CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 NEW MEGA THREAD

[Anonymous]

“This is not an exclusion or quarantine zone. No one is prohibited from entering or leaving the area,” said New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson. “This does not affect individual homeowners or families or businesses. It is purely a prohibition on large gatherings in order to make sure the spread of the virus is mitigated to the greatest degree possible.”

[Anonymous]

Could someone please link the press conference from today and yesterday? I keep coming up with the one from 2 days ago.

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm the flu guy yall are pathetic

come back when this thing is killing over 10,000 people

50,000 people die of the flu every year and people don't panic

Yeah, we're just going to sit and wait. That's the strategy? And then what are you going to do?

not panic

My kid's school remains open. 35000 students. Faculty. Administrative staff. On and On.

But guess what? Nothing will happen --- until it does

Brilliant insight.

The UW is the first university and might be only one so far that has moved to online classes. They are on a quarterly schedule so final exams are on-line also. There probably will be more universities that choose to do this in the next few weeks.

Wrong.

Harvard
MIT
Emory
Amherst College

That's to name a few....

Almost all are private. Figures.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm the flu guy yall are pathetic

come back when this thing is killing over 10,000 people

50,000 people die of the flu every year and people don't panic

Yeah, we're just going to sit and wait. That's the strategy? And then what are you going to do?

not panic

My kid's school remains open. 35000 students. Faculty. Administrative staff. On and On.

But guess what? Nothing will happen --- until it does

Brilliant insight.

The UW is the first university and might be only one so far that has moved to online classes. They are on a quarterly schedule so final exams are on-line also. There probably will be more universities that choose to do this in the next few weeks.

Wrong.

Harvard
MIT
Emory
Amherst College

That's to name a few....

Almost all are private. Figures.

Ohio State did it. And only a few cases in Ohio.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/03/study-highlights-ease-spread-covid-19-viruses

Well that's horrifying.

"The findings confirm that COVID-19 is spread simply through breathing, even without coughing, he said. They also challenge the idea that contact with contaminated surfaces is a primary means of spread, Osterholm said." Ugh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm the flu guy yall are pathetic

come back when this thing is killing over 10,000 people

50,000 people die of the flu every year and people don't panic

Yeah, we're just going to sit and wait. That's the strategy? And then what are you going to do?

not panic

My kid's school remains open. 35000 students. Faculty. Administrative staff. On and On.

But guess what? Nothing will happen --- until it does

Brilliant insight.

The UW is the first university and might be only one so far that has moved to online classes. They are on a quarterly schedule so final exams are on-line also. There probably will be more universities that choose to do this in the next few weeks.

Wrong.

Harvard
MIT
Emory
Amherst College

That's to name a few....

Almost all are private. Figures.

Ohio State did it. And only a few cases in Ohio.

And Maryland

[Anonymous]

Read this healthy 48 year old man's account. https://www.forexlive.com/news/!/48-year-old-american-coronavirus-survivor-describes-what-the-virus-was-like-20200310

[Anonymous]

The situation in Lombardy: 0Question at the end -- they mention they are buying more CPAPs to use. Is use of CPAP something other countries are doing to treat COVID?)

http://www.sondriotoday.it/cronaca/ipotesi-coprifuoco-chiusura-totale-regione-lombardia-coronavirus-contagio.html

Coronavirus, Lombardy Region thinks about the total curfew: «Shops and offices closed, transport stopped»

The Lombard president, Attilio Fontana: «It is a time of firmness. I met the first citizens of the Lombard capitals, they all ask the same thing: close everything now (except essential services) to start again as soon as possible »

Real curfew. Total block. Lombardy Region is thinking of "extreme" measures to try to stem the Coronavirus emergency, which in just over two weeks has already counted - in Lombardy alone - over 5 thousand infections and more than 300 deaths, with the healthcare system almost collapsing .

After the invitations to stay home, the decrees and the orange areas , the Pirellone is thinking of "tightening" the restrictions, a term used by the councilor for Welfare, Giulio Gallera, on Tuesday morning during a connection with the Rai transmission, Agorà .

Total block for 15 days in Lombardy

Just Gallera reiterated - numbers in hand - that "the time has come to tighten up, to also stop transport, shops and production activities. We must - he stressed closing for at least all of Lombardy for 15 days ».

"It can be useful - highlighted the councilor - to reduce or block the spread because we cannot bear another 15 or 20 days with such a frenzied growth in hospitalizations".

Basically, only businesses that offer basic services - pharmacies and supermarkets above all - would remain open, while the rest would be blocked, evidently including a large part of public transport.

The problem is the number of places in intensive care, with the region struggling day after day to build and find new ones. "So far the health system has made an incredible effort, if the numbers continue at this rate - on the 28th we had 57 people in intensive care, on the 9th of March we had 399, with a growth of 700% - it is clear that we are already thinking about Much more structured solutions that require extraordinary civil protection intervention, "announced Gallera.

"Only on Monday we had 1280 more positives and 588 new hospitalized, we are at 2802. It runs so fast that since there is no drug or vaccine that can cure Coroanvirus, the only way is to stop the spread of the infection - once again stressed -. People must stay at home, if the indications and exhortations of the decree - because avoiding going out is not an obligation - are not enough, you have to tighten ».

«We can't hold out much longer»

On the same wavelength also the governor Attilio Fontana, who commenting on the government decree that extended the orange zone to all of Italy had explained that perhaps for Lombardy it was not enough. And now the region seems really close to total blockade.

