Reply to: Possible advanced virus treatments we haven't heard much about

[OwlHoot]

You tricked me into clicking a Daily Fail link

Hehe! You forgot to hover!

Actually, a few of their articles are quite interesting if you ignore their weather hyperbole, Wayne Rooney obsession, makeover trivialities, "you're doing it wrong" idiocies, "X can give you cancer" hypochondria, anything political, unhinged reader comments, etc, etc

But the weird thing is that after reading a Daily Rooney article, it always feels like one has read everything three or four times. Maybe they think their readers are so stupid that everything has to be repeated several times for it to sink in!

[ladymuck]

Seem I was ahead of my time back in April (Old Greg, take note! )

2021-01-19 New '21st Century iron lung' ventilator designed by British experts could revolutionise Covid treatment by taking patients out of intensive care wards

You tricked me into clicking a Daily Fail link

[OwlHoot]

Amid all the round-the-clock reporting I have on in the background while working from home, and the news sites, one thing I haven't heard mentioned yet is advanced techniques for assisted breathing.

It seems the majority of corona patients who flake out do so because breathing even oxygen through a mask becomes too arduous due to fluid building up in the lungs.

But what about the equivalent of an "iron lung", to actually bypass the lungs and how about Liquid Breathing technology, as seen in that film The Abyss?

Any thoughts? I can only assume that if there aren't enough masks then there certainly won't be enough iron lungs or other advanced equipment.

Iron lungs.

Seems I was ahead of my time back in April (Old Greg, take note! )

2021-01-19 New '21st Century iron lung' ventilator designed by British experts could revolutionise Covid treatment by taking patients out of intensive care wards

[MrMarkyMark]

Turmeric?

Seriously, that stuff does sweet FA unless you're willing to ingest pretty much your body weight of the stuff.

And! Stop adding so much to curry! No genuine curry receipe needs tablespoons of it, it doesn't add to the flavour and just stains everything it touches.

Why latest turmeric trend is another health fad | The Independent

Have you read any of his stock market "predictions" thread

[ladymuck]

Have yourself some Turmeric in warm water, get the immune system off to a good start. And rest... sounds stupid, avoiding the news is difficult for sure, but good sleep is the best drug of all.

Turmeric?

Seriously, that stuff does sweet FA unless you're willing to ingest pretty much your body weight of the stuff.

And! Stop adding so much to curry! No genuine curry receipe needs tablespoons of it, it doesn't add to the flavour and just stains everything it touches.

Why latest turmeric trend is another health fad | The Independent

[BR14]

Shurely shom mishtake?

the rarity is what gives it's potency

[DimPrawn]

I've heard drinking the spunk of wealthy Swindonians gives some protection.

Form an orderly queue please (2m apart).

[NigelJK]

virgin vixen's

Shurely shom mishtake?

[BR14]

bladderwort, boiled in virgin vixen's piss, is also efficacious.
according to big Eric.

[jamesbrown]

Is that the same as ECMO, which bypasses the lungs the same principle of a heart bypass machine?

They have them, but in VERY short supply.

Yes, it oxygenates the blood directly. AFAIK, it's very similar to a heart-lung bypass machine, but administered differently. It's essentially the last thing they try, when the lungs are no longer serving a useful purpose.

[NotAllThere]

I got 5 off ebay before they gouged the price. Interested?

I'll pay you twenty of your English pounds. For all 5.

[malvolio]

What about in the southern hemisphere? Should it be clockwise?

Actually it has to be widdershins - i.e. the opposite direction to the sun, which is tricky when you get half way round...

[DimPrawn]

Is that the same as ECMO, which bypasses the lungs the same principle of a heart bypass machine?

They have them, but in VERY short supply.

I got 5 off ebay before they gouged the price. Interested?

[d000hg]

They've got them and are using them. Most serious cases only, naturally.

Is that the same as ECMO, which bypasses the lungs the same principle of a heart bypass machine?

They have them, but in VERY short supply.

[NotAllThere]

They've got them and are using them. Most serious cases only, naturally.

So one on standby for Bozzer.