RE: hydroxychloroquine reduces hospitalisation by 80%20 Apr 2020 05:13
A little piece that I read a couple of days ago over here:
Four thousand healthcare professionals across Spain - at more than 60 hospitals - are going to participate in EPICOS, the first clinical trial at national level, aimed at preventing C19 in health professionals. The study will compare the preventive effectiveness of medication used for malaria, such as hydroxychloroquine and antiretrovirals used to treat HIV infections.
Another title piece:
2,000 key municipal workers in Marbella are ALL going to be tested for C19 using the fast tests to determine who may have already had the virus, a private health clinic is carrying out this exercise.
A piece I recall from a couple of weeks ago:
A local business man was funding the testing of ALL clients and staff in Marbella care homes - testing to be carried out at a private hospital.
Interesting reads when compared with: my uk neighbour - lead physio working at a Yorkshire hospital, 3 generation household, mother in her 70's (who has stayed in the house the whole while)tested positive last week, yet nobody else in the household gets tested. 2 keys worker, 2 toddlers and the mother all to self isolate for 14 days. Is the assumption that all in the household have it, without any testing? The 2 key workers may have already had it and have the antibodies to enable them to carry on with work. On the 16th March, one of those toddlers was in close proximity to a little boy who had tested positive after returning from a Thailand holiday. The boys mother took him to school before the family test results came through. The reception and nursery were closed that day. How many other children could the little boy have passed it on to? The UK lockdown didn't start until a week later - no tracing, no testing and lots of healthcare professionals in the locality, with children at that school. The mind boggles on how this situation has/is being managed.
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