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The Coronavirus - What's Happening Around the World

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
I'd like to keep this thread as a chronicle of events and projections, how to address avoidance and how to react if infected.......not a 'scare' or 'hopeless' scenario.

Coronavirus is spreading.

Some current events:

US prepares for possible coronavirus pandemic, WHO officials say Iran outbreak 'worrisome'
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/21/coronavirus-latest-updates-outbreak.html

I usually shop in the early morning hours during the flu season to avoid crowds.
I am up to date on my flu and pneumonia shots, while they don't address coronavirus, I suspect it helps in avoiding complications with them.

( you all stay well )

Edited by Adminstrator Cookiegal with approval from the thread starter to include a link to the Johns Hopkins University's interractive map which is constantly updated to show the current statistics around the world:

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

Second edit to add link exclusive to the U.S.:

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/us-map
 
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#360 ·
Hardly anyone wears them in supermarkets in the UK. Mainly on the local bus service but many of us are exempt due to medical conditions
 
#362 ·
Actually, it's a $100 fine and up to 90 days in jail.

Whether re-elected or not, it's to save lives and insure there is a society with an economy in the future.

But thanks for injecting politics into a situation calling for common sense.
It's becoming obvious all states should be mandating the wearing of masks.
The Covid-19 virus does not care what political party it's next victim belongs to.
But one thing is obvious, ignorance is it's 'friend'.
 
#363 ·
#364 ·
Houston is getting hammered....averaging well over 5k cases daily...and again, this is only Houston proper, Harris County....

It is all due to (IMO of course) a distinct lack of common sense.
 
#369 ·
From my local news site:

Coronavirus: Food insecurity has doubled locally, across Ohio
https://www.daytondailynews.com/new...d-locally-across-ohio/cIXo5K5pzcIGbhKhF4lgmO/

Ohio food insecurity rates have nearly doubled because of the coronavirus pandemic, a new study found, and food banks in the state say government action is needed now.

The Census Household Pulse Survey found that food insecurity rates in the state have gone from 13.9% to 23%.

.................
"We're really worried that grocery stores won't survive this, especially in low income areas," Hamler-Fuggit said.
 
#373 ·
#378 ·
Please remember that Random discussion is for light hearted discussions of topics. Any debating is to be done in the controversial topics discussion forum.
 
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#385 · (Edited by Moderator)
https://heavy.com/news/2020/05/jadon-hayden/

Hayden was admitted to the nursing home to undergo rehabilitation and recovery on a temporary basis. It is not clear what rehabilitation and recovery Hayden was admitted for.
some say he and others young people had covid and were deliberately mixed in

id like to know if this is true
 
#392 ·
https://heavy.com/news/2020/05/jadon-hayden/

Hayden was admitted to the nursing home to undergo rehabilitation and recovery on a temporary basis. It is not clear what rehabilitation and recovery Hayden was admitted for.

According to the media outlet, the law firm said in the statement, "Westwood has been cooperating with the police and will continue to do so. The safety, health, and well-being of our residents remains a top priority of Westwood. We will continue to monitor the situation."

some say he and others young people had covid and were deliberately mixed in

id like to know if this is true

one of alex jones talking points
You have a computer.
Google it. :)
 
#391 ·
Times have changed, no doubt about that.

I remember you posting you were in effect, an antivaxxer.

Refuse a vaccine and unfortunate things can occur, like your experience with shingles.

Will you refuse to take a Covid-19 vaccine?
 
#389 ·
New concerns in addition to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Swine flu in Chinese pigs monitored for 'pandemic potential'
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...pdates-face-masks-fauci-reopening/3279340001/

A swine flu virus found in Chinese pigs has the potential to jump to humans and even spark a pandemic, researchers say.
Prevalent Eurasian avian-like H1N1 swine influenza virus with 2009 pandemic viral genes facilitating human infection
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/06/23/1921186117

( PNAS first published June 29, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1921186117
Contributed by George F. Gao, April 28, 2020 (sent for review December 9, 2019; reviewed by Ian H. Brown and Xiu-Feng Henry Wan) )

Similar to pdm/09 virus, G4 viruses have all the essential hallmarks of a candidate pandemic virus. Of concern is that swine workers show elevated seroprevalence for G4 virus. Controlling the prevailing G4 EA H1N1 viruses in pigs and close monitoring in human populations, especially the workers in swine industry, should be urgently implemented.
 
#390 ·
USA TODAY analysis of COVID-19 infection rates at the ZIP code-level shows how the virus has spread rapidly, but unevenly, across the U.S.

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/g...eighborhoods-show-big-disparities/3257615001/

Overall, data for more than 8,500 ZIP codes - about 26% of all U.S. ZIPs - were collected during the week of June 15, 2020 from 49 state, county and local health departments that publish data at that geographic level. Although far from comprehensive, the reports include slices from every U.S. Census region.

USA TODAY matched the ZIP code data with 2018 U.S. Census demographic data to examine income, race and population disparities in neighborhoods with varying infection rates.

The map and charts below show how unevenly the virus as spread across communities and neighborhoods since the first case was reported last January.
 
#393 ·
Nothing really new here that hasn't been discussed....except for this:

Fauci tells Congress recent coronavirus surge caused by reopening too quickly, not following guidelines

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...auci-update-senate-state-pandemic/3279369001/

New cases have been increasing by abut 40,000 a day, he said, adding that could rise to 100,000 a day without changes.

"We've really got to do something about that and we need to deal with it quickly," he said. "It could get very bad."
 
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