Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) Official Thread

[arakboss]

CDC is preparing for this thing to have some legs: CDC prepares for possibility coronavirus becomes a pandemic and businesses, schools need to be closed

 

[powersbj]

I ponder how this will go if it hits the vagrant population.

 

[WWShooter]

I ponder how this will go if it hits the vagrant population.

Badly, I'd guess.

 

[Camelfilter]

Badly, I'd guess.

yup. And given they don't have primary care, ED's will be even more swamped.

 

[powersbj]

Badly, I'd guess.

I just imagine the needle zombies wandering LA, San Fran, and Seattle hacking up lung butter on all the sidewalks..... If ever there was a population who doesnt give a ****.... Then scatter like the wind when the camps get it..

 

[Cavedweller]

16 cases reported in Italy, none are travel related:

Italy's Conte urges people not to panic as coronavirus outbreak grows

The number of people confirmed having contracted the coronavirus in northern Italy rose to 16 on Friday (21 February) but Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said the country is prepared to manage the outbreak and people don't need to be worried.

www.euractiv.com

Iran case count grows to 18:

WHO officials say coronavirus outbreak in Iran is ‘very worrisome’

World health officials said Friday the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in Iran, where health officials confirmed 18 new cases and four deaths in just two days, is “very worrisome”

en.trend.az

New BC case linked to Iran travel:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/coronavirus-bc-update-1.5470757

 

[Cavedweller]

10 Italian towns quarantined. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said "everything is under control"

10 Italian towns in lockdown over coronavirus fears

Authorities in northern Italy on Friday ordered the closure of schools, bars and other public spaces in 10 towns following a flurry of new coronavirus cases. Five doctors and 10 other people tested positive for the virus in Lombardy, after apparently frequenting the same bar and group of...

news.yahoo.com

 

[Jba]

OH lets not leave out The president of Cambodia is on his death bed, any guesses where that came from....>> name that boat.
remember the ship jumper

 

[wp4]

OH lets not leave out The president of Cambodia is on his death bed, any guesses where that came from....>> name that boat.
remember the ship jumper

Source??

I see no current stories about Hun Sen's health.

 

[powersbj]

Source??

I see no current stories about Hun Sen's health.

And for the love of all things honest no one reference Alex Jones.....

 

[Jba]

This vid is as good as I find now, it's pretty much the same scenes as this morning. The vid this morning has been taken down I guess.

I tried to post it about 6 am no way it was going to take the url

you can say I'm lying, you can't deny people on ship or in country ( Cambodia) are dying

 

[Jba]

Here. I don't know any more than this

 

[Jba]

watching this over and over. The flip side is

It comes off like some kid posting a ytube vid in hopes of making a Buck

 

[Cavedweller]

S. Korea case count surges (again).

Coronavirus: South Korea cluster drives huge rise in cases

Patients and staff at a hospital near Daegu account for bulk of 229 new cases as links to controversial ‘sect’ are investigated

www.theguardian.com

 

[Jba]

N Korea also has reports. Go do the read yourself make the time !

here a new one to me. which getting to close to ..........................

New infection of novel coronavirus reported in Northern California - KOBI-TV NBC5 / KOTI-TV NBC2

EUREKA, Calif. – There are new developments in the novel coronavirus after one person in Northern California tested positive for the virus. The Humboldt County Department of Health confirmed the case late Wednesday in Eureka and said someone close to the person infected is now showing symptoms...

kobi5.com

 

[ATCclears]

John Hopkins dashboard. Screen shot of their data for North America as of Feb 22. The number of occurrences is tiny on this continent. It will be interesting to compare the visualization in two weeks.

ArcGIS Dashboards

ArcGIS Dashboards

gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com

 

[WWShooter]

As of last evening, only three states, California, Nebraska and Illinois, had functioning test kits for this corona virus. As you say, it will be interesting to see what the results are in a week or so when we can actually test for the disease. In the meantime, South Korea's case are exploding.

 

[LSWC]

I've been picking up extra staples and stacking deeper than normal for weeks. I don't know where things are going, and neither do the experts at this point. Not paranoid, but cautious and ready to hunker down for a while if necessary.

Have been glad to see the number of 'cured' patients rising regularly. I hope the criteria for exiting the infected stage is rigorous and accurate.

 

[Cavedweller]

it will be interesting to see what the results are in a week or so when we can actually test for the disease.

Saw something yesterday about Hawaiian officials complaining because the CDC told them it would take a month to get them functioning test kits.

 

[Unicykle]

I have a feeling china will have a higher mortality rate since smoking is so prevalent and the air quality is bad and it appears this attacks the respiratory system.