CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 NEW MEGA THREAD

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Anonymous wrote:Re: UK
Active speculation that it might do an Iran.

What does that mean?

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https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politics/article/Bay-Area-must-shelter-in-place-Only-15135014.php

Six Bay Area counties announced a “shelter in place” order for all residents on Monday — the strictest measure of its kind yet in the continental United States — directing everyone to stay inside their homes and away from others as much as possible for the next three weeks as public health officials desperately try to curb the rapid spread of coronavirus across the region.

The directive begins at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday and involves San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Marin, Contra Costa and Alameda counties — a combined population of more than 6.7 million. It is to stay in place until at least April 7. Three other Bay Area counties — Sonoma, Solano and Napa — were not immediately included.

The order falls just short of a full lockdown, which would forbid people from leaving their homes without explicit permission. The order (read in its entirety at tinyurl.com/waddyqv) calls for county and city sheriffs or police chiefs to “ensure compliance,” and local authorities said they would not “rush to enforce” the directives as residents adjusted to understand what activities are no longer allowed.

A wide swath of businesses that do not provide “essential” services must send workers home. Among those remaining open are grocery stores, pharmacies, restaurants for delivery only and hardware stores. Most workers are ordered to stay home, with exceptions including health care workers; police, fire and other emergency responders; and utility providers such as electricians, plumbers, and sanitation workers. BART will remain running for essential travel, and airports are not closing.

“We were seeing a tipping point here in Santa Clara County with exponential growth of our cases,” said Dr. Sara Cody, health officer for Santa Clara County, at a news conference Monday. The county has 138 cases as of Monday — an increase of 72 since Friday. “Over the weekend, I had a discussion with fellow health officers in the Bay Area and we realized that we are one region, and that what’s happening in Santa Clara County today will soon be happening in the adjacent jurisdictions. We decided collectively we need to stake swift action as soon as possible to prevent further spread.

“These orders were crafted with great thought and with great care,” Cody said. “They were also crafted very, very quickly.” She said residents would get more information over the coming days as to what exactly is expected of them — but the priority is to stay inside and and away from others.

The directive allows for people to go outside — and in fact, health officers encouraged people to run, hike and walk their dogs, as long as they do it alone or with close family, and keep six feet away from others. Trails and parks are open, but people cannot gather in groups. Recreation centers and clubhouses are closed.

The region is the first to direct people to stay at home as much as possible and avoid even small social interactions. On Friday, Santa Clara County banned all gatherings of people 35 and over. “I thought that announcement was hard, this one is exponentially harder,” Cody said.

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6811262/SF-Shelter-In-Place-Health-Order-2020-March-16.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is a really bad headache associate with the virus? Have had a terrible headache all day. Folks in my office started with headaches last week, then had flu-likes symptoms without testing positive for flu. With that, wondering. Could be stress but still wondering.

I know a guy who had a really bad headache, then flu-like symptoms. Tested. Negative. Didn't test positive for flu or anything else. Doc said "some other virus".

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Re: UK
Active speculation that it might do an Iran.

What does that mean?

Essentially do little to contain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are not enough doctors in the country. The AMA has done everything it can to keep the profession small and exclusive. And Congress hasn’t helped by keeping residency slots capped since 1997. And now, they have doubled the undergraduate prerequisites that must be taken and they have doubled the material on the MCAT. It should be rigorous, challenging and competitive, but this is ridiculous. Over half of qualified applicants can’t get in, despite the huge shortage.

I had no idea about this. I consider myself well-informed, but honestly never really knew this.

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Anonymous wrote:If the government called on people to get infected to build immunity to combat the virus, would you do it?

Only if they agreed to pay me $10 million.

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Anonymous wrote:There are not enough doctors in the country. The AMA has done everything it can to keep the profession small and exclusive. And Congress hasn’t helped by keeping residency slots capped since 1997. And now, they have doubled the undergraduate prerequisites that must be taken and they have doubled the material on the MCAT. It should be rigorous, challenging and competitive, but this is ridiculous. Over half of qualified applicants can’t get in, despite the huge shortage.

