Category Archives: #coronavirus

Coronavirus: The High Cost Of Being Wrong

Picking up from yesterday’s video rebutting the latest media campaign of “It’s not going to be that bad” opinion pieces from ‘experts’, Chris investigates the cost of being wrong in these predictions. This is important because government and health care … Continue reading

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From the Front Lines

Click the above tweet and read his first hand account of what is happening. Craig Spencer MD MPH Director of Global Health in Emergency Medicine @ColumbiaMed/@NYPhospital and Faculty in Forced Migration & Health

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Texas Aggie Doctor Reports — Clinical Pearls Covid 19 for ER practitioners

The following information is from a front line ER doctor using the handle of ‘nawlinsag’ on a Texas Aggie web site.  I’ve included the link below. I’ve also included the complete text of his post in full in hopes medical professionals … Continue reading

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Something Else to Consider

The 2009 H1N1 Pandemic: A New Flu Virus Emerges The (H1N1)pdm09 virus was very different from H1N1 viruses that were circulating at the time of the pandemic. Few young people had any existing immunity (as detected by antibody response) to … Continue reading

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The Coronavirus Pandemic Forces Leaders To Decide: Save Lives Or The Economy?

Governments around the world are struggling to answer: What’s the bigger priority, saving lives or the economy? Lots of strong opinions on both sides and not lot a lot of agreement (yet). China-style lockdowns are hard for most leaders to … Continue reading

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Even The Young & Healthy Are Getting The Coronavirus

Covid-19’s exponential spread across the world continues unabated, except in China, where the rate of officially reported new cases has slowed dramatically. At the same time, cases in India are on the rise. Might India be the next big outbreak … Continue reading

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More Perspective on What We Were Told Was Important

via Matt Bracken ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sapient Americans know what is important. We knew that politically correct bathrooms, climate change, identity politics and the political elite were jokes. Of course, the list is not limited to those few topics. What is important … Continue reading

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Coronavirus: World Leaders Now In Panic Mode

As the coronavirus outbreak enters the BOOM! phase in a fast-increasing number of countries across the globe, world leaders are scrambling to implement tighter and tougher controls. Sadly, most of these desperate official actions will be necessary but insufficient. The … Continue reading

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Police in Philly and other Pa. counties stop issuing license-to-carry permits to gun owners amid coronavirus outbreak

The coronavirus pandemic has led to a rush to purchase firearms and ammunition in the Philadelphia region and across Pennsylvania, leading to long lines at some gun shops. But the Philadelphia Police Department has shut down its gun-permits unit. Firearm … Continue reading

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Why We Did It

Looking back at the posts on NCRenegade over the past two months shows an overwhelming number of COVID-19 articles. People could not (and many still do not) understand exponential growth patterns in a biological system. We were (and still are) … Continue reading

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The Coronavirus Home Lockdown Survival Guide: How To Stay Healthy, Sane & Solvent

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On the origin and continuing evolution of SARS-CoV-2

From a paper on National Science Review: Our results suggest that the development of new variations in functional sites in the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the spike seen in SARS-CoV-2 and viruses from pangolin SARSr-CoVs are likely caused by mutations … Continue reading

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4 Infected In Cherokee County, NC

Read the following article and see if you can spot the issue with local governments not being trained to deal with this pandemic. David DeGerolamo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Three Cherokee County Residents and an Illinois resident Test Positive for COVID-19, Currently Isolated … Continue reading

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Coronavirus: Here Comes The BOOM! Stage

Daily new infections in many countries are in the several thousands. Expect those to be in the tens of thousands shortly. And soon after, expect the same with the daily death tallies. That’s why the world in going into lockdown. … Continue reading

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Army plans to turn NYC hotel, dorm rooms into coronavirus hospitals

New York’s beleaguered hotel industry is getting drafted to help out in the disease outbreak that threatens its very survival. The US Army Corps of Engineers has plans to take over as many as 10,000 hotel rooms, college dormitories and … Continue reading

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