MARCH 17, 2020 THE PANDEMIC: CORONA UPDATE

For the first time in its history there is no St Patrick’s Day Parade today. You may ask why ? Because of the pandemic of Corona virus. New York City is semi lockdown. I’m still here doing phone consults and tending to the needs of patients.

So far we’ve seen 15 million cases of the flu in the United States this season, with just over 8,000 deaths caused by the flu or secondary pneumonia (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2020b); in contrast, there have been 7,700 confirmed cases of the Wuhan virus and 170 related deaths in China as of January 30, 2020

This is different than the flu It causes more pulmonary problems. Wash your hands thoroughly

The 2019 Novel Coronavirus, also known as Wuhan virus, is considered a novel virus, meaning it has not been observed in human populations before, although diseases caused by a similar type of virus have been observed, as in the MERs outbreak of 2012. Corona refers to crown-like projections on the individual virions. The earliest infected individuals of the recent outbreak, starting in Wuhan, China, had a connection to a large fish and meat market, suggesting initial animal-to-human transmission. However, it is now apparent that human-to-human transmission has occurred, perhaps carried in mucous droplets from coughs or sneezes (CDC, 2019).

Get you immune system boosted. Eat healthly Drink water. Move your body . Take ViraTone twice a day to keep viruses away

Until tomorrow