That makes a whole lot of sense.
The use of drug combinations intended for other ailments are what often leads to successful treatment if not cure for others.
Honey and whiskey.
Mother nature's remedy?
That makes a whole lot of sense.
The use of drug combinations intended for other ailments are what often leads to successful treatment if not cure for others.
Honey and whiskey. With a twist of lemon!
Mother nature's remedy?
Update (1720ET): It's early Tuesday morning and China, which means we're getting another batch of statistics about the coronavirus outbreak - statistics that likely underplay the severity of the outbreak.
According to Chinese health authorities, 2,345 were confirmed on Monday, while another 64 died (including 48 in Wuhan alone).
Hubei Province is now reporting 13,522 cases of coronavirus infection (including 6384 in Wuhan), while 58,544 are under observation across China.
For those who are keeping score at home, that's a 18% rise in deaths overnight.
Coronavirus Cases Have More Than Tripled In Past Week; 17,000 Sickened In China
Bill ChappellFebruary 3, 202011:10 AM ET
China Daily CDIC/Reuters
Updated at 5:40 p.m. ET, Feb 3
China says it has more than 17,000 confirmed cases of the Wuhan coronavirus, representing a huge leap from the 4,400 cases reported as of last week. Chinese health officials said Monday morning that 2,829 new cases had been diagnosed in the past 24 hours alone.
Honey and whiskey.
Mother nature's remedy?
I don't know about mother nature but it was certainly my mother's and grandmother's remedy. A hot toddy made with blended Scotch whisky, honey, sugar and hot water was the cure for anything from a hangnail to a broken bone but was mainly used for colds during the winter. I must have spent the winters during my younger years drunker than sh*t. My grandmother, the woman from hell, used to have a toddy almost every night before bed to "help her sleep". I bet! However she did live until she was 94-years old. If that's the case and the way I drink Scotch, I should be good until I'm at least 136-years old.
Good Lord, it's true what they say about the Irish.
PG, you've probably heard that God invented whiskey so the Irish couldn't take over the world, LOL!!
Mike
First off, that was the Scots and there is no "e" in whisky. Apart from that that, you got everything kinda right.
I think it is a lot worse than the Chinese government is reporting. The big tell tale is the Government response with locked down cities and mandatory Quarantine inside your home. ...
I think people here should start prepping for it now. I am...
Marty
How past outbreaks shaped coronavirus response in US
Alexandria Hein
The number of coronavirus cases has nearly tripled those of the 2002-2003 SARS outbreak, but the illness remains far less deadly. And while there is concern that there may be an eventual second wave of the virus that sickens thousands more, Fox News’ Dr. Marc Siegel, who has spent years studying the public and scientific community’s responses to viral outbreaks, said that we are not yet at the stage of labeling the coronavirus a pandemic.
“If we see pockets of sustained spread, that’s when we’ll call it a pandemic,” Siegel said. ...
About 99 percent of the coronavirus cases have been diagnosed in China, where inadequate health services and overwhelmed medical facilities are grappling to keep up with the influx of cases. Siegel also noted that the regional quarantines put in place on several cities – including Wuhan which is considered the virus epicenter – may not be helping to contain the overall outbreak.
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“I – and every other public health official – am concerned about how China has gone about this,” he said.
He also said China’s actions – or inactions – may be playing a role in the coronavirus fears that have spilled over to the U.S., where there have been 11 confirmed cases and no deaths. Comparatively, the flu has infected more than 20 million people and has been linked to more than 10,000 deaths.
“The coronavirus fears in the U.S. are bringing out the bad in people,” he said. “They’re over-personalizing the risk. We don’t have control over what is happening in China — China is a mess in terms of how they’re handing it.”
Siegel said Americans should be impressed and reassured by how the U.S. health agencies have been handling the outbreak and are supportive of the current travel restrictions and research going into fast-tracking potential vaccines.
