Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #53

[Amonet]

The number of people already infected by the mystery virus emerging in China is far greater than official figures suggest, scientists have told the BBC.
There have been 41 laboratory-confirmed cases of the new virus, but UK experts estimate the figure is closer to 1,700.

New virus in China ‘will have infected hundreds'

Up to 4,500 patients in China may have caught the same strain of coronavirus that has killed two people, scientists fear.
Health officials in Wuhan – the city at the heart of the outbreak which started in December – confirmed four new cases today, taking the total to 48.
But Imperial College London researchers say this may be the 'tip of the iceberg' after analysing flights out of the city.

Scientists fear up to 4,500 Chinese patients may have caught the new coronavirus | Daily Mail Online

Updates and chat - United States:
Current Statistics for Each Individual States

Updates and chat - Other Countries:
Stats and Information from Other Countries

Safety Tips and Things to do While Quarantined
Facial Mask Making - Coronavirus
Grocery shopping tips during Coronavirus quarantine
Recipes to share during Coronavirus quarantine
Health and Safety Tips for living under Coronavirus quarantine
Quarantine Vegetable Gardens

WS Members/loved ones who have Coronavirus and testing

Individuals and Companies that have donated to the Coronavirus COVID-19 cause

Memorial Thread - COVID-19 Coronavirus

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

Case details for the entire world:
Coronavirus Update (Live): 206,893 Cases and 8,272 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Outbreak - Worldometer

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[Tricia]

Hey Everyone,

If you want to quote what the president or anyone in his administrations who give information on what they are doing to contain the virus that is absolutely fine.
THIS IS ME BEGGING NOW. NO MATTER HOW FRUSTRATED YOU FEEL, HOW GRATEFUL YOU FEEL OR HOW YOU FEEL WITH ANY OF THE COMMENTS COMING FROM THE WHITEHOUSE OR THEIR ADMINISTRATION DO NOT PUT IT ON THIS THREAD. DO NOT PUT TOGETHER A POST THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A POLITICAL STATEMENT AND THEN TRY AND SAY IT IS NOT.
PLEASE USE OUR PRIVATE MESSAGING SYSTEM IF YOU WISH TO DISCUSS POLITICS IN ANY WAY. YOU CAN HAVE UP TO 20 PEOPLE ON A PRIVATE MESSAGE. LOOK IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER. YOU WILL SEE YOUR USER NAME. NEXT TO THAT IS "INBOX". CLICK ON INBOX AND YOU CAN ACCESS YOUR PRIVATE MESSAGE SYSTEM.

OK, not begging now.

I am so impressed with our members posting much-needed info and members helping each other. I swear I sit here and cry happy tears at how incredible you are with this pandemic.

Please join me tonight on Websleuths Live on YouTube at 10:00 PM Eastern. CLICK HERE to join us live. We have a great chat room going on. and I want to personally invite you all to join us. One main rule. If you a jerk in chat or if you start making inflammatory comments about politics or whatever you will be kicked out. Then you will be forced to listen to Donny Osmonds "Puppy Love" for 30 days. So please behave.
See you tonight.
Love,
Tricia
PS. I actually love Donny Osmond. Very talented, a great businessman and fantastic human being, but, Puppy Love is painful. LOL

 

[Sillybilly]

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Stay safe, healthy, strong and be kind to others.

 

[CocoChanel]

MOD REMINDER:

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SPECIFIC SUB-FORUMS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED TO DISCUSS THE MANY ASPECTS OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY TIME. PLEASE TRY TO KEEP YOUR POSTS ABOUT SPECIFIC TOPICS IN THOSE SUB-FORUMS TO ALLOW THOSE INTERESTED IN THOSE TOPICS TO SEE YOUR POSTS. POSTING THEM IN THIS MAIN THREAD MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND THEM AND CAN VEER THE MAIN THREAD A BIT SIDEWAYS. THANKS FOR TRYING YOUR BEST TO KEEP US ON TRACK!

