Can touching a barbell in the gym get you sick with the coronavirus?

[ickyrica]

Wonder what the other socialist areas if the country have for percentages? Note, the two areas that have lower percentages are pure tourist traps and/or very segmented away from normal life. The residential areas are crushing the 30% range and are now in some cases hitting the 40% range.

We have furloughed around 35% of our hospital workers because they have nothing to do.

Yeah, so about that curve...

 

[Michael Scally MD]

[Video] Does This IG Model Have Enough Adequate Coverage To Fight Against The Coronavirus?

 

[ickyrica]

[Video] Does This IG Model Have Enough Adequate Coverage To Fight Against The Coronavirus?

She's overused PPE. Only one mask per person, you know the rules

 

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Wonder what the other socialist areas if the country have for percentages? Note, the two areas that have lower percentages are pure tourist traps and/or very segmented away from normal life. The residential areas are crushing the 30% range and are now in some cases hitting the 40% range.

We have furloughed around 35% of our hospital workers because they have nothing to do.

Yeah, so about that curve...

yea my brother in law is a doctor. They are cutting his hours. The hospital is empty. It’s not Boston but pretty crazy he’s losing hours because no one is coming in

 

[Michael Scally MD]

SARS-CoV-2, Testosterone and Frailty in Males

Preliminary published data depicts a much greater prevalence of male with laboratory-confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) referred for intensive care unit admission and severe sequelae in several countries. In this context, males seem to not only be more susceptible to the infection compared to female subjects, at least in western countries, but their case fatality rate attributable to SARS-CoV-2 infection is also highest.

Therefore, we may speculate that the different hormonal milieu could have a more profound pathophysiological role in association with SARS-CoV-2, with endogenous testosterone leaving men more prone to develop more serious complications related to the SARS-CoV-2 infection. Another option is that SARS-CoV-2 infection per se causes an acute stage of male hypogonadism, the depletion of androgenic action triggering serious or an even fatal course of the disease.

Therefore, we strongly advocate the development of a prospective multidimensional andrological translational research project in men, which we called the PROTEGGIMI study. In this Opinion Article we will not only highlight novel research activity in this area but also invite other researchers and learned scientific societies to join us in our efforts to understand an important and very newly discovered gap in knowledge, which may have serious implications for the lives of millions of men.

Salonia A, Corona G, Giwercman A, et al. SARS-CoV-2, Testosterone and frailty in males (PROTEGGIMI): A multidimensional research project [published online ahead of print, 2020 May 5]. Andrology. 2020;10.1111/andr.12811. doi:10.1111/andr.12811 Error - Cookies Turned Off

 

[Michael Scally MD]

 

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[Video] Does This IG Model Have Enough Adequate Coverage To Fight Against The Coronavirus?

She's completely safe enough for a Gay bar but in some other locations the coverage might not be enough for her protection



And now for something completely different ...

Many media reports claimed that there is no concern about mutations since mutations are weaker and die easier. However they miss the obvious - that Covid 19 is itself a mutation (unless it was a man made 'mutant')

In March, this Virologist claims that the virus mutated by the time it hit Italy to be a more lethal version than in Wuhan



Published March 27th, Why Iceland may have the best approach to coronavirus testing

“As of yesterday, we have sequences for about 380 viruses,” Stefánsson says. The company plans to release the data on those mutations in the form of public databases this week.​

In early April, this researchers at Cambridge University discuses 3 main mutations: A, B, and C - the latter being what hit Europe and onto the East coast.



On May 5th, Scientists say a now-dominant strain of the coronavirus could be more contagious than original

Scientists have identified a new strain of the coronavirus that has become dominant worldwide and appears to be more contagious than the versions that spread in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study led by scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The new strain appeared in February in Europe, migrated quickly to the East Coast of the United States and has been the dominant strain across the world since mid-March, the scientists wrote.
In addition to spreading faster, it may make people vulnerable to a second infection after a first bout with the disease, the report warned.​

Back in April, general information regarding immunity and where Covid 19 might fit compared to other pathogens

 

[ickyrica]

 

[ickyrica]

Probably one of the best quotes to come out of corona

 

[ergomaniac]

Banned already.

 

[ergomaniac]

Watch it while you still can.

 

[ergomaniac]

Watch it while you still can.

Banned already. Nothing to see here. Nothing strange going on.

 

[jJjburton]

Banned already. Nothing to see here. Nothing strange going on.

What was it?

 

[Michael Scally MD]

 

[Michael Scally MD]

Regular readers might have noticed that my output lately hasn’t been as…prolific…as in the past. You’d think that, with my spending more time at home than I have in a long time due to the restrictions put in place in Michigan to slow the spread of COVID-19 that I’d be a blogging fiend, even more so than usual, but oddly enough I’ve been less productive in that area than in the past. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because all the topics that catch my eye are COVID-19-related and just too damned depressing.

