Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #44

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  • #401
You know this plastic zipper bags that bedspreads and sheet sets come in?? If you could get two sides apart without tearing that plastic then using double side tape to stick the plastic around the bill of your hat??? That seems, in my mind, it would work perfectly for a face shield mask
I mean it wouldn't be a fashion statement or anything but really, I think fashion is out at this point :D.
Great idea! Thank you!
 
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California

LA County

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“One day after reporting the largest one-day increase in deaths and new cases since the coronavirus pandemic began, Los Angeles County officials announced 15 more deaths and 663 more cases of COVID-19 Sunday.

The county now has 5,940 confirmed cases of COVID-19 -- the disease caused by the virus -- and 132 people have lost their lives.

The numbers were even worse Saturday, when 28 deaths and 711 new cases were added to the toll.”

-more at link:
15 More COVID-19 Deaths in LA County, Coronavirus Cases Approach 6,000
Updated on April 5, 2020 at 4:05 pm


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Santa Clara County:

“As of Saturday, 268 people were hospitalized in Santa Clara County, according to its dashboard. Hospitals are seeing a surge in COVID-19 patients who need ICU beds.

County data suggests nearly a third of the 1,731 ICU beds in the county are currently being used to care for coronavirus patients.”

-more at link:
Coronavirus: Santa Clara County reports 59 new cases

 
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Louisiana:

Louisiana governor says state could run out of ventilators by end of the week if coronavirus cases continue to rise
Updated 8:00 PM ET, Sun April 5, 2020


“"Every day we get new information that informs our modeling. We now think it's probably around the 9th of April before we exceed our ventilator capacity based on the current number on hand and that we're a couple of days behind that on ICU bed capacity being exceeded," he told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union."
"As we achieve success in slowing the rate of spread, we also push out that date. And critically important is the number of people who will present to the hospital and not be able to get a (ventilator) or a bed, it's a smaller number."

Louisiana has emerged as one of several coronavirus hot spots across the United States with a surge in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths. The state has more than 12,000 cases and more than 400 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University's tally of cases. Early Sunday, the nationwide death toll had gone up to at least 8,503 people, with at least 312,245 infected, according to the data compiled by Johns Hopkins.”

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Travel from Louisiana further tightened by new checkpoints

“Police checkpoints are being set up along the Louisiana border in a move to further cut off travel from a neighboring state that has been among the hardest hit by the new coronavirus.

The checkpoints are along all major arteries into Texas, according to an advisory Sunday from the Louisiana state police.

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““It’s important for those entering TX from LA to be prepared to stop,” Bonnen said.”



ETA/qmfr:
Hmm...so it seems they’ll be using it for CV patients now if needed...

Lol, reading back, sorry I didn’t clarify - I was referring to the USNS Comfort.
 
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New Jersey:

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A patient at Holy Name Medical Center being moved out of the emergency room in a transport dome, or transport isopod, which provides additional protection for staff.Credit...Jeff Rhode/Holy Name Medical Center

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“The disease that has crippled New York City is now enveloping New Jersey’s densely packed cities and suburbs. The state’s governor said on Friday that New Jersey was about a week behind New York, where scenes of panicked doctorshave gripped the nation.

Hospitals in the state are scrambling to convert cafeterias and pediatric wings into intensive care units. Ventilators are running low. One in three nursing homes has at least one resident with the virus.”

The Nurse Was Holding Up. Then Her 3 Close Relatives Were Brought In.

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New Jersey now has 917 coronavirus deaths and 37,505 cases. Another 3K positive tests reported.

“New Jersey now has at least 917 deaths from the coronavirus, with at least 37,505 cases statewide, after an increase of 71 deaths and 3,482 positive tests in the last 24 hours, according to the latest numbers state officials released Sunday.

A total of 44,661 people in the state have tested negative for COVID-19.”

[...]

“It’s difficult to calculate exactly how many New Jerseyans are currently infected with the virus because the state officials say test results are backed up by as much as two weeks and the state is not reporting how many people have recovered so far. They say the latter is complicated to track. In addition, many people believed to have the coronavirus, but who are experiencing mild symptoms, are not being tested.”

