tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post4931559399066994636..comments2024-03-29T04:06:37.402-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: The Science of Covid Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-42488604070240194652020-10-11T16:00:56.654-07:002020-10-11T16:00:56.654-07:00Any valid objective assessment requires accurate d...Any valid objective assessment requires accurate date to analyze and with the Covid Pandemic classifications should be who died directly from the disease, who did from other causes that were aggravated from Covid and who died with a Covid infection but it was not related to the cause of death. The press seems to have secondary gain by using statistics inflate the lethality of Covid to fuel panic. <br /><br />Trigger warning makes a good point: "But even more important than a deep understanding of the virus is the establishment, largely through trial end error, of medical treatment protocols that work."<br /><br />Early in the US pandemic treatments for reversing hypoxia without using a mechanical ventilator were discovered that showed promise but did not expand. An example is that there were 2 published case series demonstrating shorter recovery and lower mortality when a trial of hyperbaric oxygen therapy was used before placing a patient on a mechanical ventilator. Unfortunately some academic centers refused to expand this therapy for clinical trial because the FDA denied approval to use HBOT use with Covid related hypoxia. <br /> <br />https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32412891/<br />https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32931666/<br />https://www.hbotnews.org/the-fdas-unflattering-view-of-hyperbaric-medicine/Patricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-22386045647991835442020-10-11T07:22:55.005-07:002020-10-11T07:22:55.005-07:00Our media went "full panic mode". Have ...Our media went "full panic mode". Have I mentioned before that I despise, detest, and distrust our media? I surely do!Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-91608309236483703672020-10-11T06:52:30.219-07:002020-10-11T06:52:30.219-07:00I keep hearing the Proglodyte mantra, "believ...I keep hearing the Proglodyte mantra, "believe the science". But, as usual, they even get that simple 3-word sentence wrong. What they really mean is "believe the bureaucrats". Fully decoded, the Progs really mean "believe the credentialed bureaucrats who haven't done a lick of research in twenty years, if ever".<br /><br />As I've noted from the beginning, useful - and sufficiently stable - scientific understanding won't be available for many months. Unlike Dustin Hoffman in "Outbreak", real science takes time (naturally, the citizens of our emerging Idiocracy could not know that). <i>But even more important than a deep understanding of the virus is the establishment, largely through trial end error, of medical treatment protocols that work.</i> <br /><br />In my view as a retired physical scientist, it's not so much a lockdown problem per se, as I still believe the first phase to "flatten the curve" (that we were promised would a couple of weeks or so - at most) was worth trying in high-density, mass transportation dependent cities. But the unnecessary pain of even that experiment should have been staggeringly obvious from the data; i.e., the empty beds and vacant wards of hospital ships and jury-rigged hospitals. The real problem, the error we shall surely come to rue, the piper who will be paid, is the problem of the ever-receding lockdown goalposts. I wonder... will my city have independent restaurants when this is over? Or will it be a choice among the likes of McDonald's, Arby's, and Taco Bell?<br /><br />And I remind you that Sweden is not the only control group, just the biggest. Here's another, closer to home:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fClnqq-v5Qtrigger warningnoreply@blogger.com