BELOW ARE SOME QUICK LINKS, BUT THEY ARE EASY TO FIND UNDER THE MAIN COVID HEADING ABOUT SAFETY TIPS AND THINGS TO DO WHILE QUARANTINED:

VEGETABLE GARDENS
QUARANTINE RECIPES
GROCERY SHOPPING
HEALTH & SAFETY TIPS
MAKING YOUR OWN HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS
FACE MASKS FOR PROTECTION
HOMESCHOOLING
SMILES CAFE

Faithfully,
CocoChanel
Moderator

 

[Sillybilly]

Permanent thread bans have been and will be issued for members who persist in trying to make the thread about politics.

In case you have not read the opening posts above, please etch this part of Tricia's post above in your memory:

NO MATTER HOW FRUSTRATED YOU FEEL, HOW GRATEFUL YOU FEEL OR HOW YOU FEEL WITH ANY OF THE COMMENTS COMING FROM THE WHITEHOUSE OR THEIR ADMINISTRATION DO NOT PUT IT ON THIS THREAD. DO NOT PUT TOGETHER A POST THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A POLITICAL STATEMENT AND THEN TRY AND SAY IT IS NOT

Please review the opening posts and continue discussion here.

 

[astheworldfallsdown]

Coronavirus: Five skin conditions linked to COVID-19 identified, study finds

Coronavirus: Five skin conditions linked to COVID-19 identified, study finds
Researchers say the conditions may be caused by COVID-19 or indicate complications - but warned people against self-diagnosis.

Five skin conditions associated with coronavirus have been identified by dermatologists, according to a new study.

Research was carried out on 375 patients in Spain, in an effort to build a picture of how the disease might manifest in skin symptoms.


Through the Spanish Academy of Dermatology, all the country's dermatologists were asked to help identify patients who had an unexplained skin "eruption" in the last fortnight and who had suspected or confirmed COVID-19.

They were given a questionnaire, and photos were taken of skin conditions to detect patterns of the virus's potential effect on the skin.

But authors of the study, published in the British Journal of Dermatology, warned that in some cases it was hard to tell if skin conditions were directly caused by coronavirus or if they indicated complications.

They also urged the public not to try to self-diagnose COVID-19 based on skin symptoms, because rashes and lesions are common and hard to differentiate without medical expertise.

List of conditions at link

 

[astheworldfallsdown]

Coronavirus: Boots opens safe spaces for domestic abuse victims during lockdown

Coronavirus: Boots opens safe spaces for domestic abuse victims during lockdown
There has been an uptick in calls to abuse helplines during the coronavirus crisis, as pressures build behind closed doors.

Victims of domestic abuse will be able to access safe spaces at Boots pharmacies consultation rooms where they can contact specialist services for support and advice, no questions asked.

Posters telling people a safe space for support is available will be placed around the stores, and Boots staff will be given information on how to recognise potential victims.

The initiative is being launched by charity Hestia's UK Says No More campaign.

Reports of domestic abuse sent to police forces by Crimestoppers have nearly doubled during the lockdown, while there were more than 4,000 domestic abuse arrests in London within six weeks.

 

[tresir2012]

New Reports on Virus in Kids Fuel Uncertainty on Schools

Another report on kids' infectiousness. It's about time WHO knew for sure - they have had 5 months to work this out.

• A China/World Health Organization joint commission couldn’t find a single case of a child passing the virus to an adult.
• Low case rates among children may be due more to higher numbers remaining asymptomatic, rather than a lower infection rate.
• Analysis of Chinese data in confirmed and suspected cases showed that 32% of affected children aged 6-10 years were asymptomatic.
• Precise details regarding pediatric transmission remain unclear.
• To date, only a handful of coronavirus deaths have been reported in children.
• Very few newborns or infants contract Covid-19 and generally they do well in overcoming the virus.

 

[weepingangel]

Mass. Gov. Baker worried about privacy implications of contact tracing apps

 

[tresir2012]

Who is 'patient zero' in the coronavirus outbreak?

I didn't know that Ebola is thought to have originated from bats too.

"Scientists concluded this outbreak of a new strain of Ebola started with just one person – a two-year-old boy from Guinea – who may have been infected by playing in a hollow tree housing a colony of bats.

They made the connection on an expedition to the boy's village, Meliandou, taking samples and chatting to locals to find out more about the Ebola outbreak's sourcebefore publishing their findings."

