***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.”

[Monticore]

Originally Posted by MahomesMagic

These were promises made by the people leading the US Covid response.

I bet I can find equally silly hyperbole from Canada.

Were these people lying? Uninformed?

Or were they hyping products...like a used car salesman for Pharma interests?

I follow Canadian politics even less and have never listened to Tam speak or read any of her quotes but I am sure you can find some hyperbole , plenty of idiots everywhere.

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by MahomesMagic

Remember when Biden said if you get vaccinated you can't get sick?

Remember when the CDC director Walensky said if you get vaccinated you can't spread the virus?

Remember when Fauci stated these vaccines were almost 100 percent effective against hospitalizations and death?

No wonder you're lashing out.

I would be upset too if I got suckered like you did.

You can always go back and Monday morning QB this but my guess the science at the time pointed them that way.

You come across as you think you are prefect but have said many stupid things like there wouldn't be a vaccine. How dumb were you?

[O.city]

Originally Posted by MahomesMagic

These were promises made by the people leading the US Covid response.

I bet I can find equally silly hyperbole from Canada.

Were these people lying? Uninformed?

Or were they hyping products...like a used car salesman for Pharma interests?

Delta changed it.

Not that difficult to understand. Viral kinetics are a bitch sometimes

[O.city]

https://twitter.com/apsmunro/status/...908695042?s=21

[O.city]

https://twitter.com/muradbanaji/stat...373943814?s=21

So yeah, India didn’t “do well”

[Monticore]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

You can always go back and Monday morning QB this but my guess the science at the time pointed them that way.

You come across as you think you are prefect but have said many stupid things like there wouldn't be a vaccine. How dumb were you?

On a list of trustworthy professions, I wonder where his would rank , you can really blame him for having trust issues.

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

Originally Posted by Monticore

On a list of trustworthy professions, I wonder where his would rank , you can really blame him for having trust issues.

We can probably all agree he would rank ahead of Fauci...

[MahomesMagic]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

You can always go back and Monday morning QB this but my guess the science at the time pointed them that way.

You come across as you think you are prefect but have said many stupid things like there wouldn't be a vaccine. How dumb were you?

I said there wouldn't be a vaccine?

Now you're making things up. But I guess I feel dumb for the hypothetical character you created.

[Monticore]

Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief

We can probably all agree he would rank ahead of Fauci...

On this subject I would trust Fauci more than a salesman who thought the vaccines were given people the shingles virus.

[MahomesMagic]

Originally Posted by O.city

Delta changed it.

Not that difficult to understand. Viral kinetics are a bitch sometimes

So the worldwide experimental vaccine program didn't account for coranviruses slowly mutating?

Jeez, I don't know if this is supposed to make me feel better.

[MahomesMagic]

Originally Posted by Monticore

On this subject I would trust Fauci more than a salesman who thought the vaccines were given people the shingles virus.

Link?

Or is this a propaganda technique where you just lie so much that you hope to muddy the waters.

You're the genius who claimed these vaccines would be superior to natural immunity.

I guess you were wrong.

BTW, if this is your mastery of the medical field maybe you shouldn't comment on other occupations.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by MahomesMagic

So the worldwide experimental vaccine program didn't account for coranviruses slowly mutating?

Jeez, I don't know if this is supposed to make me feel better.

Kinetics aren’t the same as mutations.

But they’re still holding up as they were supposed to so far.

[MahomesMagic]

Originally Posted by O.city

Kinetics aren’t the same as mutations.

But they’re still holding up as they were supposed to so far.

Delta was a mutation which you blamed their bad predictions on.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by MahomesMagic

Delta was a mutation which you blamed their bad predictions on.

You’re right, I didn’t specify my stance very well.

The mutation lead to a change in kinetics and replication. It didn’t really lead to a change in binding induced antibodies but more so out ran them. Hence my kinetics terms.

I also don’t think I’d be throwing stones about “bad predictions” no matter which side you stand on.

No one has really gotten this right

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by MahomesMagic

I said there wouldn't be a vaccine?

Now you're making things up. But I guess I feel dumb for the hypothetical character you created.

Originally Posted by MahomesMagic

I would prefer to get Covid instead of a rushed vaccine.

I doubt they will solve this anytime soon anyway...there has never been a successful coronavirus vaccine created before.