Originally Posted by Bwana:
Once again, don't come in this thread with some kind of political agenda, or you will be shown the door. If you want to go that route, there is a thread about this in DC.
Originally Posted by Dartgod:
People, there is a lot of good information in this thread, let's try to keep the petty bickering to a minimum.
We all have varying opinions about the impact of this, the numbers, etc. We will all never agree with each other. But we can all keep it civil.
Thanks!
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Spoiler!
Apparently the CoronaVirus can survive on a inanimate objects, such as door knobs, for 9 days.
California coronavirus case could be first spread within U.S. community, CDC says
By SOUMYA KARLAMANGLA, JACLYN COSGROVE
FEB. 26, 2020 8:04 PM
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating what could be the first case of novel coronavirus in the United States involving a patient in California who neither recently traveled out of the country nor was in contact with someone who did.
“At this time, the patient’s exposure is unknown. It’s possible this could be an instance of community spread of COVID-19, which would be the first time this has happened in the United States,” the CDC said in a statement. “Community spread means spread of an illness for which the source of infection is unknown. It’s also possible, however, that the patient may have been exposed to a returned traveler who was infected.”
The individual is a resident of Solano County and is receiving medical care in Sacramento County, according to the state Department of Public Health.
The CDC said the “case was detected through the U.S. public health system — picked up by astute clinicians.”
Officials at UC Davis Medical Center expanded on what the federal agency might have meant by that in an email sent Wednesday, as reported by the Davis Enterprise newspaper.
The patient arrived at UC Davis Medical Center from another hospital Feb. 19 and “had already been intubated, was on a ventilator, and given droplet protection orders because of an undiagnosed and suspected viral condition,” according to an email sent by UC Davis officials that was obtained by the Davis Enterprise.
The staff at UC Davis requested COVID-19 testing by the CDC, but because the patient didn’t fit the CDC’s existing criteria for the virus, a test wasn’t immediately administered, according to the email. The CDC then ordered the test Sunday, and results were announced Wednesday. Hospital administrators reportedly said in the email that despite these issues, there has been minimal exposure at the hospital because of safety protocols they have in place.
A UC Davis Health spokesperson declined Wednesday evening to share the email with The Times.
Since Feb. 2, more than 8,400 returning travelers from China have entered California, according to the state health department. They have been advised to self-quarantine for 14 days and limit interactions with others as much as possible, officials said.
“This is a new virus, and while we are still learning about it, there is a lot we already know,” Dr. Sonia Angell, director of the California Department of Public Health, said in a statement. “We have been anticipating the potential for such a case in the U.S., and given our close familial, social and business relationships with China, it is not unexpected that the first case in the U.S. would be in California.”
It is not clear how the person became infected, but public health workers could not identify any contacts with people who had traveled to China or other areas where the virus is widespread. That raises concern that the virus is spreading in the United States, creating a challenge for public health officials, experts say.
“It’s the first signal that we could be having silent transmission in the community,” said Lawrence Gostin, director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on National and Global Health Law. “It probably means there are many more cases out there, and it probably means this individual has infected others, and now it’s a race to try to find out who that person has infected.”
On Tuesday, the CDC offered its most serious warning to date that the United States should expect and prepare for the coronavirus to become a more widespread health issue.
“Ultimately, we expect we will see coronavirus spread in this country,” said Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. “It’s not so much a question of if, but a question of when.”
According to the CDC’s latest count Wednesday morning, 59 U.S. residents have tested positive for the new strain of coronavirus — 42 of whom are repatriated citizens from a Diamond Princess cruise. That number has grown by two since Messonnier’s last count Tuesday, although the CDC was not immediately available to offer details on the additional cases.
More than 82,000 cases of coronavirus have been reported globally, and more than 2,700 people have died, with the majority in mainland China, the epicenter of the outbreak.
But public health leaders have repeatedly reminded residents that the health risk from the novel coronavirus to the general public remains low.
