COVID* STANDFORD MASK STUDY---Elsevier journal to retract widely debunked masks study whose author claimed a Stanford affiliation p345

It was expensive 2 years ago (still drive a 15 year old jeep), but having solar panels with a Tesla battery backup is looking better right now.

US now has more than 8,730 cases and almost 150 deaths

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2 TSA screeners at JFK airport test positive for coronavirus


Economist says if everyone stays home for 6 months, it's like a "Great Depression"


Alabama's Gulf Shores beaches to close due to COVID-19 outbreak


CDC loosens guidelines to allow medical experts exposed to COVID-19 to keep working
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has loosened its guidelines to allow health care workers who have been exposed to COVID-19 to continue working as long as they wear a mask, according to CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
"This is a huge concern, John, because this is how you potentially increase the spread, at least not slow down the spread," Gupta said to CNN's John Berman this morning.
Within the guidelines, the CDC says bandanas and scarves could be used in place of a mask, Gupta said. The reason for these guidelines is due to a lack of personal protective equipment and not enough health care workers, Gupta said.


1 Iranian dies from coronavirus every 10 minutes, health ministry says


British government has no plans to restrict travel in and out of London


80% of people in Madrid will get COVID-19, official says


"Zero prospect" of banning travel in and out of London, UK government says


COVID-19 deaths spike above 700 in Spain
Deaths from COVID-19 in Spain have jumped over 20% in the last day, reaching 767, according to a Spanish Health Ministry official speaking at a daily briefing in Madrid Thursday.
There are now a total of 17,147 cases recorded in the country, the ministry added.
Meanwhile, 939 people are in intensive care, said Fernando Simón, director of the Spanish Coordinating Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies at Spain’s Ministry of Health.

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US reports more than 2,700 new coronavirus cases during 24-hour period

States across the US have reported 2,760 new cases of novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, according to a tally by CNN.

On Wednesday morning at 6 a.m. ET, CNN was reporting at least 6,138 cases with 112 deaths. On Thursday morning at 6 a.m. ET, CNN had tallied at least 8,898 cases with 149 deaths; an increase of 2,760 cases and 37 deaths.

A week ago on March 12, CNN was reporting 1,274 cases and 38 deaths. Two weeks ago on March 5, CNN had counted 161 cases and 11 deaths.

Members of the White House Task Force and public health officials have warned the number of cases in the US will increase as more testing is completed.

Second death in Connecticut

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A hell, just consider them all bolded. ugh


19 March

12:47: 70 new cases in Pakistan. (Source)
12:36: 24 new cases in Wales, United Kingdom. (Source)
12:27: 719 new cases in Switzerland. (Source)
12:12: 39 new cases and 3 new deaths in Scotland, United Kingdom. (Source)
11:49: First death in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. (Source)
11:43: 80 new cases in Iceland. (Source)
11:38: 102 new cases and 3 new deaths in Switzerland. (Source)
11:17: 2,378 new cases and 129 new deaths in Spain. (Source)
11:16: 756 new cases and 3 new deaths in Germany. (Source)
11:14: 1,046 new cases and 149 new deaths in Iran. (Source)
11:09: 309 new cases and 7 new deaths in Belgium. (Source)
09:10: 132 new cases and 2 new deaths in Luxembourg. (Source)
09:09: 60 new cases in Thailand. (Source)
09:03: 82 new cases and 6 new deaths in Indonesia. (Source)
08:34: First death in Russia. (Source)
08:31: 102 new cases in Israel. (Source)
08:20: 110 new cases in Malaysia. (Source)
08:16: 50 new cases in the Czech Republic. (Source)
07:58: 24 new cases in Denmark, including 11 cases in the Faroe Islands. (Source)
07:55: 372 new cases and 3 new deaths in Austria. (Source 1, Source 2)
07:50: 112 new cases and 2 new deaths in Norway. (Source)
06:03: 89 new cases and 3 new deaths in Japan. This includes cases which were reported on the previous day. (Source)
04:46: First death in Mexico. (Source)
04:02: 146 new cases and 4 new deaths in California, United States. (Source)
02:43: 57 new cases in Ecuador. (Source)
02:30: First case in El Salvador. The patient recently returned from Italy. (Source)
01:58: First case in Nicaragua. The patient is a man who recently returned from Panama. (Source)

Briefing: I feel like they are now saying all is well, no worries. I can see many people start going out to socialize.

