Coronavirus - worldwide spread and control

Doesn't evacuation slightly undermine the concept of a quarantine, the point of which is normally seen as to stop the infected, and the potentially infected, from spreading the disease?

 

I think the US govt. is taking steps to protect their workers that are in danger of contracting it. Govt. is responsible for them. I am also thinking that they will be monitored for symptoms. Possibly wearing masks on flight, temperatures taken, etc. I think this virus is about to explode and they aren't taking chances.

 

China coronavirus spread is accelerating, Xi Jinping warns

Underline mine.

 

I went to a site called Flu Armour and bought 2 boxes of twenty N95 masks; NIOSH CDC approved masks. That should get me through a couple of weeks in a pandemic outbreak. Any longer than 2 weeks would be a problem. Can't afford more right now.

fluarmour.com

 

How bad is this compared to the swine flu in 2009?

 

I don't think we really know, particularly as it's possible China had been understating the problem initially, meaning that more realistic recent figures look like a big upsurge. Unless you're in China it's probably not worth worrying about until we know more.

 

Here is what the (rapidly built) hospital that was built in Beijing in 2003 for SARS looks like now:

 

I bought this kind of stuff during the last outbreak. Hoping I still have it stored in the loft

 

Doctor at hospital in Wuhan dies after treating patients with coronavirus

 

It's especially hard to estimate the prevalence now they've discovered someone with an active infection but no symptoms of illness. It's therefore possible that people can spread it without even knowing they have it. I agree it's not worth worrying at the moment, specially when you think about the numbers dying of 'flu each year – usually no-one even remarks on that as a story.

 

Much less deadly, but early estimates of the R factor (how effective the virus is at infecting hosts) seem very concerning. There are conflicting reports that place it around 2.5, some disputed ones at 3.8 or 2.8.

Spanish flu had a 1.8 factor, I think that's the highest, and I think SARS had 1.2, though of course flu viruses are much more lethal that coronaviruses. So it looks possible that there could be a massive pandemic with a "relatively" low mortality rate but that could stress medical resources to the point of degrading services on all other medical needs. Especially as it's flu season and the vaccine missed the mark, definitely not helping.

The biggest issue with coronaviruses is how many infected people display little to no symptoms. So the spread is very difficult to keep in check as it's extremely hard to quarantine infectious patients when it's difficult to identify them in the early stages. Hence, it seems, the full quarantines enacted in the provinces around Wuhan.

Hopefully a quick vaccine helps reduce the spread, especially in medical facilities, but the growth in just a few days is pretty concerning.

 

Canada identifies first coronavirus case

 

Coronavirus outbreak: death toll rises to 56 as Canada confirms first case – updates

Authorities in China say infections have risen to more than 1,600 while Canada becomes the latest country to report a case of the virus. Follow all the latest developments here

 

Wuhan coronavirus death toll rises to 56 as healthcare workers say medical supplies are running out

Underline mine. Also, this reads like a long trailer for a 70s tv sci-fi I woul have found unbelievable...at age 12.

 

Boy, an ounce of prevention, as in making live animal markets illegal, would have been cheaper than the pound of cure this is going to cost.

 

A third case of coronavirus is confirmed in the US as China struggles to contain outbreak

American trapped at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak says she's angry and scared

 

https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/24/virus-hit-wuhan-has-two-laboratories-linked-chines/

"Asked if the new coronavirus may have leaked, Mr. Shoham said: 'In principle, outward virus infiltration might take place either as leakage or as an indoor unnoticed infection of a person that normally went out of the concerned facility. This could have been the case with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, but so far there isn’t evidence or indication for such incident.'”

I hope they'll have enough resources and staff left in the next weeks to make sure what's in the lab stays in there, too

I'm not worried this is going to wipe out half of the planet or something, but with enough people being infected public safety/supplies/medical care/economy being seriously affected.

People also travel a lot more than during SARS 15yrs ago.

 

That's pretty much what the residents and businesses of Incline Village and the CDC said during the outbreak. And I would argue some of these patients will go into ME/CFS.

 

That part will definitely be covered up.