Dr. Howard Smith Reports

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Pediatricians from children’s hospitals across the US just published their study of 186 children in 26 states who developed so-called MIS-C.  

This disease is uncommon, 2 in 100,00, and begins 2-4 weeks after CoVid infection. Median age was 8.2 years, 62% were boys, and 70% tested CoVid19 positive.There was gastrointestinal inflammation in 92%, cardiovascular issues in 80% with coronary artery aneurysms in up to 20%, blood disease in 76%, skin or mucous membrane disease in 74%, and lung consequences in 70%.  Eighty percent went to the ICU, 20% needed vents, and 2% died.

For treatment, 77% received immune globulin, 49% received steroids, and 20% received cytokine suppression therapy.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2021680?query=C19&cid=DM94780_NEJM_Registered_Users_and_InActive&bid=222612563

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2023158

#covid #misc #kawasaki

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/v6pzU4nlni8

Pediatricians from children’s hospitals across the US just published their study of 186 children in 26 states who developed so-called MIS-C.  

This disease is uncommon, 2 in 100,00, and begins 2-4 weeks after CoVid infection. Median age was 8.2 years, 62% were boys, and 70% tested CoVid19 positive.There was gastrointestinal inflammation in 92%, cardiovascular issues in 80% with coronary artery aneurysms in up to 20%, blood disease in 76%, skin or mucous membrane disease in 74%, and lung consequences in 70%.  Eighty percent went to the ICU, 20% needed vents, and 2% died.

For treatment, 77% received immune globulin, 49% received steroids, and 20% received cytokine suppression therapy.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2021680?query=C19&cid=DM94780_NEJM_Registered_Users_and_InActive&bid=222612563

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2023158

#covid #misc #kawasaki

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Those who weather CoVid19, become virus negative but then subsequently test positive tend to be younger, sicker, and less immune to CoVid than those who remain negative.  A Chinese study, just released on sthe pre-print server medrixiv.org compared 15 such patients with 107 non-recurrent controls.

Their data showed that the rate of recurrent positivity is just 1.87%.  The those relapsing were 28% younger, their hospitalizations were 40% longer, their time to testing negative test 33% longer, and their their IgG antibody levels were 53% lower.

South Koreans suggest that the recurrent test positivity may be due to dead virus fragments and not an infection relapse.  Stay tuned.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.02.20144873v1.full.pdf

http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200429000724

#covid #recurrent #relapse

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/F6n9dM7ZsYY

Those who weather CoVid19, become virus negative but then subsequently test positive tend to be younger, sicker, and less immune to CoVid than those who remain negative.  A Chinese study, just released on sthe pre-print server medrixiv.org compared 15 such patients with 107 non-recurrent controls.

Their data showed that the rate of recurrent positivity is just 1.87%.  The those relapsing were 28% younger, their hospitalizations were 40% longer, their time to testing negative test 33% longer, and their their IgG antibody levels were 53% lower.

South Koreans suggest that the recurrent test positivity may be due to dead virus fragments and not an infection relapse.  Stay tuned.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.02.20144873v1.full.pdf

http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200429000724

#covid #recurrent #relapse

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Emptying every middle seat on an otherwise full airliner will cut your risk of contracting CoVid19 by 50%.  This conclusion comes to us from MIT’s Sloan School of  Management.

For details of the math, check out Professor Arnold Barnett’s online preprint.  He crunched the numbers using the coach section stats of the ubiquitous Airbus 320 and Boeing 737.  With every seat full, your risk of getting CoVid is 1/7,000 but leaving the center seats empty drops that risk to 1/14,000.

Southwest, JetBlue, Delta, and Alaska are keeping their center seats open as recommended by Dr. Anthony Fauci and the CDC’s Dr. Robert Redfield.  The other airlines (cash register sound).

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.02.20143826v1.full.pdf

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/933277

#covid #flying #centerseat

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/7k46Q_wHFwc

Emptying every middle seat on an otherwise full airliner will cut your risk of contracting CoVid19 by 50%.  This conclusion comes to us from MIT’s Sloan School of  Management.

For details of the math, check out Professor Arnold Barnett’s online preprint.  He crunched the numbers using the coach section stats of the ubiquitous Airbus 320 and Boeing 737.  With every seat full, your risk of getting CoVid is 1/7,000 but leaving the center seats empty drops that risk to 1/14,000.

Southwest, JetBlue, Delta, and Alaska are keeping their center seats open as recommended by Dr. Anthony Fauci and the CDC’s Dr. Robert Redfield.  The other airlines (cash register sound).

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.02.20143826v1.full.pdf

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/933277

#covid #flying #centerseat

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The FDA and Garland Ventures Ltd are recalling Five Cheese Stuffed Shells.  This product is potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.  This microorganism can cause a severe or sometimes fatal infection in the very young, elders, the frail, or those with immune disorders.  If you have this product, do not consume it but return it to the place of purchase for a complete refund.  For more information, contact the company at 1-972-795-5313.

https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/garland-ventures-ltd-voluntary-recalls-five-cheese-stuffed-shells-because-possible-health-risk

#recall #cheeseshells #listeria

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/EtaQeeSLgV4

The FDA and Garland Ventures Ltd are recalling Five Cheese Stuffed Shells.  This product is potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.  This microorganism can cause a severe or sometimes fatal infection in the very young, elders, the frail, or those with immune disorders.  If you have this product, do not consume it but return it to the place of purchase for a complete refund.  For more information, contact the company at 1-972-795-5313.

https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/garland-ventures-ltd-voluntary-recalls-five-cheese-stuffed-shells-because-possible-health-risk

#recall #cheeseshells #listeria

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There is a direct correlation between mask-wearing in a country and the the numbers of CoVid19 cases.  Epidemiologists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong report this finding based on their analysis of global CoVid statistics and the Google Trends relative search volume on the topic of face masks.

The researchers show that the higher the online interest of that country’s population is about face masks, the lower the average daily number of CoVid cases in that country.  Vietnam and Hong Kong with the highest online mask buzz put countries like the US, Russia, the UK, and France with low mask interest to shame when it comes to CoVid control.

Let’s mask up and change that.

https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1164/rccm.202004-1188LE

#covid #masks #google #trending

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/OTKBnG-4sJk

There is a direct correlation between mask-wearing in a country and the the numbers of CoVid19 cases.  Epidemiologists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong report this finding based on their analysis of global CoVid statistics and the Google Trends relative search volume on the topic of face masks.

The researchers show that the higher the online interest of that country’s population is about face masks, the lower the average daily number of CoVid cases in that country.  Vietnam and Hong Kong with the highest online mask buzz put countries like the US, Russia, the UK, and France with low mask interest to shame when it comes to CoVid control.

Let’s mask up and change that.

https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1164/rccm.202004-1188LE

#covid #masks #google #trending