Coronavirus COVID-19 *Global Health Emergency* #8

[Henry2326]

Its all we have in the arsenal right now.....

As the coronavirus spreads around the world, International health authorities are hoping countries can learn a few lessons from China _ namely, that quarantines can be effective and acting fast is crucial. As virus spreads, other countries can learn from China
The Associated Press on Twitter

If he was clever, he's on a peninsula and can easily close borders. Will he? For now, all we have are infected areas closing borders. Why aren't healthy areas closing border and even expelling ill people?

I was just thinking about that when I posted the article about containment. I don't think any politician in the US has the balls to do it....until its to late and they are desperate. I expect it to run through the states....but I'm a disaster Debbie.....

 

[Henry2326]

Cruel but true?

Glad my grandbaby is not there......I feel for the children.

 

[Henry2326]

BREAKING: Qatar reports first case of coronavirus Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline

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[otto]

Its all we have in the arsenal right now.....

As the coronavirus spreads around the world, International health authorities are hoping countries can learn a few lessons from China _ namely, that quarantines can be effective and acting fast is crucial. As virus spreads, other countries can learn from China
The Associated Press on Twitter

China has bolted people in their homes and is using wrist band analytics to monitor movement of people. It's unlikely that these tools could work in an unruly defiant entitled society.

 

[Henry2326]

Inevitable....

Health officials in California, Oregon and Washington state are worried about the novel coronavirus spreading through West Coast communities after confirming three patients were infected by unknown means. New coronavirus cases of unknown origin found on West Coast
AP West Region on Twitter

 

[Henry2326]

Chins has bolted people in their homes and is using wrist band analytics to monitor movement of people. It's unlikely that these tools could work in an unruly defiant entitled society.

Agreed.......social chaos and logistics delivering food are my biggest concerns....other than people dying....

 

[margarita25]

BREAKING: Qatar reports first case of coronavirus Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline

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What’s the deal on gas prices now?

First world problems I realize.

 

[Henry2326]

What’s the deal on gas prices now?

First world problems I realize.

Oil prices crashing....no one will be moving about...

 

[otto]

Its all we have in the arsenal right now.....

As the coronavirus spreads around the world, International health authorities are hoping countries can learn a few lessons from China _ namely, that quarantines can be effective and acting fast is crucial. As virus spreads, other countries can learn from China
The Associated Press on Twitter

I was just thinking about that when I posted the article about containment. I don't think any politician in the US has the balls to do it....until its to late and they are desperate. I expect it to run through the states....but I'm a disaster Debbie.....

I have to agree, particularly given government releases about controlling the information that will released from the USA. Every other country on the planet is expected to release updates on prep and infections, but the white house seems to be saying that the virus is a hoax. It's twilight zone plus one.

 

[margarita25]

Agreed.......social chaos and logistics delivering food are my biggest concerns....other than people dying....

Yes which is exactly why discussions about stocking up on food is not fear mongering or whatever. I’ve personally watched every video I can out of Wuhan on this, including trucks trying to get in to get people food in the middle of logistical obstacles, “remote control cars going to get buns” so...

(Sitting on hands and taking a break. I’ll be damned if someone’s going to come in here and equivocate the past month plus of discussions as not being based on academics and monitoring the situation since day 1.

Dbm

 

[Henry2326]

Here is a piece of good news....

Man cleared after coronavirus quarantine coughs in TV interview
A Pennsylvania man who was quarantined in San Diego with his 3-year-old daughter after attending a memorial service in Wuhan, China, where his father-in-law died of the coronavirus, began to cough enough to need water during a TV interview Friday.

Man cleared after coronavirus quarantine coughs in TV interview

 

[otto]

Oil prices crashing....no one will be moving about...

Oil prices are crashing to what? They've been on unsteady ground since someone decided that fossil fuels had to be destroyed to safe the planet.

Crashing oil price sounds like a headline, or did West Texas hit $30?

 

[otto]

Yes which is exactly why discussions about stocking up on food is not fear mongering or whatever. I’ve personally watched every video I can out of Wuhan on this, including “remote control cars going to get buns” so...

(Sitting on hands and taking a break. I’kk be damned if someone’s going to come in here and equivocate this to a discussion that is not based on academics.)

It’s people who are not prepared that are going to go around infecting people, going to the store because you didn’t get what you needed when you had the chance.

Academics don't help when the supply chain fails.

 

[Henry2326]

(Sitting on hands and taking a break. I’kk be damned if someone’s going to come in here and equivocate this to a discussion that is not based on academics.)

.

Thank you....had a battle on my hands last night....politics again....had to get off and go do something else...

 

[Henry2326]

Oil prices are crashing to what? They've been on unsteady ground since someone decided that fossil fuels had to be destroyed to safe the planet.

Crashing oil price sounds like a headline, or did West Texas hit $30?

Its taken a back seat to a trillion loss in the stock market...

 

[Henry2326]

Oil prices are crashing to what? They've been on unsteady ground since someone decided that fossil fuels had to be destroyed to safe the planet.

Crashing oil price sounds like a headline, or did West Texas hit $30?

Here are the charts.....we can watch next week and see if the free fall continues. I expect it will.

Oil Price Charts | Oilprice.com

 

[Henry2326]

Criteria in Germany to leave isolation:
earliest 10 days after onset,
No fever in last 48 hours,
No #Covid19 symptoms in last 24 hours,
2 negative nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2-PCR tests taken 24 hours apart

Joël Mossong on Twitter
Reporter in Germany

 

[Betty P]

Speaking of tourism, here in Florida (Orlando)
our (R) Gov. held a press conference to allay
fear considering we're the #1 Tourist Destination in US and have thousands of foreign visitors daily, and the Gov. refused to
discuss statistics when questioned by a reporter. Claimed it's a state law preventing dissemination of # of cases, # being monitored, etc. He's just following orders from
DC.
I'm sure our theme parks are doing the happy dance w/ a news blackout on the virus.
Heck disney doesn't want the bottom line affected.
I feel like we're living in Cuba under Fidel Castro.

I've been reading up on the Asian flu epidemic of 1957. It was similar, probably not quite as many deaths. Reading about it in old newspapers at Newspapers.com, it caused no economic crisis. The U.S. had a much better industrial policy and balanced foreign trade profile back then (IOW, we didn't rely on foreign countries to supply most of our manufactured products).

The worst part of the epidemic in the U.S. lasted through the summer and fall of 1957, but a vaccination was developed in October and cases dropped off after that. Amazing how well it was handled with little drama and a relatively quick vaccine back in 1957.

Asian Flu (1957 Influenza Pandemic)

 

[Henry2326]

The outbreak is expected to cost the airline industry alone nearly $30 billion. Canceled flights, quarantined cruises and $30B losses: How coronavirus has upended the travel industry
Canceled flights, quarantined cruises and $30B losses: How coronavirus has upended the travel industry

 

[Henry2326]

When countries release coronavirus updates:
- Italy: 12 p.m. ET
- China: 7 p.m. ET
- South Korea: 8 p.m. ET
- Mexico: 10 p.m. ET
- South Korea: 3 a.m. ET
- Iran: Around 3-6 a.m. ET

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