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Who is PsyBio Therapeutics?
By: Psybio Therapeutics
Tags: Psychology, Mental Health, Psychedelics, Medicine, Biotechnology

Pioneering The Next Generation Of Targeted Psychoactive Medications

PsyBio Therapeutics is developing biosynthetic psychoactive compounds that offer a new paradigm of treatment to reverse mental health issues. We are dedicated to exploring and pioneering the next generation of Psychoactive Medications. Our team is well-versed in drug discovery based on synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. There is extensive ongoing research for naturally occurring psychoactive tryptamines which were originally discovered in different varieties of hallucinogenic mushrooms. PsyBio, in partnership with Miami University, is in the process of preparing the initial molecules for clinical batch manufacturing and concurrently preparing an investigational new drug application to study the compounds in patients with cancer-related depression.

We are dedicated to uncovering breakthroughs for the treatment of mental health. The difference between psychoactive medications and the typical treatment is vast, and PsyBio wants to best benefit their client. Psychoactive medications treat the illness by rewiring the brain through contemplation and a change of perception, whereas standard treatment of mental illness, such as the use of SSRIs, SNRIs, MAOIs, NDRIs, etc, chemically treat symptoms which keeps treatment very surface level. Alongside our partners at Miami University, we are working to biologically synthesize psilocybin.

3 primary breakthroughs for the treatment of mental health issues:​

1. Discovered an efficient, patent-pending bacterial biosynthesis process for tryptamine production.​

2. Developing a portfolio of tryptamine-derived, psychedelically inspired molecules.​

3. Demonstrated the entourage effect of certain tryptamines in a laboratory-controlled environment.
Path of Religion
By: Tunku Muhammad
Tags: Art, Islam, Storyofmylife, Psychedelics, Religion

There are 3 snakey arms that run from three fingers to five fingers at the end. The three-fingered hand is referring to polytheism or idol worshipping. An addition of a finger is the introduction of Islam to the world. Through the embrace of Islam, an additional last finger is added to the hand with the last hand having its eye open to signify enlightenment. An extra detail from the first two hands (three and four-fingered) is that they spew out darkness or wreak havoc onto the Earth.

This piece came about when I was in a state of turmoil with my own faith. I come from a semi-religious family and with the only formal teachings I received were from school about Islam. Though, the way they taught in school was very streamlined. It never taught us about the personal relationship or awareness of God. Yet, I blindly believed in Islam during those times. Only when I graduated from high school and explored my own interests is where I stumbled upon psychedelics. Psychedelics was a game-changer (not that I wanted to try it at this point in time) just because of the scientific reasoning behind it in terms of how we understand our own brain. A neuroscientist named Anil Seth claims that our own perception of reality is merely a hallucination which was intriguing to me.”What we experience as being real is a construction of the brain”, this is especially true when the brain is only working with material objects such as wavelengths of light, somehow interpreting these waves of light causes a vivid experience of seeing colour. Nonetheless, the fascination brought me down into a rabbit hole of research. That was two years ago but now I have had my own exploration of my psyche. It was an amazing experience but it came with its own set of problems. Under the influence, I could feel on another dimension and I felt so much awareness towards the presence of God watching me. It was daunting yet comforting to know that someone was watching over me. Later on, I tried to reason with myself that what I did was halal because I connected with God on a different plane that made me closer to Him in a sense. This whole thought loop uprooted my foundation of beliefs in Islam and yet I still held it tightly together. Deep down, looking past all the teachings I’ve gotten from school and input from my parents, I know for certain that Islam is true. To sum it all up, the path of religion is not a one-way ticket, my relationship and awareness of God may be totally different from you. The journey is a hard path but a rewarding one, with this piece, it captures the hard truths of what it takes to be a man of religion.
Psychedelics appear to be the best option in mental health therapy
Tags: Psychedelics, Finance, Stock Market, Health

Psychedelics appear to be the best option in mental health therapy Louizediaz44 May 14·2 min read

There has been a resurgence in the research of psychedelic medications as a means of experimental therapy in recent years. Psychedelics are re-entering the medical sector after a period of popularity in the 1950s and early 1970s. Psychedelics such as LSD, psilocybin, and MDMA, among others, are currently being researched for their efficacy in managing anxiety, depression, addiction, PTSD, and traumatic brain injury in patients. Check disclaimer on my profile and landing page. Despite the fact that mental disease has reached severe levels, there are also no strong correlations between medical diagnoses and what’s going on in the brain — and no viable new medication groups. One class of compounds seems to be promising. They seem to be capable of reducing symptoms over extended periods of time, in some cases with only one dosage. (1) Psychedelics are now living up to the hype, and they’re changing the way we think of mental illness! Let’s read more about psychedelic advancements!

