Coronavirus COVID-19 *Global Health Emergency* #13

[Henry2326]

King County

COVID-19 test results have come back from a variety of laboratories confirming 20 new cases of COVID-19 in King County residents including one death in a case previously reported by Public Health. This new death was in a woman in her 90s, hospitalized at EvergreenHealth. She died on 3/3/20. With these 20 new results, the total number of cases in King County is 51. The total number of deaths is ten.

COVID-19 update from Public Health – Seattle & King County - King County

Snohomish County deaths: 1

• A Snohomish County man in his 40s who was a patient at EvergreenHealth has died. It is not connected to Life Care Center.

Here are the deaths and cases of coronavirus in Washington state

 

[Mimi in London]

Wow, that’s interesting. My daughter had Scarlett fever several years ago- she was about 7. She’d been vaccinated too. One of the small percentage that it didn’t work for I guess.

So is the heart valve issue something that immediately cropped up or did it take a iwhile?

And my daughter too, a few years ago aged three. Her personality changed afterwards and I often wonder about PANDAS. PANDAS Syndrome: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment

 

[gitana1]

Oh my. "irreversible fibrosis of the lungs".

This time for sure I am choosing to believe what is coming from China and their scientists who definitely know this Virus the best by now.

Good grief. A 2nd more deadlier strain which may be the one responsible for most of the virus deaths, and now the news about possible irreparable lung damage.

The main point I am taking away from that article is something I already know. Im taking as many preventative steps as possible not to catch this evil new virus, as most of us here are already doing.

Autopsies offer key clues for early stage COVID-19 patients - Global Times

All I know is my doctor told me not to fly. She’s never told me that to avoid the flu.

 

[cody22]

Coronavirus outbreak may have unleashed panic buying of Hostess Twinkies and Ding Dongs

Alongside those coronavirus prep bags being filled by shoppers with bleach and hand sanitizer may be boxes of long shelf life Twinkies and Ding Dongs.

“We are seeing that,” Hostess Brands CEO Andy Callahan said when asked if he is seeing a bump in business as people stock up, should they be trapped at home due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Where will this hoarding of valuable stuff madness end ??? ....... I need more Kraft Caramel candy right now...................moo

 

[tabitha111]

All this right here shows that we have lost containment! ~~~

On Grand Princess, confusion and missteps reigned as coronavirus spread, passengers say


"Mark Cadiz and his wife Judy were on the Grand Princess to Mexico celebrating her 50th birthday. He found out he had been exposed from the news, he said.“No one has contacted (us),” he said. “I expect somebody might.”
Wednesday, the Cadizes were in a hotel in Oakland, where they had traveled for business.
Both of them are ill, he said. Cadiz said he had been sick since Thursday with chest congestion and sinus problems bad enough that he had stayed home from work for four days.
“I am wheezing in my sleep,” Cadiz said. “It wakes me up.”
Cadiz said they passed the illness to their daughter, who runs a restaurant"
"At least one person who should have been on official lists was not.Sacramento resident Jeff Casalengo was on the cruise with his wife, Lizbeth Galdamez. Friday, he came down with a cough that is “in his lungs,” he said.
He’s been taking Nyquil to sleep and allergy medicine in the day, and working his job installing fire sprinklers.
“I assumed it was allergies,” he said.
But after receiving the email from Princess Cruises, he called his county health department. They told Casalengo he was not on the list of ship’s passengers they had received, and didn’t know if he met the criteria to be tested.“They said they will call me if I need to be tested,” said Casalengo. “I probably don’t have it, but it would be nice to know for sure.”
Casalengo said he’s also worried about spreading the virus. When he returned from the cruise, one of the first things he did was take his elderly father to see the movie “1917.” A few days later, he visited a relative that has a lung condition. Now, with uncertainty looming, he doesn’t know whether he should self-quarantine."

On Grand Princess, confusion and missteps reigned as coronavirus spread, passengers say

 

[gitana1]

Way to go Georgia!

