Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #80

[astheworldfallsdown]

Coronavirus: At least 200 students in 'blatant breach' of lockdown with late-night rave at Coventry University

Hundreds of students have been filmed climbing atop ping pong tables and screaming along to music at a late-night party at university halls in Coventry, breaching coronavirus lockdown rules.

At least 200 youngsters are thought to have crammed into a common room at Arundel House, close to Coventry University's main campus, for a rave in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

The footage comes despite a rise in coronavirus cases in campuses across the UK, with thousands of students locked down.

 

[mickey2942]

‘It’s Not in My Head’: They Survived the Coronavirus, but They Never Got Well

The range of symptoms for this disease, and how it affects different people, with completely different outcomes is baffling. Covid is a full spectrum virus. Some people, have a headache, a few sniffles, and feel fine. Others, have no symptoms at all. And then, this group, who just can't overcome the virus. Not to mention the people who die from Covid.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Sometimes, you just need a baby goat.

ha! yes, yes we do.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Here we go again...........Florida is just such an experimental playground... The increase in numbers is just after the "all bars and restaurants" open.

• Florida's health department recorded 3,266 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, a massive jump from 738 new daily cases it recorded on Monday.
• Florida's cases had been declining, but Tuesday marked the highest single-day total since September 19, bringing the state's total count to 704,568.

Florida reported a spike in COVID-19 cases just days after allowing restaurants and small businesses to fully reopen

 

[astheworldfallsdown]

Daily Scottish virus deaths 'highest since June'

Seven more deaths of people who tested positive for coronavirus have been recorded in Scotland, the highest daily total since 17 June.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the deaths were a "very sharp reminder" that Covid is "extremely dangerous".

A further 640 new positive test results were also reported, with 137 people being treated in hospital.

The total number of people to have died in Scotland within 28 days of testing positive now stands at 2,519.

But the National Records of Scotland says the virus has been mentioned as a contributing factor or suspected cause of death on 4,257 death certificates.

 

[Sundog]

OHIO’S WASTEWATER TESTING FOR COVID-19 GENE FRAGMENTS

Wastewater testing is proving to be a good “early alert” system for identifying where COVID-19 is spreading in communities and in some congregant settings such as prisons.

Yesterday, Governor DeWine provided an update on the Ohio Coronavirus Wastewater Monitoring Network which tests wastewater for gene fragments of COVID-19.

From Government press release and link to website, below.

Those infected with COVID-19 begin to shed the virus early in their infection, and a significant, sustained increase in gene fragments found in wastewater can be an early warning sign of a pending rise in COVID-19 cases in a specific area. The value of this information is that gives communities an opportunity to act proactively to prevent outbreaks.

Since the launch of the monitoring program, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) has notified health authorities in six communities of a sustained increase in gene fragments found in their wastewater: Dayton, Columbus, Akron, Oregon, Sandusky, and Mansfield.

ODH is currently monitoring 36 sites across the state and an additional 25 sites will be added during the coming month. Communities found with a sustained increase in gene fragments are offered testing and contact tracing assistance.

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC), in partnership with Ohio State University, has also begun monitoring wastewater at Ohio's prisons to prevent spread among staff and inmates. A sustained increase in COVID-19 gene fragments in a prison's wastewater will trigger a series of actions within the prison to prevent spread, including the testing of all staff. Staff members working in prisons free of COVID-19 will have access to on-site voluntary testing.

Ohio Coronavirus Wastewater Monitoring Network

 

[MrX]

The NHL had a successful experience by hosting all the teams in two bubbles, one in Edmonton, and one in Toronto. It must have been brutal for the players during those many weeks when they followed the strict isolation protocol, but they did a great job, and managed to finish the hockey season.


From the article:

There have been many extraordinary aspects to the National Hockey League's return to the ice after it paused its season for the coronavirus pandemic in March. Hockey being played in August. Stanley Cup playoff games held in empty arenas echoing with artificial crowd noise. But perhaps most notable of all about the restart: How much COVID-19 hasn't impacted it.