Many times, a psychedelic revival has been heralded, but it has never lived up to the hype. This time, though, everything is different. sponsored post. Now, a growing group of renowned scientists is seeing their hard work pay off — not just in terms of patient benefits, but also in terms of unprecedented discoveries into how psychedelics reset the brain. The idea that might be used to treat mental illness emerged in the 1950s, a decade or so after Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann first described his experiences of taking LSD. By the mid-1960s, roughly 40,000 people had been given LSD as part of treatments for all manner of mental illnesses, from obsessive compulsive disorder to addiction, depression and schizophrenia. (2) The psychedelic renaissance is now bearing fruit, with a slew of unexpected outcomes. Let’s keep an eye on it!

We have a compelling case for mind-altering mental health treatments. These upbeat perspectives derive from the fact that psychedelics, such as ketamine, have the potential to be a game-changing treatment for psychiatric illness. This new approach to treating mental illnesses fascinates me tremendously!

Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23631530-300-mind-menders-how-psychedelic-drugs-rebuild-broken-brains/
Major Depression is relieved by Psychedelic Treatment with Psilocybin
By: Michelle Young
Tags: Treatment, Stocks, Finance, Health, Psychedelics

Psilocybin, a compound contained in so-called magic mushrooms, causes visual and auditory hallucinations as well as dramatic changes in consciousness after a few hours. In people with a life-threatening cancer diagnosis, psilocybin therapy under psychologically supported conditions substantially reduced existential anxiety and depression. According to a new review, psilocybin could be useful in a much larger population of patients with major depression than previously thought. Moving forward, it was said that these other companies intend to supply psychedelics to global clinical research studies while developing micro-dosing therapies for trials and pharmaceutical medicine. (1) Very interesting right? You could read here another mind-blowing information about that one.

Pharmaceutical companies are researching these mind-altering prescription medications in order to enhance our health and well-being. By de-stigmatizing the drugs and making their absorption smoother and more comfortable, the new concept was to use psychedelics to minimize trauma and improve results. Check the disclaimer on my profile and landing page. Psychedelic therapies, according to some studies, can help differentiate particular characteristics of specific drugs and have previously unknown effects for the treatment of specific mental disorders. (2) This is an innovative solution to our society’s mental health crisis! Let’s take a closer look at psychotropic medications and their applications. Let’s take a look at how far we’ve come in our quest to solve this conundrum.

Given that drug rehabilitation is an aspect of the care of people with psychiatric illnesses, patients’ commitment to the use of psychoactive drugs can be viewed as a collaborative effort in which they not only obey medical guidelines, but also recognize, engage in, comply with, and adopt the recommended treatment. sponsored post. Our everyday lives are influenced by our mental health and well-being. Psychotropic drugs could be a vital part of our toolkit for staying healthy! Let’s keep each other informed about these findings!

Source: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/psychedelic-treatment-with-psilocybin-relieves-major-depression-study-shows
Garlic can protect us from bacterial and viral diseases!
Tags: Corona, Covid 19, Garlic, Virus, Infection Prevention

Garlic is a versatile herb which gives dozens of benefits. It comes under onion genus. Which means it’s related to onions, leeks, shallots and chives.

It is widely used all around the world for its powerful flavour. Many people add it to their dishes in order to make their dishes more sumptuous as well as healthy.

History of this versatile herb extends to about 4500 BC. All the workers who created the pyramids had a law requiring them to eat garlic daily. The law was enacted to protect the workers from infections as a disinfectant.

Moreover, it is said in the history that Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine, prescribed garlic for intestinal diseases.

Since it contains volatile fatty substances, it has already been discovered that garlic is a cure for various ailments. These substances contain a good amount of chemicals, resulting in an unpleasant odour. It contains minerals, phosphorus, potassium, vitamin A, vitamin D, calcium and carbohydrate.

It is said that Mohandas Gandhi had added garlic to his diet, so that the its smell was emanating from his body.

Importance of this versatile herb

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UNDERLYING CAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC: HUMANITY
By: Nisa Turgut
Tags: Biology, Covid 19, Virus, Disaster, Pandemic

Image Credit: Markus Spiske

Just one and a half years ago, we were faced with a virus called Covid-19, and unfortunately most of us didn’t know why it broke out. In the first place, some people thought it was a biological gun which was made in a laboratory, but it turned out that it wasn’t. It actually was an answer from nature to humanity. Human activities all over the world have destroyed the Earth, our home. That is why nature gave us a message with catastrophes like pandemic, locust swarm, fires and floods.

Almost all the disasters originate from the destruction of nature. We lost millions of trees and bush in total in the Australian, Siberian and Amazon fires. Plus, it is not over yet. We are continuing to increase global warming day by day. Experts say this upcoming year may be the hottest. Therefore, climate attributable risks did and will intersect with the Covid-19 crisis all around the world.

