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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8103 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: Covid 19 Updates Reply #140 - May 3^rd, 2020 at 4:37pm
	pine_knot wrote on Apr 30^th, 2020 at 8:29pm: portage dog wrote on Apr 30^th, 2020 at 8:25pm: I haven't seen people this anxious to get into Canada since Trump got elected. pd Count me as one those "anxious" ones....Vancouver is a lovely place to retire in 2021 should the wrong guy get elected.... Better start looking at Vancouver real estate. The US dollar is STILL strong and the expected challenger is having #MeToo problems. He might have to join you there.


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8103 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: Covid 19 Updates Reply #141 - May 3^rd, 2020 at 5:02pm
	This is the guy who's promoting that narrow ban (safe for humans) UV light as something we could do TODAY to help fight Covid-19. I like the idea of something easily doable over a vaccine that may take years to make and who's possible side-effects might be worse than the Covid-19 for people not in that high-risk category? (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) She also had on a couple of Pulmonary experts/researchers on a few days ago that I can't find the link too. They were submitting an INHALATION therapy they made that triggers your lungs to give off a "toxic" substance to keep you from getting PNEUMONIA which is what's killing the majority of people who die from Covid-19. IF it passes the trials, they'll give it to you to prevent you from going on a ventilator. I like that it gets your OWN body's immune system to fight the infection. One "good" thing in this whole mess is the partnership between the government and private sector is going to bring new drugs/therapies and maybe in the case of that UV light, maybe as part of an infrastructure plan great benefits in the years ahead. Another virus will come, how we LEARN and PREPARE for the next one will determine how bad it impacts us.


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8103 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: Covid 19 Updates Reply #142 - May 3^rd, 2020 at 6:14pm
	This is a link to that Ex-NASA engineer that makes UV light products. He was interviewed by Neil Caputo on FOX and showed items that would be PRACTICAL/DOABLE right now. Even had a small light you could mount in a vehicle like a dome light. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Were going to be spending BILLIONS on an infrastructure package probably? How about some money to retrofit public buildings, a tax rebate like for SOLAR panels for home/business owners to retrofit their homes/businesses. Not only good for Covid-19 ( they believe) but ALSO for flu and other infections. Hospitals have done this for years. When they set-up portable field hospitals to deal with EBOLA, they use UV lighting to cleanse them. Practical/doable and scalable, problem to Common Sense for the bureaucrats to support.


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azalea Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1084 Location: North Carolina Joined: Jan 13^th, 2004	Re: Covid 19 Updates Reply #143 - May 3^rd, 2020 at 8:36pm
	My deveopment has a community pool and we are facing what to do about opening it. One person has suggest we increase the frequency of how often we bring in the sevice that cleans things (usualy once every two weeks). My reaction is it is an outdoor pool. Lots of UV light and chlorine. What good is bringing in a cleaning crew more often if nature will be killing the virus in a matter of hours, if not minutes.


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8103 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: Covid 19 Updates Reply #144 - May 3^rd, 2020 at 9:51pm
	You're using Common Sense in a panic situation. Not everyone is capable or even willing to do that. Maybe show the powers that be that story about the UV light and put one in the men/ladies changing room for when the sun isn't shining. One time installation vs ongoing cleaning costs. One of those guys I linked to said you could build a UV light that would sanitize a pretty large area for about $200 in parts easily available on-line. I'm sure there are some engineers/electricians in your community if they got together could build some units for cheap? Then you have to get the powers that be to accept it but that's another problem altogether.


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BillConner Inukshuk Offline Posts: 665 Location: Thousand Islands Joined: Apr 12^th, 2010	Re: Covid 19 Updates Reply #145 - May 5^th, 2020 at 1:15pm
	I thought this research which indicates that there is a greater number of deaths than would normally be expected and more than ascribed to COV 19 was interesting. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links); I had read a few weeks ago that people with issues that would normally cause then to seek health care have not done so for fear of COV 19. Stroke symptoms and heart issues in particular. I think head of strokes at Yale-New Haven Hospital ER reported half the usual numbers. And reading again today that 60% of people with the virus and of deaths are male. I guess there could be reasons not specific to gender that are responsible for this - like out of house, working, traveling internationally, etc. - but a fact none the less. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8103 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: Covid 19 Updates Reply #146 - May 5^th, 2020 at 1:28pm
	Quote: Two sets of researchers—one at New York’s Stony Brook University, and one at California’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center—are studying whether male COVID-19 patients do better when they’re treated with doses of female sex hormones. I don't like the sound of that. Next thing you know I'll be craving soy lattes and putting throw pillows all over my man-cave.


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db Web-lackey Inukshuk Voyageur Offline Posts: 5460 Location: Just off the beaten path. Joined: Sep 14^th, 2002	Re: Covid 19 Updates Reply #147 - May 5^th, 2020 at 4:54pm
	BillConner wrote on May 5^th, 2020 at 1:15pm: And reading again today that 60% of people with the virus and of deaths are male. I guess there could be reasons not specific to gender that are responsible for this - like out of house, working, traveling internationally, etc. - but a fact none the less. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) I hear this about smokers every once in a while. I like it but eh, who knows. “Smokers appear, at least in initial studies, to be underrepresented among COVID patients, exactly the opposite of what would be expected,” Glynn says. If anyone likes to play with charts, here's a nice one. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) &perMillion=0&values=deaths


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8103 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: Covid 19 Updates Reply #148 - May 5^th, 2020 at 5:53pm
	Quote: I hear this about smokers every once in a while. I like it but eh, who knows. “Smokers appear, at least in initial studies, to be underrepresented among COVID patients, exactly the opposite of what would be expected,” Glynn says. There might be something to that? I have a friend who was a lifelong smoker. He now has severe emphysema and carries a portable oxygen maker wherever he goes. He's had pneumonia so many times every time he gets it the DRS tell him they don't know if they can save him. EVERY flu season for him and his wife is like what we're going through now. He has a younger brother (2 yrs) who is also a life long smoker. He's cut pack to a half-pack a day but has had NO lung-related issues and in fact, his DR can't believe how good his lung capacity is considering his smoking history. They joke that if his lungs can take all those chemicals in cigarettes it would take more than flu/pneumonia to kill him!!! I posted this earlier. Still looking for the video link. Quote: They were submitting an INHALATION therapy they made that triggers your lungs to give off a "toxic" substance to keep you from getting PNEUMONIA which is what's killing the majority of people who die from Covid-19. They were talking about things I had never heard of but maybe that toxic substance they hope to stimulate is similar to one of those chemicals in cigarettes?? Lots of good science is going to come out of this crisis. IF we don't make full use of it to prepare for the next crisis then shame on us.


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8103 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: Covid 19 Updates Reply #149 - May 5^th, 2020 at 6:25pm
	A different take on how to deal with Covid-19. I'm familiar with some of this, curious about the rest. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)


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