Wuhan virus (coronavirus) arrives in the USA

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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.

Do they even have that data?

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

Of course it is. People are getting pneumonia. Non smokers have healthier lungs and are less likely to be as severely impacted (killed) by pneumonia. This is common sense.

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

If it was the merrifield target, that’s normal for them

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Azerbaijan, which borders Iran, reports its first case.

Iran reports 143 new cases of coronavirus and 8 new deaths, raising total to 388 cases and 34 deaths.

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2 new cases in the UK, both linked to Iran.

These are the first Iran related cases in the UK

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Korean cases continue to climb.

South Korean reported 571 new cases today, in contrast to the 505 reported yesterday.

It now has 2,337 cases and 13 deaths.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Of course it is. People are getting pneumonia. Non smokers have healthier lungs and are less likely to be as severely impacted (killed) by pneumonia. This is common sense.

This was discussed on The Daily by NY times. It was linked here.

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Two new Diamond Princess deaths, one in the UK and one in Japan.

Cases are 705, and deaths are 7 for the ship.

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Two hotels in Abu Dhabi are under lockdown after two Italian guests test positive.

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Soccer match in Milan played to empty stadium.

Milan bested Bulgaria.

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First case in Mexico.

Patient is in Mexico City but no further information.

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Anonymous wrote:First case in Mexico.

Patient is in Mexico City but no further information.

That will freak out the MAGAs.

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Anonymous wrote:Two new Diamond Princess deaths, one in the UK and one in Japan.

Cases are 705, and deaths are 7 for the ship.

PP here--Correction.


Both deaths were in Japan. One was Japanese, the other British. Total deaths are 6 not 7.

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The diamond princess cruise ship cases had a lot of critically ill people and it’s been a week or two. Sadly I think half them are likely to die. We will be hearing more and more reports. A lot were over 70.

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Anonymous wrote:New coronavirus case in northern California may be first with no link to travel

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/26/us-coronavirus-california-case

Someone posted this on Reddit. If accurate, he’s been at UC David a week and another hospital prior to that where he was intubated. It takes at least a week to get ill enough to need that (though likely two weeks). So he’s been sick 2-3 weeks plus the 2 week incubation period. He’s had Coronavirus at least a month.



Employees of UC Davis Health in Sacramento received this email just a couple hours ago:

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"Today we learned a patient we are treating here at UC Davis Medical Center for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is being investigated by the CDC as possibly the first patient to have received the infection from exposure in the community.

This patient was transferred to us from another Northern California hospital on Wednesday, Feb 19. When the patient arrived, the patient had already been intubated, was on a ventilator, and given droplet protection orders because of an undiagnosed and suspected viral condition. Since the patient arrived with a suspected viral infection, our care teams have been taking the proper infection prevention (contact droplet) precautions during the patient’s stay.

Upon admission, our team asked public health officials if this case could be COVID-19. We requested COVID-19 testing by the CDC, since neither Sacramento County nor CDPH is doing testing for coronavirus at this time. Since the patient did not fit the existing CDC criteria for COVID-19, a test was not immediately administered. UC Davis Health does not control the testing process.

On Sunday, the CDC ordered COVID-19 testing of the patient and the patient was put on airborne precautions and strict contact precautions, because of our concerns about the patient’s condition. Today the CDC confirmed the patient’s test was positive.

This is not the first COVID-19 patient we have treated, and because of the precautions we have had in place since this patient’s arrival, we believe there has been minimal potential for exposure here at UC Davis Medical Center.

We are proud of our health care workers who have been working to care for this patient and are committed to saving this patient’s life. Just as when a health care worker has a small chance of exposure to other illnesses, such as TB or pertussis, we are following standard CDC protocols for determination of exposure and surveillance. So, out of an abundance of caution, in order to assure the health and safety of our employees, we are asking a small number of employees to stay home and monitor their temperature. We are handling this in the same way we manage other diseases that require airborne precautions and monitoring. We are in constant communication with the state health department and the CDC and Sacramento County Public Health about the optimal management of this patient and possible employee exposures.

As we regularly handle patients with infectious diseases, we have robust infection control protocols in place to handle this patient and others with more frequently seen infectious diseases. In this case, we are dedicated to providing the best care possible for this patient and continuing to protect the health of our employees who care for them.

There are a number of informational resources, including a Q&A and background information on COVID-19 on The Insider and the UC Davis Health website."

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Interesting. No link according to the infected person? So the data point comes from the person infected?

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Since the US isn’t really testing and isn’t releasing any real information, how do we know we’re not already in the thick of it and just aren’t aware yet? My son reports several of his high school friends are sick, one with a 104 degree fever, one with 102. His dad was sick a few weeks ago with a 103 degree fever and is currently at the doctor waiting for chest X-rays because they think it may be pneumonia. This may just all be remarkable coincidence, a bad flu season or whatever. But what if it’s here and the US’s lack of response or diligence is letting it spread rampantly?