I had no idea about this. I consider myself well-informed, but honestly never really knew this.

Yep. Google MCAT 2015. The test is now over 7 hours long. It used to be half that. I understand that board exams in medical school are this long, but that is for students who have at least 2 years of medical school under their belts. The MCAT is for undergrads, usually college juniors. So now, by your junior year, in addition to your other college requirements, you must have taken two semesters of biology, two semesters of chemistry, two semesters of organic chemistry, two semesters of physics (those were the pre-2015 requirements) and now you must also take statistics, a semester of biochemistry, a semester of psychology and a semester of sociology in order to be prepared for the MCAT. Many schools have also started to require writing courses and many will also take AP credits for a few of the courses. Oh, and while you are doing all of this, you also need to be doing research, clinical work, volunteering and shadowing. As I said, it should be challenging and the bar should be high, but there comes a point where the bar becomes a burden on undergrads because many will have to stay in undergrad longer and incur more debt. This is not a way to address a shortage nor is it a way to train better physicians. The old requirements worked fine for decades.

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Ten-Minute Coronavirus Test for $1 Could Be Game Changer

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-16/ten-minute-coronavirus-test-could-be-game-changer-for-africa

This is encouraging.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are not enough doctors in the country. The AMA has done everything it can to keep the profession small and exclusive. And Congress hasn’t helped by keeping residency slots capped since 1997. And now, they have doubled the undergraduate prerequisites that must be taken and they have doubled the material on the MCAT. It should be rigorous, challenging and competitive, but this is ridiculous. Over half of qualified applicants can’t get in, despite the huge shortage.

I had no idea about this. I consider myself well-informed, but honestly never really knew this.

Lawyers are jealous about this.

Graduating from med school is a ticket to a great job, because the AMA and AAMC have kept the supply of American doctors relatively static. They’ve accredited a few new primary care med schools, and doctors from abroad come here to serve smaller regions as primary care docs.

The ABA is dumb for not doing this for law schools. Now 50% of lawyers graduate with more debt than they can realistically pay off for decades. Private equity firms run law schools to siphon off tuition from low-qualified law students. Not true for doctors, who still control their profession.

Shorter: there are no Caribbean law schools designed to train Americans. Ever wonder why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are not enough doctors in the country. The AMA has done everything it can to keep the profession small and exclusive. And Congress hasn’t helped by keeping residency slots capped since 1997. And now, they have doubled the undergraduate prerequisites that must be taken and they have doubled the material on the MCAT. It should be rigorous, challenging and competitive, but this is ridiculous. Over half of qualified applicants can’t get in, despite the huge shortage.

I had no idea about this. I consider myself well-informed, but honestly never really knew this.

Lawyers are jealous about this.

Graduating from med school is a ticket to a great job, because the AMA and AAMC have kept the supply of American doctors relatively static. They’ve accredited a few new primary care med schools, and doctors from abroad come here to serve smaller regions as primary care docs.

The ABA is dumb for not doing this for law schools. Now 50% of lawyers graduate with more debt than they can realistically pay off for decades. Private equity firms run law schools to siphon off tuition from low-qualified law students. Not true for doctors, who still control their profession.

Shorter: there are no Caribbean law schools designed to train Americans. Ever wonder why?

Doctors like the good salaries but are facing widespread burnout.

Of course, do are lawyers...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ten-Minute Coronavirus Test for $1 Could Be Game Changer

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-16/ten-minute-coronavirus-test-could-be-game-changer-for-africa

This is encouraging.

Trying to figure out how the thing might work.

