Friend and her family contracted it on an overseas vacation to Europe, they're all recovered and she worked through it, so they didn't have it too bad. Only 1 of 4 had fever.

Another small data point that shows not everyone who gets it will be in ICU!

borski99 said:

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Friend and her family contracted it on an overseas vacation to Europe, they're all recovered and she worked through it, so they didn't have it too bad. Only 1 of 4 had fever.

Another small data point that shows not everyone who gets it will be in ICU!

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Not sure where I read it or heard it but I think I saw that something like 55% of patients will either not even get a fever, only get a very light fever ((less than 101), only have runny noses, dry coughs, and lose some tasting sensation for a few days. That's the extent of it. This would leave the other 45% to have more extreme symptoms with obviously some of that 45% ending up in ICU, and dying.

If this is the case it obviously attacking different people, with potentially different genes, different blood types, or immune systems in different ways.

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Looks like U.S. deaths today are about half of yesterday - a temporary blip or start of a downward trend?

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I will take whatever hope is out there. Today was a better day.

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Well they corrected their mistake (due to a delay from NY) but it was still a relatively better day for us yesterday:

Stolen from Forum 16:

https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/news/a31974384/new-balance-medical-masks/

New Balance is shifting from making shoes to masks.

I think in 2 or 3 weeks we are gonna be swimming in paper products and PPE

PJYoung said:

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I think in 2 or 3 weeks we are gonna be swimming in paper products and PPE

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Toilet paper prices will crash ...

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PJYoung said:

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I think in 2 or 3 weeks we are gonna be swimming in paper products and PPE

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Toilet paper prices will crash ...

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The value is going right in the toilet

https://www.khou.com/mobile/article/news/health/coronavirus/pandemic-scientist-says-his-team-has-discovered-a-potential-cure-for-covid-19-coronavirus-california/509-4a895be1-80f6-46b0-8812-e2d49d20bebf

This guy seems positive. Still many months away

Today for those who may have missed it:

"Tell me something good Dr. Coates!

Well we have some really good news today on the treatment front. Another study with the hydroxycholoroquine/Zithromax combination was released. This one was a randomized and a placebo trial. It once again showed it was effective and was statistically superior than placebo in preventing the disease from getting severe and clearing the pneumonia. Once again we have to be cautious as it was a small study but more evidence that we do have something to potentially help people if given early enough in the disease process.

In addition a study has begun in New York to see if the combination can prevent COVID-19 infections. They are enrolling 2,000 patients who are close contacts to a positive COVID-19 patient to randomize to treatment or control groups. They will follow them over two weeks and see how many in each group convert to positive. This will be huge news if we find it can decrease the incidence of infection. Many physicians (not me) are already using it as prophylaxis in the field. I think we need to wait on more data before this happens.

With this and other doctors on the front-line reporting that the number of hospitalizations and intubations decreasing on this combination, I think we are now possibly seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. Let's hope the good news keeps coming!!"

A lot of encouraging news today....

I really need this thread! It is easy to get consumed by this and it feels good to read something positive!

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A 95-year-old World War II veteran who beat the odds and survived the novel coronavirus said on "Fox and Friends First" on Friday that listening to his doctor's orders to stay positive helped him recover.

Bill Kelly, a Navy veteran from Oregon, described his symptoms as being "quite tired" and not having an appetite.

"I had to force myself to eat and to get my strength up," he said.

He added, "I did get plenty of rest and I did obey the doctors and nurses requirements what to do and to do it with a positive attitude."

"They mentioned to me a lot of this is psychological too in a person's mind and to have a negative attitude about something, it does affect that," Kelly continued.

The Oregonian previously reported that Kelly's underlying medical conditions include kidney disease, a congenital heart condition and high blood pressure.

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https://www.foxnews.com/media/95-year-old-wwii-veteran-survives-coronavirus