Corona Virus

[paulnlee]

Here in my county we have three old folk homes. Last it was published, 36 deaths, 25 in the old folks home

 

[SpaceBus]

Actually, people living or visiting Africa take this drug daily for years at a time. It is one of the safest drugs in comparison to others that people take routinely everyday. My FIL was on the verge of sudden cardiac death from being prescribed potassium. Read that again....POTASSIUM! They said his levels were so high he could drop dead any minute.
Anyone taking any multitude of common drugs is subject to sudden and severe side effects. I see commercials everyday for some prep pill for the aids. The side effects may as well be that you suddenly explode into bloody bits it reads that bad if you listen to the commercial.

I am positive that Trump didnt come up with the Hydroxy idea on his own. It was being put forth by expert people trying to find hopeful therapies. Remember that the results are not all in yet.

Dude, it gives you horrible nightmares, chloroquines are not pleasant or to be taken lightly. It's perfectly safe to be tazed or maced, but it's not pleasant.

 

[CaptSpiff]

I am positive that Trump didn't come up with the Hydroxy [sic] idea on his own. It was being put forth by expert people trying to find hopeful therapies. Remember that the results are not all in yet.

I seem to recall the first successful results by the French, followed by some public communication from a French official to a British official. Memory is faint.

 

[begreen]

I seem to recall the first successful results by the French, followed by some public communication from a French official to a British official. Memory is faint.

Not a French official, a French doctor who may have been seeking notoriety.

 

[begreen]

Looking back, this disease may be responsible for more many more deaths than have been accounted for around the planet.

The Pandemic’s Hidden Toll: Half a Million Deaths (Published 2020)

Far more people died in 2020 during the pandemic than have been officially reported, a review of mortality data in 35 countries shows.

www.nytimes.com

2 Californians died of coronavirus weeks before previously known 1st US death | CNN

New autopsy results show coronavirus killed two Californians in early and mid-February -- before the previously understood first US death from the virus. This may change the understanding of how early the virus was spreading in the country, health experts say.

www.cnn.com

 

[SpaceBus]

Looking back, this disease may be responsible for more many more deaths than have been accounted for around the planet.

The Pandemic’s Hidden Toll: Half a Million Deaths (Published 2020)

Far more people died in 2020 during the pandemic than have been officially reported, a review of mortality data in 35 countries shows.

www.nytimes.com

2 Californians died of coronavirus weeks before previously known 1st US death | CNN

New autopsy results show coronavirus killed two Californians in early and mid-February -- before the previously understood first US death from the virus. This may change the understanding of how early the virus was spreading in the country, health experts say.

www.cnn.com

I have always been assuming that the number of deaths related to Covid 19 to be much higher than the reported (known) numbers. My county is only reported to have two cases, but there must be dozens of folks who don't know they have it. Finally store owners and other services are doing no contact rules for their businesses.

 

[begreen]

Add another vector. Seems that like SARS that SARS Cov-2 can be caught by and transmitted by felines.

2 pet cats in New York test positive for COVID-19

U.S. authorities say that while it appears some animals can get the virus from people, there’s no indication the animals are transmitting it to human beings.

www.pbs.org

 

[CaptSpiff]

Add another vector. Seems that like SARS that SARS Cov-2 can be caught by and transmitted by felines.

Dogs have been saying that for years!

 

[Sawset]

?

 

[mcdougy]

Can you relate?

 

[Jan Pijpelink]

Can you relate?

Finally 1 funny post out of 1385. It's about time.

 

[johneh]

Is this for real

 

[PaulOinMA]

Yes. I saw it yesterday afternoon.

She was discussed on a car web site I frequent. Someone replied that her husband was mayor 1999 - 2011, and she'e been mayor since then. They believe that they own Las Vegas at this point.

Oscar Goodman - Wikipedia

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Carolyn Goodman - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

She really doesn't come across as the brightest bulb in the chandelier.

 

[Medic21]

I have always been assuming that the number of deaths related to Covid 19 to be much higher than the reported (known) numbers. My county is only reported to have two cases, but there must be dozens of folks who don't know they have it. Finally store owners and other services are doing no contact rules for their businesses.

And, this is the whole problem looking at any numbers. Common sense should tell you that if only 1% or 2% of a population is tested and roughly 40% are known to be asymptomatic carriers, no reason to even be tested, the actual case numbers will be exponentially higher. Also with the elderly dying that have no reason to be tested the death rates are probably nowhere accurate.

County where I work has a meat packing plant. 138 positive cases since Tuesday and 2100 will be tested today and tomorrow. We will have an explosion in case numbers first of the week. The key to remember is the majority will never seek medical care.

 

[SpaceBus]

And, this is the whole problem looking at any numbers. Common sense should tell you that if only 1% or 2% of a population is tested and roughly 40% are known to be asymptomatic carriers, no reason to even be tested, the actual case numbers will be exponentially higher. Also with the elderly dying that have no reason to be tested the death rates are probably nowhere accurate.

County where I work has a meat packing plant. 138 positive cases since Tuesday and 2100 will be tested today and tomorrow. We will have an explosion in case numbers first of the week. The key to remember is the majority will never seek medical care.

