Latest Coronavirus - Yikes

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#652
utvols88 said:
I know this seems worse than SARS and MERS. However, I cant help but think social media and the mobile connection to EVERYTHING around the world, is sparking more fear than necessary.

With that said, there are alot of details that support this being a major problem such as shutting down a city, building more temporary hospitals, the early numbers, etc. Misinformation is out there but which part is misinformation? Crazy.
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It’s not worse than SARS, and certainly not worse than MERS.
 
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VolStrom said:
All I know is the next time I go to a store with a buggy I'm douching the handle down with germ killer before I touch it.
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Lysol or Clorox wipes in the disposable bags like baby wipes are in, as not all stores have the wipes available at the front of the store for use. These also work great in places where they change your cart at checkout.
 
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#654
KB5252 said:
I've read, I think on here, that some people are just carriers, don't show symptoms or only mild symptoms. Is that correct to the best of our knowledge?
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That could be correct. Someone catches it, has strong immunities and no other co morbidities, they survive. But they still have an active period of transmission.
 
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#657
NurseGoodVol said:
If it has a dormancy state it could very well survive an ocean. Usually the most virulent of viruses have some way to survive. That's why with some rooms we use ultraviolet light to disinfect them.
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I still haven’t seen any data on dormancy and indirect contact life cycle. I’m not sure they’re even able to have that data compiled yet. I think until something concrete comes out on it I’ll be considering it like one would measles, even though I’m immune to that nasty bug.
 
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#658
Persian Vol said:
You guys need to relax.
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I don’t see anyone stressed or freaking out here that needs to relax, just folks trying to become informed with a lack of solid information available.

Hey Doc, are you willing to go into that exam room with the unknown of is it simple flu or something nastier without safety equipment? Folks learning about safety precautions and being able to utilize them should make your life easier in the long run.
 
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DynaLo said:
I still haven’t seen any data on dormancy and indirect contact life cycle. I’m not sure they’re even able to have that data compiled yet. I think until something concrete comes out on it I’ll be considering it like one would measles, even though I’m immune to that nasty bug.
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After being in critical care for 14 years I'm sure I'm pretty immune to most bugs. All my titres come back good. I wear a mask because I'm required to since i can't do the flu shot. I'm the healthiest nurse there. We've had several call outs for respiratory infections and flu lately.
If this came out of a lab they already know it's dormancy abilities are and what environmental sources or chemicals will kill it.
It doesn't seem to be multiplying outside mainland China like in Wuhan. I think cases outside the mainland will show quickly then decrease.
 
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NurseGoodVol said:
After being in critical care for 14 years I'm sure I'm pretty immune to most bugs. All my titres come back good. I wear a mask because I'm required to since i can't do the flu shot. I'm the healthiest nurse there. We've had several call outs for respiratory infections and flu lately.
If this came out of a lab they already know it's dormancy abilities are and what environmental sources or chemicals will kill it.
It doesn't seem to be multiplying outside mainland China like in Wuhan. I think cases outside the mainland will show quickly then decrease.
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Pictures of your titres, so we can judge how good?
 
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carlos86 said:
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81 deaths out of 2,827 reported cases would mean a 3% mortality rate…

For comparison, seasonal flu typically has a mortality rate below 1% and causes about 400,000 deaths each year globally. SARS had a death rate of more than 10%.”
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If one believes the numbers coming from the Chinese govt.

The number of people infected with a SARS-like form of coronavirus in Wuhan, China could already be more than 30 times higher the the official tally, researchers in Hong Kong have warned. Gabriel Leung, the chair of public health medicine at the University of Hong Kong, said at a press conference Monday that his team’s research models show that some 44,000 people in Wuhan alone—where the virus is believed to have originated in a seafood market—may be infected as of last Saturday......

Other estimates by researchers who have modeled the spread of the infection—including a team at Imperial College London—have also suggested infections are many times higher than official numbers. Chinese officials have pushed back on such estimates: “Faced with viruses like this, facts must be facts and theories are just theories,” Gao Fu, the director of China’s Bureau of Disease Prevention and Control, told reporters on Jan. 23.
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Wuhan Coronavirus Infections Could Be 30 Times Higher, Researcher Says

I don't know the guy, and he may be off by a large amount, but I have little faith that China is being honest with the numbers.
 
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NurseGoodVol said:
It doesn't seem to be multiplying outside mainland China like in Wuhan. I think cases outside the mainland will show quickly then decrease.
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Wouldn't we have to wait a couple weeks from when cases are confirmed in the US? So far I think the US cases are people that came from Wuhan, but isn't it supposed to take a couple weeks before one shows symptoms if they caught it while around one of those 5?
 
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DynaLo said:
I don’t see anyone stressed or freaking out here that needs to relax, just folks trying to become informed with a lack of solid information available.

Hey Doc, are you willing to go into that exam room with the unknown of is it simple flu or something nastier without safety equipment? Folks learning about safety precautions and being able to utilize them should make your life easier in the long run.
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My take is that like all of the other past outbreaks, the hysteria >>>>> aftermath
 
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NurseGoodVol said:
After being in critical care for 14 years I'm sure I'm pretty immune to most bugs. All my titres come back good. I wear a mask because I'm required to since i can't do the flu shot. I'm the healthiest nurse there. We've had several call outs for respiratory infections and flu lately.
If this came out of a lab they already know it's dormancy abilities are and what environmental sources or chemicals will kill it.
It doesn't seem to be multiplying outside mainland China like in Wuhan. I think cases outside the mainland will show quickly then decrease.
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I was at the drug store and saw some masks. Noticed there are Level 1-3 masks, with 3 being most efficient and better micron rating. Would it matter which to use for viruses?
 
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#668
AshG said:
Corona is an anagram of Racoon. There is a medical research facility in Wuhan that uses the Umbrella logo from Resident Evil. Racoon + Umbrella + virus outbreak + mutations = the end.

Folks, we're hosed.
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Aim for the head.
 
#670
#670
Fox News fixing to air a segment on this after the current commercial break.
 
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#671
Confirmed coronavirus cases:

- China
- United States
- France
- Japan
- South Korea
- Taiwan
- Singapore
- Thailand
- Australia
- Nepal
- Vietnam
- Hong Kong
- Macau
- Malaysia
- Canada
- Cambodia
- Sri Lanka
- Germany
 
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NurseGoodVol said:
After being in critical care for 14 years I'm sure I'm pretty immune to most bugs. All my titres come back good. I wear a mask because I'm required to since i can't do the flu shot. I'm the healthiest nurse there. We've had several call outs for respiratory infections and flu lately.
If this came out of a lab they already know it's dormancy abilities are and what environmental sources or chemicals will kill it.
It doesn't seem to be multiplying outside mainland China like in Wuhan. I think cases outside the mainland will show quickly then decrease.
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I can’t flu vaccine either so I do a lot of avoidance, errands and shopping at off peak times, etc. I hope we see a quick decrease but that darn asymptomatic contagious period certainly has my attention at this point and for the next several weeks as we watch what this bug does.
 
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