***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.”

[RINGLEADER]

Originally Posted by Chief Roundup

People it is worth a look.

They should cut that down to 30 seconds (especially the reproductive rate graphic) and play it nonstop on all channels.

[Chief Roundup]

Originally Posted by RINGLEADER

They should cut that down to 30 seconds (especially the reproductive rate graphic) and play it nonstop on all channels.

Yeah there is a huge difference between one person being able to infect 56 with the flu to 2047 with Covid-19 when both have went 10 rounds.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by BWillie

Why are 97.4% of your posts questions?

Stop it. Bad donger. Bad. (slaps hand)

Why do you ask?

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by Donger

Why do you ask?

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Pants

I get it that nationality =/= race. However, feeling a certain way about an entire country is probably somewhat similar, in principle, to feeling a certain a way about an entire race.

Not at all, at least to me. You aren't showing disdain for the Japanese, or Koreans.

I wouldn't care if this came from Latvia. I'd be just as pissed. And considering this is the second time it's been unleashed on our world, yeah no. **** them.

[RINGLEADER]

Originally Posted by TLO

Hey ringleader... You seem to like messing with numbers. Care to take a look at my question?

At work but I would guess that the site calculates that the rate of spread will be the same in Missouri as it is everywhere else, and since Missouri isn’t sheltering in place, the unaided spread will continue to grow until they lock down and enjoy the benefits of sheltering that every other group/state/country has enjoyed.

The quicker everything locks down the quicker this will all end. Having some areas open with free travel into areas that are locked down is just dragging this out.

I realize it can’t and won’t happen but if everyone stayed inside for two weeks or a month or whatever the outside number for transmission is then this would disappear. The closer we get to that the sooner this ends.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by TLO

https://covid19.healthdata.org/

Click on Missouri.

I'm going off what a health official told me and the mayor repeated it today.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by RINGLEADER

They should cut that down to 30 seconds (especially the reproductive rate graphic) and play it nonstop on all channels.

"I don't see the big deal."

-BIG_DADDY

[Chief Roundup]

Sure am glad I am not on the USS Roosevelt.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...mTZkhbA3QIduSc

Citing an “ongoing and accelerating” danger on board the USS Theodore Roosevelt, Captain Brett Crozier sent his Navy superiors a memo pleading, “We are not at war. Sailors do not need to die.” He called for removing all but a skeleton crew off the carrier, where sailors are in close quarters, so that they can be isolated and tested.

The Captains request was denied.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

But really, the Chinese people aren't a problem. The ****ing Chinese government has some 'splaining to do though.

Can't say I agree. We know that SARS v1.0 was caused by zoonotic transmission. Specifically, civet meat. Presumably under-cooked civet meat. Bushmeat is a cultural thing there, and the more exotic the bushmeat, the more "medicinal" it is. If that's what some Chinese want to believe, fine. I couldn't care less. Just don't get on airplanes and ships and infect the world again.

[RINGLEADER]

Originally Posted by Donger

Not at all, at least to me. You aren't showing disdain for the Japanese, or Koreans.

I wouldn't care if this came from Latvia. I'd be just as pissed. And considering this is the second time it's been unleashed on our world, yeah no. **** them.

I think it is totally fair if people believe that the Chinese hid the scale and reality of this for as long as they did and that led to the problem being worse than it should have been. You can go back and read stories from December about something being loose but the Chinese authorities saying affirmatively that it wasn’t spreading person to person.

If it was the Germans who did the same thing then it would be fair to be upset at the Germans.

At some point someone is going to try to hold the Chinese government accountable. Will be interesting to see what happens.

[Monticore]

Originally Posted by PAChiefsGuy

Great video on why this is much worse than the flu

https://youtu.be/FVIGhz3uwuQ

Good vid.

[DJ's left nut]

On a relatively good news front:

According to Cuomo, 1,167 COVID patients were discharged yesterday and 1,297 were admitted.

So only 130 more people admitted to the hospital than were discharged.

Moreover, at present there are 12,226 people admitted when IMHE - Murray model released a mere 6 days ago that we're basing so many of these those dire projections off of said NYC would be at 50K by now. 3,000 ICU patients in NYC vs 10K projected.

Again, that was a model released 6 days ago that ASSUMED continued social distancing through the end of May.

We're just whipping the wheel back and forth based on 'models' that are absolutely useless with 72 hours of being counted on for policy decisions. It's completely nutty.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by RINGLEADER

I think it is totally fair if people believe that the Chinese hid the scale and reality of this for as long as they did and that led to the problem being worse than it should have been. You can go back and read stories from December about something being loose but the Chinese authorities saying affirmatively that it wasn’t spreading person to person.

If it was the Germans who did the same thing then it would be fair to be upset at the Germans.

At some point someone is going to try to hold the Chinese government accountable. Will be interesting to see what happens.

The Germans just spread world wars, not viruses.

[RINGLEADER]

Originally Posted by Donger

The Germans just spread world wars, not viruses.