Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #37

[margarita25]

Covid-19 will change us as a species (opinion) - CNN

 

[margarita25]

N.Y.C. Death Toll Hits 365 as Case Count Tops 23,000: Live Updates
6 minutes ago

Governor Cuomo said that one factor in the rising death toll across the state was older patients staying on ventilators longer.

 

[Henry2326]

Massachusetts becomes the first state to ask all medical schools to graduate all 4th year students early, all deans on board. Brief19, your daily roundup of SARS-CoV-2. on Twitter

Brief19, your daily roundup of SARS-CoV-2. on Twitter

 

[katydid23]

Unfortunately there are millions of people in other parts of the world who use this medication for what its designed....malaria.

I understand that. It is a horrible situation. I hope labs are ramped up and cranking it out.

But we cannot reject the idea of testing a potential treatment of a raging pandemic, only because the drug is used for other illnesses as well. JMO

 

[margarita25]

Here’s what you need to know:

• New York City’s death toll reaches 365.
• The number of patients hospitalized in the state rose 40 percent.
• A nurse at a Manhattan hospital died of the virus.
• More states target travelers from New York over virus.
• Police Department reports its first coronavirus death, a civilian staff member.

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“Health officials reported late Thursday that New York City had added 3,101 new confirmed coronavirus cases since the same time on Wednesday, bringing the total to 23,112. By comparison, more than 4,400 new cases were added from Tuesday to Wednesday.

The total number of virus-related deaths climbed to 365 on Thursday, up from 280 the day before.

Of the latest death total, the Bronx accounted for 80 deaths (22 percent); Brooklyn, 81 (22 percent); Manhattan, 55 (15 percent); Queens, 123 (34 percent); and Staten Island, 26 (7 percent). An overwhelming majority of the dead had underlying illnesses, officials said.

The number of patients hospitalized in the state rose 40 percent.
From Wednesday morning to Thursday morning, 100 people died of the coronavirus in New York State, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said at a news briefing on Thursday where the message was notably less hopeful than it had been the previous day.

Mr. Cuomo said the number of patients hospitalized in New York had shot up 40 percent in a day, the sharpest increase in days.”

 

[katydid23]

N.Y.C. Death Toll Hits 365 as Case Count Tops 23,000: Live Updates
6 minutes ago

Governor Cuomo said that one factor in the rising death toll across the state was older patients staying on ventilators longer.

So I guess us ol dinosaurs will get the boot faster?

 

[Deleted member 158085]

After Considering $1 Billion Price Tag for Ventilators, White House Has Second Thoughts (NYT)

Pitiful. Another thing that should not have been announced before there was certainty. More false hope.

 

[Henry2326]

Any idea why I'm checking this site with 83K in the US and the big difference? I must of missed it. tia

Coronavirus Update (Live): 531,864 Cases and 24,073 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Outbreak - Worldometer

Did you miss exponential doubling?
At this pace the US will be at 1.9 million by April 30th..

 

[Spider92]

Massachusetts becomes the first state to ask all medical schools to graduate all 4th year students early, all deans on board. Brief19, your daily roundup of SARS-CoV-2. on Twitter

Brief19, your daily roundup of SARS-CoV-2. on Twitter

Massachusetts always did have the smaatest students.

 

[margarita25]

• “With the 100 new deaths, New York’s toll from the virus was 385 on Thursday morning.
  
  
• The number of virus patients hospitalized on Thursday was 5,327. Of those, 1,290 were in intensive care, up 45 percent from the 888 in intensive care on Wednesday.
  
  
• New York State had 37,258 confirmed cases as of Thursday morning, up more than 6,400 from Wednesday morning. More than 23,000 of the cases were in New York City.
  
  
• New York hopes to build at least one facility with more than 1,000 beds in each of New York City’s five boroughs and surrounding counties to manage an imminent overflow of patients.

A nurse at a Manhattan hospital died of the virus.”

N.Y.C. Death Toll Hits 365 as Case Count Tops 23,000: Live Updates

 

[10ofRods]

Watch what they do, not what they say:

Coronavirus: India won't export hydroxychloroquine drug Trump says is cure

India bans export of malaria drug Trump touted as coronavirus treatment

Of course not, they will need all of it.

