March 2020 – Page 2

Big post coming up today explaining the US CARES act.

By bacca400 March 28, 2020COVID-19

Stay tuned. The post will contain links to the actual bill passed into law. The whole bill is here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/748/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22HR748%22%5D%7D&r=1&s=1#toc-H165BCD10ED84484EA6114C0F6FF4E663 It will take some time to get the post together.

Abbot labs might have 5 minute portable COVID-19 test.

By bacca400 March 28, 2020COVID-19

Starting April 1 this test can do 10,000 tests per day. Abbot Labs has been given emergency authorization to use the test. The test looks for fragments of the coronavirus…

US: Your doctor has the right to cancel you as a patient.

By bacca400 March 28, 2020COVID-19

But when would they do this? They want to get paid. But if they find out you are self-treating with something, they don't want your side-effects blamed on them and…

SARS-CoV-2 survives in the air and on surfaces up to several days.

By bacca400 March 28, 2020COVID-19

The virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is stable for several hours to days in aerosols and on surfaces, according to a new study from National Institutes of Health,…

Suppliers in US can make millions of masks and face shields a week.

By bacca400 March 27, 2020COVID-19

Service Employees International Union said it found 39 million N95 masks and will help sell them to healthcare personnel. The SEIU-UHW has 97,000 workers in California. The union said it…

HR748, the coronavirus bill

By bacca400 March 27, 2020COVID-19

This bill appears to be the bill that the US congress is debating to give cash aid to Americans. "HR" means "House Resolution" and it originated in the House, but…

AA battery reviews

By bacca400 March 27, 2020reviews

Project Farm on Youtube has great reviews on many items including AA batteries, also rechargeable batteries. Here's the review on regular AA batteries. Cheaper is not always more value, in…

UK healthcare considers chemotherapy non-essential

By bacca400 March 26, 2020COVID-19

This lady's friend cannot get chemo right now, and she's terminal. Maybe the UK just doesn't give terminal patients chemo? https://twitter.com/KTHopkins/status/1243127821221969920?s=20

Turning CO2 into energy.

By bacca400 March 26, 2020Energy

A scientist has been working on artificial photosynthesis to generate energy from the CO2 in the air. He based his model on the leaf. Heinz Frei at Department of Energy's…

Use your computer to help find a treatment for COVID-19.

By bacca400 March 25, 2020COVID-19

There are 2 programs to do this, both support a variety of operating systems. But it's very hard number crunching so this is not for a tablet or phone, it's…