spittle, particles in breath, etc. it's probably not the primary transmission vector but it's possible.
"viral shedding" basically means the body is releasing viral matter.
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"viral shedding" basically means the body is releasing viral matter.
The employers for both my wife and I have told us to start working from home. But if we want to be able to work we would need to keep our daughter in daycare (she is less than 1). I know babies don't seem to get the disease in any serious way - does anyone know if it's just mild or basically asymptomatic? I don't want her to get flu like symptoms even if they are not dangerous. And are there known transmission from very young children to adults ?
There is an immense amount of social pressure present with regards to this issue. Everybody is feeling what we're feeling, but nobody wants to be the first one to pull their kid out of school or ask to work from home or say they're not going to Easter or whatever.
As a Washington resident...fuck
That's Larry Kudlow, he always looks like that and is probably drunk.
This is exactly what happened in Italy and is happening in the rest of the world. Here in Italy we thought we had everything under control with three imported cases from China (two tourists from Wuhan and one Italian who was living there). Then a doctor decided to test a patient in serious condition in a little town of 16k people with no traces of Chinese contact (he went to dinner with a friend who came back from Shanghai, who later was tested negative, so it couldn't be him) because she had a hunch and everything exploded, in two weeks the whole northern Italy became a red zone. At that point you don't even search for the famous patient 0, the thing was already spreading for who knows how long.
I'm so thankful I have a job that I already work from home with. Yes I tend to travel for deals but it's acceptable to do presentations over web meeting as well for a lot of these, and perhaps all of them soon. And it's common for all internal meetings to be done over video camera. We were already doing that.
It's because they are finally testing more. Not necessarily because its spreading more.
but what about the entire 1/6th of the country who has no sick days and no health insurance? (40 million people)
Yeah, stopping it from going elsewhere doesn't seem possible. But as SK has shown, it seems realistic that if the government is fast enough in their actions that you can prevent it from spiraling out of control as we've seen elsewhere. What we're seeing with the Washington numbers is a good example of what shouldn't have happened. Reports are that it was there for weeks before the first positive test was found. So, they seem to be at a point where getting it under control without drastic measures isn't really feasible.
An event I was suppose to go to next Sunday STILL isn't cancelled. It's one of the biggest doujin events in a major city and still isn't cancelled. I have no clue what's going on.
does it really make that much of a difference when 40 million people don't even have health insurance to begin with? This still is not nearly enough.
I work for a large video game studio in big metropolitan area , and there is no way in hell if we all had to go home people could check in files, or have the rigs and set up to effectively do their work remotely without a huge amount of effort (We set up one employee to work from home for other reasons a year ago and it took 3 months of support to get his workflow productive) . There are a few teams who could possibly work remotely but it would be a nightmare overall. Added to the fact if they send kids home from school how people with families and both parents working would be able to look after them. This is a major company with big resources and it would be a logistical and financial nightmare for the company, god knows how smaller companies and individuals would cope if more serious quarantine measures come about. I am all for quarantine and keeping people safe but I can see how every large organization must be incredibly nervous/brave about making that call
This is just me ranting about NJ Transit, but it's absolutely inexcusable to cancel trains. Now you have packed trains containing two sets of riders where people can get sick.
Same thought went through my mind... I didn't have cold or flu for like 3 decades. Then bam, full body ache and dry coughs. My wife then had some coughing a couple weeks later after I recovered...
They do! I wear nitrile gloves for cleaning all the time and I am always very aware of them and never touch my face or personal belongings with them on.
Does nothing for the uninsured. Band aid on a fever. Viruses don't care about class or money. Not taking care of the weak is endangering everyone.
Fingers crossed, but so far it's been good. They've been super busy lately. We're in a small touristy town though, so if the main attraction (Oregon Shakespeare Festival) decides to start cancelling shows, it would really impact our restaurant too.
There have been two known cases in our county but not our town... yet.
Forgot to mention... my school's put all classes online after spring break. I live in NJ, btw.
There's a silver lining here: testing has begun. This will help in the long run.
I wonder what the tradeoff is. Stimulus package for the insurance companies down the road? They aren't doing this for free.
I think it would have been better if they asked hospitals and clinics to wave the cost, that way you cover uninsured as well, and people won't have to worry about insurance companies shenanigans (you never know with them, you often have to fight with on stuff that are 100% sure be covered).
It still leave the question of hospitalization, because I suspect many people in the US just can't afford be 3 weeks in ICU.
But there IS bodily fluids. Spit.
You ever met someone who when they talked, drops of saliva would ocasionally hit you? Everyone does this. Only difference is the degree to which they do it.
So lets say I'm carrying the virus. We two are having a conversation. Some drops of saliva from my mouth hit your hands. Tiny ones - you don't even notice. Then you scratch your nose.
Yea that's what I'm wondering. There's gotta be some behind the scene deal going on here.
Ok I'll admit. I fucking laughed.But there IS bodily fluids. Spit.
You ever met someone who when they talked, drops of saliva would ocasionally hit you? Everyone does this. Only difference is the degree to which they do it.
