Merged Covid Megathread

[madguy30]

Per the WSJ Covid may have been here long before we thought

Coronavirus Hit the U.S. Long Before We Knew

Months before travel bans and lockdowns, Americans were transmitting the virus across the country

www.wsj.com

I'd like to see some sort of stat on hospitalizations to see if they were higher than normal including flu season last December-February. Anything I've seen shows it was just below the threshold of being an epidemic.

Whatever the crap I had in December/January that was closer to a strong Covid case, I was told to come back in if it went to my chest which it didn't. And nobody else I was around got symptoms.

Anyone I know that thought they had it during that time tested negative for ABs BUT if they got that test done in May or June it would be just around or over the typical 3-4 months that a positive result would have shown up.

 

[kcbob79clone]

Abbott Labs gets U. S. emergency use approval for antibody test

Abbott wins U.S. emergency use authorization for new COVID-19 antibody test

Abbott Laboratories said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization for its lab-based COVID-19 antibody blood test.

www.reuters.com

 

[kcbob79clone]

Effectiveness of Remdesivir proven in new study

Study Confirms Remdesivir Benefits for COVID-19

The final report on a large study of remdesivir confirms its effectiveness in treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

time.com

 

[Rabbuk]

Coronavirus updates: Johnson & Johnson pauses vaccine trial

A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed over 1 million people worldwide.

abcnews.go.com

 

[CloneLawman]

‘I Feel Like I Have Dementia’: Brain Fog Plagues Covid Survivors (Published 2020)

The condition is affecting thousands of patients, impeding their ability to work and function in daily life.

www.nytimes.com

 

[CloneLawman]

Regeneron’s C.E.O. says its promising Covid-19 treatment must be rationed. (Published 2020)

www.nytimes.com

 

[CloneLawman]

First, a Vaccine Approval. Then ‘Chaos and Confusion.’ (Published 2020)

Come spring, Americans may have their choice of several so-so coronavirus vaccines — with no way of knowing which one is best.

www.nytimes.com

 

[simply1]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/12/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/

4:04 p.m.
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First U.S. case of coronavirus reinfection confirmed in peer-reviewed journal
By Ben Guarino
A 25-year-old man from Reno, Nev., had the first known U.S. case of coronavirus reinfection, according to a report published Monday in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases. Pathogens from two genetically distinct strains had infected him weeks apart.
Confirmed second infections represent a sliver of the estimated 37 million coronavirus cases worldwide. A twice-infected Hong Kong patient was the first such case, followed by several others in Belgium and the Netherlands. Research awaiting peer review describes reinfected patients in Ecuador, India and elsewhere.

 

[CNECloneFan]

Nations around the globe are experiencing Covid surges.

 

[CloneLawman]

COVID-19: Symptoms, incubation, prevention, and more

COVID-19 is a highly contagious infectious disease resulting from a recently identified coronavirus. Learn to curb its spread and more here.

www.medicalnewstoday.com

 

[CloneLawman]

COVID-19: Symptoms, incubation, prevention, and more

COVID-19 is a highly contagious infectious disease resulting from a recently identified coronavirus. Learn to curb its spread and more here.

www.medicalnewstoday.com

 

[madguy30]

Someone last week was saying places like Switzerland were moving on.

I guess not.

https://www.thelocal.it/20201009/switzerland-parts-of-germany-italy-and-austria-added-to-coronavirus-quarantine-list

 

[GoFast]

Are we all dead yet?

 

[simply1]

Johnson & Johnson Pauses Covid-19 Vaccine Trials Due to Sick Subject

The company said an independent committee is reviewing the subject’s illness, and it will review the medical information before deciding whether to restart the studies.

www.wsj.com

 

[Althetuna]

Probably because people want the Trump cocktail. if I get it I’m checking in on day one and I’m like....give me what he had.

And your insurance company would be like, "Nope."

 

[Angie]

Removed all 13 political posts. Knock it off, or we'll temp ban. We all know what everyone is doing.

 

[3TrueFans]

Removed all 13 political posts. Knock it off, or we'll temp ban. We all know what everyone is doing.

Perm bans plz

 

[kcbob79clone]

Californians hospitalized with Covid lowest level in 6 months

Californians hospitalized with COVID-19 at lowest level in 6 months

The average number of daily deaths has also dropped to its lowest point since May.

www.latimes.com

 

[kcbob79clone]

From Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Excess Deaths From COVID-19 and Other Causes, March-July 2020

Excess Deaths From COVID-19 and Other Causes, March-July 2020

This study updates a previous report of the estimated number of excess deaths in the US during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic through August 1, 2020, and describes causes of those deaths and temporal relationships with state lifting of coronavirus restrictions.

jamanetwork.com

 

[isutrevman]

From Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Excess Deaths From COVID-19 and Other Causes, March-July 2020

Excess Deaths From COVID-19 and Other Causes, March-July 2020

This study updates a previous report of the estimated number of excess deaths in the US during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic through August 1, 2020, and describes causes of those deaths and temporal relationships with state lifting of coronavirus restrictions.

jamanetwork.com

To biggy back on this: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.31.20184036v3.full.pdf

Study on excess mortality from February 1-September 23 in the U.S.