Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #69

[katydid23]

An Aussie media correspondent in the US ...

- Caught the virus, could have been at the Tulsa rally, not sure, started feeling unwell the following day
- Paid for a test the next day ... $200
- The nurse who swabbed her in her car had a mask on, but didn't have the mask covering her nose
- Slept a lot, couldn't concentrate, lost a lot of weight rapidly
- Was promised test results immediately if they were positive, no call
- Called several times, finally got a human and results, was told a dr would check on her condtion, didn't happen
- Was told the Health Dept would call to contact trace, didn't happen
- Isolated for 14 days, then went to get another test, as advised
- Waited for 2 hours, was given another patient's negative result, then finally was re-tested
- The critical point to her story, this has happened 3,000,000 times, not all of those people were as fortunate as her

Days after covering Trump's Tulsa rally, I woke up with all the coronavirus symptoms

"All in all, I don't regret covering the event because the reality is, this virus is so virulent, I could have picked it up anywhere — including at my own supermarket."


The critical point is, my personal story, to varying degrees, has been repeated in America more than 3 million times.

More than 130,000 of them didn't make it to the other side.

As the nation races towards November's election, the heavy death toll appears to be weighing on Trump's ratings.

The question is whether getting the virus or losing a loved one is enough to sway the votes.

 

[MsArk]

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona may bring back some restrictions on daily life after the number of coronavirus cases tripled in a week, its mayor said on Wednesday, as around 160,000 people in another part of Catalonia went back under lockdown to stem a new surge in cases.

Barcelona mulls restrictions as Spain fights new virus clusters

 

[SouthAussie]

"All in all, I don't regret covering the event because the reality is, this virus is so virulent, I could have picked it up anywhere — including at my own supermarket."


The critical point is, my personal story, to varying degrees, has been repeated in America more than 3 million times.

More than 130,000 of them didn't make it to the other side.

As the nation races towards November's election, the heavy death toll appears to be weighing on Trump's ratings.

The question is whether getting the virus or losing a loved one is enough to sway the votes.

That is the truth, isn't it? The leadership handling of this pandemic is being judged every day. I am not sure what your bolded point is?

Kathryn is an Aussie journo, reporting in an Aussie publication.

 

[tresir2012]

Yes, I think you may be right.

There are some direct quotes in this article.

CDC will apparently have access to the raw data.


On a press call Wednesday, CDC Director Dr. Robert R. Redfield said that the change had been made with the CDC's support.
"We at CDC know that the lifeblood of public health is data," said Redfield, adding that collecting and disseminating data "is our top priority and the reason for the change."
He emphasized: "No one is taking access or data away from the CDC."

Redfield noted that about 1,000 CDC experts will continue to have access to the raw data from hospitals. "This access is the same today as it was yesterday," he said.

And ...

According to HHS Chief Information Officer José Arrieta, HHS Protect has been aggregating data since April, with much of that information coming from the CDC.
"During the pandemic it became clear that we needed a central way to make data visible to first responders," said Arrieta during HHS' Wednesday press call. "The reason we established the ecosystem is so the folks that work for Dr. Redfield ... can log into one system and get access to four billion data elements."

White House to hospitals: Bypass CDC, report COVID-19 data directly to HHS

Yes SS and you are correct. I posted the link and mentioned this and the access by 1,000 CDC experts yesterday in my post #310.

White House to hospitals: Bypass CDC, report COVID-19 data directly to HHS


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White House to hospitals: Bypass CDC, report COVID-19 data directly to HHS
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield says the controversial new process, which calls on hospitals to send capacity and utilization data to HHS, was made with CDC support.
By Kat Jercich
July 15, 2020
02:41 PM

Win McNamee, Getty Images

The Trump administration has directed hospitals to stop reporting COVID-19 data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network.

Instead, starting Wednesday, they have been told to send capacity and utilization information – including patient numbers, remdesivir inventory and bed and ventilator usage rates – to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the new HHS Protect system.

On a press call Wednesday, CDC Director Dr. Robert R. Redfield said that the change had been made with the CDC's support.

"We at CDC know that the lifeblood of public health is data," said Redfield, adding that collecting and disseminating data "is our top priority and the reason for the change."

