Coronavirus

[Bet TSLA]

has anybody got independent confirmation of how many test kits were actually sent ?

Given the current rate of lying from the Trump administration, I'd say you can be confident that there weren't a million, they weren't test kits, and they didn't go out on Monday. Other than that...

 

[UnknownSoldier]

Governor Idiot still hasn't just closed all the schools statewide. Come on man. What exactly is wrong with you?

Inslee orders all private, public K-12 schools in King, Pierce, Snohomish counties to close through April 24 due to coronavirus concerns

 

[byeLT4]

If the tests went out on Monday, and the tests take 2-4 days to get results, we should be getting data tomorrow or Monday. If the tests were sent overnight.

Whew.... At least they still get the weekend off.........

 

[GaryW]

... which means that in all families with children at least one of the parents has to stay home for 1,5 month (assuming the kids don’t go to their - vulnerable - grandparents). The economic impact must be huge.

Edit: Ohio and Maryland are also closing all schools, for a minimum of three and two weeks.

Since the teenagers are also out of school, there are a lot of potential babysitters.

I think this work out fine in the US.

 

[bkp_duke]

Am I seeing it right China reported 0 deaths and 3 new cases? Maybe will be updated in next few hours

They adopt the Trump method and just stop testing? I just cannot believe that number.

 

[Paracelsus]

Bernie's address to the United States this afternoon was the address from 'Leadership' that we should have already heard from the Trump Administration regarding the current coronavirus crisis. Strongly encourage listening to this. An excellent job of explaining how we must react to the crisis, and what we should have already been told by leadership at this point in time:

 

[KSilver2000]

I read somewhere that there is a shortage of chemicals used in the labs to process the swabs from the test kits.

Happening in CA.

 

[linux-works]

anyone seen the movie 'deadzone' with christopher walken? remember how it ended?

 

[UnknownSoldier]

The Democrats are stupid, this is something that is actually impeachable and they blew their impeachment load on some idiotic Ukraine thing. If endangering the entire country's population for political gain isn't impeachable then nothing is, but that opportunity has already been wasted.

 

[linux-works]

there's still november.

keep this in peoples' minds until then.

this is their but her emails! moment that the GOP will not be allowed to forget.

 

[AlexS]

They adopt the Trump method and just stop testing? I just cannot believe that number.

Seem too good, but I also checked that weather in Wuhan is over +20C, so maybe there is something to that. History will show.

 

[ggr]

The Democrats are stupid, this is something that is actually impeachable and they blew their impeachment load on some idiotic Ukraine thing. If endangering the entire country's population for political gain isn't impeachable then nothing is, but that opportunity has already been wasted.

Why do you think it's impeachable? We elected an incompetent, but it's his call to make and he made it, and continues to make it.

 

[SageBrush]

And of course defining pre-symptomatic is a little bit tricky because often times people have very slight prodromal symptoms before they become febrile and develop significant cough .

This is exactly what I think is going on. People vary in the constellation and progression of symptoms but some will be something like this:

1. Runny nose, 'sinus' complaints, 'allergy' complaints and sneezing; then
2. Scratchy throat, occasional cough; then
3. More prominent cough; then
4. Fever and malaise; then
5. Pleurisy or progressive dyspnea

When is a person first symptomatic ? A physician will say (1), but depending on how careful the history is obtained (2), (3) or (4) may be reported.

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Somewhat tangentially, the NYT has an interesting report on the success of Taiwan in containing Covid-19. Two of the pillars of infection detection were fever (4) and self reporting of symptoms and high risk contacts. I wonder if the Taiwanese are just much better educated and self report from (1) or other factors are in play. Their success is certainly indirect evidence that the math model is wrong.

The most basic problem with the 'asymptomatic and infectious' notion is that it goes against a century of understanding viral respiratory disease epidemiology and pathophysiology. Symptoms are indicative of significant cytopathic effect, itself indicative of viral load. Spread is via cough and sneezing; and to a lesser degree rhinitis, all symptoms of infection.

 

[Dr. J]

The Democrats are stupid, this is something that is actually impeachable and they blew their impeachment load on some idiotic Ukraine thing. If endangering the entire country's population for political gain isn't impeachable then nothing is, but that opportunity has already been wasted.

There is no limit in the Constitution to the number of times a president can be impeached. An opportunity to present the craven fecklessness of Donald Trump should never be overlooked.

 

[linux-works]

wouldn't it be great to go back to the old days (wow, just a few months ago), where all we had to worry about was the 'terrorists'.

seems we stopped over-inflating that one and now have REAL problems. the old boogyman isn't quite as bad as this.

will we spend as much (money) on this as we did the old boogyman?

we need to.

 

[Highway2Heel]

The mayor in Jaws was also the mayor in Jaws 2. Please vote.

 

[Dr. J]

Trump calls it a "foreign virus"--like coronavirus knows where it's from. It just reinforces who he is and the xenophobia of the base:
Why Trump Intentionally Misnames the Coronavirus

 

[Dr. J]

The mayor in Jaws was also the mayor in Jaws 2. Please vote.

Wut.

 

[linux-works]

random thought: with so many stuck at home, will we see a surge in birth rates in, oh, about 9 or 10 months from now?

 

[SageBrush]

New Trump calls it a "foreign virus"--like coronavirus knows where it's from

I noticed that dog whistle also.

The only silver lining I have read from the White House lately is that Pence intends to keep shaking hands.