Category Archives: Health

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The Latest Attempts At A Cure

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They don’t target the virus; they target the hosts.

Let’s hope it works.

[Update a few minutes later]

And now we have a new vaccine that seems to build antibodies in mice.

As always, faster, please.

[Update a couple minutes later]

Cutting through the fog about the potential cures.

I think that 95% of the media resistance to the idea that hydroxychloraquine would be effective is because Trump said it could be.

[Update a few more minutes later]

More vaccines on the way. Fortunately, as the article points out, this bug is relatively easy to target, more so than the flu. It’s just too bad that we didn’t have a head start on it.

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A Vaccine Is Coming

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…and it will work.

But not in time to prevent everything that’s happening right now.

Also, a cure is in the works, but again, not soon enough to prevent all the economic destruction.

Faster, please.

[Update a few minutes later]

Did the virus originate in a Chinese lab, and why is it crazy to ask?

I don’t think it is, which is not to say that I (yet) believe it did.

[Update a while later]

Ignoring the rant at the end, I wonder if this is for real?

https://healthimpactnews.com/2020/dr-rowen-ozone-reverses-critically-ill-covid-patients-in-china-and-very-rapidly/

I take it somewhat seriously because Patricia had it done to prepare her for a surgery a few months ago, and it did seem to help. It only costs a hundred bucks or so (she paid out of pocket), but I don’t know how capable we are of ramping it up.

[Update late morning]

How permanent will the changes to the healthcare industry be?

Some of the regulatory relief should certainly remain. I expect to see a lot more telemedicine, which is all to the good.

[Bumped from earlier]

[Afternoon update]

A new flu inhibitor? Unfortunately, while promising, it too won’t help with the current crisis.

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Free-Market Health Care

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How would it respond to the virus?

It’s been many decades since there’s been anything resembling a free market in this country’s health care, other than things like Lasik.

[Update a few minutes later]

Speaking of (lack of) free markets, restaurants in Los Angeles are being shut down for selling groceries without a license.

Government seems determined to put business out of business.