The Librarian

Thank you. I weep that someone sees my bad English as a failure. I'm trying very hard. Sorry, please forgive this illiterate person. 

I read about a trial of using convalescent plasma therapy, is it working? The article I read didn't show results yet

혈장 치료로 2명 완치...정부, 곧 치료지침 발표 It has emerged that two elderly coronavirus patients in South Korea made a full recovery after receiving blood plasma treatment. Health authorities say plasma treatment guidelines will be announced within days. Kim Hyo-sun reports. South Korean researchers have proved the effectiveness of blood plasma treatment on coronavirus patients. Doctors at Yonsei Severance Hospital in Seoul administered plasma therapy on two elderly coronavirus patients,... a 67-year-old woman and a 71-year-old man. They were treated with plasma from people who had recovered and have developed antibodies to the virus,... enabling their bodies to protect themselves from the virus' attacks. One of the patients was discharged after making a full recovery,... while the other is set to be sent home soon. "The patients continued to suffer from acute respiratory distress syndrome even after antiviral treatment. Then we decided to go with plasma treatment in combination with steroids." Plasma is a yellowish blood fluid you get from centrifuging blood. It carries various nutrients including protein as well as antibodies. Antibodies,... which are Y-shaped proteins produced by the immune system,... stop intruders from harming the body. These invaders, called antigens,... can be viruses, bacteria, or other chemicals. Antibodies also enable macrophages to engulf viruses and bacteria. The South Korean government says it will soon provide detailed guidelines for the treatment,... which was also used to treat patients during the MERS outbreak. "The guidelines for plasma treatment are nearly done, and we will swiftly commence research on other means of treatment." For now, it's crucial to secure enough plasma from people who have fully recovered from COVID-19. The government also needs to prepare for possible side-effects as no large-scale clinical trials have been conducted yet. Kim Hyo-sun, Arirang News.

Last week, the FDA tapped the Mayo Clinic to lead and coordinate the effort and evaluate the treatment’s effectiveness.

Since then, hospital systems around the nation have registered through the Mayo Clinic to start treating patients with convalescent plasma. Texas hospitals that plan to try the treatment include Methodist Hospital Stone Oak in San Antonio, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

Five patients at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston — part of the Baylor College of Medicine — have been treated with convalescent plasma, said Dr. Ashok Balasubramanyam, vice president of academic integration and associate dean of academic affairs at the Baylor College of Medicine. The school has also been authorized to conduct a clinical trial, expected to start within a couple of weeks.

On Thursday, a patient in Austin received a convalescent plasma infusion, the first in the city, said Dr. Jeff Yorio, a hematologist and oncologist at Texas Oncology who helped get the program started in Austin.

Thanks, lol

Just now, when I tried to move a post to another topic I was not able to because the button does not highlight. The one I am talking about is "Jehovah's Witnesses Topics"

You’ll need to be patient with that link once selected. 

They support the little Indian Orphans who refill those bottles from Bombay faucet water from the janitor's closet, and put Crazy Glue on the cap and twist ring, so it makes that "snap" sound when you open  it.

Sí. es una posibilidad.

Just gonna watch some Netflix....drink my iced tea 😉

Thank you. I ended up getting rid of it when I realized the posts already show up on this page. 

Another attempt at 'continuous improvement'.

If you click once to the left of your icon on the cover photo the entire photo opens up.... cool

Didn't know that, thanks!

No, its Renoir, one of my favorite artists.

Funny... that was going to be my first guess.... and I retyped Rembrandt...  LOL

Is there any way to quantify that info?   And in what time frame?

...anything I can take to the pawn shop?

I guess not... although I often compare modern "hits" to the time spent walking the streets "from house to house" to find one person "at home"......

We reach people in different ways and times with small snippets of data nowadays rather than the

192 page books of yesteryear.

It was truly a different place and time.

Notice this interaction did not clutter or derail someone elses topic. 

Thank you for your comment. The tie is an original 1960's tie which has a matching handkerchief. Bought when i was Mod and this was the in thing. The maker was Harry Fenton, very well known at the time. 

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GOOD  EVENING   Yes,  dreaming  in  the  sun  is  wonderful,  but  careful  bec. the  skin.  I  had  a  white-cancer  spot  before  some  years, not funny   Was  looking  so  small,  but  after a  test  the  Doc. said,  little  surgery ;-(  

In  Germany  also  very  warm  summerdays  just  in April,  a  little  wonder   But  next  week  again  10  degrees  colder...  We  know  these  up  and  downs. Summer  &  winter  always  a  surprise  in  Germany

Oh....   I  LOVE  seafood  so  much,  yummi   Yes,  not  think  to  these  terrible  pictures   We  don't  eat  these  very  cheap  fishes, okay?  We  drive  a longer  way  to  get  the  best   Then  we  can  enjoy  our  meal....  Yes,  better  less  meat  or  fish,  but  when,  then  good  quality  for  our  body   bec. *we're  what  we  eat*....

In  Germany,  fish  is  more  expensive  than  meat,  but  our  body  needs  more  fish.  Sad  for  the  most  people,  bec. very  poor  

Look  here,  how  tasty  can  be  fish    Its  a  copy  from  the  today  post  of  my  Maldives  Meeru  island....

with  potatoes  or  a  salad....  its  really  a  delicacy  for  our  body,  fresh  and  soooo  healthy    ENJOY,  my  dear  Librarian

I'm  sure,  you  always  will  take  a  good  meal  

Bomba de barril"

La Unión de Organizaciones de Ayuda Médica, entidad benéfica con sede en Estados Unidos que trabaja con hospitales sirios, dijo a la BBC que el Hospital Rural de Especialidades de Damasco había confirmado la muerte de 70 personas.

Una portavoz de la organización dijo que los informes sobre el terreno sugerían un número mucho mayor, de alrededor de 180 muertos, pero que era difícil llegar a las víctimas 

debido al bombardeo continuo y a la oscuridad de la noche.

Agregó que había informes de personas que estaban siendo tratadas por síntomas como convulsiones y espuma en la boca, que coinciden con aquellos causados por la exposición a agentes nerviosos o a gas de cloro.

El Centro de Medios de Guta, afín a la oposición, tuiteó que más de 75 personas se habían "sofocado" y que otras 1.000 habían sufrido los efectos del supuesto ataque.

https://www.rt.com/op-ed/423624-douma-syria-russia-attack/

ENJOY....