***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.”

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

we should have went the Sweden route.

Based on what numbers?

[limested]

Originally Posted by Donger

Based on what numbers?

They have almost twice as many deaths as recovered. Sounds like the perfect model to follow.

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by stevieray

Some of you sound like virus cheerleaders.

You don't have one damn clue about a future spike, etc.

It's like you WANT it to keep going.


Millions starved during the depression. MILLIONS. Millions killed themselves..

We got through that.

You want to "lay down and die" for this virus, you're already dead and won't have a country as you know it to come back to.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

Everytime someone posts something like that, all I can think of is, you know the virus isn't like say a military opponent, standing up and saying stuff like that doesn't make you noble or patriotic.

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by limested

They have almost twice as many deaths as recovered. Sounds like the perfect model to follow.

Well he also cut off the start of the sentence with a rather important detail which is his MO.

if the numbers aren't dropping we should have went the Sweden route

The point is if the numbers aren't declining what was the point? Sweden is likely to get through this faster and at this rate we are going to hit the same number of deaths per million we are just taking longer to get there. Sweden has 274 deaths per million we are at 208.

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by limested

You really have no clue to what you are talking about.

Read the post before yours.

We are in unchartered territory. I get being cautious.

But not to the point of paralyzing the country.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

Well he also cut off the start of the sentence with a rather important detail which is his MO.



The point is if the numbers aren't declining what was the point? Sweden is likely to get through this faster and at this rate we are going to hit the same number of deaths per million we are just taking longer to get there. Sweden has 274 deaths per million we are at 208.

And Finland and Norway are at 40.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

Well he also cut off the start of the sentence with a rather important detail which is his MO.



The point is if the numbers aren't declining what was the point? Sweden is likely to get through this faster and at this rate we are going to hit the same number of deaths per million we are just taking longer to get there. Sweden has 274 deaths per million we are at 208.

Because if we hadn't enacted the mitigation efforts, we'd have more deaths. Probably many more.

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by Donger

Because if we hadn't enacted the mitigation efforts, we'd have more deaths. Probably many more.

We are still going to have many more deaths according to everyone.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by limested

Gotta open up the economy and make billions for those who will still be at home isolating.

wonder what the spin from those people will be when the economy doesnt magically bounce back and theres a relapse with the virus

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

We are still going to have many more deaths according to everyone.

And we would have had more than that if we hadn't mitigated. I think that's incontrovertible.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

There have been thousands of essential businesses running for weeks now and I haven’t seen any indication that there is some trend of those causing infections at an abnormal rate or of thousands of grocery store, hardware, or Costco workers being infected. I believe people are getting infected but it’s not the most high risk groups so we just aren’t hearing about because they aren’t leading to high hospitalizations.

The problem is that this thing is at its deadliest not due to slow, gradual spread, but when sudden outbreaks occur in specific situations (e.g., nursing homes). So as one example of what you're talking about, they had to close a Walmart in Aurora, CO after three people died.

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...ected-to-store

Is that common? I'm not sure. But it is happening here and there.

[limested]

Originally Posted by stevieray

Read the post before yours.

We are in unchartered territory. I get being cautious.

But not to the point of paralyzing the country.

Again. You are ****ing clueless. You spout shit off you have no clue about.

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by Donger

And we would have had more than that if we hadn't mitigated. I think that's incontrovertible.

Who is advocating for no mitigation? Here you are arguing a point nobody has made again. Sweden did mitigation.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by DaFace

The problem is that this thing is at its deadliest not due to slow, gradual spread, but when sudden outbreaks occur in specific situations (e.g., nursing homes). So as one example of what you're talking about, they had to close a Walmart in Aurora, CO after three people died.

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...ected-to-store

Is that common? I'm not sure. But it is happening here and there.

Employees violated the stay at home order, as in they were symptomatic and went to work anyway?