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19 March 2020
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CLEANING
Soap
It’s the best way to wash up (and much easier to find than hand sanitizer).
Disposable gloves
For handling things that might be contaminated. Do not wash or reuse.
Disinfectant wipes
Look for products with active ingredients such as quaternary ammonium, sodium hypochlorite, or hydrogen peroxide.
Towels, clean linens
Or anything else you might need more of as cleaning habits change.
FOOD/NECESSITIES
Supplies of shelf-stable food
Beans, rice, flour, and canned items: enough for a couple of weeks, if access to grocery stores is limited.
Coffee or tea
Or other everyday “necessities”.
A first aid kit
Hospitals may be overwhelmed, so you’ll want to be able to treat minor problems at home.
90 days of medication
The CDC recommends stocking up on prescriptions, so contact your doctor.
WORK AND ENTERTAINMENT
Yarn, art supplies, or other hobby items
It’s a good time to dive into an activity you can do at home. Morale matters!
Things for working from home
From a desk chair to a mouse, it’s better to have the tools for your job if it’s possible to work remotely.
Electronics and, potentially, spare parts
If your phone or computer breaks, it’s an inconvenience in the best of times. Right now, it might be more than that, if stores aren’t open to get a replacement.
Games for family time
If you’ve got kids at home, you’ll need distractions!
IF YOU GET SICK
Medication for reducing a fever, like acetaminophen (Tylenol).
A thermometer for monitoring a fever.
Cough and cold medication
including cough drops and lozenges, cough syryps like Dayquil/Nyquil, and decongestants like Sudafed (the active ingredient is pseudoephedrine, so get the much lower cost generic version).
A humidifier can also help with a cough that makes it tough to sleep.
Rehydration solutions
Pedialyte or Gatorade works, but you can make it at home with a liter of drinking water, a scoop of sugar, and a pinch of salt. Plain water or other liquids also work for mild dehydration in adults.
Basics
what is COVID-19?
Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). [WHO: Coronavirus]
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a new strain that was discovered in 2019 and has not been previously identified in humans. [WHO: Coronavirus]
Coronaviruses are zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted between animals and people. Detailed investigations found that SARS-CoV was transmitted from civet cats to humans and MERS-CoV from dromedary camels to humans. Several known coronaviruses are circulating in animals that have not yet infected humans. [WHO: Coronavirus]
Common signs of infection include respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. In more severe cases, infection can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and even death. [WHO: Coronavirus]
Standard recommendations to prevent infection spread include regular hand washing, covering mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing, thoroughly cooking meat and eggs. Avoid close contact with anyone showing symptoms of respiratory illness such as coughing and sneezing. [WHO: Coronavirus]
How do I care for myself and family?
Everyone should take care of their health and maintain hand and respiratory hygiene to protect themselves and others, including their own families.
Regularly and thoroughly wash your hands with soap and water, and use alcohol-based hand sanitiser. Maintain at least 1.5 metres or 6 feet distance between yourself and anyone who is coughing or sneezing.
Persons with persistent cough or sneezing should stay home or keep a social distance, but not mix in crowd. Make sure you and people around you, follow good respiratory hygiene, meaning cover your mouth and nose with a handkerchief or tissue or into your sleeve or tissue when you cough or sneeze. Then dispose of the used tissue immediately.
Stay home if you feel unwell with symptoms like fever, cough, and difficulty in breathing. Go to the emergency room if your symptoms turn serious. Do not engage in self-medication.
COVID-19 prepartions
Masks and other protective gear [What preppers are stocking up on for COVID-19]
Water and storage [What preppers are stocking up on for COVID-19]
Medical equipment [What preppers are stocking up on for COVID-19]
from Dr. Sarah Boon:
These are the basic, solid graphics that people need to understand what to do and not to do in these times. Basic #scicomm, people!
