***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.”

[BIG_DADDY]

Originally Posted by ptlyon

Jesus Christ...

Drama queen gonna drama.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by Donger

Our hospitals deal with about 300,000 patients with influenza a year, right?

The hospitalization rate is exponentially higher than the flu. Even if we saw 20% of ppl get Covid 19 that got the flu our hospitals would still be overwhelmed.

[FD]

FYI, the CDC submitted a plan advising the elderly not to fly on commercial airlines.

https://apnews.com/921ad7f1f08d7634bf681ba785faf269?

[suzzer99]

Originally Posted by Donger

Our hospitals deal with about 300,000 patients with influenza a year, right?

There are something like 30k available ICU beds in the whole country right now. And even less ventilators and the saturated oxygen that people very sick with coronavirus need.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/h...ronavirus.html

“All the hospitals are taxed with a large flu season and other bugs,” said Dr. Mark Jarrett, the chief quality officer for Northwell Health, which operates 23 hospitals across Long Island and elsewhere in New York. About 400 patients are coming to its emergency rooms each day with flulike symptoms.

“Everybody is at maximum capacity,” Dr. Jarrett said.

[SupDock]

Originally Posted by BIG_DADDY

For the 1000th time over the last two decades no, I am for safer vaccines which we lost with the vaccine courts. I just get shouted down by the we know what’s best for everyone crowd all the time. I am also not for mandating any medical procedure.

What the CDC and WHO are not telling you is the most successful procedure being used in China right now is intravenous IV vitamin C therapy. There is also really cool stuff like hyperbaric IV ozone therapy but there is no point in having those conversations on this BB.

In an effort to further the vaccine industry there are articles on vitamin C vaccines working but they are not vaccines because there is no disease or adjuvant used.

What do you mean we lost safer vaccines?

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Donger

Our hospitals deal with about 300,000 patients with influenza a year, right?

Originally Posted by BWillie

The hospitalization rate is exponentially higher than the flu. Even if we saw 20% of ppl get Covid 19 that got the flu our hospitals would still be overwhelmed.

I made a post of our emergency plans. It’s not pretty. Most emergency plans aren’t good. That’s why they are emergency plans. But, anyone who thinks our healthcare system can’t get swamped badly, your not paying attention.

[suzzer99]

Originally Posted by BIG_DADDY

Drama queen gonna drama.

It happened in China. It's happening in Italy. But can't possibly happen here because... you don't want it to?

[Donger]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

There are something like 30k available ICU beds in the whole country right now. And even less ventilators and the saturated oxygen that people very sick with coronavirus need.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/h...ronavirus.html

Ick. I wonder how many of those who go thinking they caught this corona virus end up just having influenza, or a cold.

[Chief Pagan]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

It happened in China. It's happening in Italy. But can't possibly happen here because... you don't want it to it is all over hyped fake news?

FYP

[tk13]

The thing not being mentioned is the health personnel getting sick themselves. You have to quarantine yourself for so long, I can see that causing issues. Look at that nursing home in Seattle.

[493rd]

It’s the end of the world people and we’re all gonna die. But I don’t really give a shit because I saw my Chiefs win a SB.

[TLO]

Anyone hear anymore about that vaccine being developed in Isreal? That sounded promising and now there's no reports on it whatsoever.

[wazu]

Originally Posted by tk13

The thing not being mentioned is the health personnel getting sick themselves. You have to quarantine yourself for so long, I can see that causing issues. Look at that nursing home in Seattle.

This plus the ventilator thing are the areas that seem most dire. Is it possible to mobilize volunteers to care for the sick in makeshift medical facilities? Guess if things get bad enough we'll find out.

[suzzer99]

I'm gonna guess we get all our ventilators from China and they aren't shipping us any new ones right now.

[wazu]

I'd be really curious to see what the survival rate is for COVID-19 patients that actually get put on a ventilator.