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COVID-19 tests are broken, all showed positive for a goat, fruit, and more

By bacca400 May 18, 2020COVID-19, COVID-19test

Tanzania has suspended the head of its national health laboratory in charge of testing for the coronavirus and ordered an investigation, a day after President John Magufuli questioned the tests'…

How to keep people from stealing your safety gear.

By bacca400 May 17, 2020COVID-19

There are many types of safety gear that are in very short supply, like glasses, masks of various types, even cleaning wipes. Here are some ideas to ID your items…

DIY sanitizing gels analyzed by PhD in chemistry.

By bacca400 May 11, 2020COVID-19, DIY

TLDR: Almost all of them are ineffective. Sanitizing gels must END UP with at least 60% alcohol and most do not do that. So here's the recipe that works. 8…

How to check on your Coronavirus refund of $1200

By bacca400 April 25, 2020COVID-19

The CARES act, or HR748, that was passed into law provides for every legal citizen and taxpayer who has filed a tax return in 2019 or 2018 a cash payment…

COVID-19 dataset and graphs from Ourworldindata

By bacca400 April 23, 2020COVID-19, Data

This is a great site with graphs updated daily. There must be at least 50 different line graphs, scatter plots, and world maps showing COVID-19 in a variety of ways.…

Another good daily new case graph for SARS-COV-2

By bacca400 April 21, 2020COVID-19

The interactive graph is here. It shows new daily cases for the world, and you can add your own country to the graph. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-cases-covid-19?country=OWID_WRL+USA There are many more graphs here…

Worldwide cases of coronavirus, have they hit a plateau?

By bacca400 April 14, 2020COVID-19

Here's a graph dated Apr 13, 2020 of daily new cases. It appears for now cases have hit a plateau. They will likely go down from this point. And another…

COVID-19 vs SARS-COV-2

By bacca400 April 8, 2020COVID-19

Before scientists could confirm that this outbreak was indeed a new coronavirus, they called the disease COVID-19, which means COronaVIrus Disease from 2019 as it was discovered around November 2019…

Hydroxychloroquine not approved by FDA.

By bacca400 April 8, 2020COVID-19, Hydroxychloroquine

A small study of about 39 people showed that in combination with Azithromycin, hydroxycloroquine had a 100% cure rate. However the FDA has not approved the drug, some states have…

COVID-19 patients might be harmed by ventilators

By bacca400 April 7, 2020COVID-19

According to this article, patients with COVID-19 in the hospital (serious cases) may be harmed by ventilators. The real problem appears that the red blood cells cannot carry oxygen, so…