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I've heard that high blood pressure is a risk factor for the severity of a covid19 infection. But does that mean... (a) People who have actual, uncontrolled high BP? (b) People who would have high BP, but don't because it's controlled by medication? (c) People who are taking specific BP-controlling meds? (d) Some combo of (a), (b), (c)?
A detailed break down by age. Then bonus points would be a column showing the mortality rate of a person in that country. For instance an 80 yo in the US has a 6% mortality.
The origin of the virus. The mainstream media assumes the virus was created in a natural process of mutation and jumping species, while there's this little paper [1] in Nature Medicine from 2015 where authors (virologists) confirm that they created a novel, human-transmisible coronavirus, based on a new virus they discovered among bats. Some of the authors of the paper are from Key Laboratory of Special Pathogens and…
I'm assuming there are some basic principles that apply to any virus, but I don't know what they are and have found it difficult to get find meaningful information.
2. If lowering frequency and density of exposure reduces infection rate - as the papers that Google surfaces when querying this kind of thing suggest - does this mean that social distancing could be more than a knee-jerk means of reducing the stress of the healthcare system? Could it form the basis of a long-term containment strategy?
3. Would it be possible to randomly test high-traffic areas (grocery stores and gas stations in the US) to get a better sense for how this disease is spreading? Why are we not doing this?
This would allow crowd sourcing and statistics to be applied by the best minds in the world.
I know regulations can make this difficult but many difficult boundaries are being pressed now.
The origin of the virus. The mainstream media assumes the virus was created in a natural process of mutation and jumping species, while there's this little paper [1] in Nature Medicine from 2015 where authors (virologists) confirm that they created a novel, human-transmisible coronavirus, based on a new virus they discovered among bats. Some of the authors of the paper are from Key Laboratory of Special Pathogens and…
I've read a few things from epidemiologists, but there seems to be little discussion in the wider media.
https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-the-hammer-and-th...
2. What's going on with the PCR reagent shortage? Where are they produced? Why is it hard to make it quickly? etc.
The origin of the virus. The mainstream media assumes the virus was created in a natural process of mutation and jumping species, while there's this little paper [1] in Nature Medicine from 2015 where authors (virologists) confirm that they created a novel, human-transmisible coronavirus, based on a new virus they discovered among bats. Some of the authors of the paper are from Key Laboratory of Special Pathogens and…
The absence of a confirmed source does not put disproven conspiracy theories about its origin on the same footing as actual science.
In China: Total Confirmed = 81,782 Total Recovered = 74,181 Total Dead = 3,291 -------------------------- Remaining = 4,370
* I am assuming the number 4,370 will fall either into Recovered or Dead.
Can someone confirm this theory?
Is this going to the same for US?
Total Confirmed Cases = 69,684 Total Recovered = 619 Total Dead = 1,049 -------------------------------- Remaining = 68,016
Does this mean the fate of 68,016 not known yet in US? A similar concerning number exists for Italy too.