Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #73

[tresir2012]

Boris Johnson has launched an anti obesity program. He explains in this interview how it could have cost him his life due to coronavirus.

'I was too fat': Boris Johnson launches UK obesity reduction drive – video

 

[beatrixpotter]

Coronavirus Cases:
18,999,988
Coronavirus Update (Live): 18,999,988 Cases and 711,623 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Pandemic - Worldometer

 

[tresir2012]

I have no idea. Tell us what could go wrong.

It is explained in the original link that businesses are worried about their employers getting hurt and that is why they don't enforce it. The mask ambassadors could get hurt. That is obviously what could go wrong as it is already going wrong, as we have all seen in many videos and examples posted on here.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I was referring to those ultrasonic cleaning gadgets, not face masks.

Hundreds of types of face masks withdrawn from sale in Australia amid safety fears

 

[Simply Southern]

Rt COVID-19

20 states now below R0. Seems to be improving slowly.

Az and Ca seem to have really improved being 2 of the 3 states with the lowest R0.
Missouri and Hawaii are the worst at present.

Virginia appears to be working its way to the top of the list. Today, 1.10.

The PC on WED. was all about a video Norfolk. VA HD produced showing Black clergy taking a COVID test.

Our new "toy" from the state is an APP to alert you, if you have been within 30 feet of a Covid positive person. This is only if you report yourself as postive. The APP, does alert the state with your phone number if you report yourself as positive, and results in a phone call from the local health dept. We need 60% of Virginians for the APP to even be effective.

Reporters ask if the state would mine data collected from the APP, the IT director states yes. Governor closed the PC, clearly not happy everyone was not excited about his new, "We are the First State to develop an APP" tracking device.


Link to PC... FB is the only place the Governor stores PCs

Governor of Virginia

 

[tresir2012]

Coronavirus stimulus 'may not happen' if not reached by Friday | Daily Mail Online

Summary

• President Donald Trump threatened Democrats with executive action if there isn’t a deal on the coronavirus relief package by Friday
• Talks ended on Capitol Hill Wednesday with no deal in sight
• 'We are negotiating right now as we speak, and we'll see how it works out,' Trump said. 'In the meantime, my administration is exploring executive actions'
• Trump said he'd take executive action on unemployment benefits, a moratorium on evictions and a temporary payroll tax cut
• Democrats and even some Republicans oppose a payroll tax cut
• Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she is optimistic there will be a deal
• ‘I feel optimistic there’s light at the end of the tunnel but how long that tunnel is, is yet to be seen,’ she said after Wednesday's talks
• White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said if a deal is not reached by Friday, there likely won't be one
• 'I've become extremely doubtful that we'll be able to make a deal if it goes well beyond Friday,' Meadows told reporters at the Capitol Wednesday afternoon
• 'Just because we've been spending so much time together that if you're not making progress, there's no sense to continue,' he continued
• Meadows, Pelosi, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer marked their third day in a row of talks on Wednesday

Details at link.

 

[beatrixpotter]

N. Korea's escalating virus response raises fear of outbreak

"
North Korea is quarantining thousands of people and shipping food and other aid to a southern city locked down over coronavirus worries, officials said, as the country’s response to a suspected case reinforces doubt about its longstanding claim to be virus-free.

But amid the outside skepticism and a stream of North Korean propaganda glorifying its virus efforts, an exchange between the country and the United Nations is providing new clarity — and actual numbers — about what might be happening in North Korea, which has closed its borders and cut travel — never a free-flowing stream — by outsider monitors and journalists."

 

[katydid23]

I have no idea. Tell us what could go wrong.

Roving mask ambassadors, going door to door,business to business to check on people, in these tense times? Sounds to me like things could get volatile.

I think it totally depends upon how the ambassadors approach the people they want to educate. If they are aggressive, it may escalate very quickly.

If they can be open and non-confrontational, it could be very effective.

 

[ilovewings]

Dr Fauci reveals hired personal security to protect his daughters after receiving death threats | Daily Mail Online

This is so sad- Dr Fauci and his family are being targeted and threatened-- this is so sick and reflects the kind of society we have become---If I were him I would resign and go into hiding with my family: a good man, a brilliant man, who only tells the truth and talks facts ---is the object of hatred----and lies----

 

[SouthAussie]

The US Census Bureau has conducted a survey throughout a week in July - between 16 and 21 July - to track quality of life during the pandemic. The 'household pulse survey'.

29 million Americans do not have enough food.
7.2 million American households do not have sufficient internet availability for educational purposes.
44 million Americans said they have felt nervous, anxious or on edge nearly every day over the past seven days.
28 million experienced symptoms of depression.

"The Office of Management and Budget, the largest office in the White House, approved for the survey to be administered until the end of July. It is unclear whether the OMB will agree to let the survey continue."
US government shelves survey that painted bleak picture of Covid-19 life

 

[SouthAussie]

From the same article, it appears that the US Census Bureau is currently trying to do the nationwide ten-year census.


