4-12-20 Sunday
They are not having their big festive celebration this year. Charles and Camilla left England 3-26-20 to stay at Balmoral Castle in Scotland due to the coronavirus. The Queen's dressmaker is making scrubs for the National Health Service. This year the world steps back to save lives.
Hopefully next year we are wiser and more well prepared to stop a pandemic before it becomes a pandemic.
Enjoy Passover and Easter where you are reflect on the meaning of this time and be thankful for what you do have rather than being angry and what you cannot do.
4-13-20 Monday
Numbers
New York State 190,288
Deaths 9,385
New York City
109,410
Deaths 6,182
Hospitalized 27 676
Supplies okay for this week. Need more next week.
First there is a report that the US over a ten year timespan gave China 3.7 Million dollars to the Wuhan Institute of Virology to do experiments on bats from the Yunnus caves 1 000 miles away from Wuhan. Wuhan is a Biohazard level 4 place where they do testing on pathogens that could be considered bioweapons if used for that purpose. Anthony Belloti, head of White Coat Waste Project says the research was done at Fudan University and China University of Geosciences. The lab is 20 minutes from the wet market where it is said the virus originated. The Wuhan Institue of Virology was studying coronavirus transmission.
Remarks: interspecies cross experiments as well as putting animal parts/genes into people must stop. It is against the natural order of things. It is not God's way. Failure to heed his guidance results in punishments created by man.
[Edited on 4/13/2020 by gina]
Dr. Renu Mahtani from Pune, India has videos about Vitamin D deficiency and supplementation. Most people are deficient. The old standard to prevent bone loss was to maintain a blood level of 29ng/mg. To prevent disease the minimum needed is 40 ng/ml comes out to 9,000 units per day.
A blood level of 40-80 ng/ml to prevent pneumonia that's 10,000 units per day.
In the case of covid research shows 50,000 to 60,000 units for three days will give your body what it needs to get rid of viruses including coronavirus.
To boost up your immunity 60,000 units taken in one week for three months then for maintenance 60,000 units once every 15 days will help you keep healthy.
She is not the only one noticing this. Dr. Dhruv Parekh is doing ongoing research on Vitamin D deficiency in Acute Respiratory Disease Syndrome. He found increased bacterial load and cell infiltration and cell permeability in these patients. A blood level of 20ng/ml is a severe deficiency. Less than 50 ng/ml is still a deficiency..
They found Vitamin D deficiencies in 100 per cent of ARDS patients.
And before you vent patients check their thrombomodulin levels, this correlates with existing cardiac disease. For those patients you need to know this.
Another Doctor, Hooman Poor, at Mt. Sinai Hospital, NY, treating Covid-19 patients has noticed little blood clots forming in the lungs of patients he is now using Tissue Plasminogen Activator for 24 hrs along with a blood thinner. The TpA- drug is usually given to those who have had a stroke or heart attack to break up clots otherwise a clot in the brain can kill you.
Https://www.yahoo.com/news/doctor-treating-covid-19-patients-003331722.html
[Edited on 4/13/2020 by gina]
[Edited on 4/13/2020 by gina]
Economy
Neel Kashkari head of the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis, Minnesota says there may be 18 months of rolling shutdowns with waves of flare ups and controls. He did an interview with Face the Nation.
Https://www.twitter.com/neelkashkari
President Trump wants an Economy Task Force. It should be interesting. Marc Cuban said he would like to be on it and he railed ag against Warren Buffett bailing out Bank of America and then making money off the tax liens from the foreclosed properties. Cuban believes as Trump does, get an equity stake if you are doing a bailout. Then Bank of America is one of the banks going to make even more money with the PPP loans to businesses from the Small Business Administration. So Buffett's 5 billion dollar deal with Bank of America will benefit him more than what he put out.
Yes Mr. President put Cuban on the Task Force. Shark Tank has been Graduate School for him.
