COVID-19 Pandemic: Transmissions, Deaths, Treatments, Vaccines, Interventions and More...
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It's not simple as people are failing to heed the precautions. Your attempt at discrediting my post yesterday while I was trying to relay relevant and accurate information does not help in educating society. People need to see the numbers until they finally get the idea. It amazes me it took this to happen for some people to finally realize we should cough or sneeze so as to not infect other people, keep your surfaces clean, prevent cross contamination. And yet others still don't give a crap. They will when it hits home and then unfortunately it might be too late. The statistics are important.
Exactly
Finally, NY's Governor Cuomo calling for Federal action in an editorial in the Times. Focused on testing, social distancing and ACE help for our hospital system.
Andrew Cuomo to President Trump: Mobilize the Military to Help Fight Coronavirus
The time is growing short and fewer options are available. Using federal troops to help create hospital beds is one we should try.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/opinion/andrew-cuomo-coronavirus-trump.html
Andrew Cuomo to President Trump: Mobilize the Military to Help Fight Coronavirus
The time is growing short and fewer options are available. Using federal troops to help create hospital beds is one we should try.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/opinion/andrew-cuomo-coronavirus-trump.html
Saw the tail end of his news conference and graphic on the bottom said 729 cases in NY now 3 deaths and nearly 20% hospitalized.
Numbers - This post drives the point home better than any I have read to date. I would like to post this on my Facebook page with your permission.
You don't need my permission, but thanks for the compliment and for asking. Been pasting everything I post here on FB and elsewhere.
On food safety from the store and takeout. With some simple precautions people should be ok. Biggest thing, as always, is keeping away from people and their sneezes, coughs, and breath. And taking a few precautions like wiping down boxes or containers that food might come in with sanitizer. The food, itself should be ok (and moreso if warm/hot, since viruses are inactivated by heat at temps above about 60-70F outside the body). Good way to keep local restaurants in business too.
https://www.theatlantic.com/…/coronavirus-how-get-f…/608008/
https://www.usatoday.com/…/coronavirus-how-best…/5046324002/
https://nypost.com/…/is-food-delivery-safe-during-the-coro…/
https://www.theatlantic.com/…/coronavirus-how-get-f…/608008/
https://www.usatoday.com/…/coronavirus-how-best…/5046324002/
https://nypost.com/…/is-food-delivery-safe-during-the-coro…/
Try to eat hot food or heat food is something I learned from my parents from young. Stay away from things like salads/wraps when out etc..which can have stuff in it. If you can heat it hopefully can kill off whatever is there.
As far as how long it can live on surfaces I saw this morning on the news up to 24 hours on cardboard, up to 3 hours in the air, up to 4 hours on copper and up to 2-3 days on steel/plastic...but also other variables like heat/humidity can affect its half life/potency and just because you come into contact with a virus doesn't necessarily mean you'll be infected depending on other variables.
Saw on CNN from an epidemiologist that probably 90-95% of transmissions are from droplets not surfaces. 6 feet away is the distance recommended...obviously that's not always possible but that's the recommendation. Also why masks would be good if everyone could get one, keep your germs to yourself.
here is a dumb question, say someone making your food at a take out place had droplets come out and landed on your food....does a microwave kill that..just wondering how cooking food and heating food might play a role with the virus
got to be really bad on public transportation, for example, you sit down somewhere, then go home..well then you are possibly carrying that virus on your clothes and spreading it in the house
I strip down in the garage and shower every time I get home.
Clothes was also mentioned too and the epidemiologist said he would liken it to cardboard....he never says it can't be transmitted like that but likelihood of that would be lower possibility and again other variables like heat/humidity can affect half life/potency of any virus. Still probably 90-95% of transmission is likely through droplets he said.
Mind you again from my parents lol way before this stuff...any trip to dr or hospital as soon as your home wash those clothes and change into home clothes. So regardless of whether these behaviors are prudent or not they're just ingrained in me lol.
Not a scientist but I think it can only help....no guarantees but think it stands a better chance of killing off bacteria/viruses if you heat food than if you don't.
Even though I'm somewhat of a germphobe isn't there a thing about even heating dish washing sponges in the microwave to help kill viruses/bacteria. I don't do that actually but wasn't there a study or something on that. IMO heating can only be helpful even if not a guarantee.
Sounds like Murphy is ready to shut down the remaining school districts tomorrow. No indication about new guidelines for state, county, and municipal employees yet.
I have seen it done. It gets air underneath the circular mass of flattened dough which helps it slide off the pizza board and into the oven easier. The oven would then most likely kill the virus though.
Governor expects to announce on Monday all public schools will be closed until further notice. Also possibility of curfew mentioned in other articles.
