Corona Virus Updates Part 5

originally posted by: Encia22

originally posted by: saladfingers123456
Just to continue my post from last night about McVirus... and McIdiots unable to control themselves...

Coronavirus: McDonald's fans queue for 'one last Big Mac' as police are called in

Sigh...

After living in the UK for 20 years, +USA +Canada, I'm not the least surprised by the reaction. Authorities could have prepared better or closed everything without notice.

Here in Italy every eatery and restaurant shutdown literally overnight. It didn't give people time to mourn over their favourite hangout. It was cold turkey, oops, I meant cold McChicken for many.

Fortunately, we have a good base national cuisine and people are getting back to home cooking, more healthy, too... shame about the virus that's the real killer.

One thing is for sure, Italy will never starve... We'll just die happy on a full stomach. Sorry, I'm always looking out for the irony in predicaments.

Stay safe, stay home and learn to cook!

Me and my son are going to be having lots of pasta dishes. I've even chopped all of the onions, peppers and mushrooms I had and frozen them in parcels so they don't get wasted and I effectively have "bolognese kits" and "lasagne kits" in the freezer

A friend of mine 17 year old son just tested positive.
He has had symptoms for the last month while going to school.

Schools been locked down and sprayed all over with disinfectant.
But I'm thinking if he's been showing symptoms for a month lots of other people in that school could have it already.

It's our 4 case in my county. The county next door also has 4 cases.

If my friend keeps us updated on facebook about her son I will tell you guys what I can about his case.
17 no health issues. Health kid but he's had this for a month.

a reply to: DankyDSmythe

That's the way, excellent choice... Buon Appetito!

a reply to: saladfingers123456

Unbelievable, absolute idiots.

About an hour ago, an ice cream van drove past my house, music blaring. Multiple people, all crowding around to get their ice cream, no social distancing whatsoever

Also, can't remember seeing this posted here:

COVID-19 case confirmed in UK prison, HMP Oakwood

"The inmate at the all-male Category C jail in Staffordshire had been self-isolating since Tuesday, before a test result on Saturday."

originally posted by: MonkeyBalls2
For those that seem to need to know, BNOnews has a column for % of Deaths.

bnonews.com...

The one person who needs to look at it will just say that the % will go down with more testing. Completely ignoring what hsi happening in NYC, Spain (video of patients laying in the halls), and Italy. Coming soon to a city near you. But it all goes away if our case numbers go up. Facepalm.

a reply to: scraedtosleep

Sent you a PM, just asking, which county are you in, and which is next door ?
Cheers.

originally posted by: Mamana12
I have a question about the spread of this virus that I'm hoping someone here can answer. Laguna Beach California has Aliso creek running through it to the ocean. Just upstream is the waste treatment plant for the area and on most days the area of the town surrounding the creek and the beach at the head of the creek smell extremely bad due to the waste treatment plant. If this virus can be spread via aerosol, would everyone in the vicinity of a waste treatment plant such as that be at high risk once enough people in the area have it and their waste is being processed in one place with particles contaminating the air? Does this pose the risk of creating a cluster of infection around waste treatment plants?

Technically yes this is a question rather than an update however if the answer to the question is yes, then thats important information that is an update

I work for a utility company and my office is right next door to a waste water treatment plant. It uses surface aerators and so far it hasn't caused them or us to change the way we work.

a reply to: KindraLaBelle

...damage to the taste and smell nerves.

Nerve damage, hmmm.

Increasing evidence shows that coronaviruses are not always confined to the respiratory tract and that they may also invade the central nervous system inducing neurological diseases.

The neuroinvasive potential of SARS-CoV2 may play a role in the respiratory failure of COVID-19 patients.

From ParisMatch, and other sites :

"Two more Doctors die in the East of France, bringing the total number of Medical Staff Deaths to 5 in France"

ParisMatch

From Guardian Live Feed at 5.08pm :

"13 Year Old Dies of COVID19 in Panama"

the Panama case illustrates what medical experts have been trying to drum home in recent days: young adults and children are not immune to the virus or serious complications. There’s been growing frustration across the world at sites of busy play parks and beaches full of youngsters.

The younger the child, the greater the chance of suffering critical or serious symptoms from the virus, according to one large study from China.

Guardian Live Feed

originally posted by: jadedANDcynical
a reply to: KindraLaBelle

...damage to the taste and smell nerves.

Nerve damage, hmmm.

