Emergence of a Deadly Coronavirus

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I just saw a sudden big increase in the number of cases. I think that is probably a result of increased testing and will raise the number in the mild condition category. Maybe it should be renamed mild and asymptomatic condition.

Companies stepping up to the plate in time of crisis

Eight Oaks Farm Distillery: The family-owned distillery plans converted their operation into a production line for the hand sanitizer. At this time, the Pennsylvania-based distillery is focused on making as much hand sanitizer to support organizations and nonprofits locally.

Estée Lauder committed to donating 10,000 bottles of hand sanitizer to every week to New York state for the coming weeks, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo tweeted.

The Hertz car rental company is offering free vehicle rentals through April 30 for health care workers. Workers can book as little as a week or up to a month with the company at no cost to them. To take advantage of the offer, employees must have a valid medical ID, email with a healthcare domain, and driver's license.

JetBlue: The airline is donating free flights for incoming medical volunteers heading to New York state, Cuomo tweeted.

Prudential Financial: The New Jersey-based insurance company donated 153,000 face masks and approximately 75,000 respirators to health care workers across the state.

Serta Simmons Bedding: The company is donating 10,000 mattresses to New York City hospitals and medical facilities fighting the coronavirus.

Softbank has donated more than a million N-95 masks to New York state.

Starbucks is offering free coffee to those of the front lines of fighting the pandemic. First responders and front-line workers, such as doctors, nurses, paramedics, police officers and firefighters, are eligible to receive a free tall-sized hot or iced coffee until May 3.

Tesla: The company is slated to reopen its Gigafactory New York "as fast as humanly possible" to make ventilators for undersupplied hospitals contending with the pandemic.

Teva Pharmaceuticals: The pharmaceutical company is donating more than 6 million doses of hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets to hospitals across the U.S.

Tito's Handmade Vodka plans to produce 24 tons of sanitizer during the next several weeks, which will be distributed for free.

Source: Companies join coronavirus fight by helping health care workers

Not sure if this has already been posted.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuhan_I ... f_Virology

Lululemon has reportedly been very good to their staff as well, with no one missing pay under any circumstance.

Yay Lulu!

PLACING THE COVID19 CORONAVIRUS IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE

I read the following article by Rich Kozlovich today published in Paradigms and Demographics
Coronavirus in Perspective, Part III

It tried to place the current COVID19 pandemic in relationship with other biological threats.

We keep hearing how amazingly dangerous, and how infectious this version of coronavirus is, which there are 40 of them, with estimates and predictions that are frightening the public to the point of hysteria. Hysteria that’s created a new affliction called moronavirus!

This graph represents the relative relationship.



Norovirus: Number nine on the chart.

Norovirus is considered a very contagious virus that causes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain, stomach cramps, fever, muscle pain and all round not feeling well.

Commonly called “flu-like” symptoms. It impacts people of all ages, and on average there are 20 million cases reported in the United States alone……every year! Furthermore, norovirus kills between 500 and 800 people……. every year! As for herd immunity, well, overall, we can’t really get herd immunity because there are so many types of norovirus.

Apparently, outbreaks are quite common, it’s quickly and easily spread through food, water, contact and contaminated surfaces. Norovirus runs its course from November to April. Whether you get it or not depends on your particular genetics.

Worldwide norovirus is in the top ten deadly infectious diseases, coming in at number 9, killing 548 people “each and every day” around the world.

Solutions regarding how to avoid it? The usual stuff we have been told to do for seasonal flu season. Practice proper hand hygiene, make sure of the water you’re drinking or cooking with, wash fruits and vegetables and cook everything, including seafood thoroughly, when you are sick do not prepare food or care for others, clean and disinfect contaminated surfaces, wash laundry thoroughly. But most importantly, if you’re sick, stay home. But no one suggested shutting down the country.

With some variations, this will be repeated as the “usual stuff” in this article.

Rotovirus: Number seven on the chart.