"The bureau has also been subject to political pressure, recently announcing it will be shortening the census deadline. Though the bureau had in April asked Congress to extend its deadline, it offered no explanation for the reversal.

The move is expected to lead to an undercount of Americans, particularly communities of color and poorer Americans."
US government shelves survey that painted bleak picture of Covid-19 life

 

[beatrixpotter]

Vietnam turns Danang stadium into field hospital amid virus outbreak

"Vietnam is close to completing the conversion of a sports stadium into a 1,000-bed field hospital in its new coronavirus epicentre Danang, the health ministry said on Thursday, as it battles an outbreak that has spread to at least 11 locations.

Aggressive contact-tracing, targeted testing and strict quarantining had helped Vietnam halt an earlier contagion, but it is now racing to control infections in the central city and beyond after a new outbreak ended a run of more than three months without domestic transmission."

 

[margarita25]

Ohio governor says 91 people got coronavirus after infected man went to church - CNN

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Ohio travel advisory list updated with states with new highest positivity rates | NBC4 WCMH-TV

“The states in which the positivity rate of the coronavirus is 15 percent or higher:

• Florida
• Alabama
• Mississippi
• Arizona
• Nevada
• Idaho“

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Have you been able to watch the video posted by dixie earlier? I put it below, if you haven't and are interested.
It explains really well exactly how the tests work, they seem to always register positive when a person is in the infectious period of covid infection. They can be ambiguous (positive or negative) either side of the infectious period.

It was also anticipated in the video that the tests would cost about $1. So, perhaps the stated range of up to $5 allows for distributor and retail costs as well.

And here is the Q&A session from yesterday explaining more of the roadblocks it is having. @Simply Southern and @Sundog this has more info on the companies in the last half.

Unfortunately for the paper tests, FDA vs. CLIA approvals which weren't designed to allow for public health test vs. diagnostic tests. So they aren't getting approved yet like I had thought.

Here is a link they recommended, Rapid Tests for a short read and ability to sent to your govenor/congressmen

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[margarita25]

Birx warns 9 cities, California's central valley about increasing coronavirus cases - CNN

"”We are concerned that both Baltimore and Atlanta remain at a very high level," Birx said on the call. "Kansas City, Portland, Omaha, of course what we talked about in the Central Valley (in California)."

"We are seeing a slow uptick in test positivity in cases in places like Chicago, Boston and Detroit and DC," she said, adding that the virus has entered a new phase.

"This outbreak is different from the March, April outbreak in that it's in both rural and urban areas," Birx said.”

 

[dixiegirl1035]

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[SouthAussie]

And here is the Q&A session from yesterday explaining more of the roadblocks it is having. @Simply Southern and @Sundog this has more info on the companies in the last half.

Unfortunately for the paper tests, FDA vs. CLIA approvals which weren't designed to allow for public health test vs. diagnostic tests. So they aren't getting approved yet like I had thought.

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Thank you, dixie! Will watch this in a little while.


Here is what was said about the FDA approval of EUA ... Emergency Use Authorization
Sherlock Biosciences Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for CRISPR SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Diagnostic • Sherlock Biosciences

And here is the original article that references the EUA. You sort of have to piece the info in both articles together.
[Updated] Fast Paper Strip Covid-19 Test Devised with Crispr | Science and Enterprise

 

[mickey2942]

The US Census Bureau has conducted a survey throughout a week in July - between 16 and 21 July - to track quality of life during the pandemic. The 'household pulse survey'.

29 million Americans do not have enough food.
7.2 million American households do not have sufficient internet availability for educational purposes.
44 million Americans said they have felt nervous, anxious or on edge nearly every day over the past seven days.
28 million experienced symptoms of depression.

"The Office of Management and Budget, the largest office in the White House, approved for the survey to be administered until the end of July. It is unclear whether the OMB will agree to let the survey continue."
US government shelves survey that painted bleak picture of Covid-19 life

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?!

 

[SouthAussie]

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?!

The article provided the raw data. There is a heck of a lot of different data.

Week 12 Household Pulse Survey: July 16 - July 21

Surprisingly, to me, it is the 25 - 54 year old age brackets that report 'sometimes' and 'often' not having enough to eat.

 

[ilovewings]

Thank you, dixie! Will watch this in a little while.


Here is what was said about the FDA approval of EUA ... Emergency Use Authorization
Sherlock Biosciences Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for CRISPR SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Diagnostic • Sherlock Biosciences

And here is the original article that references the EUA. You sort of have to piece the info in both articles together.
[Updated] Fast Paper Strip Covid-19 Test Devised with Crispr | Science and Enterprise

They need to fast track this !!!!! people are dying for lack of appropriate testing/turnaround time