This is a message from a nurse friend of mine:
My Aunt forwarded this to me...she is a Medical doctor/staff at university of Cincinnati
Good morning all, I am sure everyone has been getting all kinds of forwards re the Coronavirus, however I received this one and personally think it makes more sense to me, that’s just my personal opinion so I am sharing
The author is James Robb, MD UC San Diego
Subject: What I am doing for the upcoming COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic
Dear Colleagues, as some of you may recall, when I was a professor of pathology at the University of California San Diego, I was one of the first molecular virologists in the world to work on coronaviruses (the 1970s). I was the first to demonstrate the number of genes the virus contained. Since then, I have kept up with the coronavirus field and its multiple clinical transfers into the human population (e.g., SARS, MERS), from different animal sources.
The current projections for its expansion in the US are only probable, due to continued insufficient worldwide data, but it is most likely to be widespread in the US by mid to late March and April.
Here is what I have done and the precautions that I take and will take. These are the same precautions I currently use during our influenza seasons, except for the mask and gloves.
1) NO HANDSHAKING! Use a fist bump, slight bow, elbow bump, etc.
2) Use ONLY your knuckle to touch light switches. elevator buttons, etc.. Lift the gasoline dispenser with a paper towel or use a disposable glove.
3) Open doors with your closed fist or hip - do not grasp the handle with your hand, unless there is no other way to open the door. Especially important on bathroom and post office/commercial doors.
4) Use disinfectant wipes at the stores when they are available, including wiping the handle and child seat in grocery carts.
5) Wash your hands with soap for 10-20 seconds and/or use a greater than 60% alcohol-based hand sanitizer whenever you return home from ANY activity that involves locations where other people have been.
6) Keep a bottle of sanitizer available at each of your home's entrances. AND in your car for use after getting gas or touching other contaminated objects when you can't immediately wash your hands.
7) If possible, cough or sneeze into a disposable tissue and discard. Use your elbow only if you have to. The clothing on your elbow will contain infectious virus that can be passed on for up to a week or more!
What I have stocked in preparation for the pandemic spread to the US:
1) Latex or nitrile latex disposable gloves for use when going shopping, using the gasoline pump, and all other outside activity when you come in contact with contaminated areas.
Note: This virus is spread in large droplets by coughing and sneezing. This means that the air will not infect you! BUT all the surfaces where these droplets land are infectious for about a week on average - everything that is associated with infected people will be contaminated and potentially infectious. The virus is on surfaces and you will not be infected unless your unprotected face is directly coughed or sneezed upon. This virus only has cell receptors for lung cells (it only infects your lungs) The only way for the virus to infect you is through your nose or mouth via your hands or an infected cough or sneeze onto or into your nose or mouth.
2) Stock up now with disposable surgical masks and use them to prevent you from touching your nose and/or mouth (We touch our nose/mouth 90X/day without knowing it!). This is the only way this virus can infect you - it is lung-specific. The mask will not prevent the virus in a direct sneeze from getting into your nose or mouth - it is only to keep you from touching your nose or mouth.
3) Stock up now with hand sanitizers and latex/nitrile gloves (get the appropriate sizes for your family). The hand sanitizers must be alcohol-based and greater than 60% alcohol to be effective.
4) Stock up now with zinc lozenges. These lozenges have been proven to be effective in blocking coronavirus (and most other viruses) from multiplying in your throat and nasopharynx. Use as directed several times each day when you begin to feel ANY "cold-like" symptoms beginning. It is best to lie down and let the lozenge dissolve in the back of your throat and nasopharynx. Cold-Eeze lozenges is one brand available, but there are other brands available.
I, as many others do, hope that this pandemic will be reasonably contained, BUT I personally do not think it will be. Humans have never seen this snake-associated virus before and have no internal defense against it. Tremendous worldwide efforts are being made to understand the molecular and clinical virology of this virus. Unbelievable molecular knowledge about the genomics, structure, and virulence of this virus has already been achieved. BUT, there will be NO drugs or vaccines available this year to protect us or limit the infection within us. Only symptomatic support is available.
I hope these personal thoughts will be helpful during this potentially catastrophic pandemic. You are welcome to share this email. Good luck to all of us! Jim
James Robb, MD FCAP
I agree with the above information. Influenza virus kills 291,000 to 646.00 worldwide. 12,000 to 61,000 deaths in the U.S. alone. Corona virus (COVID-19) has killed 3,085 this year worldwide. 6 deaths in the U.S. I think this particular virus has been hyped by the media. I’m not saying to not be careful and take precautions, but I think the flu season should be treated this way every year. Now there is a flu immunization where Corona won’t have anything this year.
If we take the above advice seriously always during this season, then we can be spared sickness and possibly some deaths.
During this “crisis” we should review and take stock of our pandemic preparations. As a basic kit I would recommend the following:
1. Plastic Sheeting is one of the most important items to have an abundance of. It can do things as simple as separate a few rooms to becoming a way to safely transport those who have died from the pandemic. The sheeting can also be used to cover windows and doors, if the pandemic gets out of hand. Have at least 200’ for all your needs.
2. Disposable Gloves
3. Disposable Foot Protection
4. Disposable Aprons
5. N95 Respirator Masks
6. Face Shields or eye protection
7. Tyvek Disposable Coveralls offer great body protection.
8. Thermometers
9. Fever Reducer
10. Congestion Meds
11. Antidiarrheal
12. Throat Lozenge (Zinc and Vitamin C)
13. Inflammation Reducer
14. Both Crystalline Vitamin C and cone flower (Echinacea) will give you an option to boost the immune system. These two are critical in assuring your ability to stave off the disease, as well as fight it off once it’s attacking you.
15. Echinacea
16. Water Storage will be crucial and you will want to have at least 2 gallons per person per day. This water will play a massive role in the hydration of those who become sick.
17. Water Filter
18. Hydration Powder will add a little oomph to your water through things like electrolytes. You may not have an IV on hand, but that doesn’t mean you cannot stay hydrated properly.
19. 100 Contractor Trash Bags
20. 100 Indoor Trash Bags
21. Cans with Tight Fitting Lids
22. Plenty Antibacterial Soap for hand washing
23. Quality Bodily Fluids Cleanup Kit (SUPER SORB)
24. Hardback copy of serious medical volumes like The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies, The Survival Medicine Handbook, Where There Is No Doctor.
This only a list to start from. You can add to or take away from this list to your situation and needs. Pick a room or corner of a room to put the sick to recover. We chose a room that is very close to a bathroom and that has a window. We could isolate that room and it could hold several sick people. We store our pandemic supplies in that room’s closet.
I hope that this virus will be destroyed. But if it is not, I want to be as ready as I can to help my family to get through the pandemic that has deadly potential.
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