Coronavirus Live Thread. No 10.

3/5/2020

[Vermont Lt]

A place to consolidate CoronaVirus Stories

[LilFarmer]

CHINA

Beijing hospital confirms nervous system infections by novel coronavirus

Source: Xinhua| 2020-03-05 17:28:01|Editor: huaxia
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) — Chinese doctors have proved for the first time that the novel coronavirus can cause damage to patients’ central nervous system.

Doctors from Beijing Ditan Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, a designated institution treating the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), announced Thursday that they have cured a male patient whose cerebrospinal fluid had the virus.

Previous studies show that COVID-19 may attack multiple organs, including kidneys, livers and heart, but there are no records about the central nervous system damage.

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-03/05/c_138846529.htm

[petitfour]

ROFLOL

[cgbg]

I am beginning to think some of these travel cases were caught at the airports (foreign or domestic) or the airplanes themselves.

[LilFarmer]

MA

New coronavirus cases reported in Massachusetts
Some schools closing over coronavirus concerns

Two new presumptive positive cases of the highly contagious coronavirus have been reported in the Bay State, health officials announced on Thursday, raising the state’s count to one confirmed and three possible cases, forcing more people who were in contact to stay home.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health confirmed a new presumptive positive case of coronavirus, a woman in her 60s who lives in Middlesex County and recently traveled to northern Italy. She did not require hospitalization and is recovering at home.

South Shore Health also confirmed a presumptive positive case of coronavirus at Norwell’s South Shore Medical Center. Four hospital employees who were in contact with the patient will stay home for two weeks, the medical center said.

The Middlesex County and South Shore presumptive cases come on top of a Norfolk County presumptive case, a woman who had traveled from Italy, and the confirmed case of a UMass Boston student who traveled from Wuhan, China.

Also on Thursday, the Cambridge-based company Biogen announced that three employees who visited Boston last week have tested positive for coronavirus.

https://www.lowellsun.com/2020/03/05/new-coronavirus-cases-reported-in-massachusetts/

[CJ Wolf]

Airplanes and cruise ships. The SUV has evolved.

[mrsmith]

At this point it’s all just rumor AFAIK. They have strict controls on people so may be an artifact of that...

Be bad news for us too if the virus flares back up. Means it will be virulent until a vaccine (or ‘something’) comes along.

[HollyB]

Interesting...That article was the first I had heard of him.

But, it has me thinking..Maybe his cat had it first. Or maybe his cat starved/dehydrated to death while he was sick.

[DEPcom]

You are on to something “Recovered and got infected by L-COV”

[LilFarmer]

MARYLAND

The Washington Post
@washingtonpost
Maryland coronavirus: Hogan confirms three cases in Montgomery County

[rodguy911]

Lots going on in research in Africa now: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/disease-x-virus-hunters/ The discovery of the Bombali virus in free-tailed bats is the first time a strain of Ebola has been confirmed prior to an outbreak.

It is not yet known to what extent it could mutate. ‘Viruses surprise us all the time,’ says Professor Tracey Goldstein, the co-principal lead on pathogen detection for Predict at UC Davis.

She points to extrapolated figures that suggest there may be a staggering 3,200 different types of coronavirus harboured in bats alone. ‘Keeping your eyes on understanding what might be coming up ahead and testing and learning from these viruses once we have found them is critically important.’

Where once virus hunters took to pristine rain forests to locate disease, this is changing as human populations expand. Africa’s population is expected to double by 2050, exceeding more than 2 billion people. As people encroach ever further into the environment, the potential to encounter new viruses for which we have no natural immunity is huge.

125 posted on 3/1/2020, 10:18:59 AM by rodguy911

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3820710/posts?q=1&;page=101

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Problem is if we are going to let every new virus that comes along change our lives simply because we are still buying the DBM/ BS we are in for a long siege of one virus after another.

There are thousands of virus in Africa alone that can be transferred from animals to humans. Many are like the common flu.If we react to each and every new virus like we are to corona 19 we will be falling right into the driveby trap.

What does it do? It's harder to detect up to 30 days. But other than that it's very similar to the common flu with almost the same death toll percentages 2-3%. So why all the fuss I don't get it!!

If this thing does not respond well to hot weather it will so similar to the flu we will finally realize we have been duped.

[BenLurkin]

San Francisco Confirms First Two Coronavirus Cases, Both the Result of Community Spread

5 March 2020 / SF News / Jay Barmann

https://sfist.com/2020/03/05/san-francisco-confirms-first-two-coronavirus-cases-both-the-result-of-community-spread/

[cgbg]

Wait until the disease hits members of Congress.

