Coronavirus COVID-19 *Global Health Emergency* #15

[Henry2326]

Officials confirm 8 cases of coronavirus in Houston area
March 5, 2020
Updated: March 6, 2020 6:35 p.m.
“UPDATE (March 6, 6 p.m.): Two more cases of the new coronavirus have been reported in Fort Bend County, health officials said.

The patients, two women in their 60s, were exposed to the virus as part of a trip to Egypt, the same trip that all of the other area people diagnosed with the pneumonia-like disease made in February. The women are self-quarantined at home, one with mild symptoms and the other no longer symptomatic.”

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Houston area COVID-19 cases total 8 after 2 new Fort Bend Co. cases

“If a person has not been around anyone with COVID-19 or has not visited an ongoing COVID-19 outbreak area, they are not at risk.

Dr. Minter, Director of Fort Bend County Health & Human Services and Local Health Authority said, “we know the COVID-19 situation is evolving quickly and is concerning to our residents. We strongly encourage the community to heed travel alerts issued by the CDC and the State Department and to practice excellent personal hygiene habits. Remember that all of these cases are all travel-related and there is no evidence of community spread at this time.””

I'm going to make a prediction that Egypt's numbers are undervalued....just saying....

 

[gitana1]

Well that's helpful. How considerate of him. JMO

He doesn’t seem to understand the magnitude of this. This is serious. But maybe he doesn’t understand because our government has decided to forego test kits from the WHO in favor of making their own and then not using them.

If a tiny country like Holland has 188 cases, what does a huge nation like the US have? In reality?

People aren’t alarmed because we have no idea of what’s really going on.

 

[SAMS]

WFSB Channel 3 on Twitter

#Breaking: Governor Ned Lamont confirmed on Saturday that a second local hospital employee has tested positive for coronavirus tinyurl.com/uq9r2ma

 

[Henry2326]

New one today, focus again is on COVID-19. Still no videos from Dr. Sc.. at Medcram. He's still AWOL.

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Thank you for your contributions.... I never can find the updated videos....

 

[margarita25]

Colorado now up to 8 coronavirus cases statewide, health officials say
6 of the 8 cases were exposed during international travel
Posted: 4:14 PM, Mar 05, 2020
Updated: 10:01 PM, Mar 06, 2020
Editor's note: The number of cases of COVID-19 across the state continues to climb. Click here for the latest information.

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Coronavirus in Colorado: COVID-19 cases, locations and live updates across the state
Updated: 11:38 PM, Mar 06, 2020

DENVER — Colorado's number of positive coronavirus cases rose to eight on Friday, as officials confirmed six additional cases from across the state, including the first two cases in Denver.

 

[SAMS]

FOX61 on Twitter
JUST IN: Amtrak to cancel nonstop DC to NY Acela service amidst coronavirus scare | The service, which launched just last fall, will not be active starting next Tuesday, March 10, through May 26.

 

[SAMS]

FYI: Please text COVID19SF to 888-777 to get #coronavirus updates from the city of San Francisco. (In this video below I say COVID18-SF...but there shouldn't be a dash!)

Liz Kreutz on Twitter

 

[Ray_of_hope]

" Officials with Johns Hopkins University have created an interactive map detailing all the places where the coronavirus has been reported."
Johns Hopkins University develops coronavirus interactive map

Interactive map here: Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS

 

[nightowl1975]

A couple weeks late...

Amid a coronavirus outbreak in the United States, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is encouraging older people and people with severe chronic medical conditions to "stay at home as much as possible" New CDC guidance says older adults should 'stay at home as much as possible' due to coronavirus - CNN

I’m sure it’s difficult, if not nearly impossible, to determine when to issue such recommendations so that people take the advice seriously. As it is, even now, people in general aren’t taking this seriously at all from what I’m seeing in the community... and I live in San Antonio where a large number of evacuees were quarantined for weeks.

I work in health care with the elderly. Many still say things like “it’s just a bad flu”, “the flu kills a lot more”, “there’s no point in trying to avoid getting it”, and so on. I know several older adults (50-75+) who left on cruises as recently as yesterday. I know people who think it’s a fantastic time to plan a trip to France, Italy, Germany, etc “because tickets are super cheap!!”

Americans in general won’t stand for the drastic measures implemented in China to squash the spread of this virus, so we cannot realistically expect to see a flattening of our curve like what has been reported in China.

The general public doesn’t seem to understand, or want to understand, how crucial it is to slow the spread of this virus so as not to overwhelm our healthcare system.

