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*** OFFICIAL *** COVID-19 CoronaVirus Thread. Fresh epidemic fears as child pneumonia cases surge in Europe after China outbreak. NOW in USA (12 Viewers)
- Thread starter Big League Chew
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SFBayDuck
Footballguy
With mild symptoms how did they get tested? Fresh off a cruise? Known contact to a positive test?
JetMaxx
Footballguy
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MTskibum
Footballguy
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tamales
Footballguy
The General
Footballguy
My work is doubling any charitable donations I give right now for next month.
Who has some good ones that are in extra need right now?
Who has some good ones that are in extra need right now?
tamales
Footballguy
I had a mild fever no other symptoms a few days after seeing her (I babysat their 3 month old daughter who also has a mild cold). I think I had it but would love an antibody test.
RnR
Footballguy
I don't have a specific one, but I think replacing meals for children who are missing out because of shuttered schools would probably top my list. Only decent meal some kids get is in the lunchroom each day.
We've blown through 100k cases and are not slowing down. We are just not taking this seriously enough.
skol asylum
Footballguy
NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
Link?
And to clarify, I'm asking for a link to any epidemiologist or health organization making their own report based on first hand observations and not simply parroting Chinese propaganda.
NotSmart
Footballguy
No doubt there is a lot of selfishness, but I honestly think ignorance is a large part of the problem.
The messaging coming from our Federal government officials is... not good.
We need truthful messaging and leadership like many state governors are providing.
We need constant, credible, government supported advertising on all the social media platforms showing people what to do and why to do it - use top celebrities to help with this.
People also need to be shown graphically what's already happened and is now happening in Italy and in New York.
Put a warning on the screen to get the kids out of the room, then show what the hospitals in those places are really like right now.
Show them what exhausted doctors wearing makeshift PPE look like.
Let them hear doctors describing how heartbreaking it is to have to choose who lives and who dies due to lack of equipment.
I'm just barely old enough to remember seeing Vietnam war footage on the news every night. We're basically in a war now, and anyone that doesn't understand that needs to be quickly brought up to that level of realization so they can start making choices that help rather than hinder.
I do believe that a meaningful amount of people would do the right thing if they were made aware of what they need to do and why they need to do it.
skol asylum
Footballguy
My boss was stuck in Peru at a hotel. Could only leave for food. Heard today early this AM that he was at an airport in Miami and would be home today in AZ.
IrishTwinkie
Footballguy
Our town library put up a video, read the book to the watchers. Asked the town to put bears in the window. Thought it was a cute idea when I heard it. Took a walk today, work has been rough and it was a nice day... Imagine my surprise when I saw bears all over. About 1/3 of the neighbors when to town. Bears in wagons, chairs, stuffed into windows. It was awesome. I realized I was still a kid at heart cause I was looking for those darn bears on my entire walk. (No! I totally wasn't peeping at those windows!
) It was a legit great walk. Who ever had this idea was brilliant. Just brilliant.
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shader
Footballguy
skol asylum
Footballguy
shader
Footballguy
Non-China Reported Cases
2/7 - 277 reported cases
2/12 - 490 reported cases
2/17 - 893 reported cases - 5 dead
2/22 - 1,834 reported cases - 19 dead
2/26 - 3,650 reported cases - 57 dead
2/29 - 7,155 reported cases - 109 dead - USA 68 cases - 1 dead
3/5 - 17,353 reported cases - 344 dead - USA 210 cases - 12 dead
3/9 - 33,303 reported cases - 881 dead - USA 628 cases - 26 dead
3/13 - 64,567 reported cases - 2,239 dead - USA 2,269 cases - 48 dead
3/18 - 138,059 reported cases - 5,715 dead - USA 9,301 cases - 152 dead
3/19 - 164,646 reported cases - 6,800 dead - USA 14,299 cases - 218 dead
3/20 - 194,589 reported cases - 8,126 dead - USA 19,383 cases - 256 dead
3/21 - 225,885 reported cases - 9,771 dead - USA 26,112 cases - 325 dead
3/22 - 255,584 reported cases - 11,350 dead - USA 33,346 cases - 414 dead
3/23 - 297,299 reported cases - 13,221 dead - USA 43,449 cases - 545 dead
3/24 - 340,116 reported cases - 15,527 dead - USA 53,595 cases - 696 dead
3/25 - 387,081 reported cases - 17,899 dead - USA 65,652 cases - 931 dead
3/26 - 450,923 reported cases - 20,798 dead - USA 85,594 cases - 1,300 dead
3/27 - 514,956 reported cases - 24,048 dead - USA 104,126 cases - 1,695 dead
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-J_vry7rclLIGooJ-Cu7OFH8rRRjB51lz1iGkwcTETc/edit#gid=0
2/7 - 277 reported cases
2/12 - 490 reported cases
2/17 - 893 reported cases - 5 dead
2/22 - 1,834 reported cases - 19 dead
2/26 - 3,650 reported cases - 57 dead
2/29 - 7,155 reported cases - 109 dead - USA 68 cases - 1 dead
3/5 - 17,353 reported cases - 344 dead - USA 210 cases - 12 dead
3/9 - 33,303 reported cases - 881 dead - USA 628 cases - 26 dead
3/13 - 64,567 reported cases - 2,239 dead - USA 2,269 cases - 48 dead
3/18 - 138,059 reported cases - 5,715 dead - USA 9,301 cases - 152 dead
3/19 - 164,646 reported cases - 6,800 dead - USA 14,299 cases - 218 dead
3/20 - 194,589 reported cases - 8,126 dead - USA 19,383 cases - 256 dead
3/21 - 225,885 reported cases - 9,771 dead - USA 26,112 cases - 325 dead
3/22 - 255,584 reported cases - 11,350 dead - USA 33,346 cases - 414 dead
3/23 - 297,299 reported cases - 13,221 dead - USA 43,449 cases - 545 dead
3/24 - 340,116 reported cases - 15,527 dead - USA 53,595 cases - 696 dead
3/25 - 387,081 reported cases - 17,899 dead - USA 65,652 cases - 931 dead
3/26 - 450,923 reported cases - 20,798 dead - USA 85,594 cases - 1,300 dead
3/27 - 514,956 reported cases - 24,048 dead - USA 104,126 cases - 1,695 dead
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-J_vry7rclLIGooJ-Cu7OFH8rRRjB51lz1iGkwcTETc/edit#gid=0
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
It’s roughly two mutations per month, regular flu is 10 per month. The basic sequencing doesn’t change.
