Coronavirus COVID-19 *Global Health Emergency* #13

[WildWest]

I've thought about this reaction to vaccines. I think part of it is related to this. Those of us who are in the above 40/45 (I'm way over that!) group grew up experiencing some of these "childhood illnesses". I had a friend who's mom walked with a brace because of childhood polio. I had a little 7 year old friend hospitalized for measles related Pneumonia. I still remember going to wave to her through the hospital window. She was in bed in an oxygen tent. It was so scary to me! Another died of the flu at 9 years old. And suffering through these illnesses was no joke!!
The under 40/45 group have not had the same experiences we did. They don't know the true fear, misery or danger of these childhood diseases. And I hope that vaccines continue to be given so that they NEVER do!

I sadly recall instances of everything you mentioned above. We had a child at older age, we are the age of many of her peers grandparents..... Her best buddy has 4 kids in the family and they do not get flu shots because "they can tough it out". Makes me worry about the consequences of so many under 40/45 group thinking this way. I talk with an elderly friend often who had Polio as a child, he's still suffering consequences of the damage it did in his late 70's, heartbreaking!

 

[enelram]

Ummmmmmmmm......ya think?

yes and now he had to fly to 3M headquarters to hear they're working 24/7 to make masks and
we don't have enough masks.
Blockheads-
These politicians are just "pretending" to do something. No actual decisive changes.

 

[Henry2326]

The first case of COVID-19 in Southern Nevada was confirmed on Thursday by the Southern Nevada Health District, which said a man in his 50s who had recently traveled to Washington state and Texas had been hospitalized in an isolation ward.

At a news briefing, health district officials said they were contacting all persons who came into close contact with the patient to determine if they had been infected by the coronavirus that has spread around the globe from China.

He said the man had a child enrolled in school but did not name the school. He said the student was being kept out of school and monitored but had no apparent symptoms of the disease.

Las Vegas coronavirus confirmed | Las Vegas Review-Journal

 

[gitana1]

For a little levity...
Maybe if I wore my dog's Elizabethan collar I could stop touching my face!!
Mountain Park Plaza Animal HospitalView attachment 236513

That’s what I need!

 

[sloane7777]

The US is not listening....

"In an influenza pandemic the usual assumption is that the spread is uncontrollable regardless of what we do, so we focus on saving lives”, @DrMikeRyan. "In this case some countries have demonstrated it is possible to control the spread.”

Kai Kupferschmidt on Twitter

Did you think we would ? That's why anything that happens is going to hit this country harder simply because "WE" just cant believe it will happen here

Depression. Is that a scarlet fever after effect? Off to google...[/QUOTE/]

Yes major depressive disorders have been linked .

 

[SAMS]

I’ve known this. So I use hand sanitizer mostly in the car and stuff when I come out of some place. But I still won’t touch my face until I wash my hands.

Same. We have sanitizer in the glove box, in my purse, in the kitchen, my office, the bathroom and I wash my hands entering the house and throughout the day even if I haven’t left. ( So grateful I work from my home office) Also, if in supermarket I wipe the carts, my purse handles, and utilize the sanitizer if available. I’ve gone quite mad but I’m not going down without a fight. Lol. MOO

 

[astheworldfallsdown]

Coronavirus: Seven new cases confirmed in Ireland including first community transmission

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Who wants to sign up...


THREAD: In our federal system, local leaders get lot of discretion in reacting to local public health crisis. But #coronavirus, which may start regionally, is national threat. So how do we get Seattle to shut down their economy for good of nation? No city wants to go first 1/n

Scott Gottlieb, MD on Twitter

also ergo no primary care physician wants to be known as one who had a COVID-19 in their offices? Hence refuses and sends them to an ER on the phone. Which we have seen docs do from testimonies on this thread that I do not doubt.

 

[gitana1]

Mike Pence admits America does NOT have enough testing kits to meet coronavirus demand | Daily Mail Online

Mike Pence revealed Thursday that the administration will not be able to follow through on its promise to deliver 1 million coronavirus testing kits by the end of the week.

'We don't have enough tests today to meet what we anticipate the demand going forward,' Pence admitted during a visit to a 3M Company plant in Minnesota Thursday afternoon.

At least he’s being honest about it. Now what is going to be done to fix that situation?

 

[SAMS]

Did you think we would ? That's why anything that happens is going to hit this country harder simply because "WE" just cant believe it will happen here

True. The definition of in denial is a refusal or unwillingness to accept something or to accept reality. MOO

 

[SeattleStew]

Great idea. Its funny how we sometimes dont even think of simple solutions like that.

But you may have just invented something. The new "Anti-Coronavirus Hand Extension Face Scratcher".

Something that attaches to the back of your hand and has a button you can push that automatically extends a small scratching device sort of like a back scratcher but smaller.