I get it that most people won't die from this, or even become critical. However, I don't want to be the person that gets this and does become critical or even a mild case resulting in lifelong lung damage. Don't let the politicians and media misrepresent the data to make this seem like no big deal. In just a few months Covid 19 has killed 45,000 Americans and counting. We are barely even into this pandemic and the virus might as well spread by eye contact. The stay at home order is working, but for how long? In my area we see folks driving to the homes of friends and relatives, which is exactly how this virus will spread. I just hope the farmers and employees of the stores that provide us with groceries don't get it and have to stop working.

I think we will look back on this whole thing and find it all extremely foolish, but not because we overreacted.

 

[Medic21]

I get it that most people won't die from this, or even become critical. However, I don't want to be the person that gets this and does become critical or even a mild case resulting in lifelong lung damage. Don't let the politicians and media misrepresent the data to make this seem like no big deal. In just a few months Covid 19 has killed 45,000 Americans and counting. We are barely even into this pandemic and the virus might as well spread by eye contact. The stay at home order is working, but for how long? In my area we see folks driving to the homes of friends and relatives, which is exactly how this virus will spread. I just hope the farmers and employees of the stores that provide us with groceries don't get it and have to stop working.

I think we will look back on this whole thing and find it all extremely foolish, but not because we overreacted.

We have another disaster looming. How long can states continue to pay out record unemployment without money from taxes with all the closed or very low retail sales? It’s gonna our a huge hurt on the local governments that we will all pay dearly for. And by paying dearly I mean money for emergency services and public works.

 

[SpaceBus]

We have another disaster looming. How long can states continue to pay out record unemployment without money from taxes with all the closed or very low retail sales? It’s gonna our a huge hurt on the local governments that we will all pay dearly for. And by paying dearly I mean money for emergency services and public works.

We will find a way. The economy will survive, but it will look different.

 

[begreen]

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Yes, they say there is no evidence that cats can transmit the virus, but I am suspicious. SARS 1 was transmitted by civet cats IIRC.

 

[peakbagger]

Civets are not cats, they are closer to a mongoose or a fox.

 

[begreen]

Civets are not cats, they are closer to a mongoose or a fox.

Thanks for the correction. Though they are sometimes called civit cats, they are not. Actually it looks like their family, the viverrids, is quite unique and includes genets and linsangs.

Viverrid | Characteristics, Adaptations & Habitats

Viverrid, (family Viverridae), any of 35 species of small Old World mammals including civets, genets, and linsangs. Viverrids are among the most poorly known carnivores. They are rarely encountered, being small and secretive inhabitants of forests and dense vegetation. In addition, many species

www.britannica.com

 

[Medic21]

I get it that most people won't die from this, or even become critical. However, I don't want to be the person that gets this and does become critical or even a mild case resulting in lifelong lung damage. Don't let the politicians and media misrepresent the data to make this seem like no big deal. In just a few months Covid 19 has killed 45,000 Americans and counting. We are barely even into this pandemic and the virus might as well spread by eye contact. The stay at home order is working, but for how long? In my area we see folks driving to the homes of friends and relatives, which is exactly how this virus will spread. I just hope the farmers and employees of the stores that provide us with groceries don't get it and have to stop working.

I think we will look back on this whole thing and find it all extremely foolish, but not because we overreacted.

Also, I have said it a million times by now.

What happened to get us to the point where people need a government to tell them to stay safe? is our population getting so weak minded that they cannot make decisions on their own. If things open up and you don’t agree. Stay home. Don’t go out and then go visit those that are at risk Like parents or grandparents. For Christ’sale if people are that stupid it scares me.

This does need to be respected if your in or a loved one is in one of those categories that is at risk.

 

[PaulOinMA]

Dr. Leana Wen has been on CNN a lot. She's on now. She sounds exactly like someone I know, and I can't figure out who.

 

[begreen]

Also, I have said it a million times by now.

What happened to get us to the point where people need a government to tell them to stay safe? is our population getting so weak minded that they cannot make decisions on their own. If things open up and you don’t agree. Stay home. Don’t go out and then go visit those that are at risk Like parents or grandparents. For Christ’sale if people are that stupid it scares me.

This does need to be respected if your in or a loved one is in one of those categories that is at risk.

Be very scared then.

 

[Sawset]

is our population getting so weak minded that they cannot make decisions on their

There are a whole lot of decisions made in the name of national security. Has nothing to do with weakness. If this thing got into where either of us here work, it could very well be a monumental catastrophe. It's already effecting our food souces (meat packing, dairy, vegetable farms). Silently getting into the local retirement facility could be devastating. We're just crossing our fingers that we're not directly effected, and with all the knuckle heads running around also glad there is some oversite coming from a higher level.

 

[begreen]

There are a whole lot of decisions made in the name of national security. Has nothing to do with weakness. If this thing got into where either of us here work, it could very well be a monumental catastrophe. It's already effecting our food souces (meat packing, dairy, vegetable farms). Silently getting into the local retirement facility could be devastating. We're just crossing our fingers that we're not directly effected, and with all the knuckle heads running around also glad there is some oversite coming from a higher level.

Locally there are some very strict protocols for our elder care facility. They are particularly vulnerable. The virus getting into retirement facilities has already happened nearby. It first showed up in WA state at a retirement home and in NJ, it has been devastating.