Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #46

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• 6,510 cases in Colorado, 1,312 hospitalized and 250 deaths. Get the latest from the Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE).

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“11 people are confirmed to have died of COVID-19 at the Cherry Creek Nursing Center at 14699 E. Hampden Ave, according to a spokesperson for the facility.

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“Colorado has ordered more than $46 million in medical supplies”

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“A second employee at the JBS meatpacking facility in Greeley has died, the president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 union said.

This comes after the Weld County Health Department confirmed more than 30 employees at the facility had tested positive for COVID-19.”

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“Colorado receives donation of 100,000 face masks from Taiwan”

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“CORONAVIRUS CASES IN COLORADO
In Colorado, 6,510 people have tested positive for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, and 250 people have died. Of those who tested positive for the disease, 1,312 have been hospitalized.

According to CDPHE, 32,653 people have been tested and 59 counties are reporting cases. There have been 59 outbreaks at residential and non-hospital health care facilities.”

 

[tresir2012]

Ryan Struyk
@ryanstruyk
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Reported US coronavirus deaths via @CNN:
4 weeks ago: 49 deaths
3 weeks ago: 249 deaths
2 weeks ago: 1,588 deaths
1 week ago: 7,152 deaths
Right now: 18,693 deaths

It's terrifying isn't it? Doubling every 3 days or so except for that last week when it looks to have slowed, otherwise it would have been 28k deaths.

 

[tresir2012]

I agree it is a shock! If it is breathed into your lungs the infection from there can affect other organs in the body. Lack of oxygen in blood causes organ issues. And if consumed it can cause intestine and stomach issues. I don't want to know more about what it can do down the road.

I didnt think it survived if consumed? Do you have a link?

ETA link to factsheet on Coronaviruses

"Factsheet for health professionals on Coronaviruses" Factsheet for health professionals on Coronaviruses

 

[Curious Me]

NJ April 10th
Gov. Phil Murphy said Friday he will sign an executive order allowing some state prison inmates at risk of contracting COVID-19 to be placed on temporary home confinement or expedited parole.

“Under this order, certain low-risk inmates whose age or health status puts them at particular risk for COVID-19, who had been perhaps denied parole within the last year, or whose sentences are to expire within the next three months, may be placed — and I say ‘may be’ — on temporary home confinement or granted parole, if already eligible, through an expedited process,’’ Murphy said at his daily news briefing on the COVID-19 public health emergency.

“I want to stress that no one convicted of a serious crime, such as murder, sexual assault, among others, will be eligible for consideration,’’ the governor said.

Corrections officials will be setting up “a robust process’’ to determine whether each inmate who is potentially eligible for release under his order can be safely placed on home confinement and can be provided with necessary services, including medical services, and housing.

“No one who cannot meet these standards will be released,’’ Murphy said.

Inmates placed on home confinement still will be under the supervision of correctional staff, Murphy said.

Coronavirus NJ: Murphy calls for release of some inmates

March 27th

A Megan’s Law violator who murdered a 16-year-old girl 45 years ago, two convicted arsonists and a man who directed his 7-year-old daughter to perform oral sex on him are among Monmouth County Jail inmates who could go free under a court order designed to minimize COVID-19 outbreaks at county lockups.

Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni is fighting to keep those and six other jail inmates behind bars, after state Supreme Court Justice Stuart Rabner on Sunday signed an order calling for the release of certain county jail inmates.

Gramiccioni so far has secured orders preventing the release of seven other inmates who fall within the parameters of Rabner’s release order, according to Charles Webster, a spokesman for the prosecutor. But, the prosecutor’s challenges to the release of four other inmates were unsuccessful, and those inmates have been freed from the jail, Webster said.

Coronavirus NJ: Arsonists, pedophile and murderer-turned-Megan’s Law violator could go free

from your above post:

March 27th
A Megan’s Law violator who murdered a 16-year-old girl 45 years ago, two convicted arsonists and a man who directed his 7-year-old daughter to perform oral sex on him are among Monmouth County Jail inmates who could go free under a court order designed to minimize COVID-19 outbreaks at county lockups.
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Oh my, from your post above, I'm not comfortable with some of those prisoners getting out. They sound... scary.

This woman's husband (see below) might luck out and be released. I'm not too worried about him cutting me up or raping my granddaughter. All I want is decisions within reason. It's only fair the public has some say in it, too, IMO. I know it's a serious concern, but it sounds like the prisons have made some adjustments that provided more virus safety.

