***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.”

[Hawker007]

Originally Posted by O.city

שינוי מגמה בארץ - הגל ״תפס״ את הלא מחוסנים. @dvir_a ואנוכי הסתכלנו על המידע העדכני וניסינו לנתח את המידע הגולמי על מנת שנוכל להעריך טוב יותר את מצב התחלואה ואת יעילות החיסון.

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— Amir Argoetti (@AArgoetti) July 27, 2021

Here's the explanation on the Israeli data. Makes sense. Now we would theoretically see the efficacy number increase.

Well this certainly clears it up...

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

One of the biggest problems with covid messaging is there is way too much info out there that is released without certainty or with flaws that is then changed, or edited, or revised.

We all would be better off if they just until the KNEW what they were communicating is accurate. Its been an issue from day 1. Yea there would be gaps in communication but that's better than a constant feed of inaccurate or faulty info.

While I agree, that's just an issue with the age of Twitter. The CDC has actually been pretty deliberate with their changes in recommendations over time. It's just that they're so deliberate that everyone gets impatient and instead pores over reports in Hebrew for any sense of something conclusive.

[suzzer99]

Originally Posted by Hawker007

Well this certainly clears it up...

Did you know that Hebrew, Arabic and the Latin Alphabet are all descended from the same source? Canaanite migrant laborers wanted a way to write like their Egyptian bosses. But they didn't want to have to memorize 1500 characters like Egyptian Hieroglyphics. So they took a shortcut and had each symbol only represent one sound. Reducing the number of characters one needed to learn to 30-ish.

Scholars even think they found the mine site where the original alphabet was invented. There are hieroglyphics etched into the walls, and also the new proto-alphabet, saying stuff like "Melgart was here".

Even scripts like Indian and Thai were inspired by this original alphabet. Writing was invented 4-6 times in isolation, depending on who you ask (Sumerian, Egyptian, Chinese, Maya for sure - then maybe Indus Valley and Inca knot-writing). But the alphabet was only invented once.

[TLO]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Are you just using Google Translate to make sense of this, or do you have some other magic process here? (Or are you Jewish...?)

You’ve probably seen reports from Israel on low vaccine effectiveness in this wave. Is it because of Delta? Waning immunity? We think the reason is mostly that we got the denominator wrong.https://t.co/yloh5Vo9Xi

— Dvir Aran (@dvir_a) July 27, 2021

[TLO]

CDC says it's time to go back to masking for individuals who live in areas where there's high levels of transmission.

Yay.

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by TLO

CDC says it's time to go back to masking for individuals who live in areas where there's high levels of transmission.

Yay.

The CDC can eat a bag of dicks.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by TLO

CDC says it's time to go back to masking for individuals who live in areas where there's high levels of transmission.

Yay.

Better do as you're told.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Are you just using Google Translate to make sense of this, or do you have some other magic process here? (Or are you Jewish...?)

Just use twitter translate.

Not Jewish lol.

[TLO]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

Better do as you're told.

No.

I mask when I'm around my vulnerable clients. I'm not doing it other places. (Unless requested by a certain business or whatnot)

[TLO]

fix your shit Israel

[O.city]

Florida looking bad. 30-39 year old cohort going into hospital a lot more now than before

[O.city]

https://twitter.com/angie_rasmussen/...981221897?s=21

Good thread on why the “variant escaping immunity” thing doesn’t work

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Are you just using Google Translate to make sense of this, or do you have some other magic process here? (Or are you Jewish...?)

You have to hold it up to a mirror.

[notorious]

I just checked the CDC county map.

The county I live in is rated HIGH (worst) for level of community transmission.

We have 2.....yes TWO active cases out of 6200 people.

What the **** is this shit?

[MahomesMagic]

Originally Posted by notorious

I just checked the CDC county map.

The county I live in is rated HIGH (worst) for level of community transmission.

We have 2.....yes TWO active cases out of 6200 people.

What the **** is this shit?

I don't think the CDC is even following their own completely arbitrary models anymore.