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CRITICAL TO READ: The Virus has Mutated AGAIN into a more Deadly Strain:--05-05-20:
www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/a-mutant-coronavirus-has-emerged-even-more-contagious-than-the-original-study-says/ar-BB13CHNP?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=U508DHP Scientists have identified a new strain of the coronavirus that has become dominant worldwide and appears to be more contagious than the versions that spread in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study led by scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The new strain appeared in February in Europe, migrated quickly to the East Coast of the United States and has been the dominant strain across the world since mid-March, the scientists wrote.
In addition to spreading faster, it may make people vulnerable to a second infection after a first bout with the disease, the report warned.
The 33-page report was posted Thursday on BioRxiv, a website that researchers use to share their work before it is peer reviewed, an effort to speed up collaborations with scientists working on COVID-19 vaccines or treatments.
That research has been largely based on the genetic sequence of earlier strains and might not be effective against the new one. READ MORE…
AND –05-05-20 IF CORRECT IT WOULD EQUAL 90,000 DEATHS A MONTH PLUS: www.huffpost.com/entry/covid-19-fema-model-200000-cases-3000-deaths_n_5eb0abb7c5b60a927780e451?ncid=newsltushpmgnews A startling new projection presented by the Federal Emergency Management Agency shows a possible COVID-19 toll uptick to 200,000 cases and 3,000 deaths daily by June 1.
The shocking numbers come just as dozens of states begin to drop strict social distancing requirements and open businesses to workers and customers at President Donald Trump’s urging.
A rate of 3,000 deaths a day would be about 90,000 deaths a month. That death toll rate would be a 70% increase from the current average of 1,750 a day. The number of current cases of COVID-19 in the nation is about 25,000 daily.
The projected increase, which was incorporated into a chart prepared by FEMA that appeared to include information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could be linked to both relaxed safety measures across the country and increased testing that will uncover more cases.
It wasn’t clear what the figures were based on in the document — or what was affecting or could turn around the numbers.
The report, which was first reported by The New York Times, indicated that cases are on the rise in areas around the Great Lakes, in Southern California and in sections of the South and the Northeast
MUST READS /WATCH: --05-05-20:
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-04/coronavirus-causes-blood-clots-harming-organs-from-brain-to-toes?srnd=premium Coronavirus Causes Damaging Blood Clots From Brain to Toe--Infection may spark formation of dangerous clots, doctors say--Clotting risk and symptoms may persist after infection clears. READ MORE…
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us.yahoo.com/gma/coronavirus-updates-15-children-hospitalized-nyc-mysterious-syndrome-093544681--abc-news-topstories.html I AM HOPING NOT A MUTATION…Coronavirus updates: 15 children hospitalized in NYC with mysterious syndrome possibly linked to COVID-19. READ MORE…
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www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/what-happens-if-a-coronavirus-vaccine-is-never-developed-its-happened-before/ar-BB13wAe0?li=BBnb7Kz As countries lie frozen in lockdown and billions of people lose their livelihoods, public figures are teasing a breakthrough that would mark the end of the crippling coronavirus pandemic: a vaccine.
But there is another, worst-case possibility: that no vaccine is ever developed. In this outcome, the public's hopes are repeatedly raised and then dashed, as various proposed solutions fall before the final hurdle.
Instead of wiping out Covid-19, societies may instead learn to live with it. Cities would slowly open and some freedoms will be returned, but on a short leash, if experts' recommendations are followed.
Testing and physical tracing will become part of our lives in the short term, but in many countries, an abrupt instruction to self-isolate could come at any time.
Treatments may be developed -- but outbreaks of the disease could still occur each year, and the global death toll would continue to tick upwards.
It's a path rarely publicly countenanced by politicians, who are speaking optimistically about human trials already underway to find a vaccine. But the possibility is taken very seriously by many experts -- because it's happened before. Several times.
"There are some viruses that we still do not have vaccines against," says Dr. David Nabarro, a professor of global health at Imperial College London, who also serves as a special envoy to the World Health Organization on Covid-19.
"We can't make an absolute assumption that a vaccine will appear at all, or if it does appear, whether it will pass all the tests of efficacy and safety. READ MORE…
--JUST THINK = THE HERPES VIRUS HAS INFECTED BILLIONS AND STILL NO CURE -- HOW HARD MIGHT IT BE FOR A CURE THIS C-VIRUS???--05-05-20:
www.nbcnews.com/health/sexual-health/herpes-virus-infects-billions-people-worldwide-why-isn-t-there-n1199401 Herpes virus infects billions of people worldwide. Why isn't there a vaccine yet?
A vaccine to prevent herpes infections could also have an impact on slowing the spread of HIV, according to a WHO report. READ MORE..
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OTHER GOOD ARTICLES:05-05-20:
www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/coronavirus-may-last-2-years-study-warns-and-its-second-wave-could-be-worse/ar-BB13tSVb?li=BBnb7Kz If COVID-19 follows a pattern set by the 1918 Spanish flu, the pandemic is likely to last up to two years and return with a vengeance this fall and winter – a second wave worse than the first, according to a study issued from the University of Minnesota.
"States, territories and tribal health authorities should plan for the worst-case scenario," warns the report out of the university's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, "including no vaccine availability or herd immunity."
"Risk communication messaging from government officials should incorporate the concept that this pandemic will not be over soon and that people need to be prepared for possible periodic resurgences of disease," the authors suggest. READ MORE...
05-05-20:
www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/how-hong-kong-contained-its-second-wave-of-covid-19/ar-BB13Br0R?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=U508DHP I HOPE WE LEARN FROM HK…
---AND –05-05-20:
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-05/as-virus-deaths-grow-two-small-nations-keep-fatality-below-0-1?srnd=premium I HOPE WE CAN LEARN FROM SINGAPORE
As the global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic exceeds 250,000, two tiny nations stand out with the lowest fatality rates among countries who are experiencing major outbreaks.
In Qatar and Singapore, the death toll is less than 0.1% of reported infections. In Singapore, where total cases have surged to one of the highest in Asia as it grapples with outbreaks in foreign-worker dormitories, a 102-year-old woman recovered from the virus and was discharged from hospital over the weekend. READ MORE…
--05-20-05:
www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-york-coronavirus-crisis-how-americas-largest-city-is-dealing-with-its-dead/ar-BB13ycKF?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=U508DHP As I predicted…
--05-05-20:
www.cnbc.com/2020/05/04/coronavirus-dr-scott-gottlieb-says-he-would-take-three-antibody-tests-to-ensure-accuracy.html The Tests are like the Wild Wild West some work – others you need three tests—others are FAKE. Read More…
--AND –05-05-20:
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-05/coronavirus-antibody-tests-may-produce-contradictory-results?srnd=premium After Four Antibody Tests, I’m Still Not Sure I’ve Had Covid-19
Rapid kits produce contradictory results and little peace of mind when it comes to immunity from the virus.
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