SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19

[Redondo]

Wuhan, Hubei report zero new cases of coronavirus

Chinese health officials said Thursday local time that the epicenter of the coronavirus and its surrounding province -- Wuhan and Hubei, respectively -- have not reported any new cases but recorded eight more deaths in the same area.

The health ministry said 34 new cases in the country over the past 24 hours were detected in people who live abroad. Of the new cases, 21 were in Beijing, nine in the southern manufacturing powerhouse of Guangdong, two in Shanghai, and one each in coastal Zhejiang and Heilongjing in the far northeast.

The eight deaths were in Wuhan, where the virus was first reported in December 2019. Overall, the country has recorded nearly 81,000 coronavirus cases and 3,245 deaths. Another 70,240 people have been released from hospitals and just over 7,200 are still being treated.

Chinese leaders have begun loosening tough travel restrictions that have kept many inside. Mandatory 14-day quarantines, however, have been stepped up on those arriving from overseas.

[Redondo]

Coronavirus questions answered: Is it safe to open your mail amid the Coronavirus pandemic?

Speaking via Skype from Orlando, Fla., on “Fox & Friends” Wednesday, infectious disease expert Dr. Dena Grayson answered your questions about the coronavirus pandemic.

Question: Is it safe to open your mail amid the coronavirus pandemic?

Dr. Grayson said, “You have to assume that everything outside of your house has coronavirus on it.”

She then said, as she referenced a study that was published on Tuesday, that the novel coronavirus can “be viable longer on a metal surface potentially up to three days and then on cardboard or paper it’s a little more variable, somewhere perhaps up to 24 hours.”

She recommended using rubber gloves to retrieve mail and washing hands with soap and water after looking through it. She also said it is important not to touch your face during the process.

[Jason]

57 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

Never seen the seasonal flu put 5 in a family in critical condition after it already killed a relative.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/5-members-of-a-nj-family-are-in-critical-condition-after-a-relative-died-of-the-coronavirus/ar-BB11mCho?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=iehp

I’ve never seen any disease do that 

[the dude abides]

1 hour ago, Redondo said:

Coronavirus questions answered: Is it safe to open your mail amid the Coronavirus pandemic?

Speaking via Skype from Orlando, Fla., on “Fox & Friends” Wednesday, infectious disease expert Dr. Dena Grayson answered your questions about the coronavirus pandemic.

Question: Is it safe to open your mail amid the coronavirus pandemic?

Dr. Grayson said, “You have to assume that everything outside of your house has coronavirus on it.”

She then said, as she referenced a study that was published on Tuesday, that the novel coronavirus can “be viable longer on a metal surface potentially up to three days and then on cardboard or paper it’s a little more variable, somewhere perhaps up to 24 hours.”

She recommended using rubber gloves to retrieve mail and washing hands with soap and water after looking through it. She also said it is important not to touch your face during the process.

Is the think tank over at "Fox and Friends" taking this serious now?

[notherhalo]

In China it's still required by law to wear a face mask at all times even though the infection is mostly done, and everyone is complying.  

They can send everyone in America a $1000 check but can't get it together to make 5 cent facemasks for everyone?

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

11 minutes ago, notherhalo said:

In China it's still required by law to wear a face mask at all times even though the infection is mostly done, and everyone is complying.  

They can send everyone in America a $1000 check but can't get it together to make 5 cent facemasks for everyone?

In America we can't even get some people to not go to public places right now and follow a simply lock down.  When all of this started people who had no need for masks started buying them up to the point hospitals and the like were worried they wouldn't be able to get them.  It would be nice if we could be more like China or other countries in some regards to all of this but that ship sailed due to the mentality of too many people in this country.  See the article out there about the brothers who bought up 18K worth of hand sanitizer to try and make a big profit off of it while other people couldn't even find one bottle on shelves. 

[yk9001]

We have a terrible country full of selfish people.  See Clearwater Beach, Fla.

 

My sister in law said a truck pulled up to a house across the street from her yesterday and dropped off a pallet of toilet people.

 

We have terrible, selfish people here who don't work for the common good.

 

Buy local, please.

[Redondo]

Just heard on the radio that a guy has tried combing Hydroxycloroquine which is a malaria drug and a Z pack and it has a 100% success rate. Needs more testing but drugs are available.

Could be a big breakthrough.

Interesting if it could be something this easy. 

Edited March 19, 2020 by Redondo

[T.G.]

5 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

My sister in law said a truck pulled up to a house across the street from her yesterday and dropped off a pallet of toilet people.

[Chuck]

 

[gotbeer]

Larry the Cable Guy is still alive?

[Lou]

4 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Larry the Cable Guy is still alive?

Define alive 

[the dude abides]

1 hour ago, Chuckster70 said:

 

Wow.  That’s some seriously tone deaf fuckery.

 

 

^ ha... pun was unintentional

[Chuck]

5 minutes ago, the dude abides said:

Wow.  That’s some seriously tone deaf fuckery.

Seriously.

[the dude abides]

4 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Seriously.

A pretty good write up on this.  Sums up the pulse of the laypeople.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/will-ferrell-jimmy-fallon-sarah-silverman-and-more-celebrities-sing-imagine-to-console-the-little-people?ref=scroll

 

[Lou]

Sarah Silverman is still alive?

[the dude abides]

Noooo!  Et tu, Amy Adams?

Dammit!

 

[gotbeer]

10 minutes ago, the dude abides said:

A pretty good write up on this.  Sums up the pulse of the laypeople.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/will-ferrell-jimmy-fallon-sarah-silverman-and-more-celebrities-sing-imagine-to-console-the-little-people?ref=scroll

 

Imagine taking all their stuff so they can have no possessions.

[yk9001]

57 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

 

Was that my alltime favorite, Gal Godot?  Goddamn it.

I only got 4 seconds in.  Was there lecturing at the end?

[gotbeer]

1 minute ago, calscuf said:

Well they got mansions, think we should rob them!

Better yet.  They got mansions, so we should house the homeless in them.

[the dude abides]

5 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

Was that my alltime favorite, Gal Godot?  Goddamn it.

Sadly, it was.  Amy Adams too.

Goodbye cruel world.

[T.G.]

1 hour ago, Chuckster70 said:

 

File this under "Songs I hate"

[Redondo]

38 minutes ago, Lou said:

Sarah Silverman is still alive?

Lol, who cares?

[red321]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

Define alive 

it apparently does not include a description of his career

[yk9001]

The guy who shines shoes who comes to our office building twice a week

The flower plant guy who comes to our office once a week

The farmer's market on thursday

the deli on the third floor of our building

 

All those people don't have big employers to give them weeks of paychecks.

I feel terrible.

We went to a local deli last night.  We will continue to.   Please think about local business.