Researcher from Cambridge, England says Covid-19 has three types, and did not necessarily start in Wuhan. It could have started no earlier than September 13 and no later than December 7tb, 2019. There are 3 types, Type A, Type B, and Type C. Type C was not found in the early type but was found in Singapore.
Type B is the type found in Wuhan from the first sample collected there 12-24-19.
The researcher is Peter Forster. He and his team unraveled the viral tree to apply mutations.
Not sure why the links do not work. You can try searching under the title
No Proof Covid19 Originated in Wuhan :
Type A - found in Wuhan. Australia and West Coast of US
Type B - found in East Asia, China, Europe, Canada and East Coast
Type C - found in Italy, Hong Kong, Singapore and North Korea
Type B underwent two mutations.
Europeans being hit with Type C not found in China.
The original strain Type A is found in bats and pangolins.
The Type B prevalent on the east coast and NYC has two strains the "L" type is the aggressive one people end up on ventilators from, and the "S" type which is the milder version people with the hack dry cough that recover in a week or two.
Vaccines will not be available right away and the virus has mutated twice in 6 months, vaccines will be hard pressed to deliver effective protection against a virus mutating like this.
[Edited on 4/14/2020 by gina]
[Edited on 4/15/2020 by gina]
The stacking of bodies in the freezer of that Detroit hospital is a grim reminder of how impossible it is for medical providers to keep up
Bodies have been stored elsewhere too - the photos are graphic - media report said 2 people died in the hallway of the hospital
The USA has been brought to its knees by this thing - we are so vulnerable to foreign military/terrorist invasion/attack right now
[Edited on 4/14/2020 by Stephen]
The stacking of bodies in the freezer of that Detroit hospital is a grim reminder of how impossible it is for medical providers to keep up
Bodies have been stored elsewhere too - the photos are graphic - media report said 2 people died in the hallway of the hospital
The USA has been brought to its knees by this thing - we are so vulnerable to foreign military/terrorist invasion/attack right now[Edited on 4/14/2020 by Stephen]
Well ISIS put out advice a few weeks back telling their members not to do any attacks in countries with coronavirus and they also put out prayers that the Prophet prayed against Leprosy which was a problem during the time of the Prophet and the companions. I think Iran has their hands full, and the Afghans have honored the Peace Agreement and have not shot at US and NATO forces. They are only shooting at Afghan National Army soldiers. They also released some prisoners as did President Ghani. I think we are okay for now on that front.
First there is a report that the US over a ten year timespan gave China 3.7 Million dollars to the Wuhan Institute of Virology to do experiments on bats from the Yunnus caves 1 000 miles away from Wuhan. Wuhan is a Biohazard level 4 place where they do testing on pathogens that could be considered bioweapons if used for that purpose. Anthony Belloti, head of White Coat Waste Project says the research was done at Fudan University and China University of Geosciences. The lab is 20 minutes from the wet market where it is said the virus originated. The Wuhan Institue of Virology was studying coronavirus transmission.
Remarks: interspecies cross experiments as well as putting animal parts/genes into people must stop. It is against the natural order of things. It is not God's way. Failure to heed his guidance results in punishments created by man.
Disturbing update. 4-14-14
Project funded by NIH, yes the US NIH, entitled "Fatal swine Acute diarrhea syndrome caused by HKU2 related coronavirus of bat origin". Bats were captured from the caves in Yunnan along with feces. Samples taken. Scientists grew the virus in the lab injected it into 3 day old piglets. The sick piglets were killed, their intestines ground up and fed to cannibal piglets.
China says they were investigating a coronavirus outbreak on pig farms and "this study highlights the importance of highlighting coronavirus diversity and distribution in bats to mitigate future outbreaks that could threaten livestock, public health, and economic growth". The 30 million dollar lab is ten miles from the Wuhan wet market.
Other research Nov. 2017 "Discovery of a rich gene pool of bat SARS related coronaviruses provides new insights into the origin of SARS coronaviruses.
