Coronavirus COVID-19 *Global Health Pandemic* #20

[Henry2326]

Thank you My Mom is sick now too I think I need them

Sorry to hear....hope better soon...

 

[SeattleStew]

And now we are on a stock hold.

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Stock market happened again. Dow Jones down 7.2%

 

[zecats]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...d178ce-6410-11ea-acca-80c22bbee96f_story.html

D.C. declares state of emergency as concerts, parades and church services are canceled; Loudoun schools announce extended closure

 

[SeattleStew]

Maybe it is time to focus more on God and ask for His help?

Nah, I already suggested that and my post was deleted.

 

[Henry2326]

The world this minute.....

Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline

 

[Henry2326]

US states this minute....

COVID-19/Coronavirus Real Time Updates With Credible Sources in US and Canada | 1Point3Acres

 

[dotr]

Thu 12 Mar 2020 13.37 GMT
Coronavirus live updates: Ireland closes all schools and universities
Here’s a summary of another busy day on the coronavirus front.

• Ireland’s taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has announced the closure of all schools, colleges and childcare facilities from tomorrow. “I know that some of this is coming as a real shock... but we’re doing it for each other,” he said.
• Europeans have been reacting with alarm to Donald Trump’s move to ban travel from 26 European countries in the Schengen zone. Dacian Cioloş, a former prime minister of Romania who now leads the Renew group, accused Trump of trying find a scapegoat for his own failures to act.
• The US travel ban prompted more heavy losses on the financial markets. The FTSE 100 was still down over 5%, having briefly hit its lowest level since 2012 this morning.
• India has barred the entry of all foreign tourists for one month starting tomorrow in a bid to contain the coronavirus. The ban on foreign visitors includes foreign nationals of Indian origin.
• Actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have announced that they have both tested positive for Covid-19 while filming in Australia.
  
• A nursing home in Basingstoke has become the first care home for older people to be hit by the virus. Oakridge House been closed to visitors after a person tested positive. A paramedic in Hertfordshire has also tested positive.
• The chief medical officers from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern have instructed doctors to change the way they work to deal with “very abnormal emergency situation”. A letter to doctors waned: “Clinicians may need to depart, possibly significantly, from established procedures in order to care for patients in the highly challenging time-bound circumstances of the peak of an epidemic.”
• Every member of the Spanish cabinet is being tested for coronavirus after the country’s equality minister, Irene Montero, became the latest politician to test positive for the virus. Spanish football matches have also been suspended for two weeks.
• The total number of coronavirus cases worldwide now stands at 126,258, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University. There have been 4,638 deaths.
  
• Mainland China reported 15 new infections, eight of which are in Hubei. There have been 11 new deaths, 10 of which were in Hubei.
• The NBA has suspended play indefinitely after after a Utah Jazz player preliminarily tested positive for Covid-19.

 

[Trudie]

People should still be going out to eat at restaurants, Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a press conference about the new coronavirus on Wednesday — emphasizing that the virus “does not transmit through food and drink.””

no but every other aspect of dining out is a risk, at least for me. Unless I’m going to a five star, I need to touch the door, the menus, then worry about people next to me, my waiter, the chef, possibly unclean utensils or dishes, etc., etc. nah, I’ll eat at home.

 

[margarita25]

Just like @gitana1 has been nervous about potential poop fumes at the park restroom, I’ve been worried about my Uber rides, considering Denver community spread. So many of their trips are airport related, we’ve had an infected DIA worker, etc. etc...

Again you do the best you can.

Omg I just remembered something I thought was cool...who was the teacher stuck in Wuhan that @dixiegirl1035 I think it was had a crush on?

Anyway, when he was asked on a live YT stream during Wuhan lockdown if he was scared/nervous (paraphrasing), he said no because there’s no use in worrying, because then if you DO end up getting CV it’s like you’ve worried twice.


(reference re: Colorado spread:

“One reported case was a Denver International Airport maintenance worker. Nine of those alone were in Pitkin County, and Polis called that area a "hot spot."

"We can confirm community spread in the high country," Polis said. "A single person can spread this virus to tens, dozens of individuals."

