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03-02-2020, 12:56 PM | #451 |
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Was just listening to the daily WHO briefing.
They mentioned that containment IS working. This virus is unique in the fact that it isn't like influenza, as if this was the case - we'd have seen many more cases by now. Top priority for all countries right now needs to be containment. |
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03-02-2020, 01:09 PM | #452 | |
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03-02-2020, 01:16 PM | #453 | |
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Cruise ship is obvious - age and close proximity. China had the disadvantage of not knowing what it was for a month or more. Also people live/work/commute in close quarters and at least the men tend to be heavy smokers I believe. China has one advantage in that they can put 50 million people on lockdown. Imagine if the US tried that. Iran - I know very little about daily life in Iran. Do they smoke a lot? Do they eat with their hands regularly? Is there a lot of hugging and touching and sharing of things like hooka pipes or something? I'm assuming general food cleanliness is not up to Western/Japanese/etc standards, same goes for medical care. Northern Italy - also probably a lot of smokers. Temps are cold, which helps other coronaviruses live on surfaces longer (unknown yet how well COVID lives on surfaces). Assuming decent food hygiene and top-notch medical care. Italians do like to kiss each other on the face as a greeting and are very touchy-feely. |
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03-02-2020, 01:20 PM | #455 | |
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The optimistic scenario is that it spread in the US is slow enough and also that the virus mostly disappears with warmer summer weather. It would probably return next fall but there might be better treatments by then. And if people who get the disease can be spread out in time than hospitals won’t be overwhelmed. |
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03-02-2020, 01:25 PM | #456 |
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Well the Iranian govt and their supporters seem to be behaving particularly stupidly over this. Edit: ponied by donger. |
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03-02-2020, 01:25 PM | #457 |
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Four Americans who were being monitored in the National Quarantine Unit at the UNMC/Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha were released from the quarantine unit, according to a release from the institution.
Two of the people previously tested positive for coronavirus, while two others tested negative throughout the quarantine process, the release said. The two people who previously tested positive for the disease were released from quarantine yesterday afternoon, having tested negative for the virus in three separate tests, 24 hours apart, according to UNMC health officials. The two people who tested negative left the quarantine unit this morning. These four Americans met all UNMC/Nebraska Medicine qualifications for release, which exceeded CDC qualifications. |
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03-02-2020, 01:34 PM | #459 |
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3 more deaths reported in the Seattle area. 5 deaths out of 14 identified cases in King County. They didn't identify two as cases until after their passing. I wonder if this is that nursing home
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03-02-2020, 01:43 PM | #462 |
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03-02-2020, 01:44 PM | #463 |
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I would imagine so.. When you talk about containment, making sure it DOESN'T hit these types of places is going to be key in the grand scheme of things.
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03-02-2020, 01:46 PM | #464 |
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03-02-2020, 01:47 PM | #465 |
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Let's hope the Taliban and al-quaeda and ISIL folks all follow the licking ritual, too.
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