Looks like this is based on Mologic’s test for Ebola, which uses monoclonal antibodies to viral glycoproteins. They say it’s like a pregnancy test, which is basically a simplified ELISA on a piece of paper with immobilized and stable antibodies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are not enough doctors in the country. The AMA has done everything it can to keep the profession small and exclusive. And Congress hasn’t helped by keeping residency slots capped since 1997. And now, they have doubled the undergraduate prerequisites that must be taken and they have doubled the material on the MCAT. It should be rigorous, challenging and competitive, but this is ridiculous. Over half of qualified applicants can’t get in, despite the huge shortage.

I had no idea about this. I consider myself well-informed, but honestly never really knew this.

Lawyers are jealous about this.

Graduating from med school is a ticket to a great job, because the AMA and AAMC have kept the supply of American doctors relatively static. They’ve accredited a few new primary care med schools, and doctors from abroad come here to serve smaller regions as primary care docs.

The ABA is dumb for not doing this for law schools. Now 50% of lawyers graduate with more debt than they can realistically pay off for decades. Private equity firms run law schools to siphon off tuition from low-qualified law students. Not true for doctors, who still control their profession.

Shorter: there are no Caribbean law schools designed to train Americans. Ever wonder why?

Doctors like the good salaries but are facing widespread burnout.

Of course, do are lawyers...

Difference is that 95% of med school grads make good salaries.
While about 20% of law school grads do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Re: UK
Active speculation that it might do an Iran.

What does that mean?

Essentially do little to contain.

Netherlands is also following this herd immunity plan.

Critics are calling it a "cull the herd" strategy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are not enough doctors in the country. The AMA has done everything it can to keep the profession small and exclusive. And Congress hasn’t helped by keeping residency slots capped since 1997. And now, they have doubled the undergraduate prerequisites that must be taken and they have doubled the material on the MCAT. It should be rigorous, challenging and competitive, but this is ridiculous. Over half of qualified applicants can’t get in, despite the huge shortage.

I had no idea about this. I consider myself well-informed, but honestly never really knew this.

Lawyers are jealous about this.

Graduating from med school is a ticket to a great job, because the AMA and AAMC have kept the supply of American doctors relatively static. They’ve accredited a few new primary care med schools, and doctors from abroad come here to serve smaller regions as primary care docs.

The ABA is dumb for not doing this for law schools. Now 50% of lawyers graduate with more debt than they can realistically pay off for decades. Private equity firms run law schools to siphon off tuition from low-qualified law students. Not true for doctors, who still control their profession.

Shorter: there are no Caribbean law schools designed to train Americans. Ever wonder why?

Doctors like the good salaries but are facing widespread burnout.

Of course, do are lawyers...

Difference is that 95% of med school grads make good salaries.
While about 20% of law school grads do.

It's reasonable that 95% of lawyers hate their job. It's sad that 95% of doctors hate their job.

The AMA was wrong not to work on this decades ago, when they first started talking about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are not enough doctors in the country. The AMA has done everything it can to keep the profession small and exclusive. And Congress hasn’t helped by keeping residency slots capped since 1997. And now, they have doubled the undergraduate prerequisites that must be taken and they have doubled the material on the MCAT. It should be rigorous, challenging and competitive, but this is ridiculous. Over half of qualified applicants can’t get in, despite the huge shortage.

I had no idea about this. I consider myself well-informed, but honestly never really knew this.

Lawyers are jealous about this.

Graduating from med school is a ticket to a great job, because the AMA and AAMC have kept the supply of American doctors relatively static. They’ve accredited a few new primary care med schools, and doctors from abroad come here to serve smaller regions as primary care docs.

The ABA is dumb for not doing this for law schools. Now 50% of lawyers graduate with more debt than they can realistically pay off for decades. Private equity firms run law schools to siphon off tuition from low-qualified law students. Not true for doctors, who still control their profession.

Shorter: there are no Caribbean law schools designed to train Americans. Ever wonder why?

So everyone has to suffer due to the shortage of doctors so that doctors can be assured higher salaries? Way to go AMA!