OT: Corona Virus Near Me

[Sluconn Husky]

The rest of the world has been slow to act/react/mobilize as China, and did so with a known virus and disease already presented to them.

 

[vtcwbuff]

This is a nice trope, but the generally recognized time line in the medical/scientific community is that the disease first manifested in December in the middle of flu season, and the identification of something different took a month, and the cause was first isolated in January. That is not very long in identifying a new disease, and while the situation in Wuhan was terrible, the situation in the rest of China shows how well their medical system has function. Korea reacted the fastest of other countries and identified all but one patient who turned into their own typhoid Mary - she alone was the direct cause of at least 60% of their cases to date. The rest of the world has been slow to act/react/mobilize as China, and did so with a known virus and disease already presented to them.

You only need look at the delays in recognizing AIDS and mobilizing to deal with it to see how slowly the world reacts.

Sorry if this is considered too political a comment.

Reality is never political.

 

[Charliebball]

Thanks for everyone's good thoughts........no news is good news so far regarding my mom's care taker who is self quarantined...........of course today I found out one of my neighbors five houses down has tested positive..............it's beginning to feel like the circle is tightening!!

 

[UcMiami]

It takes 14-21 days for 'recovery' and 3-10 days to become detectable in a patient, and since almost all cases have been found in the last three weeks and on an exponential curve, the recovery numbers are only starting to be counted. Give it some time

Just one other point on people watching the numbers 'game' on the virus - because reported case numbers continue to expand at exponential rates and will continue on that path as testing for the virus gets ramped up in the US, the recovery numbers will continue to appear dwarfed by the case numbers. This will continue to be a depressing number comparison for some time, and does not actually represent anything more than better counting of cases.

As an example, if we discover 1000 cases today, it will take 21 days from today before we know the true outcome from those cases, and during those 21 days there are likely to have been an addition 21000 cases discovered (or more) - if all of those 1000 cases recover with zero deaths it will still look like a pitiful recovery, 1000 recoveries vs. 21,000 active cases, when in reality it would be a 100% recovery rate for the cases discovered today.
This will continue in this fashion for quite a while while testing becomes widespread, and new case numbers continue to expand. Eventually the numbers will start to come down as they have in China where today they reported no domestic new cases and only 11 new cases from arriving travelers.

 

[CL82]

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This seem so daunting. I'd look forward to the recovered number going up in time.

Active cases for me are now a mile further away. Recovered count remains the same.

 

[Fairfield Fan]

South Korea and the United States both saw their first confirmed case on the same day: January 20. Yet Korea swung into action, and they are now seeing few new cases. America dithered, and we're only in the early stages of what will certainly be a terrible pandemic here.

In Fairfield County, I'm in the epicenter of this disease. Still few test kits, and no possible way to track infections now in Connecticut.

Scares the hell out of me.

 

[Kaizen]

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Active cases for me are now a mile further away. Recovered count remains the same.

Ir is very scary to compare yesterday and today's cases. An increase of 2873 cases just one fay.

 

[bantamlaker]

South Korea and the United States both saw their first confirmed case on the same day: January 20. Yet Korea swung into action, and they are now seeing few new cases. America dithered, and we're only in the early stages of what will certainly be a terrible pandemic here.
In Fairfield County, I'm in the epicenter of this disease. Still few test kits, and no possible way to track infections now in Connecticut.
Scares the hell out of me.

As of yesterday 152 positive cases in CT with102 of them in Fairfield County. Go to ct.gov and there is a link at the top of the page which gives the numbers. I think it is updated daily.

 

[JordyG]

Anyone that thinks they are near the epicenter of COVID-19 in this country think again. Here in NY there are over 4000 confirmed cases with 34 deaths. Washington state with far less confirmed cases at 1200 has 66 deaths. NYC is quickly running out of equipment to deal with hospitalized cases. Here is ground zero for the battle against COVID-19.

 

[Kaizen]

As of yesterday 152 positive cases in CT with102 of them in Fairfield County. Go to ct.gov and there is a link at the top of the page which gives the numbers. I think it is updated daily.

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[bantamlaker]

Cuomo in NY mandates all non-essential workers stay home.

 

[sno-cat]

On the lighter side, what will we call the new babies arriving 9 months form now....Corona-Kids? Pandemic Punks? Eventually when they get older they may be called Quaranteens. What say you all?