***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.”

[Iowanian]

If people would just wash their hands like they've just accidentally touched a used condom in a bus stop this wouldn't be an issue.

Wash your hands like you had single ply TP and a triple ply dump.

Wash your hands like you're cutting ghost peppers and have an itchy b-hole.

Then...stay home if you're sick.

Solved.

[TLO]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

If people would just wash their hands like they've just accidentally touched a used condom in a bus stop this wouldn't be an issue.

Wash your hands like you had single ply TP and a triple ply dump.

Wash your hands like you're cutting ghost peppers and have an itchy b-hole.

Then...stay home if you're sick.

Solved.

Same could be said for the flu.

[Mecca]

The problem is most people can't stay home if they're sick because they have these things called jobs that don't pay them if they don't show up.

[suzzer99]

Originally Posted by BleedingRed

You'll notice it is not spreading as fast in area's of high humidity

Seattle isn't high humidity?

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by TLO

I just need DaFace, the WHO, and CDC to give me updates.

Just to be clear - I don't know shit. I just refuse to buy into scary-sounding numbers without someone who actually knows what they're talking about backing them.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Just to be clear - I don't know shit. I just refuse to buy into scary-sounding numbers without someone who actually knows what they're talking about backing them.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Just to be clear - I don't know shit. I just refuse to buy into scary-sounding numbers without someone who actually knows what they're talking about backing them.

Donger knows shit.........in the garbage can.

[suzzer99]

None of the LA cases they found yet are community contracted: https://www.latimes.com/california/s...cy-6-new-cases

None of the new cases are connected to “community spread,” officials said. All individuals were exposed to COVID-19 through close contacts.

The additional cases were confirmed Tuesday night. Officials said three of the new cases were travelers who had visited northern Italy, two were family members who had close contact with someone outside of the county who was infected, and one had a job that put them in contact with travelers.

Also looks like the govt is ramping up testing, which is good.

The county’s move comes as the government has increased testing, which officials have warned will result in the identification of a significant number of new cases.

Los Angeles County will increase its capacity for testing of the virus at its local public health laboratory. Officials will begin daily radio briefings for the public, post new guidelines for schools and colleges, and over the next week will send “technical assistance teams” to make site visits to temporary housing facilities including homeless shelters.

[Iowanian]

Originally Posted by TLO

Same could be said for the flu.

Exactly.

I was home a couple of days this week with a barfing kid....not sick.

...and yes I know, influenza is not stomach flu, but inf B is presenting with vomiting and high fever.


Just wash your hands you nasty bastards of the world, especially the hand ass wiping, shrine lickers.

[KC_Lee]

Coronavirus instructions.
Wait for it...pic.twitter.com/WvnKBwKUtb

— Rex Chapman���� (@RexChapman) March 4, 2020

[Donger]

Originally Posted by KC_Lee

Coronavirus instructions.
Wait for it...pic.twitter.com/WvnKBwKUtb

— Rex Chapman���� (@RexChapman) March 4, 2020

[eDave]

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[BleedingRed]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

Seattle isn't high humidity?

I live in Houston, my perception of humidity is skewed

[loochy]

Originally Posted by BleedingRed

I live in Houston, my perception of humidity is skewed

Seattle is the same, just cooler

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by Fat Elvis

I don't think people understand what the facemasks are for during flu season, or in this case, the Covid-19 outbreak. The masks aren't there to stop the virus, per se; the utility of the masks is that they prevent people from touching their face. People, on average, unconsciously touch their face over 90 times per day--so if you use a doorknob that is infected, and then touch your face (mouth/nose area), that is a primary form of transmission.

Not necessarily true. N95 masks definitely reduce the ability to get the virus. Surgical masks even give SOME resistance for droplets. The media frenzy giving off false information that masks do not help at all, is concerning. It's a blatant lie.