We use up the earth’s natural resources, and Covid-19 is one of the most destructive outcomes of this. Let us take a closer look, as I said, since we destroy the forests, it gives wild animals more opportunities to contact more people. Hence, we can say that a possible pandemic crisis is more likely to happen in the places which are deforested. As a matter of fact, not just deforestation, there are lots of reasons such as factory farming, pollution, or climate change. Like Hubert Reeves said once, ‘’We are at war with nature. If we win it, we are lost’’.

Nevertheless, it is never too late when we want to change something. It is time that we all need to look in the mirror and ask ourselves what we do to stop the destruction of our own home, and what can we do to rescue it? After that, our decisions should be made according to this. Small steps are the way to make big changes. For instance, we can purchase from nature friendly stores or firms, we can be careful or warn people about wasting water… Most importantly, we should know the more we change the environment, the more likely we are to disrupt ecosystems and provide opportunities for a disease to emerge.
Portugal extends virus emergency
By: Лиза Щербинина
Tags: Virus, Medicine, Portugal, News

Portugal on Friday extended until December 8 the state of emergency it imposed to bring down the coronavirus infection rate as the second wave of the disease spreads.

President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa announced he had signed the decree extending the emergency measures which had been due to lapse on Monday, warning that a further extension remains a possibility.

“The state of emergency will last as long as is necessary to fight against the pandemic” he said in a televised address.

While the second wave of the virus should reach its peak in late November or early December, a third wave will “probably” follow early next year, the president added.

More than 80 percent of Portugal’s population has been under partial lockdown, although the measures are less strict than those imposed in spring.

The announcement came after the socialist government held an emergency cabinet meeting to decide on the virus restrictions going forward.

The precise measures to be applied from Tuesday, and the extent to which they differ from those already in place, will be announced on Saturday

Local media have said that the capital Lisbon could move to a three-tiered system depending on the infection risk in each municipality.

Since November 9, those living in the worst hit areas have had to observe a nighttime curfew. At weekends the curfew starts at 1:00 pm.

Working from home is obligatory in these areas, though schools have remained open.

The north of the country has been particularly badly hit by the virus.
The Virus of The Mind
By: Nazir Noori
Tags: Mindset, Worry, Mindfulness, Virus, Self

Photo by Francisco Moreno on Unsplash

The virus of the mind is far worse than any other physical virus. — Sz

It’s the virus of constantly worrying about what has happened in the past that’s still (to this day) depriving you of joy and happiness in our lives.

It’s the virus of constantly worrying about what’s happening now (in us and around us) that’s causing us self-doubt in where we’re going in life.

It’s the virus of constantly dwelling on what’s going to happen (tomorrow) that’s polluting our mind to think clearly about how we get there.

It’s this virus that will never allow our peace of mind to naturally shine through us.

It’s this virus that is crippling us of moving to a better version of ourselves.

It’s this virus that is creating fear, anger, frustration, disappointments in us.

It’s this virus that is creating a false belief that our life is working against us.

It’s this virus that is depriving us of joy in our lives and the lives of people around us.

It’s this virus that is keeping us in the past, rather than navigating to the road ahead.

It’s this virus that is causing us to regret and reject the life within us.

It’s this virus that is causing us to believe our lives ain’t worth living.

It’s this virus that is divorcing us of our natural state of inner being.

It’s this virus that is blocking our roads to our higher selves.

It’s this virus that is causing us to be hard on ourselves.

It’s this virus that is stealing our natural sense of calm.

It’s this virus that is causing us to lose our self worth.

If we pay close attention to our true inner being ~ the virus is just on the surface causing the unnecessary noises, fear, uncertainties, frustrations, disappointments, regrets and anger; blocking us of being in our natural self.
COVID-19
Tags: Covid 19, Handwash, Masks, Illness, Virus

ABOUT CORONAVIRUS?

It is a large, envelope RNA virus. And COVID-19 is the illness cause by virus.

CUT THE CHAIN OF INFECTION

1. Prevention.

2. Do not panic.

3. Stay calm.

4. Stay at home.

RESERVOIR

Virus grow on Respiratory tract on human cell but it can also survive on surfaces outside the human body from 3 hours to 3 days. Infected people can transmit virus before symptoms appear themselves or without any symptoms present.

CUT THE CHAIN OF INFECTION

1. Wear mask

2. Kill the virus with proper hand washing

3. Follow social distancing

4. Avoid to touched the surfaces

HOW VIRUS SPREAD FROM INFECTED PERSON?

Infected people can transfer virus by sneezing, coughing, and by talking and can contaminate surfaces touched by unwashed hands.

CUT THE CHAIN OF INFECTION

1. Do not cough and sneeze directly into air, cough in tissue and discard tissue into trash.

2. Maintain 6-feet distance.

3. Wash hand properly as soon as you get at home.

4. Avoid social gathering.

5. Avoid to touch eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hand.

6. After blowing your nose wash your hand at least for 20 sec with soap& Use hand sanitizer frequently.

HOW VIRUS ATTACK TO HEALTHY INDIVIDUAL?