"We can't hold out much longer," he said Tuesday morning. It takes a real turnaround, we need a greater awareness on the part of everyone. With the collaboration of citizens, I am sure that in a few weeks the situation will return to normal. "

And then he also spoke of "more stringent" rules. «From the beginning of the emergency I am convinced that only with sacrifices, even more important, than each of us and with the will to observe even more stringent rules, we can overcome this situation. Let's stop it together ».

«It is the time of firmness. I met the mayors of the Lombard capitals and the president of Anci Lombardia, they all ask the same thing: close everything now (except the essential services) to start again as soon as possible. The half measures, we have seen in recent weeks, do not serve to contain this emergency. "The president of the Lombardy Region wrote on his Facebook page.

223 new places in intensive care

On Monday Gallera himself had taken stock of the situation in the hospitals. "Our goal - he said - was to be able to increase the ICU places by 100/150 so as to manage patients with Coronavirus. Not only have we opened 150, but we have reached 223 and we plan to open another 150 within 7 days ».

«We have stopped the operations of the operating rooms, because each of them can contain 3 intensive care beds. We are also transforming medicines into pulmonology and increasing sub-intensive care places, "he continued.

Coronavirus, Lombardy Region thinks about the total curfew:

„On February 19, Lombardy had 200 CPAPs, today there are 1600 and Tuesday 500 others will arrive. "We still manage to give quality answers - Gallera concluded - thanking non-formally all those who daily with endless shifts are busy dealing with this emergency".“

[Anonymous]

Please read this thread on the situation in Italy as well

https://twitter.com/jasonvanschoor/status/1237142891077697538

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OPM needs to implement a 2 week mandatory closure/telework now. That could stop the spread in much of the dc area before it takes months of closure when it’s more widespread

Agreed.

I agree too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OPM needs to implement a 2 week mandatory closure/telework now. That could stop the spread in much of the dc area before it takes months of closure when it’s more widespread

Agreed.

I agree too.

Agree

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/03/study-highlights-ease-spread-covid-19-viruses

Well that's horrifying.

"The findings confirm that COVID-19 is spread simply through breathing, even without coughing, he said. They also challenge the idea that contact with contaminated surfaces is a primary means of spread, Osterholm said." Ugh

Ok, more people need to read this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OPM needs to implement a 2 week mandatory closure/telework now. That could stop the spread in much of the dc area before it takes months of closure when it’s more widespread

Agreed.

I agree too.

Agree

Not if they keep holding events like the cherry blossom festival. Stop the spread among free but just bring more infected people in? Makes total sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please read this thread on the situation in Italy as well

https://twitter.com/jasonvanschoor/status/1237142891077697538

Chilling. This isn't some third world country, Italy has an excellent healthcare system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please read this thread on the situation in Italy as well

https://twitter.com/jasonvanschoor/status/1237142891077697538

This is exactly what happened in Wuhan.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1237142891077697538.html

From a well respected friend and intensivist/A&E consultant who is currently in northern Italy:

1/ ‘I feel the pressure to give you a quick personal update about what is happening in Italy, and also give some quick direct advice about what you should do.

2/ First, Lumbardy is the most developed region in Italy and it has a extraordinary good healthcare, I have worked in Italy, UK and Aus and don’t make the mistake to think that what is happening is happening in a 3rd world country.

3/ The current situation is difficult to imagine and numbers do not explain things at all. Our hospitals are overwhelmed by Covid-19, they are running 200% capacity

4/ We’ve stopped all routine, all ORs have been converted to ITUs and they are now diverting or not treating all other emergencies like trauma or strokes. There are hundreds of pts with severe resp failure and many of them do not have access to anything above a reservoir mask.

5/ Patients above 65 or younger with comorbidities are not even assessed by ITU, I am not saying not tubed, I’m saying not assessed and no ITU staff attends when they arrest. Staff are working as much as they can but they are starting to get sick and are emotionally overwhelmed.

6/ My friends call me in tears because they see people dying in front of them and they con only offer some oxygen. Ortho and pathologists are being given a leaflet and sent to see patients on NIV. PLEASE STOP, READ THIS AGAIN AND THINK.

7/ We have seen the same pattern in different areas a week apart, and there is no reason that in a few weeks it won’t be the same everywhere, this is the pattern:

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1)A few positive cases, first mild measures, people are told to avoid ED but still hang out in groups, everyone says not to panick
2)Some moderate resp failures and a few severe ones that need tube, but regular access to ED is significantly reduced so everything looks great
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3)Tons of patients with moderate resp failure, that overtime deteriorate to saturate ICUs first, then NIVs, then CPAP hoods, then even O2.

4)Staff gets sick so it gets difficult to cover for shifts, mortality spikes also from all other causes that can’t be treated properly.

10/ Everything about how to treat them is online but the only things that will make a difference are: do not be afraid of massively strict measures to keep people safe,

11/ if governments won’t do this at least keep your family safe, your loved ones with history of cancer or diabetes or any transplant will not be tubed if they need it even if they are young. By safe I mean YOU do not attend them and YOU decide who does and YOU teach them how to.

12/ Another typical attitude is read and listen to people saying things like this and think “that’s bad dude” and then go out for dinner because you think you’ll be safe.

13/ We have seen it, you won’t be if you don’t take it seriously. I really hope it won’t be as bad as here but prepare.