Https://www.the-sun.com/news/679965/wuhan-coronavirus-scientists-bat-virus-injection-pig-cannibal/
Remarks: Bats live in caves. By nature they only come out at night to feed on bugs like mosquitoes. They do not bite or bother people. Why don't we stay out of caves, leave them alone and then we do not have to worry about these cross species diseases? Just leave all the animals alone to live their lives according to their instincts.
Update Emergency Room Dr. Ends up in his own hospital fighting for his life.
Dr. Ryan Padgett, Evergreen Health Center in Kirkland, Washington state.
Actemra rheumatoid arthritis drug plus the intravenous Vitamin C and other therapies saved his life stopping the CYTOKINE STORM.
https://yahoo.com/news/emergency-room-doctor-near-death-054816082.html
Remarks: Stop the cytokine storm to stop peoples bodies from killing the from coronavirus. The ventilators are not the one solution.
[Edited on 4/15/2020 by gina]
Tuesday 4-14-20
Numbers
NYS
202,365 cases
10,834 deaths
NJ
68,824 cases
844 deaths
MICH
25,635 cases
1602 deaths
MASS
25,867 cases
844 deaths
PA
25,450 cases
661 deaths
CALI
24,438 cases
732 deaths
LA
21,518 cases
1013 deaths
FL
21,367 cases
524 deaths
Louisiana and Florida are just slightly under Michigan. NY added 12,067 cases since yesterday.
The Governors are at odds with the President about opening the states. It's this way, did you want the country to be in a depression with no income being generated? Or do you want ongoing pandemic which is worse? The government needs payroll taxes from people working to pay the states for their programs. We can wait till everyone is well and states will go bankrupt. This is the reality of our situation.
How do you solve this?
[Edited on 4/15/2020 by gina]
4-16-20 Thursday
Abbott just launched a new test that can tell if you have had the virus and plans to pump out millions this month.
Https://www.yahoo.com/news/abbott-just-launched-test-tell-144200647.html
Numbers
NY
214,832 cases
14,636 deaths
NJ
71,030 cases
3,156 deaths
MASS
29,918 cases
1108 deaths
MICH
28,059 cases
1921 deaths
CALI
27,109 cases
890 deaths
PA
26,894 cases
787 deaths
FL
22,519 cases
614 deaths
Trump said the individual states will work on when they can open.
He wants states that CAN open to do so by May 1st.
He also announced his list for the economic Task Force and he DID put Marc Cuban on it. If we need the Sharks to help get good deals done, why not? All hands on deck!
Numbers 4-17-20
NY
Cases 223,961
Deaths 14,832
NJ
Cases 75,317
Deaths 3518
MASS
Cases 32,181
Deaths 1245
PA
Cases 28,314
Deaths 848
CALI
28,157
Deaths 973
ILL
Cases 25,733
Deaths 1073
FL
Cases 23,340
Deaths 668
LA
Cases 22,532
Deaths 1156
CT
Cases 15,884
Deaths 294
4-18-20 Saturday
Numbers
NY
Cases 235,395
Deaths 17,131
NJ
Cases 78,467
Deaths 3840
MASS
Cases 34,402
Deaths 1404
MICH
Cases 30,023
Deaths 2227
PA
Cases 30,031
Deaths 921
CALI
Cases 29,425
Deaths 1057
ILL
Cases 27,577
Deaths 1134
FL
Cases 24,759
Deaths 726
LA
Cases 23,118
Deaths 1213
CT
Cases 16,089
Deaths 1036
TX
Cases 18,078
Deaths 459
Some people in the mid-west states think it's just a cold reopen the country. They should come to here volunteer in the hospitals and get an education. Every day there are 10,000 to 12,000 more infected people identified and a couple thousand more dieing. The virus has not hit their states and neighborhoods yet. Here it started in February and March. They are all in for a rude awakening.