From one of the articles:
Murphy said people should look to Hoboken and Teaneck, where curfews and calls by local officials to self-quarantine have been put in place, as examples of what to expect as the numbers of people who test positive for the virus rise.
“(It’s) the notion of keeping population groupings low,” Murphy said on a morning phone call to WBLS to discuss the state’s response.
“We will be looking at more draconian steps,” he added. “These are things that we have to consider.”
That includes the possibility of a statewide curfew, he said.
“The curfew is probably, of the two, is probably the more immediate one under consideration," Murphy said.
He added state officials will “inevitably” shut down all of the state’s public schools.
https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020...ose-because-of-coronavirus-governor-says.html
https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020...p-coronavirus-spread-likely-coming-to-nj.html
From one of the articles:
Murphy said people should look to Hoboken and Teaneck, where curfews and calls by local officials to self-quarantine have been put in place, as examples of what to expect as the numbers of people who test positive for the virus rise.
“(It’s) the notion of keeping population groupings low,” Murphy said on a morning phone call to WBLS to discuss the state’s response.
“We will be looking at more draconian steps,” he added. “These are things that we have to consider.”
That includes the possibility of a statewide curfew, he said.
“The curfew is probably, of the two, is probably the more immediate one under consideration," Murphy said.
He added state officials will “inevitably” shut down all of the state’s public schools.
https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020...ose-because-of-coronavirus-governor-says.html
https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020...p-coronavirus-spread-likely-coming-to-nj.html
no microwave will not kill bugs. perhaps the heat generated but not by the microwave per se. microwave works by the vibrational frequency of the O-H bond. this is why it is suggested to put a glass of water (H-O-H) whenever you microwave anything.
Thought this was a good article with some bouncing ball simulations to show how various types of social distancing can help flatten the curve.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/
Whatever works for you. Just wanted to put out a reminder about that possible mode of transmission.
It's the moisture in whatever is in there be it a sponge or your food that creates the heat right?
whatever substance whose molecular structure contains the O-H bond will generate heat - most common is, yes, water (moisture, etc).
ultraviolet baby! open your drapes and curtains, get some sun - it'll help kill bugs
Definitely on the hot food. I've been saying 95+% from person-to-person contact in many posts, based on what I've read, so that's good. The risks from surfaces/containers aren't zero, but they're much lower and can be made near zero with simple precautions (like not snorting your coke off of them, lol), like sanitizing or even just wiping them with a wet paper towel (physical displacement will occur even if not deactivation) and, of course, not touching your face after handling things, until you've washed your hands in warm soapy water!
first case reported at Rutgers:
- Subject: Update on COVID-19 at Rutgers
To Members of the Rutgers Community:
I am writing today to let you know that a biomedical engineering professor at Rutgers University–New Brunswick has tested positive for COVID-19. The test results were delivered late yesterday, Saturday, March 14, 2020.
The professor was exposed at a non-Rutgers location in late February. He has been self-isolating, is currently doing well and has the full support of the University and our Occupational Health Department.
The professor had close contact with a limited number of individuals at Rutgers following his own exposure and prior to his own period of self-isolation. The individuals with whom he had close contact have been identified and notified. They’ve all been asked to self-isolate in accordance with CDC guidance and that of the New Jersey Department of Health.
The Biomedical Engineering Building on the Busch campus, in Piscataway, N.J., is being cleaned and disinfected in accordance with CDC guidelines, including focusing on frequently touched surfaces.
In a community of nearly 100,000 students, faculty and staff, it is reasonable to expect that this is only the first of several incidents of COVID-19 that will involve members of our community. I expect that each member of our university community will continue to support one another during this health crisis.
As occurrences of COVID-19 become more common throughout New Jersey it is important to recognize that we have individual and collective moral obligations to do what we can to slow the spread of COVID-19. It is imperative that we all practice social distancing, good hygiene and use common sense and good judgment. Information on personal care and best practices can be found at the Prevention and Care section of our COVID-19 website. Last week guidance was distributed with respect to working from home and flexibility on leave policies for those who must self-isolate or for other reasons.
Important information regarding the COVID-19 outbreak is available on the Rutgers COVID-19 website. You should regularly refer to the website for updates and guidance.
I want to thank everyone who has been working to respond to the presence of COVID-19 in our community and throughout New Jersey. These are understandably difficult times and have required all of us to exercise conscientious behavior and compassion toward one another.
Sincerely,
Antonio Calcado
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Find it interesting how atheists like #s react to this crisis as opposed to a believer, quaranting himself, etc. I see this life as something I’m just passing through so I’ll take precautions but live my life.
Has anyone seen a timeline of symptoms and how/when they develop? Does the fever come first or last? Curious what to look out for.
Also interesting that there haven't been many interviews with survivors
Also interesting that there haven't been many interviews with survivors
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