***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.”

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by Bwana

All the salons opened up with social distancing. I was able to FINALLY get a haircut today. My last one was the 2nd week of January. That was one hell of a pile of hair, knocked the hippy right off me. When I went in, the first thing they did was take my tempeture with one of those ear tempeture things, everyone got the treatment. After that, I was home free. Out of the 30 gals in the salon, I think there were only two with masks and out of the customers, probably three.


It actually felt like a pre-covid haircut.

Salon?...Sure...if you say so.

[mr. tegu]

Disneyland Shanghai will be opening May 11th.

[Bwana]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

Salon?...Sure...if you say so.

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[DaFace]

Originally Posted by Bwana

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Salons sometimes have...other connotations.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Salons sometimes have...other connotations.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by Donger

If I were you, I'd be stocking up on Soylent Green. You'll need it.

Yeah pointing out there will be massive price increases in staples kind of pokes a hole your whole "the economy will recover" shtick doesn't it?

[Bwana]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Salons sometimes have...other connotations.

Hmm, well I guess he was referring to a massage parlor for a rub and tug, a krafty if you will?

My hair was so fricken long, I would have taken a cut over a knobber.

[Discuss Thrower]

Wait, now that I think about it, doesn't the whole "rationing meat to X amount of items per visit" just entice people to go back to the store at a different time or go to multiple stores and isn't that an unnecessary increase in travel?

[Monticore]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

Wait, now that I think about it, doesn't the whole "rationing meat to X amount of items per visit" just entice people to go back to the store at a different time or go to multiple stores and isn't that an unnecessary increase in travel?

You hope it would make people more considerate of others.

[HonestChieffan]

Originally Posted by Monticore

You hope it would make people more considerate of others.

It wont. Packers are not buying beef off the ranch or feedlot, packing houses are closed and the retail price is jacked. On the farm today if you wanted to buy a steer at 1500 pounds live weight it will run plus or minus $1.00 a pound. Thats off about $.60 cents.

Those who are not selling will see fat weights rise about 3 ponds a day on spring grass, so when they finally kill we will have a glut of dressed beef driving down the producer market and the packers will continue to short the market.

If you think for a minute people will become more considerate of others when they cant buy beef, chicken or pork and will not stock up, you are crazy. People will not be nice when foods become short at any price.

Expect veggies and fruit to skyrocket if we dont have labor to harvest. This is just the beginning.

City folks are in for sticker shock they have never seen

[Bwana]

This is pretty good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49f5...t_radio=1&t=21

[Bwana]

Originally Posted by HonestChieffan

It wont. Packers are not buying beef off the ranch or feedlot, packing houses are closed and the retail price is jacked. On the farm today if you wanted to buy a steer at 1500 pounds live weight it will run plus or minus $1.00 a pound. Thats off about $.60 cents.

Those who are not selling will see fat weights rise about 3 ponds a day on spring grass, so when they finally kill we will have a glut of dressed beef driving down the producer market and the packers will continue to short the market.

If you think for a minute people will become more considerate of others when they cant buy beef, chicken or pork and will not stock up, you are crazy. People will not be nice when foods become short at any price.

Expect veggies and fruit to skyrocket if we dont have labor to harvest. This is just the beginning.

City folks are in for sticker shock they have never seen

Yep prices are going to go nuts.

[Monticore]

Originally Posted by HonestChieffan

It wont. Packers are not buying beef off the ranch or feedlot, packing houses are closed and the retail price is jacked. On the farm today if you wanted to buy a steer at 1500 pounds live weight it will run plus or minus $1.00 a pound. Thats off about $.60 cents.

Those who are not selling will see fat weights rise about 3 ponds a day on spring grass, so when they finally kill we will have a glut of dressed beef driving down the producer market and the packers will continue to short the market.

If you think for a minute people will become more considerate of others when they cant buy beef, chicken or pork and will not stock up, you are crazy. People will not be nice when foods become short at any price.

Expect veggies and fruit to skyrocket if we dont have labor to harvest. This is just the beginning.

City folks are in for sticker shock they have never seen

I said hope lol , i figured it would not happen.
Meat hasn’t been an issue up here yet but I assume that could change.

[HonestChieffan]

Just saw the mayor of KC talking about barbers and hair stylists being open and said customers need to wear a mask and rubber gloves when we go for a trim.

Just a local FYI

[Discuss Thrower]

St. Louis Fed President Bullard: "It's unrealistic, he said, to keep the economy on lockdown until a vaccine or treatment is developed"