Novel CoronaVirus (COVID-19) Updates & Discussion

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garp said:
From the research, the overall effect in the broad population was about a 20% reduction in the chance of contracting an acute respiratory tract infection. Now that might mean that people are on average slightly deficient, especially if the research was based on subjects mainly in the northern hemisphere or cold climates, but since most people wouldn't know if they are deficient, and/or sit inside all day this is not something to thumb your nose at. In people who are very deficient, typically the elderly (the highest risk group), the benefit is a 70% reduction in the chances they would otherwise have of contracting an acute respiratory infection. Based on this I'd say it's pretty compelling that you should take vitamin D unless you're outdoors all day, and especially if you're older.
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What's the base chance? 20% is probably a meaningless difference. But this is why relative risk numbers are typically useless.

There's no reason to believe someone living in a sunny location would need to be exposed to the sun all day. Especially if they're white.
 
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Toxxyc said:
Totally agree, but I'm talking about surface distinfectant specifically. When making beer, we're usually DAMN clean, but it's not clean enough, so we still sanitize. As a result, I have this stuff at home, and lots of it (various types as well). It's pretty neat, because I use it when cooking as well, specifically when working meat. When done, I spray everything down with the sanitizer, and it kills everything (like E.Coli, etc.). Just figured you could use it for COVID-19 as well.
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Killing bacteria != killing viruses.
You have to be careful.

Here are two lists for disinfectants and how they work against viruses:
http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Disinfection/Assets/Disinfection101.pdf

https://webcache.googleusercontent....s-disinfectants.pdf+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=za

I saw sodium percarbonate being mentioned in this thread, it isn't mentioned in these lists.
 
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Waiting for more information, but may dad's boss was in contact with someone that is being tested for the virus. Said person had recently (Sunday) returned from Switzerland.
 
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quovadis said:
China had an outbreak due to lack of action on the part of the Chinese government resulting in mass infection over an extended period of time. Because the confirmed infection rate has slowed is progress but cannot be interpreted as them being any more successful than other countries and neither can it be interpreted as stopping anything.
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Today they reported only 18 new cases (8 in Wuhan) of which 6 were imported from other countries. Only 11 deaths (10 in Hubei) reported for today.

Covid-19 death toll increases to 4,600; Wuhan reports single-digit cases

Death toll from Covid-19 coronavirus has reached to more than 4,600, including 3,169 in mainland China, as of the end of 11 March.
www.pharmaceutical-technology.com www.pharmaceutical-technology.com

They were slow in Hubei, but there were multiple outbreaks in the rest of the county. From the numbers reported it seems they learnt their lesson in Hubei province and the action taken elsewhere rapidly stopped outbreaks from spreading.

Total casesDeathsActiveRecoveredCFRActiveRecovered
China ex Hubei
13151​
116​
461​
12574​
0.9%​
3.5%​
95.6%​
Hubei province
67781​
3056​
14407​
50318​
4.5%​
21.3%​
74.2%​
China Total
80932​
3172​
14868​
62892​
3.9%​
18.4%​
77.7%​

www.reuters.com

Coronavirus pandemic "could be over by June" if countries act, says Chinese adviser

The global coronavirus pandemic could be over by June if countries mobilize to fight it, a senior Chinese medical adviser said on Thursday, as China declared the peak had passed there and new cases in Hubei fell to single digits for the first time.
www.reuters.com www.reuters.com
 
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