***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.”

[O.city]

#SARSCoV2 reactive CD4 T cell response have been identified in unexposed humans. We now provide direct evidence that pre-existing immune memory can be derived from exposure to #commoncold coronaviruseshttps://t.co/xg9RaAtEld pic.twitter.com/md52xp8Pmm

— Alessandro Sette (@SetteLab) August 4, 2020

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by MahomesMagic

Murders are up in my city more than 80% over last year.

LOL


so last year you had 2 and 10 this year?


thats about the only way that works. low numbers

[SupDock]

Originally Posted by SAUTO

LOL


so last year you had 2 and 10 this year?


thats about the only way that works. low numbers

Not quite. That's a 500 percent increase.
An 80 percent increase would be 5 last year, 9 this year.

Hopefully my math isn't wrong, because that would make me feel like a dipshit. A little tired today

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by BigBeauford

Perhaps you smelled nice. Were you wearing a Patrick Mahomes T-Shirt?

I'm always wearing a Patrick Mahomes t-shirt. It's my little way of making the world a better place.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by SupDock

Not quite. That's a 500 percent increase.
An 80 percent increase would be 5 last year, 9 this year.

Hopefully my math isn't wrong, because that would make me feel like a dipshit. A little tired today

Yeah, you're right. SAUTO isn't a mathemetizer.

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by O.city

https://science.sciencemag.org/conte...e.abd3871.full

Surprisingly, antigen-specific T cell studies performed with five different cohorts reported that 20-50% of people who had not been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 had significant T cell reactivity directed against peptides corresponding to SARS-CoV-2 sequences (3–7).

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by Chief Roundup

LOL at Missouri for being called out on The Today show for lack of taking this stuff serious and not wearing masks or doing a good enough job of social distancing.

Its all kind of a knee jerk reaction.

California who went ape shit over this stuff has almost identical numbers to Texas who got blasted with how they handle it and how serious they have taken it.

Did Illinois not take it seriously because their numbers suck balls compared to MO.

Missouri is well below the national average for cases and deaths per million. 14th in cases and 22 in deaths per capita. If Missouri were a country its numbers would be as good as most places people think are doing "great". I get that numbers are still changing but shit would have to go major haywire for them to catch a state like Colorado who nobody talks about. Did Colorado not take this seriously?

Its all reactionary nonsense. Look at the state that's had the largest recent change and call them assholes who don't care about anything. Wait a week and do the same with the next state this hits.

Ridiculous.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

Would further explain why some have such mild reactions to this thing atleast.

[TLO]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

Its all kind of a knee jerk reaction.

California who went ape shit over this stuff has almost identical numbers to Texas who got blasted with how they handle it and how serious they have taken it.

Did Illinois not take it seriously because their numbers suck balls compared to MO.

Missouri is well below the national average for cases and deaths per million. 14th in cases and 22 in deaths per capita. If Missouri were a country its numbers would be as good as most places people think are doing "great". I get that numbers are still changing but shit would have to go major haywire for them to catch a state like Colorado who nobody talks about. Did Colorado not take this seriously?

Its all reactionary nonsense. Look at the state that's had the largest recent change and call them assholes who don't care about anything. Wait a week and do the same with the next state this hits.

Ridiculous.

Well said

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

I get that numbers are still changing but shit would have to go major haywire for them to catch a state like Colorado who nobody talks about. Did Colorado not take this seriously?

Here's Colorado's response:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-...ic_in_Colorado

[Kiimo]

lol at California having a good response. They had good sound bites and then half the state ignored masks and social distancing and went to the beach and the bars.

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by Kiimosabi

lol at California having a good response. They had good sound bites and then half the state ignored masks and social distancing and went to the beach and the bars.

They closed state parks, beaches, and trails FFS.

If you want to say people ignored it, well that blows a ton of other popular social theories on this whole thing out of the water as well.

[jdubya]

Originally Posted by Kiimosabi

lol at California having a good response. They had good sound bites and then half the state ignored masks and social distancing and went to the beach and the bars.

Speak for yourself.....here in the Bay Area the masks have stayed on consistently since the initial shutdown and still being worn today by most. (Minus the rioters, looters, protestors) In my county the numbers are up but not mind blowing

County of 1.1 million

127 deaths

100 in hospital

[Chief Roundup]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

Its all kind of a knee jerk reaction.

California who went ape shit over this stuff has almost identical numbers to Texas who got blasted with how they handle it and how serious they have taken it.

Did Illinois not take it seriously because their numbers suck balls compared to MO.

Missouri is well below the national average for cases and deaths per million. 14th in cases and 22 in deaths per capita. If Missouri were a country its numbers would be as good as most places people think are doing "great". I get that numbers are still changing but shit would have to go major haywire for them to catch a state like Colorado who nobody talks about. Did Colorado not take this seriously?

Its all reactionary nonsense. Look at the state that's had the largest recent change and call them assholes who don't care about anything. Wait a week and do the same with the next state this hits.

Ridiculous.

They did real good until lately. Which is why they are being called out now about not wearing masks or social distancing well.

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[Donger]

National positivity continues to decline slightly. Now 7.7%