Virus supplies worldwide comparison

[ZenHerper]

I ventured out to the 2 grocery stores here in the beach area this morning. No bread, eggs, milk, paper towels, toilet paper, or carrots. Still had plenty of cigarettes, beer, cat treats and wine. I spent about $180,00 and I don't need to go back out for about 2 months now.

Stock outages continue to "roll" up here. No meat last week, better on Sunday.

The stay-at-home order has helped: I saw various brands of TP (don't need it - grabbed 2 months backup when things went mad 2 weeks ago) in Walmart while looking for Sugar Glider water (found purified gallon, so OK). Retailers are limiting one unit per purchase of things that keep zeroing out.

All retailers are set to Immediately hire anyone on work stoppage.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

O.K.
It's like this...
I've had my cough, sore throat and inability to taste food for several weeks or longer.
Yesterday and today I've taken about 10 showers, I'm very sweaty and my wife demanded to take my temperature. Its 101.7.
So, I've got something. But what?
My primary doctor says because my breathing is not compromised that I should just self isolate. (Over the phone)
I'm not sure if I should get tested or not because I feel pretty decent. And this is just as likely not Covid19

 

[Yvonne G]

O.K.
It's like this...
I've had my cough, sore throat and inability to taste food for several weeks or longer.
Yesterday and today I've taken about 10 showers, I'm very sweaty and my wife demanded to take my temperature. Its 101.7.
So, I've got something. But what?
My primary doctor says because my breathing is not compromised that I should just self isolate. (Over the phone)
I'm not sure if I should get tested or not because I feel pretty decent. And this is just as likely not Covid19

Since you've had this whatever for 'several weeks' I'd be willing to guess it's not Covid 19. From what I've read about the virus, it includes a pretty bad headache and lower back ache.

Just do what you can to reduce the temperature and rest.

 

[Blackdog1714]

O.K.
It's like this...
I've had my cough, sore throat and inability to taste food for several weeks or longer.
Yesterday and today I've taken about 10 showers, I'm very sweaty and my wife demanded to take my temperature. Its 101.7.
So, I've got something. But what?
My primary doctor says because my breathing is not compromised that I should just self isolate. (Over the phone)
I'm not sure if I should get tested or not because I feel pretty decent. And this is just as likely not Covid19

Oh no! They say the loss of taste is a sign of COVID! Take care of yourself

 

[Toddrickfl1]

O.K.
It's like this...
I've had my cough, sore throat and inability to taste food for several weeks or longer.
Yesterday and today I've taken about 10 showers, I'm very sweaty and my wife demanded to take my temperature. Its 101.7.
So, I've got something. But what?
My primary doctor says because my breathing is not compromised that I should just self isolate. (Over the phone)
I'm not sure if I should get tested or not because I feel pretty decent. And this is just as likely not Covid19

Oh no, hope it's something else man. I'll be sending good thoughts your way. My aunt in Oakland Park is also sick and her doctor is advising the same thing.

 

[ZenHerper]

O.K.
It's like this...
I've had my cough, sore throat and inability to taste food for several weeks or longer.
Yesterday and today I've taken about 10 showers, I'm very sweaty and my wife demanded to take my temperature. Its 101.7.
So, I've got something. But what?
My primary doctor says because my breathing is not compromised that I should just self isolate. (Over the phone)
I'm not sure if I should get tested or not because I feel pretty decent. And this is just as likely not Covid19

Yeah, it sucks to not have the basic option to test and be sure.

The FDA has apparently just approved the at-home test, so google that for grins.

If you have any change in your breathing, your fever spikes or continues (use tylenol NOT ibuprophen - still research this rumor), or your wife has a gut sense that you are not Just Ordinary Sick, then nag your primary care.

((Hugs))

 

[Tom]

What's the latest on the malaria drug/Z pack combo to treat this? Saw that a few days ago and haven't heard much since. Seems like that should be big news. At the time there was a lot of anecdotal evidence to support it. NY Doc on TV said that his hospital had not lost once single patient out of more than 300 confirmed cases since they started treating with this combo.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Yeah, it sucks to not have the basic option to test and be sure.

The FDA has apparently just approved the at-home test, so google that for grins.

If you have any change in your breathing, your fever spikes or continues (use tylenol NOT ibuprophen - still research this rumor), or your wife has a gut sense that you are not Just Ordinary Sick, then nag your primary care.

((Hugs))

As of right now, my primary doctors office isnt answering the phone.
It rings twice and disconnects.
I'll see if the fever goes up or down overnight.
I feel pretty good. And my breathing is fine.
In fact, if that virus wasn't out there, I wouldn't pay this much attention.
Since I do have a fever, no more going outside...

 

[ZEROPILOT]

What's the latest on the malaria drug/Z pack combo to treat this? Saw that a few days ago and haven't heard much since. Seems like that should be big news. At the time there was a lot of anecdotal evidence to support it. NY Doc on TV said that his hospital had not lost once single patient out of more than 300 confirmed cases since they started treating with this combo.

It's my understanding that the CDC was reluctant to use anything that might cause the virus to mutate into a stronger, more resistant strain.
But I'm certainly no scientist

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Oh no, hope it's something else man. I'll be sending good thoughts your way. My aunt in Oakland Park is also sick and her doctor is advising the same thing.

