***NON-POLITICAL COVID-19 Discussion Thread***

[JakeF]

A couple of reminders...

Originally Posted by Bwana

Once again, don't come in this thread with some kind of political agenda, or you will be shown the door. If you want to go that route, there is a thread about this in DC.

Originally Posted by Dartgod

People, there is a lot of good information in this thread, let's try to keep the petty bickering to a minimum.

We all have varying opinions about the impact of this, the numbers, etc. We will all never agree with each other. But we can all keep it civil.

Thanks!

Click here for the original OP:

Spoiler!

Apparently the CoronaVirus can survive on a inanimate objects, such as door knobs, for 9 days.

California coronavirus case could be first spread within U.S. community, CDC says
By SOUMYA KARLAMANGLA, JACLYN COSGROVE
FEB. 26, 2020 8:04 PM

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating what could be the first case of novel coronavirus in the United States involving a patient in California who neither recently traveled out of the country nor was in contact with someone who did.

“At this time, the patient’s exposure is unknown. It’s possible this could be an instance of community spread of COVID-19, which would be the first time this has happened in the United States,” the CDC said in a statement. “Community spread means spread of an illness for which the source of infection is unknown. It’s also possible, however, that the patient may have been exposed to a returned traveler who was infected.”

The individual is a resident of Solano County and is receiving medical care in Sacramento County, according to the state Department of Public Health.

The CDC said the “case was detected through the U.S. public health system — picked up by astute clinicians.”

Officials at UC Davis Medical Center expanded on what the federal agency might have meant by that in an email sent Wednesday, as reported by the Davis Enterprise newspaper.

The patient arrived at UC Davis Medical Center from another hospital Feb. 19 and “had already been intubated, was on a ventilator, and given droplet protection orders because of an undiagnosed and suspected viral condition,” according to an email sent by UC Davis officials that was obtained by the Davis Enterprise.

The staff at UC Davis requested COVID-19 testing by the CDC, but because the patient didn’t fit the CDC’s existing criteria for the virus, a test wasn’t immediately administered, according to the email. The CDC then ordered the test Sunday, and results were announced Wednesday. Hospital administrators reportedly said in the email that despite these issues, there has been minimal exposure at the hospital because of safety protocols they have in place.

A UC Davis Health spokesperson declined Wednesday evening to share the email with The Times.

Since Feb. 2, more than 8,400 returning travelers from China have entered California, according to the state health department. They have been advised to self-quarantine for 14 days and limit interactions with others as much as possible, officials said.

“This is a new virus, and while we are still learning about it, there is a lot we already know,” Dr. Sonia Angell, director of the California Department of Public Health, said in a statement. “We have been anticipating the potential for such a case in the U.S., and given our close familial, social and business relationships with China, it is not unexpected that the first case in the U.S. would be in California.”

It is not clear how the person became infected, but public health workers could not identify any contacts with people who had traveled to China or other areas where the virus is widespread. That raises concern that the virus is spreading in the United States, creating a challenge for public health officials, experts say.

“It’s the first signal that we could be having silent transmission in the community,” said Lawrence Gostin, director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on National and Global Health Law. “It probably means there are many more cases out there, and it probably means this individual has infected others, and now it’s a race to try to find out who that person has infected.”

On Tuesday, the CDC offered its most serious warning to date that the United States should expect and prepare for the coronavirus to become a more widespread health issue.

“Ultimately, we expect we will see coronavirus spread in this country,” said Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. “It’s not so much a question of if, but a question of when.”

According to the CDC’s latest count Wednesday morning, 59 U.S. residents have tested positive for the new strain of coronavirus — 42 of whom are repatriated citizens from a Diamond Princess cruise. That number has grown by two since Messonnier’s last count Tuesday, although the CDC was not immediately available to offer details on the additional cases.

More than 82,000 cases of coronavirus have been reported globally, and more than 2,700 people have died, with the majority in mainland China, the epicenter of the outbreak.

