***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 Boise_Chief

That looks miserable.

Have you ever worn, and breathed through, an N95 mask? It's a very weird feeling.

[BleedingRed]

Originally Posted by Donger

Have you ever worn, and breathed through, an N95 mask? It's a very weird feeling.

humid... it sucks

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

The disctrict here is going to do elearning to finish the year. They will get lesson plans and assignments. Turn them into their teachers on Microsoft teams. This is for grades K-12. Giving students computers and spectrum is putting in free broadband for the classes.


The goal is to get everyone through this year and on to the next year.

We just cut over from Skype to MS Teams. Wow, what a huge number of steps back... I liken it to MS thinking Win8 would be good, or the MS Browser. That's why Win10 (which I really like) went back to looking like Win7, and pretty-much everybody either uses MS IE, Chrome, Firefox, or maybe the Opera browsers.

MS really ****ed up with Teams replacing Skype IMO.

[RollChiefsRoll]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

We just cut over from Skype to MS Teams. Wow, what a huge number of steps back... I liken it to MS thinking Win8 would be good, or the MS Browser. That's why Win10 (which I really like) went back to looking like Win7, and pretty-much everybody either uses MS IE, Chrome, Firefox, or maybe the Opera browsers.

MS really ****ed up with Teams replacing Skype IMO.

Like when they thought the Zune would be a thing.

[BleedingRed]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

We just cut over from Skype to MS Teams. Wow, what a huge number of steps back... I liken it to MS thinking Win8 would be good, or the MS Browser. That's why Win10 (which I really like) went back to looking like Win7, and pretty-much everybody either uses MS IE, Chrome, Firefox, or maybe the Opera browsers.

MS really ****ed up with Teams replacing Skype IMO.

You have not implement teams correctly then. Because Teams is 100% better and more functional than Skype.

[Donger]

Looks like new cases yesterday has been revised to 19,913, so 500 more than previous day, per worldometers. Deaths still lower.

[ghak99]

Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat

A brief example of the layers of clothing and gear doctors and nurses are using to protect themselves every single day from the Coronavirus. Simply heroic.

Humanity.❤️������❤️pic.twitter.com/rdFhXhxP0k

— Rex Chapman���� (@RexChapman) March 30, 2020

I'm sweating just watching that.

[Monty]

Originally Posted by BleedingRed

You have not implement teams correctly then. Because Teams is 100% better and more functional than Skype.

This all day. Teams is the better option and we’ve been using it for months without issue.

[wazu]

Originally Posted by Donger

Looks like new cases yesterday has been revised to 19,913, so 500 more than previous day, per worldometers. Deaths still lower.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

We just cut over from Skype to MS Teams. Wow, what a huge number of steps back... I liken it to MS thinking Win8 would be good, or the MS Browser. That's why Win10 (which I really like) went back to looking like Win7, and pretty-much everybody either uses MS IE, Chrome, Firefox, or maybe the Opera browsers.

MS really ****ed up with Teams replacing Skype IMO.

I always hated Skype... especially in the early days when they couldn't even get copy/paste to function correctly. Years later it would still have issues keeping people signed in and had issues with password changes, attaching files/screenshots, etc.

Microsoft can't seem to keep Teams up and running.... they were having outages before everyone started working from home. Functionally though, I think it's a big step up from Skype. I created my own 'team' and use the Planner functionality for my own task list, which is nice. I wish Teams had its own meeting URL/number like WebEx, but I've gotten used to it.

List everything else, there's probably better options than Microsoft, but there seems to be fewer times when I think with Teams, "it's 2020 FFS, software should be better than this".

[Donger]

Originally Posted by wazu

No, it's just been revised.

[F150]

Talked to a School administrator this weekend. He was going on about the efforts to reach out and teach with various platforms and varying degrees of success so far. He said they are not reaching the bottom 20% of the students and the top 30-40% are doing awesome with it.

I should have nodded and walked on but I had to open my mouth and ask how is that different from in classroom?

We probably wont have another chat for a while.

[BleedingRed]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

I always hated Skype... especially in the early days when they couldn't even get copy/paste to function correctly. Years later it would still have issues keeping people signed in and had issues with password changes, attaching files/screenshots, etc.

Microsoft can't seem to keep Teams up and running.... they were having outages before everyone started working from home. Functionally though, I think it's a big step up from Skype. I created my own 'team' and use the Planner functionality for my own task list, which is nice. I wish Teams had its own meeting URL/number like WebEx, but I've gotten used to it.

List everything else, there's probably better options than Microsoft, but there seems to be fewer times when I think with Teams, "it's 2020 FFS, software should be better than this".

Teams hasn't gone down for us one time, are you west or east coast?

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by BleedingRed

You have not implement teams correctly then. Because Teams is 100% better and more functional than Skype.

It depends on how you are using it. We have Skype deployed to 140+ offices nationwide. Teams still does not have the ability to use response groups and auto attendants, something we use extensively. Now with Microsoft dumping Unified Messaging in O365, we are forced to stay on Skype and Exchange on-prem until we find a viable 3rd party replacement.

However, we do use Teams quite a bit, just not as an enterprise voice solution.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by BleedingRed

Teams hasn't gone down for us one time, are you west or east coast?

I was speaking more from what I've read than experienced, but it has gone down once or twice for us (Arizona).
https://downdetector.com/status/teams/map/