Thanks.
Its entirely likely that this IS something else.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Since you've had this whatever for 'several weeks' I'd be willing to guess it's not Covid 19. From what I've read about the virus, it includes a pretty bad headache and lower back ache.

Just do what you can to reduce the temperature and rest.

I forgot to mention the headaches because, like the back pain, it's there most of the time. Unrelated to any virus.
The cough is also something I've had for a long time.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Take care! I saw this earlier regarding lack of smell associated with COVID-19

Loss of smell could be a symptom of COVID-19

A sudden loss of smell is associated with some viral infections.

www.livescience.com

Sudden loss of a sense of smell could be a sign of a COVID-19 infection, doctors recently reported.
The complete loss of smell, or anosmia, is already associated with viruses; about 40% of anosmia cases occur after a viral infection, according to a statementpublished online on March 21 by ENT UK at The Royal College of Surgeons of England, an association of ear, nose and throat physicians in the United Kingdom.

 

[ZenHerper]

What's the latest on the malaria drug/Z pack combo to treat this? Saw that a few days ago and haven't heard much since. Seems like that should be big news. At the time there was a lot of anecdotal evidence to support it. NY Doc on TV said that his hospital had not lost once single patient out of more than 300 confirmed cases since they started treating with this combo.

It has not been studied in any coherent way. If some patients are responding, great!

But that can't be taken as a blanket endorsement. What is safe for one group of people to take for a particular illness may not be safe under other circumstances. (Right now health organizations are scrambling to confirm/disprove the French Health Minister's claim that ibuprophen is compromising immune response against COVID-19.)

Efficacy is not the only thing on the table. What are the side effects in infected people? In critically ill patients? Are these side effects manageable, or not? Etc., etc., etc..

My understanding now is that the FDA has approved the combo for wider use in hospitals, so that will serve as a study population. I'm guessing patients will have to sign off to take it, and there may be insurance hoops.

This will result in shortages of these two drugs for patients who currently take them for serious health conditions.

 

[Blackdog1714]

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have started two clinical trials on a potential, experimental treatment for COVID-19.
Dr. Arun Sanyal, a liver specialist and gastroenterologist, is leading the trials of an investigational drug for patients with moderate and severe symptoms of COVID-19 and the virus responsible for the disease, SARS-Cov-2.
The investigational antiviral was developed by Gilead Sciences Inc. and used experimentally to treat Ebola.

so maybe some possible good news! Sadly I now know where I am not going while at work!

 

[Toddrickfl1]

What's the latest on the malaria drug/Z pack combo to treat this? Saw that a few days ago and haven't heard much since. Seems like that should be big news. At the time there was a lot of anecdotal evidence to support it. NY Doc on TV said that his hospital had not lost once single patient out of more than 300 confirmed cases since they started treating with this combo.

It doesn't help that some guy and his wife in Arizona consumed Fish Tank Cleaner yesterday to protect themselves from Coronavirus because one of the ingredients was chloroquine. The guy died and the woman is still hospitalized I think. **Insert Facepalm**

 

[Cathie G]

Men are not showing a greater infection rate.

Women and men are having equivalent numbers of positive test results. They are even being admitted to hospitals at equivalent rates, for similar symptoms.

Men are DYING at twice the rate of women. There are lots and lots of possible reasons why this is happening, but, again, we won't likely know for sure until we are post-emergency stages, and there is a good deal of data to analyze.

In countries where things are completely out of control, there are no autopsies being done, so no data will be coming with regard to whether men's lung tissue is more susceptible to fatal complications, or how infection/bacterial & fungal co-infection is interacting with co-morbid conditions (heart disease, etc.).

Any source speaking with certainty on this is lying. And either a disinformation bot/troll or a victim of disinformation (circulated by foreign agents or science-illiterates in Washington, D.C.).

Maybe it's because men are batty by nature?

 

[Tom]

It doesn't help that some guy and his wife in Arizona consumed Fish Tank Cleaner yesterday to protect themselves from Coronavirus because one of the ingredients was chloroquine. The guy died and the woman is still hospitalized I think. **Insert Facepalm**

Possible contenders for this year's Darwin Awards...

 

[Toddrickfl1]

Possible contenders for this year's Darwin Awards...

Lmao I can't believe you said that, I was going to say Darwinism at it's finest lol

 

[Tom]

Lmao I can't believe you said that, I was going to say Darwinism at it's finest lol

I have a filter, but its tenuous at best. A lot of stuff gets by it.

 

[Bee62]

O.K.
It's like this...
I've had my cough, sore throat and inability to taste food for several weeks or longer.
Yesterday and today I've taken about 10 showers, I'm very sweaty and my wife demanded to take my temperature. Its 101.7.
So, I've got something. But what?
My primary doctor says because my breathing is not compromised that I should just self isolate. (Over the phone)
I'm not sure if I should get tested or not because I feel pretty decent. And this is just as likely not Covid19

You are strong, Ed. You will be healthy again soon whatever it is. I am sure. Your wife and Suki take good care of you. I am wishing you all the best.