On Topic Discussion 2019 Coronavirus (COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2)

[belamyi]

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[belamyi]

^^ Four beaches, the ones closer to the older part of downtown, were closed, after the "scientific cameras" installed on the Mapfre Tower bursted out of shame.

 

[belamyi]

This was the least packed part of the beachfront.

 

[justaguy]

The Government and Health Authorities here in New Zealand are telling it's citizens that we have eliminated the virus, for now anyway. We have had no new cases for about 3 weeks and have no active cases. They are still doing thousands of tests per day, and they are all coming back negative. Last week they lifted all social distancing restrictions and over the weekend a total of 60000 people attended 2 rugby games. Our borders remain closed until further notice. I think we achieved this through clear instructions during an extremely strict lockdown plus the aid of fortunate geography. The govt and opposition party and generally the whole population were all on the same page throughout. The option of herd immunity was rarely discussed. Our country's strategy depends on a vaccine becoming available, otherwise we will be in deep doodoo.

 

[justaguy]

Just about every day, the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern and her chief Health Official Dr Ashley Bloomfield held a press conference at precisely 1pm. Dr Bloomfield started by presenting the case statistics etc plus health guidelines. Ardern then gave instruction on the plans and how we would implement it. She always talked of elimination. She introduced us to bubbles and the concept of a team of 5 million. It was really quite amazing to be a part of and to actually achieve the goal, which seemed so unrealistic.

 

[Kyanimal]

^ Any idea when NZ will be accepting immigrants again? I wanna become a kiwi!

 

[KaraBulut]

14-Jun-2020:

Global COVID-19 Mortality/Morbidity
- Global Cases reported: 7,820,023 (up from 7,682,831 / 1.8%) - *‬*137,192 new cases yesterday
- Global Deaths: 430,766 (up from 426,427) - **4,339 people died yesterday

US COVID-19 Mortality/Morbidity
- Cases reported in the US - 2,075,840 cases (up from 2,048,986 / 1.3% yesterday), ‬**26,854 new cases, 19.6% of world's new cases were in the US
- Yesterday's cases in NJ/NY - 1,357 (5.3%), outside NJ/NY - 24,183 (94.7%)
- Deaths reported in the US - 115,464 deaths, +761 deaths yesterday , 17.5% of the world's deaths yesterday were in the US
- Yesterday's Deaths in NJ/NY - 169 (22.0%), outside NJ/NY - 598 (78.0%)
- Testing: - 23,040,304 tests (up from 22,517,262 yesterday, +523,042 tests), 7.0% of the US population has been tested, 9.0% positive rate

Coronavirus cases/deaths in active countries (preference to countries with JUB members):

• US: 2,075,840 (up from 2,048,986 / +26,854 / 1.3%) - 115,464 deaths (+761)
• Brazil: 850,514 (up from 828,810 / +21,704 / 2.6%) - 42,720 deaths (+892)
• Russia: 528,267 (up from 519,458 / +8,809 / 1.7%) - 6,938 deaths (+119)
• India: 320,922 (up from 308,916 / +12,006 / 3.9%) - 9,195 deaths (+311)
• UK : 295,828 (up from 294,402 / +1,426 / 0.5%) - 41,783 deaths (+217)
• Iran : 187,427 (up from 184,955 / +2,472 / 1.3%) - 8,837 deaths (+107)
• Mexico: 142,690 (up from 139,196 / +3,494 / 2.5%) - 16,872 deaths (+424)
• Sweden: 51,614 (up from 50,931 / +683 / 1.3%) - 4,874 deaths (+0)

Coronavirus cases/deaths in recovering countries:

