A lot of us have also had ‘practice’ being at home for long periods of time. We know of protocols off the top of our heads for immune support. We may even have modest supplies of drugs that governments are now fast-tracking as Covid19 treatments (Chloroquine, Plaquenil).
Research does indeed indicate that chloroquine has ‘apparent efficacy and acceptable safety against covid-19 associated pneumonia’, and has shown to help patients recover more quickly from the coronavirus… Other treatments — azithromycin, antiviral remdesivir, and Kevzara — are now thought to make a positive difference, too.
Source – Peak Prosperity
It’s a little reassuring to know that some of you are already holding antivirals that may or may not help you cope with Lyme and Covid19 simultaneously.
But something that may be foreign to all of us, including skeptical Lyme patients, is the vision of a new reality where hospitals turn down people having heart attacks or deny anyone over 60 intubation because they don’t have the room.
I don’t think the US or Canada are doing a good job letting us know that there is a large population of asymptomatic people, for example, 17.9% from the princess cruise (source – Forbes) who never had any symptoms. 328 of the 634 confirmed cases on the ship showed no sign of symptoms until late into the incubation period, which can last 28 days.
…28 days. This incubation period is one of the main reasons doctors and epidemiologists everywhere have been yelling “fire” for 3 months.
Research out of Columbia U suggests that we may need to just act as if we are all positive, right now.
Six of every seven infections – 86% — were undetected in China before January’s strict travel restrictions, according to the team’s computer modeling. That time of unfettered travel and visiting was similar to life in bustling U.S. and European cities prior to new guidelines and restrictions.
Source – Mercury News
Undocumented infections might be half as contagious as documented infections because people are not coughing and sneezing (Source – Science Magazine). At least there’s that.
We are getting a bit of new information every day from our governments, info that has already been available for a month. We could have been self-isolating in February but the government kept crying “just the flu” and then “low risk” until it was too late.
So personally, I am not waiting for my government to tell me what’s medically right, the same way I didn’t wait when it came to Lyme.
As I said, I’m not an epidemiologist. I want people who could be high risk to just recognize that, like Lyme, Covid19 transmission is hard to recognize when it happens.
That’s all for now. Stay healthy, stay informed, be safe. Thanks for listening.
Sources I follow:
Good reporting
- Juliette Kayyem@juliettekayyem — Harvard Professor, CEO, CNN Analyst, Advisor, Former Department of Homeland Security and mother of 3. Author of “Security Mom.”
- Helen Branswell@HelenBranswell — Sr writer, infectious diseases @statnews.
- Peak Prosperity — daily updates for 2 months have been informative and accurate
Medical experts
- Heather Bryant@HBryant_CPAC — Physician and epidemiologist, VP Cancer Control at the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer; Board member of UICC.
- neil_ferguson@neil_ferguson — Infectious disease modeller/epidemiologist. Director of J-IDEA and the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis
- Juliette Kayyem@juliettekayyem — Harvard Professor, CEO, CNN Analyst, Advisor, Former Department of Homeland Security and mother of 3. Author of “Security Mom.”
And here are some other useful resources from ItsNotJustLyme.com
- Sleep and immunity – https://itsnotjustlyme.com/horowitz-poor-sleep-weakens-immunity/
- Functional medicine approach to Lyme – https://itsnotjustlyme.com/functional-medicine-approach-lyme-disease/
- Lyme protocols – https://itsnotjustlyme.com/lyme-disease-the-great-antibiotic-debate/
- How metabolism affects health – https://itsnotjustlyme.com/metabolism-lyme/