***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!

Click here for the original OP:

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.”

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by ping2000

My college roommate used to eat mackerel right out of the can. That's ****ing cat food. Nasty. Underwood Deviled Ham is also cat food.

Never had the deviled ham. I have, in the past, had the deviled chicken. I'd mix it with mayo to make sandwiches. It was okay.

[suzzer99]

Originally Posted by BlackOp

Anyone want to put a wager on the one million number?

Sensationalized fear mongering horseshit...but people will remember it...OMG OMG ONE MILLION.

You won't believe whatever they publish anyway.

[mdchiefsfan]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

You won't believe whatever they publish anyway.

[O.city]

Hearing the medical dude that was in China talk about what they did to combat it, how they mobilized etc. Pretty crazy shit.

[suzzer99]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Same. I can't see any reason this is gonna get better for at least a couple months. The ONLY thing could be if we get our testing machine in gear and find out that it's actually not near as prevalent as feared, which seems unlikely.

My boss has family in China. She says two months minimum. But it's still not clear what happens if you just let things go back to normal.

[BIG_DADDY]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

I unloaded the last of my index funds at close today. I think the panic is going to get a lot worse before it gets better.

Of course you do. Please sell,

[suzzer99]

Originally Posted by Chief Pagan

If it lessons over summer it will very likely be back in the fall.

But it may not mutate or it could get less virulent. We may have better treatments by then and the world would certainly have more ventilators and trained operators by then.

This is what I don't understand. These things often ease up over the summer - The Spanish Flu did, SARS disappeared when it got warm. Also so far this doesn't seem to be hitting warm weather countries that hard.

Yet damned if you can find one expert or study that even tries to explain why. And I've read about this shit for 8 hours a day for the last month.They all say there is no evidence that summer vs. winter affects it. Maybe they just don't want us to get complacent or something.

[srvy]

Originally Posted by Frazod

Never had the deviled ham. I have, in the past, had the deviled chicken. I'd mix it with mayo to make sandwiches. It was okay.

All I ever had was the tins of deviled ham. when I was id come home from school most kids would make I would make a deviled ham sammie.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

This is what I don't understand. These things often ease up over the summer - The Spanish Flu did, SARS disappeared when it got warm. Also so far this doesn't seem to be hitting warm weather countries that hard.

Yet damned if you can find one expert or study that even tries to explain why. And I've read about this shit for 8 hours a day for the last month.They all say there is no evidence that summer vs. winter affects it. Maybe they just don't want us to get complacent or something.

Why is the flu more common in the winter?
ANSWER

Many things play a role in making the flu more common in the winter:

The virus lives longer indoors in winter, because the air is less humid than outside.
While it's alive and in the air, it's easy for people to inhale it, or for it to land on the eyes, nose, or mouth.
We spend more time indoors and have closer contact with each other, which makes it easier for the virus to spread.

https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/q...-in-the-winter

[BigRedChief]

Google is building this new website where you put all your health information into the system and then it determines if a test is warranted.

I don’t know about you guys and gals but, I’m not giving Google all my personal health information. What could go wrong?

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Google is building this new website where you put all your health information into the system and then it determines if a test is warranted.

I don’t know about you guys and gals but, I’m not giving Google all my personal health information. What could go wrong?

Meh. They already have every email and chat I've sent or received, photo I've taken, place I've been, website I've visited, and who knows what else. I can't imagine a few questions about my symptoms is going to make much of a difference.

(Plus, I can't imagine they'd require you to log in to use it.)

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by srvy

All I ever had was the tins of deviled ham. when I was id come home from school most kids would make I would make a deviled ham sammie.

My grandma always had deviled ham around when I was growing up, so I ate it and liked it. Salty shit, but I'll still eat it.

My wife had never heard of this stuff and I bought it on a whim a few years ago. She was with me at the store and was like WTF is that, oh just wait and you'll see. So I get home and opened it up and she instantly told me how awful it smelled and looked and all that good stuff. Made the cat food comparison and all. So I ate it and waited until she left the room. Took my finger and ran it along the inside of the can and then coated the tumbler she was drinking out of under the lid on the opposite side of the mouth hole. She complained for hours about how that smell just wouldn't go away and how the hell could I eat something that smelled like that.

[eDave]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Google is building this new website where you put all your health information into the system and then it determines if a test is warranted.

I don’t know about you guys and gals but, I’m not giving Google all my personal health information. What could go wrong?

Heard this is a pretty small site developed by another alphabet subsidiary and limited in scope. Like just directions to test locations or something.

[ping2000]

Originally Posted by eDave

Heard this is a pretty small site developed by another alphabet subsidiary and limited in scope. Like just directions to test locations or something.

Did they write the democratic primary software, because that worked so well.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Frazod

We had plenty of Spam, but they were completely out of Underwood deviled chicken.

Go figure.

I don't know if this helps but they do seem to have it on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Underwood-Chi...WD9BDHHFW9YTSE