The first week of testing in Phase 4 of the NHL's return-to-play protocol, as teams entered the "hub" zones in Toronto and Edmonton, Alberta, produced zero positive tests out of 7,703 of them.

How the NHL has kept its playoff bubble coronavirus-free -- so far

Baseball has also made it to the playoffs by deciding not to panic. They survived some major stars testing positive, just before season (Juan Soto on Opening Day,) and the cases on the Marlins.

 

[Sundog]

Ontario in grip of second Covid-19 wave that will be 'worse than first', officials say

 

[MrX]

Here we go again...........Florida is just such an experimental playground... The increase in numbers is just after the "all bars and restaurants" open.

• Florida's health department recorded 3,266 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, a massive jump from 738 new daily cases it recorded on Monday.
• Florida's cases had been declining, but Tuesday marked the highest single-day total since September 19, bringing the state's total count to 704,568.

Florida reported a spike in COVID-19 cases just days after allowing restaurants and small businesses to fully reopen

I have never been able to understand these stories. If they really believe that an order issued on Friday, to increase capacity at bars and restaurants, is being reflected in resulted cases by Wednesday, then they should probably provide some serious proof. This type of thing, in my opinion, hurts our understanding of the virus. Anything that caused this rise in cases was something that happened weeks ago, but I guess it's always easier to just blame bars and restaurants.

 

[tresir2012]

COVID-19 Less Deadly in Africa





Africa in Transition and Africa Program
COVID-19 Less Deadly in Africa

Maasai elders, wearing traditional costumes with face masks on, gather at their homestead within the Orboma Manyatta in Sekenani, near the Maasai Mara game reserve in Narok County, Kenya, on August 10, 2020.Thomas Mukoya/Reuters
Blog Post by John Campbell

September 29, 2020

one hundred million tests), and African statistics tend to be weak. But there have been only a few reports of mass deaths anywhere on the continent, such as were seen in Ebola outbreaks. Africa has a population of 1.2 billion people. There have been 1.4 million cases of COVID-19, with less than 35,000 deaths. The United States has a population of an estimated 331 million. There have been 7.1 million cases of COVID-19 and about 205,000 deaths. Despite its obvious shortcomings, the public health and medical infrastructure in the United States is far superior to that of Africa. How to account for the apparent lesser severity of COVID-19 in Africa than in the United States?

Continued at link.

 

[tresir2012]

I have never been able to understand these stories. If they really believe that an order issued on Friday, to increase capacity at bars and restaurants, is being reflected in resulted cases by Wednesday, then they should probably provide some serious proof. This type of thing, in my opinion, hurts our understanding of the virus. Anything that caused this rise in cases was something that happened weeks ago, but I guess it's always easier to just blame bars and restaurants.

They must have those 15 minute tests in Florida. That's quick results.

 

[MrX]

They must have those 15 minute tests in Florida. That's quick results.

Right? Astounding that someone reads the order, finds a bar that's packed to capacity, gets Covid, has instantaneous incubation, gets tested, receives results and has them logged in State's reporting system in five days. And this happens to thousands of people. In my experience, people who will seek out and patronize a bar that's packed to capacity, aren't the same people who get tested every time they cough.

It's more of that "intellectual dishonesty" that has plagued us during the plague.

 

[tresir2012]

Right? Astounding that someone reads the order, finds a bar that's packed to capacity, gets Covid, has instantaneous incubation, gets tested, receives results and has them logged in State's reporting system in five days. And this happens to thousands of people. In my experience, people who will seek out and patronize a bar that's packed to capacity, aren't the same people who get tested every time they cough.

It's more of that "intellectual dishonesty" that has plagued us during the plague.

Sorry, my comment was tongue in cheek. In truth it is probably the normal weekend effect where reporting falls at weekends and Mondays, then jumps on Tuesdays. MOO.

ETA here's their data on cases and deaths.

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Current Situation in Florida
as of
9:25 am EDT, Tue. Sep. 29, 2020
New Cases by Day

Death by Date of Death

So, to me it looks like the weekly cases have been pretty much the same for a month but the weekly deaths have dropped by an enormous amount (80%).

