Posted on 04/21/2020 4:53:48 AM PDT by RaceBannon
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COVID-19 is in Tacoma’s sewers. Testing them will prepare us for future outbreaks, scientists say
BY ALLISON NEEDLES
APRIL 21, 2020 05:10 AM, UPDATED 8 HOURS 29 MINUTES AGO
Tacoma sewage being tested for COVID-19
Tacoma’s sewage is being tested for COVID-19, and positive results have already been found. The virus can’t survive in that environment but researchers at RAIN Incubator say that this could be a tool to help determine “hot spots” during an outbreak. BY DREW PERINE
Tacoma’s sewage is being tested for COVID-19, and positive results have already been found. The virus can’t survive in that environment but researchers at RAIN Incubator say that this could be a tool to help determine “hot spots” during an outbreak. BY DREW PERINE
Scientists in Tacoma believe they’ve found a way to track COVID-19, and the answer lies in the sewer system.
Earlier this month, researchers at biotech nonprofit RAIN Incubator were given permission to test samples of raw sludge at Tacoma’s Central Wastewater Treatment Plant for the virus.
So far, they’ve tested about 40 samples at their lab in downtown Tacoma, and sure enough — COVID-19 was there.
Read more here: https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article242041431.html#storylink=cpy
The main problem with my local dentist is that his office is only open Mon. - Wed., so of course the filling broke off early Thursday morning. But the recording did give his personal (?) number, so on my 2nd try yesterday, after no callback, I took his # down and left a message there too. I think he may work @ another office Th. & Fri. - not sure. Wifey says she thinks her dentist is still doing emergency work, so there’s that possibility too. He’s the priciest dentist in the area, tho’ - not good timing for that. :-(
The ripple effects of this virus just go on forever, it seems...
Reposting with formatting
[COVID-19 in hospitalized children and adolescents].
[Article in German]
Streng A1, Hartmann K1, Armann J2, Berner R2, Liese JG1.
Author information
Abstract
Background:
The clinical knowledge about the course, complications and treatment of COVID-19 in children and adolescents is so far limited.
Aim:
This systematic review summarizes the current scientific evidence regarding the clinical presentation of COVID-19 in hospitalized children based on available case series from China. In addition, first data from a nationwide pediatric hospital survey conducted by the German Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (DGPI) are presented.
Methods:
This study evaluated 12 case series from China with 6-2143 children infected with SARS-CoV which were identified by a literature search in PubMed up to 31 March 2020. The database of the German nationwide DGPI COVID-19 survey was accessed on 6 April 2020.
Results:
The median patient age in the case series was between 2 and 7 years and 18-45% were infants <1 year of age. The duration of hospital stay was 5-20 days. Most commonly reported symptoms were fever and cough; in 40-100% of cases involvement of the lower respiratory tract was reported, usually confirmed by computed tomography (CT). Severe and critical courses of disease were reported in up to 8% of the children including 2 fatalities. So far the German DGPI COVID-19 survey reported 33 hospitalized children up to 6 April 2020, mostly with upper airway infections. Of these children, 45% were infants and 32% had an underlying medical condition. So far 3 children (9%) needed admission to an intensive care unit.
Conclusion:
COVID-19 in hospitalized children usually presented as an uncomplicated febrile upper airway infection or mild pneumonia. Severe cases or fatalities rarely occurred in children. Information on neonates and children with underlying chronic conditions as well as on therapeutic and preventive measures are urgently needed.
© Der/die Autor(en) 2020.
KEYWORDS:
Acute respiratory tract infection; Coronavirus; Pediatric; Pneumonia; SARS-CoV
PMID:32317808PMCID:PMC7171916DOI:10.1007/s00112-020-00919-7
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Coronavirus and fine particles, the confirmation: the atmospheric particulate carries the virus
Sars-CoV-2 has been found in fine particles and this could increase the persistence of the virus in the atmosphere. But there is no evidence that it is a third way of contagion
di Cristina Marronedi Cristina Marrone
Coronavirus e polveri sottili, la conferma: il particolato atmosferico trasporta il virus shadow
The Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (Sima) announces that the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus has been found on particulate matter (PM), fine particles. “This first test opens the possibility of testing the presence of the virus on the atmospheric particulate matter of our cities in the coming months as an indicator to detect early the reappearance of the coronavirus and adopt adequate preventive measures before the start of a new epidemic”, anticipates Professor Alessandro Miani , president of Sima. «The first evidence relating to the presence of coronavirus on the particulates comes from analyzes performed on 34 PM10 samples in ambient air of industrial sites in the province of Bergamo , collected with two different air samplers for a continuous period of 3 weeks, from February 21st to March 13 “, explains Leonardo Setti , coordinator of the scientific research group together with Gianluigi De Gennaro and Miani.