Exclusive: 'I don't think anybody was ready for this Covid,' says head of federal prisons - CNNPolitics
"Grace Razzouk said her husband Sassine, who is incarcerated at Otisville on bribery and tax evasion charges and has a respiratory disease, has begun coughing so badly that he has to use his emergency inhaler three times in one day, compared to that many times in one month. She learned Thursday night that he had been moved to quarantine by the medical staff."

"They have no masks. They have their own soap," she said. "The only precautions they are taking is they are taking temperature on a daily basis."

Just a thought, it's a perfect time for Kim Kardashian to donate masks and soaps to the prisons. But not shapewear. JMO

"As the number of infected inmates was just starting to rise, Barr issued a directive instructing the Bureau of Prisons to prioritize the release of non-violent prisoners who were vulnerable to the virus and had served a large portion of their sentence.

It's a practice that has been embraced more quickly by state and local prison facilities, where the vast majority of the country's prison population are housed. So far, 886 prisoners have been released to home confinement from the federal system since Barr's directive, mainly from halfway houses."

 

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CASES CONNECTED TO CASES
Metro long-term care; Cedar Springs, Mich. 36
United States Penitentiary; Atlanta 14
Peconic Landing long-term care; Greenport, N.Y. 34
Cook County Jail; Chicago 448
Healthcare rehabilitation/assisted living facility; Harris county, Texas 34
Parnall Correctional Facility; Jackson, Mich. 194
Shuksan Healthcare Center; Bellingham, Wash. 32
Travel within the U.S. 190
Signature HealthCARE of Chapel Hill; Chapel Hill, N.C. 31
Stateville Correctional Center; Crest Hill, Ill. 131
Family of Caring nursing home; Montclair, N.J. 31
Community in New Rochelle, N.Y. 119
Pinehurst Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center; Pinehurst, N.C. 31
Biogen conference in Boston 109
Extended Care Hospital of Riverside 30
Canterbury Rehabilitation Healthcare Center; Henrico, Va. 90
Sundale Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care; Morgantown, W.Va. 30
PruittHealth - Carolina Point long-term care; Durham, N.C. 86
The Huntington at Nashua senior care; Nashua, N.H. 30
Federal Medical Center prison facility; Butner, N.C. 76
St. Joseph's Senior Nursing Home; Woodbridge, N.J. 29
Denton State Supported Living Center; Denton, Texas 73
Veranda Rehabilitation and Healthcare; Harlingen, Texas 29
Frontier Health & Rehabilitation; St. Charles, Mo. 60
Spring break trip from Austin, Texas, to Mexico 28
Golden Crest Nursing Centre; North Providence, R.I. 59
Canyon Springs Post-Acute nursing and rehabilitation; San Jose, Calif. 28
Riverbend Post Acute Care Center; Kansas City, Kan. 56
Center for Forensic Psychiatry psychiatric hospital; Saline, Mich. 28
Oak Hill Center nursing home; Pawtucket, R.I. 54
Ludeman Developmental Center; Park Forest, Il. 28
Federal Correctional Institution; Danbury, Conn. 51
Douglas County Health Center; Omaha 27
Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility; Ypsilanti, Mich. 50
Federal Correctional Complex; Forrest City, Ark. 27
Lakeland Correctional Facility; Coldwater, Mich. 45
Orinda Care medical center; Orinda, Calif. 27
Adviniacare long-term care; Wilmington, Mass. 44
Pelham Parkway Nursing Home; Pelham, Ga. 27
Signature HealthCARE long-term care; Cookeville, Tenn. 44
Skagit Valley Chorale practice; Mount Vernon, Wash. 27
Lambeth House senior living facility; New Orleans 42
Fairacres Manor long-term care; Greeley, Colo. 26
Briarwood Nursing Home and Rehab; Little Rock, Ark. 41
Lansing Correctional Facility; Lansing, Kan. 26
Federal Correctional Complex; Yazoo City, Miss. 40
Benchmark Senior Living at Ridgefield Crossings; Ridgefield, Conn. 26
Father Baker Manor Nursing Home; Orchard Park, N.Y. 39
Victoria Manor long-term care; Cape May, N.J. 26
Travel in Italy 39
Mennonite Home Communities senior center; Lancaster, Pa. 26
Blackwater River Correctional Facility; Milton, Fla. 36
La Vida Llena long-term care; Albuquerque, N.M. 25
Smithfield Foods meatpacking plant; Sioux Falls, S.D. 190
Post Acute Medical Specialty Hospital of Victoria North; Victoria, Texas 25
Life Care nursing facility; Kirkland, Wash. 128
Sunrise View Assisted Living; Everett, Wash. 25
Pleasant View Nursing Home; Mount Airy, Md. 98
Tyson Foods meatpacking plant; Columbus Junction, Iowa 25
The Resort at Texas City nursing home; Texas City, Texas 83
Mitchell Manor nursing and rehabilitation; Mitchell, La. 24
Macomb Correctional Facility; Lenox, Mich. 66
Carter House assisted living; Blair, Neb. 23
Cedar Mountain Post Acute Care Facility; Yucaipa, Calif. 57
Grand Princess cruise in February 21
Travel in Egypt 52
Grand Princess cruise in March 21
Federal Correctional Complex; Lompoc, Calif. 45
Atria Willow Wood assisted living; Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 21
Careage of Whidbey; Coupeville, Wash. 44
Detroit Reentry Center; Detroit 21
Long-term care facility; Willowbrook, Ill. 42
Lee State Prison; Leesburg, Ga. 21
Life Care nursing; Richland, Wash. 40
Heritage Specialty Care; Cedar Rapids, Iowa 21
First Assembly of God; Greers Ferry, Ark. 37
Federal Correctional Institution Elkton; Lisbon, Ohio 19
Travel overseas 178
A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility; Uniondale, N.Y. 18
Southeast Nursing and Rehabilitation Center; San Antonio 87
Josephine Caring Community; Stanwood, Wash. 18
Birchwood Terrace rehabilitation center; Burlington, Vt. 59
Woodland Center Correctional Facility; Whitmore Lake, Mich. 17
Federal Correctional Complex; Oakdale, La. 51
Edward C. Allworth Veterans' Home; Lebanon, Ore. 16
Diamond Princess cruise ship 43
Laurel Brook Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center; Mt. Laurel, N.J. 16
Greenville Health and Rehabilitation; Greenville, Ohio 39
Gallatin Center for Rehabilitation and Healing; Gallatin, Tenn. 115
Green River Correctional Complex; Central City, Ky. 14
Travel in China 15
Virginia Correctional Center for Women, Goochland; Goochland, VA 16
Soldiers' Home in Holyoke; Holyoke, Mass. 16
Walter Reuther Psychiatric Hospital; Westland, Mich. 73
Aboard the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt; Guam 416
Life Care Center of Burlington; Burlington, Kan. 41
Regency Canyon Lakes rehabilitation and nursing; Kennewick, Wash. 45
Hanover Hill Health Care Center; Manchester, N.H. 54

Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count

Also, 3 JSB Meatpacking plants iirc moo (Colorado, Nebraska and another state)

“The union says at least 50 employees are infected with the virus; the company, which is headquartered in Greeley, put the number of JBS workers with Covid-19 at 36.”

Colorado meat packing plant with 6,000 employees closed after coronavirus outbreak - CNN

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Additionally, it seems these aren’t mentioned in the above list:

“There have been 59 outbreaks at residential and non-hospital health care facilities.”
Colorado coronavirus latest, April 10: 6,510 cases, 250 deaths

Therefore the above list must only be a partial summary imo.

 

[tresir2012]

Warm weather is forecast for Sacramento CA in the coming days.

Will sunny days in the 70's cause people to venture out, throwing social distancing to the side to enjoy the nice weather?

Based on our experience in the UK, yes it will. Have the authorities been increasing the warnings to people not to go out?

 

[astheworldfallsdown]

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson 'playing games and watching films' in hospital

Boris Johnson is playing games and watching films in hospital as he continues his recovery from COVID-19, Downing Street has said.

The movies are said to include Withnail And I, starring Richard E Grant, and the Lord Of The Rings trilogy.


He has also been doing sudoku.

After coming out of intensive care, the prime minister recently became able to take short walks between periods of rest while being treated for coronavirus on a low-dependency ward.

 

[tresir2012]

Disagree as well.
Perhaps your perspective depends on where you live, as well as on your financial situation. Those differ for all of us here. But ALL of us are frustrated, scared, exhausted, lonely...many emotional and physical hardships abound. However, this is a virus that spreads relentlessly. The authorities are learning as they go. What's deemed true one week is deemed untrue the next.

