Coronavirus COVID-19 *Global Health Emergency* #11

[zecats]

Picked up a few more essentials today, great sales on meats at my grocer helped, added some more bread/condiments/OTC meds/goodies for the grandkids, etc; Starting to get more nervous just seeing everybody out and about not utilizing the sanitation wipes for carts, not covering coughs correctly, It’s all making me paranoid. I really just want to get my grandkids and hunker down in our basement until this is under control. When is that exactly? Ugh. Thinking board games are a must buy this weekend, start thinking of things to fight boredom like an earlier poster suggested. MOO

I went to RiteAid to get my prescription (and more peroxide, wipes) and there were so many people in there coughing. Yikes! In and out I was.

PS No hand sanitizer available but they had antibacterial soap, lysol wipes, bleach and candy on the "most popular" shelf.

Putting on my bubble to go out and vote. (if only I had a bubble, I would!)

Got any bubble wrap?

 

[SeattleStew]

New coronavirus cases in Western Washington are likely doubling every 6 days, Fred Hutch scientist says

New coronavirus cases in Western Washington are likely doubling every 6 days, Fred Hutch scientist says

 

[Lamima]

JUST IN: A person from Wake County, North Carolina has tested positive for novel coronavirus, according to the governor’s office. North Carolina identifies first case of coronavirus

The person, who had traveled to Washington state, is doing well and is in isolation at home, the governor’s office said.

Statement from North Carolina Governor Cooper on the state's first case of coronavirus. The patient had recently visited the long-term care facility at the center of the Washington outbreak. BNO Newsroom on Twitter

@ncdhhs person flew from Washington state back to NC. NCDHHS is checking with people who may have been on same flight.

This is where I am and I read they flew from China to RDU on 1/23 and are being treated at Duke???? Maybe I got it wrong somehow or there is a 2nd person????

 

[SAMS]

So, for those being quarantined at home, who exactly is keeping tabs on these people? Anyone? Is there a process or will there be. So many questions and so little trust and complete answers. MOOOOO

 

[LaborDayRN]

Got any bubble wrap?

LOL! Now that would be a site! All the kids would be trying to pop the bubbles!!

 

[Betty P]

Dang...in addition to living/working Orange County, my son's company has huge ties with the Seattle area...please please please do not send my boy to Everett no more! Tho I guess he's in as much danger with them sending his co workers...

Hubs has a business trip scheduled up there in a couple weeks. He said all they've received is a notice that its ok not to attend the conference if you're sick.

Son took off for NYC last weekend on last minute biz and I wish he hadn't done that. The other son is on the road all over the midwest doing traveling contract work.

 

[Henry2326]

The US is on the brink of a larger coronavirus outbreak that may reflect uncontained spread in other countries, according to a top official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC: US may be seeing “the beginning of what is happening abroad" with the coronavirus

 

[KALI]

Thanks those are sold out. But, I ordered others.

Check this out at Amazon.com
GuardH Bleach Tablets - 40 Count. Bleach for Laundry and Multipurpose Cleaning. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RY63RYN/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_C5SxEbTYXKJMZ
$6.00
Much easier to store!

Moo

 

[Inthedetails]

If you are referring to elderly cats and their bathroom habits, here's a tip. I had a cat who lived to (almost) 22 years. She usually forgot where her litter box was located. (Completely senile) So, I placed water absorbent pads around the house, in rooms she mainly frequented. They actually only needed to be laundered every so often. And for smell - the best is Anti-Icky-Poo. Spray it and there is no cat urine smell.

Good tip. So far they still use the box, but sometimes think "next to" is the same as "in."

jmo

 

[x_files]

So, for those being quarantined at home, who exactly is keeping tabs on these people? Anyone? Is there a process or will there be. So many questions and so little trust and complete answers. MOOOOO

My guess is NO ONE.
Who is going to stand guard outside each person's apt/house door?

 

[zecats]

Good tip. So far they still use the box, but sometimes think "next to" is the same as "in."

jmo

LOL. That's how it starts. I put those same pads around the litter boxes.

 

[Inthedetails]

Buffets.

Yep. I agree.

jmo

 

[Henry2326]

This may seem odd but a recent paper showed recoving patient excrete more viral RNA (they didn’t show it was live virus) from the gut later in the infection.
It might be a more reliable way of detecting virus in recovering patients.
Or it might just show people shedding RNA.
Dr Kevin Purcell on Twitter

#Shanghai has adopted anal swabs in its #COVID19 tests and longer compulsory quarantine terms in its discharge standards, which many frontline medics hailed as effective in ensuring success against the epidemic. 'Shanghai mode' of stricter COVID-19 discharge standards ensures zero relapse - Global Times Global Times on Twitter

 

[Henry2326]

Of the 7 new cases in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 6 had recently traveled to Italy
h/t @BNODesk
Sieben neue Covid-19-Fälle gemeldet

 

[SAMS]

Question. Forgive me for forgetting. What type of gloves are best to purchase for going out when needed? MOO

 

[Shelby1]

My guess is NO ONE.
Who is going to stand guard outside each person's apt/house door?

I read somewhere that in China they put an electronic monitor on each persons door.

 

[Henry2326]

Seoul mobilized troops and military equipment to respond to the coronavirus outbreak, spraying streets and alleys with disinfectant. President Moon Jae-in has declared "war" on the novel coronavirus after 600 new infections were recorded on Tuesday. Coronavirus live updates: Washington state reports 9th death ABC News on Twitter

 

[MyBelle]

IMO.....every place that we see a positive case, there will be community spread because of the unbelievable slow response to the crisis. Every case so far has multiple days, even weeks before associations were made....

BBM. This isn't true in the U.S. The quarantine of the Diamond Princess was ineffective and was the responsibility of Japan.
About half of the U.S. cases are from the Diamond Princess. There was no slowness to the crisis from U.S. officials. The hundreds of American evacuees from the Diamond Princess were on charter flights and they were immediately isolated when their planes landed in the U.S. They did not enter the terminals at airports, they were transported immediately by highly-trained infectious disease medical personnel to their isolation/quarantine locations.

JMO

Latest on coronavirus at UNMC: 1 moved back to biocontainment unit, another released

 

[Henry2326]

BREAKING - New Rochelle synagogue ordered to halt services and approx 600 people told ordered to quarantine due to potential #COVID19 #NovelCoronavirus exposure. Tony Aiello on Twitter

 

[sloane7777]

my Favorite family is in Skagit Valley/Conner/and Everett they have all these Pow Wows and tribal gatherings and my Favorite Cousin just recovered from a heart attack so I'm very worried about them