COVID-19 infections per million people, US not even in top 25 countries.
US is doing great to keep infection reduced. Source is: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries Click on column header to sort it.
COVID-19 testing explained.
Although this is a helpful explanation, it never mentions the accuracy of the test. And different countries use different tests. Also, test kits from China, the ones WHO used, were…
0% interest will be charged on federal student loans for at least 60 days
Or until the Dept of Education creates an end date for 0% loans. https://myfedloan.org/borrowers/covid/
Coronavirus won’t survive being on a copper surface.
That doesn't mean you should spray copper compounds up your nose. This study is about elemental copper, not copper compounds. Researchers found that a closely-related human coronavirus - 229E -…
US congress passes HR748 bill to give cash to Americans and for other things
Congress has passed, and the president has signed into law, HR748, the CARES bill. I work with accounting to write software to help them so I have to be familiar…
Big post coming up today explaining the US CARES act.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…