Coronavirus: When should we be concerned?

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Confirmed cases:

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226,374 US
115,242 Italy
110,238 Spain
 82,432 China
 81,728 Germany
 57,807 France
 50,468 Iran
 34,165 United Kingdom
 18,475 Switzerland
 15,679 Turkey
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

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Dunno if this has been posted, but I found this graph to be very helpful.

https://aatishb.com/covidtrends/
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O_Gardino wrote:
Thu Apr 02, 2020 11:05 am
Dunno if this has been posted, but I found this graph to be very helpful.

https://aatishb.com/covidtrends/
But not very comforting for the US.
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If I get some time, I'll try to take a look at total confirmed cases as a % of total country population at the time when they begin to flatten the curve.
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O_Gardino wrote:
Thu Apr 02, 2020 12:47 pm
If I get some time, I'll try to take a look at total confirmed cases as a % of total country population at the time when they begin to flatten the curve.
It is probably a lot more closely related to population density than total population of the country. And we know we can't trust most of the data from China or Russia or NK.

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Indy wrote:
Thu Apr 02, 2020 1:27 pm
O_Gardino wrote:
Thu Apr 02, 2020 12:47 pm
If I get some time, I'll try to take a look at total confirmed cases as a % of total country population at the time when they begin to flatten the curve.
It is probably a lot more closely related to population density than total population of the country. And we know we can't trust most of the data from China or Russia or NK.
I'd honestly be skeptical of any data released by the US government if it were to come from WH personnel at this point.
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Cap wrote:
Thu Apr 02, 2020 3:41 pm
Thanks for that. I enjoyed it. In many ways, it mirrors my own experience. Except instead of Hal 9000, I talk to Alexa.
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Here's when the coronavirus will peak in your state
https://thehill.com/changing-america/we ... your-state

Arizona peak cases April 26
1,387 Deaths

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Nodack wrote:
Fri Apr 03, 2020 10:06 am
Here's when the coronavirus will peak in your state
https://thehill.com/changing-america/we ... your-state

Arizona peak cases April 26
1,387 Deaths
I'm moving to Vermont. ;)
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Nodack wrote:
Fri Apr 03, 2020 10:06 am
Here's when the coronavirus will peak in your state
https://thehill.com/changing-america/we ... your-state

Arizona peak cases April 26
1,387 Deaths
1387 people with very small funerals. And no Kaddish.

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I'd like to apologize for my earlier tone in this discussion. Everyone should be concerned.

It didn't need to be this way, but here we are left trying to keep things together when the "leaders" have left the room.
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Flagrant Fowl wrote:
Fri Apr 03, 2020 2:16 pm
I'd like to apologize for my earlier tone in this discussion. Everyone should be concerned.

It didn't need to be this way, but here we are left trying to keep things together when the "leaders" have left the room.
Obviously a lot has evolved in 2 weeks. You were not alone. I had colleagues walking in rooms blowing off my suggestions of wearing a mask 2 weeks ago. I’ve been immersed in reading about this since it started in Wuhan, so I was ahead of the curve in taking it seriously at work and I’ve seen the people initially poking fun at me for shaving my beard and wearing a mask at all times now follow suit.

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All you can do is lead by example.

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It might or might not.

Research was carried out on cell cultures in the lab, which does not always translate to effectiveness in people who have contracted an infection. Ivermectin has been effective against a wide range of viruses when studied in vitro. Further research will be needed to determine whether the drug could be used to treat COVID-19.

Worth checking out for sure. I wouldn’t bet the house on it yet.

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Tiger at Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watc ... oronavirus
A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the coronavirus, while several other animals are being monitored for similar symptoms.

In a press release, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which operates the zoo, said that the animals were likely infected by an asymptomatic carrier of the disease. It's the first known case of the virus being detected in an animal in the U.S. as well as the first confirmed case in a tiger anywhere in the world.

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Nodack wrote:
Sat Apr 04, 2020 10:54 pm
It might or might not.

Research was carried out on cell cultures in the lab, which does not always translate to effectiveness in people who have contracted an infection. Ivermectin has been effective against a wide range of viruses when studied in vitro. Further research will be needed to determine whether the drug could be used to treat COVID-19.

Worth checking out for sure. I wouldn’t bet the house on it yet.
especially because the article says it has worked on numerous viruses in a test tube experiment, but doesn't list any that it is used against in living animals. And the study's authors didn't bother to respond for comment on the article before publishing. But like you said, try everything.

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Mysterious Heart Damage, Not Just Lung Troubles, Befalling COVID-19 Patients
https://khn.org/news/mysterious-heart-d ... -patients/
In addition to lung damage, many COVID-19 patients are also developing heart problems — and dying of cardiac arrest.

As more data comes in from China and Italy, as well as Washington state and New York, more cardiac experts are coming to believe the COVID-19 virus can infect the heart muscle. An initial study found cardiac damage in as many as 1 in 5 patients, leading to heart failure and death even among those who show no signs of respiratory distress.

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This isn’t Covid-19 related. I didn’t want to start a new thread.

A Google Plan to Wipe Out Mosquitoes Appears to Be Working
https://www.politico.eu/article/going-v ... 9-message/
Since 2017, the company has released millions of lab-bred Aedes aegypti male mosquitoes into several Fresno County neighborhoods during mosquito season. The insects are bred in Verily labs to be infected with a common bacterium called Wolbachia. When these male mosquitoes mate with females in the wild, the offspring never hatch.

In results of the trial published on Monday, Verily revealed that throughout the peak of the 2018 mosquito season, from July to October, Wolbachia-infected males successfully suppressed more than 93% of the female mosquito population at field test sites. Only female mosquitoes bite.

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