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#OneYearAgo a "coronavirus #genome from a case of a respiratory disease from the #Wuhan outbreak" was published on #GenBank... 🧐#SARSCoV2
#OneYearAgo "The cluster of infections had raised fears of a potential epidemic after China said last week that the virus causing it was a previously unknown type but came from the same family of viruses that caused the #SARS and #MERS epidemics".🧐
reuters.com/article/us-hea…
reuters.com/article/us-hea…
#OneYearAgo It was suddenly clear that the virus was travelling fast... any bell ringing?🧐#covid19
cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspecti…
cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspecti…
#US #IndustrialProduction numbers were released yesterday for Apr-end. The picture isn't pretty. Showing below how bad it was in the last 2 months in actual numbers. (comparing Feb-end with Apr-end; Grey areas show previous recessions). The index itself declined 15.3% (1) 
PART1: Industries underperforming the IP Index
1. #MotorVehicles & Parts - down 80% in 2 months. It's the LOWEST since 1972. (2)
1. #MotorVehicles & Parts - down 80% in 2 months. It's the LOWEST since 1972. (2)
Is #azithromycin (an antibiotic, not an antiviral) + #chloroquine (an antimalarial) effective?
Maybe, maybe not. This is why clinical trials are vital... even when the outcomes are negative.
nytimes.com/2020/03/18/hea…
Maybe, maybe not. This is why clinical trials are vital... even when the outcomes are negative.
nytimes.com/2020/03/18/hea…
meanwhile, when we have political leaders who don't understand science and the necessity of randomized clinical trials to demonstrate safety/efficacy...
nytimes.com/2020/03/20/hea…
nytimes.com/2020/03/20/hea…
here's the link to the clinical trial on hydroxychloroquine + azithromycin... NOT randomized, NOT blinded, only N=6 pts treated with combination treatment = take the results with a HUGE grain of salt
mediterranee-infection.com/hydroxychloroq…
mediterranee-infection.com/hydroxychloroq…
As #coronavirus continues to spread in Australia, some doctors are sounding the alarm about a critical shortage of essential supplies. #abc730
"If there was a serious outbreak we'd run out of masks in two days." – Dr Maria Boulton, whose GP clinic in Brisbane has 15,000 patients on its books. #abc730 #coronavirus
When Dr Maria Boulton sought an urgent supply of more P2 masks from government health authorities she was told that due to high demand she could only have two. Today they gave her 50 surgical masks. #abc730 #coronavirus
Our plan tonight is to arm you with the facts about #coronavirus that you need to know - whether you're likely to catch it, how it might impact your day to day life, how it's spreading around the world and the impact that might have on Australia's economy. #abc730
Businessman James Kwan, 78, died this week, becoming Australia's first victim of the #coronavirus. He was on a family holiday aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship when he contracted the disease. #abc730 @jason_om
James Kwan’s wife Teresa, 79, tested positive too, and both were transferred to Darwin for quarantine and then to Perth. Their son Edwin also has the disease and remains in a Japanese hospital. #abc730 #coronavirus