—Dr. Sarah Boon, Co-founder & BoD @ScienceBorealis, Writer, editor, photographer, Former scientist, as posted on Twitter 12:32 pm, 24 March 2020
Coordinate help for charities.
If you have contact info and items needed by other charities, please let us know through the website contact form.
Contact
Feeding the working poor, elderly, and homeless
The Someone Cares Soup Kitchen, Costa Mesa, CA, has an extreme shortage of paper plates, paper napkins, paper towels, plastic forks and spoons, and toilet paper needed to feed hundreds of working poor, elderly, and homeless every day.
If you are in the Orange County area you can contribute. See their website. Please provide contact info for other charities around the world.
720 West 19th Street, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 USA
[949] 548.8861 Office
shannon@someonecareskitchen.org Executive Director
News and historical timeline
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regular timeline
19 March 2020
from Cheri Jacobus:
NYC Gristedes supermarket chain is privately owned by President Trump’s close friend, John Catsimides, also a major donor to his campaign. We’re hearing they’ve jacked up the price of a 4-pack of toilet paper to $28. Castimides’ daughter is the chair of the Manhattan GOP.
—Cheri Jacobus, Executive Producer “America Reads The Mueller Report”, as posted on Twitter 10:27 pm, 19 March 2020
from Tania Singh:
According to stock sales disclosures by Senators after a closed door briefing on January 24 about the Coronavirus threat, the following senators sold stocks:
Senator Richard Burr (R-NC)
Senator Kelly Loefner (R-GA)
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI)
Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
—Tania Singh, as posted on Twitter 7:28 pm, 19 March 2020
from Ryan Struyk:
FAUCI: “There’s a strategic national stockpile in which there are at least 12,700 ventilators in there, as well as tens of millions of masks. That may not be enough.”
—Ryan Struyk, CNN, as posted on Twitter 7:11 pm, 19 March 2020
California lockdown
California Governor Gavin Newsom ordered its 40 million residents to stay at home starting tonight.
California is issuing a statewide, mandatory STAY AT HOME order.
Those that work in critical sectors should go to work. Grocery stores, pharmacies, banks, and more will stay open.
Everyone is required to stay home except to get food, care for a relative or friend, get necessary health care, or go to an essential job. If you go out, keep at least 6 feet of distance.
We need to meet this moment and flatten the curve together.
Go to California Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response to learn more.
“We project that roughly 56 percent of our population — 25.5 million people — will be infected with the virus over an eight week period,” California Governor Gavin Newsom wrote in a letter to President Donald Trump.
Newsom said Thursday evening: “That number in and of itself shouldn’t be overly alarming — the vast majority of us, the overwhelming majority of us, won’t have symptoms, will be perfectly fine. But there is a subset that we're concerned about" who will be more seriously affected.
—California Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response, 7:00 pm, 19 March 2020
from Kitty Clinton:
people can check this out. it may help some.
if you know people that sew, this may relieve some issues.
—Kitty Clinton, as posted on Twitter 6:43 pm, 19 March 2020
Coronavirus: Citing shortages, Deaconess Health System asked the public to sew CDC-compliant face masks for staff fighting coronavirus.
How to make a Face Mask Instructions
PDF Instructions
from Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II:
Breaking: Senate Intel Chairman Richard Burr has supported racist voter suppression, blocking Medicaid expansion, living wages & uplift programs for 4 mil poor & low wealth North Carolinians.
Now we it seems he warned his wealthy supporters about the coronavirus but stayed silent as Trump misled the public.
—Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, President & senior lecturer @BRepairers, architect of the Moral Mondays movement, & co-chair @unitethepoor, as posted on Twitter 5:17 pm, 19 March 2020
REFERNCE: Secret recording obtained by NPR shows that Senate Intel Chairman Richard Burr raised alarms about Coronavirus weeks ago in private meeting with well-connected constituents -- concerns he never shared with the public.
from Peter Morley:
PLEASE RT & HELP! Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, NJ is DANGEROUSLY close to being out of face masks. Teaneck has been the epicenter of #COVID19 in NJ
PLEASE Contact them directly at: 718 Teaneck Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666 - Tel: (201) 833-3000
—Peter Morley, as posted on Twitter 4:22 pm, 19 March 2020
“We’re in a war right now,” says hospital chief, sharing precious mask supplies with Holy Name Medical Center, hospital at the center of teaneck, NJ, outbreak.
from Ronnie the Social Distancer:
While all these MFers keep chasing their tails, @BernieSanders out here using his massive email list to lead and help charities during this fucking global crisis.
—Ronnie the Social Distancer, as posted on Twitter 2:11 pm, 19 March 2020
from Scott Dworkin:
The FDA now disputes what Trump said this morning about a coronavirus vaccine, because he’s completely full of shit.
—Scott Dworkin, as posted on Twitter 2:07 pm, 19 March 2020
from Robert Faturechi:
NEW: After assuring the public about the government’s coronavirus preparedness, Senate Intel chair Richard Burr, in one day, sold off up to $1.6 million is stock.
A week later, the market began its fall.
His committee was receiving daily briefings.
—Robert Faturechi, Reporter @ProPublica robert.faturechi@propublica.org Signal/WhatsApp: 213-271-7217, as posted on Twitter 2:05 pm, 19 March 2020
from Mark Elliott:
It’s clear the U.S. coronavirus caseload is growing at the fastest rate in the world. Imagine what this would look like if anyone could get tested @realDonaldTrump .
—Mark Elliott, as posted on Twitter 1:56 pm, 19 March 2020
from The American Independent:
Before, Trump told the states to figure out how to secure supplies on their own. Today, MA governor Charlie Baker tells Trump his state tried to bid on supplies -- but was outbid by the federal govt. Despite the moment exposing a lack of planning, Trump laughs it off. pic.twitter.com/XePbZtAzto
— The American Independent (@AmerIndependent) March 19, 2020
—The American Independent, as posted on Twitter 12:35 pm, 19 March 2020
from Chicano Marine:
FUCK YOU TOO RAND.
-“(To get child tax credit) you have to be a LEGITIMATE PERSON,” Paul said. “It has nothing to do with not liking IMMIGRANTS. It has to do with saying, taxpayer money shouldn’t go to NON-PEOPLE.”
—Chicano Marine, as posted on Twitter 12:07 pm, 19 March 2020
Narendra Modi
PM Modi’s address to the nation on Corona Virus
19 March 2020
from Alt Jabroni:
We have a group of volunteers crowdsourcing making masks. If you are interested in helping, please let us know.
Twitter: @alt_jabroni
—Alt Jabroni, as posted on Twitter 11:14 am, 19 March 2020
from Perry Russom:
Just got off phone with Dr. Peter Slavin, president of Mass General. He is looking for anyone with a 3D printer to help make masks. He says there is a formula online. “I would hope companies across the country…would start making masks later this afternoon.”
—Perry Russom, Weekend Anchor/NBC10 Boston Reporter, as posted on Twitter 10:23 am, 19 March 2020
from Wilson:
Richard Burr’s phone number is (202) 224-3154. Call and ask him why he has put our country in danger and only wealthy donors were warned.
—Wilson, as posted on Twitter 10:20 am, 19 March 2020
from Seth MacFarlane:
Gee, if COVID-19 isn’t a hoax after all, is it possible climate change isn’t either? Should we perhaps learn something from this crisis, believe scientists, and avoid getting caught flat-footed next time?
—Seth MacFarlane, as posted on Twitter 9:55 am, 19 March 2020
from Jabin Botsford:
Close up of President @realDonaldTrump notes is seen where he crossed out “Corona” and replaced it with “Chinese” Virus as he speaks with his coronavirus task force today at the White House. #trump #trumpnotes
—Jabin Botsford, Staff Photographer at The Washington Post, as posted on Twitter 11:06 am, 19 March 2020
The Doctor Who Helped Defeat Smallpox Explains What’s Coming
Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant, who warned of pandemic in 2006, says we can beat the novel coronavirus—but first, we need lots more testing.
