weareanonymous--2020-03-17--‘Terrifying’ New Study Warns 2.2 Million People Could Die in US Without Drastic Action

An alarming scientific report compiled by British researchers and shared with the Trump White House warns that , in the absence of drastic and coordinated government action , the novel coronavirus could kill as many as 2.2 million people in the United States alone .
The new research ( pdf ) , led by epidemiologist Dr. Neil Ferguson and published Monday by the Imperial College of London , shows that merely acting to slow rather than completely stop the spread of COVID-19 would “ still likely result in hundreds of thousands of deaths and health systems ( most notably intensive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over.
” “ For countries able to achieve it , this leaves suppression as the preferred policy option , ” the researchers wrote .
“ In the U.K. and U.S. context , suppression will minimally require a combination of social distancing of the entire population , home isolation of cases , and household quarantine of their family members .
This may need to be supplemented by school and university closures.
” Successful suppression of the virus could take a significant amount of time , the researchers noted— ” potentially 18 months or more.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Monday that the researchers ’ “ terrifying ” projection of as many as 2.2 million possible deaths in the U.S. was shared with the White House ’ s coronavirus task force last week , when President Donald Trump was still downplaying the threat posed by the COVID-19 outbreak .
“ We don ’ t have a clear exit strategy , ” Ferguson told the Times .
“ We ’ re going to have to suppress this virus—frankly , indefinitely—until we have a vaccine .
It ’ s a difficult position for the world @ @ @ @ @ @ @ possible health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic to those caused by the 1918 influenza outbreak , which killed an estimated 675,000 people in the United States and tens of millions more worldwide .
The team of researchers “ also shared its fatality estimates with the CDC , ” according to the Times , “ including that eight to nine percent of people in the most vulnerable age group , 80 and older , could die if infected.
” During a press conference on Monday , Trump falsely claimed that “ nobody ever thought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ago .
“ This is a bad one , ” said Trump , who on Sunday recommended that people in the U.S. avoid gathering with more than 10 people .
“ This is a very bad one .
This is bad in the sense that it ’ s so contagious .
It ’ s just so contagious .
Sort of , record-setting-type contagion.
” In an interview with CNN Sunday , Harvard University epidemiology professor Marc Lipsitch said the coronavirus crisis “ was foreseeable , and foreseen , weeks and months ago.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coming out of denial , ” said Lipsitch , “ and heading straight into saying it could not have been foreseen .
”

"Only now is the White House coming out of denial and heading straight into saying it could not have been foreseen."
An alarming scientific report compiled by British researchers and shared with the Trump White House warns that, in the absence of drastic and coordinated government action, the novel coronavirus could kill as many as 2.2 million people in the United States alone.
The new research (pdf), led by epidemiologist Dr. Neil Ferguson and published Monday by the Imperial College of London, shows that merely acting to slow rather than completely stop the spread of COVID-19 would “still likely result in hundreds of thousands of deaths and health systems (most notably intensive care units) being overwhelmed many times over.”
“For countries able to achieve it, this leaves suppression as the preferred policy option,” the researchers wrote. “In the U.K. and U.S. context, suppression will minimally require a combination of social distancing of the entire population, home isolation of cases, and household quarantine of their family members. This may need to be supplemented by school and university closures.”
Successful suppression of the virus could take a significant amount of time, the researchers noted—”potentially 18 months or more.”
The New York Times reported late Monday that the researchers’ “terrifying” projection of as many as 2.2 million possible deaths in the U.S. was shared with the White House’s coronavirus task force last week, when President Donald Trump was still downplaying the threat posed by the COVID-19 outbreak.
“We don’t have a clear exit strategy,” Ferguson told the Times. “We’re going to have to suppress this virus—frankly, indefinitely—until we have a vaccine. It’s a difficult position for the world to be in.”
Ferguson likened the possible health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic to those caused by the 1918 influenza outbreak, which killed an estimated 675,000 people in the United States and tens of millions more worldwide.
Here's the @nytimes article about the new coronavirus model, noting it suggests that 2.2 million Americans could die if there is no action: https://t.co/Oj9BLN1q1I The study apparently shook the White House partly out of its passivity. — Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) March 17, 2020
The team of researchers “also shared its fatality estimates with the CDC,” according to the Times, “including that eight to nine percent of people in the most vulnerable age group, 80 and older, could die if infected.”
During a press conference on Monday, Trump falsely claimed that “nobody ever thought about” the coronavirus threat a month ago.
“This is a bad one,” said Trump, who on Sunday recommended that people in the U.S. avoid gathering with more than 10 people. “This is a very bad one. This is bad in the sense that it’s so contagious. It’s just so contagious. Sort of, record-setting-type contagion.”
Trump: "We have a problem that a month ago nobody ever thought about." False. Both with regard to pandemics generally, coronavirus pandemics in particular, and this specific coronavirus. And the US had its first confirmed case in January. https://t.co/GipI01oUBg — Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 16, 2020
In an interview with CNN Sunday, Harvard University epidemiology professor Marc Lipsitch said the coronavirus crisis “was foreseeable, and foreseen, weeks and months ago.”
“Only now is the White House coming out of denial,” said Lipsitch, “and heading straight into saying it could not have been foreseen.”
By Jake Johnson | CommonDreams.org | Creative Commons


weareanonymous--2020-03-18--While The World Is Dealing With Corona: Latin America Strangled By Unique Dengue Virus Epidemic

Latin America is currently suffering from a historic-scale dengue epidemic .
Even countries that are hardly affected otherwise show a massive increase in infected people .
But resources and measures go above all in the fight against the previously hardly widespread corona virus .
According to the Pan-American Health Organization ( OPS ) , 1.4 million Latin Americans have been infected with the dengue virus in the last 13 months alone .
The number of deaths confirmed so far is over 1,500 .
However , doctors assume a significantly higher number of unreported cases .
In comparison , the numbers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as of March 16 : The over 1,500 deaths from the dengue virus have so far been offset by two corona deaths ( both in Argentina ) in Latin America .
The ratio is even more striking when it comes to the number of people infected : 3.2 million to 210 .
The number of people infected and the number of deaths caused by the dengue virus is significantly higher than in the case of the corona virus .
In the first two months of the year alone , 125,000 newly infected people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is left untreated , the mortality rate is up to 20 percent .
For the first time , all countries in Latin America are affected by this virus without exception .
Paraguay in particular , but also Panama , Bolivia , Uruguay and Argentina , have seen an alarming increase in new infections in recent weeks .
However , the countries with the highest infection rates per inhabitant are in Central America .
According to the OPS , there are approximately 2,271 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in Nicaragua , 1,021 in Belize , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Salvador .
The worst hit so far has been Paraguay .
The health emergency was declared there at the end of February .
In the meantime , with a total population of seven million inhabitants , the confirmed infections have risen to over 20,000 .
According to the specialist portal for Latin America America21 , there are even up to 164,000 cases , since a large number of those affected show corresponding symptoms , but it has not yet been possible to test them due to the lack of medical infrastructure .
47 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year alone .
According to the Ministry of Health in Honduras , 77.8 percent of dengue deaths are children under the age of 15 .
So far , there have been more than 9,500 confirmed infections in the Central American country .
The country with the most dengue in Latin America is Brazil with over 2.2 million infected .
However , this must be compared to the country ’ s above-average population size .
However , despite these blatant numbers of infected and fatalities in the wake of the historically unique dengue epidemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the countries concerned are currently aimed at preventing the spread of the corona virus , which has so far hardly been present in Latin America .
Given the limited resources , this is demonstrably at the expense of containing the dengue epidemic .

Latin America is currently suffering from a historic-scale dengue epidemic. Even countries that are hardly affected otherwise show a massive increase in infected people. But resources and measures go above all in the fight against the previously hardly widespread corona virus.
According to the Pan-American Health Organization (OPS), 1.4 million Latin Americans have been infected with the dengue virus in the last 13 months alone. The number of deaths confirmed so far is over 1,500. However, doctors assume a significantly higher number of unreported cases.
In comparison, the numbers of the spread of the corona virus as of March 16: The over 1,500 deaths from the dengue virus have so far been offset by two corona deaths (both in Argentina) in Latin America. The ratio is even more striking when it comes to the number of people infected: 3.2 million to 210.
The number of people infected and the number of deaths caused by the dengue virus is significantly higher than in the case of the corona virus. In the first two months of the year alone, 125,000 newly infected people were registered. If a dengue infection is left untreated, the mortality rate is up to 20 percent. For the first time, all countries in Latin America are affected by this virus without exception.
Paraguay in particular, but also Panama, Bolivia, Uruguay and Argentina, have seen an alarming increase in new infections in recent weeks. However, the countries with the highest infection rates per inhabitant are in Central America. According to the OPS, there are approximately 2,271 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in Nicaragua, 1,021 in Belize, 995 in Honduras and 375 in El Salvador.
The worst hit so far has been Paraguay. The health emergency was declared there at the end of February. In the meantime, with a total population of seven million inhabitants, the confirmed infections have risen to over 20,000. According to the specialist portal for Latin America America21, there are even up to 164,000 cases, since a large number of those affected show corresponding symptoms, but it has not yet been possible to test them due to the lack of medical infrastructure. 47 dengue deaths from Paraguay were reported this year alone.
According to the Ministry of Health in Honduras, 77.8 percent of dengue deaths are children under the age of 15. So far, there have been more than 9,500 confirmed infections in the Central American country.
The country with the most dengue in Latin America is Brazil with over 2.2 million infected. However, this must be compared to the country’s above-average population size.
However, despite these blatant numbers of infected and fatalities in the wake of the historically unique dengue epidemic, almost all resources and measures in the countries concerned are currently aimed at preventing the spread of the corona virus, which has so far hardly been present in Latin America. Given the limited resources, this is demonstrably at the expense of containing the dengue epidemic.


weareanonymous--2020-03-19--NASA Warns Asteroid Could Cause Atmospheric Explosion Over Earth This Week

As if 2020 weren ’ t overwhelming enough , in addition to the potential start of World War 3 , @ @ @ @ @ , the locust plague in the Middle East and Africa , and the novel coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ with an asteroid hurtling towards Earth .
The asteroid may even collide with Earth ’ @ @ @ @ @ atmospheric explosion this week .
The asteroid is following Earth ’ s intersecting orbit known @ @ @ @ @ approaching the planet , and information collected by NASA indicates the space rock is big @ @ @ @ @ explosion in the atmosphere if it comes too close to the Earth .
The asteroid @ @ @ @ @ NASA ’ s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies ( CNEOS ) .