NEW: Georgia now has the ability to test for #coronavirus and no longer has to send them to the CDC lab for processing. @FOX5Atlanta
Claire Simms on Twitter

 

[Betty P]

I was proud of myself. I didn't touch my face at the store, then I saw this. Um...dummy! That's mascara- you so touched your face!
Oh well, I'm bugging in for now, as I watch what happens in my area!
I'm good for at least 30 days!
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I need to get a haircut as my style has grown out in the last couple of weeks to the point where my hair is falling into my face and eyes, making me reflexively touch my face. Maybe I should go back to a shorter style.

 

[Deleted member 158085]

W

Do you have a droid phone? If so, do you know (or others here ) to click on a not well known place on your phone to get your travels 24/7 ? Is there a need for a PSA for folks on how to get to that on folks phones that haven't know that (spoke about before on threads that I had no idea until a case months ago on WS I found such)

What?

 

[Henry2326]

Chinese scientists claim that, after jumping into humans, the #coronavirus mutated into a 2nd *more aggressive* "L" strain. BOTH strains are circulating.
The *less* aggressive "S" strain predominates now, potentially due to containment.
@thespybrief Coronavirus ‘like a combination of SARS and AIDS’

Coronavirus ‘like a combination of SARS and AIDS’, Chinese doctors say

Update: GOOD NEWS. Other scientists do NOT think the 2nd #coronavirus strain is more aggressive, but instead, is a statistical artifact (aggressive sampling/sequencing early on), resulting in the Chinese scientists' misleading conclusion.
Please see thread below for details.
#COVID19

Dr. Dena Grayson on Twitter

 

[otto]

Today

Yesterday

March 1

 

[Herat]

This stuff is no joke. I hate to admit it, but everyone needs to buckle up!!!
jmo

I do wonder about the issue of underlying smoking damage in the lungs of many of the Chinese fatalities.

Our country's smoking rate had really dropped, but vaping lung damage is very real and I think also HUGE problem with COVID-19 infection that we have not yet seen and won't see for several months as the pulmonary infections become more widespread in the vaping population.

 

[Betty P]

There is no vaccine! How can a vaccine be hyped that does not exist?

Agree, that messaging is confusing the public and giving them a false sense of security. I've heard a couple of nurses/docs on tv today telling people to get the flu vaccine. Very wrong, almost like they're saying its no worse than the flu.

 

[gitana1]

All this right here shows that we have lost containment! ~~~

On Grand Princess, confusion and missteps reigned as coronavirus spread, passengers say


"Mark Cadiz and his wife Judy were on the Grand Princess to Mexico celebrating her 50th birthday. He found out he had been exposed from the news, he said.“No one has contacted (us),” he said. “I expect somebody might.”
Wednesday, the Cadizes were in a hotel in Oakland, where they had traveled for business.
Both of them are ill, he said. Cadiz said he had been sick since Thursday with chest congestion and sinus problems bad enough that he had stayed home from work for four days.
“I am wheezing in my sleep,” Cadiz said. “It wakes me up.”
Cadiz said they passed the illness to their daughter, who runs a restaurant"
"At least one person who should have been on official lists was not.Sacramento resident Jeff Casalengo was on the cruise with his wife, Lizbeth Galdamez. Friday, he came down with a cough that is “in his lungs,” he said.
He’s been taking Nyquil to sleep and allergy medicine in the day, and working his job installing fire sprinklers.
“I assumed it was allergies,” he said.
But after receiving the email from Princess Cruises, he called his county health department. They told Casalengo he was not on the list of ship’s passengers they had received, and didn’t know if he met the criteria to be tested.“They said they will call me if I need to be tested,” said Casalengo. “I probably don’t have it, but it would be nice to know for sure.”
Casalengo said he’s also worried about spreading the virus. When he returned from the cruise, one of the first things he did was take his elderly father to see the movie “1917.” A few days later, he visited a relative that has a lung condition. Now, with uncertainty looming, he doesn’t know whether he should self-quarantine."

On Grand Princess, confusion and missteps reigned as coronavirus spread, passengers say

That really sucks.

