re: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) ***W.H.O. DECLARES A GLOBAL PANDEMIC***

Posted by Volvagia

Fort Worth

Member since Mar 2006

53483 posts

Posted on 3/11/20 at 6:04 pm to SaintsandTigers

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The biggest players in here won’t outfight say it, but any post from a doctor or expert that has a positive spin gets met with “maybe, we just don’t know” “you can’t really trust those numbers” etc etc

Any post with a negative spin just gets posted and the same type of due diligence isn’t mentioned

And the exact same can be said from the perspective but in reverse.

It’s hilarious how people try to reduce these things into “teams” and if anyone acts a certain way then anyone who shares even a tangentially similar opinion is somehow indicted.

Posted by Roll Tide Ravens

Birmingham, AL

Member since Nov 2015

51775 posts

Posted on 3/11/20 at 6:05 pm to yatesdog38

Samford University in Birmingham moving to online classes until April 6th.

Posted by Malik Agar

Member since Nov 2012

12076 posts

Posted on 3/11/20 at 6:08 pm to GeauxTigers2020

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Vandy healthcare provider tested positive.

That's not good. Hopefully it's not spread widely there.

Posted by Puffoluffagus

Savannah, GA

Member since Feb 2009

6469 posts

Posted on 3/11/20 at 6:10 pm to Malik Agar

They just cancelled/postponed the Savannah Patrick's day parade to fall in line with other cities.

Posted by Jon Ham

Member since Jun 2011

29691 posts

Posted on 3/11/20 at 6:21 pm to Puffoluffagus

So a bunch of testing kits were supposed to be delivered all around the US late last week/early this week. For those who are paying closer attention than I, have the testing numbers increased significantly yet? It seems to have increased but not sure if it is where we were expecting it to be at this point.

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Posted by The Boat

Member since Oct 2008

177382 posts

Posted on 3/11/20 at 6:22 pm to Jon Ham

I just washed my hands.

Posted by Tiguar

Montana

Member since Mar 2012

33131 posts

Posted on 3/11/20 at 6:22 pm to Jon Ham

testing takes 3-5 days for most carriers

testing has picked up for my institution, we have 6 awaiting results

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Posted by Malik Agar

Member since Nov 2012

12076 posts

Posted on 3/11/20 at 6:24 pm to Tiguar

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BREAKING: El Salvador declares national quarantine, bans the entry of foreigners and closes all schools

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Posted by Malik Agar

Member since Nov 2012

12076 posts

Posted on 3/11/20 at 6:24 pm to Tiguar

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testing takes 3-5 days for most carriers

That's not going to do much good. By the time the tests come back, there's a completely new generation of cases.

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Posted by vuvuzela

Oregon

Member since Jun 2010

14663 posts

Posted on 3/11/20 at 6:26 pm to Malik Agar

On the bright side of all this, I'll be having two straight months of remote work instead of having to fly all around the country.

Posted by TT9

Seychelles

Member since Sep 2008

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Posted on 3/11/20 at 6:26 pm to Malik Agar

How long until High schools start shutting down?

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Posted by Old Sarge

Dean of Admissions, LSU

Member since Jan 2012

63234 posts

Posted on 3/11/20 at 6:27 pm to TT9

I think public schools across the country will be shutting down in the next two weeks.

I’m starting to get extremely paranoid about what the federal government is holding back from us about this virus

Posted by Stonehog

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Member since Aug 2011

34183 posts

Posted on 3/11/20 at 6:27 pm to TT9

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How long until High schools start shutting down?

My friend works at a local high school, he said they had a meeting today and if there is one case in the area, they're shutting everything down for three weeks.

Posted by Jon Ham

Member since Jun 2011

29691 posts

Posted on 3/11/20 at 6:28 pm to Old Sarge

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I’m starting to get extremely paranoid about what the federal government is holding back from us about this virus

There’s no secrets, all of the info is in this thread.

Posted by Puffoluffagus

Savannah, GA

Member since Feb 2009

6469 posts

Posted on 3/11/20 at 6:30 pm to Jon Ham

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So a bunch of testing kits were supposed to be delivered all around the US late last week/early this week. For those who are paying closer attention than I, have the testing numbers increased significantly yet? It seems to have increased but not sure if it is where we were expecting it to be at this point

Was listening to cspan radio earlier today.

There are around 75k kits within the public sector and around 1-2 million via LabCorp and quest. On the ground level, in my area a certain amount were dwlegated to each clinic to use. It wasn't that many, so intent is to use sparingly. I'd imagine the ED and maybe some of the busier primary care offices were designated more kits. Again just for my area. No idea about on the national scale. I'm sure efforts are focused more on the west coast than the East coast in terms of prioritizing kit availability.

Posted by dallastigers

Member since Dec 2003

10631 posts

Posted on 3/11/20 at 6:31 pm to SaintsandTigers

Where is this thread on accuracy of WHO's current cumulative numbers for China - 80,955 confirmed cases and 3,162 deaths for 1.4 billion people. List says cumulative but I haven't read through older ones.

Even just looking at Hubei's 67,773 confirmed and 3,046 deaths for 60 million people seems lower than I was expecting.

That there has been 24,189 more confirmed cases and 1,014 more confirmed deaths outside of China than in rest of China minus Hubei is concerning to me. Just not sure if it's doubting China's or WHO's numbers or if China had.more concern to stop from spreading inside country while saving face on its cause & keeping quite how long they were exporting to other countries it before it blew up. Beijing only has 438 confirmed cases according to WHO. I know a regime can put some draconian restrictions in place, but that still seems low being head of govt & it's response and waiting until after their New Year to implement travel restrictions.

https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200311-sitrep-51-covid-19.pdf?sfvrsn=1ba62e57_4

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Posted by tigerskin

Member since Nov 2004

46753 posts

Posted on 3/11/20 at 6:35 pm to dallastigers

Physician in New Rochelle and a few of his friends got it. Says they shook hands with each other

“Hey guys—so I’m recovering from COVID-19, day 11..I am part of the outbreak in New Rochelle. I had the whole flu-like symptoms business at onset (low grade fever, chills, weakness, cough, anorexia with 10lb loss (which is awesome btw)...all I have left is this lingering cough...the strange think is I have no cough when I am lying down—what’s up with that???

Anyone know how long the cough lasts? Is it a usual post viral cough that lasts weeks or months?

I have read on prior posts that people like me have chest CTs that look like shite (even without overt pneumonia)

Unfortunately there are friends of mine who tested positive and were celebrating that they felt pretty damn good but then developed pneumonia on days 8-10...several now intubated and im trying to get them remdesivir or actemra (of course I am quarantined so not there personally)

anyone think these drugs will work? “

This post was edited on 3/11/20 at 6:38 pm

Posted by disco tiger

Everywhere

Member since Dec 2003

209 posts

Posted on 3/11/20 at 6:35 pm to Puffoluffagus

Does anyone know if they are calling up the National Guard in a lot of places? My business(events) is getting an unusual amount of requests for refunds based on military movements.