World Coronavirus News II with Updates

[Cyber Liberty]

Isn't France one of the better healthcare European countries?

So we've been told. Everything is better in France. 

[GtHawk]

Someone should start a rumor that dogs produce naturally a COVID vaccine that benefits their owners.

It'll never work, the moslems have already determined that drinking camel urine will save them.

[mountaineer]

They wipe with their hands and have "relations" with sheep. Not quite buying that whole hygiene thing.

[Fishrrman]

Check Iran.
muslim "hygiene" is sure workin' great there...!

[Fishrrman]

I'm wondering how many of these cases might be coming out of the "banlieues"... the slums/suburbs were muslims are concentrated and where the police/medics generally fear to go...?

[berdie]

This is obviously fake news. The Chinese have assured us that there is no more virus there...

[Fishrrman]

When all this is over, I sense there's going to be A LOT of countries looking askance at China, it's products, and it's policies...

[Fishrrman]

Pakistan is one nation that the entire world could do happily without...

[TomSea]

This is a long standing story, it has been around for probably a month's time.

Here is an article from Australia dated February 28, 2020 and for the record,  I don't necessarily think fact checkers are always correct.:

Disturbing viral video claiming coronavirus patients ‘cremated alive’ flagged as ‘false information’
A viral video in which a Wuhan woman claims she witnessed coronavirus patients being cremated alive is “false information”, fact checkers say.
Frank Chung@franks_chung
https://www.news.com.au/world/asia/disturbing-viral-video-claiming-coronavirus-patients-cremated-alive-flagged-as-false-information/news-story/c495dd501e1479125319970b375854ad

[Cyber Liberty]

If true, it's a horror straight out of a Steven King novel.  Personally, I don't believe it.

[mountaineer]

Coronavirus Study to Look at Using Gout Drug to Prevent Lung Complications and Deaths from COVID-19
By Kashmira Gander On 3/24/20 at 12:26 PM EDT


Scientists in Canada have launched a study to test a drug they hope could prevent people from dying of lung complications caused by the respiratory disease COVID-19.

Researchers at the Montreal Heart Institute aim to recruit 6,000 COVID-19 patients for their COLCORONA study, according to a statement. The drug, called colchicine, is an anti-inflammatory pill used to treat gout, Behcet's syndrome —which causes blood vessel inflammation— and the genetic disorder Familial Mediterranean Fever, where people have a recurrent abnormal body temperature.

Professor Jean-Claude Tardif, director of the Research Centre at the Montreal Heart Institute, told Radio Canada his team believes the medication could stop what is known as a cytokine storm, where the immune system overreacts.
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The drug "may reduce COVID-19-related complications in adults at risk or with evidence of an inflammatory storm," according to the institute's statement.   ... Newsweek

[sneakypete]

This thing snowballs and that is concerning:

@TomSea

Well,it MIGHT end up being some enviro-whacko's "Final Solution" to world overpopulation,and an effort to free up some land for Chinese immigrants.

[sneakypete]

Isn't France one of the better healthcare European countries?

@DB

I believe it was before the mass Muslim immigration. Now it's a septic tank.

[Bigun]

Coronavirus Study to Look at Using Gout Drug to Prevent Lung Complications and Deaths from COVID-19
By Kashmira Gander On 3/24/20 at 12:26 PM EDT


Scientists in Canada have launched a study to test a drug they hope could prevent people from dying of lung complications caused by the respiratory disease COVID-19.

Researchers at the Montreal Heart Institute aim to recruit 6,000 COVID-19 patients for their COLCORONA study, according to a statement. The drug, called colchicine, is an anti-inflammatory pill used to treat gout, Behcet's syndrome —which causes blood vessel inflammation— and the genetic disorder Familial Mediterranean Fever, where people have a recurrent abnormal body temperature.

Professor Jean-Claude Tardif, director of the Research Centre at the Montreal Heart Institute, told Radio Canada his team believes the medication could stop what is known as a cytokine storm, where the immune system overreacts.
Related Stories

The drug "may reduce COVID-19-related complications in adults at risk or with evidence of an inflammatory storm," according to the institute's statement.   ... Newsweek

Nope! It won't work!  There is no money to be made using drugs like Indocin!

(The fox is guarding the hen house.)
 

[TomSea]

Sweden reports over 100 coronavirus deaths

Sweden on Tuesday reported another 114 coronavirus deaths, bringing the total to 591 in a country that has adopted a softer approach to containing the outbreak than some of its European neighbours.

Sweden's Public Health Agency said it had recorded a total of 7,693 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country of around 10 million people.

It reported 114 new deaths on Tuesday, an uptick from preceding daily tolls, but cautioned that some of the fatalities occurred in previous days.

Read more at:  https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/coronavirus/sweden-reports-over-100-coronavirus-deaths/ar-BB12h0cf?li=BBTgOZ0

More reading:  https://news.yahoo.com/sweden-found-solution-coronavirus-103003618.html

A bit of an uptick. As always, it needs research.

[TomSea]

UPDATE: Data Shows US Efforts to Combat China Coronavirus Crushed Economy -- But Brazil and Sweden Have Similar Fatality Numbers With Open Economies
By Jim Hoft    Published April 7, 2020

While the US shuts down all commerce for weeks and destroys the economy, other countries like Sweden and Brazil are doing the opposite and allowing the China coronavirus to run its course.

Data indicates there no material differences in fatalities between the three countries leading the casual observer to question why is the US killing its economy?