This now makes some sense to me why Remdesivir has been used in trials for CV19 and may be helpful.

 

[IceIce9]

Ohio’s stay at home order extended to May 29.
Ohio’s Stay at Home order extended until May 29, with exceptions

 

[Trino]

Just read CNN's Health Report. Three scenarios. None of them good. Why, then, aren't we preparing? Actually, I haven't heard one scientist, doctor, health professional say we are on the upswing. It's been all political.
Coronavirus pandemic misery expected to last two more years, says expert report - CNN

 

[JerseyGirl]

Coronavirus pandemic misery expected to last two more years, says expert report

Three scenarios are possible, they said:

Scenario 1: The first wave of Covid-19 in spring 2020 is followed by a series of repetitive smaller waves that occur through the summer and then consistently over a one- to two-year period, gradually diminishing sometime in 2021.

Scenario 2: The first wave of Covid-19 is followed by a larger wave in the fall or winter and one or more smaller waves in 2021. "This pattern will require the reinstitution of mitigation measures in the fall in an attempt to drive down spread of infection and prevent healthcare systems from being overwhelmed," they wrote. "This pattern is similar to what was seen with the 1918-19 pandemic."

Scenario 3: A "slow burn" of ongoing transmission. "This third scenario likely would not require the reinstitution of mitigation measures, although cases and deaths will continue to occur."

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States and territories should plan for scenario 2, the worst-case scenario, they recommended.

 

[Tillicum]

Hubby's driver's license expires this month. Anyone here driving with expired license?

 

[JerseyGirl]

Coronavirus at work: Were employees protected? OSHA is investigating

Workplace safety inspectors are conducting nearly 200 coronavirus-related investigations to determine whether employers failed to adequately protect their workers, according to data from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Half involve employee deaths or hospitalizations.

The inspections target nearly 50 hospitals and two dozen nursing homes, including one in Joliet, Illinois, where administrators believe an infected maintenance worker spread the virus room to room. Twenty-four residents died, along with a nursing assistant and the maintenance worker himself.

Also under review: a school system garage in Lexington, Kentucky, where 17 employees tested positive and one died; a meatpacking plant in Dakota City, Nebraska, where the widow of a deceased employee said he kept working after getting sick so he could get incentive pay; and two Native American schools in Arizona that reportedly stayed open after others shut down and where two employees died.

In all, OSHA officials are reviewing workplaces in two dozen states with a total of 96,000 employees.

Labor unions say the federal workplace safety agency isn't doing enough. The AFL-CIO, which represents more than 12 million workers, sent a scathing letter Tuesday to Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia, who oversees OSHA, accusing the agency of being too lenient and slow.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Minnesota Gov. Walz Extends Stay-At-Home Order By 2 Weeks; Allows Curbside Pickup For Retail Stores

The governor’s stay-at-home order was due to expire; will now continue to at least May 18.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Michigan governor extends state of emergency

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued another executive order to declare that a state of emergency continues and is set to expire May 28.

 

[BUF]

Hubby's driver's license expires this month. Anyone here driving with expired license?

I read somewhere (don’t remember what state) that there would be a 90 day extension on expired drivers licenses. I’’ll try to find the article.

ETA: here’s one, several online if you google it
FAQs on Driver Licenses During Coronavirus Outbreak


 

[CSIDreamer]

@IceIce9 I'm depending on you for news today! Work calls.

 

[Lilibet]

New digital platform for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland!

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is taking a new step into the digital world, hoping to connect with the millions of Oregonians stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic.

The southern Oregon theater company launched its new digital platform, O!, on Wednesday, where it expects to begin streaming previously staged performances as well as documentaries, behind-the-scenes footage, interviews and educational videos.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival will stream performances online with new platform ‘O!’

Although live productions were suspended in March, with hopes to resume in September, audiences can enjoy mostly free content on the new digital platform, originally scheduled to debut in 2021 but bumped up due to coronavirus.

Don’t let the name fool you. The Festival is Shakespeare and much, much more.
You will not be disappointed (shameless plug for my former employer ). Enjoy!

| O!