Larry Brilliant says he doesn’t have a crystal ball. But 14 years ago, Brilliant, the epidemiologist who helped eradicate smallpox, spoke to a TED audience and described what the next pandemic would look like. At the time, it sounded almost too horrible to take seriously. “A billion people would get sick,” he said. “As many as 165 million people would die. There would be a global recession and depression, and the cost to our economy of $1 to $3 trillion would be far worse for everyone than merely 100 million people dying, because so many more people would lose their jobs and their health care benefits, that the consequences are almost unthinkable.”
Now the unthinkable is here, and Brilliant, the Chairman of the board of Ending Pandemics, is sharing expertise with those on the front lines. We are a long way from 100 million deaths due to the novel coronavirus, but it has turned our world upside down. Brilliant is trying not to say “I told you so” too often. But he did tell us so, not only in talks and writings, but as the senior technical advisor for the pandemic horror film Contagion, now a top streaming selection for the homebound. Besides working with the World Health Organization in the effort to end smallpox, Brilliant, who is now 75, has fought flu, polio, and blindness; once led Google’s nonprofit wing, Google.org; co-founded the conferencing system the Well; and has traveled with the Grateful Dead.
—Wired, 19 March 2020
Deaths in France reach 372
French health reported an increase in death toll by 108 to total 372, representing a surge of around 40%.
The number of cases jumped to 10,995, a 20% rise in 24 hours.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
Israel orders stay at home
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tightened a nation-wide stay-at home policy to control coronavirus spread.
The country confirmed 573 cases to date.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
Croatia registers first death
Croatia reported its first death in a 70-year-old man. The country confirmed 102 cases to date.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
Chad reports first case
Chad government reported its first case in a Moroccan national who arrived from Cameroon.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
Iran reports 1,284 deaths
Iran reported that COVID-19 is claiming one life every ten minutes in the country, raising its toll to 1,284, said health ministry in a tweet.
The number of infections in the nation increased to 18,407.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 march 2020
Brazil death toll reaches six
Brazil reported deaths of two elderly patients in Rio de Janeiro, increasing the toll in the country to six. The country registered nearly 430 cases.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
Cambodia confirms 47 cases
Cambodia reported ten new cases, taking its total to 47. The country will ban entry for all international travellers from midnight on Monday.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
Greece has 464 cases
Greece confirmed 464 cases and recorded six deaths, according to a health ministry official.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
Mexico reports first death
Mexico reported its first death as a 41-year-old citizen who was suffering from diabetes. The number of cases in the country jumped by 27% in the last 24 hours to 118 from 93.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
US CDC confirms nearly 10,500 cases
US CDC reported 3,404 new cases to total 10,491 infections. The country reported its biggest daily jump in death toll from around 55 to 150.
—Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 10 March 2020
Bank of England cuts interest rates to 0.1%
In a second emergency cut since the outbreak began, the Bank of England has reduced interest rates to 0.1% in an attempt to limit the economic impact of the virus.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
Spain records 200 new deaths
With 209 additional deaths, Spain’s death toll increased to 767.
A surge of approximately 25% increased the total cases in the country to 17,147.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
First death in Russia
Russia’s first casualty was a a 79-year-old woman in Moscow with underlying health issues.
The country has reported 199 cases so far.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls for citizen curfew to fight coronavirus
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged people to opt for a self-imposed citizen curfew on 22 March (Sunday) from 7am to 9pm, in a preparatory move to fight the pandemic coronavirus Covid-19 in the country.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
Fourth death, new cases in India
India has confirmed its fourth Covid-19 death, while the number of infections increased to 184.
