Coronavirus

[dakineguy]

I think the fatality rate in the rest of the world is 50 times that of flu so should be same in USA

[ubercow]

What's the fatality rates in the US? May be a little more than the flu. the flu has killed a lot more, but we're not so worried about that.

way too small a sample size to get any useful statistics within the US.

based on china's numbers that I saw a few days ago, if you're over 80, over 1 in 7 infected die (14.8%). 70-79, about 1 in 12 (8.0%). 60-69, about 1 in 28 (3.6%).
http://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/id ... a8db1a8f51

and based on regular US flu numbers, 65+ has an under 1% mortality rate
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2017-2018.htm

to adjust the numbers, china is a first-world country but probably doesn't have as good high-end medical as the US, which may bring that number down.
now if they could, china as a government would probably under-report their numbers, which may bring that number up.

is it more dangerous than the flu, probably. should your hoard up for end-times? probably not.

but like hurricanes that threaten us constantly, be aware, and use good judgement.

[ubercow]

I had my regular Costco list on the refrigerator for my once, every couple months trip to the big box. Didn't have much on it yet but Mrs Cats took it yesterday and asked me what was needed for COVID-19 preparation in case of having to self-quarantine. I just said non-perishables. There was nothing that she bought for $300+ that I would consider to be non-perishable for potential self-quarantine. She did buy toilet paper (we had plenty on-hand already), and a bunch of perishables. And she was not in the islands back when we had that initial dockworkers strike that started the toilet paper hoarding that we continue to see now. SMH. And she always scolds me for buying too much in bulk (canned goods). SMH2. And she bought a case of bottle water - like the tap and our pitcher filter won't do. SMH3.

haha, u gotta go shop yourself. i probably going get some canned goods sometime this weekend, i'm pretty low at home.

[ubercow]

but like hurricanes that threaten us constantly, be aware, and use good judgement.

lol, quoting myself. but writing this line reminded me of that guy they showed on the news that went into the ocean during the last hurricane warning and started yelling and splashing water at it.

did he get hit by the hurricane? no. but he definitely wasn't using good judgement and was lucky that the 1% chance of hit (or whatever it was) didn't happen haha.

[Irse]

What's the fatality rates in the US? May be a little more than the flu. the flu has killed a lot more, but we're not so worried about that.

way too small a sample size to get any useful statistics within the US.

based on china's numbers that I saw a few days ago, if you're over 80, over 1 in 7 infected die (14.8%). 70-79, about 1 in 12 (8.0%). 60-69, about 1 in 28 (3.6%).
http://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/id ... a8db1a8f51

and based on regular US flu numbers, 65+ has an under 1% mortality rate
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2017-2018.htm

to adjust the numbers, china is a first-world country but probably doesn't have as good high-end medical as the US, which may bring that number down.
now if they could, china as a government would probably under-report their numbers, which may bring that number up.

is it more dangerous than the flu, probably. should your hoard up for end-times? probably not.

but like hurricanes that threaten us constantly, be aware, and use good judgement.

I think China's numbers will be higher because they were overwhelmed and they don't have the best health care. On the other hand, they may be under reporting. But as you said, gotta use good judgement.

[My3Cats]

Over 3000 deaths worldwide, 2900 in China. I still don't trust the Chinese count.

[shrek2]

What I hate most is going to the fitness center, being on the treadmill and having someone next to you coughing, coronavirus or not.

[ubercow]

site with good info about covid-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html

[uhwarriors]

First confirmed case in Hawaii.

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/03/ ... announces/

Hawaii has confirmed its first case of the coronavirus in a resident who traveled on a cruise ship in February and tested positive after returning to Oahu.

The resident was on the Grand Princess voyage from San Francisco to Mexico from Feb. 11 to 21 and flew back to Hawaii from Mexico, later became ill and tested positive for the virus Friday. The individual was treated at Kaiser Permanente, which has placed two staff members and a physician in home quarantine for the next 14 days as a precaution.

A Kaiser representative did not disclose which clinic location the patient visited.

Local health officials have so far not identified any close contacts of the patient, who they said is “doing fine” in home quarantine with mild to moderate symptoms. They did not reveal whether the individual lives with family.

“We don’t believe there has been any community spread (in Hawaii) at this time,” Gov. David Ige said Friday at an emergency news conference.

State authorities didn’t know which airline the individual flew on, but said the patient did not have symptoms at the time so there was “no risk” while traveling back to Oahu. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has noted it is possible for spread to occur before symptoms, though that is not the primary mode of transmission.

[Irse]

First confirmed case in Hawaii.

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/03/ ... announces/

Hawaii has confirmed its first case of the coronavirus in a resident who traveled on a cruise ship in February and tested positive after returning to Oahu.

The resident was on the Grand Princess voyage from San Francisco to Mexico from Feb. 11 to 21 and flew back to Hawaii from Mexico, later became ill and tested positive for the virus Friday. The individual was treated at Kaiser Permanente, which has placed two staff members and a physician in home quarantine for the next 14 days as a precaution.

A Kaiser representative did not disclose which clinic location the patient visited.

Local health officials have so far not identified any close contacts of the patient, who they said is “doing fine” in home quarantine with mild to moderate symptoms. They did not reveal whether the individual lives with family.

“We don’t believe there has been any community spread (in Hawaii) at this time,” Gov. David Ige said Friday at an emergency news conference.

State authorities didn’t know which airline the individual flew on, but said the patient did not have symptoms at the time so there was “no risk” while traveling back to Oahu. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has noted it is possible for spread to occur before symptoms, though that is not the primary mode of transmission.

You'll probably see another big run on TP.

[shrek2]

I wonder why MSN is trying to collect money which is about $30K from the public to fight the coronavirus when Congress has already allocated $8B to fight the disease.

I sort of knew that people would try to take advantage of the coronavirus situation with suits and the like. Here a couple is suing for $1M. Wonder how they came up with that figure. Also in the MSN article, see that MSN is still trying to collect $$$ for the fight against the coronavirus which is up to $33K.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/coupl ... d=primentp

[SundayJam]

Link

[My3Cats]

Great vid SundayJam. Mahalos! Don't trust China!!

[kapakahi]

With still 2 more weeks before UH Football Spring Ball is scheduled to start on March 27 (Friday), wouldn't be surprised to see some policy changes by then....possibly closing Spring Ball practices or even cancelling Spring Ball altogether....

https://twitter.com/HawaiiFootball/status/1237807163885662209 https://www.mwcconnection.com/2020/3/12 ... ce=twitter

https://twitter.com/MWCConnection/status/1238176133587271681

https://twitter.com/MountainWest/status/1238163276829274113

Decisions with regard to the continuation of local practice activities in various sports [e.g., spring football] are a matter of institutional discretion depending upon local conditions.

Decisions regarding prospective student-athlete recruitment shall be made at institutional discretion on a case-by-case basis.

San Diego State already just cancelled all Spring sports and have suspended all team activities, including practices, for this weekend as of now.....

https://twitter.com/jonschaeffer/status/1238164352357691394

https://twitter.com/FootballScoop/status/1238123301454712836

https://twitter.com/BudElliott3/status/1238130993325903875

[kapakahi]

The Big West Conference just suspended all spring conference and non-conference competition for all sports effective immediately....which affects baseball, softball, beach volleyball, etc. at UH....

https://twitter.com/BigWestSports/status/1238166957859278850