***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.”

[TLO]

Missouri reported 74 new cases yesterday
88 today.

According to the DHSS website anyway. That seems... Odd.

Putting this here for reference later. I want to see how many tests Missouri did to come up with 88 positives.

121,296 (not yet updated for 5/12/20)

[BleedingRed]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15

LA County 'with all certainty' extending stay at home order through JULY per the LA Times.

Breaking: Los Angeles County’s stay-at-home orders will “with all certainty” be extended for the next three months, Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer acknowledged during a Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday https://t.co/jswRcZ5FkS

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) May 12, 2020

Good Luck,

People are begging for a economic depression

[O.city]

Lockdown til August? Yikes.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15

LA County 'with all certainty' extending stay at home order through JULY per the LA Times.

Breaking: Los Angeles County’s stay-at-home orders will “with all certainty” be extended for the next three months, Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer acknowledged during a Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday https://t.co/jswRcZ5FkS

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) May 12, 2020

I'm not surprised that it's a possibility, but it's odd that they'd say that it will likely happen when we're 2-3 months out from that. A lot can change between now and then.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15

LA County 'with all certainty' extending stay at home order through JULY per the LA Times.

I expected as much but it still sucks ass.

We're heading to the beach tonight to see the bio-luminescent waves. Hopefully, we'll find parking but we'll need to stay in the car since the actual beaches are closed.

[BleedingRed]

Originally Posted by O.city

Lockdown til August? Yikes.

2nd Amendment is going to come in handy when the police can't be paid.....

Lmao some of these places are crazy, Trump will have to order them to open.

[dirk digler]

That means all LA summer sports teams will most certainly play elsewhere.

[eDave]

Originally Posted by O.city

Lockdown til August? Yikes.

So depressing. I'm a single guy at home alone. It's killing me and am noticing my mental health is deteriorating.

[tk13]

There's two ways that's going to go. Things will re-open in other areas and not look too bad and there will be a lot of pressure on LA to move that date up. Or things will re-open in other areas and cases will spike and they will look like geniuses. Not too much middle ground there.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by eDave

So depressing. I'm a single guy at home alone. It's killing me and am noticing my mental health is deteriorating.

I thought PHX was all but wide open at this point?

Saw some pics of a restaurant on Mill Ave that was PACKED.

[eDave]

As Phoenix starts to re-open, bars and restaurants are not going to pay entertainers or at best at 1/2 price (for a full set). On record saying entertainers should do it for the love of entertaining and to secure future gigs by helping them out now.

And many will do it. But by playing for free, they are contributing to the demise of a situation that was already an issue (in a cutthroat community) and is now going to be a bigger one. As hard as the fight has been to get paid, this has blown that all up.

[BleedingRed]

Originally Posted by tk13

There's two ways that's going to go. Things will re-open in other areas and not look too bad and there will be a lot of pressure on LA to move that date up. Or things will re-open in other areas and cases will spike and they will look like geniuses. Not too much middle ground there.

Add on to this, what are you going to do with a total economic collapse in LA County?

Exactly how are you going to mitigate that? Virus wont look like shit in some area's compared to the economic destruction

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15

LA County 'with all certainty' extending stay at home order through JULY per the LA Times.

Breaking: Los Angeles County’s stay-at-home orders will “with all certainty” be extended for the next three months, Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer acknowledged during a Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday https://t.co/jswRcZ5FkS

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) May 12, 2020

Yeah that's not gonna go over well

[BleedingRed]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Yeah that's not gonna go over well

martial law what could go wrong

[eDave]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15

I thought PHX was all but wide open at this point?

Saw some pics of a restaurant on Mill Ave that was PACKED.

I can see that as Tempe is ASUtown. But in my neighborhood, I drove by a bar in my neighborhood and it was packed too. Peeked in the window, NO ONE had a facemask on.

I'm sitting out for a bit longer. AZ cases are rising faster now.