“While COVID-19 has a high transmission rate, it has a low mortality rate,” the state Department of Public Health said in a statement Wednesday. “From the international data we have, of those who have tested positive for COVID-19, approximately 80% do not exhibit symptoms that would require hospitalization. There have been no confirmed deaths related to COVID-19 in the United States to date.”
CDC officials have also warned that although the virus is likely to spread in U.S. communities, the flu still poses a greater risk.
Gostin said the news of potential silent transmission does not eliminate the possibility of containing the virus in the U.S. and preventing an outbreak.
“There are few enough cases that we should at least try,” he said. “Most of us are not optimistic that that will be successful, but we’re still in the position to try.”
Originally Posted by Monticore:
Germany did a great job with testing and isolating they probably have a much clear picture of their situation than most
Out pure curiosity I just did the math comparing the US to Germany if you remove NY state data from the US it basically puts the countries on par with cases and deaths per million, the US is just a tick higher and is probably still going to climb a little.
I don't think the US has done bad outside of NYC and NYC is such an outlier compared to most cities not sure what to compare it to when you look at population density coupled with the number of travelers from China.
I guess you would need the real numbers from China which we will likely never see and they were welding people inside their homes to try to stop spread. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Marcellus:
Out pure curiosity I just did the math comparing the US to Germany if you remove NY state data from the US it basically puts the countries on par with cases and deaths per million, the US is just a tick higher and is probably still going to climb a little.
I don't think the US has done bad outside of NYC and NYC is such an outlier compared to most cities not sure what to compare it to when you look at population density coupled with the number of travelers from China.
I guess you would need the real numbers from China which we will likely never see and they were welding people inside their homes to try to stop spread.
The US I think the did a great job with available testing they had etc.. but the overall picture of the disease is not quite as clear , who has it , where it is, how many have it etc..
NY , WA , CA were hit first and maybe why the measures were not as effective initially, the rest will be ok . But just because you feel better it is not always a good idea to stop taking your antibiotics too early. [Reply]
Originally Posted by : NIH scientist says coronavirus vaccine could be available by the fall
A vaccine for coronavirus may be ready for use by emergency workers sometime this autumn, according to Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, the National Institute of Health’s lead scientist for coronavirus vaccine research.
Corbett said that the vaccine could be ready for use by front-line health care workers as soon as this fall and for the global population by next spring. Her team is currently testing the safety of the vaccine in the first phase, and then will test its effectiveness in subsequent phases.
“We’re targeting fall for the emergency use. … And then for the general population, our target goal is for next spring — and that is, if all things go well and if these phase one, phase two and phase three clinical trials work simultaneously for the good, our plan is to have people vaccinated all over the world by next spring,” she told CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
Vaccine development is typically a long process, and Corbett said that her team has actually been working on a coronavirus vaccine for years already.
“We’ve researched coronavirus vaccine development for the last 7 years — particularly under my direction, the team has researched this coronavirus development for 5 years. And so coming into the onset of this pandemic, we had an idea about what we wanted to do as far as the design of the vaccine,” Corbett said.
Originally Posted by DaFace:
Apparently anything stated by people who have been known to be "conservative" or "liberal" is political.
It's a gray area. I mean, if I'm posting Rush Limbaugh quotes, even if they aren't directly political but are advocating my case, is that acceptable? I'm guessing not. At the same time nearly every person out there has some political leaning, so trying to suppress all of that isn't probably worth it. Maybe just a judgement call on whether the quote itself is directly politically pointed. [Reply]
Originally Posted by wazu:
It's a gray area. I mean, if I'm posting Rush Limbaugh quotes, even if they aren't directly political but are advocating my case, is that acceptable? I'm guessing not. At the same time nearly every person out there has some political leaning, so trying to suppress all of that isn't probably worth it. Maybe just a judgement call on whether the quote itself is directly politically pointed.
I honestly still have no fucking clue who Candace Owens is. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Dartgod:
What am I missing? How is Mecca's post political?
Seems like posting a tweet from a person who is a well known political commentator/activist is the opposite of a "non-political COVID-19 discussion". [Reply]