[Edited on 4/18/2020 by gina]
A story of hope and being brought back from being nearly dead from Covid-19 by use of a rare machine called ECMO - Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. The machine oxygenated the blood outside of the body so blood does not have to transfer through damaged or lungs filled with fluid. The tubes carry blood from the body to an external artificial lung, that removes carbon dioxide and adds Oxygen. Then an artificial heart pumps the blood back into the body. It has risk and a 40 per cent mortality rate, but if you are comatose or on the brink of death it gives you a chance. This man fully recovered.
At: Honor Health Lincoln Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona under the guidance of Dr. Robert Riley - Chief of Cardiothoracics and
Dr. Anselmo Garcia - Pulmonologist and Critical Care Physician.
Https://news.yahoo.com/first-arizona-patient-ventilator-survives-104531736.html
[Edited on 4/18/2020 by gina]
“Carnival Cruise executives knew they had a problem but kept the fun going
“Now dozens have died and the lawsuits are just beginning”
Can you imagine the uproar from outraged passengers by an announcement that all onboard events were being cancelled b/c of an possible health threat
That too would have resulted in lawsuits, over not having events & parties that had been scheduled as part of the cruise -
Just more terrible fallout
Stephen, it reminds me of Legionnaire's disease spread in hotels. The cruise ships, airplanes use recirculated air. The boats are too big, too many people on them. When one person unknowingly can infect 400 others, these massive ships are breeding grounds. How often do we hear if stomach flu on the ships? They are too big, too much room for contamination.
The industry will suffer. Maybe it's divine punishment for years of rolling ships of debauchery for guests and staff. But that is the way of the world.
I heard that post corona, there will be big economic changes including ushering in a new currency to manage the realities of the economic losses that cannot be recovered. I read recently also we may have a meat shortage due to processing plants closing. They can't do social distancing on the production lines and many of those workers are illegals, so they cannot register to get unemployment they get in stimulus etc.
A lot of economic loss with far reaching effects.
Stephen, it reminds me of Legionnaire's disease spread in hotels. The cruise ships, airplanes use recirculated air. The boats are too big, too many people on them. When one person unknowingly can infect 400 others, these massive ships are breeding grounds. How often do we hear if stomach flu on the ships? They are too big, too much room for contamination.
The industry will suffer. Maybe it's divine punishment for years of rolling ships of debauchery for guests and staff. But that is the way of the world.
I heard that post corona, there will be big economic changes including ushering in a new currency to manage the realities of the economic losses that cannot be recovered. I read recently also we may have a meat shortage due to processing plants closing. They can't do social distancing on the production lines and many of those workers are illegals, so they cannot register to get unemployment they get no stimulus etc.
A lot of economic loss with far reaching effects.
Potential housing rent relief legislation.
Https://www.yahoo.com/news/ilhan-omar-unveils-bill-cancel-164750468.html
Very helpful if it passes for those not stuck in illegal, substandard housing with landlords who just want to lie, cheat, and steal.
Tuesday 4-21-20
NY
Cases 253,000
Deaths 18,653
NJ
Cases 88,806
Deaths 4,520
MASS
Cases 39,643
Deaths 1,809
PA
Cases 34,005
Deaths 1,357
CALI
Cases 33,866
Deaths 1,229
MICH
Cases 32,000
Deaths 2,468
ILL
Cases 31,508
Deaths 1,349
FL
Cases 27,058
Deaths 823
LA
Cases 24,523
Deaths 1,328
TX
Cases 29,087
Deaths 520
CT
Cases 19,815
Deaths 1,331
GA
Cases 18,398
Deaths 774
NY Governor Cuomo met with President Trump regarding the need for testing supplies and money for the state government. The money for all state governments will be addressed in the next round of economic stimulus legislation, not right now.
The Senate passed a bill to give more money to small businesses so they can stay afloat. The House votes on it Thursday, and Trump will sign it providing the PPP loans for the Small Business Administration. [Sba.gov] Marco Rubio of Florida is the Chairman of that Committee.
During his meeting with President Trump, Governor Cuomo said that states should regulate the testing labs in their states and determine where tests are taken. Trump agreed.
