Anyone have an update for the coronavirus?

[Baitball Blogger]

I thought I heard on a news teaser that someone exposed 40 people? Where was that?

[defacto7]

1. That particular news I don't know.

But virus stats are here:

COVID-19 stats

889 new cases in China today
118 deaths

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. that's my go- to site. looking at log versions of the graphs interesting

look to be levelling off.

[defacto7]

6. Hmmm

889 new cases in China just today
118 deaths

More than double yesterday's new cases.

[Ms. Toad]

27. But yesterday's new cases were abnormally low

except when compared to the first tracking days.

[defacto7]

32. Today's new cases...

1561 new cases total
1316 in China
121 deaths

1 day
daily rise from 400 to 900 to 1550+

What was reported in the early stages is not relevant to the present because there was little data and no indication of contamination. Now there's more data and the recent numbers (2 weeks or less) has relavance to the way the disease is affecting people. New cases are rising now in a longer term curve but still rising. In another week or two we might know more.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. Good site!

[defacto7]

10. Yeah, it has about everthing including

comments by experts worldwide and the stats are from the top world orgs. The info is well organized.

[dixiegrrrrl]

21. I check this site around 6 pm:

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

Right now:

Coronavirus Cases:
76,738


Deaths:
2,247

the site has stats for each country affected, and lots of other headings. Most cases still in China.

[lapfog_1]

26. john hopkins CSSE

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

[nocoincidences]

28. flutrackers.com

has several forums discussing this in detail, including Google translations from Chinese sites which are amazingly readable.

This is pretty lengthy but it is a frightening point to think about. People are not getting betterr very quickly and the hospital beds are filling up.

Google Translation:

"But you will find that the most serious problem is that the number of people recovering has been very small, only a few thousand people have accumulated, but it has been more than 4 weeks, and the number of people in the continuous treatment of intermediate illness is still more than 50,000. We and I don't know how long this time will be delayed. "

These people may need a respirator or even Ye Kemian. Regardless of the respirator, the number of patients alone is so large. It is conceivable that even beds are not enough. How can they be treated carefully? "If the number of cases in Taipei suddenly increases due to a community infection, it will paralyze the entire city like Wuhan," Zhang said. "It is difficult for us to imagine the urgent situation in Wuhan now."

Professor Zhang Nanxuan emphasized that the most serious thing in the course of the disease is that the patients are stuck in the "ill" state. Except that the patients themselves are very distressed, the manpower and medical expenses required are huge. Just as Wuhan has now built two hospitals and even dispatched troops, the factories have stopped working. "The most difficult thing to solve is" panic ". The sick panic and the caregivers panic. The panic makes everyone rush to grab supplies and masks."
...
Next Zhang Nanzheng analyzed the possible normal distribution of the course of the flu. The total number of illnesses in the flu is high. Although the mortality rate is low, it still kills a lot of lives. In just two weeks, almost all people who are sick in the middle will move to the right and become fully recovered.
...
"The reason why we don't feel anything is because the disease is coming and going fast on the individual. After just 2 weeks, the patient will recover to health and return to work. The curve of the number of people who are cured will move to the right instead of stagnation like Wuhan pneumonia Don't move forward, "Zhang Nanxun pointed out.

He said with emotion, although it was said to stabilize the people and avoid panic, doctors can't claim that Wuhan pneumonia is similar to the flu. The severity is extraordinary. "

Zhang Nanxun said that it is not yet known whether the disease can be completely cured in the future. If the epidemic is prolonged, the death toll will continue to rise and the consequences will be serious. In addition, a coronavirus infection will have permanent damage to the body. As long as the lungs are inflamed, they will leave traces for a lifetime, unlike flu, which is unlikely to have sequelae. Therefore, Professor Zhang Nanxun appealed that Wuhan pneumonia must not be underestimated.

https://www.hk01.com/%E5%81%A5%E5%BA...B0%8B%E5%B8%B8

[defacto7]

30. This is very enlightening.

If I'm reading this correctly, those who get the virus and do not suffer the pneumonic portion of the sickness recover in 2 weeks on average. Those who fall into Wuhan pneumonia have extremly severe reactions that last long and leave lung scars that don't heal even if they recover. I know that Pneumonia scars are common from any source but it sounds like this may be worse. It also says they don't know if the virus can be completely cured. That may be refering to the scaring. There's a lot more.

I think this is worthy of its own OP. It's a site and information source that a lot of us are interested in knowing. As a comment it won't get much traction.

Thanks

[JHB]

2. Not about that, but I'll repost URL for Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by Johns Hopkins CSSE

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

Stats as of 9:43 EST 2/20/2020:

Total Confirmed Cases: 76,497
Total Deaths: 2,247
Total Recovered: 18,440

Vast majority in each category in mainland China.

[Leghorn21]

4. Can you read tweets, BB? Great updates here

https://twitter.com/BNODesk

And I think you are referring to the church in Japan:

“The 52 new cases today includes 39 patients linked to the church, 1 to a hospital, and 12 others who are still under investigation, including 3 in Seoul”

hard times

[Baitball Blogger]

8. I wanted to buy some N95 masks in bulk because I use them

often in the garden and when I'm paint spraying. I worry that if this thing hits the US there won't be any on the shelves, because they are impossible to buy in bulk. I don't know if people realize.

I tried to buy them on Amazon and it wasn't until after the arrival date that the shipper said that China doesn't allow them to be shipped out. Not that I mind, but why did they wait four weeks to tell me?

[Leghorn21]

12. Oh, I doubt anybody realizes just what we might be in for, BB - I'm sorry you can't get your

masks, but I have the feeling things are just INSANE in China right now, so there will most likely be tons of delays and miscommunications and other forms of chaos for quite some time -

[Baitball Blogger]

15. I know. Those poor people. I just can't believe how many stupid or careless things that are

happening that is making quarantine difficult.

