Monday, April 20, 2020

Dr. Anthony Fauci warned such Trump-driven demonstrations may "backfire."

4-20   Up to 30 percent of coronavirus patients may not develop enough antibodies to offer them any protection from reinfection, a recent study suggests.  The Trump administration has repeatedly pointed to the results of antibody testing as a key signal for when the US can reopen.   

But experts have cautioned that disparate antibody tests are being used across the US, many of them have not been validated diligently, and that even if they'e accurately identifying the antibodies, it's not yet clear what protection those immune cells offer. 
Researchers from Fudan University in China found that nearly a third of the patients they tested had such low levels of coronavirus antibodies, they were unlikely to have any meaningful immunity to reinfection.  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8237989/Up-30-coronavirus-patients-hardly-develop-antibodies.html
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4-21  coronavirus attacks the lining of blood vessels all over the body, which can ultimately lead to multiple organ failure, according to a new study published in The Lancet.  “This virus does not only attack the lungs, it attacks the vessels everywhere,” said Frank Ruschitzka, an author of the paper from University Hospital Zurich.   https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3080750/coronavirus-attacks-lining-blood-vessels-all-over-body-swiss
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4-20   The UK has one of the lowest coronavirus testing rates in the world, data has revealed. In a comparison of 17 countries with the largest coronavirus outbreaks, Britain ranks 15th above only Peru and India, testing just 5.54 people per every thousand  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8237997/UK-one-lowest-coronavirus-testing-rates-Europe.html
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WASHINGTON – Asked Monday while appearing on ABC's Good Morning Americaabout protests popping up around the country against local stay-at-home measures,



Dr. Anthony Fauci warned such demonstrations may "backfire."  “I think the message is that, clearly, this is something that is hurting from the standpoint of economics, from the standpoint of things that have nothing to do with the virus,” Fauci replied. “But unless we get the virus under control, the real recovery economically is not gonna happen.  If you jump the gun and go into a situation where you have a big spike, you’re gonna set yourself back.  So as painful as it is to go by the careful guidelines of gradually phasing into a reopening, it’s going to backfire.  That’s the problem.”  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/20/fauci-warns-coronavirus-orders-protests-may-backfire/5167386002/


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