The virus attack host through nose and mouth and survive on Respiratory System.

CUT THE CHAIN OF INFECTION

1. Keep social distancing.

2. Hand washing.

3. Stay home.

HIGHER RISK PEOPLE

People who has low immunity they are at high risk to get an infection

CUT THE CHAIN OF INFECTION

1. Take care of your immune system by drinking a lot of water, eat healthy, exercise, manage stress and sleep well.
A replacement for the surgical mask
By: Matthew Plante
Tags: Health, Science, Design, Virus, Future Technology

Engineers from the University of Michigan may have found the next big thing in healthcare. Recently published in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, civil and environmental engineer professor Hereck Clack and members of his team have designed a non-thermal plasma device that has the potential to replace a century old device: the surgical mask.

The University of Michigan engineers have measured the virus-killing speed and effectiveness of nonthermal plasmas — the ionized, or charged, particles that form around electrical discharges such as sparks. In their research they have found that the device was able to inactivate or remove from the airstream 99.9% of a virus, with the vast majority due to inactivation.

It should be noted that airborne spread of disease is the most difficult to guard against. To this very day we have very little to protect us when we breathe. Just imagine a world, where we could walk around and not worry about spreading illness to one another by breathing on them.

To gauge the effectiveness of the device researchers, pumped a model virus into flowing air as in entered the reactor. In the void spaces of the reactor borosilicate glass beads are packed into a cylindrical shape. The viruses in the air flow through the spaces between the beads, and that’s where they are inactivated.

Clack and his team determined that more than 99% of the air sterilizing effect was due to inactivating the virus that was present, with the remainder of the effect due to filtering the virus from the air stream.

Although the research is just in early development it is seen by some in the science community as a breakthrough.

According to Krista Wigginton, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering. “There are limited technologies for air disinfection, so this is an important finding.”

The research team over at the University of Michigan have recently begun testing their device on ventilation air systems in livestock farms. The team hopes that the installation of their device can stop the spread airborne pathogens that can wipe out cattle relatively quickly.

For more information please visit ScienceDaily.

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You are not going to “see” any evidence if you don’t open your eyes and look.
By: Jonathan Bean
Tags: Public Health, Covid 19, Science, Coronavirus, Virus

You are not going to “see” any evidence if you don’t open your eyes and look.

It is like he is saying “whatever I don’t see does not exist” when he says it is not plausible because he has not seen the evidence.

So when I hear these statements I always ask “Why have these people not seen evidence for the claim?” Do they have a motive or bias towards not seeing it? What would happen if they were confronted with the evidence?

Let’s not mistake the science establishment for not having any biases. Let’s not conflate the establishment of scientists for the actual scientific method. Scientists like politicians are human and are susceptible to biases that favor their interests. Maybe it is in the interests of the governments to oppose any claims or evidence that could weaken their control on society.

On the other hand, it is in the interests of businesses to want to promote these claims, so we all have to decide for ourselves and not trust the “consensus”.

But I would like to see references to the analysis and evidence that the virus is weakening.
How I kicked the coronavirus in two days
By: Carl Andrews
Tags: Virus, Corona, Medicine

Yes, I caught Corona Virus. I think eventually everyone will be infected except for very isolated people. But I only missed one day of work. Here’s how I did it: I followed the same routine that worked great for another virus infection, a routine that I learned from a naturopathic physician trained at Bastyr University of Naturopathic Medicine.

# 1 Drink green or black tea 6 times a day. Take Vitamin C with it 3 times.

#2. Take a bath as hot as you can stand, then drink a cup of cinnamon tea, and get into bed, cover up as much as possible, and sweat! You will develop a fever, which is the biggest enemy of viruses. A fever puts your immune system into overdrive.

#3. Put three or four drops of tea tree oil in a cup of very hot water, and then put your head down and breath the vapors from this cup. repeat for five minutes. This will clear the virus and bacteria from your throat and lungs.

#4. Eat well, but only soft foods that won’t irritate your throat.

#5. Do the internal organ sequence, which we teach in our course: Optimal Performance Techniques I. This only takes 15 minutes, so do it upon arising, and just before eating dinner.

That’s it! those 5 actions, combined with faith and love for your self, and you will pull through in record time. I am 65 years old, although nobody believes it when they see me. . So, if I can do it at 65, then you can do it. Please, pass this knowledge around to your friends and relatives. It is genuine.
Entropy Analysis : A critical test for malware's.
Tags: Virus, Hacking, Security, Malware Analysis

while working on Detect it easy or simply DIE I noticed one tab of this tool called as Entropy. This tab was simply design to show an entropy graph to an analyst, but it was just a tip of an Ice berg . Developer of this tool knew very well what does this feature means since they have another button embedded on graph page i.e save image. I found its real use after reading several articles and papers .