[Totally Tunsie]

22. UPDATE: DO NOT ORDER FROM THIS COMPANY!

MY ITEMS WERE JUST RECEIVED AND ARE NOT AS ORDERED. THESE ARE NOT N95 RESPIRATOR MASKS. Received simple cotton masks without filters and respirator valves. Will be attempting to receive refund.

Here is my original posting so you can see where NOT to order.

This company ships from Seoul, S. Korea,and currently has them in stock. I ordered several last week when they still had them in white and on sale for $14.95/ea. Tracking tells me they've already been shipped. Their supply is more limited today.

I know nothing about this company, but took a chance when the price dropped. Order at your own risk!

https://modernbeyond.com/products/n95-face-mask-respirator-1?variant=32204949913738&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1uvri4jY5wIVxp6zCh3C5QkYEAQYASABEgKEB_D_BwE

Note: Not being an alarmist, but I was a Girl Scout. "Be prepared."

[shanti]

23. I got one of those a couple of weeks ago in black

on Amazon. As was said, no longer available. They're kind of hard to breathe with tho. Two days ago, I caught a stomach flu and have been in bed since. Severe headache and nausea/vomiting. It is miserable. It's not a regular flu, as there are no respiratory symptoms, so no antiviral available.

I have a dr. appt. tomorrow, and hope she'll give me some anti-nausea and stronger than Aleve headache meds, cause they aren't cutting it.

[Totally Tunsie]

25. Seems like quite a few places are selling out, as is Amazon.

My son was in Home Depot last weekend and said people were buying masks by the cartons. He spoke with a woman who was sending them to relatives in China because they're difficult to find there. Strange - they're made in China, shipped here for sale, and now these have to make the round trip back.

Feel better soon, shanti. Pull the covers over your head and try to sleep through it.

Sending a virtual DU hug:

[shanti]

35. Thank you!

My son brought me some Pedialyte and Gatorade and that seemed to do the trick. I feel about 75% better (and a couple of pounds lighter).

[Lefta Dissenter]

13. That would be South Korea, by the way, not Japan

The church, that is.

I’ve been paying attention to that one because I have family in Japan, and my daughter-in-law’s cousin from Seoul is supposed to visit them this weekend. Ugh.

I’m scheduled to travel to Japan this spring, but will likely be postponing the visit. But WTF is going to happen to the Olympics in Japan this summer, if this doesn’t turn around fast?

[captain queeg]

5. Ive been watching a site called worldometers.info

Gets updated at least daily.

[defacto7]

7. That's what I posted above

[captain queeg]

17. Great minds think alike!

[defacto7]

11. To add... updated every 12 hours.

[applegrove]

14. Well bats carry many types of coronaviruses so the sooner we can get

a vaccine the better.

[defacto7]

18. That is for sure. Last estimate I heard was early 2021.

I think they will push harder to speed it up if this continues.

[applegrove]

19. I pray it goes away with the warm weather but i'm not sure it will.

[CanonRay]

16. Korea.

Some woman infected 37 people in her church and many more are suspected. Plus it's now in two Chinese prisons

[PufPuf23]

20. One Case of Covid-19 (Previously Known as Novel Coronavirus) in Humboldt County

There was a press release today that there is a case in my home county (Humboldt county on north coast of California). There is nothing specific offered about the case (who, where, etc.) and info on local medical facilities and common sense.
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Press release from the Department of Health and Human Services:

The Humboldt County Department of Health & Human Services Public Health Branch has received confirmation from the California Department of Public Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of one case of COVID-19 in a Humboldt County resident. A close contact who has symptoms is being tested as well.

This marks the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in Humboldt County. Presently, the ill individuals are doing well and self-isolating at home, while being monitored for symptoms by the Public Health Communicable Disease Surveillance and Control Unit.

Close contacts of these individuals will also be quarantined at home and monitored for symptoms by Public Health staff. With the amount of foreign travel by county residents, including travel to China, it is not surprising that a case has emerged locally. Additional cases may occur either in returning travelers or their close contacts.

“It’s important to remember that the risk to the general public remains low at this time,” said Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Teresa Frankovich.

More at link: http://kymkemp.com/2020/02/20/one-case-of-covid-19-previously-known-as-novel-coronavirus-in-humboldt-county/

[shanti]

24. What I want to know is

who picked California as the dropoff point(s)?

[PufPuf23]

31. Humboldt county is a rural county

far from Los Angeles (like 800 miles) and 300 miles north of San Francisco. There is a small commercial airport that does have direct flight to and from San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Denver.

No way to tell from the lack of information about the local infection.

[shanti]

36. I'm familiar

with Humboldt, attending ROTR many times there (I'm in Sac). But not everyone on these flights is a Californian. But we still get TWO sites, Travis and March, with greater chances to infect Californians. Why not Texas or Florida, for example. Anyway it bugs me.

[nocoincidences]

29. It may appear that new cases have slowed in China

in the last few days, but it has to do with another change...the sixth... in the diagnostic criteria.

No more inclusion of clinical diagnoses in the new cases, ONLY lab confirmed diagnoses.

https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/20/experts-say-confusion-over-coronavirus-case-count-in-china-is-muddying-picture-of-spread/

[nocoincidences]

33. This Twitter feed

can be quite unnerving. Welding people inside of buildings and apartments in Wuhan.....

https://twitter.com/hashtag/coronavirus?src=hashtag_click

[Corgigal]

34. I also check,

Dr. John Campbell on YouTube. British doc, honest and facts. When you get a few mins, check it out and let me know what you think.

[dalton99a]

37. Kick