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Quote of note:
"...Michele Usuelli, a doctor and regional councillor for the small, leftwing party, Più Europa, pins much of the blame on politics and healthcare mismanagement. He said Lombardy’s fate began to be charted out in the late 1990s when the Italian government decentralised healthcare, giving regions more autonomy."
"At the same time, the privatisation of healthcare became more prevalent. Although other regions continued to mostly maintain the public health system, a succession of Lombardy governors, including Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia between 1995 and 2013, and Matteo Salvini’s far-right League since then, allowed the private and public systems to compete for funds based on efficiency."
"Even though Lombardy developed one of the most enviable healthcare systems in Italy, the strategy left private firms free to invest in areas of care that made more money, inevitably leading to a reduction of beds in the public system and leaving the region less equipped to meet all types of health needs."
Via Why was Lombardy hit harder than Italy's other regions?
#COVID19 #coronavirus #pandemic #Italy #Lombardy #healthcare #MedicareForAll #inequality #capitalismWhy was Lombardy hit harder than Italy's other regions?
It is Italy’s richest province yet Covid-19 spread lethally through Lombardy and residents want answerswww.theguardian.com
It is Italy’s richest province yet Covid-19 spread lethally through Lombardy and residents want answerswww.theguardian.com
Corona zeigt uns die Verrücktheit unserer gesellschaftlichen Organisation. Und wie wir uns damit buchstäblich um unsere Existenz bringenwww.heise.de
Bypassing clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine 'catastrophic,' says editorial
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202005/23/WS5ec88c5ca310a8b241157ca4.html
Bypassing clinical trials of a potential vaccine for #SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing #COVID-19, would be "catastrophic," said an editorial published on #Science Advances on Friday.
It is "vital to take time" to ensure any vaccine candidate's safety and investigate potential adverse effects, said the editorial by Douglas Green, deputy editor of the multidisciplinary scientific journal.
A vaccine able to trigger strong neutralizing antibody responses in #clinical tests will still not be ready for widespread implementation without comprehensive safety tests, wrote Green, who is also an expert on #immunology.
Vaccines must be examined for causing an effect known as antibody-dependent enhancement, whereby #vaccine-induced #antibodies that bind to the #virus also attach to the body's #cells, facilitating #infection of these cells -- a concerning phenomenon that has been observed in vaccines against #dengue, #Ebola, #HIV, and #feline #coronavirus, said the editorial.
Ethical accelerated testing on humans "should not be ruled out completely," but extreme risks must be weighed against potential benefits, it said.
There are currently 95 vaccines under development against SARS-CoV-2, with most expected to clear phase one, and two already moving into phase two trials, it added.Bypassing clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine 'catastrophic,' says editorial - Chinadaily.com.cn
WASHINGTON - Bypassing clinical trials of a potential vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, would be "catastrophic," said an editorial published on Science Advances on Friday.global.chinadaily.com.cn
WASHINGTON - Bypassing clinical trials of a potential vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, would be "catastrophic," said an editorial published on Science Advances on Friday.global.chinadaily.com.cn
20.05.2020 Mainz&: Party in Coronazeiten: Polizisten feiern in Altstadtkneipe in Mainz, ohne Abstand und nach Sperrstunde – #Polizei macht sich mal wieder unbeliebt, indem sie Regeln für sich selbst außer Kraft setzt. #Coronavirus #Coronakrise
20.05.2020 Mainz&: Party in Coronazeiten: Polizisten feiern in Altstadtkneipe in Mainz, ohne Abstand und nach Sperrstunde – #Polizei macht sich mal wieder unbeliebt, indem sie Regeln für sich selbst außer Kraft setzt. #Coronavirus #Coronakrise
Recovered COVID-19 patients test positive but not infectious, data finds | Ars Technica
People who recover from COVID-19 but test positive for the virus again days or weeks later are not shedding viral particles and are not infectious, according to data released Tuesday by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirusRecovered COVID-19 patients test positive but not infectious, data finds
“Re-positive” cases didn't spread disease or shed virus.arstechnica.com
People who recover from COVID-19 but test positive for the virus again days or weeks later are not shedding viral particles and are not infectious, according to data released Tuesday by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus
“Re-positive” cases didn't spread disease or shed virus.arstechnica.com
Nach den staatlichen Lockerungen käme es auf die individuelle Verantwortlichkeit an, Menetekel für die Warnungen ist die Spanische Grippewww.heise.de
Tweet von Dr Nisreen Alwan 🌻 (@Dr2NisreenAlwan) um 17. Mai, 10:16 Wow powerful and very sad!