What the hell entropy is ?

Right before we move ahead we must know what the heck entropy is. In simple language entropy is nothing but an amount of information present in the message (In communication terminology). Entropy actually is a measure of randomness of data in the file. Beware that here we are talking about Shannon Entropy named after a great mathematician Shannon Claude. He was an amazing guy, anyway so technically entropy is just probability of finding data in the file.

Okay….So, what it has to do with malwares ?

Wow you are really thinking like an analyst . nice question. Now let us unfold a relationship between malware's and entropy. Once you know this and you become skilled enough to understand the difference between genuine and malicious file just at looking at its entropy graph it will help you to decide the methods to deploy for analysis(Given you have samples of both files to examine ). Entropy has a very clear relationship to malware's, more the entropy more is likely its obfuscated or encrypted data and more likely its to be a malicious file.

We all know that malware authors are very clever and advance now they do many things to hide malware from the sight of AV and other security software’s such as IPS & IDS. Primary techniques for this are obfuscation and encryption, once malware is encrypted its almost impossible for an AV to detect it, But at the same time since author is compressing the data as well as adding some malicious code in the original file author is decreasing the randomness of data hence increasing the entropy and here we can catch the file based on the entropy value.

Why do we need entropy when we have IOC and other hash values ?

Correct !!! if file is classified as the virus then it may have the hash values from which we can identify the file, but there is a catch we can only know the hash or IOC of the file which is identified, but what about the latest viruses in the wild? Entropy analysis do not only identify the threat it can prevent it well in advance by identifying and studying the entropy pattern of the malware's. Nowadays this technique is widely used in the machine learning av detection.

As an analyst point of view we can quickly check the entropy pattern and decide weather file is obfuscated or not this can save time and help us to choose the methodology to analyse the sample.

Examples

I am going to use to simple files to check the the entropy differences between these files before and after compression .

Entropy of PDF file before compression

Entropy of PDF file after compression

Note that entropy is increased after compression from 92% to 99%,since the randomness of data is decreased.
EU says first virus vaccinations possible by Christmas
Tags: Virus, Medicine, Vaccination, News

A top European Union official said Wednesday that the first citizens in the 27 nation bloc could be vaccinated against the coronavirus by Christmas, but she warned that member countries must urgently prepare their logistical chains for the rollout of hundreds of millions of doses of the vaccines.

Claiming that “there’s finally light at the end of the tunnel,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told EU lawmakers that “the first European citizens might already be vaccinated before the end of December.”

The commission, the EU’s executive arm, has agreements with six potential vaccine suppliers and is working on a seventh contract. The deals allow it to purchase over 800 million doses, more than the population of the bloc, which stands at around 460 million people.

On Tuesday, Brussels said it would sign a contract for up to 160 million doses of the experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by Moderna, which the company says appears to be 94.5% effective, according to its preliminary data.

But von der Leyen said that while vaccines are important, “what counts are vaccinations.”

“Member states must get ready now. We’re talking about millions of syringes, we’re talking about cold chains, we’re talking about organizing vaccination centers, we’re talking about trained personnel that is there. You name it. All this has to be prepared,” she warned.

Still, Von der Leyen urged European citizens to continue respecting restrictions, even as the measures harm businesses, further damage coronavirus-ravaged economies and put people through social and mental hardship.

“With nearly 3,000 deaths a day, COVID-19 was the number one cause of death in the EU last week. Hospitals remain under stress, and in some regions some intensive care units are overwhelmed,” she said.

“We must learn from the summer and not repeat the same mistakes. Relaxing too much is a risk for a third wave after Christmas,” von der Leyen said, adding that “this Christmas will be different, and yes, it will be quieter.”
Bulgaria closes restaurants, schools to fight virus
Tags: Bulgaria, Medicine, Virus, News

Bulgaria’s government announced Wednesday a return to tougher restrictions, including the closure of restaurants and schools, in a bid to contain a surge in infections and deaths amid a second wave of coronavirus.

“New anti-epidemic measures are coming into force from November 27 until December 21,” Health Minister Kostadin Angelov told a news conference after a government meeting early Wednesday.

Cafes and restaurants had remained open even as infection and death rates peaked over the past two weeks, but they will now close along with casinos, fitness studios and shopping centres.

Universities and schools will fully switch to distance learning and kindergartens will close.

Theatres will be allowed to operate at 30 percent capacity, while restaurants will only be able to sell takeaways.

Churches and other places of worship will however stay open.

Unlike during Bulgaria’s tough spring lockdown, the government will not shut public parks and gardens or limit travel.

“We are not talking about confinement at home here, the aim is to limit the rate of infections and deaths,” coronavirus taskforce chief Ventsislav Mutafchiyski said, adding that the new measures will hopefully show results after two to three weeks.

