***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.”

[eDave]

Originally Posted by Fish

Dude...

What? Did you think I was serious? Ha ha.

[BWillie]

We should have done a better job to limit our exposure of this to the USA and got ahead of this with rampant testing but now that it is here, I see no need to worry about it any longer.

If you are above 60, wear a mask when you go out in public or limit your public exposure. In 1-1.5 years there will be a vaccine. For everyone else, business usual. Just wash your hands, sneeze into your elbow. Call it a day.

H1N1 compared to Covid 19 to the rest of us isn't even really a discernible difference in hardship or mortality

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by LiveSteam

Your care is to blame Trump..
And we all know it.

Didn't you just say yesterday that you're good at keeping DC bullshit out of the Lounge?

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by LiveSteam

Your care is to blame Trump..
And we all know it.

You simply don't have the capacity to keep things apolitical.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by BWillie

We should have done a better job to limit our exposure of this to the USA and got ahead of this with rampant testing but now that it is here, I see no need to worry about it any longer.

If you are above 60, wear a mask when you go out in public or limit your public exposure. In 1-1.5 years there will be a vaccine. For everyone else, business usual. Just wash your hands, sneeze into your elbow. Call it a day.

H1N1 compared to Covid 19 to the rest of us isn't even really a discernible difference in hardship or mortality

H1N1 was brutal for my son ~9-10 years ago.

[Eureka]

Apple employees in the Silicon Valley are being told to work from home.

[Chiefs4TheWin]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Didn't you just say yesterday that you're good at keeping DC bullshit out of the Lounge?

It ever come up that instead of rompering some people you just DC em?

[LiveSteam]

Yes I did.
And other than one certain poster here.
I wouldn't have said anything today.
Im also not the one that had to delete his post yesterday.
Anyway. You have my word, I wont post in this thread again.

[C3HIEF3S]

Originally Posted by Eureka

Apple employees in the Silicon Valley are being told to work from home.

Indeed employees here in Austin have been doing the same, as well as Amazon employees in Seattle.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by DaFace

I think it's mostly just that most of us have older family members and are concerned on their behalf. I don't really care much if I get it, but it'd be devastating to unknowingly transmit it to a family member who has serious issues with it.

yeah, I don’t need that shit in my life. I’m okay but I transferred it to someone who is elderly? Screw that.

[Donger]

SXSW cancelled.

[PHOG]

Well, someone here in Tulsa has it, flew back from Italy to Tulsa. (and who knows how many other airports Feb. 23rd) We shall see what becomes of it. If anything. A man in his 50's.

[TLO]

Originally Posted by Donger

SXSW cancelled.

Noooooooooooo! Not SXSW!!!

"Google's SXSW"

Oh. Okay.

[BigRedChief]

Why in the **** does the President keep saying anyone can get a test? Just go to your Doctor or ER?

We have only tested 1800 people in the USA so far. There are not millions of kits, yet. It just gives everyone a false sense of security. Wastes doctors and the ER’s time telling them no, we don’t have the testing kits.

And must importantly, everyone doesn’t need a damn test.

And they only sent 300 test kits to the cruise ship off the coast of California. Only 300 were tested. There are 3500 people on the ship.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Why in the **** does the President keep saying anyone can get a test? Just go to your Doctor or ER?

We have only tested 1800 people in the USA so far. There are not millions of kits, yet. It just gives everyone a false sense of security. Wastes doctors and the ER’s time telling them no, we don’t have the testing kits.

And must importantly, everyone doesn’t need a damn test.

And they only sent 300 test kits to the cruise ship off the coast of California. Only 300 were tested. There are 3500 people on the ship.

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2...test-kits.html
One kit can test 700 to 800 specimens.