Wuhan virus (coronavirus) arrives in the USA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dr. Tedros of WHO gave a briefing today. He compared CV to flu.

"This #coronavirus is not SARS, it’s not MERS & it’s not influenza. It is a unique virus with unique characteristics.

Both #COVID19 & influenza cause respiratory disease & spread the same way, via small droplets of fluid from the nose & mouth of someone who is sick"-

"However, there are some important differences.

First, #COVID19 does not transmit as efficiently as influenza.

With influenza, people who are infected but not yet sick are major drivers of transmission, which does not appear to be the case for COVID-19"-

"Evidence from China is that only 1% of reported #COVID19 cases do not have symptoms & most of those cases develop symptoms within 2 days.

Some countries are looking for cases of COVID-19 using surveillance systems for influenza & other respiratory diseases"-

"Countries such as China, Ghana, Singapore & elsewhere have found very few cases of #COVID19 among such samples – or no cases at all"-

https://twitter.com/WHO

WTF? I thought it was now know that asymptomatic people could spread it? The WHO sounds like a waste of money.

I think what they're saying is while there have been SOME cases of this, it is not statistically significant.

I don’t believe them. The Chinese say otherwise and they’ve the most experience with it. The WHO is just trying to stem panic. I went to Giant yesterday and they were almost sold out of hand soap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dr. Tedros of WHO gave a briefing today. He compared CV to flu.

"This #coronavirus is not SARS, it’s not MERS & it’s not influenza. It is a unique virus with unique characteristics.

Both #COVID19 & influenza cause respiratory disease & spread the same way, via small droplets of fluid from the nose & mouth of someone who is sick"-

"However, there are some important differences.

First, #COVID19 does not transmit as efficiently as influenza.

With influenza, people who are infected but not yet sick are major drivers of transmission, which does not appear to be the case for COVID-19"-

"Evidence from China is that only 1% of reported #COVID19 cases do not have symptoms & most of those cases develop symptoms within 2 days.

Some countries are looking for cases of COVID-19 using surveillance systems for influenza & other respiratory diseases"-

"Countries such as China, Ghana, Singapore & elsewhere have found very few cases of #COVID19 among such samples – or no cases at all"-

https://twitter.com/WHO

WTF? I thought it was now know that asymptomatic people could spread it? The WHO sounds like a waste of money.

I think what they're saying is while there have been SOME cases of this, it is not statistically significant.

So how did it spread in Washington State for an estimated 6 weeks flying under the radar?

It's cold and flu season. It's easy for a respiratory virus to hide under the radar, especially if the vast majority of people have mild symptoms.

[Anonymous]

Here's some more real numbers from South Korea:

5,186 Confirmed
31 Dead
34 Released from treatment

121,039 Total Tested
35,555 Awaiting test results
85,484 Tested Negative

So you're looking at about 90,000 completed tests, with 5186 positives. That's pretty positive, compared to what it looked like at first from numbers coming out of China.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's some more real numbers from South Korea:

5,186 Confirmed
31 Dead
34 Released from treatment

121,039 Total Tested
35,555 Awaiting test results
85,484 Tested Negative

So you're looking at about 90,000 completed tests, with 5186 positives. That's pretty positive, compared to what it looked like at first from numbers coming out of China.

Over 120 THOUSAND people were tested? I’m blowed away by this. Is this since December? How are they doing it logicistically? And how do they have so many test kits??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's some more real numbers from South Korea:

5,186 Confirmed
31 Dead
34 Released from treatment

121,039 Total Tested
35,555 Awaiting test results
85,484 Tested Negative

So you're looking at about 90,000 completed tests, with 5186 positives. That's pretty positive, compared to what it looked like at first from numbers coming out of China.

Over 120 THOUSAND people were tested? I’m blowed away by this. Is this since December? How are they doing it logicistically? And how do they have so many test kits??

It makes the USA look like some third world country with how backward our so-called testing is. The South Koreans also have drive through testing. We will never have anything close to what they are doing for testing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's some more real numbers from South Korea:

5,186 Confirmed
31 Dead
34 Released from treatment

121,039 Total Tested
35,555 Awaiting test results
85,484 Tested Negative

So you're looking at about 90,000 completed tests, with 5186 positives. That's pretty positive, compared to what it looked like at first from numbers coming out of China.

Over 120 THOUSAND people were tested? I’m blowed away by this. Is this since December? How are they doing it logicistically? And how do they have so many test kits??

They are doing drive-thru testing:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/south-korea-takes-fast-food-approach-to-covid-19-testing-1.4835570

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's some more real numbers from South Korea:

5,186 Confirmed
31 Dead
34 Released from treatment

121,039 Total Tested
35,555 Awaiting test results
85,484 Tested Negative

So you're looking at about 90,000 completed tests, with 5186 positives. That's pretty positive, compared to what it looked like at first from numbers coming out of China.

Over 120 THOUSAND people were tested? I’m blowed away by this. Is this since December? How are they doing it logicistically? And how do they have so many test kits??

They are doing drive-thru testing:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/south-korea-takes-fast-food-approach-to-covid-19-testing-1.4835570

This is amazing. I am so impressed. Medical professionals dressed in hazmat suits swab you and you get results via text message in three days! I wish my regular medical tests worked this way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's some more real numbers from South Korea:

5,186 Confirmed
31 Dead
34 Released from treatment

121,039 Total Tested
35,555 Awaiting test results
85,484 Tested Negative

So you're looking at about 90,000 completed tests, with 5186 positives. That's pretty positive, compared to what it looked like at first from numbers coming out of China.

