Emergence of a Deadly Coronavirus

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New cases have been fairly stable lately—like 10,000-11,000 a day for New York. Deaths are increasing, though. It’s probably going to be in the 700s for the state. About 385 deaths for NYC. It turned out to be 630 deaths for New York State.

Italy and Spain might have turned a corner. New cases down, but deaths still way high.

The national stockpile stores material in the event of an emergency. Because of the coronavirus pandemic some of this material such as N95 mask are being sent out to various states and hospitals. Some of these supplies have aged and deteriorated.

I can related to that. I had purchased a box of 10 N95 masks about 10 years ago and did not pay enough attention to storage. They sat on a shelf in a high humid environment. So when I retrieved them they were very mildewed. I decided to recondition them and after a week or two, the mildew was gone and the mask were useable.

So in the case of the federal government, when their supplies are defective due to aging or storage conditions, these defects in many cases can be reworked and restored.

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Over the past decade, I have learned quite a bit about proper storage techniques. So after this pandemic is over and the price of N95s come down, I will buy a few boxes and store them in large mylar bag and then insert an oxygen absorber into the bag and then seal it. That way they will be stored in a nitrogen environment. Mylar will stop any penetration of moisture into the bags. And this material will be stored in a large 6 gallon superpail that will keep rodents and other insects out. Therefore the stored masks should be good for perhaps 30 years.

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Regarding Lupus.

Interview with a virologist on COVID-19

The numbers still continue to be incredibly low and it continue to grow incredibly slowly.

That giant curve has not come anywhere close to happening.

Does China still live in the grips of the coronavirus?

Authorities order residents of Jia county to stay home after reports of cases linked to the area’s hospital. All but a few essential businesses and services shut temporarily, according to government notice.

[Jia County or Jiaxian is a county under the administration of Pingdingshan City, in south-central Henan Province, China. It has a population of 600,000.]

Henan province in central China has taken the drastic measure of putting a mid-sized county in total lockdown as authorities try to fend off a second coronavirus wave in the midst of a push to revive the economy.

Curfew-like measures came into effect on Tuesday in Jia county, near the city of Pingdingshan, with the area’s roughly 600,000 residents told to stay home, according to a notice on the country’s official microblog account.

According to the Jia county notice, residents must have special permits to leave their home and must have their temperature taken and wear face masks for those trips.

All businesses have been shut down, except utilities, medical suppliers, logistics companies and food processing firms. All shops except supermarkets, hospitals, food markets, petrol stations, pharmacies and hotels have been closed.

In addition, only people with special permits can go to work and cars can only be used on alternate days, depending on their plate number.

An official of the county’s transport office confirmed the county had been put in virtual isolation.
“It’s better not to come to Jia county now,” the official said. “Nobody can enter or leave.”

Wang Xiao, 23, said she was told by her village on Tuesday afternoon.
She said the authorities urged residents to stock up on vegetables and daily necessities to prepare for the isolation, adding that each family could also assign one member to go out for groceries once every two days.

Source: Chinese county goes into coronavirus lockdown as country tries to get back to work amid fear of second wave

Currently in the USA the death rate of confirmed cases is at 2.72% in order to reach 200,000 deaths they pedicted you will need 7,354,000 confirmed cases if the death rate holds. From March 25th to April 4 caaes have gone from 83.8k cases to 311.5k cases how feasible is it that 7 million people out if 330 million will get confirmed as having the virus. The death rate has gone up it was holding at 1.5% for a while.