Evidence based approach to reducing incidence of metabolic syndrome, obesity and diabetes in the community. High blood glucose levels impact immune system function adversely and can be rapidly controlled in many people by greatly reducing carbohydrate intake.
Given higher death rates from pneumonia in people with *low* LDL cholesterol, and weak evidence for overall benefits, reconsider widespread use of statin medications.
Use of less accurate tests as pre-screening for tests and for selective isolation e.g. Temperature, as used in the one actual success story Taiwan. You can check far more temperatures than you can do blood tests or swabs. If you have cold/flu symptoms you are not going to stay at school/work/ get on the subway. Selective testing is one way to solve the “needle in a haystack” problem of looking for community transmitted cases https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762689 See also https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/taiwan/ for Taiwan’s low rate, far lower than much touted alleged success stories.
There is also a whole category of “preparing for the next one” items, which Taiwan did following the SARS episode a while back.
Possible use of ACEi or ARB drugs al long as Blood Pressure is not too low see https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2020.1746200
Nutrient rich diet rich in digestible complete protein, accessible minerals like Zinc and Iron, Vitamins D3 and K2. Hint: meat.
Low carbohydrate healthy fat diet reduces Oxygen requirement by 15% & improves ventilator outcomes. https://www.e-cep.org/journal/view.php?doi=10.3345/kjp.2018.06835
Evidence based approach to reducing incidence of metabolic syndrome, obesity and diabetes in the community. High blood glucose levels impact immune system function adversely and can be rapidly controlled in many people by greatly reducing carbohydrate intake.
Given higher death rates from pneumonia in people with *low* LDL cholesterol, and weak evidence for overall benefits, reconsider widespread use of statin medications.
Use of less accurate tests as pre-screening for tests and for selective isolation e.g. Temperature, as used in the one actual success story Taiwan. You can check far more temperatures than you can do blood tests or swabs. If you have cold/flu symptoms you are not going to stay at school/work/ get on the subway. Selective testing is one way to solve the “needle in a haystack” problem of looking for community transmitted cases https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762689 See also https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/taiwan/ for Taiwan’s low rate, far lower than much touted alleged success stories.
There is also a whole category of “preparing for the next one” items, which Taiwan did following the SARS episode a while back.