Merged Covid Megathread

[Rabbuk]

Developed in Japan UV lamp good for multiuse locations

Japanese firm launches world's first UV lamp that safely kills coronavirus

Ushio is only accepting orders from medical institutions for the moment but will serve other customers once production catches up with demand.

www.japantimes.co.jp

the clinic i do financials for looked into these and the ones they were looking to buy took 15 minutes to sweep a regular sized patient room. which was prohibitive for them. but it looks like this one might only take 7 minutes.

 

[flycy]

Developed in Japan UV lamp good for multiuse locations

Japanese firm launches world's first UV lamp that safely kills coronavirus

Ushio is only accepting orders from medical institutions for the moment but will serve other customers once production catches up with demand.

www.japantimes.co.jp

Don't have any idea if this will be effective, but I've been amazed at the lack of trying to add UV to large ventilation systems, public areas, hospitals, schools etc.

 

[NWICY]

When they state that it doesn’t harm human health I would have loved to hear how they came to that conclusion.

Testing, I suppose similar to signing up for the vaccine trials? In the article it states that they changed the wave length from 250 to 220.

 

[Rabbuk]

When they state that it doesn’t harm human health I would have loved to hear how they came to that conclusion.

the ones we looked at purchasing definitely required the room to be cleared, which was the issue.

 

[simply1]

By the end of 2020, hospitals across the U.S. will lose about $300 billion, according to the American Hospital Association. But for major medical centers like University Hospital in Newark, the financial hit of a second wave of Covid-19 would be especially devastating.

“Where there are already cracks in the system, those cracks become earthquakes,” said Dr. Chris Pernell, University Hospital’s chief of strategic integration and health equity officer.

 

[mynameisjonas]

Where have I heard this one before?

 

[simply1]

Where have I heard this one before?

So you don't think these hospitals needed that bailout money?

 

[simply1]

Where have I heard this one before?

Sure looks made up.

Moody's: Hospital financial outlook worse as COVID-19 relief funds start to dwindle

For-profit hospitals are expected to see a financial decline over the next 12 to 18 months as federal relief funds that shored up revenue losses due to COVID-19 start to | The financial outlook of for-profit hospital systems doesn't look good as COVID-19 relief funds start to dwindle.

www.fiercehealthcare.com

 

[singsing]

Don't get sick in this country. Hospitalization is a joke. They only care about the buck and if you don't have it you are screwed

 

[kcbob79clone]

Interesting news from across the globe, although the veracity of all stories from Russia and China is as always to be determined. More than 150 potential vaccines are being developed and tested globally, with 38 in human trials, and candidates from Moderna Inc, Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca Plc are already in late-stage trials. Here we go:

Over 3000 Muscovites have been vaccinated, trials are over?

Over 3,000 people vaccinated against coronavirus in Moscow

Earlier in Moscow, medical examinations began on the first people wishing to be vaccinated against coronavirus who applied to participate in a vaccine study

tass.com

Single dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine produces strong immune response

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine produces strong immune response in early trial

A single dose of Johnson & Johnson's <JNJ.N> experimental COVID-19 vaccine produced a strong immune response against the novel coronavirus in an early-to-mid stage clinical trial, according to interim results published on Friday.

www.reuters.com

Trial of new vaccine begins in UK

Covid vaccine: Trial of new coronavirus vaccine starts in UK

It is only the second vaccine to enter large scale trials in the UK and early signs suggest it can trigger an immune response.

www.bbc.co.uk

Covid antibodies endure over six months in China trial

Covid Antibodies Endure Over Six Months in China Trial Subjects

The amount of Covid-19 antibodies in trial subjects who received China’s experimental vaccines remained high six months after the first shots, said a top Chinese scientist, projecting confidence that the country will be among the first to produce effective inoculation against the coronavirus.

www.bloomberg.com

Pakistan launches Phase 3 trials for Chinese developed vaccine

Pakistan launches Phase III trials for Chinese Cansinobio's COVID-19 vaccine

Pakistan has launched Phase III clinical trials for CanSino Biologics' COVID-19 vaccine candidate, a government minister and an official at the Chinese pharmaceutical company said on Tuesday.

www.reuters.com

India, worlds largest vaccine maker starts manufacturing Codagenix vaccine and promises, “India’s vaccine production and delivery capacity will be used to help all humanity in fighting this crisis.”

India's Serum Institute starts manufacturing Codagenix's potential COVID-19 vaccine

Codagenix Inc said on Tuesday Serum Institute of India has started manufacturing the U.S. biotech firm's potential COVID-19 vaccine and it expects to begin early-stage human trial of the vaccine by the end of 2020 in the UK.

www.reuters.com

Chinese firm expects vaccine approval within month

Chinese state-backed firm expects coronavirus vaccine approval for public use within months

State-backed vaccine maker China National Biotec Group (CNBG) is hopeful of two of its novel coronavirus vaccine candidates receiving conditional regulatory approval for general public use within the year, its vice president said on Tuesday.

www.reuters.com

 

[madguy30]

Potential treatment news. ****** for the ferrets though.