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Coronavirus could continue into the summer, New Jersey governor says

“Gov. Phil Murphy, the New JerseyDemocrat, said in an interview Sunday that the coronavirus outbreak could continue “meaningfully into the summer.”

“We’re going to have not just a tough week ahead but a tough several weeks ahead,” Murphy told CNN. “Whether it’s ventilators, personal protective equipment, beds, health care workers, those will all be constraints.””
 
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Can’t help but hope the world is turning the tide of this virus.
 
  • #408
Google searches may be useful tool in coronavirus fight, economist says

“An economist and expert on big data penned an op-ed in the New York Times Sunday that said Google search terms may help health officials determine the next coronavirus hot spot.

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, a data scientist, wrote that searches for “I can’t smell” increased in states like Louisiana and New York last week, two of the hardest-hit states in the U.S.”

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Stephens-Davidowitz pointed out that Ecuadorians are “making more searches related to the loss of smell than any other country in the world.””

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“He wrote that “my eyes hurt” were high searches in Spain last February and states that were hit hard by the virus. He pointed out that there have been reports that coronavirus patients complained of eye trouble.”

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Google to lift ban on coronavirus-related advertising
 
  • #409
Germany saw sharp falls in both its daily death toll and its new infection count today, offering fresh hope that the coronavirus lockdown is working.

The number of infections rose by 3,677 - the smallest since March 22 - to bring the overall tally from 91,714 to 95,391.

Meanwhile the death toll jumped by only 92, the lowest in a week, taking the total from 1,342 to 1,434.

The resulting fatality rate of 1.5 per cent remains lower than many of Germany's neighbours, although it has risen every day for more than two weeks.

Germany's daily coronavirus death toll drops to 92 | Daily Mail Online
 
  • #410
COVID-19 cases in Colorado near 5,000
Updated: Apr 5, 2020 / 05:43 PM MDT

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Photo: CDPHE


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“Sunday the state released additional COVID-19 modeling data to the public.”

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State provides COVID-19 modeling data | Colorado COVID-19 Updates

Model R0 3.5 4.0 with SD 0 to 80 Mar 23 Hospitalizations and deaths estimates 4.1.20.pdf

Model R0 3.0 4.0 SD 0 to 60 Mar 17 Hospitalizations and Deaths Estimates.pdf

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Colorado Case Summary (Updated 4/5/20 at 4:00 p.m.)
Note: This summary only includes data through 4/4 and does not reflect cases since then.

BBM:
4,950 cases*
924 hospitalized
54 counties
25,773 people tested
140 deaths
37 outbreaks at residential and non-hospital health care facilities

Case data | Colorado COVID-19 Updates
 
  • #411
New Jersey:

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A patient at Holy Name Medical Center being moved out of the emergency room in a transport dome, or transport isopod, which provides additional protection for staff.Credit...Jeff Rhode/Holy Name Medical Center

[...]

“The disease that has crippled New York City is now enveloping New Jersey’s densely packed cities and suburbs. The state’s governor said on Friday that New Jersey was about a week behind New York, where scenes of panicked doctorshave gripped the nation.

Hospitals in the state are scrambling to convert cafeterias and pediatric wings into intensive care units. Ventilators are running low. One in three nursing homes has at least one resident with the virus.”

The Nurse Was Holding Up. Then Her 3 Close Relatives Were Brought In.

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New Jersey now has 917 coronavirus deaths and 37,505 cases. Another 3K positive tests reported.

“New Jersey now has at least 917 deaths from the coronavirus, with at least 37,505 cases statewide, after an increase of 71 deaths and 3,482 positive tests in the last 24 hours, according to the latest numbers state officials released Sunday.

A total of 44,661 people in the state have tested negative for COVID-19.”

[...]

“It’s difficult to calculate exactly how many New Jerseyans are currently infected with the virus because the state officials say test results are backed up by as much as two weeks and the state is not reporting how many people have recovered so far. They say the latter is complicated to track. In addition, many people believed to have the coronavirus, but who are experiencing mild symptoms, are not being tested.”

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Coronavirus could continue into the summer, New Jersey governor says

“Gov. Phil Murphy, the New JerseyDemocrat, said in an interview Sunday that the coronavirus outbreak could continue “meaningfully into the summer.”