But public health leaders have repeatedly reminded residents that the health risk from the novel coronavirus to the general public remains low.

“While COVID-19 has a high transmission rate, it has a low mortality rate,” the state Department of Public Health said in a statement Wednesday. “From the international data we have, of those who have tested positive for COVID-19, approximately 80% do not exhibit symptoms that would require hospitalization. There have been no confirmed deaths related to COVID-19 in the United States to date.”

CDC officials have also warned that although the virus is likely to spread in U.S. communities, the flu still poses a greater risk.

Gostin said the news of potential silent transmission does not eliminate the possibility of containing the virus in the U.S. and preventing an outbreak.

“There are few enough cases that we should at least try,” he said. “Most of us are not optimistic that that will be successful, but we’re still in the position to try.”

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

Bearcat is officially on the list of top 10 mods along with DaFace. Congrats

Thanks!


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*counts number of current mods*

[petegz28]

Hospitals could struggle — and more will go bankrupt — until they get patients back in the door

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/07/hosp...-the-door.html


Irony ...the very measures we took to prevent hospitals from being overrun may very well lead to many of them closing for good.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Hospitals could struggle — and more will go bankrupt — until they get patients back in the door

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/07/hosp...-the-door.html


Irony ...the very measures we took to prevent hospitals from being overrun may very well lead to many of them closing for good.

Well at least some of the people working at these places can get paid to dance for TikTok videos, right?

[O.city]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

Well at least some of the people working at these places can get paid to dance for TikTok videos, right?

I saw the police or military made one that went viral the other day

People are dumb

[Monticore]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Hospitals could struggle — and more will go bankrupt — until they get patients back in the door

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/07/hosp...-the-door.html


Irony ...the very measures we took to prevent hospitals from being overrun may very well lead to many of them closing for good.

Getting back to normal as soon as possible was also a goal of the measures and hospitals will be the last ones with that ability.So obviously hospitals will still need to deal with this for a while which is why you still want people to be some what responsible so the hospitals can do elective surgeries and out patient services.

Hospitals up here need to meet specific criteria before they can open things up and the longer covid cases keep coming in the longer that will take.

[O.city]

Arizona not looking good

[Rain Man]

The Oxford people seem to be quite confident these days:

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-06-07/...st-vulnerable/

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by O.city

Arizona not looking good

Nah man, it's over here. News said May would be the spike, so only about 10% of people when going out our wearing masks. Thank God for June coming when it did. Just amazing.

[Fish]

Meanwhile, Brazil quits reporting stats as their deaths continue to increase...

Global coronavirus death toll passes 400,000

The global death toll for Covid-19 has topped 400,000, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University.

As of Sunday morning, more than a quarter of fatalities have occurred in the US, where around 109,800 people who tested positive for the virus have died.

Meanwhile, the UK had the second-highest death toll in the world at 40,548, according to the university’s figures.

The number of people who have been infected with the coronavirus globally stood at around 6.9 million on Sunday morning, while the number of deaths worldwide was 400,121.

[TLO]

Worldomoters death count is at like 350 today. Yes it's Sunday, but those numbers look good.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

The Oxford people seem to be quite confident these days:

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-06-07/...st-vulnerable/

"Cloned antibodies", interesting.

[O.city]

Monoclonal antibodies will be here at some point

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by TLO

Worldomoters death count is at like 350 today. Yes it's Sunday, but those numbers look good.

Nonetheless we haven't seen <350 for over 2 months

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by O.city

Arizona not looking good

If only they yanked those "protesters" off the streets like they threatened to yank you out of the water, right? Or as it was put during the SIP Protests, public safety overrides your right to protest.

Karma truly is a bitch....

[Donger]

Originally Posted by petegz28

If only they yanked those "protesters" off the streets like they threatened to yank you out of the water, right? Or as it was put during the SIP Protests, public safety overrides your right to protest.

Karma truly is a bitch....

The spike in numbers that AZ is seeing happened before these protests. Why would you even attempt to make that claim?