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Wuhan virus (coronavirus) arrives in the USA
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Anonymous
Right. |
Anonymous
But by the same token why do we follow and watch China? |
Anonymous
Uh... that’s where it started? |
Anonymous
Both Germany and France have indicated they cannot trace the spread from person to person: - Feb. 26: “We are at the beginning of a coronavirus epidemic in Germany,” said German Health Minister Jens Spahn, adding that infection chains can no longer be tracked in Germany "A new stage of the epidemic has been reached. We’re now moved to stage 2: which means the virus circulates in our territory and we have to slow down its spread." said French Health Minister Olivier Véran. From https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ |
Anonymous
Follow this story avidly, have done no prepping or stocking up, and have never used hand sanitizer and don't plan on doing so. Have never had health anxiety. It really is no different from following primary elections or all the games of March madness, but I find it much more interesting because the virus is global and its path unpredictable. Who would have thought a cruise ship, a Shi'ite pilgrimage, and a Korean cult site could be such vectors of contagion? Which countries show themselves as virus deniers or bad actors (looking at you Indonesia and Iran). Which countries are rising to the occasion (we knew Singapore would be exemplary but Italy has exceeded expectations). What country gets hit next--is it from China, Italy, or Iran, or, my bet for a wave over South America, Spain? |
Anonymous
A story was posted this morning about three health workers testing positive. 50 of their colleagues at a Paris hospital are in home quarantine. |
Anonymous
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FYI from Chinese Center for Disease Control.
72?314 Cases (as of February 11, 2020) Confirmed cases: 44?672 (62%) Suspected cases: 16?186 (22%) Diagnosed cases: 10?567 (15%) Asymptomatic cases: 889 (1%) Age distribution (N?=?44?672) ?80 years: 3% (1408 cases) 30-79 years: 87% (38?680 cases) 20-29 years: 8% (3619 cases) 10-19 years: 1% (549 cases) <10 years: 1% (416 cases) Spectrum of disease (N?=?44?415) Mild: 81% (36?160 cases) Severe: 14% (6168 cases) Critical: 5% (2087 cases) Case-fatality rate 2.3% (1023 of 44?672 confirmed cases) 14.8% in patients aged ?80 years (208 of 1408) 8.0% in patients aged 70-79 years (312 of 3918) 49.0% in critical cases (1023 of 2087) Health care personnel infected 3.8% (1716 of 44?672) 63% in Wuhan (1080 of 1716) 14.8% cases classified as severe or critical (247 of 1668) 5 deaths Take it for what it’s worth from China but the numbers are sobering esp with severe or critical cases and mortality rates. Also very concerning is the numbers with health care personnel. |
Anonymous
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Re: Vulnerability of health care workers
In Italy, 10 percent of the cases are health workers. |
Anonymous
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In just the last nine days, coronavirus has shown up for the first time in 34 countries:
Lebanon Oman Israel Afghanistan Greece Denmark Austria Estonia Romania North Macedonia Georgia Pakistan Norway Spain Brazil Algeria Switzerland Croatia Bahrain Kuwait Ecuador Luxembourg Iceland Monaco Mexico Nigeria New Zealand Netherlands Northern Ireland Belarus Lithuania Qatar Ireland San Marino |
Anonymous
| Mexico now has four cases. |
Anonymous
| Why has this been labeled a pandemic yet? |
Anonymous
| *hasn’t |
Anonymous
At some point I may decide to self quarantine myself and my kids. |
Anonymous
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Possible Outbreak in a health facility in Washington state. CNN Washington state health officials are investigating a possible outbreak of coronavirus at a long-term nursing facility in which two people tested positive for the disease. More than 50 residents and staff from the Life Care Center in Kirkland are experiencing symptoms, and will be tested for coronavirus, said Dr. Jeffrey Duchin, health officer for Seattle and King County. The news comes the same day the first US death from coronavirus was reported in Washington state, health officials said Saturday. The man in his 50s, who had underlying health conditions, was not a resident at the care facility. The two positive tests associated with the nursing facility include a 40-year-old female health care worker who has no known travel outside the US and is in satisfactory condition at a local hospital, officials said. The second one, a woman in her 70s, is hospitalized in serious condition. "In addition, we're aware of a number of individuals associated with the long-term care facility who are reportedly ill with respiratory symptoms or pneumonia, and we're in the process of investigating this situation as an outbreak," Duchin said. "We're in the beginning stages of our investigation and new details." |
Anonymous
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for the first time ever Recovered cases almost at even 50%
Recovery curve gets sharp. Whole world Coronavirus Cases: 86,993 total out of which: Mild 34,077 Severe 7,568 Deaths: 2,979 Recovered: 42,369 https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ |