Dr. Howard Smith Reports

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If you live in a CoVid hot spot like New York City or LA, assume nearly every public surface has live virus.  Brazilian microbiologists tested for live virus at 30 locations in Belo Horizonte, a metro area some 6 million people. 

CoVid in ample quantities was found in 6/15 bus stations particularly those near hospitals.  Virus was also found in 3 public squares.  Nearly 20% of the sampled sites were virus-positive.  

As you begin to venture out, protect yourself.  Assume your hands and clothes are contaminated once you leave home.  Accordingly, don’t touch your face before you scrub your hands having disrobed after your return home.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.07.20094631v1.full.pdf

#pandemic #covid #reopening

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If you live in a CoVid hot spot like New York City or LA, assume nearly every public surface has live virus.  Brazilian microbiologists tested for live virus at 30 locations in Belo Horizonte, a metro area some 6 million people. 

CoVid in ample quantities was found in 6/15 bus stations particularly those near hospitals.  Virus was also found in 3 public squares.  Nearly 20% of the sampled sites were virus-positive.  

As you begin to venture out, protect yourself.  Assume your hands and clothes are contaminated once you leave home.  Accordingly, don’t touch your face before you scrub your hands having disrobed after your return home.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.07.20094631v1.full.pdf

#pandemic #covid #reopening

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That traditional weekend visit to the grandfolks could infect them with CoVid.  A just pre-published study from Tel Aviv University reveals a significant 5 day post weekend peak in new CoVid cases after analysis of data from 7 of 12 countries around the world.

New CoVid  cases tick up on Thursday to Friday as one would expect from a 5 day lag between an elder’s contact with an infected weekend visitor and manifestation of symptoms,  Furthermore, deaths also bumped up but 12-14 days after inter-generational weekend visits.

The safest way to visit Grams and Gramps is via FaceTime, Zoom, or an open first floor window. 

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.03.20089508v1.full.pdf

#pandemic #covid #grandparents #weekendvisits

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/GFs0TET3ANw

That traditional weekend visit to the grandfolks could infect them with CoVid.  A just pre-published study from Tel Aviv University reveals a significant 5 day post weekend peak in new CoVid cases after analysis of data from 7 of 12 countries around the world.

New CoVid  cases tick up on Thursday to Friday as one would expect from a 5 day lag between an elder’s contact with an infected weekend visitor and manifestation of symptoms,  Furthermore, deaths also bumped up but 12-14 days after inter-generational weekend visits.

The safest way to visit Grams and Gramps is via FaceTime, Zoom, or an open first floor window. 

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.03.20089508v1.full.pdf

#pandemic #covid #grandparents #weekendvisits

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A Remdesivir, ritonivir, and lopinavir drug cocktail may be the most potent CoVid killer.  This conclusion from a Singapore artificial intelligence study just pre-published on the medrixiv.org.

Researchers used their IDentif.ai platform and known CoVid killing abilities of 12 anti-viral drugs to predict and test a half million possible drug combinations.  The result: adding to remdesivir the antiviral ritonivir/lopinavir combo drug, marketed as Kaletra for HIV PreP use, would drive a 6.5 fold greater therapeutic effect compared with remdesivir alone.

This model correlates with clinical findings in that remdesivir  alone is only 16% effective and hydroxychloroquine, even with Zithromax, is only 3-4% effective.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.04.20088104v1.full.pdf

#pandemic #covid #remdesivir #kaletra #ritonivir #lopinavir #hydroxychloroquine

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A Remdesivir, ritonivir, and lopinavir drug cocktail may be the most potent CoVid killer.  This conclusion from a Singapore artificial intelligence study just pre-published on the medrixiv.org.

Researchers used their IDentif.ai platform and known CoVid killing abilities of 12 anti-viral drugs to predict and test a half million possible drug combinations.  The result: adding to remdesivir the antiviral ritonivir/lopinavir combo drug, marketed as Kaletra for HIV PreP use, would drive a 6.5 fold greater therapeutic effect compared with remdesivir alone.

This model correlates with clinical findings in that remdesivir  alone is only 16% effective and hydroxychloroquine, even with Zithromax, is only 3-4% effective.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.04.20088104v1.full.pdf

#pandemic #covid #remdesivir #kaletra #ritonivir #lopinavir #hydroxychloroquine

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The stomach acid suppressing drug famotidine reduces the risk of death from CoVid in hospitalized patients by 70%.  Clinicians at Columbia, New York Presbyterian Hospital, and Northwell Health studied 340 patients with severe CoVid19 infections.

Famotidine was used at home prior to admission by 15% who were also given it in-hospital.  Only 1% of controls had used the drug before admission.  The drug was administered orally in 72% of patients and IV in 28% for a median period of nearly 6 days.  Those receiving the drug showed a 16% reduction in their blood ferritin levels suggesting famotidine reduces the cytokine storm.

The researchers are planning studies giving the drug prophylactically.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.01.20086694v1.full.pdf

#covid #pandemic #famotidine

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The stomach acid suppressing drug famotidine reduces the risk of death from CoVid in hospitalized patients by 70%.  Clinicians at Columbia, New York Presbyterian Hospital, and Northwell Health studied 340 patients with severe CoVid19 infections.

Famotidine was used at home prior to admission by 15% who were also given it in-hospital.  Only 1% of controls had used the drug before admission.  The drug was administered orally in 72% of patients and IV in 28% for a median period of nearly 6 days.  Those receiving the drug showed a 16% reduction in their blood ferritin levels suggesting famotidine reduces the cytokine storm.

The researchers are planning studies giving the drug prophylactically.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.01.20086694v1.full.pdf

#covid #pandemic #famotidine

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Wearing a weighted vest for just 3 weeks could help you lose 5 times more weight.  A new study from Sweden’s University of Gothenberg studied weight loss in 69 mildly obese subjects.

The experimental group wore 24 pound vests while the control group wore 2 lb vests over the study period.  The weigh-in at the end clocked a 3.5 pound average weight loss for the heavy vest group versus a .7 pound loss for controls.  The weight lost was in fat and not muscle.

The investigators attribute the effect to a natural “gravitostat.”  Animal experiments suggest it controls appetite.  Of course, moving about with a weighted vest does expend more energy.

https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/eclinm/PIIS2589-5370(20)30082-1.pdf

#obesity #dieting #weightedvest #fat

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/8Pkww_NybWU

Wearing a weighted vest for just 3 weeks could help you lose 5 times more weight.  A new study from Sweden’s University of Gothenberg studied weight loss in 69 mildly obese subjects.

The experimental group wore 24 pound vests while the control group wore 2 lb vests over the study period.  The weigh-in at the end clocked a 3.5 pound average weight loss for the heavy vest group versus a .7 pound loss for controls.  The weight lost was in fat and not muscle.

The investigators attribute the effect to a natural “gravitostat.”  Animal experiments suggest it controls appetite.  Of course, moving about with a weighted vest does expend more energy.

https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/eclinm/PIIS2589-5370(20)30082-1.pdf

#obesity #dieting #weightedvest #fat