***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.”

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

People are scared they might lose their white collar job and their wife will start ****ing a real rough neck. Always about the pussy and the paper.

Yep and understanding people the way you do is why you are such a beloved city councilman in here in the Joe.

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

Friend of mine from OKC shipped me a bottle of Wellers Antique 107 . I plan to go out in style.

Yes!!!!

We need more posts like this in these trying times.

Thank you!!!

[Demonpenz]

Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

Yep and understanding people the way you do is why you are such a beloved city councilman in here in the Joe.

I had the Mayor as a teacher in College. His Bill Clinton impersonation was dead on.

[stumppy]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

I could have sat in a grocery store at any point the last 5 years where I am at and the amount of people on food stamps was staggering. The amount of shop lifting was staggering. If you go to Brothers Grocery store there is 3 ring binder of people stealing food. You would have a hard time having me see White Collar Data Analysis Project Manager dude getting off of zoom to go shop lift or beat someone up. What's going to happen is White Collar guy is going to get a gun thinks he hears something, trips over cat and splatters his brains all over the wall. Or kills his son because he was sneaking in after ours. All this is the way I see it and if I will acknowledge I am wrong 99 percent of the time about everything. I don't know how to get people to grasp how rich they really are. OH'S NO MAH MORGGURAGE. Wut r we going to doooo honey? Probably live like the rest of the broke asses in america.

Yup, too many people in the USA have been living above their means for too long.

[FloridaMan88]

Walmart's updated social distancing measures...

https://corporate.walmart.com/newsro...ial-distancing

Starting Saturday, we will limit the number of customers who can be in a store at once. Stores will now allow no more than five customers for each 1,000 square feet at a given time, roughly 20 percent of a store’s capacity.

To manage this restriction, the associates at a store will mark a queue at a single-entry door (in most cases the Grocery entrance) and direct arriving customers there, where they will be admitted one-by-one and counted. Associates and signage will remind customers of the importance of social distancing while they’re waiting to enter a store – especially before it opens in the morning.

Once a store reaches its capacity, customers will be admitted inside on a “1-out-1-in” basis.

We’ll also institute one-way movement through our aisles next week in a number of our stores, using floor markers and direction from associates. We expect this to help more customers avoid coming into close contact with others as they shop.

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

I had the Mayor as a teacher in College. His Bill Clinton impersonation was dead on.

He teach econ at MW?

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88

I would say after the end of this month the lockdown will need to ease up in certain ways.

The severity of the lockdown cannot continue in its current form.

If it has to it will, or it will have all been a complete waste of time.

[Demonpenz]

Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

He teach econ at MW?

I had him as a Music Teacher. This smoking hot blonde used to sit next to me. After college I saw the blond at record bar in kc. I got her number and I thought I was the shit. I didn't realize that numbers don't mean shit and girls flake especially if you are a JAG broke dick like me. 5 weeks ago the same girl sees my lic plate and tells me she likes my car and plate. I get excited and drop my 2 for 4 monsters at the north speedy's and one sprays all over me and goes rolling like 50 feet off. The one time I feel cool in-front of a hottie and I get some sort of revenge because the girl that ghosted me likes my car (which to a st joe person probably means it has a current tag) the one time I feel cool life is like "Oh where was I oh yeah, I need to knock this guy down a peg or two. Jesus himself came down and knocked those monsters out of my hand. He wants me to stay humble"

[stumppy]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

If it has to it will, or it will have all be a complete waste of time.

I just don't get how people don't understand this.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by stumppy

I just don't get how people don't understand this.

Oh and you do?

[stumppy]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

Oh and you do?

You don't?

[tk13]

It all depends on the numbers. If the numbers of cases and deaths keep growing nobody is going to be upset about anything. Well some people will be, but those are the same people saying we're destroying the economy, when that was going to happen anyway. People aren't going to be eager to go out and do things if there's a legit fear they could catch this thing.

[petegz28]

2-3 weeks ago WA state was THE hot spot. Today it is 10th.

[TLO]

Originally Posted by petegz28

2-3 weeks ago WA state was THE hot spot. Today it is 10th.

Do you have the list?

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by tk13

It all depends on the numbers. If the numbers of cases and deaths keep growing nobody is going to be upset about anything. Well some people will be, but those are the same people saying we're destroying the economy, when that was going to happen anyway. People aren't going to be eager to go out and do things if there's a legit fear they could catch this thing.

Fear.

Even when the social distancing is called off, people are not going to just pick up where they left off. The virus will still be out there killing people. It’s going to take some time, months, before the majority of people feel safe to resume their old life.