21 Lebanon students questioned after 1 positive COVID-19 test (and so the retreat begins, after open schools should not have taken place)

“1 student positive today = 21 quarantined students today.”

A day after its first day of school with new virus precautions in place, the Lebanon district emphasized how parents can help prevent the spread of the new virus.

Source: 21 Lebanon students questioned after 1 positive COVID-19 test

Coronavirus outbreak strikes Laniado geriatric wing as testing falters – The Jerusalem Post (Why is testing a problem in so many nations?)

The health director explained to Army Radio that there is a nationwide shortage of testing kits, not just at Laniado. The hospital generally receives 400 kits every week, but the Health Ministry informed them this week that there was a national shortage as the Health Ministry ordered 10,000 kits but only received 4,000. The hospital only received 200 kits this week.

Source: Coronavirus outbreak strikes Laniado geriatric wing as testing falters – The Jerusalem Post

As Georgia Reopened, Officials Knew of Severe Shortage of PPE for Health Workers | Kaiser Health News (Georgia stepped into the void with eyes wide shut to safety)

Georgia on April 19 had 932,620 N95 respirator masks — one of the best protections for health workers against infection — and expected to burn through nearly 7 million within a month. It urgently needed to buy 1.4 million more, according to documents obtained by the Brown Institute for Media Innovation and shared with KHN. For gowns, officials expected to go through 16.1 million in 30 days, a staggering amount compared with the 21,810 the state had at the time.

“Making progress with PPE needs. Biggest challenge now is gowns and we are working it,” Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency Director Homer Bryson wrote on April 19 to two of Gov. Brian Kemp’s senior-most aides.

Even so, one day later, the first-term Republican governor announced he would begin to reopen the state’s economy, including gyms, restaurants, hair salons, theaters and a host of other businesses.

Between March 16 and Aug. 9, 48 COVID-19-related complaints regarding inadequate PPE in Georgia health care facilities were closed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the federal agency responsible for workplace safety. The PPE complaints accounted for the majority — roughly 6 in 10 — of Georgia’s COVID-19 complaints submitted to OSHA during the four-month period.

In April and May, “we received thousands of requests for N95 masks, but we couldn’t get our hands on the right materials to even make an N95 mask,” said Caroline Dunn, Atlanta Beats COVID-19’s communications coordinator.

Source: As Georgia Reopened, Officials Knew of Severe Shortage of PPE for Health Workers | Kaiser Health News

Blood Plasma Treatment for Covid-19 Now on Hold at F.D.A. – The New York Times

That study found a statistically significant benefit only when patients were treated within three days of admission and when the plasma contained a high concentration of antibodies.

Last month, one such trial in the Netherlands was stopped when researchers realized that patients given plasma showed no difference in mortality, length of hospital stay or disease severity compared with those given a placebo. Most of the patients had already developed their own antibodies by the time they entered the study, the researchers noted.

 

Mali officers propose civil transition — AFRICA DIPLOMATIC

After months of civil unrest, and absence of any meaningful response to the demands of the people, Mali military took the lead announcing their plan to nation on moving towards a civil and political transition. #Mali : vers une transition civile et politique. Les accords internationaux seront respectés y compris l’accord avec les rebelles Touaregs. […]

Mali officers propose civil transition — AFRICA DIPLOMATIC

Undermining The Process — In Saner Thought

There is lots of news these days about Trump and his minions undermining the election process for 2020….almost daily there seems to be a new accusation that the voting process is either being ruined or compromised. Unless you watch the news every hour then you will most likely miss many of these attempts…..and that is […]

Undermining The Process — In Saner Thought