***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.”

[O.city]

Ohio confirms 5 cases in early/mid January. Confirmed to be from community spread

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by O.city

Ohio confirms 5 cases in early/mid January. Confirmed to be from community spread

How?

[TLO]

Originally Posted by O.city

Ohio confirms 5 cases in early/mid January. Confirmed to be from community spread

No kidding? Huh..

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by O.city

Ohio confirms 5 cases in early/mid January. Confirmed to be from community spread

Not shocked in the least.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

How?

Said from antibody testing and contact tracing that they had no contacts woth any one traveling etc

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by TLO

How exactly is it lagging behind most of the world?

Test per case is one of the lowest.

https://ourworldindata.org/coronavir...-covid-19-case

[dirk digler]

KC is on list to watch by Coronavirus Task Force. Infections growing in Middle America.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...ities-n1204751

Coronavirus infection rates are spiking to new highs in several metropolitan areas and smaller communities across the country, according to undisclosed data the White House's pandemic task force is using to track rates of infection, which was obtained by NBC News.

The 10 top areas recorded surges of 72.4 percent or greater over a seven-day period compared to the previous week, according to a set of tables produced for the task force by its data and analytics unit. They include Nashville, Tennessee; Des Moines, Iowa; Amarillo, Texas; and — atop the list, with a 650 percent increase — Central City, Kentucky.

On a separate list of "locations to watch," which didn't meet the precise criteria for the first set: Charlotte, North Carolina; Kansas City, Missouri; Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska; Minneapolis; Montgomery, Alabama; Columbus, Ohio; and Phoenix. The rates of new cases in Charlotte and Kansas City represented increases of more than 200 percent over the previous week, and other tables included in the data show clusters in neighboring counties that don't form geographic areas on their own, such as Wisconsin's Kenosha and Racine counties, which neighbor each other between Chicago and Milwaukee.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

KC is on list to watch by Coronavirus Task Force. Infections growing in Middle America.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...ities-n1204751

This is classic panic porn.

We need to test more
More tests will find more cases
We fully expect cases to go up as we test more
We start testing more

WHY ARE THE CASES GOING UP?!?!?!?!

MOAR TESTING!!!!


Meanwhile Mo has fallen from 22nd in total cases to now 27th.

[Redbled]

Originally Posted by Donger

So, what's the problem? Are people getting sick or something, and can't process the animals?

Genius

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by O.city

Said from antibody testing and contact tracing that they had no contacts woth any one traveling etc

I fully believe it’s been here since then, and it’s nice to hear about more people with antibodies, but in this case it sounds like just guesswork that they had it in January. The people with antibodies estimated when they last had symptoms but this doesn’t account for those symptoms possibly being a regular cold or something else.

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2020/...outputType=amp

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by petegz28

This is classic panic porn.

We need to test more
More tests will find more cases
We fully expect cases to go up as we test more
We start testing more

WHY ARE THE CASES GOING UP?!?!?!?!

MOAR TESTING!!!!


Meanwhile Mo has fallen from 22nd in total cases to now 27th.

I just thought it was interesting KC made this list but yeah we need more testing obviously.

[FloridaMan88]

Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88

Training camps can easily be moved around to states/locations that are not on lockdown.

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Easily? Easily? For whom?

And where are they going to play their games?

As I predicted last month...

Link: https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/05/11/nf...ial-distancing

Per sources, a number of teams are already deep into exploring out-of-state training camp sites, in anticipation that their states’ restrictions will make staging camp at home in late July and early August impossible. Simple reality dictates that the 10 teams in the Northeast corridor and on the West Coast need to get ahead of this now. In Seattle, the best-case scenario, based on the plans laid out by the state, is that gatherings of over 50 people are allowed eight weeks from now. In Massachusetts, the mayor of Boston just called off all festivals and parades through Labor Day. New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia and California, likewise, are a ways off from loosening the reins to the degree needed to hold an NFL camp. Counting 90 players, the coaching staff, scouts, doctors, trainers, strength staff, cafeteria staff, etc., if you cut away everything else, you may be able to run a camp with 150 people onsite. And the fact is, that’s a number that’s a still a ways off from being allowable in some corners of the country.

[TLO]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

KC is on list to watch by Coronavirus Task Force. Infections growing in Middle America.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...ities-n1204751

Both Buchanan County and Jackson County are on that list because of Triumph Foods.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

I just thought it was interesting KC made this list but yeah we need more testing obviously.

And with more testing comes more cases then we get the fabricated "freak out"
because there are more cases as a result of the additional testing that we wanted and knew would show more cases.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88

As I predicted last month...

Link: https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/05/11/nf...ial-distancing

Uh, just because people are suggesting it doesn't make it easy.

Even if it happens, it'll be a logistical nightmare for franchises that need to load absolutely everything and ship it out of state.