Posted on 03/01/2020 12:56:17 PM PST by Vermont Lt
Continuation of the thread.
Previous Thread 6 here.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3820357/posts
Professional and Home-Made Face Masks Reduce Exposure to Respiratory Infections among the General Population
All types of masks reduced aerosol exposure, relatively stable over time, unaffected by duration of wear or type of activity, but with a high degree of individual variation. Personal respirators were more efficient than surgical masks, which were more efficient than home-made masks. Regardless of mask type, children were less well protected. Outward protection (mask wearing by a mechanical head) was less effective than inward protection (mask wearing by healthy volunteers).
Any type of general mask use is likely to decrease viral exposure and infection risk on a population level, in spite of imperfect fit and imperfect adherence, personal respirators providing most protection. Masks worn by patients may not offer as great a degree of protection against aerosol transmission
A recent analysis of the 1918 epidemic, noted that cities where strict interventions were implemented early on to prevent transmission, were overall worse-off than cities where some degree of transmission occurred early on [16]. Given the need for the population to acquire sufficient natural immunity over time, it can not be excluded that the amount of protection conferred by home made masks might sufficiently reduce viral exposure to impact on transmission during the early waves, while allowing people enough exposure to start mounting an efficient immune response. Further field studies are needed to assess acceptability and effectiveness of masks worn by people from the general population. Also, experimental data are needed to develop dose-response models which may improve understanding of determinants of transmission. A cost-effectiveness analysis might give further insights in the relative benefits of home made masks.
Given the need for the population to acquire sufficient natural immunity over time, it can not be excluded that the amount of protection conferred by home made masks might sufficiently reduce viral exposure to impact on transmission during the early waves, while allowing people enough exposure to start mounting an efficient immune response.
Yes, but ozone is tricky to use. It doesn’t penetrate that far, and it will degrade fibers.
Headline News is showing a video of a SK drive thru testing tent and saying results take 2-3 days. They’ve been pretty much all CV news since coming on today. Yeah, I know, baby sister to CNN but it beats FOX talking nothing but Bernie, Bernie, Bernie.
WASHINGTON STATE
Author: KING 5 Staff
Published: 1:51 PM PST March 1, 2020
Updated: 11:53 PM PST March 1, 2020
Excerpt:
The Kent School District announced late Sunday that Kentwood High School and Covington Elementary School would be closed Monday, March 2. A Kent family with connections to both schools has an adult family member with flu-like symptoms awaiting test results for coronavirus.
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In addition to those five schools, Lake Washington Institute of Technology will be closed on Monday and Tuesday for cleaning and disinfecting ***after a group of nursing students visited Life Care Center in Kirkland, where 50 people are being monitored. ***
I rarely shake hands anymore. “I’m just getting over a cold.” If I do, it will be when departing and I can go wash my hands. I think we should forego the custom. Over the years, think how many hands we shook that weren’t washed after taking a leak. May as well go around shaking each others danglies.
ITALY
Government shut down measures on schools, museums, gyms, cinemas and churches in all regions
Comment: new daily numbers aren’t up yet
SINGAPORE
Four More Cases Discharged, Two New Cases of COVID-19 Infection Confirmed.
They are still on top of it...
I posted up thread that Ireland is doing the same thing. I think it’s a great idea
Half listening to the news and somewhere mandatory bring your own nasty germ infested bags to the store starts today. As if e coli and salmonella wasn’t enough dragged across the conveyor belt and the cashier touching it and then your clean bag wasn’t enough to worry about but now we get coronavirus infected bags from the person ahead in the line.
Comment: new daily numbers aren’t up yet
(Forgot the time)
Ahh, thanks
IRAN
DUBAI: Sixty-six people have died from the coronavirus in Iran and more than 1,500 have been infected, a senior official said on Monday, as a World Health Organization (WHO) team headed to Tehran.
“The definite latest numbers we have are 523 new infections and 12 new deaths so the total number of those infected is 1,501 until now and the number of deaths is 66,” Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi announced on state television.
