Diseases ( incl Covid19 ) 03 (Jun 20 - Jun 21)

Diseases ( incl Covid19 ) 03 (Jun 20 - Jun 21)

Postby behappyalways » Sat Jun 06, 2020 2:58 pm

The other three-quarters

The pandemic is still gathering pace in most of the world
But there is lots that countries can do to curb it

HOW TO PREVENT new surges in cases? How to reopen businesses in an era of social distancing? How to revive prone economies? These are the questions preoccupying most of the rich world, where covid-19’s first wave, at least, is mercifully ebbing. But elsewhere the pandemic remains far from any crest.

Brazil is adding around 25,000 new confirmed cases a day, more than the United States. Russia and India are not far behind, with 8,000 or so apiece. All told, poorer countries account for some three-quarters of the 100,000 or so new cases detected around the world each day.

These numbers are alarming, especially because they are grave underestimates. Poorer countries tend to conduct fewer tests than richer ones, so even more infections and deaths are going uncounted in them.

Random testing in the Pakistani city of Lahore suggests that the official count is catching only one case in 25. Many governments are reluctant to advertise how rapidly the virus is advancing on their watch (see article). Russia initially claimed that barely 600 Muscovites died of the disease in April, but the number of deaths in the city in excess of the average for the month was three times that.

And some countries are too chaotic and violent to have much of a government. This week the UN sounded the alarm about Yemen, where the coronavirus seems to be rampaging across territory contested by the country’s two warring governments.

In the most worrying countries, many live hand-to-mouth. Their governments tend not to have much money, either. That has prompted the authorities to relax the restrictions they put in place to slow the spread of the disease, to save their citizens from ruin.

India, for instance, ended its lockdown on June 1st, just as the number of daily infections hit a new record (see article). Mexico has declared that it will open for tourism on June 8th. And non-essential businesses have been allowed to reopen in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s second-largest city.

When outbreaks are big enough to overwhelm health-care systems, deaths soar, since even cases that might respond to treatment become deadly. Poor countries have fewer hospitals and doctors and less of the necessary kit, from ventilators to disposable gloves and gowns. This can lead to horrifying scenes like those witnessed in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in April, when coffins ran out and bodies were abandoned in the streets.

Even poor countries can still do much to avoid such an outcome. As many have discovered, long-lasting lockdowns, ordered from on high, tend to be both hard to enforce and to come at a calamitous cost to the economy and to people’s overall health. But basic public-health campaigns, ideally in the hands of village councils, primary health-care clinics and so on, can promote practices like washing hands, wearing face-masks and social distancing.

They can organise isolation for those with symptoms and press for amenities like clean water. Even in places where it is hard to empty the streets altogether, governments can ban big gatherings in confined spaces, be it sports stadiums or churches.

And—cold comfort—once it becomes clear in any given country how deadly an uncontrolled outbreak is, the instinct for self-preservation will prompt people to isolate themselves, slowing covid-19’s progress.

Richer countries can do much to help. Some stricken places will need donations of simple supplies like testing kits and protective gear. Others will need debt relief, to free money to fight the disease. Humanitarian aid for war-torn countries and the refugees they create is even more urgent than usual.

Better yet, the governments backing opposing sides in civil wars in places like Afghanistan and Yemen could urge their proxies to declare temporary truces, to bring a modicum of help to afflicted regions. Coronavirus outbreaks are deadly enough without the added misery of guns and bombs.

Source: The Economist
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Re: Diseases ( incl Coronovirus etc ) 02 (Oct 12 - Dec 21)

Postby behappyalways » Mon Jun 08, 2020 3:45 pm

2020.06.07【文茜世界財經周報】美拉疫情持續惡化 巴西死亡數超越義大利全球第三
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Re: Diseases ( incl Coronovirus etc ) 02 (Oct 12 - Dec 21)

Postby winston » Thu Jun 18, 2020 7:51 am

Is The ‘Second Wave’ Another Coronavirus Hoax?

by Ron Paul

Texas, Florida, and California were singled out to scare the rest of the country into thinking that if you dare leave your homes you will catch coronavirus and die.

