Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #42

[BUF]

Gov. DeSantis issues stay-at-home order for entire state of Florida

Finally!!!!!!

 

[gregjrichards]

Cats and ferrets CAN be infected with coronavirus but it is hard for dogs to catch the disease, scientists discovers

Cats and ferrets can be infected with coronavirus and spread it to other animals, but it is hard for dogs to catch the disease, scientists have discovered.

Experts deliberately infected the animals with coronavirus to see whether they would contract illness as a result or be able to pass it on to other animals.

The team also found that chickens, ducks and pigs are not susceptible to the virus.

Cats and ferrets CAN be infected with coronavirus but it is hard for dogs to catch the disease | Daily Mail Online

 

[mickey2942]

The situation with the cruise ships is more complicated than people think.

INMO, American citizens should be allowed off, and enter the United States.

The problem with the rest of the people on the ship, is that crew members are not usually allowed to leave the ship. And these cruises did not originate in the United States. There may be people on the ship, who are actually not allowed to be in the United States, for one reason or another.

Usually, people are "vetted" by border patrol agents, looking at their passport information, before they get to the United States, because if they are inadmissible, they can't come.

The news media has skipped this part of the story.

JMO, but this would kill any desire to go on a cruise for me.

 

[gregjrichards]

Philippines President Duterte says medical staff who lose their lives treating coronavirus patients are 'lucky' to die for their country

Philippines President Duterte says medical staff are 'lucky' to die for their country | Daily Mail Online

 

[Deleted member 158085]

Police close Hobby Lobby stores that reopened amid coronavirus | Daily Mail Online

Yes! Seriously, how dare they disobey these safety orders. They shouldn’t be able to rake in the dough while all their competition is closed.

 

[Gardenista]

NYC veterinarians forced to choose people over pets in war against coronavirus

 

[KALI]

Thank you, very interesting imo.

Although this article is from March 20, it illustrates what happened there.

How Spain’s coronavirus outbreak got so bad so fast

 

[otto]

Philippines President Duterte says medical staff who lose their lives treating coronavirus patients are 'lucky' to die for their country

Philippines President Duterte says medical staff are 'lucky' to die for their country | Daily Mail Online

Seems to be following the Chinese philosophy that people who die helping stop the virus are martyrs.

 

[tresir2012]

BAT claims Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough using tobacco... | Daily Mail Online

Incredible if true.

"It was one of the few firms that helped develop an effective treatment for Ebola in 2014 and has recently been working with the US government on seasonal influenza vaccines.

It added that KBP would be developing the coronavirus vaccine on a not-for-profit basis.

Tobacco plant technology is thought to have advantages over traditional development methods as it can produce initial vaccines in the plants in just six weeks, instead of months.

It is also possibly safer because tobacco plants cannot host so-called pathogens that cause human disease.

And they have the potential to deliver an effective immune response in a single dose, according to BAT."

BAT = British American Tobacco

 

[Tony1902]

We all need burkas!

DH always said protect every point of entry: nose, eyes, mouth & ears. Add ear buds or plugs to that list. And wash twice, not once.

 

[MsArk]

Florida governor Ron DeSantis says coronavirus first started circulating during the Super Bowl | Daily Mail Online

Gosh...it seems like it has been a million years since the Super Bowl.

 

[oviedo]

Gov. DeSantis issues stay-at-home order for entire state of Florida

Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce | CISA

he mentioned he will use homeland security's list of essential workers - I may be missing it but I don't see law firms....

 

[Trudie]

thanks everyone for the support. I went to Publix and it was a madhouse. No way you could stay 6 feet away from someone. I just turned my head. Used the produce bags as my gloves - thanks to your suggestions. Publix was out of many many items but I did find a can of Lysol - yippee. Must not be a popular scent but I don't care. I am glad to be home. I had high anxiety during the 20 minutes I was in the store. I still have items to get but they will have to wait until another day. I don't know why my husband thinks that I am the only one that can venture out to the stores and take out the trash. LOL. I am exhausted from the high anxiety and I have a headache from clenching my teeth.

@Kensie sorry the store was so packed, first of the month thing, imo. Have you thought of fasting? Lol.
Schwan’s dropped an order off for me, I really wish to not ever go into a store, if possible. Really!

 

[Trudie]

Forgot to add. Still no makeup but I did put on my favorite lipstick and favorite perfume.

Eau de Clorox or parfum Lysol?

 

[AStartoSteerBy]

Yes! Seriously, how dare they disobey these safety orders. They shouldn’t be able to rake in the dough while all their competition is closed.

Agreed that the better part of wisdom would be to close.
However, to be fair, JoAnn's and Michaels stores were unsure about their status, as well. Many of those chain stores are being told they must close, too. Lots of people making masks and hats requested by hospitals, charities, etc... Check out all the online sewing groups! Also, displaced and furloughed workers selling the masks as a source of income. It's a hot topic and highly controversial! Especially since Austria recently required face masks for shopping. Moo

 

[Auntie Cipation]

Gosh...it seems like it has been a million years since the Super Bowl.

Back in December and January, my tiny little dead-end street had a little mystery on our hands involving a car that would show up at night and park on the street, but the driver would walk away, not connected to or visiting anyone on the block, and then re-appear early the next morning to drive away.

Last night I texted a neighbor "remember when a suspicious car in the neighborhood was the biggest thing we had to worry about?"

 

[otto]

Incredible if true.

"It was one of the few firms that helped develop an effective treatment for Ebola in 2014 and has recently been working with the US government on seasonal influenza vaccines.

It added that KBP would be developing the coronavirus vaccine on a not-for-profit basis.

Tobacco plant technology is thought to have advantages over traditional development methods as it can produce initial vaccines in the plants in just six weeks, instead of months.

It is also possibly safer because tobacco plants cannot host so-called pathogens that cause human disease.

And they have the potential to deliver an effective immune response in a single dose, according to BAT."

BAT = British American Tobacco

Canada's Ebola vaccine discovery:

"A new study published this week tells a darker story about one of Canada's key scientific discoveries — the development of the world's first approved Ebola vaccine.

Dalhousie University law professor Matthew Herder used Canada's Access to Information Act to obtain hundreds of documents to track the development of the vaccine (rVSV-ZEBOV) from the first experiments at Winnipeg's National Microbiology Laboratory in the early 2000s through to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa in 2014.

The documents reveal Canadian government scientists struggling against federal funding cuts and industry indifference to push the discovery forward."​

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/ebol...-pharmaceutical-industry-scientists-1.5429060

 

[Deleted member 158085]

Agreed that the better part of wisdom would be to close. However, to be fair, JoAnn's and Michaels stores were unsure about their status, as well. Many of those chain stores are being told they must close, too. Lots of people making masks and hats requested by hospitals, charities, etc... Check out all the online sewing groups! It's a hot topic and highly controversial! Especially since Austria recently required face masks for shopping. Moo

I thought those had all closed. They have here. Our sewing group got donated fabric from Walmart. Everything else, we get online. And most of us didn’t use the donated fabric because we already had large stashes.

 

[tresir2012]

Wow. I would seriously be freaking out. What a nightmare for those passengers.

I think the sick ones should be helicoptered off for treatment and rest should be tested. This is inhumane IMO.

 

[AStartoSteerBy]

Genuine question, would a Burka offer enough protection?

Burkas might help.
However, thinking that the face mask is more to slow the spread than providing PPE level protection. Since the disease can be spread by asymptomatic as well as symptomatic, the better part of caution would be to slow the spread with face masks AND social distancing.
For at least a decade, hospitals and clinics have put regular surgical masks on patients that might have contagious respiratory illness. Not that it completely eliminates the spread of respiratory illness, just decreases it. Sort of like wearing a seatbelt doesn't 100% guarantee that you can't be a fatality in an automobile accident. It just decreases the likelihood.
Moo