Wuhan virus (coronavirus) arrives in the USA

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Pope Francis ill.

https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/27/pope-francis-falls-day-supporting-people-coronavirus-12314029/amp/

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Anonymous wrote:What are the symptoms? Just fever, cough, shortness of breath? Not sneezing/congestion?

Fever in almost all cases. Dry cough in most cases. Runny noses in only 4% of cases.

Dumb Q maybe, but how is it that there are “suspected” cases? These symptoms sound so bland and commonplace that I don’t know what would raise a doctor’s suspicions relative to say the flu

Suspected cases are often people presenting with symptoms who have been in close contact with a confirmed case. For example a confirmed case lives with another person. That other person is sick and they are a “suspect” case pending confirmation which takes about a day or so.

That makes sense to me, except I saw that story about UC Davis and how they suspected someone who had it but the CDC wouldn’t send tests bc of no travel/contact. Folks seemed critical of the CDC for saying no, and I guess I took that to mean there was some way you could know a case when you see one.

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A Seattle-area school was closed for cleaning after a staff member's relative was tested for coronavirus

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/27/us/washington-coronavirus-school-closure/index.html

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Anonymous wrote:UC Davis student under investigation. They are awaiting test results from CDC. She is in isolation, as are her two roommates. Unlike the suspected case, the two are not showing symptoms.

https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-02-27-20-intl-hnk/index.html

Roommates are ang

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Anonymous wrote:How are asymptomatic people spreading it so easily if they’re not coughing or sneezing?

They still breath, talk, fart, and spit.

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Anonymous wrote:Pope Francis ill.

https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/27/pope-francis-falls-day-supporting-people-coronavirus-12314029/amp/

Looks like he’s blowing his nose. COVID isn’t upper respiratory. I’m sure he’s fine.

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New first cases in Lithuania and Quebec.

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How do we explain the really high mortality rate in Iran? Just the gov’t lying about number of cases?

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CDC revising testing guidelines. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/27/cdc-to-test-more-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus-after-revising-guidelines.html

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Anonymous wrote:What are the symptoms? Just fever, cough, shortness of breath? Not sneezing/congestion?

Fever in almost all cases. Dry cough in most cases. Runny noses in only 4% of cases.

What I am unable to find is the typical course and duration of the illness. Is it a week? Two? Does it start with a fever or a cough?

It’s not an upper respiratory illness. It starts in the lungs. So sneezing, sore throat probably aren’t COVID.

Sore throat could be - that was a symptom reported in some recently diagnosed cases. Not as likely as fever but it doesn’t completely rule out COVID-19.

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Anonymous wrote:How are asymptomatic people spreading it so easily if they’re not coughing or sneezing?

They still breath, talk, fart, and spit.

And sneeze

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Anonymous wrote:How do we explain the really high mortality rate in Iran? Just the gov’t lying about number of cases?

Maybe they are only testing the very, very sickest patients?

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Why trust the Chinese Communists,
or even the corrupted WHO?

Because they lie less than Trump?

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Anonymous wrote:How do we explain the really high mortality rate in Iran? Just the gov’t lying about number of cases?

Maybe they are only testing the very, very sickest patients?

Gosh darn—you make an excellent point. The more we find mild cases, the lower the death rate will appear in the USA. At last, a reason for more testing. Maybe that’s what broke the log jam with the CDC. If we end up with a super high mortality rate, the Trump show will not look so good.

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Anonymous wrote:How do we explain the really high mortality rate in Iran? Just the gov’t lying about number of cases?

Experts I've been reading seem to think there must be wider spread in Iran than what they officially are saying. They aren't testing the mild cases.

Here is the US we will have the same issue at first. Until we do widespread testing, most cases we find will be the severe ones that make it to the hospital.