• Spain : 243,605 (up from 243,209 / +396 / 0.2%) - 27,136 deaths (+0)
• Italy : 236,651 (up from 236,305 / +346 / 0.1%) - 34,301 deaths (+78)
• France : 193,746 (up from 193,220 / +526 / 0.3%) - 29,401 deaths (+24)
• Germany : 187,518 (up from 187,263 / +255 / 0.1%) - 8,801 deaths (+8)
• Turkey: 176,677 (up from 175,218 / +1,459 / 0.8%) - 4,792 deaths (+14)
• Canada : 100,044 (up from 99,595 / +449 / 0.5%) - 8,183 deaths (+58)
• China: 84,296 (up from 84,229 / +67 / 0.1%) - 4,638 deaths (+0)
• Belgium: 60,029 (up from 59,918 / +111 / 0.2%) - 9,655 deaths (+5)
• Netherlands : 48,990 (up from 48,847 / +143 / 0.3%) - 6,078 deaths (+2)
• Switzerland : 31,117 (up from 31,094 / +23 / 0.1%) - 1,938 deaths (+0)
• Ireland: 25,295 (up from 25,250 / +45 / 0.2%) - 1,705 deaths (+0)
• Japan: 17,369 (up from 17,292 / +77 / 0.4%) - 927 deaths (+1)
• South Korea : 12,058 (up from 12,051 / +7 / 0.1%) - 277 deaths (+0)
• Australia : 7,320 (up from 7,302 / +18 / 0.2%) - 102 deaths (+0)
• New Zealand: 1,504 (up from 1,504 / +0 / 0.0%) - 22 deaths (+0)

 

[KaraBulut]

...Public debate still rages surrounding the effectiveness of face masks. It's left to people to decide whether to wear them in public or not, which seems out of kilter with other recovering countries.

The only way around face masks is to never get within 6' of other people.

The issue is that on in the inside of a place like stores and restaurants, it's difficult to do this. That's when the mask is needed the most- when you can't physically distance in an indoor space.

The failure of the masks is that it only offers about a 50% protection from other people and that 50% decreases the longer you're in contact with the other person. However, if you are both wearing masks, the risk is reduced exponentially. Or to put it another way, all it takes is one bad unmasked apple with coronavirus to infect the whole mask-wearing bunch.

 

[rareboy]

Rebekah Jones was fired last month from her job at the Florida Department of Health, where she helped create a data portal about the state's COVID-19 cases. Now, she has created a dashboard of her own.

In some ways, Jones' new portal for Florida coronavirus data looks a lot like the state health department's. But it has a few key differences that reflect just how contentious coronavirus data has become amid politicized arguments about whether it's safe for states to reopen.

Yay Rebekah!

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/14/8765...EDSJrPaGBweeiXG8HUpCdlf1bTWJIHjVGmTkR4VPxnipc

She may help save lives...or at least know that she did her best to keep information available to the residents of the state.

 

[Telstra]

stupid question,
as corona can live up to 9 days on metal surface,
can it be carried through to weather system across countries and across continents ?

 

[KaraBulut]

15-Jun-2020:

Global COVID-19 Mortality/Morbidity
- Global Cases reported: 7,945,479 (up from 7,820,023 / 1.6%) - *‬*125,456 new cases yesterday
- Global Deaths: 434,081 (up from 430,766) - **3,315 people died yesterday

US COVID-19 Mortality/Morbidity
- Cases reported in the US - 2,095,043 cases (up from 2,075,840 / 0.9% yesterday), ‬**19,203 new cases, 15.3% of world's new cases were in the US
- Yesterday's cases in NJ/NY - 970 (5.0%), outside NJ/NY - 18,573 (95.0%)
- Deaths reported in the US - 115,747 deaths, +283 deaths yesterday , 8.5% of the world's deaths yesterday were in the US
- Yesterday's Deaths in NJ/NY - 68 (23.0%), outside NJ/NY - 228 (77.0%)
- Testing: - 23,535,104 tests (up from 23,040,304 yesterday, +494,800 tests), 7.1% of the US population has been tested, 8.9% positive rate

Coronavirus cases/deaths in active countries (preference to countries with JUB members):

• US: 2,095,043 (up from 2,075,840 / +19,203 / 0.9%) - 115,747 deaths (+283)
• Brazil: 867,624 (up from 850,514 / +17,110 / 2.0%) - 43,332 deaths (+612)
• Russia: 536,484 (up from 528,267 / +8,217 / 1.6%) - 7,081 deaths (+143)
• India: 332,424 (up from 320,922 / +11,502 / 3.6%) - 9,520 deaths (+325)
• UK : 297,342 (up from 295,828 / +1,514 / 0.5%) - 41,783 deaths (+0)
• Iran : 189,876 (up from 187,427 / +2,449 / 1.3%) - 8,950 deaths (+113)
• Mexico: 146,837 (up from 142,690 / +4,147 / 2.9%) - 17,141 deaths (+269)
• Sweden: 52,383 (up from 51,614 / +769 / 1.5%) - 4,891 deaths (+17)

Coronavirus cases/deaths in recovering countries:

