Coronavirus COVID-19 *Global Health Emergency* #11

[justbeachy]

My son is close by in Santa Clarita, spends most of time in LA. Ugh. MOO

Ugh! As a parent I'm sure you are worried for him. Side note: CalArts was on my daughter's shortlist for colleges, so she would have been in that area had she chosen to go there. We did a tour there last summer and that area is gorgeous!

 

[Henry2326]

South Korea ran 18,000 COVID-19 tests yesterday. Really remarkable capacity. Looking forward to learning more from the data they are collecting. 알림 > 보도자료 내용보기 " 코로나바이러스감염증-19 국내 발생 현황 (3월 4일 0시) " | 힘이 되는 평생 친구, 보건복지부

 

[SeattleStew]

Just confirmed that Amazon emailed its staff in the Seattle area this afternoon saying it learned that an employee in one of its South Lake Union bldgs tested positive for the coronavirus.

News will be up on @nytimes soon. 1/2
Karen Weise on Twitter

Yep. And Mr. Stew, who is traveling through downtown Seattle right now, says it is a ghost town.

 

[Shelby1]

For isolation I have lots more toilet paper than trail mix and white chocolate chips, soooo....when I run out of trail mix & wh.chocolate......

Trail mix might cause more usage of TP

 

[margarita25]

We are all going to be here for each other.

Group hug.

 

[whitelilac]

RIVERSIDE (KABC) -- A team that includes UC Riverside researchers has identified a protein in a virus from the previous decade that might prove beneficial in developing a vaccine to combat novel coronavirus, according to the university.

Researchers isolated a protein designated, designated as "Nsp15," from the severe acute respiratory syndrome - SARS - outbreak of 2003 that could be useful in testing for vaccines intended to prevent or reduce the threat of coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. The protein found in coronavirus is 89% identical to a protein discovered in SARS, suggesting that drugs developed to treat that disease could work for the current outbreak plaguing countries around the world.

UC Riverside researchers help to identify crucial protein linked to potential coronavirus vaccine

 

[Trino]

We are all going to be here for each other.

Group hug.

Only if you're wearing a mask (LOL).

 

[JerseyGirl]

Chile reports first coronavirus case
The patient is reportedly a 33-year-old man in the city of Talca, which is south of Santiago.


Spain reports first coronavirus death
The man lived in the region of Valencia, on the country's southeastern coast. Tests carried out after the man's death showed he had died from the disease.


Coronavirus death toll rises to 9 in Washington state

 

[dixiegirl1035]

We need to sleuth Steve Woszniak's contact information and let him know that folks from WS recommend he do serial blood draws for a serology test looking for antibodies. Not developed yet, but folks may find circulating rna (non-infective) remnants also later on.

Steve, don't ya have $$$$ to have experts guide you, or would you like to contribute to WS for this consultation?

 

[Henry2326]

Amazon says Seattle-based employee diagnosed with coronavirus
Amazon is informing employees that one of its Seattle-based workers has been diagnosed with coronavirus.

According to a mass email for all staff members in Seattle and Bellevue, Washington, the employee infected with the novel coronavirus first became ill on February 25 and has not been back to work since that time.

The company said it has directly notified all coworkers who had been in close contact with the patient. The worker was based at the downtown office building the company refers to as Amazon Brazil, according to the email.

An Amazon spokesperson confirmed the authenticity of the email to CNN, adding, “We’re supporting the affected employee.”

It was not immediately clear whether the case was included in Washington state’s count of coronavirus patients in King County, which stood at 21 on Monday.

March 3 coronavirus news

 

[dixiegirl1035]

At WH Coronavirus briefing with Pence, Fauci now reiterating that it will take more than a year to develop a Coronavirus vaccine. (He’s now said this publicly four times since Monday)

Jim Acosta on Twitter

My projection is that a vaccine will be developed and used all over the world prior to the US.

Reason, regulatory etc.

