Okay. Now this is good. If you're still isolating or shielding, sheltering etc. there's a website called Window Swap where people all over the world have uploaded 10 minute videos of the view from their windows. So, if you're fed up with having the same view for months, you can see how the world looks out of the window in Chennai or Qatar or somewhere else.
We had our first "eat in the street" experience today. It's the mister's birthday and since progeny is in day camp he wanted to go out for brunch at the diner together. We love this diner and were happy to see the same staff working there since it reopened, but I have to say I don't dig a side of diesel with my food.
This is the same kind of person as our downstairs neighbor who complained about a painter being in the lobby without a mask on last week due, at least in part, to her chronic xenophobic condition, and then stepped off the elevator with her daughter into the lobby with no mask on a few days later.
"Here's a note from my chiropractor" should be clue enough.
So it looks like medications are way down, but I guess maybe treatment is improving for those going to the hospital...? It’s confusing.
Yeah, I'm guessing we're starting to get more of a handle on which tx's are most effective and that it's less like throwing a handful of darts in desperation. It may be silly of me since I don't know the background reason, but I'm glad to see the use of antibiotics is decreasing. It could mean they are seeing fewer bacterial infections associated with the virus advancing, or it could mean something else, but I'm not a fan of overuse of antibiotics due to bacterial resistance.
I also know a month or so ago they seemed to be finding that a certain oral steroid that is really common (I had it in my medicine cabinet for emergency use in really bad migraine chains) was proving to be very effective. It's inexpensive, too, which is great (although I'm sure if you're given it in hospital it ends up miraculously costing $5,400 per pill).
It's nice to see that use some of the more widely available, common medications (acetaminophen, heparin, corticosteroids) is holding flat. To me, that says they are proving to be key components of tx and shortages / high costs may be less unlikely.
I also know a month or so ago they seemed to be finding that a certain oral steroid that is really common (I had it in my medicine cabinet for emergency use in really bad migraine chains) was proving to be very effective.
Was that interferon? My old cat used to get that when he first got sick
I also know a month or so ago they seemed to be finding that a certain oral steroid that is really common (I had it in my medicine cabinet for emergency use in really bad migraine chains) was proving to be very effective.
Was that interferon? My old cat used to get that when he first got sick