Author Archives: Sarah Chambers

A large new study from South Korea finds that children younger than 10 transmit to others much less often than adults do, but the risk is not zero. And those between the ages of 10 and 19 can spread the virus at least as well as adults do. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Coronavirus-live-updates-news-bay-area-15237940.php

https://m.jpost.com/health-science/hadassah-doctors-crack-the-cause-of-fatal-corona-blood-clots-631681 This seems like a really significant discovery: “The Hadassah team studied more than 700 blood samples from 80 patients who were admitted to the medical center during the first peak of the coronavirus outbreak. The results show that alpha defensin speeds up blood clot formation, which can cause pulmonary embolism, heart attacks and stroke.Continue reading “Hadassah doctors crack the cause of fatal corona blood clots”

https://truthout.org/articles/trump-now-has-free-rein-to-cook-the-books-when-it-comes-to-covid/ ‪This is terrifying. Anyone else think Trump is going to reduce the infection numbers, so businesses & schools will open? “The Trump administration has ordered hospitals to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and send all Covid-19 patient information to a central database in Washington beginning on Wednesday.”

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-july-14-2020-1.5647883/sick-for-over-100-days-covid-19-patients-want-more-help-to-cope-with-disease-s-long-haul-effects-1.5647886 One of my friends I featured in this, she had it over 100 days. The way she described her heart rate doubling or tripling when she just walks a block is what I had for 60+ days. It was my last symptom to go away. Sometimes I worried it never would. There are manyContinue reading “Covid symptoms for 100 days”

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53337483 Must read article:“The US state of Arizona, is currently registering as many new cases of corona-virus as the entire European Union, which has a population 60 times greater. A June survey by Pew Research Center found that only 49% of conservative Republicans said they wore a mask most of the time in the pastContinue reading “Coronavirus: Things US has got wrong – and right”

1) Ask for a chest X-ray, even if you have no cough. I had no cough and had very bad pneumonia which the X-ray showed. 2) Ask for them to take a blood test of your various levels including: potassium, vitamin D, blood cells, D-dimer (for clotting), etc. Many people with bad Covid symptoms areContinue reading “If you go to the ER for Covid, ask for the following…”

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/coronavirus/virus-updates-texas-sees-record-number-of-deaths-nevada-gov-closes-bars-in-hotspots/5251979/

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