#Infected

CHINA HAS BEEN THE CENTER OFVIRUSES SINCE MERS, SARS, EBOLAAND CORONA VIRUS...WHEN EBOLA OUTBREAK IN CONGOI WAS monitoring this. WonderedWhy it took World Health Organization.So long to make it an
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"For every country that is experiencing an increase, there are many others that have successfully prevented or controlled widespread transmission with proven measures.Those measures continue to be our best defence
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One of the things I love about my job is that I learn so many new things with every story. That was particularly true in my reporting for this story
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A few weeks ago I told a story about a patient on my unit who got Covid-19 after the hospital allowed visitors back. His family had recently been to Florida,
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“Doctors, nurses, patients and their families are demanding to know why staff fighting the coronavirus pandemic were left unprotected at a top Durban hospital where five people died and 66
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The medications I took for my #COVID19 infection.Hydroxychloroquine: 400mg daily for 2days; thereafter, 400mg daily for 3days.Azithromycin: 500mg daily for 10 days.Zinc Sulphate: 100mg daily till today.Vitamin C 1200mg daily
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Okay, so I AM NOT A SCIENCIST but I do play a science editor at work, so here's a few things I've managed to put together with some internet research.
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If there is not an outcry about this..If action is not taken soon, the amount of death and suffering caused by inaction will be a stain on our nation. #Outcry
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No. 57% of Republicans can easily detect a question that was designed as subterfuge to detect opinions about a president whom they support politically; they answered the real question instead
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A thread with some ideas on school reopening. The issue is not whether schools are ‘safe’ or ‘not safe’. They can and should be made safer for pupils and staff,
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Among the world’s wealthiest nations, Britain had the second-highest death toll from the coronavirus in the first wave of the pandemic, behind the United States. Adjusted for population, Britain’s toll
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Probably okay but this is something to watch. Despite ROSCOSMOS and NASA maintaining usage of PPE and strict quarantine, its hard to tell how much interaction Rogozin and especially Mikrin
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In June, a German study looked at pre-Covid blood donations from across blood groups and found that 81% had T cells consistent with immunity to #COVID19 . Immunity means you
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Oy. Schools. This is really tough. As we debate risk/benefit, understanding whether schools are a major source of transmission to the community (and high risk people) is the billion dollar
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It's been coming up a lot lately, so I thought I'd do a bit of a thread on CONVENIENCE SAMPLES and why they aren't great for assessing POPULATION PREVALENCE of
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Oh before I forget. This is how my Mom beat COVID-19. Every morning and night, we'd make her a mixture consisting of the following: Stoney ginger beer Grated ginger A
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