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https://www.euronews.com/health/2024/12/10/eu-commission-adopts-wait-and-see-approach-with-mystery-congo-virus
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Disease X’ Outbreak Widens as UN Sends Health Team to Congo https://www.msn.com/en-us/science/general/ar-AA1vuxL8
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https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/traveler-from-congo-in-africa-isolated-with-flu-like-symptoms-after-flying-in-to-cleveland “It Began October 24 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo A Press Release from the Health Ministry in the D.R. Congo: Since October 24, 2024, a disease of still unknown origin has been spreading in Kwango province, specifically in the Panzi health zone.”
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First confirmed case of Monkeypox in Sweden WHO kallar till akut möte om spridning av apkoppor “Världshälsoorganisationen WHO kallar till ett akut möte efter fallen med apkoppor. Det skriver The Telegraph. Frågor som WHO väntas diskutera på mötet är den ovanligt höga förekomsten hos homo- och bisexuella män samt vaccinationssituationen, skriver norska Dagbladet. Under fredagen har fall av apkoppor upptäckts i Frankrike, Tyskland och Belgien. Det första fallet i Sverige registrerades under torsdagen. I Kanada, Storbritannien och Portugal har flera fall upptäckts. Apkoppor påminner om smittkoppor, men är mildare.” Quote from https://omni.se/senaste
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The first organism to get its genome fully mapped by Craig Venter is said to have been Haemophilus Influenzae (HI) “This species was the first free-living organism to have its entire genomesequenced.[3]” Incidentally this bacteria was thought to be responsible for the Spanish Flue before viruses were discovered probably by reason of coinfection. It can at times present scialic acid receptors on its outer membrane https://portal.research.lu.se/portal/files/5264874/1639436.pdf see figure “Haemophilus influenzae, have an additional use for sialic acid in an immune evasion mechanism by adding Neu5Ac to their lipopolysaccharide ( 7, 8), which provides increased survival in human serum ( 9, 10)” Having a scialic acid receptor where the acid is acquired from a human host just like human cells having scialic acid receptors may render HI susceptible to transfection ? The HI bacteria requires V factor and X factor that are provided by streptococci thus suggestive of a possible co-evolution of Streptococcus And Haemophilus Influenzae and Sars-Cov-2 accessing HI’s cytoplasm. With Sars-Cov-2 possibly replicating, evading immunity and evolving inside HI, similarly to bacterial plasmids Bacterial proteases can cleave HA during co-infections Interestingly, certain bacteria have been demonstrated to support HA (Viral Haem Agglutinin) activation either by secreting proteases that cleave HA or due to activation of cellular proteases and thereby may contribute to virus spread and enhanced pathogenicity. Incidentally At 1 mg/l, 100% of the strains of H. influenzae were inhibited by azithromycin compared with 16% with erythromycin and 5% with roxithromycin. Azithromycin exhibited a rapid bactericidal effect, with a 99.9% kill at 4 h. The MBC was equal to or up to four-times greater than the MIC Conclusion: If the above assumptions should prove correct then: Haemophilus Influenzae should be looked into as a risk factor in Covid-19 and Sars-Cov-2 blocked from evolving new variants by convolution with HI Which may be achieved by Azitromycin Diagnostics could include testing for HI and treatment include Azitromycin
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Transmissible viral load. is secreted via membranes, for this reason It makes sense to generate mucus membrane immunity thus reducing oral and fecal viral loads with a therewith concomitant reduction of the R-0 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6132247/
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Transmission routes and Ease of spread
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Ease of inactivation of COVID-19 Here below, is a recommendation to increase the themostat warmwater temperature in hospitals and public and private housing to 60 ° C or above in order to inactivate COVID-19 which inactivates at 57 ° C Through taps and showerheads i.e. bathtubs etc. Dish washing etc. That is to at least 140 ° Farenheit Please spread this info to the building managers organisation in the US and worldwide -
First case of 2019-nCoV in Sweden
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Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Sweden even though no activly persued testing 2 272 https://www.svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/senaste-nytt-om-coronaviruset -
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A recent paper and review on the antiviral properties of Zink Perhaps also a rationale for the combined use of Zink with Chloroquine https://academic.oup.com/advances/article/10/4/696/5476413 Further more: Front line Healthcare workers might benefit from the combination as a profylax -
Transmission routes and Ease of spread
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The distribution upon sucessfull contact tracing of virus profylax Chloroquine diphosphate plus Zink to the contacts of the infected will effectively reduce the production of viral loads generated, thus diminishing for COVID-19 the R-0 of the person to person transmission potential As an aside note: Chloroquine derivative will be distributed to 300 000 French patients in trials according to this article https://www.sudouest.fr/2020/03/18/coronavirus-sanofi-offre-de-l-anti-paludique-plaquenil-pour-traiter-300-000-malades-des-essais-prometteurs-7340262-10861.php?fbclid=IwAR1KG2I4mrZ69r-U6GjvU6FOfYYSVLOpEko6Z52WGpD_AKTH9DzZzDsnPF0 -
First case of 2019-nCoV in Sweden
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Lates numbers of COVID-19 in Sweden 1 059 https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/smittskydd-beredskap/utbrott/aktuella-utbrott/covid-19/aktuellt-epidemiologiskt-lage/ please note that general testing has been restricted to risk groups -
