Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #34

[otto]

President Donald Trump considers reopening the U.S. economy despite the spread of coronavirus. More here: Trump considers reopening U.S. economy despite coronavirus spread Reuters on Twitter

That interesting. It could be just like China with people dropping dead at work.

 

[MyBelle]

President Donald Trump considers reopening the U.S. economy despite the spread of coronavirus. More here: Trump considers reopening U.S. economy despite coronavirus spread Reuters on Twitter

Yes, he pointed out that many states are not facing the same degree of crisis. Our manufacturing and food industries are critical to the entire nation. The doctor from Walter Reed at this news conference is excellent.

JMO

 

[Simply Southern]

HELP....

Anyone have the link to the website that shows how many days before the infected exceed the hospital, capacity?

Have a call shortly with the LT Governors Chief of Staff, after sending ,much data today. Finally someone's listening.

 

[Reasonable & Just]

Yes, he pointed out that many states are not facing the same degree of crisis. Our manufacturing and food industries are critical to the entire nation. The doctor from Walter Reed at this news conference is excellent.

JMO

We also believed West Virginia's governor was working some kind of magic, until the first case was reported. We'll see, though.

 

[otto]

Yes, he pointed out that many states are not facing the same degree of crisis. Our manufacturing and food industries are critical to the entire nation. The doctor from Walter Reed at this news conference is excellent.

JMO

It's just a matter of time. Flattening the curve means telling everyone to stay home before there are cases. Many Canadian cities have taken this approach. Close the borders, tell everyone to stay home and hope that returning travellers do not cause further community transmission.

 

[dixiegirl1035]

 

[Kensie]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...-latest-news/#link-67QUPA4HCBHXRO2343LOY5MCIU

Scary, scary and scary.

 

[CoverMeCagney]

 

[MyBelle]

We also believed West Virginia's governor was working some kind of magic, until the first case was reported. We'll see, though.

I don't believe the sky has fallen.

JMO

 

[otto]

In an email I just received:

"Never before have so many of us shared the same experience at the same time world-wide - and the irony that the experience itself is isolation"

 

[jjenny]

Birx on NYC: “Clearly the virus had to have been circulating for a number of weeks in order to have this level of penetrance in the community” #COVID19
Meg Tirrell on Twitter

“Self-swabbing options” are going to be available this week for #COVID19 testing, Dr Deborah Birx says, noting word from FDA coming. But still notes people should not come in to be tested if not symptomatic.
Meg Tirrell on Twitter

Of course it was circulating. But nobody was being tested for it.

 

[jjenny]

Magic in West Virginia being the last state to get a covid case was that it was impossible to get tested. The first guy was diagnosed because his wife was relentless and had to involve a senator.

 

[What if...]

New blood tests for antibodies could show true scale of coronavirus pandemic | Science | AAAS

Labs and companies around the world have raced to develop antibody tests, and a few have been used in small studies and received commercial approval, including several from China. But so far, large-scale data from such tests—for example showing what fraction of people in the hard-hit city of Wuhan, China, might now be immune—is still lacking or at least not public.....

Krammer says he and his colleagues are already using their test in their New York City hospital to better understand how quickly COVID-19 patients start to develop antibodies to the virus. In the future, it could also help identify recovered patients who could then donate their SARS-CoV-2 antibody-rich serum to help treat critically ill patients. Another key application, Krammer says, would be to identify people who have developed likely immunity to the virus. They might be able to treat patients safely or take on other front-line jobs during the pandemic.

Widespread antibody testing could also provide key data for efforts to model the course of the pandemic. Current predictions vary so widely, causing some scientists to question the need for severe containment methods such as lockdowns and social distancing. By indicating how much of the population is already immune because of mild infections, antibody data could offer a key to how fast the virus will continue to spread.

Such data could inform practical issues such as whether and how to reopen schools that have been closed. Relatively few cases have been diagnosed among children, but it isn’t clear whether that’s because they don’t get infected or because their infections are generally so mild that they go unnoticed. Testing children for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies should resolve that.

If I’m reading this correctly, they are testing for antibodies, but nothing stated to the fact that any have been found....

 

[Tillicum]

I don't believe the sky has fallen.

JMO

I don't either but sometimes it looks and feels like it when a low dark cloud passes over. I'll be glad when the clouds move away.

 

[Lynetta]

HELP....

Anyone have the link to the website that shows how many days before the infected exceed the hospital, capacity?

Have a call shortly with the LT Governors Chief of Staff, after sending ,much data today. Finally someone's listening.

Is this the one you are looking for?

This model predicts the last day each state can act before the point of no return

 

[0101ABA]

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THIS! So much so, although many still don’t recognize it. I have always been one to stand up for employees who experience disrespect because of the “menial” (I hate even typing that because I don’t view it as such) position they work in. Just yesterday when stopping into one of our stores I escorted 2 customers out for harassing a cashier over our current purchase limits on supplies. I am willing to take a certain amount of harassment given my position in the company but when you start in on those who work for me my momma bear instincts come out...especially now!

 

[CSIDreamer]

ITALY

Italy is bending the arc and rounding the corner hopefully. For 2nd consecutive day, new #COVID19 cases lower than day before. Today's death toll (601), yesterday (651), day before (793). Let’s keep up the lockdown. Other countries pay attention. Eric Feigl-Ding on Twitter
Eric Feigl-Ding on Twitter

Go Italy! Thank God! My heart breaks daily for them.

 

[lucidtx]

Denver: Liquor stores, dispensaries exempt from 'stay-at-home' order

Liquor store lines surge ahead of brewery, dispensary closures as part of Denver stay-at-home order

I imagine Denver hospitals are going to see a bit of a surge in alcohol withdrawal hospitalizations because now both liquor stores and bars are closed. Not that closing them is a bad call, it's just an inevitable ripple effect that should be planned for because alcohol withdrawal can be life-threatening.

Edit: I'm not sure why the link says they're exempt. The headline on the article is totally different and the story is about them NOT being exempt and crowds of people making a run on them right now.

Edit 2: aaaaand now they're exempt and allowed to stay open with social distancing measures. Lol.

 

[TMAN2014]

I am confused. I don't understand all of the sudden optimism about opening up the economy in weeks. Is this a safety decision or a $$$$ decision? I am all for the economy, and hate sitting home, but if the message of the last week is true, could it not be months before we things return to normal? Also, did I hear they could possibly send younger people back to work earlier than older people. That raises a question too. Who is considered older? 50s? 60? 70?

 

[otto]

Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) – Statistics and Research