Coronavirus COVID-19 *Global Health Emergency* #17

[cody22]

IMO
Nobody wants that of course, and I would hope any real official quarantine would be in a proper place for a very limited time until they no longer test positive (they claim anywhere from 2-4 weeks or more but that varies too). But that is not happening anyway, as it appears at least here in the US we are not even doing that on a consistent basis as most of the news I have read tells folks to self quarantine at home.

The officials must have missed the news that some people dont follow the self quarantine rules, and some will sneak out to run errands to go places, on top of the fact their own family members can catch it from them.

Ok... A part time "Quarantine Colony" would be much more humane than a full time " Quarantine Colony", I suppose...... I gotta think about that one. I remember "Leper Colonies" and "Tuberculosis Sanitoriums" in Louisiana and Texas well from when I was a kid..................moo

 

[margarita25]

Getting closer and closer.

@gitana1, omggg please see my above post. I’ve been thinking about you all morning when I ask myself if I’m crazy when everyone else around me is minimizing this and literally mocking and ridiculing me—I’m telling myself that you, and others, who are so smart and whom I respect so much, feel and think the same way, so surely my concern is valid.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Romania’s government has announced that all schools and kindergartens across the country will be closed from March 11 until March 22, with the option of extending it further.

Coronavirus live updates: fifth death confirmed in UK, as head of New York's airports tests positive

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Grand Princess docking underway in Oakland, CA.

 

[sloane7777]

@sloane7777 start making your own lunch.
@margarita25 I do not think that you are over reacting.
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oh yes BTW was not my JJ , Ive been making my lunch for two weeks now LOL!!

 

[Herat]

CBS News on Twitter

Coronavirus at-home testing kits to be provided by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for Seattle area residents
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is preparing to roll out at-home coronavirus testing kits to residents of the Seattle area — the community hardest hit by the virus in the U.S. so far.

More than 500 cases of coronavirushave been confirmed in the U.S. so far, and at least 24 people have died, the majority of them in Washington state. The Gates Foundation hopes that these new test kits will improve the detection of the disease and help mitigate the impact of the epidemic.

Are these just collection swabs or actually home tests ( like pregnancy tests)

If so, how did they get FDA approval so quickly?

Huge liability problem if this did not get properly reviewed and validated.

 

[gitana1]

**Please Read up on it first. Make sure it's ok for you. Bee pollen is an allergic trigger for some and I don't want anyone to get negative effects from it.

Will do.

 

[whitelilac]

Live, about to start
Los Angeles update

KABC News Live Streaming Video

 

[bluedivergirl]

I don't think anyone who has prepared is overreacting. I started stocking up three weeks ago. I don't want to be caught up with panicked buyers. It is all products I will use, just in greater quantities.

I have also been keeping up with laundry. If one of us gets sick, I sure don't want loads of laundry to deal with.

My friend, who is going on a cruise mid-March, is currently at the doc with wheezing. She thinks it is allergies. I am hoping and praying the doc tells her she can't go with lung problems. She won't listen to me. *shakes head*

 

[Herat]

H

CHCH News on Twitter

B.C. health officials say a man has died from coronavirus at a seniors care home in North Vancouver, believed to be the first COVID-19 death in Canada.

He was kept AT THE CARE HOME while he was being treated for COVID-19?
That doesn't sound right

 

[book-thinker]

I just Lysol sprayed the Jimmy John driver who ignored my commands to put it "over there on the food tray" he goes out out of his way to walk all the way over to my desk and proceed to breathe on me ....so I sprayed him , I said it 2x.....hope there's no legal issues but Good lord EVERY building he has been is a risk! POLL AM I CRAZY? I have 2 girls one has type 1 diabetes and asthma and 1 with just asthma, so I dont need you breathing on me !

You are not crazy! He didn’t listen the first time. I bet the Jimmy John’s has learned his lesson. Good for you. Stay safe

 

[margarita25]

Live, about to start
Los Angeles update

KABC News Live Streaming Video

Two new cases, one is travel related. The other is not.

“We possibly have our first case of community transmission”.

 

[sloane7777]

You are not crazy! He didn’t listen the first time. I bet the Jimmy John’s has learned his lesson. Good for you. Stay safe

Thank you ! I have the feeling I'm about to get a rep as the "mean one" in the office !

 

[Kaydence]

I don't think anyone who has prepared is overreacting. I started stocking up three weeks ago. I don't want to be caught up with panicked buyers. It is all products I will use, just in greater quantities.

I have also been keeping up with laundry. If one of us gets sick, I sure don't want loads of laundry to deal with.

My friend, who is going on a cruise mid-March, is currently at the doc with wheezing. She thinks it is allergies. I am hoping and praying the doc tells her she can't go with lung problems. She won't listen to me. *shakes head*

Yep, me too. I do the same thing when one of my kid's friends get the stomach flu or a nasty cough. I immediately do all the laundry and stock up at the store. I don't want to get caught unprepared!

 

[JerseyGirl]

The French culture minister, Franck Riester, has tested positive. His staff said he’d spent a few days at the Assemblée Nationale – the lower house of the French parliament – last week, where “several cases have been confirmed”.

Coronavirus live updates: fifth death confirmed in UK, as head of New York's airports tests positive

 

[margarita25]

Fans turn out for LA games despite coronavirus concerns

 

[Hatfield]

Grand Princess docking underway in Oakland, CA.

Yes, it is. It is the Blue colored ship due west of West Oakland in this map.

MarineTraffic: Global Ship Tracking Intelligence | AIS Marine Traffic

 

[gitana1]

MSNBC is following the return of Princess cruise ship to port in Oakland, CA. Passengers who are not sick will be allowed to disembark the vessel.

Are t they going to be held in quarantine?

 

[FrostOwl]

The article doesn’t say, but I assume they mean patients with uncontrolled hypertension are at higher risk of dying from coronavirus. At least I hope so. I take two meds to keep mine under control, but the diagnosis is still there, obviously.

Here's an article in the BMJ (British Medical Journal) about hypertension and CoViD-19, and other co-morbidities. It seems as if certain blood pressure medicines might elevate the risk for a severe course if infected by the virus. Re: Preventing a covid-19 pandemic: ACE inhibitors as a potential risk factor for fatal Covid-19

 

[Henry2326]

NEW: WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: "Now that the virus has a foothold in so many countries, the threat of a pandemic has become very real."
"But, it would be the first pandemic in history that could be controlled." Coronavirus live updates: New York Port authority head tests positive as number of infected globally rises over 110,000 #coronavirus ABC News on Twitter