Posted on 03/24/2020 10:11:11 AM PDT by Mariner
Thread #25 here:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3827443/posts?page=1
ND
36 Cases; 7 Hospitalized
https://www.health.nd.gov/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/north-dakota-coronavirus-cases
I am figuring at this point most of NYPD is infected and is spreading it to the local population, including other staff at their precincts.
“Could it be the different strains?”
Since we know NOTHING but gross data, it could be anything.
But we need to find out.
SD
Escaped inmates in South Dakota possibly exposed to COVID-19
by Siouxland NewsTuesday, March 24th 2020
The number of cases in South Dakota is interesting because it includes an inmate at the state women’s prison in Pierre. (Source: South Dakota Mugs){/p}
PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota has 30 confirmed cases of COVID-19 but none are in our area.
The number of cases in South Dakota is interesting because it includes an inmate at the state women’s prison in Pierre.
Now, 8 of her fellow inmates in that unit have escaped.
Three has since been recaptured, but the search is still on for the other 5.
https://siouxlandnews.com/news/local/escaped-inmates-in-south-dakota-possibly-exposed-to-covid-19
“If you are high risk, stay home.”
“Lets not take down the economy with it.”
I am all for do not take down the economy to avoid a Great Depression.
How would you address this, I know of a couple who are this. Both are working in making it. They are not able to do IT work from home (Just High School education)..
So if both the Husband and Wife in their 50s are high risk they should stay home.
How do they pay for their house?
How do they feed themselves?
I am sure there a lot of people in this boat. Maybe the Government need to support those people lowing the disability standard and raising the amount payout.
So true.
One of the proposals Congress is looking at is stopping foreclosures for a while...(or some variation on that theme).
https://resident360.nejm.org/discussions/covid-19-case-reports
Brief case reports from docs treating covid.
Not many yet, but growing fast.
KS
Press notes - hat tip mcphilbrick at FluTrackers
Shawnee County Daily Press Conference
Stormont Vail Hospital — positive test of male from Woodson County
Stay at Home order announced to go in affect at 12:01 am Thursday
Douglas County confirmed 5th case - 1st community confirmed case / sporadic cases in surrounding counties to Shawnee County
Believes virus is in Shawnee County “but have not been able to find it because of limited testing”
Supply of testing kits limited / strict testing guidelines
private labs coming online - however still require agreements between health care institutions and labs for them to be processed / average return time from private labs as long as 7 days
Shawnee County — Monday last week 53 being monitored / today 155 being monitored — traveling and close contacts - presence of such a high number at risk and number going up makes him think risk of infection in Shawnee County going higher
10-15 days lag time from time becomes infectious to time can confirm person is positive
Wednesday at 6 pm will have live Facebook chat regarding stay at home order
current stay at home ordinance has duration of 30 days
Topeka mayor asking for help getting hotspots set up in Topeka area for students
not accepting home made masks at this time (two regional hospitals in community)
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Q/A with director of Stormont Vail Regional Medical Center
ventilators /isolation rooms - will get info to public
adding rooms - 8 last week / 8 available tomorrow
have virtual nursing capacity
looking at adding 16 more next week
Woodson County positive patient in Stormont Vail - male age 50 in ICU bed / negative flow room
plans to add staff - stay at home order / ceased elective surgery / currently have large number staff that can be repurposed /
telemedicine service — getting set up to work with people in their homes
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Anyone can get it.’ KC doctor shares story of his dad’s COVID-19 death to help others
“I’m not thinking my neighbor in church or my father,” Luke said. “I’m not thinking of the 70-ish-year-old male who might have a touch of diabetes or might have a touch of heart disease or hypertension. Because those people don’t look sick and they don’t act sick and they’re very, very vibrant.”
Just like his dad, Luke said.
“He was 74. He had lean muscle mass, he was normal weight,” he said. “He was a relatively newly diagnosed, diet- controlled type 2 diabetic, so he didn’t need medicine for that. He had survived prostate cancer about 10, 12 years prior to that and he’d had coronary artery bypass grafting 30 years ago and was being followed by a cardiologist for that, but his heart was good. He never smoked, had no history with lung issues, no asthma.”
https://www.kansascity.com/news/coronavirus/article241470451.html
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Founder of Braum’s, a Kansas native, dies at age 92
William Henry “Bill” Braum, a Kansas native and founder of Braum’s Ice Cream and Dairy Stores, has died. He was 92.
KOCO reports Braum died Monday with his family by his side at his farm in Tuttle, Oklahoma.
http://www.kake.com/story/41934776/founder-of-braums-a-kansas-native-dies-at-age-92
CA numbers will shoot to the moon soon. West Hollywood has put a ban on evicting coronavirus victims. Yeah baby. Free rent for just a flu bro.
11 residents of the Lambeth House retirement home in New Orleans have now died from coronavirus. 42 residents have been infected.
https://twitter.com/lookner/status/1242599381133647872
“Could it be the different strains?”
Since we know NOTHING but gross data, it could be anything.
But we need to find out.
“The irony is that Easter will be too late—the numbers will be so crazy by then that the President will be under incredible pressure to keep everything closed.”
Great Observation
Sounds like a great plot for a bad girls B movie!
“It is very fair to say that there are at least as many asymptomatic CV victims as those who have symptoms. That’s been my working hypothesis since those Diamond Princess statistics came out. There might be several times as many asymptomatic as symptomatic. We just don’t know now, and probably won’t until after the pandemic is over. “
You provide stats from the DP and then go to exaggerate 4 in 7 to several times. How is 4 several times 3?
From a doctor working in the mitigation and containment effort: 80% mild or asymptomatic. 20% serious or critical. These numbers have been established by exhaustive contact tracing. There is no herd of undiscovered asymptomatics. If there were there would be hotspots popping up all over the place.
That may be true, but how is it they still lag NY, WA and soon LA and GA?
Mardi Gras!
“No symptoms at the time of test result. How many needed to be ventilated 10 days later? That’s something I never see reported.”
That’s a valid point. There have been a trickle of deaths since people stopped looking at the DP. Still 125 or so unresolved cases.
Have you compared testing rates ? Actual numbers being tested.
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