There are approximately three million cases in the United States every year with 95% of these cased infecting children five years old and younger, with the highest rate of incidence among children, infants really, between three to thirty five months old. It’s considered very contagious causing diarrhea vomiting, stool containing blood or pus, very high temperatures, lethargy, pain, dehydration, sleepiness or unresponsiveness, with 400,000 physician visits yearly. With what most would consider “flu like” symptoms. But it’s deadly!

Rotovirus causes over 215,000 deaths a year worldwide, and because there are so many types of rotovirus, reinfections are not uncommon, and they can infect adults. It’s easily spread and remains infectious for weeks on surfaces that haven’t been disinfected. Two vaccines available but because there are many types of rotavirus, it's possible to be infected, and more than once, even if you've been vaccinated, although repeat infections are typically less severe. It’s number seven on the most deadly infectious diseases list. How to avoid this virus? The usual stuff, but no one suggested shutting down the nation!

Shigellosis: Number six on the chart.

Shigellosis isn’t a viral infection, it’s a bacterial infection, but it’s on the top ten deadly infectious diseases list at number six killing 1644 people worldwide every day, with infants and children being impacted the most.

It causes stomach pain, vomiting diarrhea, fever, blood in the urine, with 165 million cases occurring worldwide yearly, and 450,000 cases in the United States yearly. Often considered “flu like” symptoms.

As I said it impacts children mostly, especially those between six months old and five years old, but it has a ten percent mortality rate, and no known seasonality. Contaminated drinking water is the main source of infection, but in America we have treated water and yet still have 450,000 cases yearly, and has developed antibiotic resistance.

How to avoid it? The usual stuff, and make sure to drink bottled water when traveling and dispose of diapers properly. But no one suggested shutting down the country.

Ebola Virus: Number 24 on the chart.

We had eleven cases in 2014. Two who contracted it from outside the U.S. who died, and two contracted it from within survived. It’s listed as number 24 on the chart killing 5.3 people every day. How to avoid it? If you travel to countries where they have it, you can’t! The mortality rate can be over eighty percent. But no one thought shutting down the country was a solution. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) predicted a trajectory between 550,000 to 1.4 million cases by early the following year. What did they base this on? Computer modeling, but computer modeling is kind of like Game Boy science. You get out of it what you put into it."

SARS: Number twenty five on the chart.

SARS is a coronavirus, all of which are all zoonotic, starting in animals and migrating to people. It started in China and in 2003 infected a total of 8,096 people in 29 countries, with eight in the U.S. With an almost ten percent mortality rate, seven hundred and seventy four died but none of them in the U.S. The estimated word wide cost? Forty billion.

How to avoid, it? First, stay out of the Middle East, otherwise, the usual stuff, and no one suggested shutting down the country.

MERS: Number twenty six on the cart

It’s called the Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome for a good reason. In 2012 Saudi Arabia first reported it. It’s considered deadly with a thirty five percent mortality rate. The World Health Organization has counted nearly 2,500 cases of MERS in the Middle East and beyond, and more than 850 deaths. Very few in the U.S. And no one suggested closing down the nation to prevent it.

Swine Flu (H1N1): Not even on the chart.

Swine Flu (H1N1) may have killed as many as 6000 people in the U.S. and infected somewhere between 14 and 34 million people. Big spread there. Computer modeling? And estimated 63,000 to 153,000 were hospitalized. More computer modeling?

How to avoid it? The usual stuff, but no one suggested shutting down the country. And in of fact, Dr Fauci, whose so hot to shut down America, “in September 2009, after millions had become infected with the H1N1 influenza and thousands had died, some of whom were young people and children, a relaxed and unalarmed Dr. Anthony Fauci told and interviewer, that people just need "to use good judgment."

So, there was no need to shut down businesses all over the country for what at this point was a much more deadly infectious disease than the China virus, AKA Kung Flu, the current coronavirus?

Did I get that right?

Annual Flu Season: Number eight on the chart.

“While everyone is in a panic about the coronavirus (officially renamed 1COVID-19 by the World Health Organization), there's an even deadlier virus many people are forgetting about: the flu.