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Coronavirus cases top 10,000 in the US


There are at least 10,259 cases of the novel coronavirus in the United States, according to state and local health agencies, governments and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

According to the CDC there are 70 cases from repatriated citizens. According to CNN Health’s tally of US cases that are detected and tested in the United States through public health systems, there are 10,189 cases in all 50 states, Washington, DC, and other US territories, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases to 10,259.

In total, 152 people have died.

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New York governor orders 75% of workforce to work from home


New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered 75% of the state’s workforce to work from home.

"The numbers have gone up overnight. I am going to increase the density control today. No more than 25% of people can be in the work force," Cuomo said Thursday. "Yesterday it was 50%. We're reducing it again, except the essential services that we spoke about yesterday. That means 75% of the work force must stay at home and work from home. Again, voluntarily I'm asking all businesses to have people work from home. As a mandate, 75% of your employee base must work from home."

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Two emergency room doctors test positive for coronavirus in Illinois


Two emergency room physicians at Rush Oak Park Hospital in Illinois tested positive for novel coronavirus and are isolated at home, according to a statement from hospital spokesperson Nancy Di Fiore.

"One doctor has not been seeing patients for several days prior, when he would have been contagious," the statement said.

"The other may have had patient and peer contact and we are assessing the overall risk of exposure," according to the statement.

Di Fiore said the cases were likely "community acquired."

"In these uncertain times, one thing is for certain staff in our healthcare systems are heroes for providing comfort and care under difficult circumstances with a highly transmissible disease," the statement said.

Well, now they are kind of walking that back. I don't get an "all is well" vibe.

They are encouraged, but, I expect there will be more restrictions before it gets better. We are still very much on the upward swing, and hospitals will still be overwhelmed, at this rate.

Jonathan H Chen
@jonc101x
Higher co-infection rates (>20%) in COVID19 at Stanford med. Can't rely on stepwise triage algorithm. (E.g., Patient RSV or Flu+, enough chance of COVID19 that you can't rule it out)

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Helen Branswell
@HelenBranswell
1. New study suggests the serial interval — time from when Person A gets sick with #Covid19 to the time a person that A has infected gets sick — is ~4 days. That's fast. 12.6% of people infected in this group of patients were probably infected when infecter was presympatomatic.

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56 positive
2 deaths
380 tested

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Serial Interval of COVID-19 among Publicly Reported Confirmed Cases



Abstract

We estimate the distribution of serial intervals for 468 confirmed cases of 2019 novel coronavirus disease reported in China as of February 8, 2020. The mean interval was 3.96 days (95% CI 3.53–4.39 days), SD 4.75 days (95% CI 4.46–5.07 days); 12.6% of case reports indicated presymptomatic transmission.




Some snips:


*Fifty-nine of the 468 reports indicate that the infectee had symptoms earlier than the infector. Thus, presymptomatic transmission might be occurring.

* Combining these findings with published estimates for the early exponential growth rate COVID-19 in Wuhan (7), we estimate an R0 of 1.32 (95% CI 1.16–1.48) (5), which is lower than published estimates that assume a mean serial interval exceeding 7 days (7,8).

*Given the heterogeneity in type and reliability of these sources, we caution that our findings should be interpreted as working hypotheses regarding the infectiousness of COVID-19, requiring further validation. The potential implications for COVID-19 control are mixed. Although our lower estimates for R0 suggest easier containment, the large number of reported asymptomatic transmission events is concerning.

FluTrackers.com
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US - New York: First #coronavirus case found in NYC homeless shelter

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Breaking News
@BreakingNews
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US State Dept. is expected to raise the global travel advisory to Level 4, the highest level, warning Americans against traveling abroad amid the coronavirus pandemic, two officials with knowledge tell @NBCNews
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Josh Breslow
@JoshBreslowWKRN
JUST IN: Metro Public Health reports *60* confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nashville/Davidson County. They range in age from 11 to 73 years old. 2 are hospitalized, while the others are self-isolated at home with "mild and manageable symptoms." @WKRN

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Some headlines:

Chinese coronavirus experts warn northern Italy's lockdown measures are not enough


California's Ventura County issues shelter-in-place order for senior citizens


Dutch Health minister resigns one day after fainting in parliament


Italy surpasses China in number of COVID-19 deaths


Trump on repercussions for China: "We're working on that right now"


Will the 15 day social distancing guidelines be extended? We'll know on day 14, Trump says


Trump says it's the responsibility of state governors to get medical supplies out


Pence says "tens of thousands" of Americans are being tested daily


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There are now over 10,500 coronavirus cases in US

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19 March

15:03: 29 new deaths in England, United Kingdom. (Source)
14:56: Prince Albert, the leader of Monaco, has tested positive for coronavirus. (Source)
14:51: 1,238 new cases in New York state, United States. (Source)
14:32: 67 new cases in Louisiana, United States. (Source)
13:25: 409 new cases and 18 new deaths in the Netherlands. (Source)

fwiw:

various entities have said and mentioned locking "essential personnel into their workplaces here where I am.

