***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.”

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by Ebolapox

Oh god it’s so depressing... every district I’ve taught at passes f students from 8th to 9th grade. No questions asked. No accountability

That's crazy. What's to be accomplished by doing that? That's rhetorical....

My wife taught Chicago Public Schools for years. Accountability? Zilch. Get em in, get em through, get em out.

[BleedingRed]

Originally Posted by Ebolapox

Oh god yes, correct. It’s been that way my whole life. As a Hs science teacher I try as much as possible to make it about critical thinking and skills they’ll need for the real world but administration and the laws of our land have my hands tied. It’s depressing and makes the funding issues even more profound via synergy of shit

Could we possibly get Taxes/Stocks - Financial and other practical principles into public schools?

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by Ebolapox

Oh god it’s so depressing... every district I’ve taught at passes f students from 8th to 9th grade. No questions asked. No accountability

My daughter is this kid...she's now a sophomore she passes roughly 3 classes a semester and did 0 assignments once the home stuff started. She's ADHD and ODD and she literally ALWAYS blames teachers for why she fails "the teacher is an asshole"

If you try to hold her to any accountability she will hate you, super difficult kid that was trained early on in school she got rewards for doing nothing...and frankly I have no answer for her.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by ChiTown

That's crazy. What's to be accomplished by doing that? That's rhetorical....

My wife taught Chicago Public Schools for years. Accountability? Zilch. Get em in, get em through, get em out.

The goal is to get you to high school, then you're on your own.

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by sedated

Lol, no.

You really think CP could agree on anything?

(Other than rap music sucks)

Most Rap music after 2000 does suck.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by BleedingRed

Could we possibly get Taxes/Stocks - Financial and other practical principles into public schools?

Missouri requires high school students to take and pass a Personal Finance class to graduate. Not sure about other states.

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

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I was hurt when I just learned my cargo pants and John Cena jean shorts are no longer in style

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by Ebolapox

nailed it. you missed my edit, but it kinda explains the south.

there is still latent racism regardless of whether a person wants to acknowledge it, and it's funny.... the freaking slaves NOR THEIR DESCENDENDS obviously have never been on top (michael jordan, oprah, lebron and a handful over 160 years notwithstanding) but... it's the black man, right bubba?

yeah. it's the guy who's way higher % likelihood to have been born in a broken home, way higher chance of going to jail, way higher chance to be killed by violent means...

you absolutely nailed it. we MADE it black/white by policies (why is marijuana illegal? richard nixon and the fact that blacks/hippies liked it, so he wanted to demonize them).

it was always rich/poor and it's hilarious and sad to me that those most affected by it (my parents are life-long hard right leaning and... live in squalor/poverty).

vote against your interests, please people. keep voting to keep the money flowing to the top. great idea.

So you’re telling us to vote FOR our interests by voting democrat because their record of lifting the poor out of poverty is so stellar?



Go sell that garbage to the inner city dwellers who’ve voted dem generation after generation, and don’t have shit to show for it other than neighborhoods so crime ridden that many police actively avoid them

Trump comes along and provides record breaking employment numbers for minorities and you people act like it’s a big meaningless nothing

Several of you in here like to wax poetic about “we’re all in this together” and “let’s be reasonable adults and fix this”... but it only counts for you when it’s a Democrat doing the fixing

It’s those backwards inbred conservatives holding society back!

You folks talk a big let’s get along game, but you’re straight up full of shit when it’s all boiled down

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

Most Rap music after 2000 does suck.

Very true

[Mecca]

I don't really think either party does much to help poor people if you want to be honest.

[stumppy]

WTF is going on in here?

Do I have to bust out a bottle of Hydroxychloroquine to get you mofos back on subject?

[Monticore]

Originally Posted by Mecca

The goal is to get you to high school, then you're on your own.

It is a big wake up call for kids when they hit college, high school is too easy and kids don’t know how to cope with anything.

You need to fail sometimes to get better and learn, FairPlay in sports etc.. playing for fun is BS , you don’t get rewarded for just participating in life.

I never let my kids win at anything, you are going to have to earn it.

Maybe I am just a dick lol.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by stumppy

WTF is going on in here?

Do I have to bust out a bottle of Hydroxychloroquine to get you mofos back on subject?

Alright Alright....

North Carolina is up in hospitalizations, the highest they've been through this entire thing, Alabama is also seeing a pretty serious uptick in numbers as well.

[Mecca]

Also...this seems suspicious.

[stumppy]

Originally Posted by Mecca

Alright Alright....

North Carolina is up in hospitalizations, the highest they've been through this entire thing, Alabama is also seeing a pretty serious uptick in numbers as well.

I seen something on the news that said Covid in the southeast part of the country was still on the rise while the rest of the country had almost leveled or was dropping.