Flu season is hitting its stride right now in the US. So far, the CDC has estimated (based on weekly influenza surveillance data) that at least 12,000 people have died from influenza between Oct. 1, 2019 through Feb. 1, 2020, and the number of deaths may be as high as 30,000.

The CDC also estimates that up to 31 million Americans have caught the flu this season, with 210,000 to 370,000 flu sufferers hospitalized because of the virus.”

So, how do we avoid it? The usual stuff, but no one ever suggests we shut down the country, and remember, this is year in and year out, why aren’t they shutting down the country every year?

Chinese media caught erasing history and 'Wuhan virus' from reports
China’s Global Times changes ‘Wuhan pneumonia’ to ‘novel coronavirus-related pneumonia’ in January article

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Twitter user with the account name "LIFETIME" on Wednesday (March 25) posted screenshots of a Global Times article to prove the Chinese newspaper agency has been removing the term "Wuhan virus" from previous reports.

The Twitter user claimed the English news site under the state-run People's Daily has been tampering with the content of several articles published in January. Based on the screenshots, the Global Times has altered "Wuhan pneumonia" to "novel coronavirus-related pneumonia" in the title of a report on China's coronavirus infections.



https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3905013

Imperial College scientist who predicted 500K coronavirus deaths in UK revises to 20K or fewer

A scientist who warned that the coronavirus would kill 500,000 people in the United Kingdom has revised the estimate to roughly 20,000 people or fewer.

Scientist and Imperial College author Neil Ferguson said Wednesday that the coronavirus death toll is unlikely to exceed 20,000 and could be much lower, according to New Scientist. He added that he is “reasonably confident” that Britain’s health system can handle the burden of treating coronavirus patients.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news ... 0k-or-less

There are too many otherwise healthy people getting in serious/critical condition. That’s a fact.

Number of cases in the U.S. will likely exceed the number of reported cases in China where the virus originated from and where there are more than quadruple the number of people.

Just a friendly reminder, when gauging the current threat level, it's best to listen to the DOCTORS who are actually on the front lines and seeing the situation first-hand.

I've heard stories of people abandoning their pets all around the world, because of financial concerns. In some cities there are dogs and cats (and presumably other pets) left outdoors to fend for themselves. Other people have kept their animals but are in dire need of assistance to feed them, and afford their meds.

Please think of fostering an animal from your local shelter if you are able to provide a home for any pet, large or small, temporary or permanent. Shelters and animal services are also accepting donations which will go toward food and treatment for animals whose families can't pay their bills.

Yep. They’re the ones that know.

It is surprising the number of things that have flown off store shelves in the Coronavirus panic buying. One of the first things that astonished me was all the bags of flour disappeared almost immediately from the grocery store shelves. My wife thinks that many people realizing they would have to shelter in place, and said "sounds like a good time to do some baking".

Anyways I have some Spelt grain stored away and my wife makes bread from it. Some of the best tasting bread in the world. I call it Hobbit bread. It has a nutty flavor. So I ground some spelt up into flour and she made a couple loaves of bread.

It is going to rain tomorrow so my wife said grind up some more flour so my daughter can do some baking for her family. I said which kind. Wheat flour or Spelt flour. Since I am a prepper I have around 500 pounds of wheat grains stored away sealed in mylar bags that protect it from moisture. And the wheat is sealed in a nitrogen environment. So it is good for at least 30 years, but probably will still be good well beyond that. She said "Spelt".

It is my daughters birthday soon and my wife decided a bread maker would be a good gift. Well, all the bread makers are gone. They are on back order. [Waiting shipment from China} Like I said, it is strange what has disappeared. Don't we make anything in our country anymore?

When a WP member whose wife is sewing masks could not proceed because ALL the type of elastic she needed was (is?) on back order from China, that stunned me;
NO company in America makes sewing elastic?
Barry Goldwater is rolling in his grave!
50 years ago he warned of dependency upon foreign-made goods, and the government (and much of the public) laughed at him.
I guess those who ended the tariff system are not so amused, now.