Cuomo also said contact tracing is a state function.
He said that the federal role is to make the supply chain work for manufacturers.
He also said NY's goal is to be able to test 20,000 to 40,000 people per day.
This is reminiscent of the ventilators issue, where the Governor felt the federal government should obtain and distribute them.
It is not just NY's Governor who is concerned about the supply chain for testing materials. Maryland's Governor Larry Hogan made his own deal and obtained 500,000 tests from South Korea. His wife is a native Korean and he has diplomatic contacts. He has discussed with President Trump being able to use federal facilities due to their proximity to his state as well as their equipment and expertise and Trump is granting the access.
The stacking of bodies in the freezer of that Detroit hospital is a grim reminder of how impossible it is for medical providers to keep up
Bodies have been stored elsewhere too - the photos are graphic - media report said 2 people died in the hallway of the hospital
The USA has been brought to its knees by this thing - we are so vulnerable to foreign military/terrorist invasion/attack right now[Edited on 4/14/2020 by Stephen]
Well ISIS put out advice a few weeks back telling their members not to do any attacks in countries with coronavirus and they also put out prayers that the Prophet prayed against Leprosy which was a problem during the time of the Prophet and the companions. I think Iran has their hands full, and the Afghans have honored the Peace Agreement and have not shot at US and NATO forces. They are only shooting at Afghan National Army soldiers. They also released some prisoners as did President Ghani. I think we are okay for now on that front.
Huh?
Don't worry America, our enemies love us now...
Iran's Revolutionary Guard boats (11 of them) made "dangerous and harassing" moves near 6 US warships in the Persian Gulf (first such move since 2018)
ISIS and Al Qaeda urge their followers to strike and launch attacks against America and our allies while our nations are strained and distracted
China is expanding their operations in the South China Sea, sunk Vietnamese fishing boat
US - Taliban "peace deal" is said to be near 'breaking point'.
Friday 4-24-20
Numbers
NY
Cases 271,590
Deaths 21,349
NJ
Cases 100,025
Deaths 5,426
MASS
Cases 46,023
Deaths 2,360
CALI
Cases 39,719
Deaths 1,537
PA
Cases 39,409
Deaths 1,734
ILL
Cases 36,937
Deaths 1,608
MICH
Cases 36,255
Deaths 3,037
FL
Cases 30,174
Deaths 1,012
Some states want to partially reopen. They may see spikes and resurrgences.
NY will partially open areas not hit hard. It will be done regionally.
In metro NY between the city. Long Island and NJ today there are 371,615 known cases and the numbers for NY grow by 10,000 each day. In a week NY will have 300,000. What do you do with 11.5 million people with a pandemic spreading that funds a big part of the state and national economy when people are not working?
Cameron Kyle Siddell, the maverick M.D. from the Emergency Room at Maimonides has a new video for professionals called
"For the medical community could Covid-19 be causing Diffusion Hypoxia?"
When I put links up somehow they do not work so search under the title on you tube.
Dr. Jason Sonners answered the questions people have been having. His video is called:
"Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy vs. Ventillator for Respiratory Virus" - HBOT USA
His findings are significant. HBOT delivers hi flow low pressure oxygen. Patients oxygenate sooner and longer.
He used 1.5 ATA [atmospheres]. 1.7 is also okay to use.
Dr. Pradeep Rangappa also has an important video called
"Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy [HBOT] in Covid-19 8th Update"
He also goes into research done in Wuhan Yangtze Shipping General Hospital by Dr. Zhang Yangling
Who tested HBOT therapy on 5 patients and found it worked better than ECMO or Ventillation. It provides rapid relief of oxygenation in the first session. By day 2 increased saturation, increased vascular capillary perfusion, increased diffusion rates, better than ECMO for tissue cell oxygenation uptake will not interfere with other treatments.
Specs He used 1.6 ATA [atmospheres] for 120 minutes.
