Official Coronavirus Thread - Up to the minute Coronavirus map and count.

[james bond]

Basically, this is what has happened. In 2009, we beat the swine flu as the pandemic spread, but we knew we had it right away and was able to develop a vaccine for it.

Fast forward to 2020, the COVID-19 virus is beating us. It mutated so we do not know we have it right away and pass it along. The only way we know we have it is by testing. Also, it can be passed along easier. It has mutated so we can't develop a vaccine against it easily. It wants to kills us; it is the predator now. Thus, it may spread to your lungs via pneumonia or ARDS. That can kill at any age. Moreover, you can get it a second time even after you've recovered. If it fails to kill you the first time, then it can try again. Moreover, if you get sick then there aren't enough beds. You may just die in the halls.

What an idiot

I don't even know why I should help you with that kind of crack.

This has become one of the most dangerous pandemic viruses, if not the most dangerous, in the world. Compare it to swine flu. If you got that, then the symptoms showed up rather quickly. The researchers were able to come up with a vaccine the same year it came out. This one, you feel fine and pass it on. It's more easy to pass on. Next, as you get the symptoms, it leaves a sticky mucous on your lungs. With the swine flu, one got a clear nasal drip. The sticky substance is more difficult to expel out through phlegm. Next, you have difficulties breathing. It wants to get to your lungs where it can spread and thrive. One could get pneumonia or ARDS and then it helps the virus do it. Finally, one can catch it again. It may mean the second wave attacks you when you have the underlying condition of having had it once already. 60% of the US population getting it is no joke. We can only fight it with quarantine and sanitation.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

I'm not talking about time.

Which is your error. Well, one of them.

 

[james bond]

Beware the Ides of March. Coincidence?

Taking stock of strange days: The week that America changed

 

[excalibur]

FDA authorizes first rapid, 'point of care' coronavirus test

 

[Sandy Shanks]

The media rarely mentions the death toll of this pandemic. Most of the time it is a script message at the bottom of the screen. The press conferences conducted by Trump never mention the death toll. Why? Because the figure is so small, targets the sick and elderly, and compares well with the complications caused by the common cold, which is what the affliction is. The common cold caused by a new and contagious virus.

The figures and logic supports that contention.

There are now more than 21,000 cases that have been confirmed in the United States. That is to be expected. As the U.S. tests more, it is logical to expect more cases. It is illogical to assume the increasing number is all due to increasing number of cases.

Put a different way, there are 21,000 cases of the common cold caused by a new virus. That is not at all unusual.

In a nation of 327 million, there have been 288 deaths caused by complications of the common cold from the coronavirus in three months, most are the elderly with underlying conditions and in nursing homes or other facilities

Again, that number is not at all unusual. In fact, it is quite low.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

There are now more than 21,000 cases that have been confirmed in the United States. That is to be expected. As the U.S. tests more, it is logical to expect more cases. It is illogical to assume the increasing number is all due to increasing number of cases.

Put a different way, there are 21,000 cases of the common cold caused by a new virus. That is not at all unusual.

In a nation of 327 million, there have been 288 deaths caused by complications of the common cold from the coronavirus in three months, most are the elderly with underlying conditions and in nursing homes or other facilities

Again, that number is not at all unusual. In fact, it is quite low.

I am going to go out on limb here and offer a really crazy idea.

Could the cure be worse than the disease in a very real sense. Think about it. Dad and mom have lost their jobs. Bills will go unpaid, most likely for months. The children are underfoot because of school closures. The average family has permanently lost thousands of dollars in their retirement savings and investments. It will take years to get back where they were a few weeks ago, if they get it back. They can't go anywhere. They are ordered by politicians to stay home and all sports are shut down. No NBA or NHL championships. No March madness. No Masters, and all golf leagues are cancelled. The start of the baseball season has been postponed.

Will this cause an increase in stress? Of course, and in a major sense. It is reasonable to assume the murder rate and the suicide rate will go up, as people go nuts and frustrated, unable to correct the many concerns they have or find relief in leisure activities. The death toll from covid-19 is quite small in the U.S., 288 in three months.

In the past ten years there have been several incidences of a man being laid off from his job, then returning to his .or store with a gun and shooting up the place, killing co-workers and customers alike. Or a student or former student takes out his frustration on a school. Is that more likely to happen because of the conditions created by our politicians? It is reasonable to expect that to be true. It may already have begun, but the media and the Trump White House are too busy telling us all the horrible things that may happen to us.

The suicide and murder rates are already high in the U.S. It is reasonable to assume that there will be a sharp increase in those numbers.

Crazy, huh?

 

[Pogo]

The media rarely mentions the death toll of this pandemic. Most of the time it is a script message at the bottom of the screen. The press conferences conducted by Trump never mention the death toll. Why? Because the figure is so small, targets the sick and elderly, and compares well with the complications caused by the common cold, which is what the affliction is. The common cold caused by a new and contagious virus.

The figures and logic supports that contention.

There are now more than 21,000 cases that have been confirmed in the United States. That is to be expected. As the U.S. tests more, it is logical to expect more cases. It is illogical to assume the increasing number is all due to increasing number of cases.

