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SheltieLover's JournalMayo Clinic cardiologist: 'Inexcusable' to ignore hydroxychloroquine side effects
[link:https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/mayo-clinic-cardiologist-inexcusable-ignore-hydroxychloroquine-side-effects-n1178776|
After observing the debate over hydroxychloroquine on TV news and in social media, Dr. Michael Ackerman, a genetic cardiologist who is director of the Mayo Clinic's Windland Smith Rice Genetic Heart Rhythm Clinic, took the unusual step in late March of issuing guidance for physicians.
Mayo Clinic cardiologist: 'Inexcusable' to ignore hydroxychloroquine side effects
While safe for most, the drug carries serious side effects for some, including sudden cardiac arrest.
"What disturbed me the most was when I was seeing not political officials say these medications are safe but seeing on the news cardiologists and infectious disease specialists say" hydroxychloroquine "is completely safe without even mentioning this rare side effect," Ackerman said in an interview.
"That's inexcusable," he added.
Ackerman and his Mayo Clinic colleagues created a cardiac algorithm, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, to help physicians more safely prescribe hydroxychloroquine by identifying patients at greatest risk for drug-induced sudden cardiac death.
Akron lawmaker says Trump should be prosecuted for 'crimes against humanity' over coronavirus drug c
[link:https://www.beaconjournal.com/news/20200406/akron-lawmaker-says-trump-should-be-prosecuted-for-lsquocrimes-against-humanityrsquo-over-coronavirus-drug-claims|
By Emily Mills
Beacon Journal/Beaconjournal.com
Posted Apr 6, 2020 at 12:06 PM
Updated Apr 6, 2020 at 8:13 PM
A Democratic state representative from Akron said she wants to see President Donald Trump prosecuted for “crimes against humanity” over his unproven claims that an antimalarial drug can be used to treat the novel coronavirus.
“I can’t take it anymore. I’ve been to The Hague. I’m making a referral for crimes against humanity tomorrow,” Ohio state Rep. Tavia Galonski tweeted Sunday night. “Today’s press conference was the last straw. I know the need for a prosecution referral when I see one.”
Galonski — who was appointed to represent Ohio’s 35th District that includes parts of Akron and Barberton in 2017 and elected in 2018 — called on lawyers who “ever did any work on the international level” to contact her and shared her personal email address.
TN Suicide Prevention Network sees 63% increase in text to crisis line
[link:https://www.localmemphis.com/mobile/article/news/health/coronavirus/tn-suicide-prevention-network-sees-63-increase-in-text-to-crisis-line/522-a6894cbe-96a7-4523-aca3-b1bd494a520d|
From March 2019 compared March 2020, the numbers are alarming. The Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network is seeing a 63% spike in the number of folks contacting their crisis text line.
"That's a pretty big increase compared to March of 2019. Last year, there were 104 conversations. 85 unique texters and zero active rescues. As of now March of 2020, there has been 170 conversations, 108 unique texters, and two active rescues," said Justin Johnson, TN Suicide Prevention Network Shelby County Regional Director.
COVID-19 has many in a funk and social distancing does not help.
"It's pretty dramatic. You have to think a lot of people are at home. A lot of people are out of work. Recently, I heard a statistic that alcohol sales went up 55%. All those things factor into it; domestics. Everybody is in a lot more close quarters now," said Johnson.
Experts are saying this could last up to 2 years, or until an effective vaccine has been administered to everyone.
People are beginning to crack under the tremendous stress already after only a couple of weeks. 💔😭
Retail has been on life support -- coronavirus could pull the plug
[link:https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/retail-has-been-life-support-coronavirus-could-pull-plug-n1178356|
Over the last few weeks, dozens of retailers have announced furloughs. Macy’s put the majority of its roughly 130,000 workers on furlough. Kohl’s, JCPenney and Nordstrom temporarily closed all of its stores and put its workers on furlough, which amounts to a total of about 300,000 people.
“Nobody wants to cut people out of their company,” said Allen Questrom, the former CEO of Macy’s, Neiman Marcus, Barneys New York, and JCPenney. “The key is to stay alive so the company can come back into business.”
“One in four jobs is retail related. If you want to save the U.S. economy you need to focus on the retail industry," said one analyst.
With hundreds of thousands of stores closed nationwide, the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating dramatic changes across the retail industry that had been underway well before the viral outbreak hit the U.S., according to analysts.