Fun topics, silly types of pseudoscience, just don’t seem worth spending much effort on. On the other hand, maybe it would help my mood and productivity to do a post every now and then on something like Bach flower remedies. This is not that day, however, because I just got the opportunity to rectify an oversight that dates back to the very beginning of this blog, my never having discussed in depth an antivaxxer named Judy Mikovits.

This opportunity comes in the form of a “trailer” to a “full length documentary” called Plandemic, which is being previewed by the release of a “series of vignettes,” the first of which was released yesterday. (26 minutes is a hell of a vignette! How long is the completed documentary? Ten hours?) From the name, you can tell that this is going to be a conspiracyfest of a “documentary,” arguing that the current COVID-19 pandemic was somehow planned. We’ll get to that shortly.

First, here’s where the oversight rectification comes in. This first segment is about Judy Mikovits, someone I should have written about years and years ago, but somehow have never discussed on this blog. When you hear her story, you’ll see why I was shocked to realize that Mikovits has only been briefly mentioned a couple of times on this blog. Now, as is the case with a lot of cranks and antivaxxers, Mikovits is grifting on the COVID-19 conspiracy bandwagon.

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[Michael Scally MD]

· A new documentary, "The Plandemic," states that it is uncovering a global cabal trying to implement forced vaccinations.
· The first clip's interview subject, Judy Mikovits, is a known anti-vaxxer.
· This agenda-based film features contradictory evidence and false claims while being championed as a beacon of truth.

 

[Michael Scally MD]

It took me a while to write this because I spent most of the morning trying to stand up a broom while searching the television for insight on NASA’s mysterious cloud generation machine and the chemicals the weather control experiments. Ok, I usually hate sarcasm, but conspiracy theories are so rampant these days that I couldn’t resist.

The latest one making the rounds on my social media feeds is a You-Tube “documentary” called Plandemic. I wasn’t even aware of it until a Facebook friend shared it yesterday. Another friend then messaged me asking for my opinion about it, and it immediately didn’t pass my smell test.

According to Derek Beres’ blog “The Anti-Vaxx agenda of Pandemic,” my smell test detector didn’t let me down. The video, which continues to be taken down by social media sites, features an activist, Judy Mikovits (click this link for more on her) and lots of disingenuous information. Beres writes, “This agenda-based film features contradictory evidence and false claims while being championed as a beacon of truth.”

At least it is a non-partisan pile of misinformation as both conservative and liberal friends seem to be sharing it. According to the BBC, other conspiracy theories linked to religious groups, software moguls and immigration have been propagated by extreme political tribes. Honestly, I will leave it to folks like Beres and the numerous other outlets to debunk video. My goal is to explore why people are more enamored with conspiracy theories than science.

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[Michael Scally MD]

Profile of a killer: the complex biology powering the coronavirus pandemic
Scientists are piecing together how SARS-CoV-2 operates, where it came from and what it might do next — but pressing questions remain about the source of COVID-19.
Profile of a killer: the complex biology powering the coronavirus pandemic

Now, as the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic surges, researchers are scrambling to uncover as much as possible about the biology of the latest coronavirus, named SARS-CoV-2. A profile of the killer is already emerging. Scientists are learning that the virus has evolved an array of adaptations that make it much more lethal than the other coronaviruses humanity has met so far.

Unlike close relatives, SARS-CoV-2 can readily attack human cells at multiple points, with the lungs and the throat being the main targets. Once inside the body, the virus makes use of a diverse arsenal of dangerous molecules. And genetic evidence suggests that it has been hiding out in nature possibly for decades.

But there are many crucial unknowns about this virus, including how exactly it kills, whether it will evolve into something more — or less — lethal and what it can reveal about the next outbreak from the coronavirus family.

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[Michael Scally MD]

[OA] Clinical Characteristics and Results of Semen Tests Among Men With Coronavirus Disease 2019

In this cohort study, we found that SARS-CoV-2 can be present in the semen of patients with COVID-19, and SARS-CoV-2 may still be detected in the semen of recovering patients. Owing to the imperfect blood-testes/deferens/epididymis barriers, SARS-CoV-2 might be seeded to the male reproductive tract, especially in the presence of systemic local inflammation.

Even if the virus cannot replicate in the male reproductive system, it may persist, possibly resulting from the privileged immunity of testes. So far, researchers have found 27 viruses associated with viremia in human semen. But the presence of viruses in semen may be more common than currently understood, and traditional non–sexually transmitted viruses should not be assumed to be totally absent in genital secretions.

Studies on viral detection and semen persistence are beneficial to clinical practice and public health, especially concerning viruses that could cause high mortality or morbidity, such as SARS-CoV-2.

Li D, Jin M, Bao P, Zhao W, Zhang S. Clinical Characteristics and Results of Semen Tests Among Men With Coronavirus Disease 2019. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(5):e208292. Clinical Characteristics and Results of Semen Tests Among Men With Coronavirus Disease 2019

 

[ergomaniac]

66% of N.Y. coronavirus hospitalizations are people who stayed home

Some interesting numbers and more interesting conclusion.