 

[dixiegirl1035]

I was looking at the Rest Of The World/cases outside China chart on the Johns Hopkins map portal earlier, and yes...I would say in 40 days the US could easily have 250,000 to a million cases. The potential seems to be there.

They say that Washtington state could have 600 to 1500 cases right now. I think it's possible that the rest of the US also has that many. With a 5-day doubling rate that gives 3000-6000-12000-24000-48000-96000-202,000-404,000-808,000 for a simple 40-day projection. What happens in terms of actions taken by cities, states, and individuals could bring that down. Alternatively, the Johns Hopkins chart for non-China cases seems at the moment to be showing a 4-day doubling rate, so the 500,000 to a million cases after 8 weeks could be realistic. But hopefully actions taken during this time can keep that number to the lower predictions?

One thing that's going to help to reduce the doubling rate and the R0 is going to be more in depth testing, especially for patients entering and admitted into hospital. Getting infected patients into isolation/quarantine areas will hopefully reduce infection rates in healthcare staff and other sick patients, and reducing the cases spread to already sick and vulnerable patients in hospitals will help to keep the death rates down.

KEY is intervention, which US as a whole is lacking at this moment. This screenshot was done above by Henry as to how governmental interventions as WHO keeps HAMMERING on affects the evening out/lowering the log growth of the epidemic curve.

 

[dyannaON]

We have our first reported confirmed case in my small town in Canada. The woman came home from Italy on Tuesday.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Told to Stay Home, Suspected Coronavirus Patient Attended Event With Dartmouth Students

When an employee of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire showed signs of possible coronavirus last week, a medical worker who had examined him told him to avoid contact with others, pending further tests. Instead, he went to a mixer at a crowded music venue.

Three days later, he was confirmed as the state’s first coronavirus case.

And now a second case has been confirmed — a “close contact” of the patient’s — raising new questions about what should happen when suspected coronavirus patients ignore requests to self-quarantine.

 

[gitana1]

Agree, that messaging is confusing the public and giving them a false sense of security. I've heard a couple of nurses/docs on tv today telling people to get the flu vaccine. Very wrong, almost like they're saying its no worse than the flu.

I disagree with that! People should absolutely get the flu vaccine because at least that’s available and it hedges ones bets. And if the health care system is going to be inundated with caring for people with this new virus the last thing it needs is people needing to be treated for the flu.

Plus, people who get the flu may be more susceptible to COVID19. Don't you agree?

 

[gitana1]

Told to Stay Home, Suspected Coronavirus Patient Attended Event With Dartmouth Students

When an employee of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire showed signs of possible coronavirus last week, a medical worker who had examined him told him to avoid contact with others, pending further tests. Instead, he went to a mixer at a crowded music venue.

Three days later, he was confirmed as the state’s first coronavirus case.

And now a second case has been confirmed — a “close contact” of the patient’s — raising new questions about what should happen when suspected coronavirus patients ignore requests to self-quarantine.

Fines. Be charged criminally.

 

[Henry2326]

Cork University Hospital is reportedly on lockdown over an ‘infection outbreak’ amid fears a patient has contracted the coronavirus.

Signs erected outside the hospital’s emergency department on Thursday read ‘Infection Outbreak: No Visitors Allowed’.

If diagnosed, the patient will become the seventh person to contract the coronavirus in the Republic of Ireland.

Cork Hospital On 'Infection Outbreak' Lockdown Amid Coronavirus Fears

 

[Henry2326]

A woman with underlying health conditions has become the first person in the UK to die after testing positive for coronavirus.

The Royal Berkshire NHS Trust said the patient, understood to be in her 70s, had been "in and out of hospital for non-coronavirus reasons".

She was admitted and tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday.

It comes as the number of UK people diagnosed with the virus reached 116, a rise of more than 30 in 24 hours.

Meanwhile, the prime minister's official spokesman said it was "highly likely the virus is going to spread in a significant way"

Coronavirus: Woman in 70s becomes first virus fatality in UK