Healthcare professionals in Belgium turning backs as their PM arrives as a demonstration against the handling of the pandemic. Belgium has one of the higest #Covid19 death rates in the world.
https://t.co/jR1SNfMaYY
https://twitter.com/Dr2NisreenAlwan/status/1261933702931779584
Die Hinweise, dass Sars-CoV-2 auch durch Aerosole übertragen wird, mehren sich.www.sueddeutsche.de
In case you missed this:中共军校数据 :中国至少64万确诊
Leaked #Chinese #Virus Database Covers 230 Cities, 640,000 Updates #covid19 #covid-19 #coronavirus
LIBERATE THE COAL MINES!
#Trump #Americaneconomy #reopeningAmerica #COVID19 #coronavirus #canary #coalmine
Another choir story.Coronavirus doctor's diary: The strange case of the choir that coughed in January | BBC Health
The writer, Prof John Wright, is a medical doctor andhead of the Bradford Institute for Health Research, and a veteran of cholera, HIV and Ebola epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa.He's also an epidemiologist, which is:a medical detective, and like all detectives, the three key clues we are looking for are always: person, place and time.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52589449
So when I got an email out of the blue from a Bradford resident saying that she and her friends may have been infected with Covid-19 in January - nearly two months before the first confirmed case of transmission in the UK - I looked for these clues and decided to investigate further.
The prof is @docjohnwright on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/docjohnwright
#health #coronavirus #covid-19 #science #epidemiology
head of the Bradford Institute for Health Research, and a veteran of cholera, HIV and Ebola epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa.He's also an epidemiologist, which is:
a medical detective, and like all detectives, the three key clues we are looking for are always: person, place and time.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52589449
So when I got an email out of the blue from a Bradford resident saying that she and her friends may have been infected with Covid-19 in January - nearly two months before the first confirmed case of transmission in the UK - I looked for these clues and decided to investigate further.
By Theo Moudakis for The Toronto Star
#coronavirus #COVID19 #Peanuts #Lucy #football #CharlieBrown #reopeningAmerica #economy
A choir decided to go ahead with rehearsal. Now dozens of members have COVID-19 and two are dead | LA Times
the choir outbreak is consistent with a growing body of evidence that the virus can be transmitted through aerosols — particles smaller than 5 micrometers that can float in the air for minutes or longer.https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-03-29/coronavirus-choir-outbreak
...a study published March 17 in the New England Journal of Medicine found that when the virus was suspended in a mist under laboratory conditions it remained “viable and infectious” for three hours — though researchers have said that time period would probably be no more than a half-hour in real-world conditions.
...it’s possible that the forceful breathing action of singing dispersed viral particles in the church room that were widely inhaled.
...some people happen to be especially good at exhaling fine material, producing 1,000 times more than others.
Amateur singers interested in choral music tend to be older, but the group includes some young adults.
...The youngest of those sickened was 31, but they averaged 67
#covid-19 #covid19 #covid 19 #coronavirus #SARS-CoV-2 #SocialDistancing #aerosols #distancingA choir decided to go ahead with rehearsal. Now dozens of members have COVID-19 and two are dead
The deadly outbreak among members of a choir has stunned health officials, who have concluded that the virus was almost certainly transmitted through the air from one or more people without symptoms.www.latimes.com
the choir outbreak is consistent with a growing body of evidence that the virus can be transmitted through aerosols — particles smaller than 5 micrometers that can float in the air for minutes or longer.https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-03-29/coronavirus-choir-outbreak
...a study published March 17 in the New England Journal of Medicine found that when the virus was suspended in a mist under laboratory conditions it remained “viable and infectious” for three hours — though researchers have said that time period would probably be no more than a half-hour in real-world conditions.
...it’s possible that the forceful breathing action of singing dispersed viral particles in the church room that were widely inhaled.
...some people happen to be especially good at exhaling fine material, producing 1,000 times more than others.
Amateur singers interested in choral music tend to be older, but the group includes some young adults.
