Thailand has reportedly seen promising results after treating a coronavirus patient with a mix of two antiviral drugs which are usually used to treat HIV. Medics tested the drug mix on a patient who was in a 'serious condition' with the disease and within 48 hours they were declared disease-free, reports Bloomberg. The drugs, originally used for HIV and influenza treatment, were a success according to a medical briefing given by Dr Kriangsak Attipornwanich. 

This was tested on one patient so it is much too early to declare victory. The drugs were two protease inhibitors and one flu antiviral.

"In response to an escalating spread of the Coronavirus President Trump initiated a suspension of entry visa’s for persons traveling from China:  “The entry into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of all aliens who were physically present within the People’s Republic of China, excluding the Special Autonomous Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, during the 14-day period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States is hereby suspended and limited”"

It just makes you wonder. So, is Joe pro-virus instead of pro the American people?

"The BlueDot algorithm scours news reports and airline ticketing data to predict the spread of diseases like those linked to the flu outbreak in China."

Very cool technology.

"A United States senator is casting major doubt on the Chinese government’s official story on the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak, instead hinting that a biosafety laboratory working with the deadliest pathogens in the world could be the true source."

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Over the past few days, the mainstream press has vigorously pushed back against a theory about the origins of the coronavirus that has now infected as many as 70,000+ people in Wuhan alone (depending on whom you believe). The theory is that China obtained the coronavirus via a Canadian research program, and started molding it into a bioweapon at the Institute of Virology in Wuhan. Politifact pointed the finger at Zero Hedge, in particular, though the story was widely shared across independent-leaning media.

The theory is that the virus, which was developed by infectious disease experts to function as a bio-weapon, originated in the Wuhan-based lab of Dr. Peng Zhou, China's preeminent researcher of bat immune systems, specifically in how their immune systems adapt to the presence of viruses like coronavirus and other destructive viruses. Somehow, the virus escaped from the lab, and the Hunan fish market where the virus supposedly originated is merely a ruse."

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Note also this comment from this paper.  "Gaetan Burgio • 5 hours ago

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UPDATE:  This bioweapon paper has been withdrawn from the pre-print journal BioRxiv. This does not mean that it is wrong but the authors were severely criticized for breaking the bounds of propriety.

UPDATE2: The Bioweapon thesis is not panning out in newer papers. Here is a paper that discusses different receptors than the Indian Bioweapon paper.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.31.929042v1

This is an early retrospective study of 99 patients in a Wuhan hospital. This article was published today by Lancet. The study ended in Wuhan on January 25th.

Compared to an earlier assessment the is one important difference. An earlier study showed a mortality rate of about 3% while this is around 11%.

In this small study, the r0 or "r(naught) measure is meaningless.

As you read this they mention bacterial infections also. While you may not have heard of it, roughly 40% of flu patients also have secondary bacterial infections. This is quite common.

"In response to potential health risks; and anticipating multiple agency aspects of the U.S. government would need a unified approach; President Trump has assembled a unified task force to coordinate all response efforts across the totality of government."

"In light of growing speculation, most of it within less than official circles, that the official theory for the spread of the Coronavirus epidemic, namely because someone ate bat soup at a Wuhan seafood and animal market is a fabricated farce, and that the real reason behind the viral spread is because a weaponized version of the coronavirus (one which may have originally been obtained from Canada), was released by Wuhan's Institute of Virology (accidentally or not), a top, level-4 biohazard lab which was studying "the world's most dangerous pathogens", perhaps it would be a good idea for the same Wuhan Institute of Virology to remove the following "help wanted" notice, posted on November 18, 2019, according to which the institute is seeking to hire one or two post-doc fellows, who will use "bats to research the molecular mechanism that allows Ebola and SARS-associated coronaviruses to lie dormant for a long time without causing diseases.""

The Coronavirus was first diagnosed in China less than a month ago. On Thursday (U.S.) / Friday (Beijing), the Chinese government stated they have confirmed cases of 830 patients and the death toll has risen to 25.