“This will allow more people to remain healthy until the vaccines come,” he added.

Bulgaria’s health system has been overwhelmed in recent weeks by a spiralling rise in the number of patients in need of hospital care amid severe shortages of medical staff and over 2,000 sick doctors and nurses.

Several cases of patients dying after having to wait for hours outside hospitals for admission have sparked renewed anger against the conservative cabinet of embattled Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.

Earlier this year he faced months of street protests where thousands pressed for his resignation.

Some 300 protesters gathered outside the government headquarters on Wednesday morning to protest against the restrictions and briefly clashed with police.

Business groups meanwhile have demanded financial aid for companies, warning that new closures would lead to bankruptcies.
Stroke deaths up in Germany during virus shutdown, study shows
By: Юра Александров
Tags: Virus, Medicine, Germany, News

More people than usual died from strokes during Germany’s spring coronavirus lockdown, a study by health insurer AOK showed Wednesday, blaming fears about going to hospital.

A total of 740 AOK patients died from a brain haemorrhage or bleeding on the brain in spring 2020–26 more than in spring 2019, the insurer said.

The figures are not just a blip because they also show an increase compared with 2018, AOK said, despite better efficiency in hospitals.

Hospitals saw fewer stroke patients during the lockdown but the death rate rose from 12 to 15 percent — presumably because some patients received treatment too late, the insurer said.

“The fear of a COVID-19 infection may have prevented patients with mild symptoms in particular from going to hospital,” said AOK’s Juergen Klauber.

Patients must be relieved of this concern “because every minute really counts in the treatment of heart attacks and strokes”, he said.

Older women were the worst affected by the trend: 368 female AOK patients aged over 80 died from a stroke between March 16 and April 5 — compared with just 327 in spring 2019.

Overall, far fewer people with symptoms of a heart attack or stroke were treated in hospital.

The number of patients with mild stroke symptoms dropped by 35 percent and those with severe symptoms by 15 percent.

There was also a drop in hospital admissions of 24 percent for severe heart attacks and 29 percent for mild heart attacks — but the number of patients who died from heart attacks also increased.

Germany introduced its first coronavirus shutdown in mid-March, closing everything but essential services and urging people to leave their homes only to exercise or go shopping.

Restrictions were gradually lifted from May, allowing something like normal life to return over the summer.

However, the country was hit by exponential growth in COVID-19 cases in October and has since introduced a second round of shutdowns.

Cases remain high, with 18,633 new cases on Wednesday and a record 410 deaths.
Another record high of 1,426 coronavirus cases in Singapore, a total of 8,014 cases.
By: Phong Yew Tong
Tags: Covid 19, Circuit Breaker, Virus, Coronavirus, Singapore

In a press release on Monday, Ministry of Health (MOH) there are 1,426 new cases of Covid-19 in Singapore, bringing it to a total of 8,014 cases.

“We are still working through the details of the cases, and further updates will be shared via the MOH press release that will be issued tonight,” said MOH.

Many of the new cases are work permit workers residing in the foreign worker dormitories. The surge in cases is contributed by the active testing and isolating, said by the authorities.

Singaporeans and Permanent Residents detected 16 cases.

More updates will come later in the night…

What I think…

Day 14 of the circuit breaker, the number of infected Singaporeans and PRs coronavirus cases have reduced and the rising cases were due to the foreign worker in cramping dormitories. What could have done better?

Do you think we need to extend the circuit breaker for another 2 weeks? I think it's still too early to tell.

Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/record-high-1426-new-covid-19-cases-singapore-moh-prelim-update
How COVID-19 Has Changed The Way We Shop Forever
By: Novel Response Group
Tags: Virus, Covid 19, America, Supply Chain

A lot has changed in the era of social distancing. From the way we communicate with friends to how we pass someone on a sidewalk, people, for the most part, are doing what they can to avoid contact with others. However, shopping has experienced some of the biggest changes, and while some of these changes will fall by the wayside, other changes will likely remain from here on out and impact the way everyone shops forever.

Curb-Side Pickup

This service has been around for a few years now, but more buyers are taking advantage of it to help with social distancing. Whether ordering curb-side pickup from restaurants or from grocery stories, it cuts down on the amount of time people need to go into the physical location. As shoppers discover not only how easy this method of buying is, but how much time they save, curb-side pickup will continue as a popular method of “running to the store.”

Wireless Transaction

Buying with mobile applications such as Apple Pay and Google Wallet have been options for some time now, but not everyone has taken advantage. Despite most consumers now owning smartphones capable of wireless buying, the vast majority of shoppers continued using their credit and debit cards. That has all changed. In order to avoid touching screens that are not sanitized after every usage, visitors to stores have turned to wireless transactions in record numbers. This is another trend that will continue long into the future.

