Dr. Howard Smith Reports

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The CPSC and Rexair LLC are recalling the Rainbow SRX Vacuums.  The circuit board on the vacuum may short-circuit and spark leading to fire and burn risks.  The model involved is the RHCS19 Type 120 water-based filtration vacuum cleaner.  If you’re pushing one of these around your living room, shut it off, stop using it, and call a Rainbow distributor for a free repair.  For more detailed information, reach Rexair Co. at 1-833-940-2775.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020/Rexair-Recalls-to-Repair-Rainbow-SRX-Vacuums-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards

#recall #cpsc #vacuum #rexair 

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/V0VgAe2y4i0

The CPSC and Rexair LLC are recalling the Rainbow SRX Vacuums.  The circuit board on the vacuum may short-circuit and spark leading to fire and burn risks.  The model involved is the RHCS19 Type 120 water-based filtration vacuum cleaner.  If you’re pushing one of these around your living room, shut it off, stop using it, and call a Rainbow distributor for a free repair.  For more detailed information, reach Rexair Co. at 1-833-940-2775.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020/Rexair-Recalls-to-Repair-Rainbow-SRX-Vacuums-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards

#recall #cpsc #vacuum #rexair 

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/z1HLevB-Rk0

The CPSC and the HON Company are recalling the HON Office Chairs.  The chair’s mesh see-through back can break with possible user falls and injuries.  The chairs involved are the Maxon MXMO series chairs. These chairs are sold through HON and Maxon dealers as well as online at staples.com and office depot.com. If you’re sitting in one of these chairs right now, stand up, stop using the chair, and call the HON Company for a free replacement back.  Just dial  1-800-833-3964.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020/HON-Recalls-Office-Chairs-Due-to-Fall-Hazard

#recall #cpsc #deskchair #hon

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/z1HLevB-Rk0

The CPSC and the HON Company are recalling the HON Office Chairs.  The chair’s mesh see-through back can break with possible user falls and injuries.  The chairs involved are the Maxon MXMO series chairs. These chairs are sold through HON and Maxon dealers as well as online at staples.com and office depot.com. If you’re sitting in one of these chairs right now, stand up, stop using the chair, and call the HON Company for a free replacement back.  Just dial  1-800-833-3964.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020/HON-Recalls-Office-Chairs-Due-to-Fall-Hazard

#recall #cpsc #deskchair #hon

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/JFq5LxA9wGE

With public spaces reopening, how do you go out without having to cross your legs until you get back home.  New studies show that toilet flushes generate a cloud of possibly virus-contaminated aerosol while established data reveals a rest room to be a microbe sewer with contamination on every surface.

Remember that CoVid is shed longer from the gastrointestinal tract than from the lungs so asymptomatic persons are likely to have toxic feces.

The rules are simple:

• Wear a filtration mask.
• Close any lid, and turn away from the toilet and urinal as they flush.
• Distance from other users.
• Wash your hands with soap and water, best, or 70%+ alcohol as you depart.

https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0013318

#covid #restroom #aerosols #flushing #mask #distance #wash

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/JFq5LxA9wGE

With public spaces reopening, how do you go out without having to cross your legs until you get back home.  New studies show that toilet flushes generate a cloud of possibly virus-contaminated aerosol while established data reveals a rest room to be a microbe sewer with contamination on every surface.

Remember that CoVid is shed longer from the gastrointestinal tract than from the lungs so asymptomatic persons are likely to have toxic feces.

The rules are simple:

• Wear a filtration mask.
• Close any lid, and turn away from the toilet and urinal as they flush.
• Distance from other users.
• Wash your hands with soap and water, best, or 70%+ alcohol as you depart.

https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0013318

#covid #restroom #aerosols #flushing #mask #distance #wash

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/auJkLEufIU4

The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine, branded as Prozac and Saracen and prescribed for depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, eating problems, and panic issues turns out to significantly slow the replication of the novel coronavirus in tissue culture.  The drug works at concentrations typically found in patients using this medication.

Virologists at Germany’s University of Würzburg discovered this phenomenon during their screening of already marketed prescription drugs for anti-CoVid19 activity.  Although Prozac was effective, other popular selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors including Lexapro and Paxil failed to have this effect.  Prozac did not inhibit other viruses including herpes, RSV, or rabies.

The researchers hope that Prozac may prove to be therapy for early stages of CoVid.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.14.150490v2.full.pdf

#covid #prozac #fluoxetine #ssri

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/auJkLEufIU4

The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine, branded as Prozac and Saracen and prescribed for depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, eating problems, and panic issues turns out to significantly slow the replication of the novel coronavirus in tissue culture.  The drug works at concentrations typically found in patients using this medication.

Virologists at Germany’s University of Würzburg discovered this phenomenon during their screening of already marketed prescription drugs for anti-CoVid19 activity.  Although Prozac was effective, other popular selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors including Lexapro and Paxil failed to have this effect.  Prozac did not inhibit other viruses including herpes, RSV, or rabies.

The researchers hope that Prozac may prove to be therapy for early stages of CoVid.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.14.150490v2.full.pdf

#covid #prozac #fluoxetine #ssri

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/9QhIuE89Bic

CoVid patients treated with tocilizumab and corticosteroids enjoy a 54% lower in-hospital mortality.  A study of 3098 patients treated within the giant metro New York City Northwell Health System was just released on the pre-print server medrixiv.org.

The study of various immunomodulators’ effects on the deadly CoVid cytokine storm showed that Actemra+steroids reduced mortality best followed by steroids alone at 30% and Actemra alone at 28%.  Anakinra, another modulator, showed no effect.

This data adds another therapy option for clinicians treating life-threatening cases of CoVid19.  As always, the best treatment of any disease is prevention.  You control that by following MDW: masking, distancing, and washing.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.16.20126714v1.full.pdf

#covid #actemra #steroids #tocilizumab #mortality

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/9QhIuE89Bic

CoVid patients treated with tocilizumab and corticosteroids enjoy a 54% lower in-hospital mortality.  A study of 3098 patients treated within the giant metro New York City Northwell Health System was just released on the pre-print server medrixiv.org.

The study of various immunomodulators’ effects on the deadly CoVid cytokine storm showed that Actemra+steroids reduced mortality best followed by steroids alone at 30% and Actemra alone at 28%.  Anakinra, another modulator, showed no effect.

This data adds another therapy option for clinicians treating life-threatening cases of CoVid19.  As always, the best treatment of any disease is prevention.  You control that by following MDW: masking, distancing, and washing.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.16.20126714v1.full.pdf

#covid #actemra #steroids #tocilizumab #mortality