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Post by Bruce Tackett on Mar 8, 2020 0:50:05 GMT
We're sitting at 416 in the U.S. at this moment. That's exactly 100 new confirmed since I started watching the tally 24 hours ago. That would be a multiplier of 1.32. But, that multiplier will probably increase as the number of cases increase exponentially.
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Mar 8, 2020 1:08:23 GMT
Well, that's it. At 7:00 PM a case of Coronavirus hit Kansas.
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Post by macky on Mar 8, 2020 1:51:56 GMT
Well, that's it. At 7:00 PM a case of Coronavirus hit Kansas. Damn it. Hope you stay all right, Bruce. If it hits Pratt, you'll have to isolate yourself in the house which means your back-yard commode will be off-limits.
What will you do then ?
It's quite strange here in Auckland at the moment. We've got some supermarkets with their customers panic-buying supplies and particularly toilet paper, while supermarkets just one mile away are calm and casual with no panic buying whatsoever.
Some low-life apparently stocked his truck up and is selling loo paper for $5 a roll. Maybe he will be the next millionaire named in NZ New Year's honours.
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Mar 8, 2020 2:14:07 GMT
Maybe he will be the next Corona victim.
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Post by chanduthemagician on Mar 8, 2020 2:19:42 GMT
Just recently they now think the incubation period is up to 24 days rather than 14, so add 24 days to the time period one expresses symptoms. I don't know the answer to how long people have it in total. I'd say at least a month or a bit longer though if you count the incubation period in which one can spread the virus.
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Post by macky on Mar 8, 2020 2:34:53 GMT
Just recently they now think the incubation period is up to 24 days rather than 14, so add 24 days to the time period one expresses symptoms. I don't know the answer to how long people have it in total. I'd say at least a month or a bit longer though if you count the incubation period in which one can spread the virus. Which makes the virus even more dangerous. 24 days is heaps of time to infect hundreds of people nearby, if in fact the virus is (also) airborne.
Actually I haven't heard any info on how the virus spreads, so far.
I think the person who tested positive after being attended by the 43 medical workers (who are now is self-isolation) at first was tested negative during the relevant time span.
Given this new disturbing information re the 24 days instead of 14, I hope it's picked up on here and those is self-isolation stay inside longer.
We have had the people off the ship released from the military base now, after 14 days there. Oops, maybe they should have stayed longer.
It could be that the virus itself is evolving rapidly, which would make any estimates re incubation period mere guess work.
Strange isn't it ? The greatest living being on the planet in disarray, brought down by among the smallest creatures "God ever put on this Earth".
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Mar 8, 2020 2:38:30 GMT
Just recently they now think the incubation period is up to 24 days rather than 14, so add 24 days to the time period one expresses symptoms. I don't know the answer to how long people have it in total. I'd say at least a month or a bit longer though if you count the incubation period in which one can spread the virus. I'd just like to know how long a person can expect to be actually sick. Like I said, I found one detailed case study in which the guy was sick for 16 days. It was left at that, so there would probably be a couple more days to full recovery. Today was my neighbor's son's Birthday and we were invited. My wife wasn't feeling well, so I went over with a present, myself. Friends and family were gathered there. Pretty soon a sister showed up with a couple of her children. She was asked why her husband wasn't there and she said he is sick. She said a couple of her children had also gotten it and that they had been throwing up and running high fevers. Fortunately I hadn't gotten anywhere near her. I told my neighbor I'd better just leave. I couldn't chance bringing anything home that my wife might catch.
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Post by Dave Reslo on Mar 8, 2020 3:09:24 GMT
The virus appears to last longer in cooler climates. The hope is by slowing the spread now, everything will be OK by the Summer.