Put a different way, there are 21,000 cases of the common cold caused by a new virus. That is not at all unusual.

In a nation of 327 million, there have been 288 deaths caused by complications of the common cold from the coronavirus in three months, most are the elderly with underlying conditions and in nursing homes or other facilities

Again, that number is not at all unusual. In fact, it is quite low.

Actually it's 26,687 cases, over 7300 of which were reported in the last 24 hours. That number btw is the most reported in that period of any country in the world (including Italy). We now have more cases of CV in this country that any other except China and Italy. More than Iran, South Korea, Germany, France, more than Spain which we just passed today.

And the number perished is up to 340. Again, with 84 added today it's not that your numbers were wrong --- it wasn't long ago at all that they were actually correct. That demonstrates how fast it's moving.

 

[Pogo]

There are now more than 21,000 cases that have been confirmed in the United States. That is to be expected. As the U.S. tests more, it is logical to expect more cases. It is illogical to assume the increasing number is all due to increasing number of cases.

Put a different way, there are 21,000 cases of the common cold caused by a new virus. That is not at all unusual.

In a nation of 327 million, there have been 288 deaths caused by complications of the common cold from the coronavirus in three months, most are the elderly with underlying conditions and in nursing homes or other facilities

Again, that number is not at all unusual. In fact, it is quite low.

I am going to go out on limb here and offer a really crazy idea.

Could the cure be worse than the disease in a very real sense. Think about it. Dad and mom have lost their jobs. Bills will go unpaid, most likely for months. The children are underfoot because of school closures. The average family has permanently lost thousands of dollars in their retirement savings and investments. It will take years to get back where they were a few weeks ago, if they get it back. They can't go anywhere. They are ordered by politicians to stay home and all sports are shut down. No NBA or NHL championships. No March madness. No Masters, and all golf leagues are cancelled. The start of the baseball season has been postponed.

Will this cause an increase in stress? Of course, and in a major sense. It is reasonable to assume the murder rate and the suicide rate will go up, as people go nuts and frustrated, unable to correct the many concerns they have or find relief in leisure activities. The death toll from covid-19 is quite small in the U.S., 288 in three months.

The suicide and murder rates are already high in the U.S. It is reasonable to assume that there will be a sharp increase in those numbers caused by the solutions the politicians have come up with regarding the coronavirus.

Crazy, huh?

I can't believe you put baseball LAST on that list.

 

[Pogo]

Here's a page that breaks down details by state and within that, by county. Case statistics, news on curfiews/closings, etc. Can be useful to pinpoint what's happening around you.

 

[Ame®icano]

US now has 24,325 active cases of COVID-19, more than any country in the world except Italy.

Look at you, you're gloating.

 

[Ame®icano]

More lies...

No, the White House didn’t ‘dissolve’ its pandemic response office.

It has been alleged by multiple officials of the Obama administration, including in The Post, that the president and his then-national security adviser, John Bolton, “dissolved the office” at the White House in charge of pandemic preparedness. Because I led the very directorate assigned that mission, the counterproliferation and biodefense office, for a year and then handed it off to another official who still holds the post, I know the charge is specious.

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

New york doc is on it

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

 

[tigerred59]

White House Won’t Say When More Masks Will Be Available To Health Care Workers
During Saturday’s coronavirus task force update, Trump once again blamed his administration’s bungled response on Obama.

Trump is loving this control he has over this nation.....we will regret the day, Mitch, Lyndsey and Collens, didn't impeach this bitch....Karma, bitches, Karma!!

 

[Scamp]

Granny got possum...

... wrapped up against...

... Chinese bio-weaponry.

3rd post on this multi page thread nailed it. China has a biological warfare lab right at the epicenter of this virus. Do the math.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

The media rarely mentions the death toll of this pandemic. Most of the time it is a script message at the bottom of the screen. The press conferences conducted by Trump never mention the death toll. Why? Because the figure is so small, targets the sick and elderly, and compares well with the complications caused by the common cold, which is what the affliction is. The common cold caused by a new and contagious virus.

The figures and logic supports that contention.

There are now more than 21,000 cases that have been confirmed in the United States. That is to be expected. As the U.S. tests more, it is logical to expect more cases. It is illogical to assume the increasing number is all due to increasing number of cases.

Put a different way, there are 21,000 cases of the common cold caused by a new virus. That is not at all unusual.

In a nation of 327 million, there have been 288 deaths caused by complications of the common cold from the coronavirus in three months, most are the elderly with underlying conditions and in nursing homes or other facilities

Again, that number is not at all unusual. In fact, it is quite low.

Irresponsible and uninformed post.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Do the math.

(Nutball) + (AM radio host talking to nutball,) = It's a conspiracy!

 

[Pogo]

Granny got possum...

... wrapped up against...

... Chinese bio-weaponry.

3rd post on this multi page thread nailed it. China has a biological warfare lab right at the epicenter of this virus. Do the math.

uh huh.
You've been there?

 

[Pogo]

US now has 24,325 active cases of COVID-19, more than any country in the world except Italy.

Look at you, you're gloating.

You're a sicko individual.

 

[Scamp]

Trump said we should have a travel ban.
Dems immediately said this this is racist. Biden said this is xenophobic.
Remember this.