Month: March 2020
How the Pandemic Will End
The U.S. may end up with the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the industrialized world. This is how it’s going to play out. Story by Ed…
TONTON BICHA MAKES PUBLIC SERVICE TV SPOT FOR CORONAVIRUS FOR A MERE 500,000 GOURDES
Mar 3, 2020 Haiti’s population is faced with an overwhelming threat as CORONAVIRUS challenges our 13,000,000 people – unprepared for any sort of medical emergency….
When You Die of the Coronavirus, You Die Alone
BOSTON — As an I.C.U. doctor I’m used to giving bad news, but I was not prepared for this. I paused outside my patient’s room…
U.S. Domestic Passenger Flights Could Virtually Shut Down, Voluntarily or by Government Order
WSJ NEWS Major U.S. airlines are drafting plans for a potential voluntary shutdown of virtually all passenger flights across the U.S., according to industry and…
When might experimental drugs to treat Covid-19 be ready? A forecast
STATNEWS There is a desperate need for new medicines to treat Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus that has shut down much of…
Man dies after ingesting chloroquine in an attempt to prevent coronavirus
The man and his wife thought the ingredient, used to treat sick fish, could prevent the disease. By Erika Edwards and Vaughn Hillyard An Arizona…
Canada Works To Fly Thousands Home From Overseas In Coronavirus Airlift
Canada is conducting a massive airlift, bringing thousands home at no cost in cooperation with Canada’s commercial airlines. As domestic routes are cut back,…
An Man Died After Self-Medicating With A Drug Trump Promoted As A Potential Treatment For The Coronavirus
The elderly man died after taking chloroquine phosphate, an additive used to clean fish tanks. Trump has been promoting chloroquine as a potential treatment for…
The coronavirus isn’t alive. That’s why it’s so hard to kill.
The science behind what makes this coronavirus so sneaky, deadly and difficult to defeat By Sarah Kaplan, William Wan and Joel Achenbach March 23, 2020…
Governors and mayors in growing uproar over Trump’s lagging coronavirus response
Lawmakers and policy leaders argue how best to fix coronavirus supply shortages By Robert Costa and Aaron Gregg March 22, 2020 at 4:28 p.m. PDT…
NEW York Governor Andrew Cuomo has warned that 80% of New York state’s population could become infected with the coronavirus and said the crisis could last as long as nine months.
Cuomo’s stark assessment came hours after Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin warned that the lockdown, currently impacting 80 million people across the country, could last…
The Single Most Important Lesson From the 1918 Influenza
Containment — the attempt to limit spread of a virus and even eliminate it — has failed. By John M. Barry Mr. Barry is the…
U.S. Intelligence Sounded Coronavirus Alarm in January: WaPo
U.S. intelligence agencies were sounding alarm to the serious threat of the coronavirus in January and February, The Washington Post reports. Many of the warnings…
Trump vs Fauci: President’s gut sense collides with science
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a clash of gut instinct versus science, President Donald Trump and the government’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, publicly…
Retour au Canada à partir d’Haïti / Returning to Canada from Haiti
(English to follow) Bonsoir, Suite aux mesures imposées par le gouvernement haïtien au niveau de la fermeture des aéroports, ports et autres points d’entrée, nous…
NIH clinical trial of remdesivir to treat COVID-19 begins
Study enrolling hospitalized adults with COVID-19 in Nebraska. Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round magenta objects) emerging from the surface…
ARMAGEDDON – CORNAVIRUS -INDIFFERENCE – STUPIDITY – NAIVETETE – UNINFORMED- GREED
Mar 18, 2020 I have just spoken to a Pastor who welcomes several hundred parishioners to services 7 days per week. His church is a…
Hopes of a coronavirus vaccine mount as three key biotech players make progress
CNBC-Julianna Tatelbaum KEY POINTS Over the last 48 hours, three biotech companies, in particular, have been thrust into the spotlight for their promise: BioNTech, CureVac…