Concerns about housing crisis after coronavirus
[link:https://wreg.com/news/washington-dc-bureau/concerns-about-housing-crisis-after-coronavirus/|
Economists fear that federal coronavirus aid is simply postponing a housing crisis to rival that of 2008.
“Eventually, the rent will be due,” said Solomon Greene of the Urban Institute research group. “We need to be planning now for that cliff.”
Greene said millions of Americans could face losing their homes if their jobs don’t survive the pandemic.
“Renters are most likely to be most hard hit by the crisis. They tend to have lower incomes. They also work in the industries that we’re seeing are losing jobs,” Greene explained.
New numbers show size and scope quarantines to date around Shelby County's COVID-19 cases
[link:https://www.localmemphis.com/mobile/article/news/health/coronavirus/new-numbers-show-size-and-scope-quarantines-to-date-around-shelby-countys-covid-19-cases/522-468aa55e-3274-4d0f-98ec-ccf93a7335ba|
Great Dem.leadership & reporting to public! 
"I know we are all eager to get to other side of this, but now is not the time to be complacent. It's the time to be vigilant," Mayor Harris said.
Shelby County's confirmed COVID-19 cases - at around 850 and 19 deaths Tuesday afternoon - continue to rise.
Those with the Shelby County Health Department said they've identified and quarantined about 1300 people who came into contact with those infected, and finished the investigations of more than 3/4 of those cases.
"Now we are seeing much more cases of those above 60 and above 80," Shelby County Health Director Dr. Alisa Haushalter said.
Guessing returning spring break kids brought it hom to parents & grandparents. 
Hundreds of American, Southwest airlines employees test positive for COVID-19
[link:https://www.localmemphis.com/mobile/article/news/health/coronavirus/hundreds-of-american-southwest-airlines-employees-test-positive-for-covid-19/522-f23b904a-60d0-49f5-8c45-30137c1e2891|
Hundreds of airlines employees have tested positive for COVID-19 in recent days and that number is expected to continue rising, according to information released by multiple unions.
Around 100 American Airlines flight attendants and at least 600 Southwest employees tested positive for COVID-19, their respective unions say.
Additionally, a second AA flight attendant has died of the novel coronavirus, sources say. He was a St. Louis-based flight attendant.
New app from University of Memphis tracks social distancing
[link:https://www.localmemphis.com/mobile/article/news/health/coronavirus/new-app-from-university-of-memphis-tracks-social-distancing/522-2c7dffc9-9461-4cf5-9cbf-61e66ba3f64d|
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Want to track your social distancing? There’s an app for that. Researchers at the University of Memphis created MContain.org.
The researchers at the MD2K Center for Excellence at the U of M say creating an app for your phone usually takes months, but they worked around the clock and created this one in about two weeks.
Its creators say MContain.org uses location and blue tooth technologies in smart phones. It can do everything from detecting how close you've gotten to someone, to how much time you've spent around other users.
To reduce to chance of entering crowded places, the app can display the level of crowding at busy spots on a map. It even has the possibility of alerting people of potential exposure locations.
Critical care doctor calls out Missouri's GOP governor for 'irresponsible' decisions putting the nat
[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/critical-care-doctor-calls-out-missouris-gop-governor-for-irresponsible-decisions-putting-the-nation-in-danger/|
Critical care doctor calls out Missouri’s GOP governor for ‘irresponsible’ decisions putting the nation in danger
Published 4 mins ago on April 7, 2020By Sarah K. Burris
Critical care physician Dr. Vin Gupta singled out Missouri for making poor decisions about the safety and security of the state.
Speaking on MSNBC Tuesday, Dr. Gupta said that Gov. Mike Parson (R-MO) for refusing to order a shutdown of the state.
“Not to call out Missouri,” he said before calling out Missouri. “But a governor that has still chosen to go their own route and go rogue to what 40 other states are doing. So Wisconsin yes, there will be one point in time. But I don’t know what Missouri’s doing. Why are they choosing to not invoke shelter in place laws? It doesn’t make any sense. It’s irresponsible, and to the point that was just made, if you have one focus, one area where there’s an outbreak where there’s community transmission that’s sustained, that can cause a wildfire that can go countrywide. So, it’s irresponsible. We need a national approach. We’ve been saying the same thing all the last several weeks. So, what they’re doing in Missouri is irresponsible.
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