Shift in Consumer Habits

There are people who have always preferred to call in a food order instead of ordering online. There are those who have preferred to buy their non-essential goods by heading to the store. Some just preferred human contact, while others may not have felt comfortable shopping online. All of that has changed. People who didn’t like to do it or who were not comfortable doing it have now been forced into it. Many of these individuals will discover life is much easier making a few clicks on a computer instead of calling on the phone or heading out to the store. This will lead to a dramatic shift in consumer habits. Fewer people will go out for all their shopping needs. Instead of heading out to the book store they might order a book online. They may even order their dog food, plant seeds, and other goods through an Internet purchase instead of a store purchase.

This shift in consumer habits will play a major role in the companies that survive being shut down for months. Businesses that are able to adapt and embrace online shopping will thrive, while those that don’t will fall by the wayside.

Shopping Has Changed Forever

COVID-19 has changed a number of daily life activities, one of which is how we shop. And many of these changes, from buying almost everything online to how we checkout at grocery stores, are likely here for good.

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Question and answer about coronavirus…….
By: Koushik Fitness
Tags: Covid 19, Covid 19 Crisis, Quickbooks Support, Coronavirus, Virus

1). Should I wear a mask to protect myself?

>Only wear a mask if you are ill with COVID-19 symptoms (especially coughing) or looking after someone who may have COVID-19. A disposable face mask can only be used once. If you are not ill or looking after someone who is ill then you are wasting a mask. There is a world-wide shortage of masks, so WHO urges people to use masks wisely.

WHO advises the rational use of medical masks to avoid unnecessary wastage of precious resources and is the use of masks ( see Advice on the use of masks).

The most effective ways to protect yourself and others against COVID-19 are too frequently clean your hands, cover your cough with the bend of elbow or tissue and maintain a distance of at least 1 meter (3 feet) from people who are coughing or sneezing. See basic protective measures against the new coronavirus for more information. Read Also

2 ). How to put on, use, take off and dispose of a mask?

3). How long is the incubation period for COVID-19?

4). Can humans become infected with the COVID-19 from an animal source?

5). Can I catch COVID-19 from my pet?

6). Is it safe to receive a package from any area where COVID-19 has been reported?

7). Is COVID-19 the same as SARS?

8). Is there a vaccine, drug or treatment for COVID-19?

9). How long can the novel coronavirus last on other surfaces?

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CoronaVirus: Can infect your computer and steal money!
By: Ujas Dhami
Tags: Detection, Scam, Virus, Cybersecurity, Hacking

“A good immune and alertness is the key in defeating COVID-19, both physically and virtually.” — A. Acharya

Shortly after the world-wide pandemic ‘COVID-19’ had its arms laid on, even scammers are taking the advantage of it. The international urgency to prepare the cure is so uptight and strict, that people are ready to take whatever measures they can, to avoid the virus before it jeopardizes their organs.

In this condition, scammers won’t lay their drastic ideas down with the lock-down either. Scammers and crackers have built phishing websites and webmails to extract the most juice out of people’s terror.

The US Corona Scam Report Locations (Source: Forbes)

Here’s how the scenario looks like:

A Corona Scamming E-mail

Usually, an email comes to you saying ‘CoronaVirus Prevention Manual’ or ‘COVID-19 National Notice’ or anything more convincing like that. What the insider-panicking you do, is quickly download the attachment and read it. But, your phone is likely to have been compromised by the reverse-connectivity payload working under the shade.

All of your information, stored passwords, contacts, pictures etc already made their way to the another owner of your device.

It can make undercover transactions from your device, as the culprit can bypass any form of double-verification as he got control over your device. Thousands of people already are already the victims of this attack.

Identifying Scam E-mails (Source: CNBC)

These scam emails regarding COVID-19 should always be treated with care. Plus, always verify the mail has been issued by the right authority by checking the issue of such content from their official websites.
Vaccines, Variants, Vacations — Dispatch #18
By: Jordan L. Shlain Md
Tags: Thought Leadership, Health, Coronavirus, Virus, Pandemic

Response Ability | Vaccines, Variants, Vacations — Dispatch #18

Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is my heart — Victor Hugo

image from Profix.com blog

Welcome to Dispatch #18, which falls on the anniversary of my New York volunteer effort at a hastily-built FEMA tent on the cold sidewalk outside of Columbia’s Washington Heights Emergency Room where I was asked to triage who was sick enough to be admitted to the overflowing ER and who should go home. All I had was a cheap, disposable plastic stethoscope, a pulse oximeter, a blood pressure cuff, a thermometer, and an iPad that had live translators. I had no ability to do a COVID test — at the time they were reserved for healthcare workers in the other tent. The whole episode was eerie. I’ve added some video clips and photos at the end if you’re interested.