Australian firm says its nasal spray reduced coronavirus growth in animal study

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/AUSTRALIA-NASALSPRAY:Australian firm says its nasal spray reduced coronavirus growth in animal study

news.trust.org

 

[ArgentCy]

Don't get sick in this country. Hospitalization is a joke. They only care about the buck and if you don't have it you are screwed

Well that's at least partially true. But hospitals make the big money keeping you there.

 

[aauummm]

Interesting news from across the globe, although the veracity of all stories from Russia and China is as always to be determined. More than 150 potential vaccines are being developed and tested globally, with 38 in human trials, and candidates from Moderna Inc, Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca Plc are already in late-stage trials. Here we go:

Over 3000 Muscovites have been vaccinated, trials are over?

Over 3,000 people vaccinated against coronavirus in Moscow

Earlier in Moscow, medical examinations began on the first people wishing to be vaccinated against coronavirus who applied to participate in a vaccine study

tass.com

Single dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine produces strong immune response

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine produces strong immune response in early trial

A single dose of Johnson & Johnson's <JNJ.N> experimental COVID-19 vaccine produced a strong immune response against the novel coronavirus in an early-to-mid stage clinical trial, according to interim results published on Friday.

www.reuters.com

Trial of new vaccine begins in UK

Covid vaccine: Trial of new coronavirus vaccine starts in UK

It is only the second vaccine to enter large scale trials in the UK and early signs suggest it can trigger an immune response.

www.bbc.co.uk

Covid antibodies endure over six months in China trial

Covid Antibodies Endure Over Six Months in China Trial Subjects

The amount of Covid-19 antibodies in trial subjects who received China’s experimental vaccines remained high six months after the first shots, said a top Chinese scientist, projecting confidence that the country will be among the first to produce effective inoculation against the coronavirus.

www.bloomberg.com

Pakistan launches Phase 3 trials for Chinese developed vaccine

Pakistan launches Phase III trials for Chinese Cansinobio's COVID-19 vaccine

Pakistan has launched Phase III clinical trials for CanSino Biologics' COVID-19 vaccine candidate, a government minister and an official at the Chinese pharmaceutical company said on Tuesday.

www.reuters.com

India, worlds largest vaccine maker starts manufacturing Codagenix vaccine and promises, “India’s vaccine production and delivery capacity will be used to help all humanity in fighting this crisis.”

India's Serum Institute starts manufacturing Codagenix's potential COVID-19 vaccine

Codagenix Inc said on Tuesday Serum Institute of India has started manufacturing the U.S. biotech firm's potential COVID-19 vaccine and it expects to begin early-stage human trial of the vaccine by the end of 2020 in the UK.

www.reuters.com

Chinese firm expects vaccine approval within month

Chinese state-backed firm expects coronavirus vaccine approval for public use within months

State-backed vaccine maker China National Biotec Group (CNBG) is hopeful of two of its novel coronavirus vaccine candidates receiving conditional regulatory approval for general public use within the year, its vice president said on Tuesday.

www.reuters.com

Before I get a COVID vaccine I'm going to want to know who made it and where it came from!

 

[madguy30]

Before I get a COVID vaccine I'm going to want to know who made it and where it came from!

I mean, I used the 'No tears' Johnson and Johnson shampoo when I was little and am still alive. I'd give them a look.

 

[Cyientist]

I mean, I used the 'No tears' Johnson and Johnson shampoo when I was little and am still alive. I'd give them a look.

Not sure about that, that **** stung!

 

[kcbob79clone]

Not sure about that, that **** stung!

But you lived!

 

[Mr Janny]

Well that's at least partially true. But hospitals make the big money keeping you there.

Medicare/Medicaid actually ties their reimbursement rate to this kind of thing. If a hospital keeps patients longer than warranted, or if a patient has surgery, and then has another stay for the same reason afterward, the hospital can lose a flat percentage off of their entire medicare/Medicaid reimbursement rate. Hospitals take that very seriously, because combined with insurance carriers, it makes up nearly all of their revenue. Losing even a single percent off of their reimbursement rate would represent huge amounts of money. Insurance companies also balk at unnecessarily inflated stays. They are in the business of paying as little as they can. Fighting the insurance companies to pay claims takes a ton of time and resources, even for well justified procedures and stays.

I'm not saying that this practice doesn't ever occur, and hospitals definitely look to charge whatever they can, but I don't think it's a terribly widespread practice. Keeping a patient in the hospital without a justifiable reason is tough work, because there are massive organizations, both public and private that are specifically looking for such occurrences.

 

[madguy30]

Would it be considered a 3rd wave?

Or was this first wave a two-parter?

 

[kcbob79clone]

Florida schools reopened en masse, but a surge in coronavirus didn't follow, a USA TODAY analysis finds

A USA TODAY analysis shows the state’s positive case count among kids ages 5 to 17 declined through late September after a peak in July.

eu.usatoday.com

 

[ISUTex]

going broke because they are so empty? At least they get big bucks for every poor sap they put on a ventilator.