2020.04.10
Official Numbers
- 1,715,143 confirmed infections (Δ 95,648)
- 103,874 confirmed deaths (Δ 6,674)
- 389,374 confirmed recoveries (Δ 24,232)
- 690 confirmed infections in my city (Δ 48)
- 21 confirmed infections in my ZIP code (Δ 1)
- 9 confirmed deaths in my city (Δ 2)
- 128 confirmed recoveries in my city (Δ 0)
- 89 confirmed hospitalizations in my city (Δ 17)
- 47 ICU Inpatients in my city
- 31 ventilated patients in my city
- 501,680 US
- 161,852 Spain
- 147,577 Italy
- 125,931 France
- 122,530 Germany
- 83,014 China
- 74,608 United Kingdom
- 70,029 Iran
- 47,029 Turkey
- 28,018 Belgium
- 24,900 Switzerland
- 24,565 Netherlands
- 22,148 Canada
- 19,943 Brazil
- 15,987 Portugal
- 13,776 Austria
- 13,584 Russia
- 10,525 Israel
- 10,480 Korea, South
- 10,151 Sweden
Updates
- Old theory: Coronavirus breaks blood’s ability to carry oxygen. New theory: Coronavirus causes widespread blood clotting which clogs capillaries and prevents tissues from getting oxygen. Extremely complicated medical argument for this position
- More reinfection rumours. TL;DR: 1% of recovered patients in South Korea test positive for coronavirus infection again. Some of them get sick again. This is concerning but there is still not enough context. Are they getting sick again or are they getting sick still? Because every time I’ve seen actual context data around this, it’s “they get sick again a week or two later” and at that point I’m not sure what the meaningful difference between ‘sick again’ and ‘sick still’ is. Still, worth keeping an eye on. If coronavirus refinfection on the order of weeks is possible, then I’m upgrading this crisis from “huh it actually looks pretty ok” to “I will get my website shut down by a social media mob if I give my real thoughts on the matter”
- First detailed autopsy of COVID19 fatalities. Seems to support the widespread clotting hypothesis
- Twitter guy seems to think, if I understand correctly, that the cytokine storm is triggered by white blood cells getting infected and then killing themselves, which spills their cytokine reserves into the bloodstream
- Research directly showing the importance of Vitamin D