Corona Virus # 3

[Diggin It]

I think the best way to cut down on the hysteria is for the media to stop carrying things like maps and 'running counts' of casualties and Governors to stop making 'emergency' declarations'.

 

[wheelbuilder]

Mrs Wheelbuilder did her regular shopping today. We're south of Albany ny and she reports that the stores were low on flour, sugar and TP. Zero disinfecting supplies too. We normally have flour and sugar handy at home anyway, it was odd for it to not be plentiful on the shelf. The clerk was dumbfounded as well.

 

[5030]

Got to be a boatload of hand sanitizer floating around. No one has any.

 

[3Ts]

Mrs Wheelbuilder did her regular shopping today. We're south of Albany ny and she reports that the stores were low on flour, sugar and TP. Zero disinfecting supplies too. We normally have flour and sugar handy at home anyway, it was odd for it to not be plentiful on the shelf. The clerk was dumbfounded as well.

Got to be a boatload of hand sanitizer floating around. No one has any.

This may be the major reason the shelves are emptying. The supplies come in from other areas by boat (or truck) and the concern over the virus is affecting the transportation of the goods.

 

[California]

SF Chronicle has a map with positives by county. Presently:
155 confirmed cases in California
2 confirmed deaths in California
95 confirmed cases in the Bay Area
10,300 Californians in self-quarantine

Nationwide
808 confirmed cases
28 deaths in the U.S.

And a frequently updated post with more details than anyone wants to know.
* Gov. Newsom said the Grand Princess off-boarding needs to be stepped up. The goal is to get 100 people off the ship every hour, but thats a work in progress. "We're going to need to see an increase in those processes - we don't want to see it here for more than a week."

* The governor said testing kits do not have all of the components needed to complete a test which why there has been confusion about how many tests are available at the federal and local level. Testing kits are not a test Newsom said. "Many of these kits are like printers but without ink". Only 800 people had been tested as of Monday.

 

[TnAndy]

Local news reports 1st confirmed case in Northeast TN, Sullivan county, one county away from us.

 

[D2Cat]

Maybe we won't all die from this virus, you think? Texas-based company has reportedly created a coronavirus vaccine

 

[txdon]

Maybe we won't all die from this virus, you think? Texas-based company has reportedly created a coronavirus vaccine

That article is now 20 days old, wonder what has happened.

 

[Jstpssng]

It needs to be over 60% alcohol to work. So using Vodka is out. Need something stronger. Everclear or rubbing alcohol.

You're referring to a different post, and your comment was the purpose of my post.

 

[5030]

That article is now 20 days old, wonder what has happened.

Just read an article in the local paper about the FDA coming down hard on companies claiming to have a vaccine and selling it. There is no vaccine yet.

 

[Jstpssng]

Am I the only one who found myself scratching my head after reading this headline?

Changing habitats to stop the spread of illness


As far as hand sanitizers, unless you carry it in your pocket to use every time you touch something there is a cheaper, more effective way. In warmer weather I routinely carry a bar of soap, coffee container with water and a towel; if I stop by the henhouse on my way to work or some other socially unacceptable handling, it's simple to pop the cover off the container and wash my hands thoroughly.
This time of year when the water would be ice I make it a habit to use the restroom sink, if I stop for a cup of coffee on the way to work.

 

[dragoneggs]

Am I the only one who found myself scratching my head after reading this headline?

Changing habitats to stop the spread of illness

That's a problem with the internet... everyone thinks they can be a journalist and half them can't spell or use proper grammar let alone word choice! :laughing: :thumbdown:

 

[Jstpssng]

This is something which I wouldn't mind being permanent;
Dunkin' puts temporary stop to use of reusable mugs

I have a travel mug myself which I often fill in self service stores. I try to be careful of splashes et.al. but recognize that it's not always a good idea.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

What America can learn from Taiwan’s coronavirus response - Vox

"Jason Wang
They were testing on December 31. As soon as they heard there were suspicious cases of a new type of virus, they were nervous. They were like, 徹h, we wonder if this is SARS again. And so they were proactive. I think that痴 the way we ought to treat these kinds of epidemics. It痴 okay to be overly cautious."

I expected something like this. If active cases were arriving in Taiwan by the end of Dec 2019 they could have been arriving on the west coast from China in the same time frame. The Washington nursing home could have been infected by someone fresh from China at the end of 2019 who made visiting their mother their first stop back inside the USA. It may have been active in the nursing home for several cycles of transmission since such a high number came to test positive for COVID-19. We know half of that population did not become positive 24 hours after it was carried into the nursing home.

We need an early warning system like Taiwan developed back in 2004 due to SARS.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Moonshine is not really an antiviral. .

Coronavirus updates: 44 people killed from alcohol poisoning in Iran trying to ward off virus - CBS News

 

[Granthol]

Some of the things I get, but the run on toilet paper is dumbfounding.

 

[dragoneggs]

This is something which I wouldn't mind being permanent;
Dunkin' puts temporary stop to use of reusable mugs

I have a travel mug myself which I often fill in self service stores. I try to be careful of splashes et.al. but recognize that it's not always a good idea.

Uh oh, the greenies and global warming nuts are going to clash with the germaphobes!

I will say I am a fan of paper straws though.

 

[CalG]

With spring time on the way, it is the natural end to the usual H1N1 etc. winter time flu season. You know, the one you get the flu shot for. That "typical" flu has only claimed 200,000 lives in the USA since September of 2019. ONLY 200 THOUSAND LIVES! Just in the USofA.

It will be interesting to observe if all this hand washing, masking and sanitizing cuts the number of cases and fatalities on that front. Time will tell. The stats will consider that spring means a tailing off of the flu season. Perhaps there are lessons to be learned.

 

[dragoneggs]

I'm still puzzled as to why this particular virus is getting the attention it is getting. Something isn't adding up. What do some know that isn't obvious to me?

 

[Jstpssng]

With spring time on the way, it is the natural end to the usual H1N1 etc. winter time flu season. You know, the one you get the flu shot for. That "typical" flu has only claimed 200,000 lives in the USA since September of 2019. ONLY 200 THOUSAND LIVES! Just in the USofA.

It will be interesting to observe if all this hand washing, masking and sanitizing cuts the number of cases and fatalities on that front. Time will tell. The stats will consider that spring means a tailing off of the flu season. Perhaps there are lessons to be learned.

Where did you get that number from? It's 4 times the highest estimate which the CDC is reporting. (20-52K deaths.)
It's that type of hyperbole which leads to widespread panic, and hoarding toilet paper.