Coronavirus Update: 3/16/2020
Health Tips and A Market Assessment
* Correction: an earlier version of this article contained a section entitled, ‘Advice by Japanese doctors treating COVID-19 cases.’ This section was later found to be false, and we removed it from the article.
I have spent much of the week trying to absorb and assess the impact of the Coronavirus. Here are some resources that I think are helpful, some health tips, and a market assessment.
Let’s start with Health.
The Journal of American Medicine recently conducted an interesting YouTube interview with a frontline physician in Italy.
Key takeaways:
1. This is not just another flu because:
- It is more contagious.
- It is more severe in those that do experience distress.
- Recovered patients from acute respiratory viruses and syndromes like Covid-19 may have long-term reduced respiratory function and be more likely to have secondary events.
- It is very severe for older patients and those with pre-existing conditions (JAMA data).
2. Systemic Issues
- Healthcare systems in outbreak areas are struggling given the exponential growth in critically ill.
3. Personal Health
- Wash hands frequently. The virus can only live on your hands for 5-10 minutes, but – a lot can happen during that time – you can rub your eyes, pick your nose unwittingly and so on.
- If it drops on a metal surface it will live for at least 12 hours – so if you come into contact with any metal surface – wash your hands as soon as you can with a bacterial soap.
- Social distancing is particularly important for the elderly and those with symptoms.
- Diet – You are better off getting your nutrients from foods than supplements, but depending on your diet, consider supplements and remember the following:
From the National Institute of Health.
Vitamin A – Promotes the immune system, vision, heart and lungs, and kidneys.
Vitamin C – IV vitamin C is being studied as an Adjunctive Therapy for acute respiratory distress syndrome and regular dosing of Vitamin C has been used in many studies related to prevention of colds and flus.
Vitamin D – Your immune system needs Vitamin D to fight off bacteria and viruses.
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