-las-mascaras-de-proteccion-7910371

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OxiGEN respirator, produced at the Seat plant in Martorell


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Part of the windscreen wiper motor used in the respirator. / SEAT


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Long-term test of the respirator produced at Seat Martorell. / SEAT


Correos entrega los respiradores fabricados por Seat al hospital de Can Ruti [Badalona / Cataluña]
[Spanish] https://www.elperiodico.com/es/soci...a-respiradores-seat-hospital-can-ruti-7919186

Correos delivers the respirators manufactured by Seat to the Can Ruti hospital [Badalona / Catalonia]
https://translate.google.es/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/sociedad/20200406/correos-entrega-respiradores-seat-hospital-can-ruti-7919186

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[ The first deliveries to Can Ruti [Badalona / Catalonia] were carried out yesterday Sunday and will continue today throughout the national territory thanks to the company, which provides this service free of charge to fight the pandemic. Up to 300 respirators will be distributed daily. ]

TV -> Now one turn. Coming three shifts, 24 h, 150 workers -> 300 respirators by day. Before packing them, sanitize with UV rays.

And to Sevilla [Andalusia] today.

BTW: a day wasted because of bureaucracy.
 
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Here in the UK people there's been a surge of crowd-printing of masks for medical staff.

My wife is a respiratory therapist and dealing with COVID-19 patients. She has a respiratory issue (which is why she chose the profession she did; to help others in her situation) and my daughter has various autoimmune disorders; one being respiratory as well. Needless to say, while I don't want to sound overly dramatic, this stuff is hitting a little bit too close to home for our liking now. Anyway, the car audio community here in the states has gotten together to DIY face shields and a friend of mine is donating some to my wife's hospital. It's awesome to see the community band together in such a way.
 

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My wife is a respiratory therapist and dealing with COVID-19 patients. She has a respiratory issue (which is why she chose the profession she did; to help others in her situation) and my daughter has various autoimmune disorders; one being respiratory as well. Needless to say, while I don't want to sound overly dramatic, this stuff is hitting a little bit too close to home for our liking now. Anyway, the car audio community here in the states has gotten together to DIY face shields and a friend of mine is donating some to my wife's hospital. It's awesome to see the community band together in such a way.

My wife has just reported back from her first day at the ward. All she got for protection was a mask, gloves and a plastic apron which she's wearing over her own clothes... 5th largest economy or 3rd world country?
 

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Correos entrega los respiradores fabricados por Seat al hospital de Can Ruti [Badalona / Cataluña]
[Spanish] https://www.elperiodico.com/es/soci...a-respiradores-seat-hospital-can-ruti-7919186

Correos delivers the respirators manufactured by Seat to the Can Ruti hospital [Badalona / Catalonia]
https://translate.google.es/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/sociedad/20200406/correos-entrega-respiradores-seat-hospital-can-ruti-7919186

mdedios53034746-pla-mitj-prototip-del-respirador-oxygen-pacient-200406144156-1586177057732.jpg


[ The first deliveries to Can Ruti [Badalona / Catalonia] were carried out yesterday Sunday and will continue today throughout the national territory thanks to the company, which provides this service free of charge to fight the pandemic. Up to 300 respirators will be distributed daily. ]

TV -> Now one turn. Coming three shifts, 24 h, 150 workers -> 300 respirators by day. Before packing them, sanitize with UV rays.

And to Sevilla [Andalusia] today.

BTW: a day wasted because of bureaucracy.


https://www.elperiodico.com/es/moto...leados-hacer-respiradores-coronavirus-7916335

[ SEAT manufactures these assisted respirators with the adapted motor of the windscreen wipers from the vehicles that are assembled in Martorell (Seat Ibiza, Seat León, Seat Arona and Audi A1). For this, it took only a week for the production line to be assembled to assemble the respirators where parts of the Seat León were mounted (specifically the front axle of the compact car).

Each respirator has more than 80 electronic and mechanical components, such as gears printed in SEAT's plate area, gearbox shafts and the adapted motor of a windshield wiper, and it passes an exhaustive quality control with ultraviolet light sterilization .

The device that is assembled in Seat allows ventilation in the absence of conventional respirators in those patients with severe respiratory problems, such as those caused by the coronavirus. It is, however, intended for occasional use in an emergency situation and in the absence of a conventional fan. It allows the manual resuscitation balloons to be automated, mechanically and autonomously, and it also allows the respiratory rate, tidal volume and inspiration-expiration ratio to be controlled constantly and objectively, providing the patient with support that they would not otherwise have... ]

For its possible commercialization it is assumed that it will need a more complete approval, hence for now it is considered only as an emergency respirator.
 

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[QUOTE = "maty, post: 367106, miembro: 637"] Miles de científicos parados y cientos de máquinas PCR arrinconadas por «una cuestión burocrática»
[Español] https://www.abc.es/sociedad/abci-mi...uestion-burocratica-202004052228_noticia.html

Miles de científicos desempleados y cientos de máquinas de PCR arrinconados por 'un problema burocrático'
https://www.translatetheweb.com/?ref=TVert&from=&to=en&a=https://www.abc.es/sociedad/abci-miles-cientificos-parados-y-cientos-maquinas-arrinconadas-cuestion-burocratica -202004052228_noticia.html

['No podemos inventar la vacuna contra el coronavirus, pero podemos ayudar en el diagnóstico "." No tengo experiencia en el manejo de muestras virales, estoy dedicado al estudio de muestras de cáncer, pero la metodología de análisis es similar y por lo tanto, tenemos suficiente conocimiento para realizar estas pruebas ". La sensación de frustración e impotencia que envuelve a estos dos investigadores consultados por ABC es la misma que comparten cientos de profesionales que están en casa en este momento: se sienten infrautilizados por el Gobierno y denuncian La parálisis absoluta de la ciencia en nuestro país, que ha sido puesta a disposición de las autoridades contra la actual crisis de coronavirus.

