***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.”

[loochy]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

White House Invoking the Defense Production Act

Liberty Star Wars GIF from Liberty GIFs

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

The VA has the largest and most wide spread medical care facilities in the USA. As far as I know or heard that has been no discussion of using our best option to increase capacity to handle the coming need of our citizens.

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

There is a "defense production act" that allows the president to order a factory to build in this case ventilators or increase production. The government could step in right now and increase the production of ventilators in the USA. If only one makes it into a hospital during the crisis, it'd be worth it.


I think most will agree that America should have the capacity to build this life saving machines anyway. This wont be the last time we face a pandemic.

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

White House Invoking the Defense Production Act

glad Trump is listening to me.

[Monticore]

Originally Posted by O.city

Antibody prophylaxis is probably going to end up being what saves us here. Get that developed until you can get a vaccine which will take atleast a year and a half.

I'll ask my wife if she has heard of something we could be taking to help, she normally forces stuff down my throat when there is something available.

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

White House Invoking the Defense Production Act

Originally Posted by backinblack

https://www.freep.com/story/news/202...us/2865289001/

Detroit automakers shutting down US assembly plants. That’s huge.

These two things are probably related.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Monticore

I'll ask my wife if she has heard of something we could be taking to help, she normally forces stuff down my throat when there is something available.

Sounds like reciprocation is in order!

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88

Scare people away from using their CPAP machines so they could die from sleep apnea, but hey at least they won't get exposed to COVID-19.

im sure that nursing home didn’t isolate or use standard professional medical isolation techniques. That’s the only conceivable reason it spread so fast through that nursing home. Trying to blame it on CPAP in nebulizers is laughable.

[TLO]

Trump said there was a potentially "exciting" news conference coming with informant from the FDA.

Wonder what that's about?

[Monticore]

Originally Posted by Donger

Sounds like reciprocation is in order!

I like where your mind is at.

[backinblack]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

These two things are probably related.

I was thinking that too. Don’t think the automakers have completely shut down production since World War 2 have they?

[FD]

Originally Posted by TLO

Trump said there was a potentially "exciting" news conference coming with informant from the FDA.

Wonder what that's about?

Trying to juice stocks again?

[BleedingRed]

Originally Posted by TLO

Trump said there was a potentially "exciting" news conference coming with informant from the FDA.

Wonder what that's about?

There is work on a self testing kit

[oaklandhater]

Originally Posted by loochy

Liberty Star Wars GIF from Liberty GIFs

what was the alternative ?

[BleedingRed]

Originally Posted by BIG_DADDY

Good god they are going to destroy the entire global economy.

8k deaths so far. Scary times man. The devastation of this economically could be 1000x worse than it ever would have been medically.

ETA till US overreacted narrative?

[oaklandhater]

Another reportage from doctors from Bergamo, Italy's most hit city. The doctor says "Also middle aged people with pre-existing conditions like diabetes are not given priority now for ICU, euthanasia should become legal after this is over because we are already doing it with over 70"

https://bergamo.corriere.it/notizie/...LnaL5aF52Cs3ok

[TLO]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/o...ng-effect.html

Good info on what to expect.

An opinion piece that requires me to sign up to read it.

No thanks.