Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #68

[CharlestonGal]

Heart scans of Covid-19 patients show range of abnormalities

Heart scans of coronavirus patients in hospital have revealed a range of abnormalities that can disrupt the ability to pump blood and in severe cases lead to a life-threatening failure in the organ.

Doctors at Edinburgh University examined ultrasound scans known as echocardiograms from more than 1,200 patients in 69 countries and found heart problems in 55%, with one in seven exhibiting signs of “severe abnormalities”.

The scans found damage to the ventricles – the two main chambers of the heart – in more than a third of the patients, while 3% had experienced heart attacks and a further 3% had inflamed heart tissue. The majority had no known heart disease before the scans were done.

 

[Tadpole12]

Thank you, I dread getting it again (and maybe worse)

Ah gee HKP, not even having had it reassures.
I'm fearing the unknown and you've been there.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Saying New York would not use children as guinea pigs, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo laid out the formula that will be used to reopen schools across the state. Cuomo said a region must be in Phase 4 and the daily infection rate must remain below 5% using a 14-day average for schools to reopen. Guidance will be provided to schools on how to reopen if they get the green light during the first week of August.

As day cares reopen, enrollment is a fraction of what it was at most centers. Students and parents will be asked a series of questions -- such as is the student or family showing symptoms or have they traveled outside the U.S. in the last two weeks? Students will also have their temperatures checked as they enter the facility and students over 2 years old will be reminded to wear masks and wash their hands.

The mayor also said that he's concerned to see the number of cases rising for people ages 20-29. He said that the city now wants anyone entering an indoor location to keep their mask on, even if they are able to maintain a six feet distance. He said that six feet may not be enough when in an enclosed space.

On Sunday, no one died from the coronavirus in New York City.

COVID Live Updates: Cuomo lays out formula to reopen New York schools | abc7ny.com

 

[CharlestonGal]

Coronavirus warning from Italy: Effects of COVID-19 could be worse than first thought

The long-term effects of COVID-19, even on people who suffered a mild infection, could be far worse than was originally anticipated, according to researchers and doctors in northern Italy.

Psychosis, insomnia, kidney disease, spinal infections, strokes, chronic tiredness and mobility issues are being identified in former coronavirus patients in Lombardy, the worst-affected region in the country.

The doctors warn that some victims may never recover from the illness and that all age groups are vulnerable.

"At first, initially, we thought it was a bad flu, then we thought it was a bad flu with a very bad pneumonia, it was the phase when you came here, but subsequently we discovered that it is a systemic illness with vessel damage in the whole body with renal involvement, cerebral involvement," he told me in the now silent COVID-19 emergency room that was overwhelmed a few months ago.

"And also now we see a significant proportion of the population with chronic damage from the virus."

Doctors believe that even the youngest and mildest infected are at risk of their lives being changed forever, and it could take years to become apparent. Whole workforces could become less productive as a consequence.

The advice from Italy is simple: Don't get infected.

 

[JerseyGirl]

WHO warns that coronavirus crisis may get 'worse and worse and worse'

"Let me be blunt, too many countries are headed in the wrong direction, the virus remains public enemy number one," WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual briefing from the U.N. agency's headquarters in Geneva.

"If basics are not followed, the only way this pandemic is going to go - it is going to get worse and worse and worse."

Tedros, whose leadership has been criticised by U.S. President Donald Trump, said that of 230,000 new cases on Sunday, 80% were from 10 nations, and 50% from just two countries.

The United States and Brazil have been worst hit.

He urged countries not to make schools into a political football, saying schools could safely reopen once the virus had been suppressed.

Tedros said the WHO had still not received formal notification of the U.S. pullout announced by Trump.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Florida coronavirus: Over 12K new COVID-19 cases on Monday

Florida reported another 12,624 coronavirus cases Monday bringing the statewide total to 282,435. Another 35 fatalities were also reported bringing the death toll to 4,277

The numbers mark a single-day decrease from the record shattering 15,300 new cases Florida had reported on Sunday, but it is still the second-highest single day increase in the state since the pandemic began.

 

[JerseyGirl]

U.S. students are at 'higher risk' from the coronavirus than kids in other countries, Dr. Scott Gottlieb says

Children in the U.S. are more likely than kids in other countries to have underlying conditions that place them at an increased risk of becoming severely sick with Covid-19, complicating the U.S. debate over how and whether to reopen schools this fall.

 

[CharlestonGal]

State epidemiologist: Months into the coronavirus pandemic, Connecticut is now in “a very fortunate place”

Experts in Connecticut and across the country have said the pandemic is far from over, as evidenced by spiking case numbers in states such as Florida and South Carolina. But in Connecticut, Cartter said he feels fortunate that the state is no longer in the deepest throes of the coronavirus nightmare.

“The month of April was one of the worst months I can remember,” Cartter said. Now “we’re one of the states with the lowest rate of COVID-19 in the country ... Every day it’s like this, I’m grateful.”

In the last two months, Connecticut hospitals have taken down their temporary overflow structures, eased their visitor restrictions and started up elective surgeries once again. Across the state, businesses have reopened, residents are allowed to eat at restaurants again and some small summer gatherings are back on the calendar.

 

[BayouBelle_LA]

This is just my observation after quickly glancing at the two posts from JerseyGirl above, but the majority of the signs from New Jersey seem to really emphasize facial covering as an essential technique in fighting the spread of COVID-19, whereas the billboards from Kansas, Florida, Louisiana, and Michigan don't mention masks/facial covering and instead promote staying at home/washing hands/avoiding crowds.
Is it just a coincidence that the one state in this group (NJ/KS/FL/LA/MI) that is currently doing the most effective job at fighting COVID-19 is the one whose signage is most explicitly in favor of masking?

You have to realize the links of the billboards from Kansa, Florida, Louisiana and Michigan are from March and that is what was recommended at the time. They were not recommending wearing masks.

NJ signage, from the state that you claim is doing such a great job is more recent.

 

[musicaljoke]

Ontario Canada to move to phase 3 today. Not sure what it looks like yet but I suspect there will be areas with higher cases to be held back. As they did with phase 2. I'll post it when it is up. Here and on the Canadian thread.

I wish we could have stayed at Stage 2 until we've had a chance to get the kids safely back to school. I fear that if we see an uptick, which we might, that it won't show up until September.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Germany's sex workers demand to go back to work as coronavirus ban continues

 

[WichitaFalls]

Interesting article . . . Johns Hopkins' Covid-19 map: Meet the team behind the leading resource - CNN
Johns Hopkins' dashboard: The people behind the pandemic's most visited site
(CNN)If the year 2020 is good for anything, it's the lesson that during a crisis, anyone who builds a better mousetrap will find the world beating a path to his door.

A humble team at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland reminded the world of late poet Ralph Waldo Emerson's phrase when they created a real time tracking map of coronavirus cases and deaths.
And the world came to their door. They report that the site, plus downloads of its data, hosts three to five billion interactions daily. By their measurement, interactions include uses of the public dashboard and requests from a separate website for the underlying data used by news outlets and others who design their own maps and graphics.

 

[Bravo]

I wish we could have stayed at Stage 2 until we've had a chance to get the kids safely back to school. I fear that if we see an uptick, which we might, that it won't show up until September.

I hear you. Yes I expect cases will increase. I would think my City will move to Phase 3 as we are down to 8 active cases. We were at 1 a couple of weeks ago.

 

[CharlestonGal]

Naya Rivera Search: Sheriff's Department Diver Is 'Confident' Her Body Will Be Found

Disney World Streamers Attend Reopening Despite Concerning Symptoms

A YouTuber livestreamed her trip to Disney World in Orlando, Florida, as the park re-opened this weekend, even as she and a companion developed coronavirus-like symptoms in real-time. The YouTube channel "That Crazy Disney Lady" was live nearly six hours on Friday and nearly five more on Saturday. As the journey went on, its subjects began experiencing coughs, shortness of breath and severe vomiting. The streamers returned to the park anyway, dismissing the possibility that they had caught COVID-19.

"She was super sick y'all," one of the women said, indicating her friend walking through a gift shop right beside her. Robin said with a laugh: "They didn't want me to leave!" The first aid nurses reportedly urged Robin to go to the hospital, but she refused.

Still, the women insisted that none of them had COVID-19 and threatened to ban any viewers who suggested they did.

 

[Tadpole12]

COVID-19 Map
Globally approaching 13 mil infected by end of day

 

[JerseyGirl]

President Trump’s campaign headquarters in Rosslyn temporarily shut down last week after a campaign official tested positive for coronavirus.

The campaign was chided by local officials last month after Vice President Mike Pence visited and was photographed with a sea staffers, all without masks. Now comes word that the office was recently deep cleaned due to a positive COVID-19 test and worries about the virus spreading in the open floor plan office.

Trump Campaign HQ in Rosslyn Shuts Down Due to Coronavirus Case

 

[CharlestonGal]

Maybe cut the confusion by listening to medical experts instead of politicians who are all over the place. jmo

Georgia Restaurant Association says it will follow Kemp’s guidelines, allow restaurants to stay open

ATLANTA — As coronavirus cases continue to surge in Georgia, thousands of restaurant owners are now facing a tough decision that could ultimately decide their fate.

The Georgia Restaurant Association, which represents the state’s 19,000 restaurants and before the pandemic employed half a million people, sided with the governor.

The organization issued a statement Saturday saying it remains supportive of Gov. Brian Kemp’s executive order to allow restaurants to reopen, despite Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announcement she was rolling back the City of Atlanta’s reopening plan.

 

[CharlestonGal]

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

CDC current best estimates:

Ro - 2.5

IFR: 0.65% (up from 0.26%)

Asymptomatic - 40%

More numbers and tables at link.

ETA: Estimated IFR for flu is 0.1%.

 

[10ofRods]

Heart scans of Covid-19 patients show range of abnormalities

Heart scans of coronavirus patients in hospital have revealed a range of abnormalities that can disrupt the ability to pump blood and in severe cases lead to a life-threatening failure in the organ.

Doctors at Edinburgh University examined ultrasound scans known as echocardiograms from more than 1,200 patients in 69 countries and found heart problems in 55%, with one in seven exhibiting signs of “severe abnormalities”.

The scans found damage to the ventricles – the two main chambers of the heart – in more than a third of the patients, while 3% had experienced heart attacks and a further 3% had inflamed heart tissue. The majority had no known heart disease before the scans were done.

This is the kind of finding we can expect to see, with so many people now recovered. This is very sobering and deserves to be read and posted a few times (but not necessarily here, I guess - I think most of us know that CV is a severe disease).

For 55% of the patients to have EKG abnormalities post-CoVid is troubling. I hope this was just during the most acute phase of the disease, but the damage to the ventricles is another matter.

For the record: HCQ induces EKG abnormalities in many, so it would be interesting to know how many of these patients received it, and certainly, people who develop EKG abnormalities due to CoVid should not be given HCQ, IMO.

 

[Simply Southern]

Live interview with Dr Fauci. Started 1:30 on est

July 13, 2020 - StanfordMed LIVE on Livestream