El bloqueo parece lógico debido al estado de alarma: los laboratorios están cerrados y solo 1 o 2 personas vienen dos veces por semana para el mantenimiento de los animales. Lo que no es admisible para los investigadores consultados, uno de ellos Gema Moreno, jefe del laboratorio de Investigación Criminal para el Cáncer en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, es que hace dos semanas el Ministerio de Salud y el Centro Superior de Investigación Científica (CSIC ) Llamaron para el inventario de todas las máquinas de PCR cuantitativa que tienen los centros de investigación, y ese material no se está utilizando .

Según varios científicos, aunque no todos quieren aparecer con sus nombres y apellidos para evitar represalias laborales, todos los laboratorios y centros tan avanzados como la National Cancer Research (CNIO) proporcionarán toda su infraestructura y material para el Gobierno. Entonces, del CSIC y del Instituto de Salud Carlos III en Madrid, donde se analizan las muestras de pacientes , se solicitan todas las unidades y laboratorios que describen el material que se analiza. Un inventario completo, asegura Moreno. "Como se indicó, teníamos que hacer una determinada de qué equipo teníamos si era necesario; también se nos solicitó un inventario de guantes y otros reactivos necesarios para la protección personal y la realización de la PCR ". ... [/ CITAR]
ABC = renombrado creador de noticias falsas al servicio de intereses espurios. Copiar pegar, copiar pegar, copiar pegar ... Eso es todo.
 

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My wife has just reported back from her first day at the ward. All she got for protection was a mask, gloves and a plastic apron which she's wearing over her own clothes... 5th largest economy or 3rd world country?
My GF works in social care, no PPE whatsoever.So that's working with the elderly and vulnerable etc . The high risk groups .

Shocking , there's not even a sign of it or any kind of coordination that might facilitate it.
 

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To me in the UK it's amazing he's been tested multiple times and his family have been tested .

Virtually no one's been tested here , you just can't get tested even if you might have it. Let alone testing folks in your household.

Even the PM partner who's shown symptoms is only suspected of having the virus as she's not been tested and she's pregnant.

Beyond pathetic, dangerously negligent.
 

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La Justicia eleva a 800 más los muertos por coronavirus en Castilla-La Mancha [Spain Region] respecto a la cifra oficial
[Spanish] https://www.vozpopuli.com/espana/justicia-castilla-mancha-muertos-coronavirus_0_1343566605.html

Justice brings to 800 more deaths from coronavirus in Castilla-La Mancha [Spain Region] compared to the official figure
https://translate.google.es/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.vozpopuli.com/espana/justicia-castilla-mancha-muertos-coronavirus_0_1343566605.html

[ The Superior Court of Justice of Castilla-La Mancha has reported the burial licenses issued by the civil registries of the region due to the situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing in 1,921 those signed, a figure higher than the 1,132 deceased officers registered by the statistics offered by the Ministry of Health regarding the Autonomous Community. This figure represents 69.7% more than the official figures... ]

[ Deaths grow 96% in March

The data received shows that deaths in Castilla-La Mancha in March 2020 have increased by 96.3% compared to those that occurred in the same period of the previous year.

Specifically, the civil registries of Castilla-La Mancha issued 3,319 burial licenses last March when 1,691 deaths were registered in March 2019.

And of that number of 3,319, in 1,921 burial licenses, 57.9%, is listed as the cause of death COVID-19 or compatible suspicion, referencing as suspicion those cases in which said probability or suspicion is included in the medical certification or there are reasons for this due to concurrent pulmonary pathological processes compatible with said cause... ]

I am afraid that in other countries it will happen the same or, I fear, much worse than in Spain.
 

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Un bombero de Madrid: "El 85% de las salidas son para abrir puertas porque la gente se está muriendo sola"
[Spanish] https://www.elmundo.es/madrid/2020/04/06/5e8ae2cbfdddff15aa8b4631.html

A firefighter from Madrid: "85% of the exits are to open doors because people are dying alone"
https://translate.google.es/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.elmundo.es/madrid/2020/04/06/5e8ae2cbfdddff15aa8b4631.html

[ According to EFE [Press Agency], practically all the exits from the park these days are to open the doors of the homes of the people who are dying at home so that the toilets can enter and take the body away. "There are people who are alone, they are not hospitalized, they call on the phone and tell them to stay at home and they don't do the test. They end up dying without attention," laments José, who in a single day comments that they came to do 20 exits related to deaths from coronavirus .

Before acting, the firefighters attend calls from family members who warn because the person has not answered for many days or from neighbors who warn of the bad smell coming from a house. "There has not been another crisis like it, this break in people's lives is the strongest we have ever experienced. I can't imagine anything that could have been like this, maybe the war," he says... ]

[ He highlights the seriousness with which his colleagues are taking it and the precautions that are now being taken to avoid infections. An example of how the way of operating firefighters has changed that in a routine departure from before due to a water break or something simple took an hour. Now they have to spend almost three hours to disinfect everything: access to the house, its equipment, the car cabin, its boots ... ]
I believe this is largely what is happening in NYC, and why there are so many deaths there, i.e., they are just being left at home until it's too late. I even saw a TV interview the other day from a FDNY first responder and she said they were leaving them at home until they get to the point that they have to be intubated, and then take them to the hospital. Well, at that point, you're pretty much a goner. Very sad situation.
 
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