Helpful Info on the Corona Virus from someone who knows.

[Pete]

A McCallie School alumni physician Dr Ronnie Thomas shared this....

CORONAVIRUS
Last evening dining out with friends, one of their uncles, who's graduated with a master's degree and who worked in Shenzhen Hospital (Guangdong Province, China) sent him the following notes on Coronavirus for guidance:
1. If you have a runny nose and sputum, you have a common cold
2. Coronavirus pneumonia is a dry cough with no runny nose.
3. This new virus is not heat-resistant and will be killed by a temperature of just 26/27 C (79  F). It hates the Sun.
4. If someone sneezes with it, it takes about 10 feet before it drops to the ground and is no longer airborne.
5. If it drops on a metal surface it will live for at least 12 hours - so if you come into contact with any metal surface - wash your hands as soon as you can with a bacterial soap.
6. On fabric it can survive for 6-12 hours. normal laundry detergent will kill it.
7. Drinking warm water is effective for all viruses. Try not to drink liquids with ice.
8. Wash your hands frequently as the virus can only live on your hands for 5-10 minutes, but - a lot can happen during that time - you can rub your eyes, pick your nose unwittingly and so on.
9. You should also gargle as a prevention. A simple solution of salt in warm water will suffice.
10. Can't emphasise enough - drink plenty of water!

THE SYMPTOMS
1. It will first infect the throat, so you'll have a sore throat lasting 3/4 days
2. The virus then blends into a nasal fluid that enters the trachea and then the lungs, causing pneumonia. This takes about 5/6 days further.
3. With the pneumonia comes high fever and difficulty in breathing.
4. The nasal congestion is not like the normal kind. You feel like you're drowning. It's imperative you then seek immediate attention.
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[Willow]

I'm not sure I want to take advice on COVID-19 from someone with a master's degree who worked in China.  China has obviously not fared well with the virus.

Latest releases from our own (U.S.) experts indicate the virus can live up to nine days apart from the human host.

Best practice for avoiding the virus is not so different than avoiding other viral infections.  Wash your hands.  Use hand sanitizer.  Break the habit of regularly touching your nose, mouth and eyes.  Don't kiss strangers on the lips.

[Jess from VA]

I'm not sure I want to take advice on COVID-19 from someone with a master's degree who worked in China.  China has obviously not fared well with the virus.

Latest releases from our own (U.S.) experts indicate the virus can live up to nine days apart from the human host.

Best practice for avoiding the virus is not so different than avoiding other viral infections.  Wash your hands.  Use hand sanitizer.  Break the habit of regularly touching your nose, mouth and eyes.  Don't kiss strangers on the lips.

Might as well lay off kissing your friends' wives too.  Just to be safe.  

[Willow]

Might as well lay off your friend's wives too.  Just to be safe.  

Friends', Jess.  Do you only have one friend?  How many wives does he have?

[f6gal]

If it's killed by temp of 79°F, how could it survive in a human host at 98.6°F?

[The emperor has no clothes]

If it's killed by temp of 79°F, how could it survive in a human host at 98.6°F?

This is kind of far afield. But I've often wondered the reason people get fevers. Is it the body's attempt to kill a virus with temperature ?

[Pete]

Yes many viruses are sensitive to temps of 101 degree and less and the body reacts by raising its temp.

[f6gal]

If it's killed by temp of 79°F, how could it survive in a human host at 98.6°F?

This is kind of far afield. But I've often wondered the reason people get fevers. Is it the body's attempt to kill a virus with temperature ?

Viruses and bacteria do not reproduce well at temps above 98.6°F.  As part of the body's immune response to infection, the hypothalmus raises the temperature set point.  As body temp rises, the ability of microbes to reproduce is diminished. 

[Willow]

If it's killed by temp of 79°F, how could it survive in a human host at 98.6°F?

This is kind of far afield. But I've often wondered the reason people get fevers. Is it the body's attempt to kill a virus with temperature ?

Viruses and bacteria do not reproduce well at temps above 98.6°F.  As part of the body's immune response to infection, the hypothalmus raises the temperature set point.  As body temp rises, the ability of microbes to reproduce is diminished. 

That would make sense.  Even when I was younger I had a problem reproducing over 99 degrees.   

[Wizzard]

If it's killed by temp of 79°F, how could it survive in a human host at 98.6°F?

This is kind of far afield. But I've often wondered the reason people get fevers. Is it the body's attempt to kill a virus with temperature ?

Viruses and bacteria do not reproduce well at temps above 98.6°F.  As part of the body's immune response to infection, the hypothalmus raises the temperature set point.  As body temp rises, the ability of microbes to reproduce is diminished.  

That would make sense.  Even when I was younger I had a problem reproducing over 99 degrees.  

Not sure of that! When I was younger things got real hot and still reproduced. 

[The emperor has no clothes]

If it's killed by temp of 79°F, how could it survive in a human host at 98.6°F?

This is kind of far afield. But I've often wondered the reason people get fevers. Is it the body's attempt to kill a virus with temperature ?

Viruses and bacteria do not reproduce well at temps above 98.6°F.  As part of the body's immune response to infection, the hypothalmus raises the temperature set point.  As body temp rises, the ability of microbes to reproduce is diminished. 

That would make sense.  Even when I was younger I had a problem reproducing over 99 degrees.   

Too much info ! (Thanks for the explanation Connie) 

[scooperhsd]

A McCallie School alumni physician Dr Ronnie Thomas shared this....

CORONAVIRUS
Last evening dining out with friends, one of their uncles, who's graduated with a master's degree and who worked in Shenzhen Hospital (Guangdong Province, China) sent him the following notes on Coronavirus for guidance:
1. If you have a runny nose and sputum, you have a common cold
2. Coronavirus pneumonia is a dry cough with no runny nose.
3. This new virus is not heat-resistant and will be killed by a temperature of just 26/27 C (79  F). It hates the Sun.
4. If someone sneezes with it, it takes about 10 feet before it drops to the ground and is no longer airborne.
5. If it drops on a metal surface it will live for at least 12 hours - so if you come into contact with any metal surface - wash your hands as soon as you can with a bacterial soap.
6. On fabric it can survive for 6-12 hours. normal laundry detergent will kill it.
7. Drinking warm water is effective for all viruses. Try not to drink liquids with ice.
8. Wash your hands frequently as the virus can only live on your hands for 5-10 minutes, but - a lot can happen during that time - you can rub your eyes, pick your nose unwittingly and so on.
9. You should also gargle as a prevention. A simple solution of salt in warm water will suffice.
10. Can't emphasise enough - drink plenty of water!

THE SYMPTOMS
1. It will first infect the throat, so you'll have a sore throat lasting 3/4 days
2. The virus then blends into a nasal fluid that enters the trachea and then the lungs, causing pneumonia. This takes about 5/6 days further.
3. With the pneumonia comes high fever and difficulty in breathing.
4. The nasal congestion is not like the normal kind. You feel like you're drowning. It's imperative you then seek immediate attention.
SPREAD THE WORD - PLEASE SHARE.

I ALWAYS feel like I'm drowning with sinus / nasal discharge - part of my morning pills is a 120mg sudafed just to keep things draining - otherwise, my sinuses followed shortly by my ears will fillup with fluid and start to hurt. As in MIGRAINE hurt...