***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.”

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

Virginia terminated the high school football season.

Texas may not be to far behind.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

False positive.

Originally Posted by Marcellus

False positive.

Joey Gallo tested positive, then very soon after re-tested negative twice. His test was surely a false positive, but they still made him quarantine anyway.

[Monticore]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

Football as a sport cannot survive cancellations like that.

Any sport that gets cancelled might have tough time but I can football being one if them.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

Texas may not be to far behind.

You don't know Texas very well, do you?


This place lives and breathes high school football. There might be a civil war or outlaw leagues pop up if they did such a thing.

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

False positive.

Very rare and not likely given the positive COVID with symptoms we had in the building at that time between staff and patients both.

Positive and asymptomatic most likely true.

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by loochy

You don't know Texas very well, do you?


This place lives and breathes high school football. There might be a civil war or outlaw leagues pop up if they did such a thing.

I know but here you go

wow the Dallas School Superintendent just told @GarrettHaake he's pretty sure there will be no Texas high school football this year

— Jake Lahut (@JakeLahut) July 9, 2020

[dirk digler]

Alabama Gov is ordering state wide mask requirement

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

Just a reminder how far we have came.

What is that?

[petegz28]

Kansas State Board of Education passes school reopening guidelines

https://www.kmbc.com/article/kansas-...27174/33324319

[O.city]

https://twitter.com/aginnt/status/12...796822016?s=21

So this might make sense why the r started dropping before lockdowns in some places

Quarantine the sick, isolate etc

[dirk digler]

This is pretty cool. CDC\JAMA did a study of the 2 Springfield hair stylists who were wearing masks. No other transmissions since everyone was wearing masks.

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2...ear-masks.html

The results of the Missouri case study provide further evidence on the benefits of wearing a cloth face covering. The investigation focused on two hair stylists — infected with and having symptoms of COVID-19 — whose salon policy followed a local ordinance requiring cloth face coverings for all employees and patrons. The investigators found that none of the stylists’ 139 clients or secondary contacts became ill, and all 67 clients who volunteered to be tested showed no sign of infection.

The finding adds to a growing body of evidence that cloth face coverings provide source control – that is, they help prevent the person wearing the mask from spreading COVID-19 to others. The main protection individuals gain from masking occurs when others in their communities also wear face coverings.

COVID-19 prevention in a Missouri hair salon

When two stylists at a Missouri hair salon tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, researchers from CoxHealth hospitals, Washington University, the University of Kansas, and the Springfield-Greene County Health Department worked together to trace contacts, investigate the cases, and publish their findings in the MMWR.

One of the stylists developed respiratory symptoms but continued to see clients for eight days. The other, who apparently became infected from her co-worker, also developed respiratory symptoms and continued to see clients for four days.

The salon in which they worked had a policy requiring both stylists and their clients to wear face coverings, consistent with the local government ordinance. Both stylists wore double-layered cloth face coverings or surgical masks when seeing clients. The median appointment time was 15 minutes and ranged from 15 to 45 minutes. More than 98% of clients wore a face covering—47% wore cloth face coverings, 46% wore surgical masks, and about 5% wore N-95 respirators.

When customers were asked whether they had been ill with any respiratory symptoms in the 90 days preceding their appointment, 87 (84%) reported that they had not. None of the interviewed customers developed symptoms of illness. Among 67 (48%) customers who volunteered to be tested, all 67 tested negative for the virus that causes COVID-19. Several family members of one of the stylist’s subsequently developed symptoms and received a diagnosis of COVID-19.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

This is pretty cool. CDC\JAMA did a study of the 2 Springfield hair stylists who were wearing masks. No other transmissions since everyone was wearing masks.

yeah, but did the people wearing masks make themselves sicker because it traps the virus and then feeds it back to the host along with decreasing oxygen? (or whatever the anti mask argument is)

[Discuss Thrower]

If cloth masks worked then they would have been recommended half a year ago.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

I know but here you go

wow the Dallas School Superintendent just told @GarrettHaake he's pretty sure there will be no Texas high school football this year
— Jake Lahut (@JakeLahut) July 9, 2020

you know that the small towns will just line up and play each other in unsanctioned games, right? I'm telling you that it doesn't matter what some public job loser says, it will still happen. You don't know Texas.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by loochy

yeah, but did the people wearing masks make themselves sicker because it traps the virus and then feeds it back to the host along with decreasing oxygen? (or whatever the anti mask argument is)

The main one is that you're a ****ing sheep, loochy.

Do you want to be a ****ing sheep, man? Are you going to let the Bill Gates-funded deep state take your freedumbz away? ARE YOU?






Pussy.