COVID-19 Pandemic

[wildrose]

For your reading and viewing pleasure:

Phylogenetic network analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/04/07/2004999117

A new coronavirus associated with human respiratory disease in China
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2008-3

COVID-19: Genetic network analysis provides 'snapshot' of pandemic origins
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200409085644.htm

[recluse]

How Extreme Microbes Are Helping Us Test for COVID-19
Lots of interesting science relevant to this coronavirus situation!

[twister]

What This Nurse Wants You to Know About the Flu: 'Watch This'
A couple of years ago there was a bad flu outbreak and this video was popular at that time. It's still good advice now.

[ergot]

Defeating Nature's Deadliest Killers with Harvard Scientist George Church
This was posted about a month before the COVID-19 thing got started. It's an interesting idea and maybe a bit radical on top of that.

[CrustyOldFart]

Doctors warn of mystery coronavirus symptom called 'COVID toes'
This is weird. Skin manifestations from a virus? I've been around for awhile and this is the first of heard of anything like this!

[shadylady]

Coronavirus in cats
It is recommended in this video that pet owners not allow other people near their pets. This applies to cats and dogs. In fact, they say to avoid dog parks and other public places where cats and dogs may be encountered. One expert says there is not evidence that people can get COVID-19 from their pets, but the problem with that logic is that the pets had to get it from somewhere and so if pets can get it from humans then it seems more than likely that people can get it from pets.

[shadylady]

Doctors find disturbing trend of strokes in young coronavirus patients
Young healthy people having strokes? This is pretty serious! No part of the body is exempt from possible issues due to COVID-19!

[tronagirl]

Doc/Mom Describes Watching Her Child Battle COVID-19
Don't believe anyone who tries to tell you that this virus doesn't attack the very young. No one is immune and one of the biggest mistakes made by the news media was all the misinformation about it only being dangerous to the elderly and those with preexisting symptoms. No one is safe and so no one should take this thing for granted!

[desertrat]

Trey Gowdy's compelling argument on stay-at-home orders
As Americans we are guaranteed certain civil liberties and although in emergency situations those rights can be temporarily suspended, there must be sufficient justification for such a suspension of our rights!

[drdesert]

Duncan Trussell Explains the Coronavirus Asteroid Conspiracy
This is a good one....