I am thinking how much of a good effect this social distancing has in reducing other diseases including Flu.
Good effect on sexually transmitted diseas probably comes before flu.
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I am thinking how much of a good effect this social distancing has in reducing other diseases including Flu.
True but the reality is more complex. Physical interactions are important for immunity as well. Exchanging, sharing microbes is important for humans. Our immune systems need to "know" and in some ways be exposed to microbes. That is what vaccination is . Exposing the body to a low dosage of a pathogen. Suppressing these will put us at a greater risk. IMO.I am thinking how much of a good effect this social distancing has in reducing other diseases including Flu.
I'm not sure if I should take this comment seriously or not.Because I took the Flu shot and could sleep easy not worrying about catching it and having someone stuff a tube in my throat to breath. Assuming said tube existed....
I am thinking how much of a good effect this social distancing has in reducing other diseases including Flu.
Zinc: a new risk factor for pneumonia in the elderly?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2854541/
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Another study hopefully showing effectiveness of chloroquine and z-packs.
This is going to be controversial as this study doesn't have a proper control group.
I only highlighted that because its numbers are so far left field of what flies in the common conversation.
It starkly reminds me of the bad idea (relying on herd immunity) that the UK government wanted to embark on before realising that too many people will die before that number is anywhere near plausible. Wonder if its from the same group or related group of people though.
This.Germs are not always the enemy , our response to these, is.
Perhaps when you did your science degree there was a different definition.
This.
It is the response that will determine the death rate; not the virulence of the disease, not it's exponential growth, no matter to what power that growth is.
A recent example of dealing with a virus in another species can be seen in the measures taken against Newcastle's disease that effects chickens.
https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poul...virus-infections/newcastle-disease-in-poultry
https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/Animal_Health/newcastle_disease_info.html
While afaik the Chinese didn't cull the Covid-10 infected population, they did quickly lock down the center of the epidemic and attempted to contain it, with if we are to believe the reports, with considerable success.
The problem here in Spain and Italy and the UK is the they didn't lock down early and they didn't test. This is what is going to cause a higher than necessary death rate in the USA and has in Spain and Italy and from what I've read, other countries.
If this is true, the US is going to be hit really hard.I found one of Maty's recent posts interesting, the one on social differences. Here too, and perhaps not surprisingly, something similar seems to be the case, even though these are only proxy data. As I mentioned before, the vast majority of Dutch corona patients on the intensive care are obese. Obesity is characteristic of the poor, so I would suspect the majority of patients to be from the poorer strata of society. Future research will be needed to validate this working hypothesis, but it may well be true.
Given greater social inequality in the US, would similar social differences also show in the US?
You better not. I am very serious. You seem to not appreciate the difference between two viruses, one of which has a vaccine against it.I'm not sure if I should take this comment seriously or not.
Probably best to assume you're joking.
There are a range of vaccines for the common flu virus. Each year the virologists pick a vaccine that they believe will work best for the virus mutation. So no, one doesn't have a vaccine against it. It's a best fit scenario with differing levels of success for various mutations.You better not. I am very serious. You seem to not appreciate the difference between two viruses, one of which has a vaccine against it.
As I mentioned before, the vast majority of Dutch corona patients on the intensive care are obese. Obesity is characteristic of the poor, so I would suspect the majority of patients to be from the poorer strata of society. Future research will be needed to validate this working hypothesis, but it may well be true.
Obesity is a greater problem among people who are less educated or earn lower incomes. LINK