On a positive note, we had the first case of COVID-19 in Columbia announced yesterday. A 60 year old who caught it from travel.

Well... yesterday we had the first case in columbia. He was released home yesterday for self-quarantine. He died today. So now we no longer have any cases of COVID-19 in columbia.

High-five!

victor809 wrote:

I think my good friend in NYC area may have it. Found out yesterday he was sharing a work space with someone who test positive. He has been sleeping all day.

clintCigar wrote:

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BREAKING NEWS: Apparent CURE for COVID-19 Coronavirus discovered. If this ends up being true, and it's looking pretty good so far, it'd be only the second time in world history that a cure has been found for a viral infection (the first was the cure for Hepatitis-C by Gilead some years back).

The best part is, it's a drug that's been in use since 1955 to treat malaria, so all human safety tests and approvals for its use have been in effect for decades, and there are no patents on it. This means it could be widely deployed easily, cheaply and VERY quickly.

Cross your fingers that it pans out guys, but with a remarkable 100% cure rate across 40 patients in a controlled, peer-reviewed study performed by an eminent infectious disease researcher, it's looking damned good!

This was announced on tonight's episode of "Tucker Carlson Tonight" on Fox News Channel at the end of the show, and the guy announcing it was an advisor to Stanford Med School, and he sounded very confident that it's the real deal. When he announced it Tucker was momentarily speechless and so was I!

We may all be celebrating soon! 🇨🇮
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Pudding Mittens wrote:

Dammit, I wanna believe this is true Puddin’.
So far, haven’t found anything to support it...

izonfire wrote:

Need to see it from a major news source before I celebrate.
Fingers crossed...

izonfire wrote:

Put yourself in their shoes... nobody wants THEIR news corporation to be the one that runs a MASSIVELY important headline that later turns out to be wrong.

Also, if you run the headline now, many people may take the "curve-flattening" isolation measures less seriously, which is not good.

I suspect the news organizations are all holding back, wisely I think, at least for a little bit. This was just announced less than 24 hours ago, after all.

Keep your fingers crossed.
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Pudding Mittens wrote:

On my 25th shot of bleach since this schitt started.
Still, can’t find an appreciation for the flavor.

Gonna give it time...

izonfire wrote:

Seems like there is some truth to what PM mentioned. Gawd I hope this comes through and works.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/marybethpfeiffer/2020/03/18/science-works-to-use-old-cheap-drugs-to-attack-coronavirus--it-might-just-work/ 

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/927033 

https://www.connexionfrance.com/French-news/French-researcher-in-Marseille-posts-successful-Covid-19-coronavirus-drug-trial-results 

clintCigar wrote:

Here is the website about the study that the guest on Tucker Carlson Tonight (the advisor to Stanford Med School) gave out on-air, click the "BREAKING UPDATE" link at the top to read a PDF file with the details:

https://www.covidtrial.io/ 

He confidently and directly stated that this is the second-ever cure for a viral infection in history. He seems quite convinced.

Also I've been reading that Australian researchers have also found great success with decades-old anti-malaria drugs that are already long approved for human use, which ties in with this French study's findings, and reportedly they're planning to offer them to all COVID-19 patients in Australian hospitals as soon as in the next 10 days.

Hope that helps!
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Pudding Mittens wrote: