SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19

[Blarg]

14 hours ago, yk9001 said:

Pope may have it

https://nypost.com/2020/02/27/pope-francis-sick-a-day-after-supporting-coronavirus-sufferers/

If he gets it, how on earth is Pence's prayers going to help?

Pence is evangelical. 

[gotbeer]

A dog in Hong Kong tests positive for the coronavirus, WHO officials confirm

Doggian flu.  Pretty soon they will talk.  The movies said so.  

[Jason]

4 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

A dog in Hong Kong tests positive for the coronavirus, WHO officials confirm

Doggian flu.  Pretty soon they will talk.  The movies said so.  

Great, they eat those dogs too 

[Lhalo]

9 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

A dog in Hong Kong tests positive for the coronavirus, WHO officials confirm

Doggian flu.  Pretty soon they will talk.  The movies said so.  

The US doesn't have enough tests to know how many people here have the virus yet Honk Kong has so many they can test dogs. Makes sense.

[gotbeer]

Just now, Lhalo said:

The US doesn't have enough tests to know how many people here have the virus yet Honk Kong has so many they can test dogs. Makes sense.

Well, I mean all the test kits are probably made in China.  So it's not like it has to go far.  It just has to get past the protesters.

[Lhalo]

18 hours ago, yk9001 said:

Pope may have it

https://nypost.com/2020/02/27/pope-francis-sick-a-day-after-supporting-coronavirus-sufferers/

If he gets it, how on earth is Pence's prayers going to help?

Iran's ambassador to the Vatican just died from the virus. 

[Lhalo]

All the Mexicans at my work are calling this the cabróna virus. 

[Tank]

56 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

A dog in Hong Kong tests positive for the coronavirus, WHO officials confirm

Doggian flu.  Pretty soon they will talk.  The movies said so.  

already here, buddy.

[Rico]

A 65-year-old resident of Santa Clara County, Calif., who has no known history of travel to countries hit hard by the outbreak, has tested positive for coronavirus, people familiar with the case said Friday.

There is no known connection between the new patient and anyone else diagnosed with the disease, known as covid-19. On Wednesday, health authorities revealed the nation’s first case of community transmission, a woman in Solano County, about 90 miles away.

That means the virus appears to be spreading among at least two separate populations, according to people who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the information has not been released publicly.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/02/28/coronavirus-live-updates/

[Blarg]

Drop the bomb, now! 

[Tank]

1 hour ago, Blarg said:

Drop the bomb, now! 

[Redondo]

Cotton calls China travel ban 'the single most consequential and valuable thing' done to slow coronavirus

“The single most consequential and valuable thing done to stop this virus from already spreading throughout the United States was when President Trump decided to shut down travel to China last month,” Cotton said, referring to the administration's announcement Jan. 31 that it would temporarily bar foreigners from entering the U.S. if they had been to China within the previous 14 days.

Cotton said that though former Vice President Joe Biden accused Trump of xenophobia and The Washington Post said that Trump overreacted, “the so-called experts who opposed the decision at the time” eventually admitted that it “bought valuable time to prevent the spread of this virus in the United States.”

Cotton said that as a result of Trump banning travel from China, the administration was able to stock drugs and medical equipment, work on vaccines and therapeutics, and “getting testing kits out to the front line.”

Edited February 29, 2020 by Redondo

[fan_since79]

President Trump to hold press conference at 10:30 am our time.

I hope they stop flights from Italy. Cases are exploding there.

I also hope the shortage of masks and test kits is alleviated.

[fan_since79]

One new death in Washington state. Here we go.

The virus itself is obviously no conspiracy against Trump. That's silly talk.

The media attacks on Trump are ongoing however. Never let a medical crisis go to waste.

[ten ocho recon scout]

On 2/28/2020 at 10:14 AM, Lhalo said:

 Honk Kong 

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

18 hours ago, Blarg said:

Drop the bomb, now! 

 

[fan_since79]

good press conference...sober words but emphasizing the need not to panic. 

Don't travel to affected areas to begin with. Then of course the other means to lower the risk of spreading the disease.

Anticipate more cases, but the current risk to the American people remains low.

Some perspective:

Coronavirus, 22 U.S. cases, 1 dead, 4 seriously ill. Woman who died had preexisting serious health conditions.

Regular flu, 32 million cases, 18,000 flu deaths

(CDC data as of February 29th)

[tdawg87]

Did he mention Hillary at all?

[fan_since79]

Dr. Fauci is very impressive. Lays it all out clearly and carefully.

Vast majority of the coronavirus deaths worldwide are in the elderly and/or those with underlying medical conditions.

[fan_since79]

3M with a contract to make 35 million masks a month. 50 million in stock right now.

 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

On 1/20/2020 at 7:43 PM, Tank said:

I’m hearing rumors that on his first day in the White House, president Tom Steyer is going to sign an executive order outlawing this virus.

Sounds like something that Trump would do, and declare the problem solved.

People are freaking out about this. There are no cases in Nevada, still our Medical Director felt compelled to hold a telephone conference on Thursday to brief wardens. I had to participate in case any of them had questions. About all that came out of it is that we are buying enough digital thermometers so that we can spot check temperatures during pill pass, since a significantly elevated temperature is one of the early signs. Otherwise, preventing its spread is pretty much like preventing any other virus: frequent hand washing, sanitize environmental surfaces, mask for anyone with a persistent cough or sneezing, isolate those who exhibit symptoms until they subside, treat symptoms.

Years ago, the warden at the facility where I worked was similarly losing it over Ebola. She was insistent that I draft a policy covering Ebola. I told her no, that our policies are not disease-specific, and that our infection control measures are sufficient.

[notherhalo]

Ive been getting quote requests for 3M masks, in the millions

at least 3-4 this past week

[notherhalo]

prices on amazon are insane

[Jason]

apparently masks only work on medical professionals

[Jason]

I’ve got this bad boy