Yes, we are now dealing with multiple asteroids hurtling towards Earth.
As if 2020 weren’t overwhelming enough, in addition to the potential start of World War 3, the massive fires in Australia, the locust plague in the Middle East and Africa, and the novel coronavirus, we are now dealing with an asteroid hurtling towards Earth. The asteroid may even collide with Earth’s atmosphere resulting in an atmospheric explosion this week.
The asteroid is following Earth’s intersecting orbit known as 2020 DP4 and is approaching the planet, and information collected by NASA indicates the space rock is big enough to create a violent explosion in the atmosphere if it comes too close to the Earth.
The asteroid is being closely monitored by NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).


weareanonymous--2020-03-19--Coronavirus Urgent Act: Forced Vaccinations – Now Possible in Denmark With Use Of Mercenary Soldiers

The health authorities can now order forced tests , forced vaccinations and forced treatment .
Denmark ’ s politicians have opted for the very hard line against the spread of the corona virus .
Within three days , the government narrowed down the entire civil service to the functions it urgently needed and sent the workers home .
It also prohibited meetings with more than 100 participants and closed all daycare centers , schools , universities and other educational institutions .
In addition , Parliament passed unprecedentedly tough exceptions .
The health authorities can now order forced tests , forced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ addition to the police , can also use the military and private security services to enforce their orders .
Such emergency regulations have been unthinkable since the end of the Second World War .
The government also wanted to ensure that the authorities could access homes without a court order to investigate a suspected corona .
The idea was removed from the bill at the last minute .
The exemption law effectively abolished freedom of movement and assembly by March 1 , 2021 .
The Copenhagen parliament unanimously passed the law – Islamophobic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also supported the regulation .
The spokesman for the unit list , Peder Hvelplund , told the FR : “ These are very extensive restrictions on civil liberty , which we find difficult.
” However , his party had agreed because it involves quick and decisive measures to protect the most vulnerable groups in society , old and chronically ill : “ The measures should also be a wake-up call to society to act accordingly.
” For Hvelplund , the exceptions are not “ politically motivated , but follow the advice of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also not uniform in Scandinavia .
When almost all schools in Denmark were already dense or children and young people were preparing for it , Sweden ’ s Education Minister Anna Ekström explained that this was exactly the wrong way to go : “ This forces parents home who are essential at their workplaces , especially , of course in the health sector .
” The neighboring country Norway , on the other hand , also closes all schools .
Coronavirus Sars CoV-2 : “ Denmark is not at war , but is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is for politicians to strike the right tone became clear after Mette Frederiksen , the head of the Danish government , warned that they might face even more drastic measures .
As soon as she said these words in front of TV cameras , supermarkets were stormed in many places .
Many media also join the hard line .
“ Denmark is not at war , but is about to do so , ” it said in the editorial of “ Politiken ” .
The left-liberal-minded paper explicitly praised the “ quick @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

If necessary with the military: Denmark wants to contain the coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 with restrictive laws.
The health authorities can now order forced tests, forced vaccinations and forced treatment.
Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2: Denmark is radical
Parliament passes exception laws
Media join the hard line.
Denmark’s politicians have opted for the very hard line against the spread of the corona virus. Within three days, the government narrowed down the entire civil service to the functions it urgently needed and sent the workers home. It also prohibited meetings with more than 100 participants and closed all daycare centers, schools, universities and other educational institutions.
In addition, Parliament passed unprecedentedly tough exceptions. The health authorities can now order forced tests, forced vaccinations and forced treatment and, in addition to the police, can also use the military and private security services to enforce their orders.
Coronavirus Sars CoV-2: emergency regulations previously unthinkable
Such emergency regulations have been unthinkable since the end of the Second World War. The government also wanted to ensure that the authorities could access homes without a court order to investigate a suspected corona. The idea was removed from the bill at the last minute.
The exemption law effectively abolished freedom of movement and assembly by March 1, 2021. The Copenhagen parliament unanimously passed the law – Islamophobic rights and the leftist list of unites also supported the regulation.
Coronavirus Sars CoV-2: Sweden remains relaxed
The spokesman for the unit list, Peder Hvelplund, told the FR: “These are very extensive restrictions on civil liberty, which we find difficult.” However, his party had agreed because it involves quick and decisive measures to protect the most vulnerable groups in society, old and chronically ill: “The measures should also be a wake-up call to society to act accordingly.” For Hvelplund, the exceptions are not “politically motivated, but follow the advice of the experts”.
However, these are also not uniform in Scandinavia. When almost all schools in Denmark were already dense or children and young people were preparing for it, Sweden’s Education Minister Anna Ekström explained that this was exactly the wrong way to go: “This forces parents home who are essential at their workplaces, especially, of course in the health sector. ”The neighboring country Norway, on the other hand, also closes all schools.
Coronavirus Sars CoV-2: “Denmark is not at war, but is about to do so”
How difficult it is for politicians to strike the right tone became clear after Mette Frederiksen, the head of the Danish government, warned that they might face even more drastic measures. As soon as she said these words in front of TV cameras, supermarkets were stormed in many places. Many media also join the hard line. “Denmark is not at war, but is about to do so,” it said in the editorial of “Politiken”. The left-liberal-minded paper explicitly praised the “quick and consistent action by the government”.


weareanonymous--2020-03-20--Italy: Military Transports Corpses From Bergamo!

Italy : An image is currently being shared on social media showing numerous military vehicles , with the accompanying text that they would be needed to remove corpses from the Italian city of Bergamo , as the local funeral parlors could no longer keep up with the dead .
The picture taken in the center of Bergamo shows a long column of military vehicles at Borgo Palazzo , which is a few hundred meters away from the local cemetery .
The army vehicles were made available by the Italian military to carry coffins to the crematoriums in other regions .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the morgue in Bergamo has been exhausted for days .
This also applies to the city ’ s only crematorium furnace , which currently runs 24 hours a day .
The Bergamo region is one of the most affected areas of the Covid – 19 virus and both the cemetery and the funeral home have not been accessible for a long time .
In order to relieve the mortuary of the cemetery , the military vehicles shown above were provided to transport the coffins to other regions .
The city of Bergamo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like the entire region of Lombardy , belongs to the exclusion zone of northern Italy .
This was set up by the Italian government in order to contain the corona virus there as quickly as possible .
According to calculations by the news portal n-tv , Italy will overtake China today as the country with the most deaths from the Corona Virus .
For this reason , Prime Minister Conte had already announced that the curfew , which runs until April 3 , would very likely have to be extended in order to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The shared sharepic is real .
These are Italian military transporters , which relieve the local morgue or cemetery and transport the coffins in morgues or crematoriums from the surrounding area .
The picture taken is from Bergamo , a city in Lombardy , which is one of the regions most affected by Covid-19 in Italy .

Italy: An image is currently being shared on social media showing numerous military vehicles, with the accompanying text that they would be needed to remove corpses from the Italian city of Bergamo, as the local funeral parlors could no longer keep up with the dead.
Terrible image de camions de l'armée italienne qui emportent les cercueils en dehors de bergame pour les crémations. … Posted by Corsica ile Magique on Thursday, March 19, 2020
The picture taken in the center of Bergamo shows a long column of military vehicles at Borgo Palazzo, which is a few hundred meters away from the local cemetery. The army vehicles were made available by the Italian military to carry coffins to the crematoriums in other regions.
The reason for this is the fact that the morgue in Bergamo has been exhausted for days. This also applies to the city’s only crematorium furnace, which currently runs 24 hours a day. The Bergamo region is one of the most affected areas of the Covid – 19 virus and both the cemetery and the funeral home have not been accessible for a long time.
In order to relieve the mortuary of the cemetery, the military vehicles shown above were provided to transport the coffins to other regions.
The city of Bergamo is located northeast of Milan and, like the entire region of Lombardy, belongs to the exclusion zone of northern Italy. This was set up by the Italian government in order to contain the corona virus there as quickly as possible. According to calculations by the news portal n-tv, Italy will overtake China today as the country with the most deaths from the Corona Virus. For this reason, Prime Minister Conte had already announced that the curfew, which runs until April 3, would very likely have to be extended in order to cope with the crisis.
Summarized:
The shared sharepic is real. These are Italian military transporters, which relieve the local morgue or cemetery and transport the coffins in morgues or crematoriums from the surrounding area. The picture taken is from Bergamo, a city in Lombardy, which is one of the regions most affected by Covid-19 in Italy.