Stockman informs us that in Texas the “reported infected case rate of 256 per 100,000 is just 10 percent of the real ‘hot spot’ rate of 2,477 per 100,000 in the five boroughs of New York City; and its mortality rate of 6.2 per 100,000 population is just 3 percent of New York City’s 196 per 100,000 rate.”

It’s funny that they don’t dare mention Georgia, which has also opened its economy and has seen no “spike” at all.

This is a disease that 99.9 percent of the people who are infected with survive! But 40 million people out of work and the thousands of lives that will end due to the shutdown are never mentioned.


Source: Ron Paul Institute

http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/fe ... irus-hoax/
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Re: Diseases ( incl Coronovirus etc ) 02 (Oct 12 - Dec 21)

Postby winston » Sun Jun 21, 2020 9:54 am

Covid lockdowns may be causing another virus wave — dengue fever

Singapore reported an average of 165 cases a day in the week through 13 June, a record which authorities said may herald the largest dengue outbreak in its history.

by NICK CHANG and LOW DE WEI

People have spent more time in their homes to reduce transmission of Covid-19, and a World Health Organization spokesperson said the movement restrictions may be preventing communities and households from cleaning up potential mosquito-breeding sites in the neighborhood.

“Lockdowns are placing more people at home than they normally would,” said Cameron Simmons, director of the Institute of Vector-Borne Disease at Melbourne’s Monash University, who studied dengue in Vietnam.

“While no evidence has emerged proving a direct link, lockdowns could potentially have created an environment where mosquitoes are interacting more with the population than they would otherwise.”

Movement curbs probably worsened the dengue outbreak, said Siti Nadia Tarmizi, the director for vector-borne and zoonotic disease at Indonesia’s health ministry.

As of Wednesday, the country has recorded some 64,251 dengue cases in 2020, almost 60% more than at the same time last year. Bali, the popular tourist destination, has almost 9,000 infections.

Source: The Print

https://theprint.in/health/covid-lockdo ... er/445327/
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Re: Diseases ( incl Coronovirus etc ) 02 (Oct 12 - Dec 21)

Postby behappyalways » Mon Jun 22, 2020 11:01 am

Coronavirus: World Health Organisation reports largest single-day increase in cases
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united- ... on-reports
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Re: Diseases ( incl Coronovirus etc ) 02 (Oct 12 - Dec 21)

Postby behappyalways » Mon Jun 22, 2020 3:49 pm

World Health Organization Reports Largest Single-Day Increase in Coronavirus Cases
https://time.com/5856953/world-health-o ... ily-spike/


2020.06.20【文茜世界周報】全球確診數破800萬人 染疫人數翻倍「只花5周」
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Re: Diseases ( incl Coronovirus etc ) 02 (Oct 12 - Dec 21)

Postby behappyalways » Tue Jun 23, 2020 3:34 pm

South Korea battling a ‘second wave’ of coronavirus infections, Seoul health officials say
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iggnj29wdN4


Forces fighting Islamic State in Iraq helping to bury coronavirus victims in mass graves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHlA5d0h6jw
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Re: Diseases ( incl Coronovirus etc ) 02 (Oct 12 - Dec 21)

Postby behappyalways » Fri Jun 26, 2020 8:50 pm

Scientists just beginning to understand the many health problems caused by COVID-19
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-heal ... SKBN23X1BZ
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Re: Diseases ( incl Coronovirus etc ) 02 (Oct 12 - Dec 21)

Postby behappyalways » Mon Jun 29, 2020 3:17 pm

Coronavirus: Ghana 'quack doctors' selling 'cure'
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-afric ... lling-cure


2020.06.27【文茜世界周報】下周全球確診恐破千萬 WHO:疫情進入全新危險階段
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Re: Diseases ( incl Coronovirus etc ) 02 (Oct 12 - Dec 21)

Postby winston » Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:07 pm

New Swine Flu found in China that has pandemic potential

Source: SCMP

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science ... rchers-say
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