He emphasized: "No one is taking access or data away from the CDC."

Readfield noted that about 1,000 CDC experts will continue to have access to the raw data from hospitals. "This access is the same today as it was yesterday," he said.

Covid Vaccine Front-Runner Is Months Ahead of Her Competition

In April, Sarah Gilbert’s three children, 21-year-old triplets all studying biochemistry, decided to take part in a trial for an experimental vaccineagainst Covid-19.



It was their mother’s vaccine—she leads the University of Oxford team that developed it—but there wasn’t a big family talk. “We didn’t really discuss it as I wasn’t home much at the time,” Gilbert told me recently. She’d been working around the clock, as one does while trying to end a pandemic, and at any rate wasn’t worried for her kids. “We know the adverse event profile and we know the dose to use, because we’ve done this so many times before,” she says. “Obviously we’re doing safety testing, but we’re not concerned.”

More at both links.

 

[beatrixpotter]

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  • These California doctors and nurses just returned from the Navajo Nation.
  • They say that Covid-19 is a “terrible virus” and we need to do more to protect our most vulnerable.
  • Long-term solutions are needed, they say, including access to housing, transportation and clean water, as well as more supplies to treat Covid-19.

These doctors and nurses volunteered to battle Covid-19 in the Navajo Nation, and came back with a warning.

I am just blown away learning this year that so many people live without running water in this country or even electricity.

 

[Simply Southern]

We are doomed - the nurses I know wear full PPE so who’s paying for our teachers PPE? Will it be medical grade ? Because if not - we are doomed - and by the way the b-ballers at the park were at it again tonight and there was rain and lightening too - so they really are invincible I guess
JMO

Our school system (rural VA) received a separate fund of 2 million from the federal government. This was in addition to CARES money sent to the county. This money MUST be spent by 12.31.20 and only used for Covid. We used a portion to purchase mask, PEE, hand sanitizer stations, touchless commode, faucets, computers and more.

 

[tresir2012]

That is the truth, isn't it? The leadership handling of this pandemic is being judged every day. I am not sure what your bolded point is?

Kathryn is an Aussie journo, reporting in an Aussie publication.

I think the point of the bolded comment from the journalist is because it is referring to the US election in November. Unless you have an election in Oz too, but then the comment would not really make sense as she is reporting on the US system of poor testing and comparing it to the Oz system. $200 for a test is what stuck out to me.

ETA, if she hadn't needed to get a CV test we wouldn't even be able to discuss her report.

 

[Simply Southern]

Yes SS and you are correct. I posted the link and mentioned this and the access by 1,000 CDC experts yesterday in my post #310.

Thank you!! I missed the thread yesterday and was catching up. Guess I need to catch completely up before I weigh in.

 

[beatrixpotter]

iv been a little busy but i thought i would drop in and share how its going

well we are locked back down here in Melbourne for the second time, this wave is much much worse than the first one

today we had 317 infections reported which is a crazy number for here and its the highest daily number reported

so yeah we are back inside and hunkering down, the websleuth live stream and helping trish helps keeps me busy so thats good

Wow. We had well over 3,000 cases in my state yesterday and our governor is doing nothing but interfering and trying to prevent mask orders. He's just doubling down on the insane idea that a load of people who think masks don't work and that this is all a darn hoax are just going to voluntarily wear masks when at this point we are so far gone wearing masks won't be enough.

I'm glad you and so many others live somewhere that it's being taken seriously. I'm afraid a lot of us are just going to freaking die here. People here can't all just stay home because there is no financial support to do so. They HAVE to go to work if the government won't lock done.

 

[oviedo]

Florida coronavirus: State surpasses 300,000 cases of COVID-19
with 10,181 new cases Wednesday
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Updated: 6:09 PM EDT Jul 15, 2020


ORLANDO, Fla. —
Florida has surpassed 300,000 cases of COVID-19 with 10,181 new cases reported on Wednesday.

The state added another 112 deaths on Wednesday bringing the statewide death toll to 4,521. Florida’s rolling seven-day average for deaths is now 92 per day, triple the 31 posted a month ago just before the toll began creeping up and then exploding last week.


As of Tuesday, Florida had the No. 2 death rate in country, slightly behind Texas, which has 25% more residents.

 

[beatrixpotter]

iv been a little busy but i thought i would drop in and share how its going

well we are locked back down here in Melbourne for the second time, this wave is much much worse than the first one

today we had 317 infections reported which is a crazy number for here and its the highest daily number reported

so yeah we are back inside and hunkering down, the websleuth live stream and helping trish helps keeps me busy so thats good

Sorry to dump on your post. I'm just so disheartened and blown away at how badly this is being handled and how many of us are going to die. I was so optimistic this January. I thought our country could and would handle this.

 

[SouthAussie]

I think the point of the bolded comment from the journalist is because it is referring to the US election in November. Unless you have an election in Oz too, but then the comment would not really make sense as she is reporting on the US system of poor testing and comparing it to the Oz system. $200 for a test is what stuck out to me.

ETA, if she hadn't needed to get a CV test we wouldn't even be able to discuss her report.

Perhaps OP thought Kathryn is a US reporter who is trying to sway things with her opinion. When all Kathryn is doing is pointing out to us Aussies how tough things are in the US, and how different it all is to our system (National Health, and good contact tracing). Which is why I didn't put that voting part in my original post.

Everyone knows that Aussies don't vote in the US elections. The US elections mean very little to us. Our world does not revolve around the US.

We see Kathryn quite a bit on our Aussie TV.

 

[CharlestonGal]

Oh boy ... Victoria has recorded over 300 new cases today (317), for the first time ever.
7 new outbreaks in aged care facilities .... overall 39 aged care facilities now have positive cases.
TV footage of medical staff putting a young child on a ventilator in Melbourne.
Their Premier pleading with people "Please! Stay home!"

Their hospitals say they have plenty of room, and are ready.

The Premier says he thinks, he hopes, that the numbers will come down soon. They have just been in lockdown for one week. Not enough time yet. "This is in the hands of every Victorian".

TV footage shows the great majority of Melbourne people wearing masks and carefully social distancing as they shop for essentials.
However, there are a few people saying "masks make me feel claustrophobic" "if I wear one every day how much will that cost me" "I just came outside for a quick coffee".

Their chief medical officer says that a mask mandate is about to happen, if they don't straighten up.

Live: Record 317 new cases and two more deaths from COVID-19 in Victoria

I'm sorry things are getting a bit sideways for you in Oz, SA. I was hoping guys would be able to keep your cases suppressed and not have to go back into lockdown or border closures.

 

[SouthAussie]

I'm sorry things are getting a bit sideways for you in Oz, SA. I was hoping guys would be able to keep your cases suppressed and not have to go back into lockdown or border closures.

Thanks. It is such a shame, we were all doing so well.

Just today the Premier of my state said they are not going to open our border to our state of New South Wales. It was going to open on Monday.
And, of course, our border with Victoria is staying firmly closed.

The four Victoria guys who were caught in my state stowing away on a freight train to another state have been returned to Victoria today, compliments of my state's govt. I saw them on TV, all masked up for their flight back to their home state.

 

[margarita25]

"All in all, I don't regret covering the event because the reality is, this virus is so virulent, I could have picked it up anywhere — including at my own supermarket."


The critical point is, my personal story, to varying degrees, has been repeated in America more than 3 million times.

More than 130,000 of them didn't make it to the other side.

As the nation races towards November's election, the heavy death toll appears to be weighing on Trump's ratings.

The question is whether getting the virus or losing a loved one is enough to sway the votes.

I don’t understand what the last boldest part means?

I'm sorry things are getting a bit sideways for you in Oz, SA. I was hoping guys would be able to keep your cases suppressed and not have to go back into lockdown or border closures.

The good thing imo re: AUS is they know to handle the flare ups and will implement all measures to the best of their abilities. A lot of this, for other countries, is about doing just this, putting out the new fires as they appear. immediately implementing strong contact tracing, testing, etc. In the documentary “The Coming Pandemic”, 2005, it was quite evident how prepared AUS has been, and that was back then. It’s just like China, Japan, SK, Singapore, etc—they know how to put these fires out and are excellent with “disease mapping” - Look at Beijing what they did with that last outbreak. They doused it. Fire is out. And they got control of it fast.