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The samples were analyzed by the University of Trieste in collaboration with the laboratories of the Giuliano Isontina hospital, which verified the presence of the virus in at least 8 of the 22 days examined . Positive results were confirmed on 12 different samples for all three molecular markers, namely the E gene , the N gene and the RdRP gene , the latter highly specific for the presence of the SARS-CoV- viral RNA 2” . We can confirm that we have reasonably demonstrated the presence of viral RNA of SARS-CoV-2 on the atmospheric particulate by detecting the presence of highly specific genes, used as molecular markers of the virus, in two parallel genetic analyzes “4, Setti specifies.
The persistence of the virus in the air
According to De Gennaro “this is the first evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 RNA can be present on the particulate matter in ambient air, thus suggesting that, in conditions of atmospheric stability and high concentrations of PM, the infected micro-droplets containing the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 can stabilize on particles to create clusters with particulate matter, increasing the persistence of the virus in the atmosphere as already hypothesized on the basis of recent international research. The detection of the virus on dust could also be a good marker to verify its spread in indoor environments such as hospitals, offices and premises open to the public ».
A new way of contagion?
“The evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 RNA can be present on the particulate matter in ambient air does not yet attest with definitive certainty that there is a third route of infection “, continues De Gennaro. “However, in the so-called Phase 2, it is necessary to take into account the need to keep particulate emissions low in order not to risk favoring the potential spread of the virus .” “It is possible that the particulate matter can facilitate the spread of the virus, it can be a transporter, but we do not know the viral load and how effective it is to really contribute to the infection” summarizes Fabrizio Pregliasco , virologist and health director of the Galeazzi hospital in Milan.
What other studies say: there is no uniqueness
Other studies have speculated that coronavirus is more lethal where there is pollution. According to an unpublished analysis of Harvard University conducted by the Italian Francesca Dominici, in the long run, a small increase in the average levels of fine dust is enough to raise mortality by 15% even if the methodology used would have gaps. Another study highlights the relationship between epidemic and fine dust . The Italian aerosol company has always reiterated that no effect of greater susceptibility to contagion to Covid-19 due to exposure to atmospheric dust has been demonstrated. In the various analyzes, there are many factors such as population density and density, international trade, industrial activities and not only air pollution , writes Sergio Harari, director of the Pneumology Operational Unit at the San Giuseppe hospital in Milan. Still many relationships are to be verified.
Housing density
Another Italian study focused on population density, released today by the Italian Society of Allergology. According to the researchers, the population density spreads the coronavirus more than the smog : Bergamo and Brescia, more densely inhabited than Verona, have been hit harder by the virus despite a similar or even lower level of smog, as in the case of the city of Bergamo.
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150 doctors have died of cv in Italy now
https://portale.fnomceo.it/elenco-dei-medici-caduti-nel-corso-dellepidemia-di-covid-19/
Pentagon confirms Covid-19 outbreak on ANOTHER Navy vessel, destroyer USS Kidd returning to port
24 Apr, 2020 15:11 / Updated 14 minutes ago
https://www.rt.com/usa/486828-navy-pentagon-coronavirus-outbreak-kidd/
CA
SALINAS, Calif. —
A day after one of Monterey County’s biggest ag companies announced one of its employees had tested positive for the coronavirus, we’re getting a clearer picture of the number of field workers who have tested positive for COVID-19 in Monterey county.
That information coming from Dr. Gail Newel, health officer for Santa Cruz county who announced at her weekly press briefing Thursday.
“There were rumors last week at this press conference around an outbreak in Monterey county, we’ve gotten more information about that, there were 16 cases identified in Monterey county among agricultural workers,” Newel said.
NYC Reports Declining Admissions, ICU Patients, Positive Tests
By Henry Goldman
April 24, 2020, 10:25 AM EDT
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