Posted on 02/16/2020 2:39:22 PM PST by Vermont Lt
Continuation of previous thread.
Looks like an interesting novel. Let me know when it’s published and under what title.
I know, reads too much like fiction and people are believing it.
here is something sort of new
https://www.businessinsider.com/wuhan-coronavirus-symptoms-24-days-after-infection-2020-2
First of all, new coronary pneumonia is not the same as SARS or avian influenza. In many cases, SARS is very severe when the patient comes up. However, the early onset of new crown patients is not very dangerous, but in the later period, there will be an acceleration, and the patient will soon enter a state of multiple organ failure, which will be a storm of inflammation. Once in this state, it is difficult for our treatment to pull it back. This is completely different from the past. Many patients do not die from the lungs. Because the hospital has ECMO (Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Support), a ventilator, and various treatment strategies, which can replace the patient’s lung function. But many patients die of multiple organ failure outside the lungs, which is very different from the past.
Why is there such a sudden acceleration?
Zhong Ming said that the patient’s body may have initiated an inflammatory storm, which caused the failure of various organs. What they observed is that many patients have elevated markers of myocardial damage, so the virus is likely to damage the heart muscle itself, similar to myocarditis, and may damage many other organs.
China sends over 30,000 medics to aid in battle against COVID-19 in Wuhan
Xinhua| 2020-02-17 15:22:06
BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) — China has dispatched more than 30,000 medical staff, including elite medical groups, to assist in the fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in the epicenter Wuhan, Guo Yanhong, an official with the National Health Commission, said Monday.
China has sent about 11,000 intensive care specialists into the coronavirus-hit Wuhan, making up to approximately 10 percent of the country’s total number of intensive care medics, Guo said at a press conference in Beijing
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-02/17/c_138791841.htm
Japan confirms 99 more cases of new virus on cruise ship
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February 17, 2020 at 2:58 am
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese officials have confirmed 99 more people infected by the new virus aboard the quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess, bringing the total to 454, the Health Ministry said Monday .
The ministry has been carrying out tests on passengers and crew on the ship, docked in Yokohama, a port city near Tokyo.
Japan confirms 99 more cases of new virus on cruise ship
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February 17, 2020 at 2:58 am
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese officials have confirmed 99 more people infected by the new virus aboard the quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess, bringing the total to 454, the Health Ministry said Monday .
The ministry has been carrying out tests on passengers and crew on the ship, docked in Yokohama, a port city near Tokyo...
So perhaps some of those who “recover” will have lasting heart damage as something of a ticking time bomb.
Link for ^^^
https://mynorthwest.com/1722423/japan-confirms-99-more-cases-of-new-virus-on-cruise-ship/
Yes, I think it’s like a relapse with a a cytokine storm type of situation. I think this is why they wait so long to consider a patient recovered.
THERE was panic among shoppers in Cowley yesterday evening as paramedics dressed in protective suits and facemasks were spotted outside a supermarket.
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Shopper John Clayton, who reported the incident, said he approached medical staff to inquire if the incident was connected with the deadly virus, however, they refused to answer.
Halfords employee Connor McDermott who was working at the store yesterday as medics turned up at about 4.30pm, said he overheard customers who said that a person had died in the incident.
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/18239292.coronavirus-medics-protective-suits-spotted-cowley/
I'm retired... Have been for 13 years.. :)
"Have you stocked up on a month or two worth of food/meds/neccesities?"
Yeppers, We usually vacuum pack lots of carbs and keep them in the basement.. Beans, rice, flour and lots of caned fish and spam.. Lots of frozen veggies in the freezer out in the barn..
"Are you able to stay in your home, and not be around large crowds?"
We use Wal-mart pharmacy.. That's the scary part.. I can't make her wear a mask... "Vanity of vanity, all is vanity... :)
The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is not an influenza virus. There are many different types of viruses that cause illness in humans and in animals and some are zoonotic meaning they can jump from animals to humans.
