Coronavirus COVID-19 *Global Health Emergency* #11

[Herat]

TBH, I have never understood bidets. Just don't they get germies flowing back down on their spout merely to squirt germs that live on those spouts to the next bum?

Nope. Not designed like that.

 

[Trino]

Guess the 3 second rule is gone (LOL).

 

[Henry2326]

WATCH LIVE-- Senate hearing on U.S. coronavirus response @11AliveNews Watch live: Senate hearing on coronavirus

 

[Henry2326]

Kai Kupferschmidt

To get an idea of how difficult it would be to replicate China's approach in other countries, imagine what it would take to apply either of the below measures in a US city.
Kai Kupferschmidt on Twitter

That means (to pick a few things):
- intensive contact tracing. In Wuhan alone > 1800 teams of 5 or more people traced tens of thousands of contacts
- building two dedicated hospitals in Wuhan and pulling health care workers from all over the country

- everyone had to wear a mask when leaving home (that’s why Aylward is wearing a mask in the photo, press conference was in China)
- aggressive social distancing: closing theatres and schools, cancelling gatherings, suspending public transport

- the government used two mobile phone apps, AliPay and WeChat, to keep track of people’s movements and enforce restrictions
- and, of course, they locked down the whole city of Wuhan

To be clear how lockdown worked: With households locked in, the virus had nowhere else to go but to other members of that household. Wait long enough and everyone in the household is exposed and transmission ceases.

So China beat down the virus. Two things to watch now: 1. What happens as measures are relaxed? Mike Osterholm says it’s "like suppressing a forest fire, but not putting it out. It’ll come roaring right back.” This is why everyone is watching those China numbers so closely.

What measures a society deems warranted will also depend on how severe and how deadly the disease turns out to be. And there is still a wide margin of where that can end up. So: Really tough decisions in a situation of huge uncertainty. Welcome to an epidemic!

 

[dotr]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-new-coronavirus-cases-1.5483619
''Ontario confirmed Tuesday it has two more cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total to 20.''

 

[Henry2326]

A Florida student whose classmates shook hands last Friday with Vice President Mike Pence has been quarantined after his mother came into contact with a coronavirus patient Pence Visited School Where Student Is in Coronavirus Quarantine

 

[gregjrichards]

The US central bank has slashed interest rates in response to mounting concerns about the economic impact of the coronavirus.

The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark rate by 50 basis points to a range of 1% to 1.25%.

The emergency move comes after the G7 group of finance ministers pledged action earlier on Tuesday.

It follows warnings that slowdown from the outbreak could tip countries into recession

US makes emergency rate cut as coronavirus spreads

 

[Henry2326]

Officials have pushed back against criticism. “We cannot do what China has done here, that would start a panic, runs on supermarkets & banks, & any contingency measure has negative effect on businesses & the real economy,” - German gov't official involved in crisis management

 

[dixiegirl1035]

A Florida student whose classmates shook hands last Friday with Vice President Mike Pence has been quarantined after his mother came into contact with a coronavirus patient Pence Visited School Where Student Is in Coronavirus Quarantine

Queen Elizabeth can easily get away with wearing gloves, but the males leaders? Don't want to be like Iran where so many in their parliament are infected.

 

[LadyL]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-new-coronavirus-cases-1.5483619
''Ontario confirmed Tuesday it has two more cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total to 20.''

More than 1,100 people have been tested for the virus in Ontario so far, with 1,061 samples coming back negative.

(that's the shortest news article I've ever seen)

 

[afitzy]

Good short video on proper hand washing by Dr. Campbell:

 

[Henry2326]

Appears what we feared that happened in China is happening in Iran.....
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Row upon row of deceased, in body bags -- #COVID19 victims in Iran.
Laurie Garrett on Twitter

This is what’s going on in Iran amid #coronavirus outbreak. Reminiscent of early days of COVID19 epidemic in China. My friend, a journalist from Iran just translated this video and confirmed the authenticity, I’ll post it shortly. (Video by @HeshmatAlavi)
Heshmat Alavi on Twitter


Video at this link....
Max Howroute on Twitter

 

[Tbone144]

DH just got back from Sam’s Club run for standard work supplies including water. Said it was crazy on the water purchases. They are limiting people to 20 and people are trying to steal extra through the self checkout lines. Managers and security up front to try to keep it all in line. They got a semi load of water last night and it’s almost all gone. He went during the businesses only hours and it was still that level of crazy. For the record we only needed 4 and I don’t think they are limiting Topo Chico or unsweetened tea or sodas. Lab is set for a month or two.

 

[enelram]

New York City already making plans if crematoriums are overrun so they will use prisoners to bury patients in mass graves on Long Island.
If the epidemic grows there could be 26,300
new patients needing ventilators of which the
city now has only 1/6th of the numbers they would need. Face masks will also be in short supply.
In Case of Deadly Coronavirus Outbreak, New York Plans To Use Prison Labor to Dig Mass Graves

 

[Henry2326]

You know it's bad when they do this....now they are letting loose all the infected ones to the population...
Temporarily????
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Iran temporarily releases more than 54,000 prisoners in an effort to combat coronavirus in crowded jails Iran frees 54,000 prisoners to combat coronavirus

 

[MimosaMornings]

DH just got back from Sam’s Club run for standard work supplies including water. Said it was crazy on the water purchases. They are limiting people to 20 and people are trying to steal extra through the self checkout lines. Managers and security up front to try to keep it all in line. They got a semi load of water last night and it’s almost all gone. He went during the businesses only hours and it was still that level of crazy. For the record we only needed 4 and I don’t think they are limiting Topo Chico or unsweetened tea or sodas. Lab is set for a month or two.

Is the run on water due to people with wells not on city water?

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Dr. Campbell's Tuesday afternoon update

 

[Wyle_E_Coyote]

I've got one thing to say...

bidets, people... bidets!

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[JerseyGirl]

Target sees ‘aggressive shopping’ in response to rising coronavirus cases
Target has seen “aggressive shopping” as people across the U.S. respond to rising cases of the coronavirus, CEO Brian Cornell said in a Tuesday earnings call. The Minneapolis-based retailer said it’s increasing inventory to keep up with heightened demand for household essentials and food and beverage. He said the “surge in store traffic” has underscored the importance of brick-and-mortar locations, even as more of its customers shop online.

Shoppers are loading up supplies online
Late Monday, Instacart said its growth rate over the past 72 hours surged 10 times its normal pace. In California, Washington, Oregon and New York, the growth is even faster, 20 times the normal volume. Searches for hand sanitizer are up 23% week over week. Vitamins are the second most searched item and those searches have risen 12% week over week. Rounding out the top five most searched items are powdered milk, face masks and canned goods.

Coronavirus live updates: Fed cuts interest rates, COVID-19 almost a global pandemic

 

[JerseyGirl]

Top CDC official tells Congress coronavirus almost qualifies as a global pandemic

The World Health Organization will likely deem the COVID-19 coronavirus a global pandemic once sustained person-to-person spread takes hold outside China, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official said.

The current outbreak already meets two of the three main criteria under the technical designation of a pandemic, Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the CDC, said in prepared remarks to be presented before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. “It is a new virus, and it is capable of person-to-person spread,” she said. “If sustained person-to-person spread in the community takes hold outside China, this will increase the likelihood that the WHO will deem it a global pandemic.”

Coronavirus live updates: Fed cuts interest rates, COVID-19 almost a global pandemic