Wuhan virus (coronavirus) arrives in the USA

[Anonymous]

China's bout with the outbreak is far from over.

They've quarantined in one form or another more than 10% of their total population, about 57 million people in all. The entire province of Hubei, about the same population as France, has been shut down for over 6 weeks. No school, only essential workers can leave the home. Everyone stays indoors unless they have permission to leave. Someone from the community neighborhood watch brings food by.

They are having mental health issues now from the strain.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/coronavirus-lockdown-china-raises-mental-health-concerns-200229110758698.html

info on the lockdown of 57 million people from wikipedia

On 23 January 2020, the central government of the People's Republic of China imposed a lockdown in Wuhan and other cities in Hubei province in an effort to quarantine the epicentre of an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This was the first known instance in modern history of locking down a major city of as many as 11 million people, and the incident was commonly referred to in the media as the "Wuhan lockdown" (Chinese: ????; pinyin: W?hàn f?ng chéng). The World Health Organization (WHO), although stating that it was beyond its own guidelines, commended the move, calling it "unprecedented in public health history".[2] The lockdown in Wuhan set the precedence for similar measures in other Chinese cities. Within hours of the Wuhan lockdown, travel restrictions were also imposed on the nearby cities of Huanggang and Ezhou, and were eventually imposed on all 15 other cities in Hubei, affecting a total of about 57 million people.[3][4] On 2 February 2020, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, implemented a seven-day lockdown in which only one person per household was allowed to exit once each two days, and most of the highway exits were closed.[5]

You cannot look at China and say that the outbreak is over, or soon to be over. They cannot keep so many people in lockdown for much longer, and when they finally lift the restrictions, they will need to see if the outbreak will continue to spread.

I don't think there are many countries that could do what China did here. So we cannot expect our infection rates will be as low as in China.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hospital sources in Iran tell BBC that the number of deaths in that country is at least 6 times what has been reported.

The story appeared yesterday when deaths stood at 34, while sources gave it as 210.

Iran's numbers for today stand at 593 cases and 43 deaths. The death number is the highest outside China, but it would be more like 250 if one extrapolates for today based on what the hospital sources have reported.

If we assume a 5% death rate given how swamped the health system is and the shortage of supplies, that would indicate something like 5,000 cases. The number would be 10,000 with a 2.5% death rate and 25,000 with a 1% death rate.

All of these are within ranges estimated by various experts analyzing flight patterns between Iran and countries it has exported cases to. Some estimates range into the tens of thousands of cases.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51673053

Because Iran has been handling this beautifully and their health care system is so fabulous, even without being swamped. And let’s all cheer for Iran’s history of human rights...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hospital sources in Iran tell BBC that the number of deaths in that country is at least 6 times what has been reported.

A lot of Iranians (and other people in the middle east) suffer from diabetes -- I read as many as 10% of the population. And those with diabetes are more likely to have severe disease with COVID.

[Anonymous]

Jeez.... in the us 9.6 percent have diabetes so very similar to the middle east.

[Anonymous]

New case in Illinois.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:New case in Illinois.

Source?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New case in Illinois.

Source?

https://twitter.com/MarParNews/status/1233929105101467648?s=20

Cook County resident, hospitalized

[Anonymous]

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cook-county-state-health-officials-confirm-coronavirus-case/2228843/

https://www.kron4.com/health/coronavirus/4th-case-of-coronavirus-confirmed-in-santa-clara-county/

New in Illinois and another one in Santa Clara

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jeez.... in the us 9.6 percent have diabetes so very similar to the middle east.

And 460 000 die from smoking...and 30 ppp from second hand smoking...and80 000 from the flu.. all those people are in the cross hair of this thing.

[Anonymous]

We should follow germany.. they have modern system so we can see how it will go there. Many similar markers to our society.

[Anonymous]

Yeh btw.. how are...France, Germany , UK doing ? All got so quiet.

[Anonymous]

Not trying to troll. Genuinely curious: What do you gain by following this so feverishly (so to speak) and tracking/posting each new case?
Aren't you making yourself really anxious? Beyond stocking up on food and meds, washing your hands, avoiding socializing if sick -- what else can you do?

[Anonymous]

This is world table by country cases, new cases,deats, recoveries from all countries...
Many countries rose by a lot.. quite lot.

Hard to tel what is local spread and what are imported hrom china and
Cruise as those blur the picture. So usw US as benchmark...

Italy 1049 active... 50 recovered..28 deaths..
France 86.............12"................2
Germany 63...... ......16.................0
UK .......... 15..............8..................0
USA......... .60.............7.......... .......1
Switzerland. 19.............0...................0
Australia......... 10.............15..................0

Singapore.........30.............72................7

This table is amazing:

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not trying to troll. Genuinely curious: What do you gain by following this so feverishly (so to speak) and tracking/posting each new case?
Aren't you making yourself really anxious? Beyond stocking up on food and meds, washing your hands, avoiding socializing if sick -- what else can you do?

If this is not worth watching trying to understand and predict. Then what you must think about sports fans when their life does not depend on what may come. Understanding is human.

We share news..exchange data here thats is what we do here don’t we, isnt it why you came.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We should follow germany.. they have modern system so we can see how it will go there. Many similar markers to our society.

No. They have sick leave and national health insurance. We do not.