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OVERVIEW: Faster test results and 'robust' immune response may offer hope of curbing the pandemic, experts say

Tue, 2020-08-18 11:02 — mike kraft

Faster test results and 'robust' immune response may offer hope of curbing the pandemic, experts say Faster tests combined with a "robust" immune response against Covid-19 could soon mean a slower spread, researchers said. Madeline Holcombe, CNN CNN

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Diagnostic tool: USC scientists identify the order of COVID-19’s symptoms

Mon, 2020-08-17 19:26 — mike kraft

USC scientists identify the order of COVID-19’s symptoms USC research on the order of COVID-19 symptoms will help doctors identify coronavirus patients sooner and make better treatment decisions. David Medzerian USC News

USC researchers have found what appears to be the likely order in which COVID-19 symptoms first appear: fever, cough and muscle pain, then nausea and/or vomiting, then diarrhea.

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Scientists See Signs of Lasting Immunity to Covid-19, Even After Mild Infections

Mon, 2020-08-17 19:06 — mike kraft

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RESEARCH PROBLEM: Doctors battling covid-19 rush to treat the ill — but without knowing what really works

Mon, 2020-08-17 09:46 — mike kraft

Wartime doctors battling covid-19 rush to treat the ill — but without knowing what really works Seven months into the pandemic, frontline doctors have in many cases become experts in treating covid-19. But they are experts without, for the most part, the most fundamental tool in medicine — solid evidence upon which to base their decisions. Carolyn Y.

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Pandemic denial: Why some people can't accept Covid-19's realities

Sun, 2020-08-16 10:59 — mike kraft

Some people are in denial about the pandemic. Here's why Some people still refuse to accept the reality that the coronavirus is dangerous. Psychologists know some of the reasons why. Megan Marples, CNN CNN

CNN)With so much information available about the severity of the coronavirus and the need to follow guidelines, some people still refuse to accept reality.

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The Many Symptoms of Covid-19

Wed, 2020-08-12 16:24 — mike kraft

For a Texas nurse, the first sign that something was wrong happened while brushing her teeth — she couldn’t taste her toothpaste. For a Georgia attorney, it was hitting a wall of fatigue on a normally easy run. When a Wisconsin professor fell ill in June, he thought a bad meal had upset his stomach.

But eventually, all of these people discovered that their manifold symptoms were all signs of Covid-19. Some of the common symptoms — a dry cough, a headache — can start so mildly they are at first mistaken for allergies or a cold. In other cases, the symptoms are so unusual — strange leg pain, a rash or dizziness — that patients and even their doctors don’t think Covid-19 could be the culprit.

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STUDY: measurement of facemask efficacy for filtering expelled droplets during speech

Tue, 2020-08-11 13:42 — mike kraft

Low-cost measurement of facemask efficacy for filtering expelled droplets during speech Mandates for mask use in public during the recent COVID-19 pandemic, worsened by global shortage of commercial supplies, have led to widespread use of homemade masks and mask alternatives. It is assumed that wearing such masks reduces the likelihood for an infected person to spread the disease, but many of these mask designs have not been tested in practice. We have demonstrated a simple optical measurement method to evaluate the efficacy of masks to reduce the transmission of respiratory droplets during regular speech.

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How Covid Sends Some Bodies to War With Themselves

Tue, 2020-08-11 11:39 — mike kraft

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New study on Asymptomatic People Carrying the Coronavirus in High Amounts

Thu, 2020-08-06 18:50 — mike kraft

Of all the coronavirus’s qualities, perhaps the most surprising has been that seemingly healthy people can spread it to others. This trait has made the virus difficult to contain, and continues to challenge efforts to identify and isolate infected people.

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Masks May Reduce inhaling Viral Dose: New research paper

Mon, 2020-07-27 19:16 — mike kraft

Researchers have long known that masks can prevent people from spreading airway germs to others — findings that have driven much of the conversation around these crucial accessories during the coronavirus pandemic.

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