***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.”

[TLO]

4 and 5

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn...ine/index.html

[chinaski]

Coworker that I work closely with tested positive on Saturday. I took an at home test and PCR test at the local Urgent Care, both negative.

Woke up this morning and it feels like I have been run over by a truck. 101.4 Fever...Took another at home test, Negative. Weird.

[TLO]

Originally Posted by chinaski

Coworker that I work closely with tested positive on Saturday. I took an at home test and PCR test at the local Urgent Care, both negative.

Woke up this morning and it feels like I have been run over by a truck. 101.4 Fever...Took another at home test, Negative. Weird.

I had a similar experience with the tests. I showed negative until after the day I started having symptoms and then popped the biggest bright red line I've ever seen on one of the at home tests. I mean like it took literally about 10 seconds and the line was a deep deep red.

You having any other symptoms besides the fever?

[chinaski]

Originally Posted by Hank Hill

I had a similar experience with the tests. I showed negative until after the day I started having symptoms and then popped the biggest bright red line I've ever seen on one of the at home tests. I mean like it took literally about 10 seconds and the line was a deep deep red.

You having any other symptoms besides the fever?

Bad congestion, hurts to cough. Very similar to bronchitis. Body aches, scratchy throat…fatigue.

Vaxxed and boosted fwiw

[TLO]

Originally Posted by chinaski

Bad congestion, hurts to cough. Very similar to bronchitis. Body aches, scratchy throat…fatigue.

Vaxxed and boosted fwiw

How are you feeling?

[BigRichard]

Man, did my first booster this week and boy it kicks my ass. My second dose did the same thing to me. I think I was sicker on my initial second dose but not far off from the booster. For 2 days now sweats and chills and feel like complete garbage. My lymph nodes under my arm are really swollen and soar. You can visually see a huge lump in my arm pit on the side I got the shot.

I caught Covid once and to be honest I might just take my chances going forward at this point. Catching Covid was slightly worse as I had a horrible sore throat but that is about the only difference.

[chinaski]

Originally Posted by Hank Hill

How are you feeling?

It’s been a rough couple of days. I did test positive on Tuesday. My doc prescribed Paxlovid, which is a newer treatment with emergency use from the .gov

It’s helping, especially with the upper respiratory part of it. Side effects have been diarrhea and a touch of nausea.

I feel like I’m improving. Thanks for asking!

[chinaski]

Originally Posted by BigRichard

Man, did my first booster this week and boy it kicks my ass. My second dose did the same thing to me. I think I was sicker on my initial second dose but not far off from the booster. For 2 days now sweats and chills and feel like complete garbage. My lymph nodes under my arm are really swollen and soar. You can visually see a huge lump in my arm pit on the side I got the shot.

I caught Covid once and to be honest I might just take my chances going forward at this point. Catching Covid was slightly worse as I had a horrible sore throat but that is about the only difference.

The second booster kicked my ass as well…

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by chinaski

The second booster kicked my ass as well…

Yeah, I was hoping the second booster would go easily, but it was just like all of the others. I was fine for 24 hours and then all of a sudden I was down for the count for 24 hours. This one may have even taken longer to get back to normal.

[lawrenceRaider]

Originally Posted by BigRichard

Man, did my first booster this week and boy it kicks my ass. My second dose did the same thing to me. I think I was sicker on my initial second dose but not far off from the booster. For 2 days now sweats and chills and feel like complete garbage. My lymph nodes under my arm are really swollen and soar. You can visually see a huge lump in my arm pit on the side I got the shot.

I caught Covid once and to be honest I might just take my chances going forward at this point. Catching Covid was slightly worse as I had a horrible sore throat but that is about the only difference.

Considering the vaccine in it's current form is pretty much useless against the variants circulating right now, not sure why anyone is getting boosters until they update the shots.

[wazu]

Anecdotal, but there are a ton of people at my workplace who are out with COVID right now, spanning multiple countries and states, including KC. Would say easily it's an all-time high. Weird because don't really see some huge spike on the COVID tracking sites.

[lawrenceRaider]

Originally Posted by wazu

Anecdotal, but there are a ton of people at my workplace who are out with COVID right now, spanning multiple countries and states, including KC. Would say easily it's an all-time high. Weird because don't really see some huge spike on the COVID tracking sites.

People aren't reporting testing from home tests, and they mailed out millions of them.

[TLO]

Originally Posted by wazu

Anecdotal, but there are a ton of people at my workplace who are out with COVID right now, spanning multiple countries and states, including KC. Would say easily it's an all-time high. Weird because don't really see some huge spike on the COVID tracking sites.

We're not at OG Omicron levels yet, but yes, lots of people getting sick right now

[TLO]

Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider

Considering the vaccine in it's current form is pretty much useless against the variants circulating right now, not sure why anyone is getting boosters until they update the shots.

Well that's certainly not true.

[lawrenceRaider]

Originally Posted by Hank Hill

Well that's certainly not true.

Based on what I read today it certainly is. You can link me up though I'm totally open to being wrong. Media isn't exactly reliable.