Yep, we just had our first official case in Oregon announced last night and have about 70 under observation and waiting on tests. In other news, I'm spending the day judging a regional high school speech and debate tourney, but I'm not shaking hands with any of those little walking petri dishes.
At least americans only shake hands. What will happen here where people kiss each other to say hi? And scientists from the health ministry go in all tv channels to let us know that we should NOT wear masks unless you are already with high fever? I am only waiting for spring to save me.
I wouldn't trust China's figures either, but Singapore has been very transparent and reporting on every case in great detail. For reasons I outlined in my previous posts, a combination of circumstances make it one of the most vulnerable places to communicable diseases originating from China. Thankfully COVID-19 is not as deadly as SARS, and it doesn't seem airborne. Spread probably won't be totally eliminated for a long time, but it can be managed by improved hygiene and quarantine measures (including pre-emptive home quarantines for people that came into contact with confirmed cases). I think every case of spread so far in Singapore has been between people in very close proximity for extended periods, typically family members or co-workers. Example from the 2nd case confirmed case: https://www.moh.gov.sg/news-highlig...e-of-novel-coronavirus-infection-in-singapore This lady came through the airport, stayed in a hotel, took public transport, went to the casino and other crowded public places, but she did not infect anyone else in Singapore and has since been discharged. To date: 98 cases confirmed, 22 in hospital stable, 7 in hospital critical, 69 discharged, 0 deaths. Live dashboard: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/7e30edc490a5441a874f9efe67bd8b89
I think it is hightly infectious and persistent. Airborne or not. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/ar...n-surfaces#How-long-do-coronaviruses-persist?
I’ve been tracking the data. Doubling time over February, for cases outside China, is just 4-5 days. So if that continues, every 2 weeks, multiply caseload by 10. Yuck. And of course we have a real problem w an inadequate Geiger counter here.
Yeah hygiene is important, been trying my best not to touch things in public, but as someone who takes public transport it hard to avoid sometimes. Just got to remember to wash hands when possible.
I believe no kids have died from it and they basically have almost minimal effects from infection which is kind of a problem.
Sounds like a possible major breakout in the Seattle area. Healthcare worker and resident at long term nursing facility believed to have virus. Dozens of other staff members and residents showing signs of virus.
Yeah, this is a big concern due to the amount older residents that could be impacted, and of course staff if they're not prepared and already spread it to others... Hopefully this goes okay, I've seen mixed results on older patients, but typically underlying health problems increase w/ age.