weareanonymous--2020-03-21--Italian Doctor Dies Of Coronavirus After Working Without Gloves Due To Shortage

A 57-year-old doctor who tested positive for coronavirus and who was working in a hospital in the town of Codogno has died .
Marcello Natali had been hospitalised in Cremona before being transferred to Milan after developing double pneumonia .
In one of the last interviews he gave before he was tested for COVID-19 , he told Euronews that he had had to work without gloves : “ They have run out , ” he said .
He also said that in Codogno and a nearby town , Casale , 14 out of 35 doctors were in quarantine or hospitalised @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weren ’ t prepared for coronavirus : as doctors of the post antibiotic era , we grew up thinking that a pill against everything was enough , ” he said .
Natali ’ s death was confirmed by a representative of the Italian Federation of General Practitioners , who said that he too was suffering from double pneumonia because of the coronavirus .
Paola Pedrini , regional secretary at the federation , told Euronews that 110 doctors out of 600 in the sole province of Bergamo are sick .
“ The situation has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
We received some mask , some gloves kit , nothing else .
A mask that should last half-a-day , here lasts a week.
” “ We practice a lot over the phone , when possible , to avoid the spread of the virus and getting in contact with asymptomatic people who still carry the virus ” Italy announced a record daily death toll of 475 on Wednesday , bringing the number of dead in the country to 2,978 , with almost 36,000 confirmed cases .
Many European countries have struggled to find @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such as hand sanitiser in stories as demand is intensified by panic buying .
Italy : An image is currently being shared on social media showing numerous military vehicles , with the accompanying text that they would be needed to remove corpses from the Italian city of Bergamo , as the local funeral parlors could no longer keep up with the dead .
The picture taken in the center of Bergamo shows a long column of military vehicles at Borgo Palazzo , which is a few hundred meters away from the local cemetery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the Italian military to carry coffins to the crematoriums in other regions .
The reason for this is the fact that the morgue in Bergamo has been exhausted for days .
This also applies to the city ’ s only crematorium furnace , which currently runs 24 hours a day .
The Bergamo region is one of the most affected areas of the Covid – 19 virus and both the cemetery and the funeral home have not been accessible for a long time .
In order to relieve the mortuary of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were provided to transport the coffins to other regions .
The city of Bergamo is located northeast of Milan and , like the entire region of Lombardy , belongs to the exclusion zone of northern Italy .
This was set up by the Italian government in order to contain the corona virus there as quickly as possible .
According to calculations by the news portal n-tv , Italy will overtake China today as the country with the most deaths from the Corona Virus .
For this reason , Prime Minister Conte had already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ until April 3 , would very likely have to be extended in order to cope with the crisis .
Summarized : The shared sharepic is real .
These are Italian military transporters , which relieve the local morgue or cemetery and transport the coffins in morgues or crematoriums from the surrounding area .
The picture taken is from Bergamo , a city in Lombardy , which is one of the regions most affected by Covid-19 in Italy .

A 57-year-old doctor who tested positive for coronavirus and who was working in a hospital in the town of Codogno has died.
Marcello Natali had been hospitalised in Cremona before being transferred to Milan after developing double pneumonia. In one of the last interviews he gave before he was tested for COVID-19, he told Euronews that he had had to work without gloves: “They have run out,” he said.
He also said that in Codogno and a nearby town, Casale, 14 out of 35 doctors were in quarantine or hospitalised as of February 28.
“We weren’t prepared for coronavirus: as doctors of the post antibiotic era, we grew up thinking that a pill against everything was enough,” he said.
Natali’s death was confirmed by a representative of the Italian Federation of General Practitioners, who said that he too was suffering from double pneumonia because of the coronavirus.
“It’s a war,” he said.
Paola Pedrini, regional secretary at the federation, told Euronews that 110 doctors out of 600 in the sole province of Bergamo are sick.
“The situation has not gotten better since end of February. We received some mask, some gloves kit, nothing else. A mask that should last half-a-day, here lasts a week.”
“We practice a lot over the phone, when possible, to avoid the spread of the virus and getting in contact with asymptomatic people who still carry the virus”
Italy announced a record daily death toll of 475 on Wednesday, bringing the number of dead in the country to 2,978, with almost 36,000 confirmed cases.
Many European countries have struggled to find enough gloves, medical masks and items such as hand sanitiser in stories as demand is intensified by panic buying.
Italy: Military Transports Corpses From Bergamo!
Italy: An image is currently being shared on social media showing numerous military vehicles, with the accompanying text that they would be needed to remove corpses from the Italian city of Bergamo, as the local funeral parlors could no longer keep up with the dead.
Terrible image de camions de l'armée italienne qui emportent les cercueils en dehors de bergame pour les crémations. … Posted by Corsica ile Magique on Thursday, March 19, 2020
The picture taken in the center of Bergamo shows a long column of military vehicles at Borgo Palazzo, which is a few hundred meters away from the local cemetery. The army vehicles were made available by the Italian military to carry coffins to the crematoriums in other regions.
The reason for this is the fact that the morgue in Bergamo has been exhausted for days. This also applies to the city’s only crematorium furnace, which currently runs 24 hours a day. The Bergamo region is one of the most affected areas of the Covid – 19 virus and both the cemetery and the funeral home have not been accessible for a long time.
In order to relieve the mortuary of the cemetery, the military vehicles shown above were provided to transport the coffins to other regions.
The city of Bergamo is located northeast of Milan and, like the entire region of Lombardy, belongs to the exclusion zone of northern Italy. This was set up by the Italian government in order to contain the corona virus there as quickly as possible. According to calculations by the news portal n-tv, Italy will overtake China today as the country with the most deaths from the Corona Virus. For this reason, Prime Minister Conte had already announced that the curfew, which runs until April 3, would very likely have to be extended in order to cope with the crisis.
Summarized:
The shared sharepic is real. These are Italian military transporters, which relieve the local morgue or cemetery and transport the coffins in morgues or crematoriums from the surrounding area. The picture taken is from Bergamo, a city in Lombardy, which is one of the regions most affected by Covid-19 in Italy.


weareanonymous--2020-03-21--Coronavirus: Further Evidence that the Virus Originated in the US

