***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.”

['Hamas' Jenkins]

You guys have an entire subforum dedicated to your cult practices, but apparently even that isn't enough space.

If you want to be ****ing morons that ignore the entire weight of clinical evidence against excess mortality, efficacy of therapies (or lackthereof), and the proven success of mitigation strategies, you have more than enough opportunities to regurgitate QAnon and your favorite Twitter bots outside of the adult table.

[Merde Furieux]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

You guys have an entire subforum dedicated to your cult practices, but apparently even that isn't enough space.

If you want to be ****ing morons that ignore the entire weight of clinical evidence against excess mortality, efficacy of therapies (or lackthereof), and the proven success of mitigation strategies, you have more than enough opportunities to regurgitate QAnon and your favorite Twitter bots outside of the adult table.

OH? But it's ok for you and your fan boys to hit and run, there?

FACT

Hydroxychloroquine -- has been in use for 65 years for the prevention or treatment of malaria, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis. It is officially labeled a safe drug. Many doctors treating COVID-19 patients have found and reported HCQ, when used early enough together with zinc and the antibiotic Azithromycin to be an effective and safe treatment.

You don't like it? Tough tulips.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Merde Furieux

OH? But it's ok for you and your fan boys to hit and run, there?

FACT

Hydroxychloroquine -- has been in use for 65 years for the prevention or treatment of malaria, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis. It is officially labeled a safe drug. Many doctors treating COVID-19 patients have found and reported HCQ, when used early enough together with zinc and the antibiotic Azithromycin to be an effective and safe treatment.

You don't like it? Tough tulips.

Yeah, too bad a review of seven studies of zinc showed no efficacy when used either with or without hydroxychloroquine. But that's just continuing education from from APhA, and not anecdotal shit pulled from your ass, so I can understand why you wouldn't grasp it.

[Merde Furieux]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Yeah, too bad a review of seven studies of zinc showed no efficacy when used either with or without hydroxychloroquine. But that's just continuing education from from APhA, and not anecdotal shit pulled from your ass, so I can understand why you wouldn't grasp it.

Oh give it a rest, already, skippy. What, Big Pharma promise you an all-inclusive get away or something?

The trifecta (Hydroc, a prophylactic antibiotic just in case of any pneumonia or similar sets in, plus zinc for adsorption) has an excellent treatment record.

Enjoy the spa.

[DaFace]

Huh. I thought he was already dumped from the thread. Fixed.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Huh. I thought he was already dumped from the thread. Fixed.

Apparently he somehow got out of his cage and decided to shit all over the floor.

[InChiefsHeaven]

A little levity for the Coronavirus. First and a half minutes or so:

[Mecca]

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Mecca

Apparently he somehow got out of his cage and decided to shit all over the floor.

Well, what do you expect from a guy whose chosen user name was Shtsprayer?

[BigBeauford]

According to the CDC, so far this year, Florida has had 1,762 deaths from #COVID and 5,185 from pneumonia.

Average pneumonia deaths in Florida from 2013-2018 for the same time period are 918.

Probably just a coincidence, yeah?

— Kellen Squire (@SquireForYou) May 27, 2020

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Well, what do you expect from a guy whose chosen user name was Shtsprayer?

I didn't realize that is who that was, it all makes so much more sense now.

[Lzen]

Hey guys, hope you all are doing well. Thought this would be fun to share.
https://youtu.be/jdxfiVyR_jc

[Mecca]

Also...

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/co...243020261.html

Hospitalizations up in North Carolina.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Well, what do you expect from a guy whose chosen user name was Shtsprayer?

Oh, so he's mult scum? Aren't known mults supposed to be flushed like the turds they are?

[Monticore]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Well, what do you expect from a guy whose chosen user name was Shtsprayer?

Translates to “Furious piece of shit “actually .