“We’re going to have not just a tough week ahead but a tough several weeks ahead,” Murphy told CNN. “Whether it’s ventilators, personal protective equipment, beds, health care workers, those will all be constraints.””

Morristown Medical Center, formerly Morristown Memorial Hospital, is one of the primier healthcare facilities in North Jersey. It's close to NYC and is nowhere near capacity.

Morristown Medical Center reopens Mt. Kemble center to treat COVID-19 patients | Morristown Green

[Murphy] declined to say how many coronavirus patients have been transferred there[to the Mt. Kemble division], or how many are being treated at the 735-bed Morristown Medical Center.

“It’s just continuously changing,” Zatorski said.
Morristown Medical Center was at 48 percent capacity and was treating between 70 and 80 COVID-19 patients as of last Friday, hospital President Trish O’Keefe told Morristown Green at the time.
 
  • #412
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-scotland-52097887

Summary
  1. Scotland's chief medical officer resigns after making two trips to her second home during the lockdown
  2. A total of 220 people have died after testing for Covid-19
  3. The Queen tells the UK 'Together we are tackling this disease'
  4. Prime Minister Boris Johnston, who has Covid-19, is admitted to hosptial
'She made a serious error and payed the price'


Ms Sturgeon said she first learned on Saturday night about Dr Catherine Calderwood's trips to her second home after being approached by the Scottish Sun.

She said that she had spoken to her chief medical officer about it after the newspaper had been in touch.

The first minister told BBC Breakfast that Dr Calderwood's decision to resign came after a long conversation on Sunday and was a "mutual agreement".

She said she was "very sorry" that the sitation had arisen, but emphasised that Dr Calderwood has been a good chief medical officer and she had valued her advice.

"She made a serious error of judgement and she has payed the price for that," Ms Sturgeon said.
 
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Ex-special branch police officer, 99, thanks 'wonderful' medical staff as she becomes oldest person in UK to recover from coronavirus


Carrie Pollock, 99, was admitted to Queen Alexandra Hospital in early March, after getting hallucinations and suspected pneumonia.

She also had a temperature - who is the symptoms of Covid-19 - as was tested by a doctor who confirmed the family's fears.

But the former PC, who was special branch officer in Kenya, saw off the disease and is now back at home in Hayling Island near Portsmouth.

Ex-special branch police officer, 99, becomes oldest person in UK to recover from coronavirus | Daily Mail Online


I am so glad Carrie Pollock has recovered from coronavirus.
 
  • #414
HSE aims to test 4,500 people a day, Boris Johnson spends night in hospital: Today's Covid-19 Main Points

(Ireland)

A FURTHER 390 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland were confirmed yesterday, bringing the total number to 4,994.

The Department of Health also said that a further 21 people died from the virus, bringing the death toll here to 158.

Here are today’s main Covid-19 points:
  • The Department of Health last night confirmed 21 more deaths and 390 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
  • Authorities in Northern Ireland said yesterday that a further seven people have died of Covid-19 there. So far, 63 people have died from the coronavirus in Northern Ireland. It also has 1,089 confirmed cases.
  • The HSE said that a fifth of the first batch of personal protective equipment (PPE) – costing roughly €4 million – delivered from China for use by healthcare workers did not meet specified requirements.
  • An Post delivery workers will now be able to offer check-ins and free newspaper deliveries to people who are cocooning at the moment.
  • Minister for Tourism Shane Ross said he is working to find “a fair and commensurate response” to alleviate the financial pressures that are now impacting on the travel sector in Ireland. Ross says he has written to the EU Commission on the matter but the use of vouchers or some form of a credit note for customer refunds are also being considered.
  • Taoiseach Leo Varadkar rejoined the medical register as a doctor to offer his services to the HSE during the Covid-19 pandemic.
 
  • #415
I wonder if this will change the way we educate children and parents choose home schooling over the traditional way.

I hope it changes the content of education so that there is a public health element that teaches about pandemics, how and where to find accurate information, how to interpret statistics, how human behaviour can change the outcomes, how drug treatments and vaccines are researched and tested, how vaccines work in the body, etc.

Children need to learn how to identify scams, recognise misinformation and be able to make intelligent judgements about the reliability of information coming from their government leaders.
 