Most of them are old and have lots of pre-existing conditions.

C-SPAN will get rowdy!

[rodguy911]

https://time.com/5610878/2018-2019-flu-season/

The 2018-2019 flu season may not have been as severe as the one that came before it, but it set a record of its own, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say. It was the longest in a decade, lasting 21 weeks.

Fewer illnesses, hospitalizations and deaths were reported this year than during last year’s notoriously brutal flu season, earning the 2018-2019 season an overall severity rating of “moderate,” according to a new CDC recap. But the length and trajectory of the most recent flu season—which began in November, peaked in mid-February and trailed off in April—was unique, the CDC says.

Most flu seasons start off with lots of infections from influenza A viruses, which can be more severe and less responsive to vaccination than other subtypes, while generally less-severe influenza B viruses often strike later. But this year, the CDC says, two different phases of influenza A activity dominated the season, contributing to its unusual length. H1N1 circulated widely from October to mid-February, then H3N2 picked up from mid-February into the spring, according to the new report.

Even still, high early-season vaccination rates and a relatively effective annual vaccine appeared to help suppress illnesses. In total, the CDC estimates that up to 42.9 million people got sick during the 2018-2019 flu season, 647,000 people were hospitalized and 61,200 died. That’s fairly on par with a typical season, and well below the CDC’s 2017-2018 estimates of 48.8 million illnesses, 959,000 hospitalizations and 79,400 deaths.

Pediatric hospitalizations were similar to last year’s levels, the CDC says, but there were fewer pediatric deaths: 116 children died from the flu this year, compared to 183 last year.

Although the 2018-2019 flu season is over, the CDC is already reminding people to get vaccinated ahead of the 2019-2020 season, since it’s the best way to reduce the risk of getting and transmitting influenza. October, ahead of the bulk of flu season, is the best time to get vaccinated, according to the CDC.

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I'll be very surprised if the coronoa19 virus is any better or worse than 2018 or 2019 indicating all the hype is just that hype.

[RightGeek]

Instapundit Update - Evening 3/5 - https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/360507/

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: 3 Who Attended Biogen Meeting in Boston Test Positive for Coronavirus.

What you need to work from home during the coronavirus outbreak.

Man Who Was On Cruise Ship With Coronavirus Patients Dies In Sunnyvale.

Another senior politician has died of coronavirus in Iran, where 8% of the parliament is infected.

Mayor de Blasio says coronavirus fears shouldn’t keep New Yorkers off subways.

107 Dead of Coronavirus in Iran, Quarantines Extended.

Iran coronavirus: Bodies ‘pile up’ in morgue as country feels strain of coronavirus.

Pence greets state officials with elbow bump while holding coronavirus task force documents.

Officials bought this motel to hold coronavirus patients. Working-class neighbors are enraged.

South Shore Medical Center staff members quarantined after patient tests positive for coronavirus.

Coronavirus map: Where are U.S. cases being reported?

Stadium worker in Seattle tests positive for coronavirus.

South Korea protests Japan’s quarantine plans over coronavirus.

Stanford limits attendance at sporting events because of coronavirus.

Coronavirus, supply-chain issues raise fears in California manufacturers.

Coronavirus Is Proving We Need More Resilient Supply Chains.

[cgbg]

Yeah—get on the subway, New Yorkers.

What could possibly go wrong!

(DiBlasio is a public menace imho.)

[Black Agnes]

Actual death toll from the flu is about 0.07%. ‘Pandemic’ flu has a death toll of about 0.1%. Spanish flu of 1918 had a mortality of ~2.5%.

This is much closer to the 1918 flu, mortality wise, than the ‘regular flu’.

[cgbg]

I know what is going to happen next.

DiBlasio will ride the subway to prove to New Yorkers that it is safe.

(or maybe not.... :-) )

[cgbg]

DiBlasio and the entire NYC City Council should ride the subway every day—or stfu.

[mrsmith]

Santa Clara County: "Hold muh beer..."

Michael Russo‏Verified account @RussoHockey · 60m60 minutes ago
Sharks-Wild Game to be Played Tonight as Scheduled. Statement from NHL

[RummyChick]

This may be the story that I posted back in February
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7959643/First-Briton-contract-coronavirus-claims-shook-infection-hot-toddy-whisky.html

Of course, he could have told them about the cat or the diary and they just didnt include it in the story