***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.”

[limested]

Originally Posted by Titty Meat

So MO will open gyms and salons May 4th. I guess my question is what's the plan here? Numbers will spike are we just saying **** it?

Missouri isn’t testing fast enough for numbers to spike.

[TLO]

Originally Posted by Titty Meat

So MO will open gyms and salons May 4th. I guess my question is what's the plan here? Numbers will spike are we just saying **** it?

Not exactly saying "**** it", but trying to get people's lives and livelihoods started again. We can't "shelter in place" forever.

Originally Posted by limested

Missouri isn’t testing fast enough for numbers to spike.

70k total tests as of today. We've come a long ways from where we started from.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by TLO

Not exactly saying "**** it", but trying to get people's lives and livelihoods started again. We can't "shelter in place" forever.



70k total tests as of today. We've come a long ways from where we started from.

We still dont have enough testing or immunity built up, I'm not even sure how prepared our hospital's are as I havent looked up any sort of data. Seems like opening too soon is just a waste of the past few months?

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by Titty Meat

We still dont have enough testing or immunity built up, I'm not even sure how prepared our hospital's are as I havent looked up any sort of data. Seems like opening too soon is just a waste of the past few months?

You aren't going to build up immunity being locked down. Unfortunately your body has to come into contact t with things to become immune to them.

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[ghak99]

Originally Posted by Titty Meat

So MO will open gyms and salons May 4th. I guess my question is what's the plan here? Numbers will spike are we just saying **** it?

The numbers are supposed to spike, or at least curve up. You can't hide from it for the rest of your life. It has to run its course eventually. The goal was always just to keep the curve slightly under our hospital's ability to handle patients. ...or at least it should have been.

If anything, it appears we locked down many areas of the country too tight and our economy will be expected to carry the burden of playing it safe. Obviously, NYC is an example of where it should have been locked down even tighter than it was. We're not NYC.

No way in hell I'd go to a gym though. **** all that shit.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

One thing to consider when factoring in world mortality is the near certainty that this is being massively undercounted in the developing world.

Ecuador's COVID mortality is likely being undercounted by a factor of 15. As of Friday, they had 503 reported deaths, yet mortality for the period of reporting was 7600 deaths higher than the previous year, and the baseline mortality rate was three times higher than normal, eight times higher than normal in the capital, and people were being buried in coffins made of cardboard.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/w...ronavirus.html

[petegz28]

Not sure WTF is going on but my Brother In Law works for Hy-Vee and said if you want beans you had best get them now cause once they are gone they are gone until the end of summer.

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by TLO

On a different note, I'm hearing rumblings that St. Joe is seriously considering moving the "open back up" date to the 15th due to the Triumph situation.

Nothing confirmed. We'll know for sure later this week.

I'll take every Triumph employ with me and protest on McMurrays front porch.

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by Titty Meat

So MO will open gyms and salons May 4th. I guess my question is what's the plan here? Numbers will spike are we just saying **** it?

As long as hospitals aren't overran you push forward.

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Not sure WTF is going on but my Brother In Law works for Hy-Vee and said if you want beans you had best get them now cause once they are gone they are gone until the end of summer.

Like any beans? Or certain types? I mean if we're talking kidney beans or lima beans I couldn't give less of a ****. But if it's great northern beans...well that's an issue.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

Like any beans? Or certain types? I mean if we're talking kidney beans or lima beans I couldn't give less of a ****. But if it's great northern beans...well that's an issue.

There's a black and pinto bean shortage due to poor harvests Mexico and Canada but that's unrelated to COVID-19.

[displacedinMN]

we are told to try to put it out of our minds.

But every ****ing commercial reminds us of UNPRECEDENTED TIMES

[notorious]

Originally Posted by displacedinMN

we are told to try to put it out of our minds.

But every ****ing commercial reminds us of UNPRECEDENTED TIMES

Alcohol.

Just kidding. Unless you are buying.

[displacedinMN]

Originally Posted by notorious

Alcohol.

Just kidding. Unless you are buying.

we could make it into a drinking game.
Every commercial that mentions anything related to COVID- Drink!!!

[displacedinMN]

4 out of 6 on the last commercial break