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UK scientist makes coronavirus vaccine breakthrough, reports Sky News
Sky News reported Wednesday morning that a British scientist has made a breakthrough in the race for a coronavirus vaccine. Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Pfizer board member and former FDA commissioner, joins “Squawk Box” by phone to discuss. James McGregor, chairman of APCO Worldwide’s greater China region, joins to break down the potential impact of the virus on businesses in China. makes coronavirus vaccine breakthrough, reports Sky News
Sky News reported Wednesday morning that a British scientist has made a breakthrough in the race for a coronavirus vaccine. Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Pfizer board member and former FDA commissioner, joins “Squawk Box” by phone to discuss. James McGregor, chairman of APCO Worldwide’s greater China region, joins to break down the potential impact of the virus on businesses in China.
I wonder what the Anti-Vax moms will say about this?
LINK=>> https://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/02/...otential-vaccine-breakthrough-squawk-box.html
This was not the first time Tencent has done this: as Taiwan Times notes, Chinese netizens have noticed that Tencent has on at least three occasions posted extremely high numbers, only to quickly lower them to government-approved statistics.
This is where it gets even more bizarre: contrary to claiming that this was just a "fat finger" mistyping of data, observant Chinese netizens also noticed that each time the screen with the large numbers appears, it shows a comparison with the previous day's data which demonstrates a "reasonable" incremental increase, much like comparisons of official numbers.
This led many in the mainland to speculate that Tencent has two sets of data, the real data and "processed" data.
In short, two camps have emerged: one, the more optimistic, speculates that a coding problem could be causing the real "internal" data to accidentally appear. The other, far more pessimistically inclined, believes that someone behind the scenes is trying to leak the real numbers, as "the "internal" data held by Beijing may not reflect the true extent of the epidemic."
Wisconsin confirms first case of coronavirus, bringing US total to 12
First babies born infected with coronavirus
Hong Kong closes borders with mainland
Doctors say death rate exaggerated by Wuhan fatalities
24,628 cases, 492 deaths
President Xi says China 'capable of suppressing outbreak
Cruise ship quarantined in Hong Kong
WHO asks for more money as it 'confirms' China's numbers
2 planeloads of Americans evacuated from Wuhan landed in California early Wednesday
CDC says a total of 4 evacuations flights from Wuhan either have returned, or will return, to the US this week.
US Coast Guard checking ships arriving in US.
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Update (1415ET): It hasn't even been two hours since the CDC affirmed that no new cases of the virus had been confirmed since the weekend, and Wisconsin Health Authorities have just confirmed the first case in their state - bringing the national total to 12.
China may have accidentally posted actual data?
It’s dramatically different, and far worse, than the official numbers. See the images at the bottom of this post
https://www.zerohedge.com/health/di...y-leak-true-terrifying-coronavirus-statistics
ZeroHedge Summary:
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopoliti...us-under-control-nearly-2000-quarantined-hong
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The United States has evacuated a number of its citizens from China amid the health crisis.
Two charter flights from Wuhan, with a total of approximately 350 passengers, landed at the Travis Air Force Base in Northern California on Wednesday. One of the planes refueled at the base before continuing on to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, according to a statement from U.S. Army Lt. Col. Christian Mitchell.
Upon arrival at the final destination, all travelers will be screened by CDC medical personnel and placed under a federally mandated 14-day quarantine. The U.S. Department of Defense "will work closely with our interagency partners and continue to provide support to the situation as requested," Mitchell said.
Two more evacuation flights from Wuhan are expected to arrive in the United States later this week. Passengers will go through a similar screening and quarantine process when they land at military bases in San Antonio, Texas, and Omaha, Nebraska.
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Wisconsin coronavirus case brings total infected in US to 12
By Tamar Lapin
A case of the new coronavirus was confirmed in Wisconsin on Wednesday — bringing the number of people infected with the deadly disease in the US to 12.
The adult patient traveled to Beijing before falling ill, and was exposed to people with the virus while traveling in China, officials with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services said.
The unidentified person’s condition is reported to be mild, and did not require hospitalization, officials said. They are in self-quarantine at home.
“The risk of getting sick from 2019 novel coronavirus in Wisconsin is very low,” said State Health Officer Jeanne Ayers. “We are responding aggressively to the situation and monitoring all developments.”
There are 11 other confirmed cases in the US, including six in California, two in Illinois, and one each in Washington State, Arizona and Massachusetts.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday said all known patients are “doing well.”
“The ones who were sicker have improved,” said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.