Over 120 THOUSAND people were tested? I’m blowed away by this. Is this since December? How are they doing it logicistically? And how do they have so many test kits??

CDC could have used the already developed WHO test. They decided to make their own complicated test instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's some more real numbers from South Korea:

5,186 Confirmed
31 Dead
34 Released from treatment

121,039 Total Tested
35,555 Awaiting test results
85,484 Tested Negative

So you're looking at about 90,000 completed tests, with 5186 positives. That's pretty positive, compared to what it looked like at first from numbers coming out of China.

Over 120 THOUSAND people were tested? I’m blowed away by this. Is this since December? How are they doing it logicistically? And how do they have so many test kits??

They are doing drive-thru testing:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/south-korea-takes-fast-food-approach-to-covid-19-testing-1.4835570

Curious, why are there so many potted plants under the tent? Is this a parking lot for a home store or something not related to the testing?

Also curious how they are storing all the samples as they take them. One parking lot testing 380+ people a day is pretty impressive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's some more real numbers from South Korea:

5,186 Confirmed
31 Dead
34 Released from treatment

121,039 Total Tested
35,555 Awaiting test results
85,484 Tested Negative

So you're looking at about 90,000 completed tests, with 5186 positives. That's pretty positive, compared to what it looked like at first from numbers coming out of China.

Over 120 THOUSAND people were tested? I’m blowed away by this. Is this since December? How are they doing it logicistically? And how do they have so many test kits??

CDC could have used the already developed WHO test. They decided to make their own complicated test instead.

I assume because the cdc test is more accurate. Anyone know how the accuracy compares with the cdc and who tests?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's some more real numbers from South Korea:

5,186 Confirmed
31 Dead
34 Released from treatment

121,039 Total Tested
35,555 Awaiting test results
85,484 Tested Negative

So you're looking at about 90,000 completed tests, with 5186 positives. That's pretty positive, compared to what it looked like at first from numbers coming out of China.

Over 120 THOUSAND people were tested? I’m blowed away by this. Is this since December? How are they doing it logicistically? And how do they have so many test kits??

It makes the USA look like some third world country with how backward our so-called testing is. The South Koreans also have drive through testing. We will never have anything close to what they are doing for testing.

+1. My husband has symptoms but no known exposure and would definitely get a drive thru test if he could.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's some more real numbers from South Korea:

5,186 Confirmed
31 Dead
34 Released from treatment

121,039 Total Tested
35,555 Awaiting test results
85,484 Tested Negative

So you're looking at about 90,000 completed tests, with 5186 positives. That's pretty positive, compared to what it looked like at first from numbers coming out of China.

Over 120 THOUSAND people were tested? I’m blowed away by this. Is this since December? How are they doing it logicistically? And how do they have so many test kits??

CDC could have used the already developed WHO test. They decided to make their own complicated test instead.

I assume because the cdc test is more accurate. Anyone know how the accuracy compares with the cdc and who tests?

Actually so far the CDC test is not more accurate. It was meant to test for more than just COVID-19. It has been LESS accurate. This called a stall where they had to stop testing because it was giving false positives for the other viruses. There are still experts questioning the accuracy of the test for COVID-19 itself. They have kinks to work out. Should have just gone with the WHO test.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's some more real numbers from South Korea:

5,186 Confirmed
31 Dead
34 Released from treatment

121,039 Total Tested
35,555 Awaiting test results
85,484 Tested Negative

So you're looking at about 90,000 completed tests, with 5186 positives. That's pretty positive, compared to what it looked like at first from numbers coming out of China.

Over 120 THOUSAND people were tested? I’m blowed away by this. Is this since December? How are they doing it logicistically? And how do they have so many test kits??

CDC could have used the already developed WHO test. They decided to make their own complicated test instead.

I assume because the cdc test is more accurate. Anyone know how the accuracy compares with the cdc and who tests?

Actually so far the CDC test is not more accurate. It was meant to test for more than just COVID-19. It has been LESS accurate. This called a stall where they had to stop testing because it was giving false positives for the other viruses. There are still experts questioning the accuracy of the test for COVID-19 itself. They have kinks to work out. Should have just gone with the WHO test.

At this point I think we have to humbly beg the Chinese, Koreans, or Singaporeans to just share their tech with us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's some more real numbers from South Korea:

5,186 Confirmed
31 Dead
34 Released from treatment

121,039 Total Tested
35,555 Awaiting test results
85,484 Tested Negative

So you're looking at about 90,000 completed tests, with 5186 positives. That's pretty positive, compared to what it looked like at first from numbers coming out of China.

Over 120 THOUSAND people were tested? I’m blowed away by this. Is this since December? How are they doing it logicistically? And how do they have so many test kits??

CDC could have used the already developed WHO test. They decided to make their own complicated test instead.

I assume because the cdc test is more accurate. Anyone know how the accuracy compares with the cdc and who tests?

Flaws with the CDC test:
https://www.propublica.org/article/cdc-coronavirus-covid-19-test

[Anonymous]

What is South Korea doing with the positive results. The positive people have been going about life for three days while awaiting test results so who knows how many people they spread it to. Are all 5000+ people and everyone around them being quarantined? How many of these 5000 identified through drive through a has symptoms and how many required hospitalization?