Post-industrial (First World) nations will be reevaluating their systems of supply and manufacture for at least a little while. People do forget quickly, though.

 

[Henry2326]

GEORGIA....Yea, we figured that out....

Kemp on why there's no statewide shelter-in-place order: I'm letting local officials take the lead Kemp on why there's no statewide shelter-in-place order: I'm letting local officials take the lead
11Alive News on Twitter

 

[JerseyGirl]

Chicago:
Rush University Medical Center converting lobby into triage center for non-coronavirus patients

New York City:
Mt Sinai To Use Lobbies For Coronavirus Patient Rooms: Report
Photos from Mt Sinai Hospital: David Begnaud on Twitter

 

[Henry2326]

ONTARIO

BREAKING: Almost half of Ontario's hospitalized #COVID19 patients are in intensive care. 40 patients in hospital. 17 of them are in ICU with 15 on ventilators helping them breathe. This is more than triple the number on ventilators last Friday. #onpoli
Rob Ferguson on Twitter

 

[zecats]

Chicago:
Rush University Medical Center converting lobby into triage center for non-coronavirus patients

New York City:
Mt Sinai To Use Lobbies For Coronavirus Patient Rooms: Report
Photos from Mt Sinai Hospital: David Begnaud on Twitter

I just saw that on Rachel Maddow. It was so eerie as my grandson was born in Mt Sinai almost exactly 3 years ago and I remember walking along those corridors and in that exact lobby...Our world has changed so much in the blink of an eye, all due to an enemy that's invisible to the naked eye..

 

[JerseyGirl]

South Florida Doctor Dies From Coronavirus

Dr. Alex Hsu, who worked at Northwest Medical Center in Margate, passed away after coming in close contact with COVID-19.

Hsu was just 67. His death is believed to be the first involving a medical professional in South Florida.

 

[Henry2326]

US

"While vast majority of deaths from #COVID19 are age 60+ many young adults and middle aged Americans are becoming seriously ill and surviving only after prolonged hospitalizations and ICU admissions that have long term consequences. This is a dangerous virus for most age groups." Scott Gottlieb, MD on Twitter
Scott Gottlieb, MD on Twitter

 

[Knox]

The impact to business is staggering. I think our CFO is in some pretty deep denial, he keeps saying we will see a dip for the next two months, and a complete correction in the 3rd quarter. Thoughts anyone?

 

[pocketaccent]

A flight attendant dies, and colleagues are 'very much on edge' - CNN
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Paul Frishkorn, a longtime union representative and Philadelphia-based flight attendant for American Airlines, died this week, the airline confirmed Wednesday in a statement to CNN.

Authorities in Pennsylvania have yet to release a cause of death. But in the voicemail greeting on his phone, Frishkorn said he was "very ill" and awaiting results of a test for Covid-19.
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[10ofRods]

meanwhile, in Florida (not under a Stay-at-Home order):

In Naples, a city in southwest Florida where the median age is 66, a hospital abruptly stopped a drive-through testing site this week because they ran out of testing kits. The hospital system is limiting the number of tests performed at the site to 40 per day.
Patients at mobile coronavirus testing site in Naples express frustrations

Doctors in Winter Haven, a city in Central Florida where a quarter of the population is 65 or older, are waiting up to 10 days to get results on coronavirus tests.

And in South Miami, in a neighborhood surrounded by retirement homes, the president of a community hospital took out a $380,000 loan on his own house to secure the delivery of 1,000 test kits a week for the next few months.

Coronavirus tests in Florida are scarce. Could it be next epicenter?

I hope everyone reads this. How it really is. People take a test and are sent home to self-quarantine, for 10 days.

They can't go to the hospital unless they test positive.

Primary care doctors are overwhelmed and trying not to see people in person.

Showing up at the ER may mean "tent triage" in some places (same as being quarantined at home but now you're in a tent and eating hospital food?)

Tests must go faster - and now it's not just the kits. It's lack of lab facilities too. All other labwork may have to take a back seat - but...some people need immediate labwork who are not CV patients.

I pray we learn from this.