***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.”

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by IA_Chiefs_fan

Well my 78 year old dad was diagnosed with Covid today. He’s been sick for a week or so and kept telling me it was just a cold. I told him he shouldn’t go anywhere or anything, just in case. He’s been going to restaurants etc. Two nights ago he went with friends and played cards and had supper even though he wasn’t feeling well. Today he can’t stand without feeling like he’ll fall over. Oxygen level at 90. And he doesn’t remember what the doctor told him about the medicines so he’s going back tomorrow. He won’t listen to me. SMH
Hope he’ll be okay. And I hope everyone he's been in contact with will be okay as well. He's a nine hour round trip from me so there's not much I can do in terms of dropping off groceries or medicine. He doesn't have any family near him. ****.

The only good thing is I won't have to hear, "I'm 99.9% sure I had it back in November so I don't think I can catch it." Even if it was in the US then it wasn't in the freaking rural Midwest. SMH. I kept trying to tell him.

Positive thoughts heading your way concerning your Dad. Maybe he’ll start listening to you sooner than later.

[suzzer99]

THREAD: I just spent 3 days with frontline workers at hospitals in a part of Appalachia where hospitalizations have more than doubled in the last month. But hospital staff say many in their hard-hit communities still don’t believe COVID is real. Misinformation is rampant.

— Dasha Burns (@DashaBurns) November 28, 2020

Another nurse told me some come in severely sick with COVID, but when they test positive they blame the hospital for giving it to them. There’s a popular conspiracy theory that hospitals are benefitting financially from COVID. But in fact, many are struggling to stay afloat.

— Dasha Burns (@DashaBurns) November 28, 2020

Where have I heard that conspiracy theory before? Oh yeah - this thread - about 400 times.

These frontline workers see multiple deaths during a single shift...then go out into a world where people downplay the virus, say masks infringe on their civil liberties, and tell stories of big gatherings. And they know they will make more calls to the funeral home tomorrow.

— Dasha Burns (@DashaBurns) November 28, 2020

Disinformation is killing people across the country. Not just the people who believe the disinfo themselves, but the people they kill. It's as simple as that.

I don't know if this will get flagged for being political, but it's not. Also what's being reported in these tweets as far as people believing - isn't any different than the nonsense gets posted in this thread and lol in DC it's 100x worse.

[stumppy]

Originally Posted by IA_Chiefs_fan

Well my 78 year old dad was diagnosed with Covid today. He’s been sick for a week or so and kept telling me it was just a cold. I told him he shouldn’t go anywhere or anything, just in case. He’s been going to restaurants etc. Two nights ago he went with friends and played cards and had supper even though he wasn’t feeling well. Today he can’t stand without feeling like he’ll fall over. Oxygen level at 90. And he doesn’t remember what the doctor told him about the medicines so he’s going back tomorrow. He won’t listen to me. SMH
Hope he’ll be okay. And I hope everyone he's been in contact with will be okay as well. He's a nine hour round trip from me so there's not much I can do in terms of dropping off groceries or medicine. He doesn't have any family near him. ****.

The only good thing is I won't have to hear, "I'm 99.9% sure I had it back in November so I don't think I can catch it." Even if it was in the US then it wasn't in the freaking rural Midwest. SMH. I kept trying to tell him.

Hope he comes around to listening.

[stumppy]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

THREAD: I just spent 3 days with frontline workers at hospitals in a part of Appalachia where hospitalizations have more than doubled in the last month. But hospital staff say many in their hard-hit communities still don’t believe COVID is real. Misinformation is rampant.

— Dasha Burns (@DashaBurns) November 28, 2020

Another nurse told me some come in severely sick with COVID, but when they test positive they blame the hospital for giving it to them. There’s a popular conspiracy theory that hospitals are benefitting financially from COVID. But in fact, many are struggling to stay afloat.

— Dasha Burns (@DashaBurns) November 28, 2020

Where have I heard that conspiracy theory before? Oh yeah - this thread - about 400 times.

These frontline workers see multiple deaths during a single shift...then go out into a world where people downplay the virus, say masks infringe on their civil liberties, and tell stories of big gatherings. And they know they will make more calls to the funeral home tomorrow.

— Dasha Burns (@DashaBurns) November 28, 2020

Disinformation is killing people across the country. It's as simple as that. I don't know if this will get flagged for being political, but it's not. Also what's being reported in these tweets as far as people believing - isn't any different than the nonsense gets posted in this thread and lol in DC it's 100x worse.

You can't fix stupid. Especially when a lot of the stupid is coming from the top. Too many people believe what they want to believe no matter what info is available.

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

THREAD: I just spent 3 days with frontline workers at hospitals in a part of Appalachia where hospitalizations have more than doubled in the last month. But hospital staff say many in their hard-hit communities still don’t believe COVID is real. Misinformation is rampant.

— Dasha Burns (@DashaBurns) November 28, 2020

Another nurse told me some come in severely sick with COVID, but when they test positive they blame the hospital for giving it to them. There’s a popular conspiracy theory that hospitals are benefitting financially from COVID. But in fact, many are struggling to stay afloat.

— Dasha Burns (@DashaBurns) November 28, 2020

Where have I heard that conspiracy theory before? Oh yeah - this thread - about 400 times.

These frontline workers see multiple deaths during a single shift...then go out into a world where people downplay the virus, say masks infringe on their civil liberties, and tell stories of big gatherings. And they know they will make more calls to the funeral home tomorrow.

