Researchers from the University of Washington believe the virus has been spreading in the area for close to six weeks after analysis of sequences from two infected patients.
“If that is true, it could mean that 150 to 1,500 people ‘have either been infected and recovered or currently are infected now,’ said Mike Famulare, a researcher at the Institute for Disease Modeling in Bellevue, Wash.”
The fact that most infected people have mild or no symptoms is part of why it’s so dangerous, though. I’m less than 10 miles from the long-term care facility in Kirkland, WA that has 2 confirmed cases and a bunch of other symptomatic cases. Coronavirus aside, this time of year is a convergence of peak cold/(regular) flu season and early spring pollen dump, so just about everyone has some type of respiratory symptoms. Who knows how many of us could be spreading this virus unknowingly because it seems like the same February crud we get every year? It’s scary to think about.
This is strangely reassuring to me? If it’s been spreading for six weeks and we are just now noticing an impact, that means that it might not be as severe as people thought, right? At least until it mutates....
I agree it’s not immediately alarming but I want to know rates for local deaths and hospitalizations that have been attributed to flu/other viral illness/respiratory failure before I’m reassured.
I agree. Every time I see flu numbers, I wonder whether some are conflated unidentified COVID cases.
Does anyone know where the tagline on this video that flu deaths are up by 65% in 2020 comes from? It doesn't say anything in video or the article itself.
I agree it’s not immediately alarming but I want to know rates for local deaths and hospitalizations that have been attributed to flu/other viral illness/respiratory failure before I’m reassured.
I agree. Every time I see flu numbers, I wonder whether some are conflated unidentified COVID cases.
Does anyone know where the tagline on this video that flu deaths are up by 65% in 2020 comes from? It doesn't say anything in video or the article itself.
The one thing that unclear is whether someone needs a positive flu test to be included in the official numbers; it does say that most people who were tested for the flu did not have the disease. Also, the spike in deaths in California started during early January (https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article239614573.html), which doesn’t quite fit the timeline. BUT if our flu season has been very aggressive this year, it would have been very easy for even a couple dozen deaths (potentially across more than one state) to fly under the radar.
I agree. Every time I see flu numbers, I wonder whether some are conflated unidentified COVID cases.
Does anyone know where the tagline on this video that flu deaths are up by 65% in 2020 comes from? It doesn't say anything in video or the article itself.
The Louvre in Paris has closed due to the spread of the virus, no timeframe for reopening.
This is interesting to me because how close do people really get in museums?
Or is it because it's a tourist attraction so people are coming from all over?
If all tourist attractions close then people may cancel travel plans they they otherwise would have kept, further hurting the tourism industry.
It’s that the employees didn’t feel comfortable working at the museum with visitors from everywhere, so they closed it. They can’t open the museum when they don’t have anyone to work there.
This is interesting to me because how close do people really get in museums?
Or is it because it's a tourist attraction so people are coming from all over?
If all tourist attractions close then people may cancel travel plans they they otherwise would have kept, further hurting the tourism industry.
It’s that the employees didn’t feel comfortable working at the museum with visitors from everywhere, so they closed it. They can’t open the museum when they don’t have anyone to work there.
I wonder how long they (and other places like this) could conceivably close for. Weeks? Months? It doesn’t seem like this is going to be a quick thing that will pass.
New York has its first confirmed case of novel coronavirus, or Covid-19, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday.
The woman, who is in her 30s, contracted the virus while in Iran, Cuomo said. She's currently isolated in her home. She is not in serious condition, but does have respiratory symptoms. Cuomo did not clarify where in the state this woman lives.
"The positive test was confirmed by New York's Wadsworth Lab in Albany, underscoring the importance of the ability for our state to ensure efficient and rapid turnaround, and is exactly why I advocated for the approval from Vice President Pence that New York was granted just yesterday," Cuomo said. "There is no cause for surprise -- this was expected. As I said from the beginning, it was a matter of when, not if there would be a positive case of novel coronavirus in New York."
Gov. Cuomo said the general risk remains low in New York.
"We are diligently managing this situation and will continue to provide information as it becomes available," he said.
New York has its first confirmed case of novel coronavirus, or Covid-19, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday.
The woman, who is in her 30s, contracted the virus while in Iran, Cuomo said. She's currently isolated in her home. She is not in serious condition, but does have respiratory symptoms. Cuomo did not clarify where in the state this woman lives.
"The positive test was confirmed by New York's Wadsworth Lab in Albany, underscoring the importance of the ability for our state to ensure efficient and rapid turnaround, and is exactly why I advocated for the approval from Vice President Pence that New York was granted just yesterday," Cuomo said. "There is no cause for surprise -- this was expected. As I said from the beginning, it was a matter of when, not if there would be a positive case of novel coronavirus in New York."
