Gator Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 (edited) It’s made it to the USA and Cebu already. Hope that it can contained, but somehow I doubt it https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2020/01/officials-confirm-case-coronavirus-200121192504190.html https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/21/20/philippines-probes-case-of-child-from-china-who-tested-positive-for-coronavirus Seems like the elderly and children are the groups at most risk. Healthy adults should be able to fully recover https://www.webmd.com/lung/coronavirus Edited January 21, 2020 by Gator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimeve Posted January 22, 2020 Posted January 22, 2020 Took my wife to the Hospital for a checkup, she had symptoms of a chest infection. Turned out to be a bad cold but she sounded really bad, wheezing and coughing. She has Asthma and one can't be too careful... Now she has passed the cold onto me. Grrrr 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bastonjock Posted January 22, 2020 Posted January 22, 2020 Looks like this virus is very contagious, its found it's way to the states , those in power will be trying to keep a lid on this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Tommy T. Posted January 22, 2020 Forum Support Posted January 22, 2020 Just found this online at MSNBC: A man in his 30s in Washington State is infected with the Wuhan coronavirus, the first confirmed case in the United States of a mysterious respiratory infection that has killed at least six people and sickened hundreds more in Asia, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Tuesday. Federal officials also announced expanded screenings for the infection at major airports in the United States. In addition to New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, airports in Atlanta and Chicago will begin examining passengers arriving from Wuhan, China, for signs of illness. The infected man, a resident of Snohomish County, Wash., developed symptoms after returning from a trip to the region around Wuhan where the outbreak began. Sign Up For the Morning Briefing Newsletter He returned from Wuhan on Jan. 15, two days before passenger screening was instituted at three major airports in the United States, but he had no symptoms at the time. He read online about the mysterious new virus that causes fever and respiratory illness, and informed his doctors about his recent trip when he sought care on Sunday, federal officials said. He was seen at a clinic in Snohomish County and is now hospitalized at Providence Regional Medical Center-Everett. Specimens from the patient were sent to the C.D.C. in Atlanta, and officials confirmed on Monday that he was infected with the Wuhan coronavirus, also called 2019-nCoV. Health officials declined to identify the patient, but said that he has a mild case of pneumonia, is doing well and has been very cooperative. Health care workers are also trying to identify people who may have had contact with the infected traveler, and are notifying some of the passengers on his return flight who might have been exposed. They will monitor those fellow passengers for fever and respiratory symptoms. “We’re very comfortable the patient is isolated and poses little risk to the staff or general public,” said Dr. Chris Spitters, health officer at the Snohomish Health District, adding that the strict isolation practices were implemented in “an abundance of caution.” News of the first case of the virus in the United States surfaced as officials studied growing evidence that the disease can be transmitted from person to person, although it is not clear how easily. China has confirmed human-to-human transmission of a new SARS-like coronavirus linked to the Wuhan pneumonia outbreak as the number of cases soared to more than 200 people in China, and the World Health Organization said it would consider declaring an international public health emergency. Countries both in the Asia-Pacific and elsewhere have initiated body temperature checks at airports, railway stations and along highways in hopes of catching those at risk of carrying a new virus. “There is new information hour by hour, day by day, that we are tracking and following closely,” said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the C.D.C.’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. The C.D.C. has deployed staff overseas who are working closely with the ministries of health in China and Thailand. “The key issue we all need to understand is how easily and sustainably the virus is spread from human to human,” Dr. Messonnier said. Federal health officials plan to expand the screening of passengers arriving in the United States from Wuhan to five airports that are major international hubs. All travelers from the city will be funneled through those airports. Screenings started on Friday and Saturday at New York’s Kennedy International Airport, San Francisco International and Los Angeles International. Now they will be expanded to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International and Chicago O’Hare International over the next few days. Passengers from Wuhan planning to arrive in other cities will be issued new tickets taking them to one of the five screening airports, officials said. The outbreak, which began in December in a seafood and poultry market in Wuhan, a city of 11 million, is spreading: Patients have been identified in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, as well as Taiwan, Japan, Thailand and South Korea. On Tuesday, Chinese authorities confirmed that six people have died of the infection in Wuhan. Nearly 