2 ATA yields 125% blood Oxygen. That is too high.
You tube videos.
So maybe this is the answer, do no harm to these patients who do not need the vents which damage their lungs. 88 per cent of those vented die. Use the chamber and a hi flow nasal cannula to help them.
[Edited on 4/24/2020 by gina]
4-27-20 Monday
Numbers
NY
Sun. 282,143 cases 22,009 deaths
Mon. 288,045 cases 22,269 deaths
Increase 5,902 cases and 260 deaths in one day
NJ
Sun. 105,523 cases 5,938 deaths
Mon. 109,038 cases deaths 5,938
Increase 3,515 cases nobody else died yet.
You can compare the rest. When we hear of decreases it may refer to hospital admissions or intubation. What happens when people go out again as normal?
Saudi Arabia asked China for help. They did a deal for $265 million dollars. China will provide six specialized labs, including an inflatable lab, the Huo Yan laboratory enabling Saudi to conduct 60,000 tests per day testing 40 per cent of it's population. They also purchased test kits and reagents from Switzerland and South Korea.
Https://www.arabnews.com/node/1665366/saudi-arabia
Many places in the US have not peaked their cases yet. They may have a false sense of security not having seen a surge yet. Others have seen it and were caught off guard. Nobody wants to talk about it but if death becomes a reality you have an unforeseen big expense. The funeral homes make the bulk of their money off the caskets. The mark ups are worse than buying a new car. You do not have to pay more you can get quality caskets discounted. You deal direct with the manufacturer who delivers it to the funeral home. By law, they must accept it. You can get metal or wood.
If death comes from Covid-19 or anything else check out these these suppliers for quality caskets or urns. Don't get ripped off.
Https://www.batesville.com
Yes it's the same company from Arkansas moved their headquarters to Indiana.
Https://www.trustedcaskets.com
[Edited on 4/27/2020 by gina]
Doctor says coronavirus could be spreading through farts – but experts aren’t so sure
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11401962/doctor-coronavirus-spreading-farts/
Covid-19 hangs in the air, in smog too. But I don't think the cows are the cause of global warming. There is a big problem with the food supply including meat. You've all heard about Tyson closing processing plants due to Covid-19 contaminated workers. Two sources I have gotten info from say cattle are being slaughtered because they are sick, not from Covid-19 but from other things coming into our atmosphere. Debris from meteorites carries arsenic in the ice when it hits the atmosphere and burns up the precipitation still comes thru contaminating anything outside, air, land, water, crops, livestock. Additionally, there are cosmic waves of radiation coming in dropping radiation all over. By next year when there are noticable undeniable food shortages the government will offer you an enhanced spam product. It is spam, ramen noodles and an egg substitute. It will be either that or nothing.
What can you do? If you don't know by now...
They will provide more acceptable reasons for food shortages try not to panic people.
Https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/Covid-19-crisis-heaps-pressure-nation-s-food-banks-n1178731
Https://news.yahoo.com/u-food-banks-run-short-102531099.html
All the things they point out are true but even if everybody got back to work the stuff coming in from the cosmos will still poison the food supply. Can the farmers build huge solar powered greenhouses can we build huge barns for the animals the size of football stadiums for them to roam around. Something needs to be thought about and spam or hoarding jerky isn't going to solve the problems.
[Edited on 4/27/2020 by gina]
gina, with your permission, in what little down time I have and although due to the large number of them, may take months, I'm going to compile all of your posts into a chronological history of some really entertaining, informative, caring, amusing, and occasionally the "ummm, what?" post, musings, with a glass of red wine in hand as a coping mechanism, into a book, I'm not sure though if fiction or nonfiction.
You go girl. 
I'll buy one of those books for kicks when I'm bored but I don't think I can go much more than $5 bucks paperback. Just don't print it in China...if it comes to that I'll go $10 if you have to pay more to print that fvcker here. I don't really read Gina's stuff, but I like that she is here doing it. Does that make sense?