The US continues to prevent nearly all commerce from occurring to combat the China coronavirus.  Many other countries are following suit.  But some countries like Sweden and Brazil are keeping their countries open for business.  Data shows that the fatalities related to the coronavirus in these countries are very similar to those in the US.

Read more at: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/update-data-shows-us-efforts-combat-china-coronavirus-crushed-economy-brazil-sweden-similar-fatality-numbers-open-economies/

[PeteS in CA]

So ....... the test kits sent to EuroLand are basically totally defective. Yet we're supposed to believe stats from China? Kind of sets up a dilemma. Either China knew it sent defective test kit and kept the accurate ones for themselves, or China is using the same defective kits on their own people. Scylla? Or Charybdis?

[Right_in_Virginia]

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson spends second night in intensive care
BBC, Apr 7, 2020, 8:07 ET

Boris Johnson is spending a second night in intensive care as he continues to receive treatment for coronavirus.

The PM is being kept in intensive care at St Thomas' Hospital in London "for close monitoring", No 10 said.

Mr Johnson's condition is "stable" and he remains in "good spirits", his spokesman added on Tuesday evening.

More:  https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52208156

[TomSea]

World News    April 7, 2020
Brazil looks to China for coronavirus help as cases rise quickly

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil’s health minister said the country faced a “serious problem” getting enough mechanical ventilators and had spoken to China to try and ensure it would be able to fill an order for face masks as coronavirus deaths accelerated

Latin America’s largest country has confirmed 13,717 coronavirus cases, while deaths rose to 667, exceeding 100 in 24 hours for the first time.

Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said he had spoken with the Chinese ambassador on Tuesday to ensure fulfillment of medical equipment orders.

More:   https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-looks-to-china-for-coronavirus-help-as-cases-rise-quickly-idUSKBN21P3A2

U.S. immigration officials evaluate vulnerable detainees for possible release amid pandemic
Ted Hesson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. immigration officials said on Tuesday they are considering releasing some detainees at high risk for coronavirus infection as detainees and workers have tested positive for the resulting COVID-19 illness.

More:  https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-crime/u-s-immigration-officials-evaluate-vulnerable-detainees-for-possible-release-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN21P3JP

Australia's parliament set to pass huge stimulus plan
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-parliament-set-to-pass-huge-stimulus-plan-idUSKBN21P3JD

Two Peruvian women diagnosed with COVID-19 give birth to healthy babies - doctor
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-peru-newborns/two-peruvian-women-diagnosed-with-covid-19-give-birth-to-healthy-babies-doctor-idUSKBN21Q03Y

More on the coronavirus around the world at:  https://www.reuters.com/news/world

[TomSea]

Mexico urges end to harassment of health workers in pandemic
Carlos RodrÍguez, Associated Press Updated 8:56 pm CDT, Tuesday, April 7, 2020

MEXICO CITY (AP) — They are the first line of defense against the COVID-19 pandemic, but in parts of Mexico, doctors, nurses and other health workers are being harassed to the point that federal authorities have pleaded for Mexicans to show solidarity.

While tributes to courageous medical personnel putting themselves in the virus' path circle the globe, Mexico and some other places have seen disturbing aggression born of fear.

Recently, a hospital in Guadalajara — Mexico's second-largest city — were told to wear civilian clothes to and from work rather than their scrubs or uniforms because some public buses refused to allow them to board. Other medical personnel have reported attacks and this week someone threw flammable liquid on the doors of a new hospital under construction in the northern border state of Nuevo Leon.

Read more at: https://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Mexico-urges-end-to-harassment-of-health-workers-15184979.php

Disgraceful.

[Chosen Daughter]

They are giving ventilators to New York.

[Chosen Daughter]

No more aid

[mountaineer]

Boris Johnson’s fever eases after second night in ICU battling coronavirus
By Lee Brown
April 8, 2020 | 7:16am

Coronavirus-stricken British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s fever started easing as he remained in intensive care Wednesday — as Queen Elizabeth II sent a message of support to his pregnant fiancée, according to reports.

Johnson, 55, showed promising signs as he spent his second night in an intensive care unit, where he still did not need a ventilator, The Times of London reported. ... New York Post

 

[mystery-ak]

France announces 1,417 coronavirus deaths, nation's largest one-day toll
By Justine Coleman - 04/08/20 09:13 AM EDT

France announced that 1,417 people have died from the novel coronavirus in one day, its largest daily death toll since the pandemic struck, according to news reports.

The country has now counted a total of 10,328 coronavirus deaths thus far, after the surge in deaths Tuesday. Meanwhile, more than 7,000 people remain in intensive care, according to NBC News.

Despite the uptick in deaths, France reported a lower increase of daily new cases on Tuesday. Doctors diagnosed 3,777 people with coronavirus Tuesday, bringing the country's total to more than 110,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

more
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/public-global-health/491719-france-announces-1417-dead-from-coronavirus-largest

[Cyber Liberty]

Boris Johnson’s fever eases after second night in ICU battling coronavirus
By Lee Brown
April 8, 2020 | 7:16am

Coronavirus-stricken British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s fever started easing as he remained in intensive care Wednesday — as Queen Elizabeth II sent a message of support to his pregnant fiancée, according to reports.

Johnson, 55, showed promising signs as he spent his second night in an intensive care unit, where he still did not need a ventilator, The Times of London reported. ... New York Post

 

It's working, folks!  Keep it up!