JAPAN
Today (March 1), Fukuoka, Kanagawa, Chiba, Hokkaido, Tokyo, Kochi, Aichi, and Hyogo prefectures reported that 15 patients with infectious diseases related to this new type of coronavirus had the following: I will report it.
With this announcement, there will be 254 domestic cases of infection (232 patients, 22 asymptomatic pathogen carriers).
Outline:
Kitakyushu City: 1 patient (218 cases: male in 60s)
Kanagawa Prefecture: 2 patients (219 cases: female in 70s, 220 cases: female in 50s)
Funabashi City: 1 patient (221 Example: Male in their 20s)
North Seaway: 2 patients (222: Female in their 20s, 223: Male in their 40s)
Tokyo Metropolitan Tokyo: 2 patients (224: Female in their 50s, 225 : Male in 70s)
Sagamihara City: 2 patients (226th case: 50s male, 227th case: 50s female)
Kochi Prefecture: 1 patient (228th case: 60s female)
Nagoya City: 3 patients (229 cases: female in 80s, 230 cases: female in 50s, 231 cases: female in 60s)
Nishimiya City: 1 patient (232 cases: male in 40s)
Chiba : 224 case was the same person as the following, Kitakyushu City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Funabashi-shi, Hokkaido, Tokyo, Sagamihara City, Kochi Prefecture, Nagoya, Nishinomiya, information from Chiba Prefecture
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/index.html
Re: 681 - Thanks for posting this. Suggests that properly fitted masks can provide a benefit.
AUSTRIA
As of this morning, the number of people infected with the novel corona virus in Austria has risen to 16, according to the Interior Ministry. In the latest confirmed case, which occurred in Vienna, the Vienna State Medical Directorate will announce further details, said Brigitte Zarfl, top official in the Ministry of Health, during a press conference this morning.
To date, over 2,100 tests have been carried out nationwide. In the morning, a second case was confirmed in Salzburg, the State of Salzburg said in a broadcast.
https://orf.at/stories/3156266/
Interesting that every CV death comes with “other underlyig medical issues”. Snort, everyone has some other underlying condition whether they know it or not.
GERMANY
SARS-CoV-2 : Case numbers in Germany, China and worldwide
As of March 2nd, 2020
Case numbers in Germany
So far, 150 cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection have been confirmed in Germany. After the infection cluster at a company in Bavaria (14 cases) and individual cases among German citizens, which had been flown out of Wuhan in early February 2020, cases of illness have become known in several federal states since February 25, 2020.
(As of: 2.3.2020, 10:00 a.m.)
state cases
Baden-Wurttemberg 19
Bavaria 25
Berlin 1
Bremen 1
Hamburg 1
Hesse 10
Lower Saxony 1
North Rhine-Westphalia 86
Rheinland-Pfalz 2
Schleswig Holstein 2
repatriated 2
total 150
KUWAIT
Coronavirus Outbreak: Kuwait Confirms 10 More Cases, Total Reaches 56
Written By Zaini Majeed | Mumbai | Updated On: March 02, 2020 18:00 IST
Kuwait has reportedly announced 10 new cases of the coronavirus as of March 2 soaring the total count to 56, confirmed the Health ministry official at a news conference. The official urged the citizens to avoid large assembly as a precautionary measure to assist the Gulf State in its fight against the spread of the disease.
https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/rest-of-the-world-news/coronavirus10-more-cases-of-covid-19-emerge-in-kuwait.html
NORWAY
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet, FHI) has introduced stricter quarantine rules for healthcare staff.
All people working in the healthcare sector who have travelled to areas with active spread of coronavirus must now remain in home quarantine for 14 days after returning to Norway, media including VG report on Monday.
FHI has said that the new rules are a direct reaction to an increase in infection numbers in Norway during the last few days.
At the time of writing, the number of confirmed cases in the Scandinavian country is 19. That includes 5 people who work at the Ophthalmology department at Ullevål Hospital in Oslo.
A health worker infected with the virus worked at the department last week after getting infected in northern Italy.
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