He also said that community spread is suspected in the Denver metro area, and that other states saw "stealth" spread before larger numbers of cases were reported.

"(Public health officials advised me that) we are likely on the verge of a tipping point where we will likely see more community spread in the days and weeks ahead," he said.

Resort and mountain communities will be hit hardest first, Polis said. They have "limited surge capacity." The governor advises that people over 60 or with chronic health avoid unnecessary travel to high country outbreak areas and attending large public events.”

Colorado Ramps Up Coronavirus Response As Reported Cases Double In One Day, High Country Becomes ‘Hot Spot’

(There goes my bright idea of retreating into the mountain towns...)

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[Henry2326]

BREAKING: Dow plummets nearly 1,700 points (7.2%) at the open amid concern over coronavirus

BNO Newsroom on Twitter

Trading has been suspended for 15 minutes after U.S. markets fall more than 7% at the open

BNO Newsroom on Twitter

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Stock market happened again. Halted. Dow Jones down 7.2%

 

[rodneymullenmg]

Maybe it is time to focus more on God and ask for His help?

Reality based solutions are needed.

 

[escape2sc]

Emory University in Atlanta became the first college in Georgia to announce it is closing its dorms, ending face-to-face classes and moving its students to online classes for the rest of the semester in response to the coronavirus.

Georgia colleges under pressure to close as coronavirus cases grow

 

[scandinavian girl]

I do hope everyone here is ok, my laptop is dying so this is a quick visit. I do miss you all and it is driving me crazy not to be able to read all details. Take care!!

 

[JerseyGirl]

Stock trading paused for 15 minutes

US stocks sold off sharply for the second straight day after President Trump banned European travel to the United States. Wall Street investors are worried about the scale of the coronavirus pandemic and its economic consequences.

Shortly after the opening, trading was halted because the S&P 500 dropped more than 7%. Trading will stop for 15 minutes.

The Dow opened 7.4%, or 1,750 points, lower. The Nasdaq Composite fell 6.9%.

Live updates: Coronavirus US travel ban hits 26 European countries - CNN

 

[Henry2326]

LOWNDES CO., Ga. (WALB) - Moody Air Force Base leadership has been notified by the Georgia Department of Public Health that an employee at the base dining facility has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.

As a result, the DFAC temporarily closed for health and safety precautionary measures and sanitization, with a planned re-opening of the dining facility for breakfast at 6 a.m., March 12.

In response, Moody has declared a public health emergency and changed its Health Protection Condition (HPCON) level to B.

Moody AFB announces Coronavirus case

 

[Trudie]

No one is getting it, no one understands. We need Dr. Fauci to get on a national TV SPECIAL REPORT, just like the President last night, and explain the virus and how highly contagious it is.

I know people that refuse to listen to any novel C news. They claim they are tired of hearing about it 24/7, they act like ignoring it means it doesn’t exist. I think they are really terrified and cope by not listening. One couple lives very close to me, so I see them when I walk, both have poor health. But they are living only a few miles from an area with many in quarantine visited by home health......SMH

 

[JerseyGirl]

Italian cardiologist says surgical department has been shut down to make room for coronavirus patients

The head of an Italian cardiac surgery department said the coronavirus outbreak has forced his department to suspend operations to make room for coronavirus patients.

Dr. Lorenzo A. Menicanti, the head of cardiac surgery department at IRCCS Policlinico San Donato in Milan, said cardiac surgery has been "completely shut down" — except for pediatric cases.

"The big, big issue is the cardiac surgery for adults. It is completely shut down," he said.

He added:

"So it's really an uneasy situation for us, for the patient, for the hospital, because to stop so large a program of cardiac surgery is really difficult because we have to think that after that we have to reopen all things and sometimes not so evident."

Live updates: Coronavirus US travel ban hits 26 European countries - CNN

ready America?

 

[zecats]

I do hope everyone here is ok, my laptop is dying so this is a quick visit. I do miss you all and it is driving me crazy not to be able to read all details. Take care!!

Same to you. Charge it up and come back.