Coronavirus - COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #22

[Henry2326]

China Is Now Blocking Flights From Italy, Iran and South Korea to Keep Coronavirus Out t.co / Twitter/eEuPckOaB6

 

[Henry2326]

.@ScottGottliebMD: “This is going to become epidemic over next 8, 10 weeks,” and maybe return in the fall. “Hopefully we’ll have a therapeutic.” Two most promising are Gilead’s remdesivir and antibody-based approaches. Says Regeneron “far ahead” on that type of product #COVID19
Meg Tirrell on Twitter

.@JoeSquawk: When will we know we’ll get overwhelmed in ERs?
@ScottGottliebMD: We’re probably 2-3 weeks from people starting to show up in ICU. Some data in NY showing spikes in pneumonia-like illness, which may be a sign, but unclear
#COVID19
Meg Tirrell on Twitter

 

[What if...]

Australian politician who met Ivanka Trump, Attorney General William Barr infected with coronavirus — USA TODAY

 

[Henry2326]

South Korea, with aggressive #COVID19 screening and early mitigation measures, is turning the corner on their epidemic. They still have weeks to go, but the 110 new cases they report tonight are lowest number of daily cases since 2/22. This virus can be defeated with good policy.

Scott Gottlieb, MD on Twitter

 

[FrostOwl]

There are many corona viruses. About 10% of cases of the common cold are caused by them, they are not new, you have probably been infected by one before sometime in your life. Covid-19 is a new mutated version related to virus that caused SARS and MERS.

Yes, there are many corona virus, and not only species that cause infections among humans. There are corona viruses among different avian and mammal species, and the virus is usually species specific, but here have been when it has crossed over to other species, like SARS, MERS and now SARS-CoV-2. Some of those "cross-overs" happened a long time ago, it's not a new phenomenon. There are interesting facts about the evolution of corona viruses here: Coronavirus - Wikipedia

 

[gregjrichards]

Divorce rate spikes across China after 'couples spend too much time together during coronavirus home quarantine', officials claim

Divorce cases spike in China after 'couples spend too much time during coronavirus quarantine' | Daily Mail Online

 

[margarita25]

China Is Now Blocking Flights From Italy, Iran and South Korea to Keep Coronavirus Out t.co / Twitter/eEuPckOaB6

Protection strategy from the “back flow” aka “pinball” moo — @dixiegirl1035 , was it you who posted that video about that? Making a note to look for that specific post. Is that what they call it? Tia.

 

[gregjrichards]

U.K Coronavirus News

The staff union for the NHS, the GMB, is calling on the UK government to requisition all private hospital beds if more capacity is needed to treat patients seriously ill as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak.

In a statement, GMB London called on the government to act now to give itself the legal powers it would need to take control of private sector hospitals.

Coronavirus live updates: Justin Trudeau's wife tests positive, Europe shuts schools, sport events cancelled

This needs to happen.

 

[margarita25]

India registers first coronavirus death

India has registered its first coronavirus death: a 76-year-old man in Karnataka who had fallen sick on returning to India on 29 February after a pilgrimage to Mecca. He died on Tuesday and was later confirmed to have tested positive. Officials are tracing all the people he came into contact with.

Coronavirus live updates: Justin Trudeau's wife tests positive, Australia bans gatherings, sporting world in crisis

How does this date Feb. 29 date correspond with our previous Mecca discussions here, I wonder...Just curious...what day were we having the Mecca discussions.

Noting Feb. 29 “fallen sick on returning to India on 29 February after a pilgrimage to Mecca. He died on Tuesday”

 

[gregjrichards]

Medicines taken by thousands of people with high blood pressure and diabetes could raise the risk of deadly coronavirus symptoms, scientists claim

It explains that the coronavirus sticks to cells and attacks them by latching onto something called angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2).

Some people with high blood pressure or type 1 or type 2 diabetes have to take drugs which increase the amount of ACE2 that they have on their cells, in order to control their illness.

The drugs studied were ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs).

The most prescribed versions of these in England are Ramipril, Losartan, Lisinopril and Candesartan, according to NHS data.

Medicines for high blood pressure and diabetes 'could worsen coronavirus symptoms' | Daily Mail Online

 

[MamaOV]

Walmart by 7 am. Also there was a weird double-sided iPad camera recording us in the cleaning supplies aisle. Didn’t see one anywhere else!

(Sorry, don’t know why the pics are uploading sideways, I even tried compressing them to the smallest size offered.)

 

[gregjrichards]

3,000 now infected in Germany

Kate Connolly, our correspondent in Berlin, reports that 3,000 people in Germany now have coronavirus. Six people have so far died.

Berlin, Bavaria and two other states are the first to announce the blanket closure of schools and kindergartens. Two others, the worst-hit state of North Rhein Westphalia where over 1,000 are infected, and Rheinland Pfalz, are expected to make similar decisions later today.

Coronavirus live updates: Justin Trudeau's wife tests positive, Europe shuts schools, sport events cancelled

 

[What if...]

Just speculation... It takes people to keep the power grid operation. The power company employees can/will become sick,this will could have an impact.

Power companies "share" employees during mass outages, use a lot of contract workers, etc. These employees /contract folks can and are on the move from state to state. Some will become sick, quarantined or chose not to work to protect themselves and family.

Yup, power grid could be impacted. MOO

And coal based plants could be affected by transportation issues, mining issues, etc

moo***
(for the @margarita25 police)

 

[Wyle_E_Coyote]

Why would they refuse to take a test?

The test is supposed to be unpleasant. Maybe they opted out because of that, considering they are going to be quarantined and monitored for symptoms anyway.

 

[Bampot]

something doesnt seem right with the German figures

 

[Barnabas]

Boy am I a dummy...my little neighborhood Kroger was busy at 6 am, no tp, lots of shelves bare and no checkers, only the self check. I did get to chat with a nice looking man from Romania, so there’s that.

 

[zecats]

This all shows why access to quick, reliable, affordable testing is an absolute must not just for high-profile players but for the general public. Health officials have been stressing for weeks now that one of the keys to controlling the spread of the virus is quarantining people who only show mild symptoms, like Gobert. Diagnosing one person before he can potentially infect others is the best way to help stem the spread of the disease.

“Without testing, you have no idea how extensive the infection is. You can’t isolate people. You can’t do anything,” Ashish Jha, who runs the Harvard Global Health Institute, told NPR. “And so then we’re left with a completely different set of choices. We have to shut schools, events and everything down, because that’s the only tool available to us until we get testing back up. It’s been stunning to me how bad the federal response has been.”

The NBA's access to coronavirus testing helped the league protect players. The rest of us deserve the same.

 

[Elley Mae]

Around 60% of the UK population will need to become infected with coronavirus in order for society to have "herd immunity" from future outbreaks, Sir Patrick Vallance said.

Herd immunity is the resistance to a contagious disease within a population because enough people have become immune, and so it is harder for it to spread.


Coronavirus: Millions of Britons will need to contract COVID-19 for 'herd immunity'

 

[gregjrichards]

Coronavirus pandemic has killed more 5,000 people as Europe continues to battle escalating crisis

A total of 3,176 people have died in mainland China, followed by 1,016 in Italy, and 514 in Iran – the three countries with the highest number of deaths.

Coronavirus pandemic has killed more 5,000 people | Daily Mail Online

 

[Barnabas]

Damn, I take losartan.