Whereas seasonal flu needs a new vaccine every year, the first Covid-19 vaccine will likely be effective for several years (e.g., you might need a booster y2y but they won’t need to develop the next vaccine for awhile.)
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
jamny
Footballguy
fatguyinalittlecoat
Footballguy
This is GAME CHANGER. Abbott to market, starting next week, a fast point-of-care #coronavirus test, delivering positive results in 5min and negative results in 13min.
Seems like by the tenth minute I’d be like “dude I think I know how this is gonna go.”
Still evenly split between the age groups. Amazing if it holds up, but tough to believe it will.
cosjobs
Footballguy
Flying Elvis
Footballguy
This popped up here in RI, as well. Got one of those big bears and will be participating starting tomorrow.Our town library put up a video, read the book to the watchers. Asked the town to put bears in the window. Thought it was a cute idea when I heard it. Took a walk today, work has been rough and it was a nice day... Imagine my surprise when I saw bears all over. About 1/3 of the neighbors when to town. Bears in wagons, chairs, stuffed into windows. It was awesome. I realized I was still a kid at heart cause I was looking for those darn bears on my entire walk. (No! I totally wasn't peeping at those windows!
https://turnto10.com/news/local/social-distancing-bear-hunts-uniting-neighbors-across-nation
IrishTwinkie
Footballguy
We have a couple of small ones in the windows now. I think we have have a large one buried someone in storage, somewhere. Tomorrow's goal is to try to find it and do something fun. Current idea is to have it sit on my porch roof. It will be outside, somehow. Maybe on one of my porch chairs. We'll see.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
JbizzleMan
Footballguy
gianmarco
Footballguy
If you are going to read anything on COVID moving forward, please read this.
We are in big, big trouble.
We are in big, big trouble.
Courtjester
The Town Drunk
We have a huge one to put out, but unfortunately have snow coming in tonight.
We have the virus to worry about, but man is the center of the country in for it the next day or so. The power of the wind today/coupled with snow tonight, means big thunderstorms for the Midwest the next few days.
Watch the skies, guys. 
JbizzleMan
Footballguy
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
The one saving grace of this isolation has been the great weather here. Between having a large park nearby and working on the lawn, it has been great to break up the work at the CPU and go outdoors. Of course, a bunch of idiots got all the state parks around closed by crowding them last weekendWe have a huge one to put out, but unfortunately have snow coming in tonight.
We have the virus to worry about, but man is the center of the country in for it the next day or so. The power of the wind today/coupled with snow tonight, means big thunderstorms for the Midwest the next few days.
Really feel for you guys with ####ty or dangerous weather. Stay safe GB
cosjobs
Footballguy
cosjobs
Footballguy
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
I've worked with WHO in Afghanistan. They're a large organization with a lot of good people - but there are also a lot of bureaucrats. There are many times they're not in a position to challenge what they're told (and it's really not their mission). There were many times our medical teams would get briefings from WHO and we'd just look at each other like "OK I guess that's the official line". These villages are perfectly fine, these need your help. Don't go here, go over here.
WHO is actually who I had in mind when I specified an org not parroting what they're told. When this first broke and China was covering it up and doctors who were trying to get the word out on social media and then disappearing, WHO was repeating verbatim what the Chinese authorities were presenting. I wasn't the least surprised because I'd already seen it first hand. Again, not disparaging WHO, the problem is China, but frequently the data WHO has can't be trusted.
joffer
Footballguy
Interesting read, but don’t get this
logarithmically and linearly aren’t the same thing
Doug B
Footballguy
The original line of questioning is lost several pages back. What are you guys talking about? Topically, I mean?
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Doug B
Footballguy
NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
I don't trust numbers and information coming out of China. Specifically I don't believe China has the coronavirus under control.
ETA: How do you quotes with nested quotes?
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Doug B
Footballguy
Was a thing last week, got some juice after Trump talked about it earlier this week. That study had some methodological problems and was actually inconclusive. Search this thread for the lead doctor’s name, Didier Raoult, to read lots about that study.
Doug B
Footballguy
(Drag cursor over both the quote and “body text” you want to nest together. A little black rectangle titled “Quote selection” should pop up. Click on that rectangle and it will nest quotes for you.
Really helpful in a thread like this where I might be quoting something from a few pages back.)
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shader
Footballguy
That’s a freaking awesome post. As was his update from this week. So many of the things I can’t express because I’m a crappy writer were said. And he also enlightened me in a number of ways.
Thank you very much for sharing. His points about exponential growth were so true. No one gets it. As an example, I’ve been warning about the exponential growth to friends for a month. Only one friend really gets it and he’s freaked. The rest can’t seem to process it.
That’s also why the whole “but the flu kills x number a year” argument is so infuriating. Yeah we know this hasn’t killed as many as the flu, But when it passes the flu, it’s gonna quickly be killing as many people as the flu killed in a year, in a single day. That’s not doomsday, that’s math and it’s coming with 100% certainty
Unless we quarantine.