It also baffles me when I see frustration over “we want answers!!” to things like “what is the incubation period” and “how long does it live outside the body” and “how is it transmitted”. It’s like it’s beyond comprehension that WE DON’T KNOW FOR SURE. There doesn’t have to be some giant conspiracy or complete lack of leadership or anything like that... we just don’t know the answers to a lot of these questions. It is maddeningly frustrating for scientists and doctors not to be able to give definitive answers, but it’s hugely unrealistic to expect definitive answers about a strain of this virus never seen in humans prior to December.

 

[margarita25]

“Denver

• A man in his 40s. Denver officials earlier Friday said the patient had recently traveled from Vancouver and is a parent of a student at St. Anne's Episcopal School in Denver. The school sent students home early Friday to disinfect the building. The student was not showing symptoms but was in quarantine — along with the rest of the family — at their home.

• A woman in her 70s who was exposed during international travel.

Douglas County

• A school-aged female under 18 years old from Highlands Ranch who was exposed during international travel from a trip to Philippines. The student did not attend classes after returning from Philippines. She is in isolation in her home.

• A woman in her 40s from Castle Rock who was exposed during international travel to Italy. She is in isolation at her home.

• A woman in her 70s in Castle Rock who was exposed during international travel.

Eagle County

• A woman in her 50s who was exposed during international travel.

El Paso County

• A man in his 40s. The El Paso County Public Health Medical Director said Friday evening the man who tested positive immediately self-isolated when he began to show symptoms. His immediate family members are also quarantined.

Summit County

• A man in his 30s who traveled to Keystone from out of state. He is recovering at a hospital in Jefferson County, officials said Friday. He had flown to Colorado through Denver International Airport but was not showing symptoms while at the airport. He began showing symptoms while in Summit County, where he was staying at the Slopeside Condominiums in Keystone with his fiancee and two other people.”

Coronavirus in Colorado: COVID-19 cases, locations and live updates across the state

 

[SAMS]

Coronavirus: ‘Most frightening disease I’ve ever encountered,’ says vaccine expert Richard Hatchett

The CEO of Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations said that fighting the global coronavirus outbreak was analogous to war.

#COVIDー19 #coronavirus #2019nCoV

Infinity Box on Twitter

 

[KALI]

She was only 55 years old.

Iranian MP Fatemeh Rahbar dies of virus as more cases reported

She was one of seven senior Iranian political figures to die as deaths from virus reach 145

 

[dotr]

How fast could COVID-19 spread in a crowd? UT researcher weighs in after SXSW cancellation
Mar 6, 2020

At this point, it would not be surprising if in a couple of weeks all US borders get shut down, imo speculation.fwiw.

 

[SAMS]

Public health officials are warning that no one knows how deeply the virus will spread, in part because the federal government’s flawed rollout of tests three weeks ago has snowballed into an embarrassing fiasco of national proportions.”

Bianna Golodryga on Twitter

 

[Ray_of_hope]

Check out native bees versus honey bees which are an imported domestic agricultural animal. Most of the native bees that are on endangered list are native to Hawaii but I believe there is one continental North American bee on the list whose name escapes me at the moment. Plant flowers native to your area to save your native bees.
While We Worry About Honeybees, Other Pollinators Are Disappearing

About to go to small town grocery for routine weekly shop. Will be interesting to see what they are short on if anything. I prefer this store because it’s never packed and everyone is good about staying to their sides of the aisle.

I'm sorry to go O/T again. I see that Oat milk has the least environmental impact. Will try and find a low carb version. Thanks to everyone for the information. We'll have to start a new thread somewhere about lessening environmental impact. @Tbone144 Thanks. Everything, besides grass, that we've planted feeds others in several separate gardens (humming birds, bees, butterflies) and other plantings like fruit trees feed us, squirrels (figs) and bees and rats (citrus). We also have a couple of gorgeous black racer snakes around. Again my last post O/T and I'm sorry to go O/T.

 

[KALI]

Aren't you in California? We most certainly do.

That’s all they need. Ugh



Nope. We don’t have mandated sick pay in this country. So now I’m staying home. No eating out. No coffee runs.

 

[SAMS]

DEVELOPING: Coronavirus concerns prompt LU to cancel ALL spring/summer study abroad trips.

kfdm.com/news/local/dev…
KFDM News on Twitter

 

[ilovewings]

Coronavirus: Advice for people with health conditions Coronavirus: Advice for people with health conditions

Very informative- thank you

 

[SAMS]

The Hill on Twitter

New York attorney general warns prominent televangelist not to mislead viewers on coronavirus hill.cm/vo1Uvm8

 

[enelram]

gitana said:
People aren’t alarmed because we have no idea of what’s really going on.
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when people are dying in US BEFORE they even
get tested, something is majorly WRONG.