Blip wrote:I don't believe this has been posted here and the suggestion that coronavirus may be fundamentally a vascular disease seemed both interesting and credible. Do you have any comments, kiore? https://elemental.medium.com/coronavirus-may-be-a-blood-vessel-disease-which-explains-everything-2c4032481ab2

Is the world making progress against the pandemic? We built the chart to answer this question

by Max Roser
June 08, 2020

Our World in Data presents the data and research to make progress against the world’s largest problems.
This blog post draws on data and research discussed in our entry on the Coronavirus Pandemic.

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mingthething wrote:Just a reminder that everyone is rushing to capitalize on COVID-19 to get published. It's sexy. It's the new pumpkin spice.
And when you overdo it with pumpkin spice, there will be the occasional rancid cookie and horrible-tasting coffee.
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/whos-blame-these-thredroxntists-are-heart-surgisphere-covid-19-scandal?fbclid=IwAR3Z-1QC6b2dP9OLD14apYsG9YFUTy2gcS3kU3pCXp
Link gives a nice summary of the recent Surgisphere scandal. Among the rancid tell-tale signs? Patient recruitment and treatment with Hydroxychloroquine was given as early as 20th December 2019.

Alan B wrote:I get 404 on that link.

The Virus Will Win
Americans are pretending that the pandemic is over. It certainly is not.
JUNE 12, 2020

HEALTH NEWSJUNE 16, 2020 / 8:06 AM / UPDATED 27 MINUTES AGO
Steroid drug hailed as 'breakthrough' for seriously ill COVID-19 patients
Kate Kelland, Alistair Smout

LONDON (Reuters) - A cheap and widely-used steroid called dexamethasone has become the first drug shown to be able to save the lives of COVID-19 patients in what scientists said is a “major breakthrough” in the coronavirus pandemic.

The old-school, the slow and the silver bullet: three options for a vaccine to free the world.

By Annika Blau, Ben Spraggon, Joshua Byrd and Catherine Hanrahan

Story Lab

Updated 17 Jun 2020, 20:20pm
Published 17 Jun 2020, 14:14pm
Dr Ross Jennens has devoted his career to saving lives — and now he’s on the coronavirus frontline.

But not in the way you might expect.

Dr Jennens has put his hand up, or rather his arm, and become one of the first people in the world to receive a vaccine that could protect him from coronavirus.

If it works, he’ll be able to treat his cancer patients at Epworth Hospital without worrying that he poses a risk to the very lives he’s trying to save.

But you don’t need to work in a hospital to be hanging out for a coronavirus vaccine. Without one, Australia could remain a hermit kingdom at the end of the Earth, cut off from the global community.

The world is in limbo and it’s unclear which, if any, of the more than 100 vaccine candidates might reach the finish line first.

Broadly speaking, there are three classes of vaccine and each has its own promises and drawbacks.

The old-school approach that can carry some risk.
The new-school approach that’s worked well before but still takes time we don’t have.
A silver bullet that’s cheap, could be produced quickly and could take us closer to a cure for cancer — but it’s never been used in humans before.
All three approaches have this in common: scientists are racing to solve the biggest problem in the world by tackling a microscopic one first..

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Alan B wrote:I get 404 on that link.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06 ... 19-scandal

kiore wrote:That steroids would help with lung inflamation in COVID-19 was predicted early on, but fell out of favour for a while this is good news it clearly back in the toolbox for those requiring ventilation and/or oxygen therapy. Not the golden bullet that is needed but the toolbox of symptomatic treatments is growing steadily. Also good news this is a cheap and commonly available item.

JUNE 21, 2020
One in four UK adults at risk of hunger and potential malnutrition following lockdown
by Northumbria University

Credit: CC0 Public Domain
One in four adults in the UK are experiencing food insecurity, which is likely to have left them susceptible to hunger and potential malnutrition, during the COVID-19 pandemic. That is the main finding of a survey published today by Feeding Britain and Northumbria University's Healthy Living Lab.

The survey finds that 25% of adults have struggled during the pandemic to access food they can afford, and are likely to have been susceptible to hunger and potential malnutrition as a result. Meanwhile, nearly one in four adults looking after children have eaten less so they can feed the children in their household.