This MIT and Harvard-Built App Could Slow the Spread of Coronavirus

https://futurism.com/coronavirus-app-mit-safe-paths

Find, Isolate, Test and Treat is the mainstay of strategy but containment via lockdow, social distancing, frequent hand washing with soap and water, following cough etiquettes, not touching face, sanitizing fomites, maintaining hygiene, alternating treatment of diabetics/hypertensives, replacing use of ibuprofen, care of elderly, frequent steam inhalation, use of PPEs, avoiding cooler places, proper disposal of dead bodies etc are other measures to be followed.....

To control the Covid-19 pandemic effectively, healthcare professionals and the public must hear and accept difficult truths. America has failed to do this; so the virus spreads unchecked.

Transmission of the virus can not be stopped it can only be delayed to allow healthcare systems to cope with the increased demand on services. So please preserve respirator face masks for healthcare professionals who must care for patients infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Unfortunately, rather than being honest; authorities have repeatedly changed advice about the need to wear facemasks. As a result, healthcare professionals and the public can no longer trust what is being said. The mistrust has been fuelled by conflicting messages for healthcare professionals and the general public.

In the current situation the only safe thing for anyone to do is to try to wear facemasks that provide the best protection. The real difficulty is that the best medical grade respirator face masks are in extremely short supply. Healthcare professionals, putting their lives on the line, need these masks to protect themselves from their infected patients.

Up to 25% of healthcare professionals in the UK are either off work due to sickness or because of suspected exposure. Excess deaths occur when healthcare systems can not care for patients who need treatment. The more healthcare workers who go off sick, the less care sick patients can receive.

The public can be protected by social distancing. As an intensivist I do not have this option, I must get very near to patients to look after them. I will be honest; respirator face masks do protect people from transmission of Covid-19. Cloth face masks are unlikely to protect uninfected people but are likely to reduce spread of virus from those infected with SARS-CoV-2. Not going near patients with Covid-19 is more effective. I therefore ask the public to fully engage with social distancing and preserve the medical grade face masks for healthcare professionals who do not have this option.

What to do if you get Covid-19. These recommendations apply to young adults with no medical conditions. If you have medical conditions or any concerns it is best to speak to your doctor for specific advice. This is particularly important if you have a pre-existing lung condition or are taking immunosuppressant medications.

Prepare for a nasty chest infection.

Things you have to hand

• face tissues,

• Acetaminophen; for a fever over 38°c, take acetaminophen rather than Ibuprofen.

• Generic, cough medicine to thin mucus (check the label make sure that it does not contain paracetamol; otherwise you could double dose and get side effects)

• vaporub for your chest is also a great suggestion.

• humidifier would be useful; however, turning on a hot shower and breathing in the steam in the bathroom may also help.

• Food: soups are ideal

• Drink: stay well hydrated, water is fine

• Rest and do not leave your house. You could be infectious for fourteen days. Avoid elderly people and those with pre-existing health conditions.

• Wear gloves and a mask to avoid transmitting the infection

• If you do not live alone. Isolate yourself in your bedroom. Ask those you live with to leave things outside to avoid contact.

• Wash your bed linen and clothes frequently. Clean your bathroom with sanitisers.

The vast majority of Covid-19 cases in healthy adults can manage at home with rest, hydration, acetaminophen, cough medicine.

Go to hospital if you are having trouble breathing or your fever is very high (over 39°C) and not settling with acetaminophen and cooling with ice packs or if you are worried, in distress or feel your symptoms are getting worse

Thank you so so much sir Rajkumar Rajendram

Now there are 3 categories:

1. A symptomatic/Silent carriers

2. Presymptomatic

3. Symptomatic

Median incubation period is approximately 5 days...A person could be maximally shedding virus ( for transmission) 48 hours prior to appearance of symptoms (pre symptomatic) and for initial one week after appearance of symptoms ...

But a positive case may infect other contacts till 28th day of his illness...

Presymptomatic carriers are more dangerous because while transmitting infection they appear totally normal from outside (they themselves don’t know about it).....

So after understanding this logic, US government is asking everyone to wear safe and hygienic masks while being in public......

To answer the question: How can the spread of the coronary virus be prevented? - it should be decided whether this question is addressed to a citizen who has been trying for years to a certain extent to take care of his body's immune system or rather this question is looking for answers to the government and the Ministry of Health considering the specific number of beds in hospitals of the public epidemiological health service system . This is a key issue because the answers can be significantly different. And currently used solutions (such as home quarantine, wearing protective masks, limiting the movement of citizens in public places, temporary closing of certain types of shops, public services, cultural institutions, etc. on the largest scale in a significant part of developed and developing countries) are analogous and very similar in individual countries, as the introduced specific solutions are quickly copied in other countries. In this way, the formula of current anti-crisis interventionism is global. On my RG profile, I have posted more information on this topic in ongoing discussions. I invite you to scientific cooperation.

Regards,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

Till the advent of newer vaccine, PSM could stop the spread of this Pandemic ( prevention in simplest terms...)

P = Physical Distancing

S = Soap and water handwashing/Sanitizer

M = Masks (appropriate)....

As 'Prevention is better than cure', to prevent the spread of COVID-19, our utmost duty is to keep ourselves safe by maintaining proper hygiene, washing frequently both hands with soap and water, avoiding unprotected sneezing and coughing, maintaining social distance, wearing face mask and hand gloves while outside home, and eating healthy diets to increase body's immunity. And also to prevent spreading, strict lock downs should be maintained, whilst people arriving from affected countries should be kept under quarantine for a period of 14 days.