General Information
Two things surfaced, a lot depends on how long you were in a contaminated area or state and air-conditioning spreads the contact area very nicely and even with regular filters might not kill the spores. Again estimated life on the spore is three hours and it can stay in suspension in the air. Some surfaces are or may be longer….
We know now that spores do have a coating. Bacterial spores, the most resistant organisms on earth, carry an extra coating of protection previously undetected. The finding could shed light on why spores of the bacteria that cause botulism, tetanus, and anthrax might also and most likely COVID-19 might launch clues.
The microbiologists examined the proteins that comprise spores’ protective layers. Previous research has shown that 70 different proteins make up these layers. Less understood is how these proteins interact to form the spores’ protective coats.
Looking Ahead
We knew nothing about CORVID-19 when it arrived from China in LA. But the bulk arrived from Europe in NYC. Where was the CDC during this time… It used to have an office in the white House but T-RUMP took their funding money and facility away for the building of his wall.
Frankly speaking, this winter will be no party, hunker down, and those optimistic views as our stupid leadership is showed it’s true colors of really knowing absolutely nothing. Some of the announcements have been more like publicity releases for a company to drive the stock market and not factual at all. Many people are getting rich at the expense of others.
Your rich friends ( 1-2%) in the stock market netted Four Billion dollars during the pandemic and you had to fight for toilet paper… When your elected leaders put out so much sh*t, I guess the toilet paper goes first…
We Are Not Testing — COVID-19 testing in the United States is disorganized and needs coordination at the national level, infectious disease experts said in a new report released Wednesday. Right now, testing is not accurate enough to use alone to make most decisions, the team at the University of Minnesota said.
Mutations — COVID-19, like all other viruses, can mutate, or undergoes small changes in its genome. A recently published study suggested that the last coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, had already mutated into one more and one less aggressive strain. This might be different, estimated 540,000 deaths in the US and no treatment is scary…Mutations are alterations to a DNA sequence.
COVID-19 Illness - Possible Mutation - Target Children - PIMS - And now my biggest fear was mutation or shifts and now that has happened with 150 cases of a new strain effecting children with five deaths. It is new and unknown, mostly in the NY epicenter. Also latest news indicate young people thought of having immunity or less susceptibility is not true.
They are calling it Pediatric Inflammatory Multi-system Syndrome, or PIMS, is now being seen across the country and is striking newborns and teenagers alike. Several children have already died and at least 135 have been diagnosed with the condition in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. The condition occurs six weeks after a child is exposed to COVID-19; common symptoms include fever, inflammation and rash.
A complication of the COVID-19 not even acknowledged by many a week ago, the new condition is now being seen across the country and is striking newborns and teenagers alike.
After fighting off the virus, a child’s immune system is in overdrive and can cause an inflammatory syndrome — similar to toxic shock or what’s called Kawasaki disease — that affects the skin, eyes and blood vessels, and can be deadly.
Health officials say symptoms include fever, and more than half of the cases reported having rashes, abdominal pain, vomiting or diarrhea. While it has been considered a direct symptom of COVID-19, less than half of the pediatric patients in New York City displayed any shortness of breath.
“Swelling of the hands or feet, eye redness, cracked lips, and this rash — all over rash — and you’ll very typically see it on the back,” said Dr. Tom Balcezak, chief clinical officer at Yale New Haven Health. “If you see those symptoms, call your medical professional, talk to your pediatrician and don’t delay your care.”