“The Last Shift”
Oil on clay covered wood board by C. Michael Gibson 2020.
Welcome home to all of our courageous #CoronaHeroes who made the ultimate sacrifice 🙏💙
#cmgsees#COVID19
A 25-year-old woman with type 1 #diabetes started producing her own insulin < three months after receiving a transplant of reprogrammed stem cells.
She is the first person with the disease to be treated using cells that were extracted from her own body. nature.com/articles/d4158…
Cambridge scientists tested 0.02 micron Bacteriophage MS2 particles (5 times smaller than the coronavirus) & compared homemade masks made of different materials to surgical masks.
Surgical mask blocks 89%
Vacuum cleaning bag 85%
Dish Towel 73%
T shirt 70%
#macgyvercare
Given CDC recommendation to use home made masks in the event of a mask shortage, here is a comparison of filtration properties of different materials ...
Cambridge scientists tested 0.02 micron Bacteriophage MS2 particles (5 times smaller than the coronavirus) & compared homemade masks made of different materials to surgical masks.
Surgical mask blocks 89%
Vacuum cleaning bag 85%
Dish Towel 73%
T shirt 70%
#macgyvercare
I thought I was invincible as a 33 yr old MD until I contracted viral pneumonia, developed a SIRS response, ARDS with sats in the 80s, platelet count of 10K, LFTs through the roof & ended up on experimental drugs. Radiologist said “I thought u were going to die”
Respect viruses
On the left are 2 lungs from a healthy patient.
On the right is a #COVID19 infected lung taken from a 20 year old who had a double lung transplant.
The extent and magnitude of damage is severe.
nytimes.com/2020/06/11/hea…
For the non medical audience:
There is a piece of metal flying around in this patient’s heart and the interventional cardiologist lassoes it like a cowboy and removes it from the body ... extraordinary feat
It’s sad that fewer & fewer people want to join our profession...
I am sick with a fever on the couch.
I just had a Very Very large ice cream sundae, with crushed chocolate chip cookies & hot chocolate sauce
I’m much much better now
Sometimes you don’t need a randomized intl double blind placebo controlled trial to know that something works
Stanford: N95 masks can be decontaminated without decreasing filtration efficiency using 70C heat for 30 min. Alcohol and bleach should not be used. Report here if you click on the link. covid19ether.com/blog/i/4392891…