Globally, the new coronavirus epidemic still shows no signs of ending. Instead, there have been second and even third wave peaks in many countries, causing many governments to implement lockdown and isolation measures again to avoid further deterioration of the epidemic. Obviously, if herd immunity is to be achieved, it will take a long time and more people will die. This may have to wait until the vaccine is approved for marketing.
Recently, journalist Bob Woodward’s new book exposed the explosive incident of US President Trump deliberately downplaying the new Coronavirus crisis. Trump denied on Thursday that he had lied to the American people about the danger of the virus. Bob Woodward became famous for his reports on the Watergate incident. Disclosing this information at this time is estimated to have a huge impact on the reputation and election of President Trump.
On August 28, American researchers recently reported the country’s first case of secondary infection of the new Coronavirus. The patient was a 25-year-old man. Unlike the few cases of secondary infection with new Coronavirus reported in other countries and regions that have mild or asymptomatic symptoms, this case in the United States was more severe after the second infection with new Coronavirus.
This is a very serious situation for everyone, especially those who have recovered from COVID-19.
Recently, after the emergence of “new Coronavirus secondary infections” in Hong Kong, there have also been “secondary infections” in Europe. Does it mean that the antibody disappears faster than expected? Does it have an impact on vaccine development? How do the experts interpret this phenomenon?
1 Reinfection Found in Chinease Hong Kong, Netherlands, Belgium and USA The Dutch national broadcaster NOS quoted a virologist as saying on the 25th local time that one patient in the Netherlands and Belgium each had been confirmed to be infected with the new crown virus for the second time.
The United States is so severe that most of the deaths are elderly people. Many staff members in the White House have also been infected. According to the infectious characteristics of the new coronavirus, Trump and other senior officials should have been infected. But why has Trump not been afraid of being infected?
You should know that once you are hospitalized with the new coronavirus, as an elderly person, your symptoms are certainly not mild.
This Contest Between Humans and Coronaviruses Is Far From Over
At present, the global number of new crown cases has approached 23 million, and the number of deaths due to the new Coronaviruses exceeded 772,000! Mankind is helpless with this global epidemic, and the virus is still spreading and spreading in various countries.
Meanwhile, those who survived this catastrophe are still struggling with illness. According to multiple reports, in European and American countries hardest hit by the epidemic, more and more sequelae were found.
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has brought a lot of anxiety and uncertainty to all of us, including children and adolescents. In this stressful period, no matter how old the children are, they all want to understand three basic questions:
Am I safe? Are the people who care and take care of me safe? What impact will this situation have on my daily life? (adsbygoogle = window.
Early signs indicate that although children can contract COVID-19, their risk appears to be relatively low, and they are usually only mildly infected. This is a comfort to parents, but it does not mean that we should be complacent. Even if children are only mildly infected, they can still be transmitted to adults, and adults may have more serious complications. In addition, if most children’s symptoms are mild, it is possible that not all children’s infections have been detected and diagnosed.
Last Saturday, on the 22nd, the US FDA urgently approved plasma therapy to treat patients with COVID-19. I believe that soon, many countries and hospitals will begin to collect plasma from COVID-19 cured patients to implement antibody plasma therapy. The decision will broaden use of a treatment that has already been administered to more than 70,000 patients. But the F.D.A. cited benefits for only some patients. And, unlike a new drug, plasma cannot be manufactured in millions of doses; its availability is limited by blood donations.
The Food and Drug Administration on Sunday (22nd) gave emergency approval for expanded use of antibody-rich blood plasma to help hospitalized coronavirus patients which was limited in the past. President Trump on Sunday described the treatment as “a powerful therapy” made possible “by marshaling the full power of the federal government.” And Trump has kept pressuring the agency to move faster to address the pandemic, to claim progress on the eve of the Republican convention.
