"We're DOOMED, Mister Mainwaring, OR ARE WE????"
John Laurie, at his finest!
TESTS, TRACES, INFECTIONS, DEATHS, VACCINES, TREATMENTS, LONG-LASTING EFFECTS, GOVERNMENT LIES, EGOTISTICAL MORONS FROM THE PLANET THARG and other stories
Well it’s been 19 days since the last blogthing here, so what’s happened?
DATA The World has seen the highest global increase in Covid-19 cases in one day, nearly 260,000 on 18th July, 2020. The biggest daily increases were in USA, Brazil, India and South Africa, with an additional 7,000 plus deaths in one day. All of South America having dramatic rises in infection.
TREATMENT UK company Synairgen have developed a treatment using Interferon Beta (a protein produced by the body when viruses hit it!) by direct inhaling into the lungs using a nebuliser and results to date show a reduction by 79% of people needing a ventilator. Good News.
VACCINES a) 100 million doses of the Oxford AstroZeneca vaccine made from a genetically engineered virus have been ordered by the UK government…ready before the end of the year? b) 30 million doses of the German BioNtech/Pfizer vaccine, which injects part of the coronavirus' genetic code have also been bought c) 60 million doses of the Valneva vaccine, which uses an inactive version of the coronavirus, will arrive in the UK, when it’s ready, probably 2021.
ANTIVAXXERS In the US as of July 1st, 12% of people surveyed said they would NOT take any vaccine whatsoever, with a further 22% being “unsure”. This is despite the US’ worst Measles outbreak in history in 2019. People seem to want to NOT wear masks, NOT stay at home, NOT reject conspiracy theories and NOT take vaccines. Bless ‘em. Funeral Directors’ profits will continue to soar.
USA It’s Election Year! Say no more. Other than there were 10,000 new infections in Florida alone (the US epicentre) on Sat 18th July. (See 4 above, plus there may be connections between how Republican the State is and what kind of advice that State Governor is providing. Louisiana, Texas and Arizona ALL registered over 400 cases per day per million people. With White House releasing what figures it thinks fit, and pretty much the same in the UK and other places, information accuracy may become scarce.
VIRUS NEWS Yup, a baby in the womb has caught the virus (in France), but the child was born, and seems to have recovered (details in reference below). Kings College London has revealed that antibody content in the blood can drop hugely after 3 months, and so immunity due to antibodies MAY NOT LAST LONG at all. GREAT. We don’t know of course whether any successful vaccine will be effective for a long time either. ALSO Edinburgh Uni has discovered heart Ultrasound abnormalities in 55% of cases, indicating that the heart probably has to work a lot harder when there is virus in the blood (as it does in the worst cases of flu). Finally there’s apparently SIX types of Covid-19 syndrome that can determine what treatment will be needed and how serious it will be due to research in the UK and US. Apparently this will help if there’s a second wave washing our shores away this winter.
WELL GOOD LUCK everyone.
Especially massive luck to the countries where things are now going quite crazy, and vaccines are going to be so in demand in a very short time. Well, NOW really. See vaccine details below. But beware, as said in the Vaccine Tracker website: “The US government is choosing three vaccine candidates to fund for Phase 3 trials under Operation Warp Speed: Moderna’s mRNA-1273 in July, The University of Oxford and AstraZeneca’s AZD1222 in August, and Pfizer and BioNTech's BNT162 in September. Members of ACTIV have suggested developing safe controlled human infection models (CHIMs) for human trials could take 1-2 years……”
Loosening Lockdown has to happen if society is going to survive obviously, but normality is a long way off as the World is suffering from a million infections PER WEEK.
I’ve been to the pub. Safely. Wore a mask. Nobody else did. Mmmmmm….
Hopefully see you soon. Comments galore please!
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References
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-53454558
https://www.raps.org/news-and-articles/news-articles/2020/3/covid-19-vaccine-tracker
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/29/anti-vaxxers-fight-against-coronavirus
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-53467022
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-53469269
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/?utm_campaign=homeAdUOA?Si%3Ca%20href=
WORLD DATA UPDATE (19 DAY CHANGE)
609,000 deaths worldwide as of 20th July 2020
Deaths Deaths/miliion pop.
Belgium 9800 (9750) 845 (842)
UK 45,300 (43700) 667 (645)
Spain 28420 (28400) 608 (605)
Italy 35000 (34800) 580 (575)
Sweden 5600 (5300) 556 (530)
France 30100 (29800) 462 (457)
Chile 8500 (5700) 445 (300)
USA 143000 (130000) 433 (395)
Peru 13200 (9700) 400 (295)
Brazil 79600 (59700) 374 (281)
Netherlands 6136 (6110) 358 (357)
Ireland 1750 (1740) 355 (352)
Mexico 39200 (27150) 304 (215)
Ecuador 5310 (4530) 301 (257)
Panama 1096 254
Canada 8850 (8600) 234 (228)
Switzerland 1969 (1963) 227 (227)
Portugal 1690 (1580) 166 (155)
Iran 14200 (11000) 16 (130)
Germany 9165 (9130) 109 (108)
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Russia 12500 (9540) 85 (65)
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