Wuhan virus (coronavirus) arrives in the USA

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Does anyone know anything about the effect of smoking on the virus? The counties that are hard hit now have heavy smokers- China, Iran and even Italy.

Also, it seems to be spreading faster than the normal flu. Is this true? How is it spreading faster?

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know anything about the effect of smoking on the virus? The counties that are hard hit now have heavy smokers- China, Iran and even Italy.

Also, it seems to be spreading faster than the normal flu. Is this true? How is it spreading faster?

I've been wondering the same thing. For some reason they are leaving smoker/non-smoker off of these stats.

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Shelves wiped clean of Children’s Advil at local nova Target. Here we go....

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Hope the pope isn’t all corona virused up and stuff. could be a super spreader if he was.

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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/

Holy Virus!
Hasn’t WHO ask people..
who are sick to stay home from work.
Coronavirus or cold, obviously the
Pope is sharing more then bread with the faithful..
And where is the mask when you need one?
Oh wait, he donated all to China. Should have kept one.
Wishing speedy recovery.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know anything about the effect of smoking on the virus? The counties that are hard hit now have heavy smokers- China, Iran and even Italy.

Also, it seems to be spreading faster than the normal flu. Is this true? How is it spreading faster?

I've been wondering the same thing. For some reason they are leaving smoker/non-smoker off of these stats.

You can probably put smokers in the category Chronic respiratory disease since most people who smoke have black lungs and if so they
Mortality Rate for the group is. 6.3%.
Or you could potentially roll few categories in one...
Chronic Respiratory. 6.3%
Hypertension 6.0%
Cardiovascular. 10.5%

And add the risks of each group and factor in age and individual health as
Smokers always have those three comorbid conditions.


Male death rate is 2.8%
Female. 1.7%

Close to 50% difference. Possible the women have lower blood preassure
no smoking so no respiratory and usually obeisity is atypical so no cardiovascular..

Add to it shaking hand among males, public restroom without dividers and also if any urine gets on it can infect.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/

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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?

According to this article, they did not have test kits until Wednesday before last, the day they announced their first two cases. With limited kits, they are probably testing the sickest patients, who are the ones most likely to die.

https://time.com/5791516/iran-doctors-coronavirus-middle-east/

Also, no one believes their numbers. A variety of pretty credible stories says that their number of cases is actually much higher. This article estimates it is more like 18,000.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.24.20027375v1

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New Zealand reports its first case.

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pakistan/pakistan-shuts-schools-suspends-iran-flights-to-curb-coronavirus-spread-idUSKCN20L179

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

Here

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/860439.page

And here

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-symptoms/


Examples of possible development of symptoms (from actual cases)
A man in his 40s in Japan:

Day #1: malaise and muscle pain
later diagnosed with pneumonia
A man in his 60s in Japan:

Day #1: initial symptoms of low-grade fever and sore throat.
A man in his 40s in Japan:

Day #1: chills, sweating and malaise
Day #4: fever, muscle pain and cough
A woman in her 70s, in Japan:

Day #1: 38° fever for a few minutes
Day #2-3: went on a bus tour
Day #5: visited a medical institution
Day #6: showed symptoms of pneumonia.
A woman in her 40s, in Japan:

Day #1: low-grade fever
Day #2: 38° fever
Day #6: being treated at home.
A man in his 60s, in Japan:

Day #1: Cold
Day #6: Fever of 39° C. (102.2 F)
Day #8: Pneumonia
Another patient, in China with a history of type 2 diabetes and hypertension:

Jan. 22: Fever and cough
Feb. 5: Died
First death in the Philippines (a 44-year-old Chinese thought to have had other pre-existing health conditions):

Jan. 25: Fever, cough, and sore throat (hospitalized)
Developed severe pneumonia
Feb. 2: Died

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The median time observed:

from first symptom to ? Dyspnea (Shortness of breath) = 5.0 days
from first symptom to ? Hospital admission = 7.0 days
from first symptom to ? ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome) = 8.0 days (when occurring)


https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-symptoms/

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know anything about the effect of smoking on the virus? The counties that are hard hit now have heavy smokers- China, Iran and even Italy.

Well you easily extrapolate base on what you already know. This virus causes pneumonia. Lungs swell, little bubbles get inflamed and make breathing hard because all the inflammation make things to swell.. bubbles fill with bacteria products water, mucus,whatever..and now oxygen has no room to fill, your lung capacity goes from 100% to..30????
If you had healthy lungs to begin with, you will struggle but live. If your lungs are damaged by smoking or vapping and now you get it.. you have nothing to work with. That is why even flu or cold that leads to pneumonia can easily kill smokers. That is why. it pays not to smoke anything ever because unlike you can poop junk you eat, you can remove nothing from your lungs. They have no exit hole for dirt and solids, so like in chimney, the soot lives in you till the day you die.

Remember some months ago how doctors rejected lungs from 50 years old chain smoker? Here is why, see for yourself..

Transplant Doctor Shocked By 'Black' Lungs Donated By 52-Year-Old Chain Smoker, Rejects Organ

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Link to full article

https://life.shared.com/transplant-doctor-shocked-black-lungs-donated-chain-smoker

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know anything about the effect of smoking on the virus? The counties that are hard hit now have heavy smokers- China, Iran and even Italy.

Also, it seems to be spreading faster than the normal flu. Is this true? How is it spreading faster?

I've been wondering the same thing. For some reason they are leaving smoker/non-smoker off of these stats.

Do they even have that data?

I’d be surprised if smoking/preexisting lung damage isn’t a factor.

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Anonymous wrote:Shelves wiped clean of Children’s Advil at local nova Target. Here we go....

There was plenty at my grocery store yesterday. Relax, it will be restocked.