...The youngest of those sickened was 31, but they averaged 67
The deadly outbreak among members of a choir has stunned health officials, who have concluded that the virus was almost certainly transmitted through the air from one or more people without symptoms.www.latimes.com
Das RKI mahnt in der Corona-Krise zur Vorsicht: Die Forscher schätzen die Ansteckungsrate derzeit auf den Wert von 1,1. Bisher sind in Deutschland über 168.000 Infektionen nachgewiesen worden.www.tagesschau.de
Demonstrators gathered in Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart and other German cities to decry coronavirus-triggered restrictions imposed by the government. A right-wing protester attacked a team of reporters in Dortmund.m.dw.com
08.05.2020 Tagesschau Investigativ: Coronavirus: Melde-Chaos bei Gesundheitsämtern #Coronavirus #CoronakriseCoronavirus: Melde-Chaos bei Gesundheitsämtern
Die Mehrheit der 400 Gesundheitsämter meldet dem RKI nicht, ob sie ausreichend Kapazitäten haben, Coronainfizierte zu betreuen. Das geht laut NDR, WDR und SZ aus einem vertraulichen Lagebericht hervor. Von C. Baars, M. Grill und G. Mascolo.www.tagesschau.de
Die Mehrheit der 400 Gesundheitsämter meldet dem RKI nicht, ob sie ausreichend Kapazitäten haben, Coronainfizierte zu betreuen. Das geht laut NDR, WDR und SZ aus einem vertraulichen Lagebericht hervor. Von C. Baars, M. Grill und G. Mascolo.www.tagesschau.de
Sterben am Coronavirus nur Alte und Schwache? Einige behaupten dies. Auch Grünen-Politiker Boris Palmer hatte sich ähnlich geäußert. Eine Analyse des NDR zeigt aber: Viele an Corona Verstorbene hätten wohl noch lange gelebt.www.tagesschau.de
Die Kritik an der Obergrenze für Neuinfektionen wächst - auch Ärzte in Gesundheitsämtern fürchten, dass der Wert von 50 pro 100.000 Einwohnern zu hoch angesetzt ist. Inzwischen sind drei Landkreise bekannt, die ihn überschreiten.www.tagesschau.de
Studien zeigen, wie Covid-19 die Blutgefäße angreift - und was dagegen helfen könntewww.spektrum.de
Coronavirus: Sewage study could predict second Covid-19 peak - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-52544247Analysing sewage could help scientists predict a second peak of Covid-19 up to two weeks before people become symptomatic.#CoronaVirus #SewageAnalysis #Wales #UK #Science
A team from Bangor University has been looking at samples from water treatment works across Wales in a bid to trace how many people have been infected.
The team has previously tracked norovirus through the sewage system.
People start to shed the virus in faeces up to two weeks before the onset of symptoms.
Prof Davey Jones, who is leading the School of Natural Sciences study, said: "It may be gives us a two weeks window in which we can actually monitor whether Covid is going up or down in the population before it actually hits the hospitals."Sewage study could predict second Covid-19 peak
Scientists are tracing infections by analysing sewage samples from water treatment works.www.bbc.com
Analysing sewage could help scientists predict a second peak of Covid-19 up to two weeks before people become symptomatic.#CoronaVirus #SewageAnalysis #Wales #UK #Science
A team from Bangor University has been looking at samples from water treatment works across Wales in a bid to trace how many people have been infected.
The team has previously tracked norovirus through the sewage system.
People start to shed the virus in faeces up to two weeks before the onset of symptoms.
Prof Davey Jones, who is leading the School of Natural Sciences study, said: "It may be gives us a two weeks window in which we can actually monitor whether Covid is going up or down in the population before it actually hits the hospitals."
Scientists are tracing infections by analysing sewage samples from water treatment works.www.bbc.com
update: mit einer neuen #Verordnung wird in #BadenWürttemberg nun die #Übermittlung von #Daten von mit dem #Coronavirus infizierten personen an die #Polizei wieder angeordnet
Coronavirus: Scientists hail 'groundbreaking' discovery of antibody which prevents infection | Science & Tech News | Sky News
Scientists have discovered an antibody which prevents the coronavirus from infecting human cells in "groundbreaking research" which could lead to the development of new treatments.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus
Building on research into the SARS coronavirus, scientists from Utrecht University in the Netherlands, as well as the Erasmus Medical Centre and the company Harbour BioMed (HBM), have identified a potential method of neutralising COVID-19.
They discovered that an antibody which prevents the SARS virus from infecting human cells could also block the novel coronavirus from infecting human cells too, according a peer reviewed study published on Monday in the journal Nature Communications.Coronavirus: Scientists hail 'groundbreaking' discovery of antibody which prevents infection
Building on research into antibodies which target the SARS coronavirus, scientists have identified one that blocks COVID-19.news.sky.com