Gov. Cuomo said the general risk remains low in New York.
"We are diligently managing this situation and will continue to provide information as it becomes available," he said.
New York has its first confirmed case of novel coronavirus, or Covid-19, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday.
The woman, who is in her 30s, contracted the virus while in Iran, Cuomo said. She's currently isolated in her home. She is not in serious condition, but does have respiratory symptoms. Cuomo did not clarify where in the state this woman lives.
"The positive test was confirmed by New York's Wadsworth Lab in Albany, underscoring the importance of the ability for our state to ensure efficient and rapid turnaround, and is exactly why I advocated for the approval from Vice President Pence that New York was granted just yesterday," Cuomo said. "There is no cause for surprise -- this was expected. As I said from the beginning, it was a matter of when, not if there would be a positive case of novel coronavirus in New York."
Gov. Cuomo said the general risk remains low in New York.
"We are diligently managing this situation and will continue to provide information as it becomes available," he said.
I didn’t see this. Here we go...
This isn’t a community spread case though. I mean, I’m sure we’ll hear about the first one in NY at any moment, but I think it’s important to distinguish between people who got it traveling abroad and people who got it going about their daily lives here. In theory, the former is easier to contain and the latter means it’s no longer contained.
5:40 p.m. The second coronavirus death was reported in King County. It marked the second death in the U.S.
Four new coronavirus cases—including one death—were reported by Public Health Seattle & King County Sunday evening.
All of these cases are linked to the Life Care Center in Kirkland, where two prior cases were connected and multiple people potentially exposed to the novel coronavirus. These new cases bring the total in the county to 10.
The new confirmed cases include: A woman in her 80s; a woman in her 90s; a man in his 70s; and another man in his 70s, who died on Feb. 29.
Three of these patients are currently hospitalized at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland, and are in critical condition. All four of the patients had underlying health conditions.
I’ve also read that in The NY Times and on Forbes. She’s apparently under self quarantine at home. The article also lists other information like the subway and bus systems could limit or stagger services.
CDC is finally going to expand testing: 100s of labs will now test and 75K kits. Time to buckle up for a spike in recognized cases and the accompanying reactions. It's going to be bumpy but necessary.
Ok but for real. Is the CDC screwing up a lot with this thing? Maybe I’m just reading things wrong or connecting the dots wrong, but did they not refuse to test a CA patient who turned out to have it, and now this, and sending the wrong test kits? Are they dropping the ball? If so, why? Is it Trump admin incompetence? Is it the newness and quickness of the virus? Am I mistaken and the CDC is fine?
Nike’s head office here in the Netherlands was closed and everyone has to quarantine at home. My H works for a major fashion company and anyone who has met with them has to quarantine as well.
Ok but for real. Is the CDC screwing up a lot with this thing? Maybe I’m just reading things wrong or connecting the dots wrong, but did they not refuse to test a CA patient who turned out to have it, and now this, and sending the wrong test kits? Are they dropping the ball? If so, why? Is it Trump admin incompetence? Is it the newness and quickness of the virus? Am I mistaken and the CDC is fine?
I'm not clear on this either. On Up First pod this morning, the person they were interviewing said this boils down to a test kit production error - a really unfortunate one.
Ok but for real. Is the CDC screwing up a lot with this thing? Maybe I’m just reading things wrong or connecting the dots wrong, but did they not refuse to test a CA patient who turned out to have it, and now this, and sending the wrong test kits? Are they dropping the ball? If so, why? Is it Trump admin incompetence? Is it the newness and quickness of the virus? Am I mistaken and the CDC is fine?
I'm not clear on this either. On Up First pod this morning, the person they were interviewing said this boils down to a test kit production error - a really unfortunate one.
All the test kits we had in Arizona were defective, which is why there have not been any reported cases here since the original one of 15 reported a month ago. I'm quite sure we must have a couple hundred by now.
Ok but for real. Is the CDC screwing up a lot with this thing? Maybe I’m just reading things wrong or connecting the dots wrong, but did they not refuse to test a CA patient who turned out to have it, and now this, and sending the wrong test kits? Are they dropping the ball? If so, why? Is it Trump admin incompetence? Is it the newness and quickness of the virus? Am I mistaken and the CDC is fine?
Ok but for real. Is the CDC screwing up a lot with this thing? Maybe I’m just reading things wrong or connecting the dots wrong, but did they not refuse to test a CA patient who turned out to have it, and now this, and sending the wrong test kits? Are they dropping the ball? If so, why? Is it Trump admin incompetence? Is it the newness and quickness of the virus? Am I mistaken and the CDC is fine?