Japanese and Taiwanese epidemiologists and pharmacologists have determined that the new coronavirus could have originated in the US since that country is the only one known to have all five types – from which all others must have descended .
Wuhan in China has only one of those types , rendering it in analogy as a kind of “ branch ” which can not exist by itself but must have grown from a “ tree ” .
The Taiwanese physician noted that in August of 2019 the US had a flurry of lung pneumonias or similar , which the Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but which , according to the scientist , the symptoms and conditions could not be explained by e-cigarettes .
He said he wrote to the US officials telling them he suspected those deaths were likely due to the coronavirus .
He claims his warnings were ignored .
Immediately prior to that , the CDC totally shut down the US Military ’ s main bio-lab at Fort Detrick , Maryland , due to an absence of safeguards against pathogen leakages , issuing a complete “ cease and desist ” order to the military @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the ‘ e-cigarette ’ epidemic arose .
Screenshot from The New York Times August 08 , 2019 We also had the Japanese citizens infected in September of 2019 , in Hawaii , people who had never been to China , these infections occurring on US soil long before the outbreak in Wuhan but only shortly after the locking down of Fort Detrick .
Then , on Chinese social media , another article appeared , aware of the above but presenting further details .
It stated in part that five “ foreign ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the World Military Games ( October 18-27 , 2019 ) were hospitalised in Wuhan for an undetermined infection .
The article explains more clearly that the Wuhan version of the virus could have come only from the US because it is what they call a “ branch ” which could not have been created first because it would have no ‘ seed ’ .
It would have to have been a new variety spun off the original ‘ trunk ’ , and that trunk exists only in the US .
( 1 ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the coronavirus had been deliberately transmitted to China but , according to the Chinese article , a less sinister alternative is possible .
If some members of the US team at the World Military Games ( 18-27 October ) had become infected by the virus from an accidental outbreak at Fort Detrick it is possible that , with a long initial incubation period , their symptoms might have been minor , and those individuals could easily have ‘ toured ’ the city of Wuhan during their stay , infecting potentially thousands of local @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whom would later travel to the seafood market from which the virus would spread like wildfire ( as it did ) .
That would account also for the practical impossibility of locating the legendary “ patient zero ” – which in this case has never been found since there would have been many of them .
Next , Daniel Lucey , an infectious disease expert at Georgetown University in Washington , said in an article in Science magazine that the first human infection has been confirmed as occurring in November 2019 , ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus originated elsewhere and then spread to the seafood markets .
“ One group put the origin of the outbreak as early as 18 September 2019.
” ( 2 ) ( 3 ) Wuhan seafood market may not be source of novel virus spreading globally .
Description of earliest cases suggests the outbreak began elsewhere .
The paper , written by a group of Chinese researchers from several institutions , offers details about the first 41 hospitalized patients who had confirmed infections with what has been dubbed 2019 novel coronavirus ( 2019-nCoV ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ patient became ill on 1 December 2019 and had no reported link to the seafood market , the authors report .
“ No epidemiological link was found between the first patient and later cases ” , they state .
Their data also show that , in total , 13 of the 41 cases had no link to the marketplace .
“ That ’ s a big number , 13 , with no link ” , says Daniel Lucey .
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( 6 ) Earlier reports from Chinese health authorities and the World @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had onset of symptoms on 8 December 2019 – and those reports simply said “ most ” cases had links to the seafood market , which was closed on 1 January .
( 7 ) “ Lucey says if the new data are accurate , the first human infections must have occurred in November 2019 – if not earlier – because there is an incubation time between infection and symptoms surfacing .
If so , the virus possibly spread silently between people in Wuhan – and perhaps elsewhere – before the cluster of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market was discovered in late December .
“ The virus came into that marketplace before it came out of that marketplace ” , Lucey asserts .
“ China must have realized the epidemic did not originate in that Wuhan Huanan seafood market ” , Lucey told Science Insider .
( 8 ) Kristian Andersen is an evolutionary biologist at the Scripps Research Institute who has analyzed sequences of 2019-nCoV to try to clarify its origin .
He said the scenario was “ entirely plausible ” of infected persons bringing the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outside .
According to the Science article , It was interesting that Lucey also noted that MERS was originally believed to have come from a patient in Saudi Arabia in June of 2012 , but later and more thorough studies traced it back to an earlier hospital outbreak of unexplained pneumonia in Jordan in April of that year .
Lucey said that from stored samples from people who died in Jordan , medical authorities confirmed they had been infected with the MERS virus .
( 10 ) This would provide impetus for caution @ @ @ @ @ @ @ official standard narrative ” that the Western media are always so eager to provide – as they did with SARS , MERS , and ZIKA , all of which ‘ official narratives ’ were later proven to have been wrong .
In this case , the Western media flooded their pages for months about the COVID-19 virus originating in the Wuhan seafood market , caused by people eating bats and wild animals .
All of this has been proven wrong .
Not only did the virus not originate at the seafood market , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all , and it has now been proven that it did not originate in China but was brought to China from another country .
Part of the proof of this assertion is that the genome varieties of the virus in Iran and Italy have been sequenced and declared to have no part of the variety that infected China and must , by definition , have originated elsewhere .
It would seem the only possibility for origination would be the US because only that country has the “ tree trunk ” of all the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ true that the original source of the COVID-19 virus was the US military bio-warfare lab at Fort Detrick .
This would not be a surprise , given that the CDC completely shut down Fort Detrick , but also because , as I related in an earlier article , between 2005 and 2012 the US had experienced 1,059 events where pathogens had been either stolen or escaped from American bio-labs during the prior ten years .
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Japanese and Taiwanese epidemiologists and pharmacologists have determined that the new coronavirus could have originated in the US since that country is the only one known to have all five types – from which all others must have descended. Wuhan in China has only one of those types, rendering it in analogy as a kind of “branch” which cannot exist by itself but must have grown from a “tree”.
The Taiwanese physician noted that in August of 2019 the US had a flurry of lung pneumonias or similar, which the Americans blamed on ‘vaping’ from e-cigarettes, but which, according to the scientist, the symptoms and conditions could not be explained by e-cigarettes. He said he wrote to the US officials telling them he suspected those deaths were likely due to the coronavirus. He claims his warnings were ignored.
Immediately prior to that, the CDC totally shut down the US Military’s main bio-lab at Fort Detrick, Maryland, due to an absence of safeguards against pathogen leakages, issuing a complete “cease and desist” order to the military. It was immediately after this event that the ‘e-cigarette’ epidemic arose.
Screenshot from The New York Times August 08, 2019
We also had the Japanese citizens infected in September of 2019, in Hawaii, people who had never been to China, these infections occurring on US soil long before the outbreak in Wuhan but only shortly after the locking down of Fort Detrick.
Then, on Chinese social media, another article appeared, aware of the above but presenting further details. It stated in part that five “foreign” athletes or other personnel visiting Wuhan for the World Military Games (October 18-27, 2019) were hospitalised in Wuhan for an undetermined infection.
The article explains more clearly that the Wuhan version of the virus could have come only from the US because it is what they call a “branch” which could not have been created first because it would have no ‘seed’. It would have to have been a new variety spun off the original ‘trunk’, and that trunk exists only in the US. (1)
There has been much public speculation that the coronavirus had been deliberately transmitted to China but, according to the Chinese article, a less sinister alternative is possible.
If some members of the US team at the World Military Games (18-27 October) had become infected by the virus from an accidental outbreak at Fort Detrick it is possible that, with a long initial incubation period, their symptoms might have been minor, and those individuals could easily have ‘toured’ the city of Wuhan during their stay, infecting potentially thousands of local residents in various locations, many of whom would later travel to the seafood market from which the virus would spread like wildfire (as it did).
That would account also for the practical impossibility of locating the legendary “patient zero” – which in this case has never been found since there would have been many of them.
Next, Daniel Lucey, an infectious disease expert at Georgetown University in Washington, said in an article in Science magazine that the first human infection has been confirmed as occurring in November 2019, (not in Wuhan), suggesting the virus originated elsewhere and then spread to the seafood markets. “One group put the origin of the outbreak as early as 18 September 2019.” (2) (3)
Wuhan seafood market may not be source of novel virus spreading globally.
Description of earliest cases suggests the outbreak began elsewhere.
The article states:
“As confirmed cases of a novel virus surge around the world with worrisome speed, all eyes have so far focused on a seafood market in Wuhan, China, as the origin of the outbreak. But a description of the first clinical cases published in The Lancet on Friday challenges that hypothesis.” (4) (5)
The paper, written by a group of Chinese researchers from several institutions, offers details about the first 41 hospitalized patients who had confirmed infections with what has been dubbed 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
In the earliest case, the patient became ill on 1 December 2019 and had no reported link to the seafood market, the authors report. “No epidemiological link was found between the first patient and later cases”, they state. Their data also show that, in total, 13 of the 41 cases had no link to the marketplace. “That’s a big number, 13, with no link”, says Daniel Lucey . . . (6)
Earlier reports from Chinese health authorities and the World Health Organization had said the first patient had onset of symptoms on 8 December 2019 – and those reports simply said “most” cases had links to the seafood market, which was closed on 1 January. (7)
“Lucey says if the new data are accurate, the first human infections must have occurred in November 2019 – if not earlier – because there is an incubation time between infection and symptoms surfacing. If so, the virus possibly spread silently between people in Wuhan – and perhaps elsewhere – before the cluster of cases from the city’s now-infamous Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market was discovered in late December. “The virus came into that marketplace before it came out of that marketplace”, Lucey asserts.
“China must have realized the epidemic did not originate in that Wuhan Huanan seafood market”, Lucey told Science Insider. (8)
Kristian Andersen is an evolutionary biologist at the Scripps Research Institute who has analyzed sequences of 2019-nCoV to try to clarify its origin. He said the scenario was “entirely plausible” of infected persons bringing the virus into the seafood market from somewhere outside. According to the Science article,
“Andersen posted his analysis of 27 available genomes of 2019-nCoV on 25 January on a virology research website. It suggests they had a “most recent common ancestor” – meaning a common source – as early as 1 October 2019.” (9)
It was interesting that Lucey also noted that MERS was originally believed to have come from a patient in Saudi Arabia in June of 2012, but later and more thorough studies traced it back to an earlier hospital outbreak of unexplained pneumonia in Jordan in April of that year. Lucey said that from stored samples from people who died in Jordan, medical authorities confirmed they had been infected with the MERS virus. (10)
This would provide impetus for caution among the public in accepting the “official standard narrative” that the Western media are always so eager to provide – as they did with SARS, MERS, and ZIKA, all of which ‘official narratives’ were later proven to have been wrong.
In this case, the Western media flooded their pages for months about the COVID-19 virus originating in the Wuhan seafood market, caused by people eating bats and wild animals. All of this has been proven wrong.
Not only did the virus not originate at the seafood market, it did not originate in Wuhan at all, and it has now been proven that it did not originate in China but was brought to China from another country. Part of the proof of this assertion is that the genome varieties of the virus in Iran and Italy have been sequenced and declared to have no part of the variety that infected China and must, by definition, have originated elsewhere.
It would seem the only possibility for origination would be the US because only that country has the “tree trunk” of all the varieties. And it may therefore be true that the original source of the COVID-19 virus was the US military bio-warfare lab at Fort Detrick. This would not be a surprise, given that the CDC completely shut down Fort Detrick, but also because, as I related in an earlier article, between 2005 and 2012 the US had experienced 1,059 events where pathogens had been either stolen or escaped from American bio-labs during the prior ten years.
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Notes
(1) https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/CjGWaaDSKTyjWRMyQyGXUA
(2) https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6477/492.full
(3) Science; Jon Cohen; Jan. 26, 2020
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/wuhan-seafood-market-may-not-be-source-novel-virus-spreading-globally
(4) https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30183-5/fulltext
(5) https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30183-5/fulltext
(6) http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020011109036
(7) http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020011509040
(8) https://sciencespeaksblog.org/2020/01/25/wuhan-coronavirus-2019-ncov-qa-6-an-evidence-based-hypothesis/
(9) http://virological.org/t/clock-and-tmrca-based-on-27-genomes/347
(10) http://applications.emro.who.int/emhj/v19/Supp1/EMHJ_2013_19_Supp1_S12_S18.pdf
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weareanonymous--2020-03-22--Coronavirus Cases In The USA Are Growing Faster Than In Any Other Country – Supplies Dwindling