• Spain : 243,928 (up from 243,605 / +323 / 0.1%) - 27,136 deaths (+0)
• Italy : 236,989 (up from 236,651 / +338 / 0.1%) - 34,345 deaths (+44)
• France : 194,153 (up from 193,746 / +407 / 0.2%) - 29,410 deaths (+9)
• Germany : 187,682 (up from 187,518 / +164 / 0.1%) - 8,803 deaths (+2)
• Turkey: 178,239 (up from 176,677 / +1,562 / 0.9%) - 4,807 deaths (+15)
• Canada : 100,404 (up from 100,044 / +360 / 0.4%) - 8,218 deaths (+35)
• China: 84,338 (up from 84,296 / +42 / 0.0%) - 4,638 deaths (+0)
• Belgium: 60,100 (up from 60,029 / +71 / 0.1%) - 9,661 deaths (+6)
• Netherlands : 49,155 (up from 48,990 / +165 / 0.3%) - 6,084 deaths (+6)
• Switzerland : 31,131 (up from 31,117 / +14 / 0.0%) - 1,938 deaths (+0)
• Ireland: 25,303 (up from 25,295 / +8 / 0.0%) - 1,706 deaths (+1)
• Japan: 17,439 (up from 17,369 / +70 / 0.4%) - 929 deaths (+2)
• South Korea : 12,121 (up from 12,058 / +63 / 0.5%) - 277 deaths (+0)
• Australia : 7,335 (up from 7,320 / +15 / 0.2%) - 102 deaths (+0)
• New Zealand: 1,504 (up from 1,504 / +0 / 0.0%) - 22 deaths (+0)

 

[KaraBulut]

Boom.


FDA terminates emergency use authorization of hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 [CNN]

The US Food and Drug Administration has revoked its emergency use authorization for the drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine for the treatment of Covid-19.

After reviewing the current research available on the drugs, the FDA determined that the drugs do not meet "the statutory criteria" for emergency use authorization as they are unlikely to be effective in treating Covid-19 based on the latest scientific evidence, the agency noted on its website on Monday.

"FDA has concluded that, based on this new information and other information discussed in the attached memorandum, it is no longer reasonable to believe that oral formulations of HCQ and CQ may be effective in treating COVID-19, nor is it reasonable to believe that the known and potential benefits of these products outweigh their known and potential risks," FDA chief scientist Denise Hinton wrote in a letter to Gary Disbrow of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) on Monday.

 

[rareboy]

Gee. What will TrumpCo. do with all the hydroxychloroquine they stockpiled?

 

[belamyi]

^ Send it the same way everything that was blocking the way, or simply was of no use anymore..: send it down the sewer, or simply ignore it, and forget about it.

 

[KaraBulut]

Gee. What will TrumpCo. do with all the hydroxychloroquine they stockpiled?

I have a suggestion. It involves his next colonoscopy appointment.

 

[Kyanimal]

I have a suggestion. It involves his next colonoscopy appointment.

They'll have to remove the U.V. light tube first ...

 

[Alistair]

They'll have to remove the U.V. light tube first ...

That's why he was having such a hard time walking down the ramp

 

[belamyi]

The Government and Health Authorities here in New Zealand are telling it's citizens that we have eliminated the virus, for now anyway. We have had no new cases for about 3 weeks and have no active cases. They are still doing thousands of tests per day, and they are all coming back negative. Last week they lifted all social distancing restrictions and over the weekend a total of 60000 people attended 2 rugby games. Our borders remain closed until further notice. I think we achieved this through clear instructions during an extremely strict lockdown plus the aid of fortunate geography. The govt and opposition party and generally the whole population were all on the same page throughout. The option of herd immunity was rarely discussed. Our country's strategy depends on a vaccine becoming available, otherwise we will be in deep doodoo.

If this happens in NZ, what can you expect from the rest of the world:

Coronavirus update: New Zealand records two new cases of coronavirus, tourists on the move as European nations open borders

 

[KaraBulut]

If this happens in NZ, what can you expect from the rest of the world:

Coronavirus update: New Zealand records two new cases of coronavirus, tourists on the move as European nations open borders

The reports from Spain about the beaches and about Spain's intent to start bringing in tourists quickly is shocking.

 

[belamyi]

^ And Spain has been the most reticent European country, along with Norway I think, to open up international boders: the original intention was to start on July, 1, now it has been advanced to next Sunday.

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So far they are trying a "probe" with some German tourists in Majorca.