 

[MsArk]

‘It’s Not in My Head’: They Survived the Coronavirus, but They Never Got Well

The range of symptoms for this disease, and how it affects different people, with completely different outcomes is baffling. Covid is a full spectrum virus. Some people, have a headache, a few sniffles, and feel fine. Others, have no symptoms at all. And then, this group, who just can't overcome the virus. Not to mention the people who die from Covid.

I joined a long haulers group on another platform and to read the wide array of symptoms some are still having even 6 months post diagnosis is frightening. They may be recovered for statical purposes but many are still too sick to work. To make matters worse, the medical community doesn’t have a clue as to how to help them. Aside from the obvious, their stories give me much motivation to remain very careful in my daily activities. (I can’t provide a link so MOO)

 

[tresir2012]

More on the Royal Glamorgan Hospital outbreak.


Eight die in hospital outbreak and cases reach 60

Eight patients have died with coronavirus at a hospital where 60 cases have been linked to an outbreak on the site.

Planned surgeries have been temporarily stopped at Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, as part of a plan to manage the outbreak.

Patients who would usually be taken to A&E in an emergency will also be sent elsewhere.

The temporary measures came into force at 14:00 BST on Wednesday.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board said there were 82 Covid-19 cases at the hospital and 60 of those were from infections caught at the hospital.

The eight deaths are all directly linked to infections from within the hospital.

Continued at link

 

[HongKongPhooey]

I joined a long haulers group on another platform and to read the wide array of symptoms some are still having even 6 months post diagnosis is frightening. They may be recovered for statical purposes but many are still too sick to work. To make matters worse, the medical community doesn’t have a clue as to how to help them. Aside from the obvious, their stories give me much motivation to remain very careful in my daily activities. (I can’t provide a link so MOO)

I think you are right to be very careful.

I spoke this week to some of the colleagues who were ill when I was in March, to ask if any of them were still having issues. I said that I was still having days of fatigue (that hit by a bus feeling). One said no... Altho, his wife had to drive at the weekend because he was so tired, out of nowhere. Another said he was ok but his partner still had no sense of taste or smell. Another, 10 years younger than me and v fit, said they are out of breath walking upstairs some days. It is v odd and v worrying.

 

[10ofRods]

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Since the major studies on this topic involve thousands of patients of all ages, from many different nations, and since the studies document actual physical pathologies in the lungs and heart, particularly in the epithelial layers, and since the psychiatric diagnoses you mention are among the most rare in all DSM, I'd say that's a hard no.

Sure, some people who already felt ill will continue to feel ill after CoVId. But we're talking about thousands of young people without known psychiatric diagnosis that have abnormal EKG's or EEG's or lung function tests or kidney problems (on dialysis!! for life or until they get a transplant). I've got a whole collection of statements from such people, from my own research. But there's also published medical literature on it.

I'll post a link a bit later.

 

[Trino]

I have never been able to understand these stories. If they really believe that an order issued on Friday, to increase capacity at bars and restaurants, is being reflected in resulted cases by Wednesday, then they should probably provide some serious proof. This type of thing, in my opinion, hurts our understanding of the virus. Anything that caused this rise in cases was something that happened weeks ago, but I guess it's always easier to just blame bars and restaurants.

Bet The Villages is elated with things opening. Also bet their cases will soar.

 

[10ofRods]

I think you are right to be very careful.

I spoke this week to some of the colleagues who were ill when I was in March, to ask if any of them were still having issues. I said that I was still having days of fatigue (that hit by a bus feeling). One said no... Altho, his wife had to drive at the weekend because he was so tired, out of nowhere. Another said he was ok but his partner still had no sense of taste or smell. Another, 10 years younger than me and v fit, said they are out of breath walking upstairs some days. It is v odd and v worrying.

One person I know personally still cannot speak - damage from the ventilator. Also has kidney damage. Woman, aged 59, no known pre-morbidities, mildly overweight, likely low in Vitamin D.

Another feels she is fully recovered (age 71, several pre-existing conditions).

 

[Trino]

Had a skin check today. Did I feel comfortable. No. Not at all. At one point had to remove mask for face check.