***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!

Click here for the original OP:

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.”

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/show...5#post14865925

Thanks. It's not clear if he's talking nationally or globally. Hopefully he'll clear that up.

[O.city]

I'm guessing there's more deaths happening than reported as with the limits in testing etc.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

She works in one of the largest hospitals in KC and it isn't being addressed at all. They have been dealing with this for weeks. She told me today, dad this is a warzone and this is just the beginning.

Hell in my local hospital here doctor's and nurses have started using bandanas that people have made.

This has been a total failure in leadership.

Missouri just bought $17 million in PPE. They've applied for federal relief as well.

Supply and supply chain issues are still being worked through. That isn't the same as 'not being addressed at all'.

Nobody is being ignored. People at all levels are pulling every lever they can find to create movement.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Donger

Thanks. It's not clear if he's talking nationally or globally. Hopefully he'll clear that up.

It's very clear. When he made that post we were already over 20,000 globally.

[TLO]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

247 yesterday

73 today

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

That number was all kinds of weird all day yesterday though.

[Spott]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

Hope you can opt out. I don't want go pay the extra taxes.

Same here. I haven’t filed this year’s taxes, but I’d rather not have to declare it as income if I were to get anything.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by O.city

I'm guessing there's more deaths happening than reported as with the limits in testing etc.

That's a rather gloomy assumption based on a hunch at best

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

It's very clear. When he made that post we were already over 20,000 globally.

No, there weren't. ~18,000 on 3/24

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by TLO

That number was all kinds of weird all day yesterday though.

It's a useful site, but they're just scraping numbers off of the internet. It's a useful repository, but I wouldn't count on it to be very exact or very up to date.

[SupDock]

Originally Posted by Spott

Same here. I haven’t filed this year’s taxes, but I’d rather not have to declare it as income if I were to get anything.

Why not?

You would declare it next year, but at the minimum you throw it in a savings account and pay the extra taxes out of that account.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Donger

No, there weren't. ~18,000 on 3/24

He meant US. Read his other posts.

Global is already over 23,000 so he didn't mean global.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by petegz28

That's a rather gloomy assumption based on a hunch at best

Doctors And Nurses Say More People Are Dying Of COVID-19 In The US Than We Know https://t.co/obQsJh0iXZ

— Carl Zimmer (@carlzimmer) March 26, 2020

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Donger

Have you considered the possibility that those workers were either having some fun and/or being dicks?

your going to argue there is no PPE shortage? All these reports are just all fun and hijinxs? Fake news?

When Dirk Digler’s daughter tells him in a private conversation with her Dad, they are out of PPE’s in a major KC hospital, and are using bandannas? She was just joshing with the old man?

[SupDock]

Originally Posted by DaFace

It's a useful site, but they're just scraping numbers off of the internet. It's a useful repository, but I wouldn't count on it to be very exact or very up to date.

Correct. It is definitely not a real time tally of deaths. You can't use it to compare to "where we were yesterday at this time"

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by O.city

Doctors And Nurses Say More People Are Dying Of COVID-19 In The US Than We Know https://t.co/obQsJh0iXZ

— Carl Zimmer (@carlzimmer) March 26, 2020

And they are also saying more people have it than we know, etc., etc.