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Post by chanduthemagician on Mar 8, 2020 3:56:12 GMT
Just recently they now think the incubation period is up to 24 days rather than 14, so add 24 days to the time period one expresses symptoms. I don't know the answer to how long people have it in total. I'd say at least a month or a bit longer though if you count the incubation period in which one can spread the virus. I'd just like to know how long a person can expect to be actually sick. Like I said, I found one detailed case study in which the guy was sick for 16 days. It was left at that, so there would probably be a couple more days to full recovery. Today was my neighbor's son's Birthday and we were invited. My wife wasn't feeling well, so I went over with a present, myself. Friends and family were gathered there. Pretty soon a sister showed up with a couple of her children. She was asked why her husband wasn't there and she said he is sick. She said a couple of her children had also gotten it and that they had been throwing up and running high fevers. Fortunately I hadn't gotten anywhere near her. I told my neighbor I'd better just leave. I couldn't chance bringing anything home that my wife might catch. That's the trouble too, now anyone that is sick with a cold or normal flu presents many of the same symptoms. Virtually nobody is getting / can get tested for this, so now we worry every sickness might be "THE" sickness. My parents have been having some illness for awhile. Missed Christmas with them this year. I want to go see them, but I'm also afraid of taking them an extra "gift". With their already compromised health, I don't expect a good outcome. Like I said I've been watching this guy. (SKIP Ahead to 7:30 to hear about testing - what a shitshow we have in the US) He's tracking numbers, stats and other info and trying to put some sense to it. As of yesterday my state has it's first case. Some person that came back from a cruise. He's been walking around for two weeks, was hospitalized and tested positive. This is in a major city environment so I will be surprised if we don't have some others showing up very soon. I think the best outcome for at risk folks is to get sick sooner rather than later because the medical facilities can cope now. In another month or so that may not be the case. What will slow down the cases after a point is we'll all get afraid enough were we limit our journeys to places with other people, this will limit the spread, but I think we're going to have a large infected populous before the growth tails off.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2020 7:19:52 GMT
Every weekend I visit my parents but am very worried now about giving them it if I have no obvious symptoms. This week I've had the mildest of sore throats, but have decided to stay home alone all weekend.
Problem is this could go on for many months and I am terrified of making them seriously ill. Our chief medical officer in the U.K. Has said the chance of avoiding an epidemic is about zero.
The World Health Organisation says 1 in 6 people who get it become seriously ill. That's not great odds if you work in an office where these illnesses spread like wildfire. We've got no end of people at risk in the small office I work.
If it does spread a lot, which seems to be expected, we're all going to know people who end up seriously ill or worse.
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Post by gruntbrain on Mar 8, 2020 14:13:40 GMT
Thanks to Sierraexercise, we can exercise at home rather than going to potentially virus infected commercial gyms .
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Post by mr potatohead on Mar 8, 2020 14:48:15 GMT
As this thread feeds the fire of chronic stress and hysteria with "news" of big, bad flu, some questions have occurred to me:
How many members here remember the "Swine Flu"? How about "Ebola"? "Zika"? "SARS"? These were major outbreaks, right? (Oh, but this one is MUCH worse. (rofl) )
How many of you had one of the above? Anyone you personally know had them? Any of those die?
Yeah, that's what I thought. None of us have a way of validating any of the current hoopla. The stories are being told in the usual sensational way, with intimations to make it sound really bad. Like the Chinese doctor that died (I think at the Wuhan facility) during this circus. I haven't read anywhere that the flu killed him, but the story is obviously told in a way to imply that.
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Post by mr potatohead on Mar 8, 2020 14:51:24 GMT
It has reached a fever point now to the extent that people are just making shit up. The kind of people who feed on terror and disaster. Fuck that.
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Post by trog on Mar 8, 2020 14:59:54 GMT
Some low-life apparently stocked his truck up and is selling loo paper for $5 a roll. Maybe he will be the next millionaire named in NZ New Year's honours.
I was speaking to my mother in South Australia this morning and she said the bottle shop was selling bottles of Corona Beer wth a toilet roll on the neck. She also said the grabber game at the supermarket, had toilet rolls in, as well as the usual teddy bears and chocolate bars. It is good to see the Aussies are retaining their sense of humour.
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Post by mr potatohead on Mar 8, 2020 15:23:29 GMT
Just read that the Chinese are successfully treating the virus with (IV) vitamin C. Gee, who woulda thought? Vitamin C for the flu! Revolutionary! (rofl)
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