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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 (29 Viewers)
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Otis
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That's just a temporary supply issue, though. Once masks are readily available, they'll become a common clothing accessory for the foreseeable future.
fred_1_15301
Footballguy
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
There are other models that more fully take into account social distancing and lockdown measures. The outcomes are far lower.
None of us really know, there are so many variables and we’re just learning as go & sharing what we think we know.
fruity pebbles
Footballguy
Apple Jack
Footballguy
NotSmart
Footballguy
It's a perfectly valid and logical question, and likely to happen in some form I think.
But damn, it evokes thoughts of some scary allegories.
msommer
Footballguy
Indeed and not least 50 different implementations of suppression/mitigation strategies
Mr Anonymous
Footballguy
Yeah it seems like an absolute inevitability. Put people back to work, avoid the mortality rate of catastrophic unemployment, and lessen a spread that is going to happen anyway.
rustycolts
Footballguy
Ex Publix guy here. I was told by some of my friends still employed there that the raises were across the board and they were giving associates $100 gift cards too. Its always been a pretty good company to work for. I used to feel a little guilty for what I made as a Produce Manager when I thought about what stating pay was for cops and teachers.
All my buddies told me if folks would just go back to there normal shopping habits the supply chain could catch back up in a matter of days. I remember what it was like when ever there was a hurricane lurking. This is like that but people are buying everything and its like the hurricane never leaves. I bought the team at my Publix 20 pizzas and had them delivered from the Dominos next door to show my appreciation. Lot of folks don't realize how hard retail grocery is especially in times like these.
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Tom Skerritt
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For anyone needing sports... NBC airing a “wired” series with Penguins/Flyers outdoor game. It’s pretty awesome seeing and hearing the player commentary.
fruity pebbles
Footballguy
Here I bet we have two weeks until the country is in total lockdown, just because we’re stubborn and reality still hasn’t set in yet. When numbers keep ramping up, we will finally do what’s necessary. Another two weeks after that until we hit the peak. My guess is we peak around the end of April, beginning of May.
Grace Under Pressure
Footballguy
Wondering if it will take good news coming from Italy for the US to adopt the measures Italy finally adopted. They locked down the entire country on March 9th. That’s 13 days ago. If people still don’t understand we need to do this now, they aren’t paying attention and as a result we need a federal, universal response to this.
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Footballguy
I would be concerned about creating a false sense of security, though. We still need to be vigilant with hand washing and social distancing. If the unofficial motto is "Business As Usual - Just Wear A Mask!"......then we're all going to die.
TripItUp
Footballguy
Grace Under Pressure
Footballguy
TheDirtyWord
Footballguy
Good news...the issue is that in NY alone has a rate of infection that far surpasses Italy. On Wednesday, it was reported NY had 1871 cases. Italy reported a similar caseload (1697) on March 1. On March 13, 12 days later...they surpassed 17k. NY did that today...4 days later. If NY’s rate of infection levels stay consistent like they have for the past 4 days, possibility exists that NY could be at the 1M number this time next week...
TripItUp
Footballguy
Anarchy99
Footballguy
I know for us it would be tough to go back to our normal shopping habits. We are all home all the time now and previously went out to eat a lot. We also have more of us in the house with kids not going back to school. So I would guess our weekly food consumption tripled.
shader
Footballguy
Don’t think we can look at it that way. New York didn’t suddenly explode with infections, they just got testing online very late and so they exploded with reported cases.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
TheDirtyWord
Footballguy
Possibly...given the fact that we haven’t even administered 1M tests nationwide. At the same time, 10x in 4 days in the most dense part of the country when Cuomo said he didn’t see people social distancing anywhere near where they should have is ominous.
Capella
Footballguy
Grace Under Pressure
Footballguy
NY also ramped up their testing in a big way. NY has tested more people than CA and WA combined. Significantly ramped up testing is going to naturally result in the number of reported cases going up.
Hospitalizations and fatalities are probably more effective metrics to track.
NY has also implemented social distancing, albeit a sort of half measure of what’s really needed to flatten the curve of transmission.
fruity pebbles
Footballguy
TripItUp
Footballguy
TripItUp
Footballguy
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
gianmarco
Footballguy
So, I just found this and this could potentially become useful in trying to identify those with this. Along those lines, I think there's a very high likelihood I had it as a carrier because I had this exact same experience about a week and a half ago.
Sudden loss of taste and smell reported in up to 30% of people with coronavirus
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A couple times in my life I've had mild loss of taste and smell with a bad cold (lots of congestion, runny nose, etc.). Nothing out of the ordinary. But, a week and a half ago I felt as if I was coming down with something (right around the time things started to escalate). I never had a fever but just overall didn't feel well, mild achiness. However, the strange thing was that I had a sudden and COMPLETE loss of smell and almost all of my taste without any congestion or runny nose. To the point where I couldn't smell anything even in the bathroom and tested out some strong and/or noxious smells (vinegar, laundry detergent) and couldn't smell it at all. I had no taste of salt. This lasted a few days. Along with that, I almost had this feeling that I could breathe easier, which was also strange. It still isn't fully back to normal but it's improving for sure.
Reading that article, I'm convinced that there's a very good chance that's exactly what I had. I traveled to Atlanta at the very end of February/first of March for a weekend when there were a lot of people around. These symptoms came about ~10 days afterward.
Anyway, just a PSA in case you have or had any of the above to just be aware.
Sudden loss of taste and smell reported in up to 30% of people with coronavirus
Another article
A couple times in my life I've had mild loss of taste and smell with a bad cold (lots of congestion, runny nose, etc.). Nothing out of the ordinary. But, a week and a half ago I felt as if I was coming down with something (right around the time things started to escalate). I never had a fever but just overall didn't feel well, mild achiness. However, the strange thing was that I had a sudden and COMPLETE loss of smell and almost all of my taste without any congestion or runny nose. To the point where I couldn't smell anything even in the bathroom and tested out some strong and/or noxious smells (vinegar, laundry detergent) and couldn't smell it at all. I had no taste of salt. This lasted a few days. Along with that, I almost had this feeling that I could breathe easier, which was also strange. It still isn't fully back to normal but it's improving for sure.
Reading that article, I'm convinced that there's a very good chance that's exactly what I had. I traveled to Atlanta at the very end of February/first of March for a weekend when there were a lot of people around. These symptoms came about ~10 days afterward.
Anyway, just a PSA in case you have or had any of the above to just be aware.
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TheDirtyWord
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msommer
Footballguy
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Capella
Footballguy
It’s ok for people to try to be positive. In fact I’d say it’s necessary for some.
TripItUp
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tamales
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Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
I assume this is both vaccinated (if such exists) + people who've recently had the illness?
So we won't see (short-term?) herd immunity unless/until something like 80-90% of us have been infected?
TripItUp
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TripItUp
Footballguy
Penguin
Footballguy
msommer
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