 

[Henry2326]

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced that most events of the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio, will be held without spectators this weekend based on guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on preventing the spread of coronavirus.

The Arnold Sports Festival is an annual multi-sport festival held in Columbus that includes the Arnold Classic, a bodybuilding competition named for Arnold Schwarzenegger.

“Today we had new guidance from the CDC about mass public gatherings,” DeWine told reporters. “We have all decided to move forward with the athlete competition at the Arnold Classic, but not to allow spectators or the trade show to continue with the exception of the Arnold Classic Finals on Saturday night at the convention center.”

March 3 coronavirus news

 

[Pi Thoughts]

Australia- The NSW public is being urged to remain calm and stop stockpiling toilet paper as the state's coronavirus cases continue to grow.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian told reporters the recent escalation in cases was concerning, but encouraged people to not panic.

"All of us should take the advice of the health experts, no doubt about it. But we should also go about our business and not panic, and that's the strongest message we can send," Ms Berejiklian said on Wednesday.
NSW premier urges virus, toilet paper calm

I’ve just been to a larger, local supermarket. I questioned staff about this toilet paper stockpiling and they are bewildered. Staff also told me they’ve got storerooms full of toilet paper...so Aussies please stop stockpiling toot paper, stockpile food instead. MOO

 

[Henry2326]

One week ago, Iran had fewer than 100 confirmed coronavirus cases. On Tuesday, Iranian authorities said there were more than 2,300 confirmed cases, making the Middle Eastern country one of the worst affected in the world.
Follow the latest updates: Iran's coronavirus cases rose past 2,300 on Tuesday. Here's what's happening there

 

[Lilibet]

You guys would not believe the amount of people that have no idea about real ID. I've tried my best to spread the word to everyone I know. One friend of mine went and renewed her license because it was time...didn't do the real ID. I was shocked. It's like people don't realize they CANNOT get on a plane without it.

Here in Oregon we can’t even start to get our real ID until July! Living on the edge.

 

[SAMS]

Ugh! As a parent I'm sure you are worried for him. Side note: CalArts was on my daughter's shortlist for colleges, so she would have been in that area had she chosen to go there. We did a tour there last summer and that area is gorgeous!

Agreed! We spent this past Christmas there with my son, it was stunning! And yes I am extremely worried. Hoping for the best for all of us! I’m so grateful for this forum, to have others to share & care with is extremely stress relieving. IMO MOO

 

[SAMS]

We are all going to be here for each other.

Group hug.

And congrats to you!!! Those kids are blessed to have you!

 

[Yazzyy]

gitana1 said: ↑

I’m not following. Hell ya everyone should get the vaccine if it’s available. You seem to be implying this is a conspiracy on the part of the pharmaceutical industry. It’s not. Epidemics exist. Pandemics exist. What makes this one different?

The bottom line is health insurance companies bear the costs of ill people and they advocate vaccines like mad. Because they work.


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Do you think it is a conspiracy that there are numerous decades worth of conflicts of interest in physicians’ financial relationship to pharmaceutical firms. These sometimes create incentives (for drug firms and their employees) that conflict with the development of knowledge, drug safety, the promotion of public health, and innovation.
One that knows anything about the pharmaceutical industry knows how they function. They have an agenda and that is to profit.
Two interesting books on the matter are the Truth about Drug Companies: How they deceive us and what to do about it
and also Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients.

Pandemics and epidemics exist when The World Health Organization decides to acknowledge it is one or the other. I have read on a previous thread about individuals on the panel of the WHO that purposely will apply those terms and label things an epidemic because then they came gain billions in profit from governments who have to pay to help the cause.

 

[Henry2326]

Regeneron aims to have hundreds of thousands of doses of potential #COVID19 drug ready for trials in people by August. They successfully developed a drug using same technology for #Ebola $REGN
Meg Tirrell on Twitter

 

[gitana1]

I called in a prescription refill for my 90 year old mother today, and received a message that they could only give half of they prescribed amount, and would give the rest when it became available.

Uh oh.