Outpatient treatment with metformin reduced long COVID incidence by about 41%, with an absolute reduction of 4·1%, compared with placebo. Metformin has clinical benefits when used as outpatient treatment for COVID-19 and is globally available, low-cost, and safe. link to original paper The cumulative incidence of long COVID by day 300 was 6·3% (95% CI …
“The mix of very different variants poses a raised immediate re-infection risk for anyone relying on natural immunity from a recent infection.” – Mike Honey Masks, ventilation, isolation – are effective agains any variant. Share via: Twitter LinkedIn Copy Link More
Dr Amanda Kvaslvig “Indoor air quality is still a big gap in our defences and that’s a great pity, because it’s one of the most effective and cost-effective protections that we have. There is just no downside to breathing clean air. It’s a fundamental health protection just like drinking clean water.” “All New Zealanders should feel …
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From now on, every business larger than 15 m² and where people are present for more than 15 minutes will need a CO₂ meter. The measurement must be visible to the customer in the store, on the smartphone or on the company website. Dutch Minister of Health Frank Vandenbroucke (Vooruit) says “If we had taken …
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“The entire world was touched by the effects of the pandemic and we learned that an effective way to protect ourselves from the spread of pathogens is to improve the indoor air quality and ventilation in the buildings that we occupy,” (press release from ASHRAE – The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) …
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Link to CDC Recommendations Detail at https://johnsnowproject.org/primers/new-cdc-standards-of-air-hygiene/ Interpretation Dr Richard Corsi – “It’s a good start and should decrease inhalation dose of respiratory aerosol concentrations by between about 20% to 40% in many classrooms (based on my experience w/ typical starting points in schools –some w/ recirculation through MERV-13 filters already achieve 5 eACH).” “Importantly, …
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Accross 144 classrooms in 31 schools air measurements reveal that, even with mechanical ventilation in place, improved airflow reduces illness related absences (IRA). “The annual illness-related absence rate at the classroom level was extracted from the student-level absence data and regressed on measured indoor environmental parameters. Significant associations were found. Every 1 L/s per person …
A research paper concludes that non-pharmaceutical mitigations were so effective that “In that winter of 2021, the usual seasonal increase in medical causes of childhood mortality was effectively eliminated.” The authors explain that “During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, mitigation policies and behaviors were widespread, and although vaccinations and effective treatments were not …
Adapted from Acute and Postacute Sequelae Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection, figure 5. Published in Nature. Share via: Twitter LinkedIn Copy Link More
Figures from the state of Victoria, Australia indicate that Hospital Acquired COVID-19 is frequent and may be up to 100 times more lethal. Hospital-acquired infections pose a serious challenge to healthcare professionals globally, impacting the quality of life of patients, as well as resulting in extra expenditure to our health system. It has been shown …
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