covid-19

Stanford have a study to look at the effect of care giving during COVID-19 pandemic. It doesn't have to be of someone with COVID-19. This is a great opportunity to have input from ME caregivers. https://redcap.stanford.edu/surveys/index.php?s=RFL8CHMT3H DESCRIPTION: You are invited to...

A worrying approach being actively anticipated and encouraged:

So, we keep being advised to wash our hands frequently with "soap", but what exactly is considered "soap" when it comes to being able to kill Covid-19? - bar soap? - liquid soap? - shower gel? - body wash? - bubble bath? - various facial cleansing products of different types? - washing-up...

It looks like we may need to be even more careful. This may help clarify why there are so many unexplained cases of transmission. Six-foot rule to protect against coronavirus is questionable, MIT professor says From the article: This article was based on a piece published in the Journal of...

full article here https://www.rsvplive.ie/life/living-with-woman-shares-fears-21787908

From Article: How sick will the coronavirus make you? The answer may be in your genes By Jocelyn KaiserMar. 27, 2020 , 3:25 PM https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/how-sick-will-coronavirus-make-you-answer-may-be-your-genes# the projects website: https://www.covid19hg.com/ @Chris Ponting

For anyone interested this starts at about 2 and 1/2 hours from now (at the time I posted) "On Friday, March 27, 12:30–1:15 pm ET, join experts from Johns Hopkins for a discussion about how and why countries’ responses to COVID-19 have been so varied, what some of the effects have been, and...

Well-known, famous people with ME/CFS (public thread) ******* Re Ian Lipkin https://www.foxnews.com/us/dr-ian-lipkin-consultant-contagion-coronavirus

I thought it might be useful to get an overview of the most important sources on the COVID-19 outbreak. If you have suggestions feel free to post them in the thread below and I'll try to update the info here. Please focus on the most important sources otherwise we will have too many links...

Listen to this A&E doctor on the threat posed by Covid-19 (WARNING: It's very long, but the most important bit is early on) And please get the message out there: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0877mb2 In a matter of weeks, we risk a situation where there may be 8 patients needing each...

Having just been caught out by a myth, here's a helpful CNN video and article: One dangerous coronavirus 'self-check test' is circulating on social media. Here's why you should avoid it. The myths listed are: Myth: Drinking water will protect you. Myth: Gargling salt water will protect you...

http://covid19-survey.org/

I've just seen on Facebook that Ashok Gupta (of the 'Gupta Process') has released a 'package' called the 10 day coronovirus challenge. He doesn't claim that his techniques (mediation, NLP, neural retraining etc. I think) can prevent you getting the virus in so many words but I think he very much...

https://www.ft.com/content/d6c65a50-6395-11ea-abcc-910c5b38d9ed eta: his usual 'wisdom' and historical waffle

I have just listened to a very interesting radio program 'BBC Inside Science: Biology of the new coronavirus'. I don't know whether it's available outside the UK. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000g3gf I suggest we use this thread to share any articles, audio or video of Virologists...

Mod note: This thread has been renamed and some posts moved from the thread: The biology of coronavirus COVID-19 - including research, vaccines, treatments ____________________ https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/32074550/full_citation vvv The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...

i am bedridden and already extremely precarious life. not prepared for coronavirus. [but i also need a respirator for mold and dust, which here is at really dangerous levels.] i had a survivair triple flange silicone blue half mask, but i think i ruined it. i can't seem to find any place...

CFS/ME National Services Survey Feb 2018 Snap shot audit BACME National Services Workstream Report Published March 2019 https://www.bacme.info/sites/bacme.info/files/BACME CFS ME National services survey March19.pdf

China Confirms New Coronavirus Spreads From Humans to Humans (Jan 20, 2020) By Javier C. Hernández and Austin Ramzy - The New York Times A top Chinese government-appointed expert says a mysterious respiratory illness that has killed at least three people can be transmitted by humans...

Open Medicine Foundation Canada: https://www.omfcanada.ngo/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=news I donate to the OMF - can now receive a Canadian tax receipt ETA: It would be great to see some OMF funds going to Canadian ME researchers - there are collaborations, but I don't know if funds are...