***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.”

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

155 patients out of how many beds in Springfield?

Either Cox or Mercy is just now building a separate C-19 triage facility.

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

Either Cox or Mercy is just now building a separate C-19 triage facility.

He stated that they have a detailed plan of how to utilize hospital resources.

“We can expand our bed capacity significantly here. We know that if pushed in crisis mode we can take over 1600 patients in the facilities that fall under the Springfield community’s umbrella,” he said.

Cox Hospital opened their 51 bed COVID-19 unit last week. We’re told that there’s room to treat about 100 more during regular hospital operations.

The hospital system has the total capacity to treat more than 1000 patients.

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That's just Cox. Mercy has additional capacity.

All I am saying is the strain has more to do with regular stuff coming to bear.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

155 patients out of how many beds in Springfield?

I don't know.

It's a nonsensical argument to bring up beds though. They can stack beds everywhere, you gotta have someone to care for said patient in the bed.

The Covid units designated in both hospitals here are full, they're transporting Covid patients elsewhere because of lack of care and there is talk of throwing up a field hospital and bringing in staff from other areas to care for it along with shutting down elective surgeries.

Mercy has some issues that Cox doesn't because they stupidly laid off a bunch of staff who then were hired at Cox back in March, likely due to shutdown.

They can't send alot of patients back to or into nursing homes because A. they're full and B. they have to have a negative test prior to and then isolate once they get there for 2 weeks.

It's not a good situation currently.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

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That's just Cox. Mercy has additional capacity.

All I am saying is the strain has more to do with regular stuff coming to bear.

New respiratory urgent care facility being built at Cox South Hospital to handle expected flu-COVID influx: https://t.co/calpVHreuT

— KY3 News (@kytv) October 14, 2020

[O.city]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

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That's just Cox. Mercy has additional capacity.

All I am saying is the strain has more to do with regular stuff coming to bear.

Well, it's wrong.

The normal stuff is normal. We don't have these issues when "normal stuff" is happening.

[O.city]

They're keeping a running tracker of active cases here in greene county and it's ticking down slightly so I think that's good news.

The average age of those infected has gone up though, which to no surprise, so have deaths here.

[dirk digler]

Saw my daughter and grand son yesterday for the first time since February which was nice. Probably the last time for awhile again.

She said Research is filling up again with Covid patients but the vast majority from rural areas. They even had a couple of them recently admitted and asked how they got covid when they took hcq. Can’t fix rural mo stupidity.

As far as beds and nurses, ocity is correct. You can have many beds but qualified staff is limited greatly. ICU nurse typically only handle max 2-3 patients and you can’t have LPN’s covering critical care patients.

[TLO]

Kind of just echoing what others have said. Our hospital currently has room for covid patients, but they've said they're running low on staff to care for them. I'm sure they're recruiting out of state to bring people in.

We've been holding around the 60 mark for the past couple days. Of course our hospital doesn't bother disclosing where these patients are from, but I'd imagine it's from all over NW Missouri.

[O.city]

2020 finally threw my family a bone, my aunt and uncle both got to come home today. Well my uncle did, aunt will hopefully tomorrow. MOved her out of the covid wing into a regular room.

Everyone else in our family is recovering, so we're doing better for now. Hopefully it continues.

[sedated]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

As far as beds and nurses, ocity is correct. You can have many beds but qualified staff is limited greatly. ICU nurse typically only handle max 2-3 patients and you can’t have LPN’s covering critical care patients.

But...beds.

Just build more beds.

[sedated]

Originally Posted by O.city

2020 finally threw my family a bone, my aunt and uncle both got to come home today. Well my uncle did, aunt will hopefully tomorrow. MOved her out of the covid wing into a regular room.

Everyone else in our family is recovering, so we're doing better for now. Hopefully it continues.

Great news. Finally.

[Fish]

Highest weekly average in Kansas since the start of the pandemic. Yikes....

Kansas sees highest average daily number of COVID-19 cases in a week

Last week saw the highest average number of COVID-19 cases per day in a single week since the pandemic began, with an average of over 700 cases per day, Gov. Laura Kelly said in a news conference Tuesday.

There have also been an increase in hospitalizations and clusters, with 65 Kansans dying last week as well, she said.

[...]

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by Fish

Highest weekly average in Kansas since the start of the pandemic. Yikes....

Kansas sees highest average daily number of COVID-19 cases in a week

Last week saw the highest average number of COVID-19 cases per day in a single week since the pandemic began, with an average of over 700 cases per day, Gov. Laura Kelly said in a news conference Tuesday.

There have also been an increase in hospitalizations and clusters, with 65 Kansans dying last week as well, she said.

[...]

Can't speak for all of Kansas but on the KS side of the KC area the 7 day average of cases is at its lowest level since last June.

[petegz28]

Here is the Cluster info for the entire state of Ks as of yesterday at 9:00am

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Fish

Highest weekly average in Kansas since the start of the pandemic. Yikes....

Kansas sees highest average daily number of COVID-19 cases in a week

Last week saw the highest average number of COVID-19 cases per day in a single week since the pandemic began, with an average of over 700 cases per day, Gov. Laura Kelly said in a news conference Tuesday.

There have also been an increase in hospitalizations and clusters, with 65 Kansans dying last week as well, she said.

[...]

We're clearly on the rise nationally as well.