Increasing evidence shows that coronaviruses are not always confined to the respiratory tract and that they may also invade the central nervous system inducing neurological diseases.

The neuroinvasive potential of SARS-CoV2 may play a role in the respiratory failure of COVID-19 patients.

Yes, I thought that when I saw it earlier. If this turns out to be true, then the range of symptoms could be quite broad right? Also might lead to misdiagnosed causes of death in earlier contractors of the disease... is this correct? Or am I speculating too far there? I'm not clued up on this sort of thing.

Update for Vermont: 75 cases and 5 deaths (jumped up from 52 cases and 2 deaths)

originally posted by: DankyDSmythe

originally posted by: CrazeeWorld777
WE GOT UP TO 350,000 cases pretty quickly since 250,000 only last week.

I think we can assume we'll hit a million cases in about 4 or 5 weeks from now.

Deaths are pretty low though, so we have to be thankful for that at around 15,500 which maybe makes it 40,000 deaths when we hit 1 million cases.

It's increasing by c.10-11% per day at the moment.

That's about 10 days to a million.

ok, maybe my figures were out a bit... we'll see in 2 weeks time.

originally posted by: Arbitrageur

originally posted by: tanstaafl
USA Update...

CFR still at 1.3%, 98% of unresolved cases still mild, with only 2% critical.

Those constantly saying 'just wait 2 weeks' need to start admitting that the numbers aren't supporting their positions...

I don't know what the actual number is, but again I don't think that's how it's calculated.

It is right now, until it is over, and we have much much better numbers on the unresolved...

USA back down to 1.2% CFR. As the numbers climb, it just keeps going down, over the last 2 weeks.

If this was going to be as bad as some are claiming - and bad enough to destroy our economy over - wouldn't this number be going in the other direction?

a reply to: saladfingers123456

Well, if it damages the central nervous system, particularly the medulla oblongata, that could lead to all sorts of problems. That's where breathing and heart rate (among other things) are regulated.

From the BBC Feed at 19h00 :

"All British Travellers Should return Home Now (While they can)"

In a new statement, he warns the pace at which borders are closing, airlines are suspending flights and exit bans are being enforced, there is no time to lose.

Mr Raab says: "If you are on holiday abroad the time to come home is now while you still can.”

www.bbc.com...

Tokyo 2020 Olympics to be postponed due to coronavirus crisis

Not really a surprise. Countries and athletes had already started pulling out.

metro.co.uk...

originally posted by: RexKramerPRT

originally posted by: Mamana12
I have a question about the spread of this virus that I'm hoping someone here can answer. Laguna Beach California has Aliso creek running through it to the ocean. Just upstream is the waste treatment plant for the area and on most days the area of the town surrounding the creek and the beach at the head of the creek smell extremely bad due to the waste treatment plant. If this virus can be spread via aerosol, would everyone in the vicinity of a waste treatment plant such as that be at high risk once enough people in the area have it and their waste is being processed in one place with particles contaminating the air? Does this pose the risk of creating a cluster of infection around waste treatment plants?

Technically yes this is a question rather than an update however if the answer to the question is yes, then thats important information that is an update

I work for a utility company and my office is right next door to a waste water treatment plant. It uses surface aerators and so far it hasn't caused them or us to change the way we work.

Thank you! If anything changes please would you let me know!

Worldometer Update :



BNOnews



www.worldometers.info...

bnonews.com...

originally posted by: jadedANDcynical
a reply to: KindraLaBelle

...damage to the taste and smell nerves.

Nerve damage, hmmm.

Increasing evidence shows that coronaviruses are not always confined to the respiratory tract and that they may also invade the central nervous system inducing neurological diseases.

The neuroinvasive potential of SARS-CoV2 may play a role in the respiratory failure of COVID-19 patients.

Funnily enough I was watching a really interesting programme this weekend on I think the BBC about food and how we taste, etc (if anyone else saw it, it was the one where the Incas freeze dry poisonous potatoes up the mountain and they become edible).

Anyway, apparently one of the major ways we interpret taste is from a kind of backflow where the smell of the food in our mouth goes up our nose from the inside and activates receptors, I think it was sweet things that were particularly working that way.

So maybe it's because it's part of the respiratory system?

As an interesting aside, as I'm typing this my son has just said that he's got a weird smell in his nose, it reminds him of the exact smell he got when he was ill after having meningitis jabs.

Hope it's not related to his immune system kicking in

Boris Johnson to address the nation at 20.30