"As the coronavirus spreads more widely around the globe, scientists are
starting to use a powerful new tool: a blood test that identifies people who
have previously been exposed to the virus. This kind of test is still under
development in the United States, but it has been rolled out for use i
That rings true. I would add two things.
Our hospital has a test that will go on line Monday and has a 24h or less
turnaround. This will help us move patients through the system and test
exposed healthcare workers more rapidly. Many other hospitals are doing the
same. California and the feds are s
> Dimitri wrote:
> Seems to me that Dr. Reem is a fear mongerer.
Yeah - statements like this throw red flags
> > It has been years since I have posted anything on this page.
> > As a physician at Harvard Medical School, I have amazing
> > access to the best information and resources for #Covid19
Got this a few minutes ago, from a relative of an in-law who is an
infectious disease doc in Denver CO:
Notes from the field
I thought I would update my Facebook friends on a few things about
COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 in our community. There is a lot of confusing
information out there.
1) First, I want
Karl writes:
>Let's all hope the true prevalence of asymptomatic infection is much higher
>than suspected and that the case fatality rates are wild overestimates.
Unfortunately, the only way to know that is if an antibody test is
administered. To my knowledge none has been developed, or is in t
The boy says they are trying to figure out telemedicine for his clinic at
Stanford so they can do remote “visits.” Challenging. He said it was starting
to get pretty busy there.
The local hospital doing testing is now triaging tests on patients due to lack
of tests and materials and equipment
Seems to me that Dr. Reem is a fear mongerer.
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> On Mar 19, 2020, at 5:54 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> FWIW
>
> I presume this is accurate, from a coupla days ago, tracks with I am told by
> Dr. Boy, YMMV:
>
> Public
> From one of the doctors here at Brig
Thanks for reporting in, Karl. You can’t imagine how comforting it is to hear
unbiased observations from a professional on the front lines, good news or bad.
-D
> On Mar 19, 2020, at 11:59 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Every medical center treating these patients, including our
om] On Behalf Of Karl
> Wittnebel via Mercedes
> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2020 12:00 AM
> To: Mercedes Discussion List
> Cc: Karl Wittnebel
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: A contrarian view on COVID-19, plus good news -
> there's a CURE!
>
> Every medical center treating these
Every medical center treating these patients, including ours, is using
hydroxychloroquine. It is an old and well known drug. Not a cure by any
means. We hope it helps.
The epideliologic evidence is extremely poor quality; I will give him
that. But the lack of high quality evidence applies to his
That was a sobering statement, even if proven wrong in some details. I'm
going to be a lot more careful from now on.
On Thu, Mar 19, 2020, 5:54 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> FWIW
>
> I presume this is accurate, from a coupla days ago, tracks with I am
> told by
FWIW
I presume this is accurate, from a coupla days ago, tracks with I am
told by Dr. Boy, YMMV:
Public
From one of the doctors here at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dr. Julie
Silver and her friend Dr. Reem Ghalib. Please read the whole thing, it
is an important summary about COVID19, flatt
First the good new: Cure?
https://nypost.com/2020/03/19/old-malaria-drug-hydroxychloroquine-may-help-cure-coronavirus-study/
Next the contrarian.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/stanford-epidemiologist-warns-that-coronavirus-crackdown-is-based-on-bad-data/
"A population-wide case fatality rate of
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