As one of those essential persons, i must admit, not one of us around me plans to comply. None of us plan to be there past sunset if it happens.

I'm intentionally posting AC, so take it for what it's worth. get water and candles and act accordingly.

things are moving quicker than I can post about or will post about in my world.

Once i go through 22 hours of on stop use, my capabilities to have safe... um...safe utilities available and prevent spread of pathogens through non electrical sources is gone.

i have only enough capability to pump chemicals for 22 hours on the fuel available after it gets weird. But I will run out of chemicals long before the fuel is an issue. Our available chemicals if no re supply is no Wednesday. And the supply chain is fragile and failing as I type this.

Anyway, I got to go set some 12 inch monster back ups down in a hole to try and buy some time for my area against this mass hysteria induced storm.

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Trump agrees to keep National Guard units under state control


President Trump committed to leaving National Guard units under state control during a meeting with the nation's governors at the headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on coronavirus.

The issue was brought up by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.

“I just want to encourage you all to leave the directives with the National Guards with the governors,” Kemp said to the President and other members of the coronavirus task force. "As you all know, I think we’re on the front line of the fight, and we’re in the fight with you, but I believe we can best make those directives based on what’s going on in our state."

Without pausing, Trump agreed.

“I like that idea, Brian. That’s done. I like it,” the President said.

Oklahoma first coronavirus death

226 new cases in Michigan so far today

Steve Lookner
@lookner
New York City has added 2,275 cases so far today

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neil_ferguson
@neil_ferguson
Again, many many thanks for everyone’s very kind support. I was tested given my recent proximity to people leading the UK response. Positive. Which is a strange experience - to be infected by the virus one is modelling
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. Still feeling rough, but not awful.

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Eric Feigl-Ding
@DrEricDing
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Warning sign
POSITIVE- the leading author of the @MRC_Outbreak
world’s premier Imperial study of #COVID19 (and the R0= 2.6 in January) has come down with the virus. Gosh.

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CA Man Dies at 34 Recently Visited Disney World in FL



A 34-year-old man has died in California after testing positive of coronavirus just days ago, and 2 weeks after visiting Walt Disney World and Universal Studios in Florida ... TMZ has learned.

Jeffrey Ghazarian from Glendora, CA, died Thursday morning at a Pasadena hospital after spending 5 days hooked up to a ventilator and battling for his life ... according to his family.

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Jeff's timeline regarding his COVID-19 infection is terrifying and should be eye-opening for people of all ages. According to his family, he flew from L.A. to Orlando on March 2 for a work conference, but stayed a few extra days to visit Disney World and Universal theme parks with friends.



We're told on March 7 he developed a cough, and the next day he coughed up blood. He flew back to LAX on March 9 ... and immediately went to the ER, where he also had a high fever.

The family says a chest x-ray confirmed Jeff had pneumonia, and he was tested for COVID-19 and sent home with fluids and antibiotics and instructed to self-quarantine until he got the results back.

We're told the results came back positive on March 13, and Jeff was provided a portable oxygen meter to keep an eye on his levels ... which took a turn for the worse that afternoon.

On March 14 he was taken by ambulance to the hospital and quickly transferred to the ICU when it was discovered his lungs were 60-70 percent blocked with pneumonia. Doctors decided the best path forward was to sedate and intubate, hoping a ventilator would help his lungs heal.

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It appears Jeffrey was an at-risk patient. He had a history of asthma and frequent bronchitis as a child, though he outgrew that. He also had beat testicular cancer back in 2016.

Travel - State Dept
@TravelGov
Travel Advisory: Level 4 - The Department of State advises U.S. citizens to avoid all international travel due to the global impact of #COVID19. In countries where commercial departure options remain available, U.S. citizens who live in the US should arrange for immediate return.

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What? Explain that to me please.