Wuhan virus (coronavirus) arrives in the USA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In a Chinese grocery in Flushing Queens there was a bit of a panic rice buying yesterday following Wechat rumours. Chinese social media is filled with stories like “Californians rushing to buy guns and will shoot people with the virus” and other crap like that.

https://twitter.com/jenniferatntd/status/1233573258806669313?s=21

Though they are rumors, there is heavy gun violence and racism in this country. Their fear is not directly out of thin air, is it?

[Anonymous]

It’s cute that that guy Frank thinks his child’s healthcare will be free. Why would he think that? What was he surprised to get a bill? Why was he coughing so badly in that interview? I have so many questions about their story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s cute that that guy Frank thinks his child’s healthcare will be free. Why would he think that? What was he surprised to get a bill? Why was he coughing so badly in that interview? I have so many questions about their story.

Was it a voluntary quarantine?

People without insurance or with crappy plans might not get tested/treated/quarantined if they know they will end up thousands of dollars in debt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The 15 year old in Oregon that tested positive and got it through community spread. He went to the dr with a headache, fever, and body aches. Before getting the confirmed positive he was “feeling better” and attempted to return to school. Why did they test him? His symptoms are about the same as half of America that has the flu right now.

The 15 yo is in Washington state. Here is last week's flu report for Washington state - https://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/5100/420-100-FluUpdate.pdf

Note:

During week 8, 4 percent of visits among Influenza-like illness Network participants were for influenza-like
illness, above the baseline of 1.5 percent.

But then right below that are charts showing that the number of influenza-positive tests during 8 was much less than the previous week.
I bet someone was wondering what is causing all those extra visits for influenza-like illness?

It's a travesty that the federal government has not been proactive about testing people. What is the issue? Money? Or something more sinister, as hinted at by Trump's obsession with the US only having "15 cases" and "1 person in the hospital."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The 15 year old in Oregon that tested positive and got it through community spread. He went to the dr with a headache, fever, and body aches. Before getting the confirmed positive he was “feeling better” and attempted to return to school. Why did they test him? His symptoms are about the same as half of America that has the flu right now.

The 15 yo is in Washington state. Here is last week's flu report for Washington state - https://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/5100/420-100-FluUpdate.pdf

Note:

During week 8, 4 percent of visits among Influenza-like illness Network participants were for influenza-like
illness, above the baseline of 1.5 percent.

But then right below that are charts showing that the number of influenza-positive tests during 8 was much less than the previous week.
I bet someone was wondering what is causing all those extra visits for influenza-like illness?

It's a travesty that the federal government has not been proactive about testing people. What is the issue? Money? Or something more sinister, as hinted at by Trump's obsession with the US only having "15 cases" and "1 person in the hospital."

They haven't had enough tests. They're ramping up production and should be able to test 30,000/day by the second week in march

[Anonymous]

South Korea reports its greatest number of cases in one day, 813, indicating it likely has some ways to go before peaking.

Number of cases now exceeds 3000.

Totals: 3150 cases, 17 deaths.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s cute that that guy Frank thinks his child’s healthcare will be free. Why would he think that? What was he surprised to get a bill? Why was he coughing so badly in that interview? I have so many questions about their story.

People without insurance are not going to seek treatment. The government is going to end up paying for treatment just to slow the spread. If I was sent to a hospital and had no insurance, I would refuse to sign any paperwork that would indemnify the hospital staff for lawsuits or any paper work agreeing to pay.

[Anonymous]

In Japan, the cities of Osaka and Tokyo have cancelled their cherry blossom festivals.

Given how popular these festivals are, this is huge containment step by the authorities.

[Anonymous]

Something like half of South Korea's over 3000 cases are members of the Shinjeonchi church.

A former Shinjeonji member explains church practices that could be responsible for COVID-19 spreading so quickly among its members.

"According to former member Duhyen Kim, attendance at services was mandatory. Members need to swipe in and out of services with a special card, and any absence was followed up on. Sickness was not a reason to miss services.

He describes how, when he was a member, followers would sit on the floor during hours-long services "packed together like sardines."

And according to Kim, attendees are not allowed to wear anything on their faces -- even glasses -- during prayer time."


https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-02-29-20-intl-hnk/index.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:South Korea reports its greatest number of cases in one day, 813, indicating it likely has some ways to go before peaking.

Number of cases now exceeds 3000.

Totals: 3150 cases, 17 deaths.

It’s horrible to see how this spread so quickly from China

[Anonymous]

Guessing about 60 new community spread cases out left coast way in a few days. the juice is loose.

[Anonymous]

I believe China's numbers. And the world owes them a huge, gloved, handshake out of gratitude. They acted ferociously and it's working.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I believe China's numbers. And the world owes them a huge, gloved, handshake out of gratitude. They acted ferociously and it's working.

The Chinese government may not be giving accurate information, but the people in China have acted in extraordinary ways. They have done an excellent job of containing this as much as possible. I don’t think we would be acting as they have if the same restraints were imposed on us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I believe China's numbers. And the world owes them a huge, gloved, handshake out of gratitude. They acted ferociously and it's working.

The Chinese government may not be giving accurate information, but the people in China have acted in extraordinary ways. They have done an excellent job of containing this as much as possible. I don’t think we would be acting as they have if the same restraints were imposed on us.

Yes, I agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I believe China's numbers. And the world owes them a huge, gloved, handshake out of gratitude. They acted ferociously and it's working.

I would not go so far as to say I totally believe their numbers and we have the fact they hid their cases at the beginning, allowing a huge celebratory dinner for 40,000 people to proceed in Wuhan in mid-January.

However, China's very aggressive containment measures once they acknowledged the problem were very much responsible for slowing the spread throughout the rest of China and from there to the world.

It also helped enormously that many countries shut down travel from China early.