***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.”

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by O.city

I honestly don’t know the answer

I’m pretty pissed we didn’t take the last four months to do as much as possible to figure out the schools issue atleast more than we have

Frustrating

We were pretty darned busy cataloguing Karens, buster.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by O.city

I honestly don’t know the answer

I’m pretty pissed we didn’t take the last four months to do as much as possible to figure out the schools issue atleast more than we have

Frustrating

In Kansas it has been worked on heavily since March, and we have an excellent plan lined out.

I have a lot of confidence in the KSBA. They have been on point.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by O.city

https://twitter.com/prof_jtaylor/sta...637573633?s=21

Here’s Florida deaths by date of occurrence

That graph is non-sensical.

Nor does it show deaths from May being counted now.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by SAUTO

we aren't doing any of those things.

In our county 54 percent of students live with their grand parents. What about them? At this point there is no opt out in our district.

JFC!!!


In our district you have the option of distance learning or coming to school. If you come to school you must get a temp reading and wear a mask before entering the doors.

Small, 1A schools have their benefits.

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by O.city

I honestly don’t know the answer

I’m pretty pissed we didn’t take the last four months to do as much as possible to figure out the schools issue atleast more than we have

Frustrating

It is a very tough decision and what is required for schools to keep safe also require large amounts of money they don't have or won't get.

I am also very frustrated about the whole damn thing. There is no reason why this country can't beat back this virus like all the other countries but here we are.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Researchers identify enzyme that helps COVID-19 evade immune system

https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2020...4101595596610/

July 24 (UPI) -- Researchers announced Friday that they have discovered an enzyme that helps COVID-19 enter cells in the human body, allowing the infection to grow.

Called non-structural protein 16, or nsp16, the enzyme is produced by the new coronavirus and acts as a "camouflage," tricking human cells into thinking that the virus is "part of its own code and not foreign," the scientists said in an article published Friday by the journal Nature Communications.

The hope is that the enzyme will provide a target for antiviral drugs designed to cure COVID-19, they said.

"Our work not only enhances basic understanding of this particular pathway, but it provides an opportunity to develop novel antivirals against COVID-19 and emerging coronaviral illnesses in future," co-author Yogesh Gupta told UPI.

These drugs would "block the growth" of the coronavirus in the human body, said Gupta, an assistant professor of biochemistry and structural biology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

COVID-19 uses nsp16 to disguise its RNA so that human cells can't distinguish the virus's RNA from its own -- allowing the coronavirus to replicate and spread through the body, Gupta said.

"The virus effectively uses this pathway to go undetected and protect its genetic material, while at the same time continuing to grow inside the host body," he said.

In addition to describing its role in the development of COVID-19, Gupta and his team also defined the 3D structure of nsp16. This information can be used by scientists to design antiviral drugs for the disease, they said.

These new drugs would be designed to block nsp16 from disguising its RNA, meaning the human immune system would see the virus as foreign and attack it, according to the researchers.

The findings by Gupta and his colleagues add to research published by the journal Science on July 17, which suggested that another non-structural protein created by the new coronavirus, nsp1, also might work to block the human body's immune system response.

"Viruses need to evade or counteract the immune system to establish an infection," the co-author of the earlier study, Konstantin M. J. Sparrer, told UPI.

"Normally, any infection would trigger the expression of hundreds of antiviral proteins," said Sparrer, a researcher at the Institute of Molecular Virology at Ulm University Medical Center in Germany.

He said that because of nsp1, the coronavirus "manipulates its host to promote its own replication, shutting down ... the innate immune system in the process."

More proof to my uneducated and ignorant mind that this thing came from a lab.

[Fish]

Originally Posted by Pants

More proof to my uneducated and ignorant mind that this thing came from a lab.

The article doesn't really mention anything to support that. Current evidence suggests it's not a lab made virus.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Yeah I don't quite think it is. You can choose to home school your children so......

I think you just want to bitch regardless

Well I'd like for my kids to be a part of the district their grandpa built...


Every district should give the option. They don't know what's going on in every house...

[O.city]

Serology in Arizona is about 16% now.

Is there something to the “20% burnout” thing hopefully?

[petegz28]

Found out today 3 friends of the family are positive. Problem is none of them ever took a test.

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[DaFace]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Found out today 3 friends of the family are positive. Problem is none of them ever took a test.

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What are the circumstances that lead to this? I assume they were being treated for something different and records are being messed up or something?

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by DaFace

What are the circumstances that lead to this? I assume they were being treated for something different and records are being messed up or something?

Don't be a coward and just call out pete for being a liar.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by DaFace

What are the circumstances that lead to this? I assume they were being treated for something different and records are being messed up or something?

One was in line to get tested and left. The other 2 not sure but neither ever went to a doctor or test facility. Just got letters in the mail I guess.

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[petegz28]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

Don't be a coward and just call out pete for being a liar.

I hope that is sarcastic.

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[lewdog]

Originally Posted by petegz28

One was in line to get tested and left. The other 2 not sure but neither ever went to a doctor or test facility. Just got letters in the mail I guess.

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Mailing results without a request huh?

Lol