Coronavirus COVID-19 *Global Health Pandemic* #20

[Henry2326]

I was just looking at Miami yesterday thinking how they didn’t have any yet...

Officials report first COVID-19 case in Miami-Dade County, 5th case in Broward County

That's downright criminal....its more than likely that they do. No testing there....

 

[Henry2326]

Reuters: FIRST CORONAVIRUS DEATH IN AUSTRIA OCCURS IN VIENNA -AUSTRIAN NEWS AGENCY APA
Vincent Lee on Twitter

 

[margarita25]

That's downright criminal....its more than likely that they do. No testing there....

I’ll tell ya what else is criminal...It seems some people can’t even pick up their dog poop around here, which really doesn’t make me feel very confident about things going forward, moo:

Poop Problem: City of Denver threatens to close popular dog park
1 day ago

 

[Henry2326]

Sunak, the chancellor of Scotland, criticised President Trump’s flight ban announcement, saying that the UK government’s view was that measures like this would not have much impact on the spread of coronavirus.
Trump's travel ban won't have much impact on spread of coronavirus, says Rishi Sunak - live news | Politics | The Guardian

 

[Mimi in London]

Please read the comments on this Twitter thread if you would like a giggle. People replying to a recent tweet from the the UK Department of Health.

Department of Health and Social Care on Twitter

 

[Henry2326]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that authorities believe 60-70% of the population would eventually get infected by the novel coronavirus. Merkel believes 60-70% of Germany's population will be infected

 

[Henry2326]

Please read the comments on this Twitter thread if you would like a giggle. People replying to a recent tweet from the the UK Department of Health.

Department of Health and Social Care on Twitter

People are getting it....

 

[Henry2326]

BEIJING/SHANGHAI, March 12 (Reuters) - Automakers in China are calling on the government to help after industry-wide sales plunged 79% in February to mark their biggest ever monthly decline, with demand pummelled by the coronavirus outbreak.
@yilei000 @brendagoh_

 

[Henry2326]

JoongAng： Gimpo International Airport has zero international flights scheduled today. First time in 40 years.
Vincent Lee on Twitter

As story notes, Gimpo's international terminal is used for shorter-range flights to places such as China, Japan and Taiwan. You can see why there would be a sharp drop in flights since the coronavirus outbreka hit.
Vincent Lee on Twitter

 

[Henry2326]

Yonhap: South Korea says 19 individuals in central government departments have been confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus, but authorities do not know how 9 of these patients were infected.
Vincent Lee on Twitter

 

[Henry2326]

State advises not leaving the US for, well, anywhere.
Dr Kevin Purcell on Twitter

 

[Henry2326]

President Trump will no longer travel for events in Colorado and Nevada at the end of the week "out of an abundance of caution from the coronavirus outbreak," White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement. Trump cancels multiple events after giving coronavirus address highlighting risk of large crowds - CNNPolitics

 

[margarita25]

15 to 25-year-old female becomes Houston's 3rd COVID-19 case
City of Houston officials said the girl recently traveled to New York.

 

[Henry2326]

NOW: First death due to coronavirus reported in Austria; Algeria and Greece have also confirmed their first deaths today Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline

 

[margarita25]

Parents, 3-year-old child test positive for COVID-19, Collin County health officials say

“The three cases are in the same household and include a father, mother and their 3-year-old child, county health officials said Tuesday.

The parents, their four children and a "close family contact" were all tested after the father was "presumptive positive" for the novel coronavirus.

The Frisco man had recently traveled to California for a business trip, county health officials said.”

 

[Henry2326]

Governments across the U.S. need to follow the lead of the business community and impose tougher restrictions in order to stop spread of the #coronavirus Ex-FDA chief on coronavirus: Governments must follow lead of businesses and impose more restrictions

Scott Gottlieb, MD on Twitter

 

[margarita25]

COVID-19 preps: Why are people stocking up on toilet paper?

“The #ToiletPaperApocalypse is trending on Twitter, and it’s turning the stockpiling of toilet paper into the butt of internet jokes.”

 

[Henry2326]

We found that viable virus could be detected in aerosols up to 3 hours post aerosolization, up to 4 hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard and up to 2-3 days on plastic and stainless steel. Aerosol and surface stability of HCoV-19 (SARS-CoV-2) compared to SARS-CoV-1

Manuel Rivas on Twitter

 

[Henry2326]

BREAKING: Rudy Gobert mocked Coronavirus by touching all the mics, as a joke. 2 days later, he’s tested positive, & the entire @NBA season has been canceled.
Gobert is EVERYBODY not taking this crisis seriously. We need to #CancelEverything. Now.
https://t.co/rnw2GH8xyW

Adam Greenberg on Twitter

 

[Henry2326]

SEE THE DFFERENCE SOCIAL DISTANCING CAN MAKE IN WA....GO TO GRAPH ATTACHED.

Grateful to support science-driven decision-making by Washington officials during this critical phase of the #COVID19 outbreak. Read about what generated today's graphic: https://t.co/ZwrhcTc3fp @GovInslee @KCPubHealth @WADeptHealth @MayorJenny @trvrb @famulare_mike @hagedornb Institute for Disease Modeling on Twitter
Institute for Disease Modeling on Twitter

Work by colleagues at @IDMOD_ORG that takes current best estimate for number of active #COVID19 infections and simulates forward under different degrees of social distancing. A 25% reduction in mixing results in more than a 50% drop in cases after 1 month relative to baseline.
Trevor Bedford on Twitter