The national mobilization against the coronavirus is now in full swing .
Schools and workplaces nationwide have shuttered .
The federal government has recommended that people not gather in groups of 10 or more .
Social distancing and self-isolation are now becoming part of the fabric of daily American life .
This has all sparked a serious question among many people : Are we overreacting ?
It ’ s not just a question being asked by partiers and bar-goers — it has also been asked in the New York Times .
A widely circulated article by Stanford ’ s John @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a “ fiasco in the making ” that ’ s being made without enough data .
As of today , the United States falls in last place with regard to limiting COVID-19 growth according to the number of confirmed cases .
According to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center , the number of confirmed cases in the United States grew at a faster rate than any other country in the world yesterday .
Below , I dive into how these numbers are skewed by country population and the number of coronavirus tests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases rose from 7,783 on Wednesday to 13,677 yesterday .
The growth of 5,894 new confirmed cases in just one day equates to a 76 % increase in cases in just a 24-hour period .
Plot of coronavirus cases in the United States over the last month ( 2/19 to 3/19 ) .
You are likely wondering how population size , number of tests performed , etc .
play into this overall picture .
With regards to population size , despite having a billion more people India added only 38 new cases yesterday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the fact that India has performed only 14,514 tests to date compared to 103,945 tests in the United States .
In comparison , the country that added the 2nd highest number of cases yesterday was Italy , a country with a population of 60.48 million .
That equals just 18 % of the population of the United States .
It is no secret that coronavirus testing in the United States has lagged compare to other countries .
Limited testing in the United States potentially downplays the numbers below , leaving the true @ @ @ @ @ @ @ past week , the number of tests conducted in the United States has increased , however , the data for the past couple days has not been compiled yet .
This could skew the numbers to look like coronavirus is growing faster , yet we are simply testing more .
Ultimately , it ’ s impossible to capture the true number of coronavirus cases at any given point .
The numbers show the minimum number of COVID-19 cases and are highly dependent on two factors : population and rate of testing .
Coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 3/18 to 3/19

Medics and other healthcare workers transfer a patient on a stretcher to an ambulance at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, the long-term care facility linked to the two of three confirmed coronavirus cases in the state, in Kirkland, Washington, U.S. March 1, 2020. REUTERS/David Ryder
The national mobilization against the coronavirus is now in full swing. Schools and workplaces nationwide have shuttered. The federal government has recommended that people not gather in groups of 10 or more. Social distancing and self-isolation are now becoming part of the fabric of daily American life.
This has all sparked a serious question among many people: Are we overreacting?
It’s not just a question being asked by partiers and bar-goers — it has also been asked in the New York Times. A widely circulated article by Stanford’s John Ioannidis suggests that the stepped-up US response is a “fiasco in the making” that’s being made without enough data.
As of today, the United States falls in last place with regard to limiting COVID-19 growth according to the number of confirmed cases. According to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, the number of confirmed cases in the United States grew at a faster rate than any other country in the world yesterday. Below, I dive into how these numbers are skewed by country population and the number of coronavirus tests conducted.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases rose from 7,783 on Wednesday to 13,677 yesterday. The growth of 5,894 new confirmed cases in just one day equates to a 76% increase in cases in just a 24-hour period.
Plot of coronavirus cases in the United States over the last month (2/19 to 3/19). You are likely wondering how population size, number of tests performed, etc. play into this overall picture.
With regards to population size, despite having a billion more people India added only 38 new cases yesterday. However, this number is skewed by the fact that India has performed only 14,514 tests to date compared to 103,945 tests in the United States.
In comparison, the country that added the 2nd highest number of cases yesterday was Italy, a country with a population of 60.48 million. That equals just 18% of the population of the United States.
It is no secret that coronavirus testing in the United States has lagged compare to other countries. Limited testing in the United States potentially downplays the numbers below, leaving the true number of cases unknown.
In the past week, the number of tests conducted in the United States has increased, however, the data for the past couple days has not been compiled yet. This could skew the numbers to look like coronavirus is growing faster, yet we are simply testing more.
Ultimately, it’s impossible to capture the true number of coronavirus cases at any given point. The numbers show the minimum number of COVID-19 cases and are highly dependent on two factors: population and rate of testing.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Growth By Country From 3/18 to 3/19


weareanonymous--2020-03-22--The Entire Healthcare System in the US is About to Collapse, Doctors and Nurses Warn

Health professionals are increasingly sounding the alarm over the U.S. healthcare system , warning that the coronavirus outbreak will quickly overwhelm unprepared hospitals without swift action to provide equipment to nurses and doctors .
“ This is a nationwide problem , even on the private side , ” an anonymous doctor told NBC News .
“ No clinic in this country , or hospital for that matter , is going to have enough equipment.
” NBC News reported that around 250 doctors and nurses responded to an informal survey request and painted a bleak picture of a healthcare system already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ least a month to go before coronavirus cases peak in the U.S.—citing in particular a lack of personal protective equipment ( PPE ) .
Nearly all who responded said there were shortages of PPE in the hospitals , outpatient clinics and offices where they worked .
Many reported being forced to ration or reuse supplies , including surgical and N95 masks , for fear of running out .
Many also said they were facing shortages of basic sanitary supplies , including hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes .
One Philadelphia doctor interviewed by NBC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the frontlines in the city .
“ I am so scared , ” she said .
“ I can ’ t even begin to tell you.
” Calls for the federal government to step in and order manufacturers to produce equipment increased Friday , with the union National Nurses United issuing a demand for immediate action to protect healthcare workers .
“ We need to act now and act fast , ” Bonnie Castillo , National Nurses United executive director , said in a statement .
“ Priority number one is to protect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and health care workers so that they can continue to take care of patients and keep our communities as healthy as possible through this pandemic .
If our health facilities no longer stay as centers of healing and instead turn into disease vectors , many more people will needlessly suffer from this terrible disease.
” It ’ s not just PPE .
Testing kits are near-impossible to obtain for hospitals and health professionals , leading to difficult decisions on who to treat , when to treat them , and how to track the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health officials are instructing doctors and nurses “ to test patients only if a positive result could change how they would be treated.
” A front-line healthcare provider who was not authorized to speak to the media and requested anonymity said county doctors are interpreting Thursday ’ s letter and other advice coming from senior L.A. County public health officials to mean they should only test patients who are going to be hospitalized or have something unique about the way they contracted the virus .
They are not planning to test patients who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enough to be sent home to self-quarantine — meaning they may never show up in official tallies of people who tested positive .
The coming crisis , as one nurse in Michigan told NBC News , is the result of a societal failure to prioritize public health .
“ I don ’ t feel like my hospital is failing us , ” said the nurse .
“ It ’ s the whole system that ’ s failing us .
”

Health professionals are increasingly sounding the alarm over the U.S. healthcare system, warning that the coronavirus outbreak will quickly overwhelm unprepared hospitals without swift action to provide equipment to nurses and doctors.
“This is a nationwide problem, even on the private side,” an anonymous doctor told NBC News. “No clinic in this country, or hospital for that matter, is going to have enough equipment.”
NBC News reported that around 250 doctors and nurses responded to an informal survey request and painted a bleak picture of a healthcare system already on the verge of collapse with at least a month to go before coronavirus cases peak in the U.S.—citing in particular a lack of personal protective equipment (PPE).
According to NBC News:
Nearly all who responded said there were shortages of PPE in the hospitals, outpatient clinics and offices where they worked. Many reported being forced to ration or reuse supplies, including surgical and N95 masks, for fear of running out. Many also said they were facing shortages of basic sanitary supplies, including hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes.
One Philadelphia doctor interviewed by NBC News said her husband—also a doctor—is on the frontlines in the city.
“I am so scared,” she said. “I can’t even begin to tell you.”
Calls for the federal government to step in and order manufacturers to produce equipment increased Friday, with the union National Nurses United issuing a demand for immediate action to protect healthcare workers.
“We need to act now and act fast,” Bonnie Castillo, National Nurses United executive director, said in a statement. “Priority number one is to protect the health and safety of our nurses and health care workers so that they can continue to take care of patients and keep our communities as healthy as possible through this pandemic. If our health facilities no longer stay as centers of healing and instead turn into disease vectors, many more people will needlessly suffer from this terrible disease.”
It’s not just PPE. Testing kits are near-impossible to obtain for hospitals and health professionals, leading to difficult decisions on who to treat, when to treat them, and how to track the virus. In Los Angeles County, health officials are instructing doctors and nurses “to test patients only if a positive result could change how they would be treated.”
As the Los Angeles Times reported:
A front-line healthcare provider who was not authorized to speak to the media and requested anonymity said county doctors are interpreting Thursday’s letter and other advice coming from senior L.A. County public health officials to mean they should only test patients who are going to be hospitalized or have something unique about the way they contracted the virus. They are not planning to test patients who have the symptoms but are otherwise healthy enough to be sent home to self-quarantine — meaning they may never show up in official tallies of people who tested positive.
The coming crisis, as one nurse in Michigan told NBC News, is the result of a societal failure to prioritize public health.
“I don’t feel like my hospital is failing us,” said the nurse. “It’s the whole system that’s failing us.”
By Eoin Higgins | CommonDreams.org | Creative Commons


weareanonymous--2020-03-23--China: Cuban Drug Proves Itself In The Fight Against Corona Virus

