Coronavirus Coronavirus: In-Iowa General Discussion (Not Limited)
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"Santa Clara County Public Health in California announced Tuesday that autopsy results found a patient who died on Feb. 6 had the novel coronavirus.
Why it matters: The first known death from COVID-19 in the U.S. was declared on Feb. 29 to be a patient in Washington state. A second person who died in Santa Clara on Feb. 17 was also found to have the virus.
"Santa Clara County Public Health in California announced Tuesday that autopsy results found a patient who died on Feb. 6 had the novel coronavirus.
Why it matters: The first known death from COVID-19 in the U.S. was declared on Feb. 29 to be a patient in Washington state. A second person who died in Santa Clara on Feb. 17 was also found to have the virus.
- Santa Clara County executive Jeff Smith said the origins of the cases, and another on March 6, were "believed to be within the community," suggesting transmission in the area occurred much earlier than previously thought, according to the Mercury News."
I've had that or something similar at some point in my life.
Was home from school for several days and only because I was somehow diagnosed, would have never been able to tell.
If you have a Samsung phone that has Samsung health on it it reads really close on O2 saturation. My wife has respiratory problems and we go to the hospital multiple times per year and have an oxygen concentrator at home. Every time we have went to the doctor or hospital for her the Samsung has been dead on.
This is positive in that most countries I've looked at are having a decrease in daily cases if it started getting confirmed cases around Marchish.
However, if it were recommended by our federal government to just have people work at home if they wanted, and allow high risk people to SIP and get paid leave, do you think our workforce would have collectively allowed it?
Would our culture that is obsessed with their rights being taken away, that doesn't really value healthy lifestyles or how their actions affect others, buy in to being careful enough not to spread it to high risk individuals?
If a school district has it run rampant through a teaching staff and most of the staff is out with it or had stronger symptoms (rule is if you have a fever, stay home), and there's a sub shortage, what do you do for the 3-4 weeks that the staff is out?
I just don't see how you do this with 350 million people, with our culture, unless there were a very good, concrete plan from the beginning to counter any potential messes and hold people at least somewhat accountable.
I can - the article's premise is that the slowdown in the reproduction rate of the virus (the "R0") seemed to be primarily be due to the limitation of large events and the hygiene recommendations rather than the full lockdown. It notes that the sharp drop in R0 was almost exactly the predicted 10 days after the ban on large gatherings, and before the full lockdown. Similar results were found in Germany. It does note caution in interpreting these results though, due to a number of variables.
There were two main points at the end - that we might not actually be "flying blind" with regards to data, and that more "simple" measures like not allowing large public gatherings and being very vigilant about washing hands, etc. might be enough to effectively flatten the curve and not overload hospitals, provided the public buys in. That said, more research is needed
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Watch out, you almost arrived at the libertarian viewpoint for central planning lol
Thank you!
That seems to suggest very good news in that the spread can be somewhat contained just by wearing masks, washing hands and avoiding large gatherings. Very possible to do in most places. New York City might still have issues unless they are able to shut the sub way system down for a while.
Here is an interesting link showing the positive impact COVID19 has had on the environment.
https://apnews.com/726ff63bb43bdca65e41625b1e223040
https://apnews.com/726ff63bb43bdca65e41625b1e223040
Ha, well, I guess it's also a little odd to see some all of the sudden saying 'See? Look what's Sweden's doing!'
I saw an article and photos about what's happening re the wildlife in some state and national parks. It's going to be interesting when they open back up.
Something peeps should have in their medicine cabinet these days. I got one and doctor niece bought my sister one. With all of the video and phone medical appts you can give them your oxy levels. They aren't that expensive.
Accurate enough for home use and to tell if you are off norm by a bunch. I would stick with some of the better known brands though.
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