NIH Clinical Trial of Remdesivir to Treat COVID-19 Begins | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
The first trial participant is an American who was repatriated after being quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise ship that docked in Yokohama, Japan and volunteered to participate in the study. The study can be adapted to evaluate additional investigative treatments and to enroll participants at other sites in the U.S. and worldwide.
https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-events/nih-clinical-trial-remdesivir-treat-covid-19-begins
I haven’t searched to see if anybody mentioned this, if so, it is still worth mentioning again. I read yesterday in Le Monde newspaper that anyone with symptoms of Covid-19 should avoid taking ibuprofen or any other anti-inflammatory - like turmeric. This will make the infection worse. If you have a fever or other symptoms, take Tylenol. Also, don’t assume that you are not part of a vulnerable group. Young people have died from it, too. https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2020/03/14/face-au-coronavirus-le-ministre-de-la-sante-recommande-de-ne-pas-prendre-d-ibuprofene_6033095_3224.html
Something really unnerved me last night. I saw an errant comment on social media regarding Amazon, which piqued my interest. I went over to Amazon to investigate myself and realized that I can't get anything from Amazon before the end of this week. I live in an area that often has same-day delivery. I never have to go more than two days to receive an order.
Now, to be fair, there's nothing I need. It was just unnerving to select a random assortment of items and find that nothing would available before the end of the week. Goes to show you how accustomed we (or perhaps just I) have become to things just magically showing up at our door when we need or want them.
I assume this delay is just because Amazon has so many deliveries right now and not a shortage of drivers, which may come later as more fall ill.
As others have wondered, I would like to know when COVID really arrived in the US. If the outbreak started in November, I find it odd that it took so long to begin seeing cases here, especially given the number of flights between here and China. But then the outbreaks in Italy and Iran wouldn't make sense either.
I don't know, there is a lot that's not sitting right with me.
Just came across this article explaining how COVID is impacting Amazon, their inventory, and their delivery times
Not to mention the back breaking labour that the staff has to unload the goods and shifting them to their destination.
My good friend from Kentucky was working in the warehouse section at Kroger's. He had discuss about the physical labour in great detail about his work, along with the mental stress he has to deal with when he had to work with a full load of goods vs the amount manpower... which is not much since there's a high turnover rate in his line of work, to the point he was forced to work overtime to meet the demands in a timely manner.
Unsurprisingly, the coronavirus made his situation more tiring, where he and his workmates were now working seven day straight to keep up with the goods. As he describe it in his own words, "they're going to work me like a cybernetic mule."
My husband and I were talking about this yesterday. While we personally have experienced a lot of difficulties with orders online lately as well as in stores what we are really focused on is the workers going through so much incredible work to get these goods where they need to go to be offered to all of us.
They have families, they need groceries and supplies, and we knew they had to not only be anxious and stressed but also exhausted from the marketplace crazies.
Please tell your friend that not only did I truly appreciate the sad humor of seeing these "exhausted mules" in my mind's eye it touched a deep wellspring of sorrow for all of us absolutely everywhere who are all going through this together.
But because of our unity of purpose as well as needs and desires we can truly understand and be so incredibly grateful that so many brave, hard-working people are doing this not just to earn a living but so the living can continue to live.
Bless you all. We are so grateful for all who labor in all ways for the greater good.
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Seattle research institute selected to conduct clinical trials for novel coronavirus vaccine | Q13 FOX News
Seattle will host first clinical trial for Coronavirus vaccine
SEATTLE -- The National Institutes of Health has selected a Seattle research institute as the first to begin clinical trials for a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine.
The trials will take place at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit (VTEU).
The trial is expected to take 13 months. It will recruit 45 healthy people, ages 19 to 55, to participate. The trial vaccine includes messenger RNA for the viral spike protein. It does not include any form of live virus, and the trial will not expose participants to the virus.
To prepare for the trial, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute’s vaccine research group is establishing a registry of healthy adults age 19-55 years who are interested and potentially eligible to participate.
The trial will be a small “phase I” test in a three-phase process examining the potential vaccine. In this phase, Kaiser Permanente researchers will test safety and antibody production, meaning that it will test various doses’ safety and whether these doses are producing an immune response.
However, this phase I trial will not study the effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing coronavirus infection. That will come at a later phase of the research.
We are just beginning our own trials everyone. This is the time we show our true selves in all ways. We will go through a bevy of emotions every day in every way and we will all learn to deal with these challenges day by day, the best we can!
Just came across this article explaining how COVID is impacting Amazon, their inventory, and their delivery times
Yes, I had to order some medical stuff that I usually get on Prime, and it won't be here til next week. It's ok, I had the gut feeling to order everything well in advance of when I need it. Also, Chewy.com is experiencing delays too.
What I DON'T like about that article - Bezos said he'll let warehouse workers take unlimited UNpaid time off during this crisis. What an a$$hole. We all know he can afford to pay anyone who needs to take time off due to illness or to care for ill family members, or who has to be quarantined.