In the fight against the lung disease COVID-19 caused by the corona virus , a newly developed Cuban drug has proven itself in China .
But so far , hardly any notice has been taken of it in western latitudes .
China ’ s President Xi Jinping recently thanked his Cuban counterpart Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel for supporting the socialist island nation in combating lung disease COVID-19 in China “ through preventive and control measures.
” Two days earlier , Xinhua had reported on the Cuban drug called “ Interferon Alfa 2B Humano Recombinante ” .
The Chinese news agency quoted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pharmaceutical company Changchun Heber Biotechnology , based in Jilin province in northeast China : “ The Chinese National Health Commission has added interferon to the list of medications to prevent and fight the corona virus.
” The director reported that a variant of the drug has been manufactured against various virus-related diseases in China using Cuban technology since 2007 .
Based on the existing stocks , the Chinese now produced and distributed the new interferon Alfa 2B Humano Recombinante in just 21 days .
The director of Changchun-Heber also emphasized that a group @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
There is currently no tested vaccine against the current variant of the corona virus worldwide .
But the Cuban pharmaceutical industry offers two drugs that work on a similar principle and have been used successfully in China .
One is the said interferon , the other is Biomodulina T. Both serve to strengthen the immune system .
Eduardo Martínez Díaz , director of the leading Cuban pharmaceutical laboratory BioCubaFarma , recalled that the official medical guideline of the Chinese health system recommends 30 drugs .
The Cuban-Chinese interferon is mentioned in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Cuban Center for Genetics and Biotechnology ( CIGB ) , Marta Ayala Ávila , told the press that the new interferon will be administered as an inhalation spray .
This is the shortest way to get into the lungs and to act in the early phase of the respiratory disease COVID-19 triggered by the corona virus .
Doctors and nurses in China are currently taking the drug as a precautionary measure to strengthen their immune systems .
Infected patients are treated as quickly as possible , because the earlier it is used @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , early detection techniques play a vital role in combating such an epidemic .
Ávila explained that the “ interferons ” are molecules that the organism produces when it is attacked by a virus .
They are the first organic response of the immune system to the viral attack .
But the corona virus directly blocks the production of these interferon molecules instead of starting them .
The effectiveness of the Cuban biotech drug is that it starts at this point and supplies the organism with the vital molecules .
In previous epidemics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , such as SARS or MERS , interferons have also been used successfully for the treatment of infected patients .
The drug Biomodulina T. was developed according to similar principles .
Immunology specialist Mary Carmen Reyes , head of the clinical trials group at the National Center for Biopreparations ( BioCen ) in Havana , said the drug is a balancing modulator .
It is used successfully in older patients with respiratory infections to alleviate the symptoms of the disease and prevent relapses .
This would potentiate the patient ’ s resistance .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , with little side effects , says Reyes .
Both products are also made in Cuba .
The island nation now has the capacity to meet intra-Cuban needs for three to six months in the event of a possible epidemic .
Sufficient production can also be made for international demand .
We have taken stock of the product in process .
The stock is practically the amount that would be needed to treat the infections that have occurred in China , “ said CIGB Director General Dr. Vázquez .
In the meantime , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nations , who either ask for initial information or want to buy the drug .
Exact side effects still need to be researched In fact , the current interferon spray was developed as a quick response to the new virus and had to be used directly .
There was no time for preliminary clinical examinations .
On the other hand , there are studies of previous generations of medications from the same family that were carried out after previous corona virus infections , as reported by the Cuban newspaper GRANMA .
Gabriela Delgado @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , said in a radio interview that interferon , on the one hand , boosts the immune system ’ s defenses , but on the other , it can sometimes weaken other antibodies .
Activation of the immune system is non-specific in interferon , but must be specific to avoid such effects , “ said Delgado .
According to her , in China the malaria drug chloroquine is used in severe cases , which is statistically more efficient .
Unlike Delgado , Dr. Gerardo Guillén of the CIGB , however , expressly points @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the ( balancing ) modulation of the immune system .
It acts both in the innate , non-specific area and in the part of the immune system acquired later ” .
It would also prevent the spread of pathogenic germs .
In a scientific study conducted by the Catholic University of Bogota in Colombia in 2018 , the effects of the subcutaneously administered interferon alfa drugs in the anti-virus area were classified : they regulate the immune system , fight viral infections , prevent their spread and are anti-inflammatory .
Side effects such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ headache or fever have been noted .
Any combination with other drugs must therefore be strictly controlled .
Everything suggests that the interferon drug will bring positive results when used preventively or in the early stages of corona infection .
Certainly also because the build-up process in the immune system takes some time .
The results are not clear in the case of highly advanced infections , which is why other drugs must be used as a priority in such cases .
A final evaluation of the treatment of the Corona virus with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ possible , but it is striking that the associated experience in media and medical discourse in Europe does not appear to play a role .
For example , a current overview by the Association of Researching Pharmaceutical Manufacturers ( vfa ) on currently tested or developing therapeutic corona drugs lacks Cuban interferon .
None of the products of western pharmaceutical companies mentioned therein have been sufficiently scientifically tested and are ready for use against the corona virus .
They are at least in the same stage as the Cuban drug .
The Cubans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a massive epidemic and are thus almost ahead of all other competitors .
So what criteria did you choose here ?
According to scientific or economic ?
One thing is clear : Cuban drugs stand in the way of the profit interests of the domestic pharmaceutical industry , which may be the primary reason why they receive so little attention in the West – even with proven effectiveness during the corona epidemic in China .

In the fight against the lung disease COVID-19 caused by the corona virus, a newly developed Cuban drug has proven itself in China. But so far, hardly any notice has been taken of it in western latitudes.
China’s President Xi Jinping recently thanked his Cuban counterpart Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel for supporting the socialist island nation in combating lung disease COVID-19 in China “through preventive and control measures.”
Two days earlier, Xinhua had reported on the Cuban drug called “Interferon Alfa 2B Humano Recombinante”. The Chinese news agency quoted Li Wenlan, director of the Chinese-Cuban pharmaceutical company Changchun Heber Biotechnology, based in Jilin province in northeast China:
“The Chinese National Health Commission has added interferon to the list of medications to prevent and fight the corona virus.”
The director reported that a variant of the drug has been manufactured against various virus-related diseases in China using Cuban technology since 2007. Based on the existing stocks, the Chinese now produced and distributed the new interferon Alfa 2B Humano Recombinante in just 21 days. The director of Changchun-Heber also emphasized that a group of Cuban experts are deployed in China.
There is currently no tested vaccine against the current variant of the corona virus worldwide. But the Cuban pharmaceutical industry offers two drugs that work on a similar principle and have been used successfully in China. One is the said interferon, the other is Biomodulina T. Both serve to strengthen the immune system.
Eduardo Martínez Díaz, director of the leading Cuban pharmaceutical laboratory BioCubaFarma, recalled that the official medical guideline of the Chinese health system recommends 30 drugs. The Cuban-Chinese interferon is mentioned in the first place.
Interferon shows success when used early
The vice director of the Cuban Center for Genetics and Biotechnology (CIGB), Marta Ayala Ávila, told the press that the new interferon will be administered as an inhalation spray. This is the shortest way to get into the lungs and to act in the early phase of the respiratory disease COVID-19 triggered by the corona virus.
Doctors and nurses in China are currently taking the drug as a precautionary measure to strengthen their immune systems. Infected patients are treated as quickly as possible, because the earlier it is used, the greater its effectiveness. Therefore, early detection techniques play a vital role in combating such an epidemic.
Ávila explained that the “interferons” are molecules that the organism produces when it is attacked by a virus. They are the first organic response of the immune system to the viral attack. But the corona virus directly blocks the production of these interferon molecules instead of starting them. The effectiveness of the Cuban biotech drug is that it starts at this point and supplies the organism with the vital molecules.
In previous epidemics caused by variants of the corona virus, such as SARS or MERS, interferons have also been used successfully for the treatment of infected patients.
Biomodulina T. strengthens resistance to respiratory infections
The drug Biomodulina T. was developed according to similar principles. Immunology specialist Mary Carmen Reyes, head of the clinical trials group at the National Center for Biopreparations (BioCen) in Havana, said the drug is a balancing modulator. It is used successfully in older patients with respiratory infections to alleviate the symptoms of the disease and prevent relapses. This would potentiate the patient’s resistance. The drug is particularly effective and safe, with little side effects, says Reyes.
Both products are also made in Cuba. The island nation now has the capacity to meet intra-Cuban needs for three to six months in the event of a possible epidemic. Sufficient production can also be made for international demand.
We have taken stock of the product in process. The stock is practically the amount that would be needed to treat the infections that have occurred in China, “said CIGB Director General Dr. Vázquez.
In the meantime, 15 requests have been received from other nations, who either ask for initial information or want to buy the drug.
Exact side effects still need to be researched
In fact, the current interferon spray was developed as a quick response to the new virus and had to be used directly. There was no time for preliminary clinical examinations. On the other hand, there are studies of previous generations of medications from the same family that were carried out after previous corona virus infections, as reported by the Cuban newspaper GRANMA.
Gabriela Delgado, president of the Colombian Immunotherapy Society, said in a radio interview that interferon, on the one hand, boosts the immune system’s defenses, but on the other, it can sometimes weaken other antibodies.
Activation of the immune system is non-specific in interferon, but must be specific to avoid such effects, “said Delgado.
According to her, in China the malaria drug chloroquine is used in severe cases, which is statistically more efficient. Unlike Delgado, Dr. Gerardo Guillén of the CIGB, however, expressly points out that “interferon is involved in the (balancing) modulation of the immune system. It acts both in the innate, non-specific area and in the part of the immune system acquired later”. It would also prevent the spread of pathogenic germs.
In a scientific study conducted by the Catholic University of Bogota in Colombia in 2018, the effects of the subcutaneously administered interferon alfa drugs in the anti-virus area were classified: they regulate the immune system, fight viral infections, prevent their spread and are anti-inflammatory . Side effects such as mild flu symptoms, fatigue, headache or fever have been noted. Any combination with other drugs must therefore be strictly controlled.
Everything suggests that the interferon drug will bring positive results when used preventively or in the early stages of corona infection. Certainly also because the build-up process in the immune system takes some time. The results are not clear in the case of highly advanced infections, which is why other drugs must be used as a priority in such cases.
A final evaluation of the treatment of the Corona virus with the Cuban interferon drug is not yet possible, but it is striking that the associated experience in media and medical discourse in Europe does not appear to play a role.
For example, a current overview by the Association of Researching Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (vfa) on currently tested or developing therapeutic corona drugs lacks Cuban interferon.
None of the products of western pharmaceutical companies mentioned therein have been sufficiently scientifically tested and are ready for use against the corona virus. They are at least in the same stage as the Cuban drug. The Cubans, however, have practical successes during a massive epidemic and are thus almost ahead of all other competitors.
So what criteria did you choose here? According to scientific or economic? One thing is clear: Cuban drugs stand in the way of the profit interests of the domestic pharmaceutical industry, which may be the primary reason why they receive so little attention in the West – even with proven effectiveness during the corona epidemic in China.


