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*Follow CDC and other Official information | *Follow CDC and other Official information | ||
*Follow local efforts such as limits on work and meetings etc | *Follow local efforts such as limits on work and meetings etc | ||
*Consult medical professionals before doing anything | *Consult medical professionals before doing anything | ||
*Hydroxychloroquine - malaria meds that prevent this virus | *Hydroxychloroquine - malaria meds that prevent this virus | ||
*Tamiflu - antiviral | *Tamiflu - antiviral | ||
=What NOT to do= | |||
* '''DON"T PANIC AND/OR HOARD FOOD/SUPPLIES''' | |||
* '''Ignore guidlines etc''' (ie hold parties, refuse to quarentine... ) | |||
=At Risk Groups= | =At Risk Groups= | ||
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*People with little acces to medical care (due to region and local infastructure etc) | *People with little acces to medical care (due to region and local infastructure etc) | ||
*Most other people have low lethality rates ( [https://www.sciencealert.com/covid-19-s-death-rate-is-higher-than-thought-but-it-should-drop single digit percentages untill 80+ years of age] ) | *Most other people have low lethality rates ( [https://www.sciencealert.com/covid-19-s-death-rate-is-higher-than-thought-but-it-should-drop single digit percentages untill 80+ years of age] ) | ||
*Main concern for people not in these groups is to not make yourself a vector, you will get sick, and it will be bad like flu ( '''IF INFECTED''' ) but the real concern is infecting one of those groups | |||
=Working Doc by Colby= | =Working Doc by Colby= | ||
*Map of USA cases by Johns Hopkins - [https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html] | *Map of USA cases by Johns Hopkins - [https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html] | ||
*Korea and Italy are testing everyone | *Korea and Italy are testing everyone | ||
*Key actions: increase ventillator parts, and open source testing procedures | *Key actions: increase ventillator parts, and open source testing procedures | ||
Revision as of 23:20, 18 March 2020
What to do
- Wash your hands (not compulsively, but often with proper procedures (what you see in every restraunt bathrrom etc) )
- Social Distancing (~1 meter gap between people in public)
- Cover Sneezez/Coughs
- Go to local medical facilities if sick
- Reduce non essential travel and/or do it via alternate means (Don't fly if able, etc)
- Self quarentine if you have recently traveled to an at risk area, or have com into contact with an infected person
- Follow CDC and other Official information
- Follow local efforts such as limits on work and meetings etc
- Consult medical professionals before doing anything
- Hydroxychloroquine - malaria meds that prevent this virus
- Tamiflu - antiviral
What NOT to do
- DON"T PANIC AND/OR HOARD FOOD/SUPPLIES
- Ignore guidlines etc (ie hold parties, refuse to quarentine... )
At Risk Groups
- Infants and young children
- Elderly
- Immunocomprimised (Due to disease or medication: ie un-medicated HIV, immunosuppresants, chemotherapy etc
- People with little acces to medical care (due to region and local infastructure etc)
- Most other people have low lethality rates ( single digit percentages untill 80+ years of age )
- Main concern for people not in these groups is to not make yourself a vector, you will get sick, and it will be bad like flu ( IF INFECTED ) but the real concern is infecting one of those groups
Working Doc by Colby
- Map of USA cases by Johns Hopkins - [1]
- Korea and Italy are testing everyone
- Key actions: increase ventillator parts, and open source testing procedures
- Open source protocols
- Confirmed cases is 5000 in the USA.
- Vaccine development -
- USA has 1/8 the estimated number of ventillators needed -
- Early 1918 Pandemic - flue - took a rest over summer and then 5% died. Immunity was developed. In second part, virus mutated to become more deadly.
- Vaccine companies - Wichita KS company UV C
- Live attenuated vaccine vs deactivated vaccine
- Rational vaccines -