I personally know three people who died just this week alone. I'm in NYC and I realize others live in remote or rural areas, so the impact and threat level may not be the same. But if you've ever caught a cold, as I'm sure you have, then you know viruses spread invisibly. This virus is lethal. Maybe Rand Paul survived easily, but obviously this is not the case for everyone. Maybe "only" 600 died in California, and hopefully there won't be more. We have more than that dying EVERY DAY. Each one everywhere was someone's whole world.

The rates are beginning to decline a bit in New York. That's because we have isolated and stayed home. If the hospitals are overwhelmed, no one will be cured. If we say we've had enough and go back to the way we are accustomed to living, this plague will not end. It's a first for humanity and no one had immunity when it struck. We are all sacrificing for ourselves, our families and our communities. Tomorrow will come, this will pass, but first we have to stay in the fortress until the enemy outside has been defeated.

ITA and hope the NY rates continue to fall as our UK ones and rates elsewhere do too.

 

[ZoriahNZ]

7 Answers to Questions About the Malaria Drug Trump Keeps Pushing

" Reports from doctors in China and France have said that hydroxychloroquine, sometimes combined with the antibiotic azithromycin, seemed to help patients. But those studies were small and did not use proper control groups — patients carefully selected to match those in the experimental group but who are not given the drug being tested. Research involving few patients and no controls cannot determine whether a drug works. And the French study has since been discredited: The scientific group that oversees the journal where it was published said the study did not meet its standards."

The article includes links to the various studies mentioned. Interesting stuff. I would be wary of putting too much stock in the Didier Raoult study.

Statement on IJAA paper | International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

I do think that it's good that more scientifically rigorous studies are being conducted, with the proper control groups etc. The data is definitely worth collecting, we should pursue all avenues in searching for treatments and vaccines.

But people should be aware of the possible dangerous (and permanent ) side effects - not just affecting the heart, but also one's eyesight.

Hydroxychloroquine-Induced Retinal Toxicity

So, yes, there are things to lose.

 

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Each one everywhere was someone's whole world.

This is what I wish all those out there that think this pandemic is being exaggerated would realize. It can happen to them, and no one is an island, when a person dies there is devastation within families and communities

 

[tresir2012]

7 Answers to Questions About the Malaria Drug Trump Keeps Pushing

" Reports from doctors in China and France have said that hydroxychloroquine, sometimes combined with the antibiotic azithromycin, seemed to help patients. But those studies were small and did not use proper control groups — patients carefully selected to match those in the experimental group but who are not given the drug being tested. Research involving few patients and no controls cannot determine whether a drug works. And the French study has since been discredited: The scientific group that oversees the journal where it was published said the study did not meet its standards."

The article includes links to the various studies mentioned. Interesting stuff. I would be wary of putting too much stock in the Didier Raoult study.

Statement on IJAA paper | International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

I do think that it's good that more scientifically rigorous studies are being conducted, with the proper control groups etc. The data is definitely worth collecting, we should pursue all avenues in searching for treatments and vaccines.

But people should be aware of the possible dangerous (and permanent ) side effects - not just affecting the heart, but also one's eyesight.

Hydroxychloroquine-Induced Retinal Toxicity

So, yes, there are things to lose.

I guess when people are in a coma on a ventilator they can't give permission but I guess the relatives would. I certainly would give permission if it were my husband and I would make sure they knew what meds he was on. Not sure what they do with those who don't have NOK though. Like those poor souls buried on Rikers Island.

ETA I did a search for hydroxychloroquine and United Kingdom on that website Dr. Fauci recommended and 10 studies alone came up. Many of the studies were going on in multiple countries. I recommend anyone interested search that site for the details. I also searched for Remdesivir.

 

[gregjrichards]

Spain

Millions of Spaniards are to be given special face masks in the next few days before they travel on public transport, the government announced today, the same day the country's death toll surpassed the 16,000-mark.

Despite the grim tally, the 510 fatalities are the lowest increase in deaths seen in the coronavirus-ravaged country in 19 days.

In another step to prevent its resurgence, masks will be distributed at train and metro stations, as well as at bus terminals, by an army of volunteers.

Health officials say it will not be compulsory to wear them but their advice to do so has changed following expert advice.

Spain's coronavirus death toll surpasses 16,000-mark but increase is the LOWEST for 19 days | Daily Mail Online

 

[margarita25]

'Like 9/11 every day': A New York paramedic's diary

 

[astheworldfallsdown]

Coronavirus: Fully working ventilators from BBC hospital drama donated to NHS
Fully working ventilators from the set of Holby City have been donated to London's makeshift coronavirus hospital.