weareanonymous--2020-03-23--Flu & Coronavirus Have Similar Symptoms, But The Coronavirus Is Far More Deadly – Here Is A Quick Co

Flu & Coronavirus Have Similar Symptoms, But The Coronavirus Is Far More Deadly – Here Is A Quick Comparison

• The flu and the new coronavirus have similar symptoms , but the coronavirus has already proven to be far more deadly .
• This is what the mortality rates look like in a direct comparison .
At the end of this article you will find the current figures on cases of illness , deaths and cured people plus a live tracker with numbers in real time worldwide .
• The outbreak of the corona virus occurred in the middle of the flu season in the northern hemisphere .
Many people have highlighted the overlapping symptoms of the flu and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus .
Even President Donald Trump asked pharmaceutical executives whether the flu vaccine could be used to stop the corona virus .
However , Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , the director general of the World Health Organization , expressly warns against going too far with such comparisons .
The flu and the new coronavirus have similar symptoms , but the coronavirus is far more deadly – here are the two in comparison ByMedicusPublished on March 22 , 2020SHARETWEETCOMMENT The flu and the new coronavirus have similar symptoms , but the coronavirus has already proven @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is what the mortality rates look like in a direct comparison .
At the end of this article you will find the current figures on cases of illness , deaths and cured people plus a live tracker with numbers in real time worldwide .
The outbreak of the corona virus occurred in the middle of the flu season in the northern hemisphere .
Many people have highlighted the overlapping symptoms of the flu and COVID-19 , the disease caused by the coronavirus .
Even President Donald Trump asked pharmaceutical executives whether the flu @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corona virus .
However , Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , the Director General of the World Health Organization , expressly warns against making such comparisons too far .
“ This virus is not a SARS , it is not a MERS and it is not an influenza , ” said Ghebreyesus in a press conference on Tuesday .
“ It is a self-contained virus with specific properties.
” The main difference between the flu and the corona virus is that the latter has been far more deadly so far .
While around 0.1 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ die from it , the coronavirus mortality rate is currently around 3.4 % based on the current number of reported cases and deaths .
However , the death rate of the novel coronavirus is still developing as more cases are confirmed .
Many health professionals believe that as the number of cases increases , the rate will decrease over time .
This is because an estimated 80 % of coronavirus cases are mild , while patients checking into hospitals have the most severe symptoms .
People with symptoms that are mild enough to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not included in the official totals .
How the flu and coronavirus mortality rates compare to each other The novel corona virus , which originated in Wuhan , China , in December has infected 258,052 people and killed 11,277 people , mainly in China .
( As of March 20 , 8:18 p.m. German time ) .
It has now spread almost worldwide .
In the live tracker below , you can get detailed numbers for each country .
Germany has confirmed 18,848 cases of illness and 67 deaths .
Older people die @ @ @ @ @ @ @ younger people , and the same goes for the flu – if not to the same extent .
How the mortality rates of the two virus types in different age groups compare : For example , during the 2018-19 flu season , approximately 35 million people contracted the flu in the U.S. , and approximately 34,000 of them died , according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
An estimated 32 million people have had the flu there this season , with 310,000 hospitalizations and 18,000 deaths .
The agency estimates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ United States through its influenza monitoring system , which collects flu data from state and local partners and then projects nationwide sums using infectious disease models .
In the 2018/19 season , approximately one in every 1,000 flu patients died .
However , the breakdown of the numbers by age group shows a somewhat more complex situation .
Around 10,000 children died in children .
In adults between 50 and 64 years old , about six out of 10,000 people who had the flu died .
For people aged 65 and over , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 83 out of 10,000 .
While the mortality rate from flu is relatively low , it varies depending on the strains of virus that circulate each year .
The flu virus also mutates very quickly , so people can be infected with different strains , which is why vaccination is not 100 % effective and new vaccines are developed every year .
About 15 % of coronavirus patients over the age of 80 have died from it The corona virus is more deadly than the flu in all age groups , but especially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ result of studies by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention , published in mid-February .
It also affects people who already have health problems more severely .
According to the Chinese authorities , about four out of every 1,000 died between 10 and 40 years of age who contracted the coronavirus .
Meanwhile , 8 % of people between the ages of 70 and 79 died , and the rate rises to around 15 % among those over 80 .
Here ’ s how the corona virus compares to a number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reason why the corona virus is more deadly than the flu : it is still new Ghebreyesus said one reason the coronavirus death rate is so much higher than the flu is that it is the first time that humans have had it .
“ While many people around the world have built immunity to seasonal flu strains , COVID-19 is a new virus that nobody is immune to , ” he said in the meeting .
“ This means that more people are susceptible to infections and some will become seriously ill. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to prevent and treat seasonal flu , but no cures for the coronavirus are known .
However , scientists are trying to develop treatments and vaccines to stop their spread : biotech company Gilead is testing a drug called Remdesivir , and Moderna has submitted a potential vaccine for initial testing .
Prevention of the spread of the flu and coronavirus The flu and coronavirus spread in the same way : through virus particles that mediate between people in tiny droplets or saliva and mucus .
If a sick person sneezes , coughs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to 1.5 meters from a healthy person , these particles can land on the healthy person .
If the particles get into this other person ’ s eyes , nose or mouth , they can become infected .
The flu is extremely efficient at spreading to other people before this newly infected person starts to show any symptoms .
However , the corona virus does not work exactly the same way .
“ According to the data available so far , COVID-19 is not transmitted as efficiently as influenza , ” said Ghebreyesus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ possible , he added .
“ We don ’ t talk at all about curbing seasonal flu – it ’ s just not possible .
But it is possible for COVID-19 , “ said Ghebreyesus .
“ We don ’ t track seasonal flu , but countries should do it for COVID-19 because it prevents infection and saves lives .
”

