Coronavirus - COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #24

[jjenny]

Just watching NY Mayor DeBlasio being interviewed on tv. He made a good point that the federal government needs to temporarily take over the US supply chain. Its the only way to get necessary medical equipment, supplies, drugs, etc. where they need to be in order to squelch the pandemic.

Yeah, we've done this before in wartime and this is as critical as wartime. The process for doing this is already in place, examples of how we've done it before are out there.

Ohio governor was also on, saying its possible schools will be closed for the rest of the school year.

I don't trust federal government to do a good job at the moment.

 

[Henry2326]

That’s true but we don’t know the death rate yet for Covid 19. I think it’s going to be WAY lower than we think. Time will tell. But just from sheer numbers 2,000 so far cases in US compared to 61,000,000 in US for swine flu.

The estimated infected in the US from the American Hospital Association far out weighs swine flu....

• 4.8 million hospitalizations associated with the novel coronavirus
• 96 million cases overall in the US
• 480,000 deaths
• Overall, the slide points out that hospitals should prepare for an impact to the system that's 10 times a severe flu season.

Presentation: US hospitals preparing for millions of hospitalizations - Business Insider

 

[COSCitizen]

Probably about 3 weeks ago one of my patrons asked my opinion about him starting a small business. I told him to wait and see what happens with the coronavirus.

(It may seem odd to ask a librarian for advice like that, but I’ve done much odder things, like doing one older gentleman’s online shopping with a gift card he couldn’t figure out how to use. He couldn’t use a computer, either, so I did the entire transaction and even suggested certain clothing items.)

Elbow bump! Librarians for the win.

 

[CoverMeCagney]

The UK's 4-stage plan:

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[margarita25]

China’s first confirmed Covid-19 case traced back to November 17
Updated: 12:45am, 14 Mar, 2020

*This is significant because so far we’ve had dates in reference that did not precede Dec. 1, moo.

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“Chinese authorities have so far identified at least 266 people who were infected last year, all of whom came under medical surveillance at some point.

Some of the cases were likely backdated after health authorities had tested specimens taken from suspected patients.

Interviews with whistle-blowers from the medical community suggest Chinese doctors only realised they were dealing with a new disease in late December.”

 

[zecats]

That’s true but we don’t know the death rate yet for Covid 19. I think it’s going to be WAY lower than we think. Time will tell. But just from sheer numbers 2,000 so far cases in US compared to 61,000,000 in US for swine flu.

I don't believe any one of us would want to get to the point where hospitals are so overwhelmed, doctors have to decide who gets life-saving treatment and who doesn't (as currently in Italy). A low death rate doesn't sound like such a good thing to me if it's one of my family members or friends. JMO

 

[Henry2326]

There is a lot we don't know about this virus. I've been skeptical of the idea that this doesn't strike young people. At this point, that's been based on the numbers from China, but with only one or sometimes two children per family wouldn't their demographics skew the statistics away from the young?

Yep, France, Netherlands, and Italy are reporting shifts in critical to below 50 age group.

 

[margarita25]

A map of coronavirus cases in Georgia (updated March 14)

CONFIRMED CASES: 66 | Cases are confirmed in Bartow (7), Charlton (1), Cherokee (5), Cobb (15), Coweta (2), DeKalb (8), Fayette (4), Floyd (3), Fulton (13), Gordon (2), Gwinnett (2), Henry (1), Lee (1), Lowndes (1) and Polk (1).

 

[Henry2326]

NEW JERSEY

NEW: Hoboken, New Jersey announces daily 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew in effort to stop coronavirus

BNO Newsroom on Twitter

STAY HOME, SAVE LIVES

 

[Henry2326]

UK will move to shielding over-70s in coming weeks - health minister UK will move to shielding over-70s in coming weeks - health minister Reuters on Twitter

Reuters on Twitter

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[margarita25]

Coronavirus live updates: 2 UCSF health care workers test positive, state of emergency in Concord

 

[Henry2326]

TREVOR BEDFORD

The seeming sudden appearance of outbreaks across the US are not due to a sudden influx of cases. Instead, transmission chains have been percolating for 4-8 weeks now and we're just now starting to see exponential growth pick up steam. 5/13
Trevor Bedford on Twitter

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[weepingangel]

Drive-thru coronavirus testing site closes early, Colorado now at 101 cases
This driveup testing has been a fiasco since it started moo.

Hopefully other places will learn from this and focus their time/ppe supplies/manpower elsewhere.
I have seen a few new clips of the drive through testing and there was a lot of mask adjusting and face touching going on

 

[Henry2326]

Health officials are attempting to get ahead of a sudden demand for ventilators. 'We’ll take them all': Demand for ventilators spikes as coronavirus looms

ABC News on Twitter

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[margarita25]

'Moved quickly': Andrew Cuomo praises President Trump's coronavirus response
March 14, 2020 - 7:05 PM

 

[SuziQ]

On an utterly shallow and self-absorbed note, has anyone any thoughts on things like going to the hairdressers? Asking, as I have an appointment this week and as I currently look like one of those doggies with eyes covered by floof, I am considering wearing a mask and keeping the appointment. Or not. Hmm.

Oh man. I had minor surgery on March 2nd. I self quarantined a week before that. I cancelled much needed hair and nail appointments this week. I am giving Lori Vallow a run for her money in the scrappy look department. Good thing no one will see me! I am thinking of ordering hair dye from Amazon. I hope my hair doesn't fall out!

My pomeranian's hair is gonna get long....

 

[margarita25]

A second New Yorker had died from the coronavirus
MAR 14, 2020 | 7:21 PM

“The second COVID-19 victim was a 64-year-old man Suffern, who had “other significant health problems which were likely contributory” to his death, Rockland county’s Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Laura Carbone said Saturday.”

 

[happyday]

2,000 cases are those who have been tested. Because community transmission is occurring, there is no DOUBT that actual number of cases is much higher.
And by the way, US is already up to 2,759 official cases. And it's going to increase dramatically if US is going to actually test those with symptoms.
Tracking Every Coronavirus Case in the U.S.: Full Map

Absolutely. And we KNEW the numbers were going to skyrocket when testing began. We were told to expect that. And that will just continue to drive the death rate down. I don’t think the numbers will come close to the swine flu in the end, but that is JMO. I seriously hope they don’t!

 

[Henry2326]

NEW YORK CITY......DAN WEINBERGER

Here are NYC syndromic data for ILI and respiratory symptoms up through March 12, stratified by age and borough. Clear spike in older age groups: NYC ED syndromic surveillance

Interesting: if look at the respiratory syndrome, there is also large spike in 18-64 age group, not in elderly
Dan weinberger on Twitter

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[astheworldfallsdown]

Scottish coronavirus cases rise to 153

The number of people testing positive for Covid-19 in Scotland has risen to 153.

Daily figures released by the Scottish government show a rise of 32 since Saturday. A total of 4,240 people have been tested.

The Scottish government is trying to double the number of acute hospital beds to treat coronavirus patients.

Health Secretary Jeane Freeman told the BBC they want to take the number of acute beds available to 380.

She said she was also working with the UK government to see manufacture of ventilators and other essential equipment increased.

And she warned that stricter virus control measures could be implemented "within days"