So lets say I'm carrying the virus. We two are having a conversation. Some drops of saliva from my mouth hit your hands. Tiny ones - you don't even notice. Then you scratch your nose.
Now that UW is testing daily, the number is just gonna get bigger. At this point it's inevitable, so be safe and responsible and look out for yourself and others.
Again, I'm not trying to argue that Japan is testing as much as they should be. I'm arguing that no one is testing as much as they should be. Everyone keeps saying South Korea is doing great - South Korea has six times the death count that Japan has.
Yeah, there is no way we only have 2 cases in Connecticut. Good call with the state of emergency. Just waiting to hear more updates about schools. Our Spring Break is the first week of April, I wonder if they'll try to hold off on doing it until the week before to give 2 weeks off in a row.
14 travel related cases in Alberta, up from 7 yesterday.
Damn, UCSB cancelled all classes effective till May. Everyone was just jumping up and down but now in a state of confusion on what will happen with final exams. I just finished up a presentation too. Crazy thing is there are no reported cases in Santa Barbara County.
Insurance companies are HEAVILY invested in the idea that the US healthcare system is great, if it fails spectacularly enough to get people legit pissed at them, this can spell trouble down the road for their gravy train.
Why is that map so out of date? There are states in the south with confirmed cases now. And on that map it is blank?
Concerned about the criteria to get tested in Aus...
I have a sore throat, fever and body aches. Doc brushed it off as a regular throat infection because I hadn't travelled recently or personally know anyone who has it.
I travel on a packed train for 1hr each day to and from areas that have confirmed cases.
As others have mentioned in this thread, wont be surprised if there are lots of undetected cases due to lack of testing or eligibility for testing..
I have a sore throat, fever and body aches. Doc brushed it off as a regular throat infection because I hadn't travelled recently or personally know anyone who has it.
I travel on a packed train for 1hr each day to and from areas that have confirmed cases.
As others have mentioned in this thread, wont be surprised if there are lots of undetected cases due to lack of testing or eligibility for testing..
If you get it, I'm sure the insurance companies will call it a pre-existing condition and nullify any coverage for any other illness in the future.
This was absolutely necessary, people would have firebombed insurance company's offices three weeks from now
Same here. High fever for days, dry cough for a few weeks. Tested negative for flu a/b.
I was never tested for even though we knew about covid-19 by then.
I was never tested for even though we knew about covid-19 by then.
I "jokingly" told my wife that I was one of the first people in the US with the virus. I got super sick in January and went to urgent care after a week when I suspected that I developed pneumonia and had a fever of 103. They gave me a bunch of steroids and antibiotics and I've just recently gotten back full lung capacity.
The just cancelled one of the biggest festivities money wise and tourist wise in the world. The Fallas of Valencia, in Spain.
4th time since 1889 that the have been cancelled. The other 3 were because of wars.
The big problem is not the cancellation, is the cancellation coming SO late. The big days start in 5 days and some of the huge monuments (30 of the 600 that are build in nearly every corner of the city) were mid built in the streets already. Tha and all the light spectacles, the firework shows and the party "casals".
They should have cancelled them 10 days ago, now a lot of the falla artists are going to have huge problems bringing the monuments down and back to the workshops (its a full year work inside this workshops).
You see, after they are built on the street, the are burned on the last day, so they are not prepared for easy dismount methods.
From an economy standpoint they brought 500 million euros to the city, so thaya a huge blow.
They are working to postpone them till summer. Which would soften the blow but also gives a lot of problems for next year (as there will be no timw to work on the 2021 ones as the workshops will be full of the old ones).
As a valencian, this is gonna be interesting to see, thats for sure. I understand the cancellation though, better safe than sorry, but as i said, should have been cancelled 10 days ago to lessen the blow.
4th time since 1889 that the have been cancelled. The other 3 were because of wars.
The big problem is not the cancellation, is the cancellation coming SO late. The big days start in 5 days and some of the huge monuments (30 of the 600 that are build in nearly every corner of the city) were mid built in the streets already. Tha and all the light spectacles, the firework shows and the party "casals".
They should have cancelled them 10 days ago, now a lot of the falla artists are going to have huge problems bringing the monuments down and back to the workshops (its a full year work inside this workshops).
You see, after they are built on the street, the are burned on the last day, so they are not prepared for easy dismount methods.
From an economy standpoint they brought 500 million euros to the city, so thaya a huge blow.
They are working to postpone them till summer. Which would soften the blow but also gives a lot of problems for next year (as there will be no timw to work on the 2021 ones as the workshops will be full of the old ones).
As a valencian, this is gonna be interesting to see, thats for sure. I understand the cancellation though, better safe than sorry, but as i said, should have been cancelled 10 days ago to lessen the blow.
The US was on around 500 confirmed cases this time yesterday and now it's almost doubled, where's the poster who said it wasn't that bad or spreading in the US?
Sweat, breathing.. a lot of cases happen on airplanes, busses and cruises due to the circulated air.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong.