Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #73

[10ofRods]

What rubbish.

Why? So do you think we should all get CoVid ASAP?

What am I missing here?

It would certainly cut down on the number of WSers actively posting - or ever posting again. Of those of us over 65, 3-4% will be dead. That's about 10 of us.

Any volunteers?

 

[margarita25]

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article244762592.html

“Florida’s Department of Health on Thursday confirmed 7,650 additional cases of COVID-19, pushing the state’s known total to 510,389. There were also 120 Florida resident deaths announced, bringing the statewide resident death toll to 7,747.”

 

[enelram]

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article244762592.html

“Florida’s Department of Health on Thursday confirmed 7,650 additional cases of COVID-19, pushing the state’s known total to 510,389. There were also 120 Florida resident deaths announced, bringing the statewide resident death toll to 7,747.”

The State of Fl. total cases would be even more if our Gov. didn't shut down state run testing sites from July 30-Aug. 5 due to the incoming
tropical storm/Hurricane.
So watch for the cases to bump back up to 10-11,000 new cases per day after all testing sites
are re-opened.

 

[MrX]

Why? So do you think we should all get CoVid ASAP?

What am I missing here?

It would certainly cut down on the number of WSers actively posting - or ever posting again. Of those of us over 65, 3-4% will be dead. That's about 10 of us.

Any volunteers?

Is there a reason you disagree with the belief, among some experts, that there have been 10X more cases than reported?

 

[Rose in SC]

Same ol' same ol' in South Carolina - more cases, more deaths, high percent positive

DHEC announces 1,295 new COVID-19 cases, 44 new deaths | WBTW

96,132 confirmed positive cases (+1,295)
1,863 confirmed deaths (+44)
Percent Testing Positive - 19.7 %

SC Testing Data & Projections (COVID-19) | SCDHEC

 

[margarita25]

NBC Nightly News Broadcast (Full) - August 5th, 2020 | NBC Nightly News

Sad...at 14:00ish, more unfortunate and disgusting behavior, people targeting health officials:

Health Officials Leave Jobs Under Pressure and Threats. People who relay science bring targeted.

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Eta: Also feature on “robots” around 16:00ish is pretty cool. They’re also testing drones to be able to deliver vaccines.

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Barrow County schools moves to online-only learning after 90 staff members quarantined

WINDER, Ga. (AP) — More than 90 staff members in one Georgia school district have been quarantined due to coronavirus exposure or infection, prompting the district to plan to begin the year entirely online.

Barrow County Schools officials announced Wednesday that the district about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Atlanta would abandon plans to have both in-person classes and distance learning when the school year begins Aug. 17, and instead have all students attend classes virtually.

 

[Sundog]

This gentleman really set the bar from the beginning for smart, kind, responsible leadership, though it must have gotten so difficult as time wore on and support waned. I am sure he was as careful as a public figure can be, and I wish him and his family well.

He's the real deal, a good man and leader. Keeping Governor DeWine and his family in my thoughts and prayers.

 

[Sundog]

Thanks for posting. I have tears in my eyes watching this, he is just such a decent man. He says in the video that it was a surprise, i.e. to test positive.

 

[Sundog]

Thank you. I know him and what you see is the real deal with DeWine. I'm frightened

Governor DeWine always wore, and wears, a mask. So if infected, let's hope the viral load is low. He is 73, but seems in good health. If positivity could beat this thing, he would be home free. He is such a positive person.

 

[astheworldfallsdown]

Coronavirus: UK puts Belgium, Andorra and Bahamas on quarantine list

Belgium, the Bahamas and Andorra have been added to the UK's coronavirus quarantine list, after a spike in cases in the affected countries.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps tweeted that people arriving in the UK from those countries after 4am on Saturday would need to self-isolate for 14 days.


He said: "Data shows we need to remove Andorra, Belgium and the Bahamas from our list of #coronavirus Travel Corridors in order to keep infection rates DOWN."

The Foreign Office has advised Britons against all but essential travel to those three nations.

 

[10ofRods]

Typical. "We don't like the results, we can conclude this study.". People have felt "depressed and on edge", for the last 7 days? How about for the last 4 months?!

Although, the news seems a bit slanted on the negativity. I was watching a segment on a family who had both parents on unemployment benefits, in Nevada, so, even without factoring in their weekly benefit amount, they were getting $1200 a week, if we assume even a lower WBA of $300 a week, that is $1800 a week this family was receiving. They lived in a 2 bedroom apt, rent, probably $1500 a month.

Anyway, the segment was how they couldn't pay their rent or buy food....I am like, on $1800 a week?! Seriously?!

Hopefully they put some aside for the future. Utilities in Nevada would be around $300 including internet (but not phone). Two phones in a family...$150-200 month.

Also UI is taxable, so take away 10%.

But for many, you rightfully point out, this was an increase in funds (especially if they checked the "do not withhold tax" which virtually every person apparently did!

$1800 a week is good income. Hopefully all of these people saved (I know they didn't; they rented RV's, stayed in hotels, came to the beach, went to casinos, etc. etc).

 

[Tony1902]

Why? So do you think we should all get CoVid ASAP?

What am I missing here?

It would certainly cut down on the number of WSers actively posting - or ever posting again. Of those of us over 65, 3-4% will be dead. That's about 10 of us.

Any volunteers?

No thanks 10ofRods, as I have an auto-immune disorder & I’m 71. I’d like to live a few more years if possible. I see no effective counter-argument to what you just posted.

 

[Simply Southern]

As a former Ohioan for a few years, I wish him well. He’s 73. I hope he doesn’t get a bad case...

With no symptoms, as yet, hopefully early monitoring and intervention will produce a better outcome.

I've been reading a lot today about rapid test. It seems the test are most accurate in the early days. The early days are when the virus is most detectable. The early days can easily produce super spreaders, due to few symptoms if any,

Hoping for the best, he seems like a dedicated governor.

 

[happyday]

That medicine, throughout its entire history, is not perfect. There are NO drugs, procedures, compounds or activities that are safe or accurate for absolutely everyone..

When we scale up testing, the errors are magnified. If it's 1 in 100,000 who have a bad test - multiple that by 100 or 600 and you get a lot people who can tell their story to news media (of which 10-15 will do so and you'll hear about the celebrity cases first).

Nothing about a person's body is typical or stable. The true measure of whether some has "has CoVid" is in their lungs. In labs, where people work with monkeys, they put them under anesthesia and wash out their lungs (you can't do this with people, it's dangerous) and then study the amount of virions there. If we had a lung-based test, it would work better.

But right now, nasal and throat swabs are all we have (nasal are preferred - but only a mere reflection of what's going on deep in the lungs).

BBM

This is true. A good friend of ours was just in the hospital—mid-50’s, healthy, fit, started having trouble breathing one day and ended up on a ventilator. Test after test kept coming back negative for CoVid, so they eventually did a bronchial scope after two weeks and determined he DID have CoVid. They were able to find some plasma for him, and it saved his life.

 

[Simply Southern]

I know NC and GA are unfortunately not one of those states. Private college prices were shocking.
States With Free College Programs - NerdWallet

That’s terrible to hear about the students food situation.

Virginia pays for 2 years of higher education from the tobacco company settlement.

 

[Tillicum]

Live presser DeWine.

 

[margarita25]

From a few weeks ago:
Live Q&A on COVID-19 with Dr Mike Ryan and Dr Maria Van Kerkhove. Ask your questions!

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Today:
Live: Lester Holt Moderates WHO Panel | NBC News

 

[Tony1902]

@10ofRods
I’m truly stumped at the fact that this has to be experiential for anyone to understand.

 

[margarita25]

Second grader tests positive for Covid-19 on first day of school