Coronavirus Thread

ToriWhite · Post by **ToriWhite** » 20 Mar 2020, 12:30

93Regina wrote: ↑19 Mar 2020, 18:07
RickHaleParker wrote: ↑19 Mar 2020, 17:46Italy's population...
RE: "Since Italians are being hit hard, is there something in their genetics which affects them more. Speculation, btw....I said.
Hence, blood type may influence outcome...a big may currently.

Look at how hard India is NOT being hit, despite their hilarious population density.. maybe there's something more to not eating cow meat..

93Regina · Post by **93Regina** » 20 Mar 2020, 12:46

ToriWhite wrote: ↑20 Mar 2020, 12:30Look at how hard India is NOT being hit

It's called "out of sight, out of mind" currently

Coronavirus: Why is India testing so little?

Now, on another "out of sight, out of mind" attempt recently in US:

Trump Administration Asks States to Keep Quiet About Jobless Figures - The Trump administration asked states to abstain from releasing unemployment-claims figures prior to the publication of a national compilation of weekly U.S. ...WSJ

Unemployment Websites Are Crashing Across The Country
With more and more businesses shutting down around the country, a flood of new unemployment claims are pouring in. But President Trump continues to ...NPR

Post by **matthew1** » 20 Mar 2020, 12:56

Volvo closes US, Sweden plants.

93Regina · Post by **93Regina** » 20 Mar 2020, 12:58

Israel Begins Tracking And Texting Those Possibly Exposed To The Coronavirus - The move draws criticism over privacy, as concerns rise about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's attempts to stay in power.
NPR

93Regina · Post by **93Regina** » 20 Mar 2020, 13:09

Cannabis dispensaries listed as 'essential' businesses - Coronavirus may be spreading throughout California, but at least the cannabis industry there isn't going up in smoke. Fox News

Cees Klumper · Post by **Cees Klumper** » 20 Mar 2020, 17:02

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93Regina · Post by **93Regina** » 20 Mar 2020, 18:17

Trivial - Tube shaped device is called an iron lung. Polio (poliomyelitis) affects mostly children under 5 years of age, and some 95-99% of those infected are asymptomatic..

93Regina · Post by **93Regina** » 20 Mar 2020, 21:14

Nice data overview, with graphs/etc

Data from China shows the majority of people with Covid-19 only suffer mild symptoms, then recover

Cees Klumper · Post by **Cees Klumper** » 21 Mar 2020, 08:55

The majority yes, fortunately (not like with Ebola where the death rate is around 50%). However, even a small % of 331 million Americans is still a couple million people. The question will be, how much do the other 95% care?

Cees Klumper · Post by **Cees Klumper** » 21 Mar 2020, 10:23

"L.A. County gives up on containing COVID-19, tells doctors to skip testing of some patients
Los Angeles Times and Chris Wolfe
The nation’s second-largest municipal health system has told its staff that it is essentially abandoning hope of containing the coronavirus outbreak and instructed doctors not to bother testing symptomatic patients if a positive result won’t change how they would be treated.
The guidance, sent by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services to its doctors on Thursday, was prompted by a crush of patients and shortage of tests, and could make it difficult to ever know precisely how many people in L.A. County contracted the virus.
The department “is shifting from a strategy of case containment to slowing disease transmission and averting excess morbidity and mortality,” according to the letter. Doctors should test symptomatic patients only when “a diagnostic result will change clinical management or inform public health response.”
The guidance sets in writing what has been a reality all along. The shortage of tests nationwide has meant that many patients suspected of having COVID-19 have not had the diagnosis confirmed by a laboratory."

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