— Dasha Burns (@DashaBurns) November 28, 2020

Disinformation is killing people across the country. It's as simple as that. I don't know if this will get flagged for being political, but it's not. Also what's being reported in these tweets as far as people believing - isn't any different than the nonsense gets posted in this thread and lol in DC it's 100x worse.

Suzzer that tweet is all anecdotal and not believable , at least that is what I was told recently.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

It sounds like hyperbole horse shit, sorry

[suzzer99]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

Suzzer that tweet is all anecdotal and not believable , at least that is what I was told recently.

Yeah just another blue checkmark reporting from the frontlines where people are saying the same exact stuff we hear in this thread all the time.

But the funny part is the people who minimize covid or say stuff like masks don't work or hospitals are faking death certificates - also refuse to believe that people who are dying parrot the exact same disinformation. Just because I say it doesn't mean I accept that someone getting ready to be intubated in West Virginia says it. o_O

[Otter]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

You have two groups: a placebo group and a vaccine group. The groups should be comparable in distribution (similar distribution of age, race, sex). Over a period of several weeks, you establish the number of infections in both groups. If the sample sizes are sufficient, and once you reach a certain number of infections, you can establish the risk of infection after receiving the vaccine. That risk reduction is the efficacy of the vaccine.

Originally Posted by Kidd Lex

You have a double blind RCT and allow time to do its thing. If they had done a challenge trial we’d all be getting vaccinated by now but ethics and all that.... this would be a fun one to examine in a philosophy class some day.

Seem like a very unreliable method to produce stable data.

Too many variables such as lifestyle, hygiene, public exposure, travel, and so on and so forth that cannot be accounted for to allow me to trust the results. Life is simply too random to measure these factors in the application survey I'm sure the participants were required to fill out.

I'm going with a 50% reliability of the conclusion. And that's generous in my opinion.

And BRC if that 8th grade knowledge you posted was directed towards my question. I hold an AAS, BAS, and MAS but thanks for the refresher. You being you.

[Otter]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

Yeah just another blue checkmark reporting from the frontlines where people are saying the same exact stuff we hear in this thread all the time.

But the funny part is the people who minimize covid or say stuff like masks don't work or hospitals are faking death certificates - also refuse to believe that people who are dying parrot the exact same disinformation. Just because I say it doesn't mean I accept that someone getting ready to be intubated in West Virginia says it. o_O

If our government and media didn't lie so much the public wouldn't be so cynical and distrustful of what they say.

What the hell does "intubated" mean and where's those gay reps I sent you? See what I mean about lying having consequences?

[TLO]

Originally Posted by Otter

Seem like a very unreliable method to produce stable data.

Too many variables such as lifestyle, hygiene, public exposure, travel, and so on and so forth that cannot be accounted for to allow me to trust the results. Life is simply too random to measure these factors in the application survey I'm sure the participants were required to fill out.

I'm going with a 50% reliability of the conclusion. And that's generous in my opinion.

And BRC if that 8th grade knowledge you posted was directed towards my question. I hold an AAS, BAS, and MAS but thanks for the refresher. You being you.

[Otter]

Originally Posted by TLO

You have a double blind RCT and allow time to do its thing.

This was mainly what I was referring to in my response buy feel free to post another emoji.

[MahomesMagic]

Are Covid Patients Gasping ‘It Isn’t Real’ As They Die?
An ER nurse’s anecdote of deranged denialism went viral. But when the media caught wind of the story, reporters didn’t do their jobs.

As WIRED’s Gilad Edelman reported at the time, none of these accounts held up to further scrutiny—yet each had been picked up from its original source and then amplified by larger publications that added little or no additional reporting. There’s good reason for these stories to be passed along, Edelman wrote. The hospital administrator who first went public with the story of the last-breath Covid-party confession is “trying desperately to get the American public to take the coronavirus seriously. If she hears a perfect cautionary tale, it isn’t necessarily her responsibility to investigate whether it’s too perfect before passing it along. It is, however, precisely the job of reporters.”

https://www.wired.com/story/are-covi...l-as-they-die/

[AussieChiefsFan]

How have things been in Kansas City and Missouri?

Hoping the situation is improving rather than worsening

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by TLO

So I met an RN at a conference last year, and we've kept up a friendship via Facebook as she lives in California. She always seemed very intelligent and level headed to me.

Today I read a post she made on Facebook about how taking the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine was abusing your "white privilege".

God damnit

Woke peoples.....

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by IA_Chiefs_fan

Well my 78 year old dad was diagnosed with Covid today. He’s been sick for a week or so and kept telling me it was just a cold. I told him he shouldn’t go anywhere or anything, just in case. He’s been going to restaurants etc. Two nights ago he went with friends and played cards and had supper even though he wasn’t feeling well. Today he can’t stand without feeling like he’ll fall over. Oxygen level at 90. And he doesn’t remember what the doctor told him about the medicines so he’s going back tomorrow. He won’t listen to me. SMH
Hope he’ll be okay. And I hope everyone he's been in contact with will be okay as well. He's a nine hour round trip from me so there's not much I can do in terms of dropping off groceries or medicine. He doesn't have any family near him. ****.

The only good thing is I won't have to hear, "I'm 99.9% sure I had it back in November so I don't think I can catch it." Even if it was in the US then it wasn't in the freaking rural Midwest. SMH. I kept trying to tell him.

Yeah, he needs to watch the oxy level. If he is a week into it hopefully this is the worst of it and he will start getting better. I tell you what though, I had my symptoms show on October 23rd and I still have feelings throughout the day like I am fighting off a cold or flu and I am very tired.