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pharvey wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:38 am Shitty news tonight where news given of 2 friends passing within an hour of each other. One in his early 60's with a heart condition, but we were exchanging jokes via Email and WhatsApp this very morning.... Rushed into hospital lunchtime and died within hours.
Another in his mid 40's with no underlying symptoms - had been suffering for a few days and hospitalised, but again - very quick end which nobody was expecting - devastating news.

Brings everything very close to home.....

Take care and keep well everyone.

dtaai-maai wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 12:12 am

oakdale160 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 08, 2020 11:28 pm Trying to understand why the Thais I know are pretty casual about the virus, when the deaths are now approx 30
Thats in a country where 60-70 traffic accidents deaths every day is accepted as normal.

You've answered your own question, surely? If the Thai general public are not bothered about that level of road deaths daily, why would 30 virus deaths over the last couple of months be a matter of concern?

Having said that, those Thais I'm still in touch with are taking it very seriously.

Crimestoppers receives thousands of reports of people breaking coronavirus lockdown rules

The reports are believed to include people with the virus being spotted outdoors, threats to infect or cough at people and parties being planned on social media.

The government defended its low testing numbers by saying that that mass testing was “very expensive.”

“Testing everyone is expensive, we can focus test at-risk groups and still find the cases,” said government spokesman Dr Thaweesin Visanuyothin.

Identified potential adverse effects include:

-Cardiac arrhythmias

-Hypoglycemia

-Neuropsychiatric effects, such as agitation, confusion, hallucinations and paranoia

-Interactions with other drugs

-Metabolic variability (some people metabolize chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine poorly and a small percentage metabolize them rapidly, which affects the response to treatment)

-Overdose (chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are highly toxic in overdose and can cause seizures, coma and cardiac arrest)

-Drug shortages (patients with autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and other chronic diseases, who take hydroxychloroquine to treat these conditions could have problems accessing this drug)

The review summarizes the poor quality of evidence suggesting that these treatments might not be beneficial in patients with COVID-19 and cautions that it is possible that these treatments could worsen the disease.

Dr Juurlink further added, "Despite optimism (in some, even enthusiasm) for the potential of chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19, little consideration has been given to the possibility that the drugs might negatively influence the course of disease. This is why we need a better evidence base before routinely using these drugs to treat patients with COVID-19."

Big Boy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 1:54 pm

HHTel wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:13 pm Well done, BB.

I was going to put the following in the Trump thread for obvious reasons.
A report out today on hydroxychloroquine:

Identified potential adverse effects include:

-Cardiac arrhythmias

-Hypoglycemia

-Neuropsychiatric effects, such as agitation, confusion, hallucinations and paranoia

-Interactions with other drugs

-Metabolic variability (some people metabolize chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine poorly and a small percentage metabolize them rapidly, which affects the response to treatment)

-Overdose (chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are highly toxic in overdose and can cause seizures, coma and cardiac arrest)

-Drug shortages (patients with autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and other chronic diseases, who take hydroxychloroquine to treat these conditions could have problems accessing this drug)

The review summarizes the poor quality of evidence suggesting that these treatments might not be beneficial in patients with COVID-19 and cautions that it is possible that these treatments could worsen the disease.

Dr Juurlink further added, "Despite optimism (in some, even enthusiasm) for the potential of chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19, little consideration has been given to the possibility that the drugs might negatively influence the course of disease. This is why we need a better evidence base before routinely using these drugs to treat patients with COVID-19."

https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/c ... 19-treatme