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[snip] My family got a few cats, and never saw any rats or mice near the house again.

Here in the US, the pneumonia jab is every 5 years,

I've read that lying chest down in bed instead of the usual chest up often helps those with lung problems, due to a different part of the lungs being used the most. Also, I'd expect paint stores to be a possible place to get masks. If you decide that cloth masks are adequate, rather than the...

[snip] It could even be type 1 and type 2 and once. This combination is often called type 1.5.

At least here in the US, some masks are available with transparent panels in front of the mouth. Would that be adequate for you?

Some people are hopeful that a vaccine will be available by the end of the year. A few vaccines are already in testing, but not available otherwise yet. Once one passes testing, it is expected to take months to produce enough for wide availability.

I've had swelling of my lower legs, but it appears to be due to using too strong a medicine for reducing my blood pressure - enough to nearly shut my kidneys down and let the water accumulate. It also made me fall down rather frequently, without getting dizzy first. Changing to a different...

Here in the US, there aren't enough of the "proper" ones, so those are supposed to be reserved for health care workers.

Probably from someone who considers profits more important than people. In other words, that advice means that having you come to work with type 2 is low risk to the company's profits, and any risk to your health is unimportant.

I'm overdue for a haircut also.

'It's not fancy, but it works': Mississippi doctor uses garden hose, lamp timer and electronic valve to create makeshift ventilators https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/not-fancy-works-mississippi-doctor-012120379.html Plasma treatment being tested in New York may be coronavirus 'game...

I'm spending time looking for online articles that might help one of my nieces, who is a nurse. So far: As Hospitals Run out of Medical Masks, Healthcare Workers are Asking for Homemade Alternatives https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/hospitals-run-medical-masks-healthcare-145200226.html...

I used to have a neighbor who was taking Creon, a medicine to replace the pancreatic output into the small intestine. Google found this for me: https://www.creon.com/

I've seen an article saying that adding a small percentage of a certain type of seaweed to the diets of cattle greatly reduces the amount of greenhouse gases they produce. It looks like time for research into whether the same type of seaweed or some other type has a similar effect on other...

In the US, a vegan substitute for ground beef is already being sold, with a vegan source of heme used to make it taste like beef, and protein from vegetable sources. It's around twice the cost of the meat it replaces, though, so I'm not going to try it soon. No word on how much carbon dioxide...