***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.”

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by Monticore

last i read antibody tests is wrong 50% of the time.

Bet I can guess when it's wrong....

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[Monticore]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Bet I can guess when it's wrong....

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/healt...ong/index.html

[jdubya]

Originally Posted by Mecca

I figure it's mainly because people dying of malaria live in poor countries in the tropics so the first world doesn't care.

However if you wear a mask, that shows that you care......

[Monticore]

Originally Posted by jdubya

However if you wear a mask, that shows that you care......

Let me guess you don't believe in bug spray either?

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by Monticore

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/healt...ong/index.html

Look at that, I was right. If you test positive you really aren't. Just like if you test negative for an infection test you really aren't.

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[jdubya]

Originally Posted by Monticore

Let me guess you don't believe in bug spray either?

Why wouldnt I?

[Monticore]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Look at that, I was right. If you test positive you really aren't. Just like if you test negative for an infection test you really aren't.

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Dealing with the human body isn't easy pete. just giving you the info do with it as you wish.

[Kidd Lex]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Case update from states early to reopen:

https://www.alreporter.com/2020/05/2...eases-to-date/

Seven day trending averages of cases in Alabama have increased significantly. Testing has been flat over the last several days, while the percent positive rate of tests has also increased, from 3 percent on May 1, when the orders were lifted, to 10 percent.

Georgia, which backdates their testing results for two weeks, shows a marked increase in the rolling 7 day average, beginning on May 11, 2.5 weeks after the SIPO was lifted. No info on percent positive.

https://dph.georgia.gov/covid-19-daily-status-report

Good News:

Michigan's average is the lowest it has been in two months, New Zealand discharged their last COVID patient from the hospital, and a 103-year-old woman in Massachusetts beat it and celebrated with a Bud Light

As a Birmingham resident, this is certainly concerning.

[sedated]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Michigan's average is the lowest it has been in two months,

The state that has maintained the most strict isolation efforts? Who woulda thought???

Originally Posted by petegz28

Michigan has been on the decline which is why the Queen of Michigan is pissing people off by e tending lock downs.

...and yet cause/effect is apparently lost on some people

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by sedated

The state that has maintained the most strict isolation efforts? Who woulda thought???



...and yet cause/effect is apparently lost on some people

Right cause no one else is going down but them......

[Kidd Lex]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Right cause no one else is going down but them......

Pete **** off. Find another hobby, the adults are talking.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by Monticore

Dealing with the human body isn't easy pete. just giving you the info do with it as you wish.

It’s funny that whatever numbers, tests, trends, whatever get produced that if they don’t meet a certain narrative then there is some reason they are wrong or not to be trusted or whatever.

Let’s just succumb to the inevitable and obviously only acceptable answer; we are all infected but we need to go on with life as if we may not be so we are infected but we need to act as if we aren’t and stay the **** home and hide and whatever

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by Kidd Lex

Pete **** off. Find another hobby, the adults are talking.

Fist yourself, jackoff

[Kidd Lex]

Originally Posted by petegz28

It’s funny that whatever numbers, tests, trends, whatever get produced that if they don’t meet a certain narrative then there is some reason they are wrong or not to be trusted or whatever.

Let’s just succumb to the inevitable and obviously only acceptable answer; we are all infected but we need to go on with life as if we may not be so we are infected but we need to act as if we aren’t and stay the **** home and hide and whatever

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by Kidd Lex

Thanks for making my point.....