To be seen on the next episode of Shark Tank.

Mr. Stew and I use the tips of the temples of our glasses.

 

[gitana1]

Is there still people pushing that this is a hoax?

It 100% is not

There are people stating it’s no worse than the flu or that it’s being hyped in order to force vaccines on everybody.

 

[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

 

[dixiegirl1035]

I had scarlett fever at 5 years old. I hear ya!

You, I and @sloane7777 @mickey2942 @Lilibet have had such, wow, I've never met others who have. I'm sure many but folks don't talk about.

For those that don't know.. the disease Scarlett fever back in the 60's/early 70's created life long antibodies against our heart valves. I have now an abnormal "S wave", whatever that means as was told to me two decades ago. The antibodies to scarlett fever thought our heart valves were the enemy. Life long issue which used to be a bigger deal and we always had to self medicate prior to stuff like teeth cleaning... but years ago, they changed it.

Jeez.. I hope that's not another comorbidity to add for folks.

Blast from the past - as again, I've not heard folks talk about Scarlett Fever for decades. You both must be "old" hehehehe. :runforthehills"

 

[SAMS]

OMG

Dr. Dena Grayson on Twitter


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
news.com.au
Chinese doctors say autopsies of coronavirus victims suggest the deadly illness is “like a combination of SARS and AIDS” that can cause “irreversible” lung damage even if the patient recovers.
The grim finding was reported on by Communist Party mouthpiece the Global Times on Friday, after a paper by Wuhan doctors published in the Journal of Forensic Medicine earlier in the week went viral on Chinese social media.

“The influence of COVID-19 on the human body is like a combination of SARS and AIDS as it damages both the lungs and immune systems,” Peng Zhiyong, director of the intensive care unit of the Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan, told the Global Times.

Dr Peng was commenting on the paper by Liu Liang, a forensic specialist from the Tongji Medical College at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, whose team had conducted nine autopsies of coronavirus patients as of February 24.

“The autopsy results Liu shared inspired me a lot. Based on the results, I think the most important thing now is to take measures at an early stage of the disease to protect patients’ lungs from irreversible fibrosis,” Dr Peng told the outlet.

Pulmonary fibrosis is permanent scarring of the lung tissue that can leave the patient chronically out of breath. The paper described an autopsy conducted on an 85-year-old man. It said there was apparent damage to the patient’s lungs.

Excess production of mucus spilt out of the alveoli — tiny air sacs in the lungs that absorb oxygen — indicating COVID-19 “causes an inflammation response that damages deep airways and pulmonary alveoli”.

According to the Global Times, the paper said the patient exhibited similar pathological changes to those caused by SARS and MERS. Fibrosis was “not as serious as was seen in SARS patients, but an exudative reaction was more apparent, possibly due to the short course of his disease”.

The paper did not say that all coronavirus patients will suffer permanent fibrosis.

An earlier study published in The Lancetwhich examined the CT scans of 81 patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan found the imagery “indicated the appearance of interstitial changes, suggesting the development of fibrosis”.

“However, since the natural history of COVID-19 pneumonia is yet to be fully explored, it is too early to label these lung changes as irreversible fibrosis,” the researchers wrote.

It comes as a group of Chinese scientists warn that the virus has mutated into a more aggressive strain. In a new study published in the National Science Review, researchers suggested that after COVID-19 crossed into humans, the original strain evolved into a second type and both of these are now circulating.

More than 95,000 cases of the disease have been confirmed worldwide and over 3000 people have died, including two in Australia, where there are currently 50 confirmed cases.



**BBM

 

[MJPeony]

You, I and @sloane7777 have had such, wow, I've never met others who have. I'm sure many but folks don't talk about.

For those that don't know.. the disease Scarlett fever back in the 60's/early 70's created life long antibodies against our heart valves. I have now an abnormal "S wave", whatever that means as was told to me two decades ago. The antibodies to scarlett fever thought our heart valves were the enemy. Life long issue which used to be a bigger deal and we always had to self medicate prior to stuff like teeth cleaning... but years ago, they changed it.

Jeez.. I hope that's not another comorbidity to add for folks.

Blast from the past - as again, I've not heard folks talk about Scarlett Fever for decades. You both must be "old" hehehehe. :runforthehills"

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 while?

 

[justbeachy]

Words I never thought I would say and yet just did: "HEY! Stop eating the pandemic snacks!"

It's funny and not all at the same time.

 

[SAMS]

BNO Newsroom on Twitter

WHO chief Tedros says he's concerned some countries are not doing enough to stop coronavirus, saying: "This is NOT a drill .. This is a time for pulling out all the stops"

 

[gngr~snap]

That’s what I need!

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!

 

[zecats]

That’s what I need!

Based on my cats’ reactions to wearing them, you would not last long. Me neither.