Corona Virus Spreading Out Of China |
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Apr 9 2020, 12:46 AM |
Going out as little as possible is what is helping us.
It's been raining here in LA and pretty much all over CA for most of the last two weeks solid, which is keeping peeps inside. Also, as I've mentioned, the governor and the mayor of SF and LA are being really hard line in dealing with people who purposefully disregard the rules. Almost everybody here in Los Angeles wears some type of mask when they enter any type of shop (that's opened). The real 'trick' will be to see if we can continue to be vigilant. If we slack off because it looks like we're doing OK - all hell could break loose. Angelenos want to get the back to work, so the mantra here is, "the longer you break the rules, the longer we have to do this - stay the fuck home, and if you go to the store, wear a mask". This post has been edited by klasaine: Apr 9 2020, 12:48 AM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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Apr 9 2020, 11:00 PM |
dr scott jensen is one of many being urged to blame covid-19 for deaths not being tested for it ,as well as many dieing with covid but not because of it thus inflating numbers ..this , to me, is troubling And some might get mad , but this disease affects many conditions brought on by being overweight ..Is it allowable to talk about keeping oneself healthy and yes I know it kills healthy people too , but the numbers would surely be lower It's not really the virus that kills directly but has more to do with complications that come from it such as pneumonia, sepsis, heart failure etc, so essentially it is still the cause of death in some cases. In other cases, if you get infected and you have underlying conditions that make you weaker such as diabetes, hypertension, immunodeficiency or are compromised in some other way, you may not have otherwise died if it weren't for the virus putting you over the edge. Obesity is a big problem in this country and has all kinds of negative effects on ones health which puts those people at a greater risk of death if they are infected, but in all these examples it is still the virus that puts those people over the edge and kills them. So I see those death numbers as legit for the most part if not completely as long as there is a definite diagnosis of Covid-19, otherwise it would sound a bit sketchy and could be over inflating the numbers of deaths, so I can understand Dr. Jensen's point too but I'm not sure how significant the difference would be. https://www.foxnews.com/media/physician-bla...ount-guidelines I think you could say that underlying conditions and bad heath are exploits that the virus takes advantage of making death more likely for the host in a sense, but that's probably not the best analogy. The bottom line here is that this thing is going to kill the weakest of us that become infected. It's the law of the jungle in effect. Only the strongest survive. This post has been edited by AK Rich: Apr 10 2020, 03:08 AM |
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Apr 10 2020, 03:15 AM |
Some numbers on the current state of affairs in the states.
1.) 17 MILLION UNEMPLOYED : This is the highest number of officially unemployed people since we started keeping track of the numbers. During the GREAT DEPRESSION we lost 13 Million jobs over 3 years. We have lost 17 Million Jobs in the past several weeks and we still have more to go. Economists have no idea how long it will take for us to recover from this or if we can recover fully at all. Some jobs are just gone forever. 2.)NEARLY 2,000 DEAD IN A SINGLE DAY We are losing around a couple thousand people each and every day at this point. The numbers are just staggeringly bad. Hopefully, this is the apex and we will start seeing a decrease in the number of dead each day. See post by AKRICH below. Even if numbers start to decline, we are still looking at tens of thousands of dead, just in this country and in the space of a few months. Not to mention the tens of thousands of dead all over the world. Covid is now the leading cause of Death in the United States. 3.)NEARLY HALF A MILLION INFECTED We are fast approaching half a million people infected. We are also starting to see new trends that are just becoming apparent. For example, people of color are getting sick and getting dead at a rate that far exceeds the rate of white folks as a percentage of society. Black people are more likely to be poor, more likely to have underlying conditions and less likely to have health insurance. Like most things, minorities and the poor are bearing the brunt of it. 4.)DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES SPIKE DUE TO LOCKDOWN In every country around the globe we are seeing a spike in domestic violence reports. The lockdown has created a situation where abusers and the abused are locked in one place with no real way to escape. Women and children are being abused in record number due to social isolation as a result of the virus. Also, the severity of abuse seems to have increased as well. Social isolation increases pressure as does the economic uncertainty of all this. The result is a big spike in those unable to defend themselves or leave being abused. 5.)TRACED TO BATS Scientists now believe that the virus probably started in bats and made the step to humans via blood and or urine from the original infected bat. It's suspected that the original infected bat may be from the "wet market" in Wuhan China where the initial outbreak started. For more see last video link below. As the virus matures, it may mutate and become part of our seasonal virus list. E.G. Just like regular FLU, we may see new strains of covid19 and get new covid shots, just like flu shots, each year. Fun. ONE BIT OF GOOD NEWS!!!!! THE CURVE IS GETTING FLATTER!!! Due to social distancing, it looks like the rate of infection has stopped accelerating. Thank God for that. At least it's stopped getting faster every day. New York is the "first in" to the worst of things. So every other state is looking to them as a template on what to expect and how to best cope. So it looks like things have "peaked" which is a victory in a sea of loss and death. Stay home. Stay safe, try to stay sane. numbers taken from NBC news https://youtu.be/TWi_ucqdC9M domestic abuse spike information taken from DW News Germany https://youtu.be/szK7WSRZPeM origins of corona, bats from wet market taken from NBC news https://youtu.be/f2aDEPZbLEI **Always vet your information if possible. Don't trust facebook for anything. Social media is NOT a good place to get news. Try to source news through CDC, W.H.O, NBC, CBS, PBS, BBC, DW. All of these sources are about as good as news gets in a world where nearly all information/news is vulnerable to some sort of dilution/political slant. This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Apr 10 2020, 05:51 AM |
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Apr 10 2020, 04:54 AM |
2.)2,000 DEAD IN A SINGLE DAY [/b] We are losing a couple thousand people each and every day at this point. The numbers are just staggeringly bad. Yeah, we had a big spike and a peak on April 7th with 1,970 deaths but those numbers have declined yesterday and today so hopefully that trend will continue and we will be on the downhill side of the curve. https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-new...-us/ar-BB12o7aQ There is a graph with this article. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/...y-2020-n1177936 And a time lapse sort of graph with this article. https://www.wvlt.tv/content/news/Doctor-sho...-569524971.html This post has been edited by AK Rich: Apr 10 2020, 05:03 AM |
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Apr 10 2020, 09:41 PM |
Here are a couple links to some interesting videos with good info and animations to illustrate how these viruses invade our bodies, penetrate cells that the virus then turns into a factory of sorts to create millions of copies of itself and then obliterate the healthy cell as those millions of copies are released to repeat the process, as well as some other info about pneumonia and vaccines and how our immune system works to combat these viruses.
https://youtu.be/5DGwOJXSxqg https://youtu.be/Rpj0emEGShQ |
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Apr 11 2020, 01:06 AM |
Good stuff!! I have seen several things about new trials for antibody type solutions in the works. Hopefully, we will see some effective treatments for this very soon.
Todd Here are a couple links to some interesting videos with good info and animations to illustrate how these viruses invade our bodies, penetrate cells that the virus then turns into a factory of sorts to create millions of copies of itself and then obliterate the healthy cell as those millions of copies are released to repeat the process, as well as some other info about pneumonia and vaccines and how our immune system works to combat these viruses. https://youtu.be/5DGwOJXSxqg https://youtu.be/Rpj0emEGShQ |
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Apr 11 2020, 02:39 AM |
2.)NEARLY 2,000 DEAD IN A SINGLE DAY [/b] We are losing around a couple thousand people each and every day at this point. The numbers are just staggeringly bad. Hopefully, this is the apex and we will start seeing a decrease in the number of dead each day. See post by AKRICH below. Even if numbers start to decline, we are still looking at tens of thousands of dead, just in this country and in the space of a few months. Not to mention the tens of thousands of dead all over the world. Covid is now the leading cause of Death in the United States. According to the graph at this link that is updated daily. The daily count of deaths went back up and surpassed 2000 for today. Not so good. But as we see numbers for both hospitalized, and admitted to the ICU continue to drop, and the numbers of C-19 patients being released from the hospitals continue to rise, those death counts should follow and drop too as they are expected to lag behind a bit. Keep the faith! https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/...y-2020-n1177936 |
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Apr 12 2020, 12:39 AM |
GREAT news that in NEW YORK (our epicenter for covid) that ICU admissions WENT DOWN!!!! Finally.
I shared a vid about this in my other thread that is packed with embedded vids. It's wonderful news that we are finally not going up and up every single day. We may have finally turned the corner on this thing. We have more deaths than China at this point, where this whole thing started, and despite the fact that they have about triple our population. It's still very very sad to see nearly a couple thousand or so people lost to this thing each and every day. All we can do is pray and hope for the best and for some medicine to come through as quickly as possible. Until then, try to stay safe and sane and stay home quote name='AK Rich' date='Apr 10 2020, 09:39 PM' post='776541'] According to the graph at this link that is updated daily. The daily count of deaths went back up and surpassed 2000 for today. Not so good. But as we see numbers for both hospitalized, and admitted to the ICU continue to drop, and the numbers of C-19 patients being released from the hospitals continue to rise, those death counts should follow and drop too as they are expected to lag behind a bit. Keep the faith! https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/...y-2020-n1177936 [/quote] This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Apr 12 2020, 12:39 AM |
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