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Under 2 Percent of ‘COVID Deaths’ in Wisc. From Coronavirus Only

'Almost everyone dying of it has other serious health problems ...' Dec 8, 2020 | HeadlineUSA – Nearly 67 percent of the coronavirus deaths in Wisconsin involved severe underlying conditions, according to public records obtained by the MacIver Institute. Data obtained from the Wisconsin Department of Health proves that less than 2 percent of COVID-19 deaths were caused solely by the coronavirus. As of Dec. 3, 68 of the 3,562 COVID-19 deaths were only from the coronavirus. Meanwhile, individuals...

What To Do If You Have COVID Plus OCD

Self care for those with obsessive-compulsive disorder during COVID-19 | "A soft blanket or stuffed animal" can be a successful self-care strategy for COVIC/OCD sufferers – International OCD Foundation Be gentle with yourself, and with those around you. Times of high stress can bring out both the best and the worst in people — it’s wonderful when it brings out the best, but it’s completely natural and understandable when it brings out the worst. It’s OK if...

Texas Poll Worker Dead; Got Covid During Early Voting

Nexstar Media Wire | Dec 7, 2020 | KXAN – Patricia Perez spent more than a month in an Austin ICU fighting COVID-19, but early last week her family was notified that the end was near. Her five adult children gathered at St. David’s Medical Center to receive the devastating news from doctors: she was not expected to make it through the night. The update did not come as a surprise. The previous weekend, on Patricia’s 70th...

Truck Drivers Want To Be First In Line For Covid Vaccine

Truck drivers could be among first to get COVID vaccine Nov 30, 2020 TTNews – Truck drivers and other workers in critical and essential jobs could be among the earliest people to receive COVID-19 vaccinations as several major pharmaceutical companies begin working with large transportation firms to deliver the vaccines. Distribution efforts, dubbed Operation Warp Speed, could start as early as mid-December, according to a committee within the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As...

Get-Tough Mask Rules Start Now

"I know the public is tired of hearing about masks, but until we increase the masking that we are doing, we won't be able to get this under control." – Dr. David Basel City readies mask rule after push from medical groups SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The largest city in South Dakota appears ready to reverse course and pass a mask mandate Tuesday after enforcement was removed from the ordinance and medical groups said hospitals have...

‘Breakthrough Finding’ Reveals Why Certain COVID Patients Die

“Why does one 40-year-old get really sick and another one not even need to be admitted?” Nov 13, 2020 Kaiser Health News – Dr. Megan Ranney has learned a lot about COVID-19 since she began treating patients with the disease in the emergency department in February. But there’s one question she still can’t answer: What makes some patients so much sicker than others? Advancing age and underlying medical problems explain only part of the phenomenon, said Ranney, who...

COVID Surge: This Is No “Wave,” It’s The New Normal

STAT NEWS – The numbers have become both horrifying and numbing — and there is no end in sight. The consensus among major Covid-19 modelers is that we could see 20,000 to 25,000 deaths in just the next two weeks, and 160,000 more by Feb. 1. That would be a frightening acceleration as winter approaches. The experts and their models also agree on the familiar tools at hand that can bend the curve: universal mask-wearing and...

Can Face Masks Cause Health Problems?

Pros and cons of wearing a mask The truth about masks and COVID-19 from the American Lung Association Answer from a pulmonologist at Cleveland Clinic 9 Side Effects of Wearing Face Masks from Eat This, Not That! American Lung Association by David G. Hill, M.D. | June 18, 2020 Are Masks 100% Effective? The gold standard N-95 mask is 95% effective at keeping the wearer free of inhaling viral particles. These masks are still best reserved for front-line...

Coronavirus: What Happens When You Get Infected?

"COVID-19 is more likely to go deeper than viruses like the common cold." WebMD – There are many types of coronaviruses. Some give you the common cold. The new coronavirus behind the 2019-2020 pandemic causes an illness called COVID-19. A virus infects your body by entering healthy cells. There, the invader makes copies of itself and multiplies throughout your body. The new coronavirus latches its spiky surface proteins to receptors on healthy cells, especially those in your...

Candidate Dies Of Covid Before Election, Wins

GOP state legislature candidate in North Dakota who died of Covid wins election | Nov 4, 2020 | Politico – A Republican in North Dakota has won a seat in the state legislature — nearly a month after he died of complications from Covid-19. David Andahl was 55 when he died on Oct. 5, after winning a heated primary with an incumbent committee chairman. Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) had endorsed the Bismarck rancher, saying, “we need more...

“Covid-19 Is Just The Flu” – True Or False?

Views from 4 sources: OSF HealthCare: COVID-19 and the flu are not the same Mayo Clinic: What's the difference between COVID-19 and the flu? The Lancet: Comparing SARS-CoV-2 with SARS-CoV and influenza pandemics WHO: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Similarities and differences with influenza COVID-19 and the flu are not the same OSF HealthCare is an integrated health system owned and operated by The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, Peoria, Illinois. OSF HealthCare employs more than...

Symptom-Free Grocery Workers Test Positive For Covid

About 20% of workers had Covid-19, and most had no symptoms, study finds | Oct 29, 2020 | CNN – Grocery store work puts employees at serious risk for infection, a new study found, particularly those who have to interact with customers. These workers likely became a "significant transmission source" for Covid-19 without even knowing it because most in the study were asymptomatic. The analysis, published Thursday in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine, is the first to demonstrate...

COVID Immunity Lasts For Months, Probably Longer

Oct 29, 2020 | CNN – Immunity to Covid-19 infection lingers for at least five months, researchers reported -- and probably longer than that. While the report may seem confusing and contradictory to a similar report out of Britain this week, it really isn't. People's bodies produce an army of immune compounds in response to an infection and some are overwhelming at first, dying off quickly, while others build more slowly. The new report out Wednesday shows...

Border Cities Hit With Record Number Of COVID-19 Cases

"Officials on both sides of the border attribute the massive rise in cases to 'COVID-19 fatigue' — people being fed up with not being able to gather with friends and extended family and also not always wearing face masks." Oct 16, 2020 Border Report — El Paso is reporting another record high for new coronavirus infections this Friday, just as tougher restrictions on businesses and public activity kick in. The City-County Health Department said 838 additional COVID-19...

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