Posted on 01/30/2020 10:47:32 AM PST by BenLurkin
The man is married to the Chicago woman who got sick from the virus after she returned from a trip to Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the outbreak. There have been cases reported of the infectious virus spreading to others in a household or workplace in China and elsewhere.
The latest patient had not been in China.
The Chicago woman returned from central China on Jan. 13, then last week went to a hospital with symptoms and was diagnosed with the viral illness. She and her husband, both in their 60s, are hospitalized.
Experts have said they expected additional cases, and that at least some limited spread of the disease in the United States was likely. Health officials think the new virus spreads mainly from droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes, similar to how the flu spreads.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
And here I thought for SURE that ‘Florida Man’ would be the first one to spread it around! ;)
The Johns Hopkins tracking maps say that 2 people that were infected in CA have died.
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
Happy Valentines Day, dear.
The obvious question here is:
Was the husband quarantined after it was discovered that his wife had the virus? I bet that I know the answer to that.
“I thought for SURE that ‘Florida Man’ would be the first one to spread it around! ;)
Don’t count him or her out yet. They would be the last ones to go to any hospital for treatment.
“Chicago woman”.
This link is showing 0 and 2 deaths with a flashing light red near Fresno.
Sometimes, it just shows 2 cases.
So she was contagious and spreading for a week. Probably thinking she just was coming down with a cold.
The husband was the one caring for her no doubt. Multiple trips to the pharmacy and supermarket. Recommend everyone wear gloves when pumping gas.
Yeah - I didn’t see that correctly. 2 cases confirmed 0 deaths.
Not good. I wonder what their ages/sex are/were.
Please add me to the pinglist.
No it doesn't.
Done, welcome aboard!
No, it says 2 confirmed cases, 0 deaths in California.
You missed the important news.
Right there at the top:
Total deaths: 171
Total recovered: 143
Read that again and think of the implications of more people dying from it than recovered from it.
Total deaths: 171
Total recovered: 143
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