Sorry to dump on your post. I'm just so disheartened and blown away at how badly this is being handled and how many of us are going to die. I was so optimistic this January. I thought our country could and would handle this.

I have faith they will get on top of it/ crossing fingers. If anyone can do it, they can.

 

[tresir2012]

Thank you!! I missed the thread yesterday and was catching up. Guess I need to catch completely up before I weigh in.

No problem. I hadn't seen a reply so maybe it wasn't seen by many. There were a lot of posts on this subject yesterday to take in.

 

[COSCitizen]

https://www.newsweek.com/third-flor...-10-icu-beds-left-amid-covid-19-surge-1518223

As novel coronavirus cases in Florida continue to soar, 49 hospitals across the state have reached full intensive care unit (ICU) bed capacity. That's according to the latest report from Florida's Agency For Health Care Administration.

The ICUs in at least three Florida counties—Nassau, Okeechobee and Putnam—were said to have reached full bed capacity.

 

[margarita25]

https://www.newsweek.com/third-flor...-10-icu-beds-left-amid-covid-19-surge-1518223

This is all so hard to watch.

 

[Deleted member 39678]

White House to hospitals: Bypass CDC, report COVID-19 data directly to HHS


Global Edition
Actionable Intelligence
White House to hospitals: Bypass CDC, report COVID-19 data directly to HHS
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield says the controversial new process, which calls on hospitals to send capacity and utilization data to HHS, was made with CDC support.
By Kat Jercich
July 15, 2020
02:41 PM

Win McNamee, Getty Images

The Trump administration has directed hospitals to stop reporting COVID-19 data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network.

Instead, starting Wednesday, they have been told to send capacity and utilization information – including patient numbers, remdesivir inventory and bed and ventilator usage rates – to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the new HHS Protect system.

On a press call Wednesday, CDC Director Dr. Robert R. Redfield said that the change had been made with the CDC's support.

"We at CDC know that the lifeblood of public health is data," said Redfield, adding that collecting and disseminating data "is our top priority and the reason for the change."

He emphasized: "No one is taking access or data away from the CDC."

Readfield noted that about 1,000 CDC experts will continue to have access to the raw data from hospitals. "This access is the same today as it was yesterday," he said.

Covid Vaccine Front-Runner Is Months Ahead of Her Competition

In April, Sarah Gilbert’s three children, 21-year-old triplets all studying biochemistry, decided to take part in a trial for an experimental vaccineagainst Covid-19.



It was their mother’s vaccine—she leads the University of Oxford team that developed it—but there wasn’t a big family talk. “We didn’t really discuss it as I wasn’t home much at the time,” Gilbert told me recently. She’d been working around the clock, as one does while trying to end a pandemic, and at any rate wasn’t worried for her kids. “We know the adverse event profile and we know the dose to use, because we’ve done this so many times before,” she says. “Obviously we’re doing safety testing, but we’re not concerned.”

More at both links.

Thanks for this. So much for "the Times said". I had a feeling it was fake news.

 

[Simply Southern]

No problem. I hadn't seen a reply so maybe it wasn't seen by many. There were a lot of posts on this subject yesterday to take in.

I'm hung up on data, it was my life for years.

Teletracking is a widely used programs by hospitals. The data being requested is only concerning inpatient status ONLY. Using Teletracking should make reporting extremely easy, its compatible with exsisting operating systems hospitals use.

Moo... The more I read from healthcare institutions the more assurance I find, the change is designed to better respond to hospital needs.


....the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today asked hospitals to prioritize the reporting of seven data fields starting tomorrow, July 15:

• Previous day's new adult admissions for confirmed COVID-19
• Previous day's new adult admissions for suspected COVID-19
• Total adults hospitalized for COVID - suspected and confirmed
• Total hospitalized for COVID - confirmed only
• Total adults in ICU with COVID - suspected and confirmed
• Total adults in ICU with COVID - confirmed
• Remdesivir doses (field will be available by July 15)

HHS Asks Hospitals to Prioritize Certain Data Fields in COVID-19 Daily Reporting Starting Tomorrow, July 15 | AHA