The BBC revealed the devices have been delivered to NHS Nightingale, the temporary 4,000-bed facility treating COVID-19 patients at the capital's ExCeL Centre.


It was not immediately clear how many ventilators had been donated, or why working medical equipment was used on set of the fictional medical drama.

Holby City executive producer Simon Harper said: "We are only too happy to help out and do what we can for the courageous and selfless real-life medics."

It was revealed last month that the makers of Holby City and fellow BBC drama Casualty were in talks about donating medical kit to help the NHS during the coronavirus pandemic.

Many NHS staff have warned they do not have enough protective equipment to guard themselves as they treat patients.

Producers of the two shows - which have seen production halted due to COVID-19 - said they were in discussions with local services to work out how equipment used on set can be put to use.

 

[gregjrichards]

A desperately-needed COVID-19 vaccine may never come to light, according the Australian scientist heading up the global search.

Scientists all over the world are scrambling to develop a vaccine, with hopes it would be available early next year - a timeline Ms Halton called 'unbelievable'.

She warned against creating 'unrealistic expectations', explaining that there has never been a successful vaccine against other coronaviruses.

If you said we pulled out all the stops and a vaccine was approved and deemed efficacious by the middle of next year, that would be unbelievably quick … we would be ecstatically overjoyed, delighted,' she told The Australian.

'But I do think it is important not to create unrealistic expectations. No one has ever successfully developed a coronavirus vaccine, and we still don’t have a vaccine against HIV.

Scientist leading the search for a coronavirus cure issues warning that we may NEVER find a vaccine | Daily Mail Online

Jane Halton is an epidemic health expert she was previously chairman on the executive board of the World Health Organization, and is a former president of the World Health Assembly.

The expert is now heading up efforts at the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.

This is extremely worrying and depressing. It is would be a nightmare to live like this indefinitely being terrified to leave the house and never see loved ones.

 

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First look inside the Colorado Convention Center, which will soon be makeshift hospital

““We anticipate 250 beds to be ready by 18th of April,” said Maj. Christopher Mazurek with the Army Corps of Engineers, adding, “The plan is to get all 2,000 beds ready.”

Patients will be housed in individual pods, which are currently being constructed. Each pod will have its own walls and oxygen supply which will be pumped in from outside the convention center.”

 

[gregjrichards]

Cheered by her doctors, a 93-year-old pensioner was discharged from an Istanbul hospital after recovering from the novel coronavirus following 10 days of treatment.

Alye Gunduz's recovery from the disease that is killing chiefly the old offered some hope to health workers at Istanbul's Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty hospital as they battle the outbreak, which risks hitting Turkey hard.

'It is promising because patients at this age and with chronic diseases are most of the time unable to recover because they are at highest risk from COVID-19,' chief physician Zekayi Kutlubay told AFP.

Pensioner, 93, walks out of intensive care in Turkey | Daily Mail Online

I’m really glad Alye Gunduz survived.

 

[tresir2012]

"Coronavirus Incubation Period (COVID-19) - Worldometer" Coronavirus Incubation Period (COVID-19) - Worldometer

Info about incubation periods.

Varied between 2 and 24 days.

 

[tresir2012]

"How sick will the coronavirus make you? The answer may be in your genes | Science | AAAS" How sick will the coronavirus make you? The answer may be in your genes | Science | AAAS

The CCR5 mentioned in this article is also known as the Delta 32 gene. The gene that makes people immune to HIV and the Plague possibly. It is thought this could have something to do with how seriously some are affected.

From the link.

A patient in Italy receives intensive care for COVID-19. Human geneticists are coming together to look for genes that make some people more vulnerable to the disease.



"COVID-19, caused by the new pandemic coronavirus, is strangely—and tragically—selective. Only some infected people get sick, and although most of the critically ill are elderly or have complicating problems such as heart disease, some killed by the disease are previously healthy and even relatively young. Researchers are now gearing up to scour the patients’ genomes for DNA variations that explain this mystery. The findings could be used to identify those most at risk of serious illness and those who might be protected, and they might also guide the search for new treatments."


"It’s hard to predict what will pop out from these gene hunts, some researchers say. But there are obvious suspects, such as the gene coding for the cell surface protein angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), which the coronavirus uses to enter airway cells. Variations in the ACE2 gene that alter the receptor could make it easier or harder for the virus to get into cells, says immunologist Philip Murphy of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, whose lab identified a relatively common mutation in another human cell surface protein, CCR5, that makes some people highly resistant to HIV."

 

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