The country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls for citizen curfew on 22 March.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
Thailand reports 60 new cases
Thailand confirmed 60 new cases in the biggest daily jump, taking its total to 272. The country registered one death to date.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
Malaysia reports 110 new cases
Malaysia reported 110 new cases to total 900. Majority of the new cases were linked to a religious gathering by 16,000 people at a mosque.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
UK’s MHRA commits to prioritise and support Covid-19 clinical trial applications
The UK’s healthcare regulator The Medicines and Healthcare products (MHRA) has declared it will prioritise assessments of Covid-19 clinical trials, as well as providing rapid advice to manufacturers and other regulators.
This builds upon the MHRA’s response to previous outbreaks, such as Ebola.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
Mauritius registers first three cases
Mauritius reported its first three cases, including two who worked on cruise ships and one who returned from the UK.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
South Korea has 152 new cases
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 152 new cases, taking the total to 8,565.
South Korea had confirmed fewer than 100 new cases for four consecutive days until Wednesday.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
World Bank increases response package to $14 billion
he World Bank has increased its support package for businesses and economies to $14 billion.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
Wuhan and Hubei report no new cases
China’s epicentre of the outbreak, Wuhan, and its Hubei province have reported no new cases for the first time.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
Death toll rises to 8,800
The death toll due to COVID-19 coronavirus has increased to 8,809 as of the end of 18 March.
The total confirmed cases has passed 218,000 worldwide while recoveries stand at 84,000.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
UK deaths rise to 103
The death toll in the UK increased from 71 to 103, including a total of more than 2,640 cases.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
California governor says 60,000 homeless could contract COVID-19
California Governor Gavin Newsom said that according to models more than 60,000 homeless people in the state could contract the novel coronavirus over the next eight weeks.
The US has more than 9,400 cases and 150 deaths so far.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
Stanford’s StartX joins Covid-19 response with task force
Stanford University non-profit start-up StartX has launched StartX Med Covid-19 task force to mobilise 70 experts in the university’s community to collaborate on and fast track preventive, diagnostic and treatment solutions against the novel coronavirus pandemic.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
IMV to progress clinical development of Covid-19 vaccine
IMV has initiated plans to progress the clinical development of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate. The aim is to determine the clinical safety and immunogenicity.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
Covid-19: Entos and Takis to work on separate vaccines
Entos Pharmaceuticals is set to develop a DNA vaccine for Covid-19 coronavirus infection using its Fusogenix drug delivery platform.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
Study finds Covid-19 coronavirus of natural origin
A new study led by Scripps Research Institute has shown that the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, which causes Covid-19 is of natural origin, and not engineered in a laboratory.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
AbbVie’s HIV drug combo shows no benefit in Covid-19 trial
A clinical trial in Covid-19 patients in China has yielded no therapeutic benefits with AbbVie’s HIV drug combination of lopinavir and ritonavir, marketed as Kaletra.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
CanSinoBIO, Synairgen get regulatory approval for Covid-19 trials
China-based CanSino Biologics has received regulatory approval to conduct Phase I clinical trial of recombinant novel coronavirus vaccine (adenovirus type 5 vector) candidate.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
Roivant, Mateon to develop Covid-19 drug candidates
Roivant Sciences is in discussion with the US, Europe, and Asian regulators to develop gimsilumab for treating acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by COVID-19.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
Roche to start Phase III trial of Actemra in Covid-19 patients
Roche has collaborated with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct a Phase III clinical trial of Actemra/RoActemra (tocilizumab) in hospitalised adults with severe Covid-19 pneumonia.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
Emergent BioSolutions and Vaxart partner on oral coronavirus vaccine
Emergent BioSolutions has agreed to provide molecule-to-market contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) services for Vaxart’s oral vaccine candidate against Covid-19 coronavirus infection.
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
Novartis gets Japan’s approval for Zolgensma
Novartis Pharma has received the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) approval for Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec) to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
—Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, 19 March 2020
