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Family of some Resort at Texas City residents say staff have not called them about COVID-19 outbreak at nursing home

Mon, 2020-04-06 09:04 — Kathy Gilbeaux
83 residents and employees of the nursing home came back with positive results as of Friday night.
khou.com - by Chris Costa - April 4, 2020
TEXAS CITY, Texas — Family members of residents of a Texas City nursing home said they still have not been contacted by staff at the facility to inform them of the COVID-19 outbreak despite what the staff there told KHOU 11.
Christina Aceves said her mother lives at the Resort at Texas City. She claims she still has not gotten a call from the facility, even though she is her mother’s emergency contact.
It has been more than 24 hours since the Galveston County Health District announced the 83 positive cases at the nursing home and issued an order for long-term care facilities in the county.
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Contact Tracing - Instructions and Information Resources

Sun, 2020-04-05 20:31 — Kathy Gilbeaux

An expanding list of instructions and information resources on contact tracing . . .

CDC/CFCF - General illustration of Contact Tracing based off of CDC-material.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_tracing#/media/File:Contact-tracing_adapted.svg

CDC - MMWR - Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Surveillance and Containment Measures for the First 100 Patients with COVID-19 in Singapore — January 2–February 29, 2020 - Published March 13, 2020
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6911e1.htm

WHO - Contact Tracing
https://www.who.int/features/qa/contact-tracing/en/

ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) - Contact tracing: Public health management of persons, including healthcare workers, having had contact with COVID-19 cases in the European Union – first update - March 31, 2020
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/contact-tracing-public-health-management-persons-including-healthcare-workers

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“Genius” Doctor Turns One Ventilator Into Nine Using DIY Tips From YouTube Video

Wed, 2020-03-25 08:39 — Kathy Gilbeaux

In just ten minutes, Gauthier used extra tubing to multiply the number of patients that could be ventilated.

themindunleashed.com - by Elias Marat - March 23, 2020

As health care facilities across the globe continue to grapple with a general shortage of supplies to help them with the devastating coronavirus pandemic, one doctor in Canada has managed to use a bit of creativity, ingenuity, and an idea inspired by YouTube to help future patients.

Dr. Alain Gaithier, an anesthetist at the Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital in Ontario, was worried about the possibility that his rural hospital’s one ventilator would hardly be able to carry the load that the CoViD-19 outbreak could entail.

So Gauthier, who has a Ph. D. in respiratory mechanics, borrowed an idea conceived by American doctors Greg Neyman and Charlene Babcock in 2006 to double the capacity of a single ventilator.

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Coronavirus: Deaconess Asks Public to Sew CDC-Compliant Face Masks for Staff

Sat, 2020-03-21 04:24 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

Screenshot from a YouTube video on how to make a medical face mask. (Photo: Screen capture from YouTube)

courierpress.com - by Thomas B. Langhorne - March 18, 2020

Citing shortages, Deaconess Health System, including Henderson's Methodist Health, has asked the public to sew face masks for staff fighting coronavirus.

"This does follow CDC protocols that you can find on their website that if all other supplies are not available, that handmade masks that meet certain criteria are acceptable," Deaconess spokeswoman Becca Scott said.

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CLICK HERE - CDC - Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of Facemasks

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White House Takes New Line After Dire Report on Death Toll

Fri, 2020-03-20 18:31 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

President Donald Trump at a Monday news conference on the Covid-19 pandemic.  Doug Mills / The New York Times

nytimes.com - by Sheri Fink - March 17, 2020

Sweeping new federal recommendations announced on Monday for Americans to sharply limit their activities appeared to draw on a dire scientific report warning that, without action by the government and individuals to slow the spread of coronavirus and suppress new cases, 2.2 million people in the United States could die.

To curb the epidemic, there would need to be dramatic restrictions on work, school and social gatherings for periods of time until a vaccine was available, which could take 18 months, according to the report, compiled by British researchers. They cautioned that such steps carried enormous costs that could also affect people’s health, but concluded they were “the only viable strategy at the current time.”

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Coronavirus Testing: Georgia Researchers Develop 2-Hour Test

Fri, 2020-03-20 06:56 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

Image/Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University

outbreaknews.com - March 20, 2020

The Georgia Esoteric and Molecular Laboratory at the Medical College of Georgia Department of Pathology has developed a novel, accurate coronavirus test that can tell patients if they are infected within about two hours instead of waiting typically days to hear from remote testing facilities.

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People with blood type A may be more vulnerable to coronavirus, China study finds

Wed, 2020-03-18 10:10 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

Blood group patterns of more than 2,000 patients with the coronavirus in Wuhan and Shenzhen were compared to local healthy populations. Photo: Shutterstock

scmp.com - by Stephen Chen - March 17, 2020

People with blood type A may be more vulnerable to infection by the new coronavirus, while those with type O seem more resistant, according to a preliminary study of patients in China who contracted the disease known as Covid-19.

Medical researchers in China took blood group patterns of more than 2,000 patients infected with the virus in Wuhan and Shenzhen and compared them to local healthy populations. They found that blood type A patients showed a higher rate of infection and they tended to develop more severe symptoms.

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The New Coronavirus Can Live On Surfaces For 2-3 Days — Here's How To Clean Them

Tue, 2020-03-17 08:06 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

When an infected person touches a surface, like a door handle, there's a risk they leave viruses stuck there that can live on for two to three days.  Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

npr.org - by Allison Aubrey - March 14, 2020

How long can the new coronavirus live on a surface, like say, a door handle, after someone infected touches it with dirty fingers? A study out this week finds that the virus can survive on hard surfaces such as plastic and stainless steel for up to 72 hours and on cardboard for up to 24 hours . . .

 . . . And given that wipes are hard to come by at many stores at the moment, you can instead buy an EPA-registered disinfecting spray, such as one on this list from the Center for Biocide Chemistries, recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and by Dr. David Warren, an infectious disease specialist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Or make a bleach-based spray yourself. You can make a DIY cleaning spray by mixing 4 teaspoons bleach per quart of water, according to the CDC.

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'Neighbors helping neighbors' in Dallas amid COVID-19 outbreak

Sun, 2020-03-15 18:58 — Kathy Gilbeaux

CDC Warns Americans Against Taking Cruises and Long Flights as Coronavirus Cases Grow

Mon, 2020-03-09 10:18 — Kathy Gilbeaux
time.com - By Hillary Leung - March 9, 2020

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is advising Americans to avoid taking cruises and says older people and others at elevated risk from COVID-19 should avoid crowded places and “non-essential” travel, including long plane rides.

The new guidance, published Sunday to the CDC’s website, is an attempt to minimize exposure to the coronavirus already spreading in some U.S. communities.

CDC Warns Americans Against Taking Cruises and Long Flights as Coronavirus Cases Grow

https://time.com/5799319/cdc-coronavirus-cruises-flights/

CDC - COVID-19 and Cruise Ship Travel

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/covid-19-cruise-ship

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