300 cases have been reported to date in China, and federal health officials said that number is likely to grow. Many of the patients lived in or traveled to Wuhan. The World Health Organization will meet tomorrow to decide whether to declare the outbreak an international public health emergency. But information about the new virus is still thin, and it’s not clear whether or how many Americans are at risk. “There are still more questions that we don’t know the answers to than things we do know,” said Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. “For example, what is the source? We don’t know exactly. The location likely was the live animal market, but we don’t know the particular animal.” The more pressing and urgent question, he said: “How frequent is human-to-human transmission?” “Could people with mild infections transmit this virus from person to person?” he added. “That all remains still under investigation.” The patient in Washington told doctors that he had not visited the animal markets in Wuhan, nor had he come into contact with anyone who was sick. On Monday, Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville changed its electronic prompts so that any patients coming in to its hospital, emergency room or clinics with a fever or respiratory symptoms will be asked whether they have been to China recently or have had contact with anyone who has recently traveled to China. Hospitals around the country are likely taking similar steps, Dr. Schaffner said, in an effort to quickly identify infected patients and place them in isolation so they can be cared for safely by hospital workers, and so specimens can be collected for testing. Dr. Schaffner cautioned anyone traveling to China to avoid visiting live animal markets and to keep a distance from all live animals, including domesticated farm animals. Travelers to China should practice lots of good hand hygiene, he added, and do their best to avoid anyone who is coughing or sneezing. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Boggs Posted January 22, 2020 Author Posted January 22, 2020 City of Wuhan now under quarantine supposedly. Wish we weren't traveling abroad next week, I'd just as soon stay out of the airports! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bastonjock Posted January 23, 2020 Posted January 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Marvin Boggs said: City of Wuhan now under quarantine supposedly. Wish we weren't traveling abroad next week, I'd just as soon stay out of the airports! I'm flying with my daughter back to the UK on Saturday, I'll have to call into work on monday , I suspect that I might have some sort of restriction in place as I work for the National Health Service , a lot of the buildings that I have to visit have elderly patients 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimL Posted January 23, 2020 Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) Great, I have a connecting flight in Shanghai in April. 🤧 Edited January 23, 2020 by TimL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reboot Posted January 23, 2020 Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) Part of this problem is the filthiness and lack of respect for others that exists in mainland China. Makes it easy to go viral. Part of preparing for the beijing olympics was merely pushing these people to stop spitting in the streets, to cover their mouths when they cough, and use soap to wash their hands after using their hole in the ground squat shitters. The upside of all the filth and inhumanity is that they've produced a human strain so robust they have to back up and run them over again 2 or 3 extra times to make sure they are dead, as often happens in that country. Edited January 23, 2020 by Reboot 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Tommy T. Posted January 23, 2020 Forum Support Posted January 23, 2020 5 hours ago, Reboot said: The upside of all the filth and inhumanity is that they've produced a human strain so robust they have to back up and run them over again 2 or 3 extra times to make sure they are dead, as often happens in that country. I remember hearing a similar argument as made in this video back in USA many years ago. Because of the proliferation of injury lawsuits, it was joked that if a driver hit a pedestrian, they should back up and repeat to make sure they were dead. Same idea - it would be cheaper to pay for the death than to pay medical bills... Same idea with burglars... If a burglar enters your home and you shoot and injure him, you are better off to kill him outright because he could file a lawsuit saying that you, the homeowner/renter, made it possible for him to enter your abode... The world is going crazy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted January 23, 2020 Posted January 23, 2020 28 minutes ago, Tommy T. said: I remember hearing a similar argument as made in this video back in USA many years ago. Because of the proliferation of injury lawsuits, it was joked that if a driver hit a pedestrian, they should back up and repeat to make sure they were dead. Same idea - it would be cheaper to pay for the death than to pay medical bills... Same idea with burglars... If a burglar enters your home and you shoot and injure him, you are better off to kill him outright because he could file a lawsuit saying that you, the homeowner/renter, made it possible for him to enter your abode... The world is going crazy! Hey Tom, just because you guys over the pond are crazy, don't tar us all with the same brush! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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