  • #416
I've been meaning to ask - what is a "box store" ?
I googled this the other day and the closest comparison I could find was like Costco or Makro

I was wondering if it could apply to Aldi and Lidl who sell from boxes on the shelves. You think it is like Bookers where you have to buy the whole case of 24 - like a wholesaler?
 
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Coronavirus: What hospital tests will Boris Johnson have as he battles COVID-19?

Boris Johnson will likely undergo several tests on his organs and breathing after he was admitted to hospital on Sunday night, doctors have said.

The prime minister, 55, is receiving treatment 10 days after he tested positive for COVID-19.


He will stay for "as long as needed" in the London NHS hospital where he was taken as a "precautionary step" on the advice of his doctor - rather than as an emergency.

His symptoms which have been described as persistent are understood to include a high temperature.

While in hospital, doctors will likely check the prime minister's oxygen levels, white blood cell count, and liver and kidney function before he is released.

Dr Simon Clarke, a microbiologist from University of Reading, told Sky News: "They will look at his general physiology and biochemistry, make sure his organs are functioning properly and that he can breathe okay.

"I imagine these are fairly routine checks just to make sure he's alright."
 
  • #419
Here are the US death rates among the age groups. As you can see, they don't even include under-20's because the death rate is so low. Less than .03%, at least. In prior posts, when I'm referring to young people, those are the people I'm talking about. The kids in the age range who are most impacted by the flu (along with the elderly), but not by this virus. Although I don't consider people in their 40's and 50's to be "young." Not old, but not young

eta: as far as I can tell, these statistics do not account for underlying conditions.

The death rate among those who were sickened by the disease was roughly 0.03% for people in their 20s; 0.08% for people in their 30s; 0.16% for people in their 40s; 0.6% for people in their 50s; 1.9% for people in their 60s; 4.3% for people in their 70s; and 7.8% for people 80 years old and older, the researchers found.

Risk for severe COVID-19 increases with each decade of age

I'm not sure that these stats are accurate for US cases. The study you quote was based on data mainly from China, plus additional early cases from 37 countries, up to February 25th.
https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S1473-3099(20)30243-7

Although this data below doesn't give death rates, it is specific to the US and is more current.

As of March 16, a total of 4,226 COVID-19 cases had been reported in the United States, with reports increasing to 500 or more cases per day beginning March 14 ( 1). Among 2,449 patients with known age, 6% were aged ≥85, 25% were aged 65–84 years, 18% each were aged 55–64 years and 45–54 years, and 29% were aged 20–44 years ( 2). Only 5% of cases occurred in persons aged 0–19 years.

Among 508 (12%) patients known to have been hospitalized, 9% were aged ≥85 years, 36% were aged 65–84 years, 17% were aged 55–64 years, 18% were 45–54 years, and 20% were aged 20–44 years. Less than 1% of hospitalizations were among persons aged ≤19 years. The percentage of persons hospitalized increased with age, from 2%–3% among persons aged ≤19 years, to ≥31% among adults aged ≥85 years.

Among 121 patients known to have been admitted to an ICU, 7% of cases were reported among adults ≥85 years, 46% among adults aged 65–84 years, 36% among adults aged 45–64 years, and 12% among adults aged 20–44 years. No ICU admissions were reported among persons aged ≤19 years. Percentages of ICU admissions were lowest among adults aged 20–44 years (2%–4%) and highest among adults aged 75–84 years (11%–31%).

Among 44 cases with known outcome, 15 (34%) deaths were reported among adults aged ≥85 years, 20 (46%) among adults aged 65–84 years, and nine (20%) among adults aged 20–64 years. Case-fatality percentages increased with increasing age, from no deaths reported among persons aged ≤19 years to highest percentages (10%–27%) among adults aged ≥85 years.

Severe Outcomes Among Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19
 
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  • #420
LOL. It is slang for Big Boxy Stores. The large warehouse sellers like Costco, typically build large, cavernous square buildings.
Which earned them the name "box" stores. ;-)
Ah thanks. Cagney responded too. We have supermarkets selling from boxes too so I was confused whether they were "box" stores but it is like our wholesalers who sell by the box only right?
 
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