It’s April and we’re now vaccinating a few million people per day. This is great! Full stop. It was only 5 months ago we were in the global doghouse — and now we’re back. The US is on track to have all adults immunized by summer. While there is much to be grateful for, we can’t turn a blind eye to the access disparity and the greater issues that it represents. If you want to read the details of the vaccine section, know this: get any of the three vaccines being offered in the US — they all prevent severe disease and death. On J&J — what you need to know is the risk of dying from COVID (Covid has already killed 1,712 out of every million Americans) is much greater than the risk of a blood clot (6 in 6,800,000 or 1.13 out of every million Americans). This is real, yet it must be taken in context-see Vaccine section.

Lots of new questions and answers as we trundle through what I hope is the penultimate act of this pandemic. We are seeing rising cases in certain states with a dark cloud of variants obscuring a clear path to herd immunity. Kids are now the major focus of a vaccination effort — and if we want their buy in, politicians and public health professionals need to get on TikTok or Snap! Most Gen Zs want to wait and see what happens.

Cases are starting to rise in the US and there is a real possibility of a fourth wave, albeit not as gnarly as our summer wave, but real enough to strain the healthcare system — and with a younger demographic.

I’m more optimistic about the US than I have been in a long time, but we’re not there yet. We likey have a few more months of mask-wearing for those vaccinated in the U.S. The rest of the world will likely not be vaccinated for years — and this is a problem. The United States has a unique opportunity to show our magnanimity and help less fortunate countries get vaccinated. If we want to be the leaders of the free world, we have to act like it. Generosity is the most powerful form of influence.

OK — let’s get to it.
MY ENGLISH TEACHER
By: Lucian Lucia
Tags: Virus, Brothers, Connection, Teaching

During my first year of High School, I had the great fortune of meeting Sister Joan Freer, a dynamic and highly engaging English teacher, who helped us to probe nuances of the English language as if we were metal detecting for gold on an expansive beach. The “beach” which we explored was rich with figures of speech such as metonymy, metaphors, synonyms, onomatopoeia, and had networks such as the structure of dramatic stories and Shakespearean plays, and “hidden” meanings. Hidden meanings were very much in keeping with my introverted spirit: they can be liked to an iceberg for which you see only 10% above the surface, but the bulk lingers below the surface as its hidden part. A highly illustrative “iceberg” example is The Lottery, Shirley Jackson’s most famous short story. It is a richly spun and under-the-surface disturbing short story that had a “code” interlaced throughout its fabric which Sister Freer helped decipher for us in a marvelously provocative way.

My sensibilities for the bulk of the iceberg began to awake because of my gifted teacher. Yet, over the course of the next several years and decades, I was guided on a much less rich and more intractable scientific road (how can I forget her indelible love of Robert Frost and his “The Road Not Taken” which still hearkens to me!), which should have caused my fledgling iceberg sense to go dormant and stultify, but, miraculously, life had other plans!

Today, I feel Sister Joan Freer’s spirit in me because of a current story whose theme manifested itself in many of our discussions. That story has a protagonist who goes by the name Corona. Perhaps those of you seeing my words contest the use of “protagonist” for Corona. How can it be a hero? Well, a protagonist by definition is in a struggle against someone or something. Literally, it means “first struggler”, from the Greek word prōtagōnistēs. Corona is truly a very tiny “struggler” whose actions would tend to lead us to classify it as a villain or anti-hero. Yet, if I hearken to a soft, yet, awakening internal voice, I recognize that Corona cannot be brushed off simply as an anti-hero. In fact, a bulk of it lies below the surface and therefore merits much more scrutiny.
The hunt for coronavirus
Tags: Sarscov2, Covid 19, Science, Virus, Immunology

Since the discovery of the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19, scientists have been scrambling to understand the different features of the virus. While a lot more is now known about SARS-CoV-2, several key questions have proved more difficult to answer. For example, it remained unclear where the virus travels to in the body and causes the most harm.

To help answer this question, Deinhardt-Emmer, Wittschieber et al. performed postmortem examinations on 11 patients who had recently died of COVID-19. After sampling 61 different organs and tissues from each patient, several tests were used to detect traces of SARS-CoV-2. The experiments showed that the largest pool of SARS-CoV-2 was present in the lungs, where it had caused severe damage to the alveolae, the delicate air sacs at the end of the lungs’ main air tubes.

Small amounts of the virus were also detected in other organs and tissues, but no severe tissue damage was seen. In addition, Deinhardt-Emmer, Wittschieber et al. found that each patient had increased levels of some of the proteins involved in inflammation and blood clotting circulating their bloodstream. This suggests that the inflammation caused by SARS-CoV-2 leads to an excessive immune reaction throughout the entire body.

This research provides important new insights into which areas of the body are most impacted by SARS-CoV-2. These findings may help to design more effective drug treatments that target the places SARS-CoV-2 is most likely to accumulate and help patients fight off the infection at these regions.