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Skin epidermis ACE2 receptors: Possible novel mechanism of spread of COVID-19 Background of hypothesis Every human sheds numerous skin flakes in a process refered to as: "desquamation. Every 28-40 days, on average, a new skin cell is "born" in the stratum germinativum, the deepest layer of the epidermis. ... This desquamation process happens over the entire body." Presence of ACE2 receptors on the skin epidermis "In the skin, ACE2 was present in the basal cell layer of the epidermis extending to the basal cell layer of hair follicles" https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/path.1570 "The basal layer is the innermost layer of the epidermis, and contains small round cells called basal cells. The basal cells continually divide, and new cells constantly push older ones up toward the surface of the skin, where they are eventually shed" ACE2 is a ligand for SARS CoV 2 As is now commonly known: ACE2 is also known as the binding receptor for Sars CoV 2 A recent skin related patient symptomatology States: "and tested positive for coronavirus. One of these positive passengers had no symptoms and the other had a faint rash and a mild sore throat. When she took their testing samples back to the lab, she successfully infected a cell culture with the patients' swabs." https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/14/health/coronavirus-asymptomatic-spread/index.html Adjusting post convalecense quarentine duration to the desquamation cycle Conclusions ▪ Desquamated skin flakes may still contain viable COVID-19 and are easily made airborn through air turbulence. ▪ Further more extant skin epidermis ACE2 receptors may increase the risk of transmission and account for a significant part of the R-0 ▪ Post convalescense quarantine duration should be adjusted accordingly -
First case of 2019-nCoV in Sweden
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924 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Sweden https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/smittskydd-beredskap/utbrott/aktuella-utbrott/covid-19/aktuellt-epidemiologiskt-lage/ -
First case of 2019-nCoV in Sweden
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Number of COVID-19 in Sweden as of Friday 775 confirmed cases, https://www.thelocal.se/20200313/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-coronavirus-outbreak-in-sweden-your-questions-answered/amp -
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Reconsideration of necessity and duration of post convalescens selfquarantine The longest observed duration of viral shedding in survivors was 37 days. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30566-3/fulltext#back-bib33 In light of the above Lancet article observation ▪ post recovery selfquarantine is necessary and ▪ should be prolongued to at least 5 weeks -
First case of 2019-nCoV in Sweden
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Total number of COVID-19 cases in Sweden 620 https://www.eposten.se/nyheter/tecken-pa-mer-spridning-over-600-smittade-ntm13413760.aspx -
The usefullness of Chloroquinine Phosphate + Zink is under investigation in the context of Corona virus ▪ Zink plus "the iononophore" chloroquine diphosphate may block the viral RNA dependent RNA polymerase https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4182877/ ▪ Chloroquine diphosphate https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U7F1cnWup9M
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First case of 2019-nCoV in Sweden
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Current COVID-19 Cases in Sweden 477 https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/sa-planerar-de-att-stoppa-coronaviruset/ -
First case of 2019-nCoV in Sweden
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Case number of COVID-19 in Sweden reaches 346 https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/regeringens-krispaket-mer-pengar-till-varden1/ -
The linked article: presents "clinical observations" showing a correlation between high BP and complication risks in COVID-19 ""Of a group of 170 patients who died in January in Wuhan - the first wave of casualties caused by a pathogen that's now raced around the world - nearly half had hypertension."That's a very high ratio," said Du Bin, director of the intensive care unit at Peking Union Medical College Hospital,"" https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/coronavirus-doctor-says-high-blood-pressure-a-major-death-risk-1.1583772143148 As a comment on implications of the above finding: it is known that the elderly are higher in BP and lower in androgens than the general the adult population. Also COVID-19 seems to affect men more severely than women Regarding BP: Conclusions: Bloodpressure regulating effect of androgens is largely missing in the elderly. ▪ "The vasorelaxation induced by androgens is mainly mediated by blocking L-VOCCs" https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07435800.2018.1448868?journalCode=ierc20 Regarding Low androgens: Hypothesis: The immunosupressive effect of "DHT absence", in elderly males due to low levels being produced has effect on COVID-19 prognosis "A number of studies have found strong correlations between low testosterone and elevated numbers of B cells (75–79), and high testosterone levels in men correlates with poorer antibody responses to vaccination (80), suggesting that androgens inhibit B lymphopoiesis." It is also known that androgens e.g DHT supress the B-Cell count in males" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5932344/ Measures Since B cells are capable of producing cytokines: Elevated Cytokine levels may possibly be reduced by DHT suplementation e.g. testosterone patch. Thus the medical community needs to study and evaluate and perhaps consider the role of androgen supplementation in the treatment of COVID-19
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First case of 2019-nCoV in Sweden
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Confirmed COVID-19 CASES IN Sweden 261 https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/skolor-stanger-efter-bekraftade-coronafall1/