Figure - available via license: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Content may be subject to copyright.
Total number of fatalities and recovered. Data from worldometers.info. Update June 19, 2020.
Source publication
There is a clear indication from the number of fatalities in similar countries that adopted different lockdown strategies, for example, Belgium, Spain, the United Kingdom or Italy, and others, that the more strict measures applied to the healthy population did not pay. There is also a clear indication that the compartmental model predictions of Mar...
Context in source publication
Context 1
... shown by the data proposed by worldometers.info, Table 1, the percentage of fatalities in between the closed cases is extremely large for some countries of Europe and North America. This number, that is practically the fatality rate in between the infected requiring medical attention (the mild or asymptomatic cases are generally excluded), has never been commented so far by mainstream media or the "high impact" peer review. ...Similar publications
Strong beliefs can influence the way we deal with emotionally charged topics. Researchers, editors, and reviewers are not an exception. Declaring such nonfinancial conflict of interest when handling or reviewing submitted articles is often obligatory; however, the declaration is not a license to submit a biased review with personal insults or to br...
Citations
... Images are from ourworldindata.org. Countries such as Sweden that did not adopt any lockdown did better than countries such as the United Kingdom or Belgium that imposed a strict lockdown in the first wave of infection, and they did better also during the second and subsequent waves of infection when similarly, they are adopting less severe restrictions, indicating general lockdowns are not a correct measure to replace targeted protection of the vulnerable and are not sustainable [1][2][3][4][5]. ...
... About 20% of the total are mild or asymptomatic, the large majority of infections [2,3]. The fatalities are almost entirely within the risk categories of the compromised immune system [2][3][4]. ...
Treatments do not replace vaccinations or restrictions, but are practical, effective, and safe means to help to reduce the fatality associated with COVID-19 infection. While no treatment is available and effective for all the current and future variants of COVID-19, treatments reduce the risk of COVID-19 becoming endemic and reduce mortality and collateral damages. The use of Zinc (Zn) for COVID-19 infection is here reviewed. Zn supplementation may help in prevention as well as during the administration of therapies. Zn supplementation reduces the risks of serious outcomes from Covid19 infection. Evidence also suggests that Zn helps in treatments of COVID-19 infection if taken in conjunction with antiviral drugs. The literature supports the use of Zn, with improvements towards a lower risk ranging from 37% in late treatment, RR 0.63 CI [0.53-0.74], to 78% in sufficiency, RR 0.22 CI [0.05-0.96].
... Thus, the fatality rate of SARS CoV-2 is more than the flu. In addition, the fatality is mostly limited to the vulnerable [7][8][9]. In a healthy population, a strong immune system resulting from exercise, good nutrition, and regular supplements of vitamins and minerals is a guarantee of safety against SARS CoV-2. ...
... The Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier case is a proof. Of almost 2000 people supposed to be healthy and with a strong immune system likely all uniformly challenged by the virus, only 1081 were infected, and of the 1081, only 24 ended up in the hospital, with only 1 of them in need of intensive care [9]. After less than 2 weeks, there were only two Marines still in the hospital, and one of them still in need of intensive care [9]. ...
... Of almost 2000 people supposed to be healthy and with a strong immune system likely all uniformly challenged by the virus, only 1081 were infected, and of the 1081, only 24 ended up in the hospital, with only 1 of them in need of intensive care [9]. After less than 2 weeks, there were only two Marines still in the hospital, and one of them still in need of intensive care [9]. After 3 weeks, only the one previously in intensive care was still hospitalized but out of the intensive care [9]. ...
Introduction:
The pandemic of SARS CoV-2 has required urgent medical treatments for numerous patients. As no specific antiviral agents were available, different off-the-shelf alternatives have been explored.
Objective:
Here, we review the rationale behind the use of Favipiravir, and report of the specific studies supporting this treatment being conducted.
Methods:
Here we analyze the relevant literature to conclude about the present opportunities offered by this therapeutic agent.
Results:
This antiviral drug approved influenza in Japan since 2014, has a demonstrated in vitro activity against SARS CoV-2 and is being investigated in several trials for SARS CoV-2. Signals of benefit were shown in a small trial for SARS CoV-2. However, in another small study, there was no advantage.
Conclusions:
Further studies, statistically more significant, are urgently needed to understand the best opportunities offered by this treatment.
... Age, comorbidities, and risk profile of Covid19 deaths corresponds to normal mortality [1] . Generalized lockdown measures have made so far no difference [9], [10] . In many countries, up to two-thirds of all extra deaths occurred in nursing homes, which do not benefit from a general lockdown [1], [9], [10] . ...
... Generalized lockdown measures have made so far no difference [9], [10] . In many countries, up to two-thirds of all extra deaths occurred in nursing homes, which do not benefit from a general lockdown [1], [9], [10] . In many cases, it is not clear whether people for example in nurses' homes died from Covid19 or weeks of extreme stress and isolation [1] . ...
... In many deaths attributed to Covid19, it is not clear whether they died from Covid19, or simply with Covid19. Countries without curfews and contact bans, such as Japan, South Korea, Belarus, or Sweden, have not experienced a more negative course of events than other countries, such as the UK, the US, Italy, or Belgium [1], [9], [10] . Coronaviruses have been around for many years. ...
On June 27, 2020, when return to normality was expected, the Victorian government and the mainstream media claimed the existence of “hot spots” of Covid19 infection in Victoria, Australia. This claim was an artifact of the much larger number of tests conducted in the most disadvantaged suburbs of Melbourne to detect an increased number of cases. The rate of positive cases detected over the number of tests performed to achieve this result was stable at about 0.3%, which is the rate experienced in Victoria since the outbreak in March, despite the focus on the areas where positive higher rates were likely. The restrictions have then been made harsher, rather than more relaxed in this state, and return to normality is now suffering nationwide. With a total number of fatalities stable at 104 in a country of more than 25 million people, when the normal flu may take 3,000 people per year, the epidemiological management of the Covid19 infection after more than 4 months of restrictions resembles an Orwellian dystopia more than a correct epidemiological approach.