The flu and the new coronavirus have similar symptoms, but the coronavirus has already proven to be far more deadly.
This is what the mortality rates look like in a direct comparison.
At the end of this article you will find the current figures on cases of illness, deaths and cured people plus a live tracker with numbers in real time worldwide.
At the end of this article you will find the current figures on cases of illness, deaths and cured people plus a live tracker with numbers in real time worldwide. The outbreak of the corona virus occurred in the middle of the flu season in the northern hemisphere.
Many people have highlighted the overlapping symptoms of the flu and COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Even President Donald Trump asked pharmaceutical executives whether the flu vaccine could be used to stop the corona virus.
However, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization, expressly warns against going too far with such comparisons.
The flu and the new coronavirus have similar symptoms, but the coronavirus is far more deadly – here are the two in comparison
ByMedicusPublished on March 22, 2020SHARETWEETCOMMENT
The flu and the new coronavirus have similar symptoms, but the coronavirus has already proven to be far more deadly.
This is what the mortality rates look like in a direct comparison.
At the end of this article you will find the current figures on cases of illness, deaths and cured people plus a live tracker with numbers in real time worldwide.
The outbreak of the corona virus occurred in the middle of the flu season in the northern hemisphere.
Many people have highlighted the overlapping symptoms of the flu and COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Even President Donald Trump asked pharmaceutical executives whether the flu vaccine could be used to stop the corona virus.
However, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director General of the World Health Organization, expressly warns against making such comparisons too far.
“This virus is not a SARS, it is not a MERS and it is not an influenza,” said Ghebreyesus in a press conference on Tuesday. “It is a self-contained virus with specific properties.”
The main difference between the flu and the corona virus is that the latter has been far more deadly so far. While around 0.1% of people who contract the flu ultimately die from it, the coronavirus mortality rate is currently around 3.4% based on the current number of reported cases and deaths.
However, the death rate of the novel coronavirus is still developing as more cases are confirmed. Many health professionals believe that as the number of cases increases, the rate will decrease over time. This is because an estimated 80% of coronavirus cases are mild, while patients checking into hospitals have the most severe symptoms. People with symptoms that are mild enough to recover at home without medical treatment are not included in the official totals.
How the flu and coronavirus mortality rates compare to each other
The novel corona virus, which originated in Wuhan, China, in December has infected 258,052 people and killed 11,277 people, mainly in China. (As of March 20, 8:18 p.m. German time). It has now spread almost worldwide. In the live tracker below, you can get detailed numbers for each country. Germany has confirmed 18,848 cases of illness and 67 deaths.
Older people die of the coronavirus much more often than younger people, and the same goes for the flu – if not to the same extent.
How the mortality rates of the two virus types in different age groups compare:
For example, during the 2018-19 flu season, approximately 35 million people contracted the flu in the U.S., and approximately 34,000 of them died, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An estimated 32 million people have had the flu there this season, with 310,000 hospitalizations and 18,000 deaths.
The agency estimates the number of flu infections in the United States through its influenza monitoring system, which collects flu data from state and local partners and then projects nationwide sums using infectious disease models.
In the 2018/19 season, approximately one in every 1,000 flu patients died.
However, the breakdown of the numbers by age group shows a somewhat more complex situation. Around 10,000 children died in children. In adults between 50 and 64 years old, about six out of 10,000 people who had the flu died. For people aged 65 and over, however, the rate rose to around 83 out of 10,000.
While the mortality rate from flu is relatively low, it varies depending on the strains of virus that circulate each year. The flu virus also mutates very quickly, so people can be infected with different strains, which is why vaccination is not 100% effective and new vaccines are developed every year.
About 15% of coronavirus patients over the age of 80 have died from it
The corona virus is more deadly than the flu in all age groups, but especially in the elderly. This is the result of studies by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, published in mid-February. It also affects people who already have health problems more severely.
According to the Chinese authorities, about four out of every 1,000 died between 10 and 40 years of age who contracted the coronavirus. Meanwhile, 8% of people between the ages of 70 and 79 died, and the rate rises to around 15% among those over 80.
Here’s how the corona virus compares to a number of other serious virus outbreaks:
One reason why the corona virus is more deadly than the flu: it is still new
Ghebreyesus said one reason the coronavirus death rate is so much higher than the flu is that it is the first time that humans have had it.
“While many people around the world have built immunity to seasonal flu strains, COVID-19 is a new virus that nobody is immune to,” he said in the meeting. “This means that more people are susceptible to infections and some will become seriously ill.”
We have vaccines and therapeutic agents to prevent and treat seasonal flu, but no cures for the coronavirus are known. However, scientists are trying to develop treatments and vaccines to stop their spread: biotech company Gilead is testing a drug called Remdesivir, and Moderna has submitted a potential vaccine for initial testing.
Prevention of the spread of the flu and coronavirus
The flu and coronavirus spread in the same way: through virus particles that mediate between people in tiny droplets or saliva and mucus. If a sick person sneezes, coughs or eats at a distance of 1 to 1.5 meters from a healthy person, these particles can land on the healthy person. If the particles get into this other person’s eyes, nose or mouth, they can become infected.
The flu is extremely efficient at spreading to other people before this newly infected person starts to show any symptoms. However, the corona virus does not work exactly the same way.
“According to the data available so far, COVID-19 is not transmitted as efficiently as influenza,” said Ghebreyesus.
That said, containment was still possible, he added.
“We don’t talk at all about curbing seasonal flu – it’s just not possible. But it is possible for COVID-19, “said Ghebreyesus. “We don’t track seasonal flu, but countries should do it for COVID-19 because it prevents infection and saves lives.”


weareanonymous--2020-03-24--Professor Explains Plan How to End Coronavirus Pandemic In ‘2-3 weeks’

Posts on social media over the weekend indicated that many were not taking social distancing seriously as clusters gathered around in towns .
Luke O ’ Neill , Professor of Biochemistry in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology at Trinity College Dublin has warned that the longer people meet and infect each other , the longer this crisis goes on .
Gardai have also warned parents that the ongoing health issue in Ireland is extremely serious and children and teens should be abiding by social distancing .
Speaking to Pat Kenny on Newstalk , a listener asked the professor if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases of COVID-19 tomorrow , how soon could things get back to ‘ semi-normal ’ .
‘ The virus lasts around two to three weeks in our bodies , ’ Professor O ’ Neill explained .
‘ If you can imagine if there are no more infections and if everything stopped now , after 2-3 weeks the virus will go away .
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has previously warned that the outbreak could last until the summer .
‘ The longer people meet up and infect each other , the longer this will all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one was on day 13 of a 14-day infection cycle and goes out and infects someone else , the virus will then live on for another 14 days .
He also referred to Germany who has now shut all restaurants , barbershops and tattoo parlours as well as banning the gathering of groups of more than two people .
‘ We should do exactly what they ’ re doing now , ’ he said .
Another listener asked if children can see their grandparents after they ’ ve been off school for two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ O ’ Neil insisted that we keep social distancing .
The NPHET has also warned that public spaces such as parks and beaches could also close .
In positive news , O ’ Neill mentioned that 30 separate trials for a COVID-19 vaccine will run out in April that ‘ hopefully is the beginning of something new ’ .
Grandmother , Age 95 , Becomes Oldest Woman in Italy to Recover From Coronavirus In a stunning example of how wherever there ’ s life , there ’ s hope , a 95-year-old Italian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the country to recover from coronavirus .
Alma Clara Corsini arrived at the Pavulo Hospital in the northern province of Modena on March 5 after suffering from symptoms of the deadly disease .
She was among Italy ’ s nearly 60,000 people confirmed to have the virus as of Sunday .
The country ’ s north has been hit particularly hard by the pandemic .
However , doctors and specialists have been working hard across the country and tended to Corsini throughout her ordeal , making her the first person in Modena @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Earlier in the week , she confirmed : “ Yes , yes , I ’ m fine … They were good people who looked after me well.
” Gazzetta Di Modena reports that she was able to make a healthy recovery without any need for “ antiviral therapy , ” while her body showed a “ great reaction ” despite the infection .
Corsini ’ s good fortune was even shared by Pope Francis , who took to Facebook to post an image of her with members of the medical team that saved @ @ @ @ @ @ @ high pontiff wrote : “ In Italy , a 95-year-old granny is the first patient to be cured of coronavirus .
Alma Clara Corsini has won this battle for her life to give us hope.
” Corsini has since been discharged from the hospital and is back at her home in Fanano .
Over the weekend , no less than 1,400 people died in Italy as the country races to control the horrific spread of the novel virus .
All movement has now been banned inside the country and non-essential businesses shuttered as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the epicenter of the global crisis , exceeding China ’ s death toll last week despite its smaller population .
Over 6,500 Italians test positive for Covid-19 every day , with the average age of those dying standing at 78.5 years .
On Sunday , an additional 651 Italians died , bringing the death toll to at least 5,400 .

Life could get back to normal in Ireland in just three weeks if everyone was to self-isolate and stay indoors, an expert has said.
Posts on social media over the weekend indicated that many were not taking social distancing seriously as clusters gathered around in towns.
Luke O’Neill, Professor of Biochemistry in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology at Trinity College Dublin has warned that the longer people meet and infect each other, the longer this crisis goes on.
Gardai have also warned parents that the ongoing health issue in Ireland is extremely serious and children and teens should be abiding by social distancing.
Speaking to Pat Kenny on Newstalk, a listener asked the professor if, hypothetically, there were no new cases of COVID-19 tomorrow, how soon could things get back to ‘semi-normal’.
‘The virus lasts around two to three weeks in our bodies,’ Professor O’Neill explained.
‘If you can imagine if there are no more infections and if everything stopped now, after 2-3 weeks the virus will go away.
‘It’s a matter of weeks.’
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has previously warned that the outbreak could last until the summer.
‘The longer people meet up and infect each other, the longer this will all last.’
The professor explained that if one was on day 13 of a 14-day infection cycle and goes out and infects someone else, the virus will then live on for another 14 days.
He also referred to Germany who has now shut all restaurants, barbershops and tattoo parlours as well as banning the gathering of groups of more than two people.
‘We should do exactly what they’re doing now,’ he said.
Another listener asked if children can see their grandparents after they’ve been off school for two weeks and have shown zero symptoms however O’Neil insisted that we keep social distancing.
The NPHET has also warned that public spaces such as parks and beaches could also close.
In positive news, O’Neill mentioned that 30 separate trials for a COVID-19 vaccine will run out in April that ‘hopefully is the beginning of something new’.
Grandmother, Age 95, Becomes Oldest Woman in Italy to Recover From Coronavirus
In a stunning example of how wherever there’s life, there’s hope, a 95-year-old Italian grandmother has become the oldest known woman in the country to recover from coronavirus.
Alma Clara Corsini arrived at the Pavulo Hospital in the northern province of Modena on March 5 after suffering from symptoms of the deadly disease.
She was among Italy’s nearly 60,000 people confirmed to have the virus as of Sunday. The country’s north has been hit particularly hard by the pandemic.
However, doctors and specialists have been working hard across the country and tended to Corsini throughout her ordeal, making her the first person in Modena to recover from the novel virus.
Earlier in the week, she confirmed:
“Yes, yes, I’m fine … They were good people who looked after me well.”
Gazzetta Di Modena reports that she was able to make a healthy recovery without any need for “antiviral therapy,” while her body showed a “great reaction” despite the infection.
Corsini’s good fortune was even shared by Pope Francis, who took to Facebook to post an image of her with members of the medical team that saved her. In the post, the high pontiff wrote:
“In Italy, a 95-year-old granny is the first patient to be cured of coronavirus. Alma Clara Corsini has won this battle for her life to give us hope.”
Corsini has since been discharged from the hospital and is back at her home in Fanano.
Over the weekend, no less than 1,400 people died in Italy as the country races to control the horrific spread of the novel virus.
All movement has now been banned inside the country and non-essential businesses shuttered as the country continues to stand firmly as the epicenter of the global crisis, exceeding China’s death toll last week despite its smaller population.
Over 6,500 Italians test positive for Covid-19 every day, with the average age of those dying standing at 78.5 years.
On Sunday, an additional 651 Italians died, bringing the death toll to at least 5,400.