Coronavirus good news thread

Everyone is asymptomatic before symptoms appear. There is no follow up to see if these people went on to show symptoms.

The testing shows about 0.86% of the population have the virus. It's probably similar here.

If half of all cases are asymptomatic, we are in serious trouble as they will be circulating amongst the 99.14%.

No bear you're wrong the findings of that study said that 50% of people at no point showed symptoms i.e. were carriers and could infect others but did not get I'll.
 
Another thing people should look into is "excess winter deaths'". It's a proper eye opener to what's going on at the minute and why the death figures around the world are a bit skewed.
 
Good news of a sort, I suppose:
  • The first patients in a “historic” drug trial to test treatments for the coronavirus have been enrolled in Norway and Spain, World Health Organization officials announced Friday.
  • World health officials are testing four of the most promising drugs to fight COVID-19, including malaria medications chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, an antiviral compound called Remdesivir, a combination of HIV drugs Lopinavir and Ritonavir and a combination of those drugs plus interferon-beta.
WHO coronavirus drug trial

Other trials of a similar nature were already going on, of course but only in individual countries so this seems to be slightly more wide-ranging.
 
Bit worrying that. Women more prevalent to 'normal' excess winter deaths, whilst covid-19 more prevalent to males.
I was listening to a scientist on the radio who had been researching this in China. He let slip that it could be because of smoking. In China only 2% of women smoke compared to about 48% of men.
 
I was listening to a scientist on the radio who had been researching this in China. He let slip that it could be because of smoking. In China only 2% of women smoke compared to about 48% of men.
Just had a look and more men than women die in Italy too but 19% of women smoke and 28% men
 
I applaud the Naturgy electricity and gas supply company in Spain. They have allowed people to defer paying their bills because of the lock down.

In addition they have added the following service for their customers (Google translation):

"Medical video assistance service at no additional cost

As a Naturgy customer and registered in our Customer Area and Online Invoice, you have the medical assistance service when you need it without leaving home."

My gas is with them. I will be transferring my electric to them when the situation here calms down a bit. They deserve as much business as they can get with this sort of approach to customer service.
 
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