***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!

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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.”

[IA_Chiefs_fan]

Originally Posted by DaFace

A friend of mine got it a month or so ago and, along with the usual symptoms, she got a really bad rash on her arm. Super weird, but apparently that's a rare presentation as well.

I referenced a rash back when I originally got COVID. https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/show...ostcount=56653

[O.city]

Wife and daughter back to normal for the most part

Me and the boys this far haven’t had any issues or been sick

My mom who has daily poor health had drainage and a cough but is back to normal after a week now. 3 shots for her

[duncan_idaho]

Well, we finally got stung by it.

We went to Disney World with my wife’s family and must have picked it up on the plane/at the airport, traveling out on Thursday.

My wife and I started feeling some symptoms (achy, hot/cold flashes) on Tuesday of our trip (2 weeks ago) but initially chalked it up to sunburns we’d picked up the day before. We traveled that day, unfortunately.

My mother- and father-in-law both started feeling symptoms on Thursday after our return. My kids have skated through with no positive tests (we started masking around them once we got home Tuesday, took tests and saw + results. We were pretty regimented about hand washing and distance, too. My sister-in-law and one of her kids tested on Saturday. Brother-in-law and the other 2 kids continue to test negative.

Viruses. They’re weird.

Everyone here with exception of kids is vaccinated and boosted. Symptoms were pretty mild - really just kind of a head cold for us. No chest congestion, thankfully.

Anyway. That was fun.

[TLO]

Anyone any news/research about hybrid immunity?

[Strongside]

3 year old is back to near 100%, wife is up and down with low grade fever, dry cough and congestion. I've been around them both in close contact since Friday morning with no mask or distancing and am yet to test positive. I've had some minor aches and scratchy throat, which is exactly the symptoms I had when I got my booster late last year, but negative on 3 at home tests. No idea.

[TLO]

I'm currently watching this now.

Watch the first 10 minutes or so. Interesting stuff. Paul Offit is the man.


https://youtu.be/PLo2Wwa3NNA

[penguinz]

Everyone in my house has tested + at least twice yet I have not tested + ever. Had a few days where I felt like shit but never tested +.

Diseases are weird.

[Chief Roundup]

The numbers at the hospital I work at are going up and up and up. We had NO cases for a month. We are now over 40. It has been almost doubling every day for the last 2 weeks. My Plant Operations department has half of the staff out with Covid.

[Strongside]

Originally Posted by penguinz

Everyone in my house has tested + at least twice yet I have not tested + ever. Had a few days where I felt like shit but never tested +.

Diseases are weird.

Exact experience I had. I had body aches and headache but no upper respiratory symptoms. Wife and son both positive on 3 different tests, I never tested positive. Guessing the vax was doing it’s job because my body aches felt identical to what I experienced when I got my booster.

[TLO]

It's everywhere

[lawrenceRaider]

My dad has it after a Branson trip on July 3rd. He also had it earlier this year.

A nurse friend in Texas said the entire ward she works has tested positive and none came in for COVID related issues.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by Strongside

Exact experience I had. I had body aches and headache but no upper respiratory symptoms. Wife and son both positive on 3 different tests, I never tested positive. Guessing the vax was doing it’s job because my body aches felt identical to what I experienced when I got my booster.

Heh, I wonder if I had it unknowingly. For about two weeks I had terrible backaches and neckaches (as I normally get with a fever or flu). I was also abnormally tired that whole time. I had pretty bad abdominal bloating and that finally moved on down, turned into diarrhea for 2 days, and now I'm all better. I just felt like general crap, but I had no indicator that it was a virus or anything.

[Kman34]

Son of a bitch.. I got it..feel fine.. I wouldn’t have known it but a coworker tested positive. Now on a 5 day vacation from work.. guess I’ll catch up on Ozark..

[loochy]

Originally Posted by Kman34

Son of a bitch.. I got it..feel fine.. I wouldn’t have known it but a coworker tested positive. Now on a 5 day vacation from work.. guess I’ll catch up on Ozark..

That's what you get for testing yourself

[Kman34]

Originally Posted by loochy

That's what you get for testing yourself

At my work you pretty much have to test if you have a close contact…