Posted on 05/12/2020 5:35:05 PM PDT by RaceBannon
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Corona Virus Daily Thread #52 COVID-19 5/12/2020
More CHINA
Hundreds of villages locked down in northeastern China after new coronavirus outbreak
BECAUSE, CALIFORNIA
California city declared a ‘sanctuary’ from stay-home order
Officials in Atwater, a city of 30,000 in central California, unanimously agreed Friday not to enforce the nearly 2-month-old order intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus, meaning local authorities won’t interfere with any business or church that decides to reopen ahead of state restrictions.
MESSICO
Mass testing won’t happen in Mexico. That’s the way the government wants it
...as its neighbor Mexico is set to re-open its own economy in a few short weeks, the message from top health officials there couldn’t be more different — mass testing is not only unnecessary, it is largely a waste of time.
...The government strategy is to mainly test only those with severe symptoms of the virus while monitoring people with suspected but undiagnosed cases of Covid-19, thereby creating a sample.
The data from that sample is then extrapolated to apply to a wider population using modeling, Lopez-Gatell said. The idea is to give the government a view of what is happening in a broader area without spending resources on mass testing.
“It is nonsensical to do test after test after test when most of those tests will result in a negative result,” said Lopez-Gatell. “It is quite inefficient as an assessment strategy.”
HELP WANTED
PERU
Peru says will build hospital in Amazon for COVID-19 patients
The Peruvian Amazon is already facing a dire emergency, with hospitals in its largest city Iquitos overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients and local morgues unable to cope with the number of bodies....
...An oxygen plant will begin operating in Iquitos, capital of the neighboring Amazon region of Loreto, on Monday, supplying a local 40-bed hospital.
Desperate COVID-19 patients have been dying in the region’s hospitals for lack of oxygen, officials say.
GERMANY VS SPAIN
Germans with holiday homes in Mallorca are clamouring to return to the sun-soaked island as the coronavirus lockdowns ease, but Spanish authorities are pushing back.
... the Spanish government is refusing to budge, wary of moving too quickly as it cautiously relaxes lockdown measures in one of Europe’s worst-affected countries.
...Madrid has limited air and sea arrivals to Spanish nationals and permanent residents only, as well as people in certain professions.
All international arrivals also have to self-quarantine for 14 days.
SNAKE OIL
Judge Stops Oklahoma Company’s Sales of Colloidal Silver as COVID-19 Remedy
...The Department of Justice says that the South Central Oklahoma retailer marketed colloidal silver to treat the novel coronavirus in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938...
...In conjunction with the Federal Trade Commission, the agency sent letters to seven companies, including Xephyr, in March, warning against marketing common products as effective COVID-19 remedies. At least 50 of these warning letters have been sent during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, condemning sales of items such as cough syrups, essential oils and elderberry tinctures.
The FDA says it considers the sale of fake COVID-19 cures a “threat to the public health.”
ENGLAND - out in the noonday sun and acting mad
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11638154/scuffles-protests-london-coronavirus-lockdown/
+1 thank you.
Thanks for posting.
We’ve been saying this for HOW long???
MINTY FRESH Gargling mouthwash could KILL coronavirus and slash risk of infection, scientists find
...Ingredients in common mouthwashes damaged the bugs’ outer shell - making them harmless.
Now experts have called for urgent research into the potential benefits of using the rinse to combat Covid-19.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11622022/gargling-mouthwash-kill-coronavirus/
PMIS - graphic symptoms
...Anthony’s mom, Theresa Lawson, told Today her son’s symptoms began with itchy eyes and a headache... two days later, Anthony began vomiting and had no appetite...Three days [from first symptoms] Anthony was rushed to urgent care...he’d developed a rash on his thigh... just a few hours later the rash had spread to his chest and turned a “deep purple.” By 11pm that same night, Anthony was sweaty, vomiting and his hands had turned blue...the whites of his eyes looked like they’d been “painted red”... Anthony began to struggle to breathe...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11627801/parents-of-healthy-boy-told-die-covid-linked-condition/
To Be Noted: “it’s not always the case that they will have gotten sick with coronavirus at all before the onset of PMIS.”
NEW YORK
New COVID-19 cases in New York coming from people leaving home - Cuomo
(Reuters) - New York’s new confirmed COVID-19 cases are predominantly coming from people who left their homes to shop, exercise or socialize, rather than from essential workers, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Saturday.
“That person got infected and went to the hospital or that person got infected and went home and infected the other people at home,” Cuomo said during his daily news conference on the coronavirus outbreak.
State data showed the number of new cases statewide has fluctuated between 2,100 and 2,500 per day.
“Democracy Lives in Wisconsin - Even in a pandemic, the state Supreme Court says shutdowns must follow the law.”
-see https://www.wsj.com/articles/democracy-lives-in-wisconsin-11589498820?mod=opinion_lead_pos3
Off topic (sorta) but for those who can’t attend services in person, just a reminder that my church has online services at 8:15 AM (in progress), 9:45 AM, 11:15 AM, 4:30 PM and 6:15 PM. Youth worship is Wednesday at 6:30.
https://revolution.online.church/
Also, many pastors in the Atlanta area are leading each day at 4:04, you can follow them here (I don’t have a direct link to the prayers but you can see them here. Don’t have to join FB.) https://www.facebook.com/pg/revolutionchurchga/posts/
Should be “leading prayer”
Rule #1 when you see someone without a mask:
Do not talk to them!
Coughing is far more effective.
It they ignore that, then _you_ need to be somewhere else—fast.
San Saba Co. has it’s first case. A person who works at the SS nursing home.
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