As someone here, I can’t recall who, tried to explain:
Think of viruses as car brands. You have Fords and Chevys and Toyotas, etc. Many different and distinct car brands and many different and distinct types of viruses.
So think of influenza as being a “Ford brand” and coronaviruses as being a “Chevy brand”.
But within each car brand, there are many different models.
With Ford, you have many different models ranging from the Fiesta to the Mustang. There are also different models and options within those models (think of those as mutations).
Within the influenza virus there are many different strains – A, B, C and D and within those various subtypes, just for example in type A alone:
H1N1 caused "Spanish flu" in 1918 and "Swine flu" in 2009.
H2N2 caused "Asian Flu".
H3N2 caused "Hong Kong Flu"
The coronavirus is a virus just as a Ford and a Chevy are all car brands, but belong to a different family of viruses than influenza.
Some coronaviruses are endemic and are responsible for a percentage of seasonal “common colds”, miserable to get but not particularly dangerous.
What is concerning about this particular coronavirus is that it is novel (not previous seen infecting humans) and with any novel virus we don’t exactly know how it is spread and the eventual CFR or if it will eventually burn out, if it is seasonal and likely to come back or if it will mutate into a less lethal form as the 1918-19 “Spanish Flu” did.
Pretty low odds of exposure, I’d think ;-)
1,716 frontline Chinese medics infected with Covid-19 in battle against coronavirus
87.5 in Hubei and 1,102 in Wuhan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-nDj-MRAB4
Coronavirus: China bans citizens from leaving their homes | DW News
Xiaogan in Hubay province is using tight new restrictions. Residents there are not being permitted to leave their homes or to use their private vehicles. (no groceries, nothing)
“for the last 10 days..reporters, editors, digital producers, video journalists and production staff are all working from home.” (hong kong)
Relative Import Risk: measure of how a chosen number of infected individuals distribute around the globe when they travel. Top three countries: Thailand, Japan, South Korea. Top three airports: Hong Kong, Seoul, Taipai - very strong traffic coupling to major cities in China
SCMP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVxuojeOwg0
also news about Diamond Princess:
(Americans take care of their people said one passenger) Canada, Hong Kong, Australia, Italy and Taiwan also taking their passengers.
Crew members say they are not under quarantine and are not treated ‘properly’.
1st evacuation of Germans released after 2wk quarantine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfVbtAI58os
First and second planes from japan land at Travis AFB -
99 new cases on cruise ship
questions for japan over keeping ppl on the ship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJx5Tm8Jdy8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJx5Tm8Jdy8
World Health Organization holds secretive talks with tech giants Google, Facebook and Amazon to tackle the spread of misinformation on coronavirus.
Twitter, Youtube and Saleforce also met with the World Health Organization
The talks with the health body were held at the Facebook Menlo Park campus
The spread of misinformation on social media was described as an ‘infodemic’
Companies agreed to meet regularly and host a coronavirus information line
14 of the returning Americans from the Princess cruise ship are infected.
They were still allowed to fly home on the same airplane, as others.
All returning will be quarantined.
These mechanisms for stopping disinformation have to be in place to stop real information when the time comes.
Rachel Cheung
@rachel_cheung1
A 24-year-old, who travelled from Wuhan to Guangzhou last month, started coughing six days after her 15-day quarantine ended and tested positive for #coronavirus yesterday - yet another case where patients developed symptoms after 14-day incubation period
More censorship??
Vardhan interacts with Wuhan evacuees at ITBP Chhawla camp Agency News Feb 17, 2020, 6:43 PM
New Delhi, Feb 17 : Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday interacted with several Indian nationals who had been quarantined at ITBP Chhawla Camp for over a fortnight and have tested negative for the deadly Coronavirus disease.
https://www.pennews.net/national/2020/02/17/vardhan-interacts-with-wuhan-evacuees-at-itbp-chhawla-camp
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