Coronavirus Thread

[javlin]

[. Kevin

Simple, mundane actions like pushing the button for the elevator or opening a communal door mean that apartment buildings can become hotbeds for infection.

Elevators!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

My fever has gone down, but the chills have gotten worse. I cannot stop shivering.

 

[javlin]

My fever has gone down, but the chills have gotten worse. I cannot stop shivering.

Keep an eye on the lungs Chris on 3/3 started what they thought was bronchitis AB's for two weeks ran out three days later pneumonia in the R/lung and now a 4 1/2 weeks later still om AB's (antibiotics) and still using inhalator.I have not had pneumonia in 50yrs strange timing but I never ran a fever or sore throat just that frigg'in cough.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Keep an eye on the lungs Chris on 3/3 started what they thought was bronchitis AB's for two weeks ran out three days later pneumonia in the R/lung and now a 4 1/2 weeks later still om AB's (antibiotics) and still using inhalator.I have not had pneumonia in 50yrs strange timing but I never ran a fever or sore throat just that frigg'in cough.

I still don't have a cough fortunately. I honestly don't know what I have. Just have to keep monitoring.

Get well and be safe my friend.

 

[Zipper730]

So, people can't get tested, but Tigers can?

One serious problem I could think of is that, when infections use another species as a host, they can mutate: RNA viruses already mutate a lot, and depending on the exact nature of a Tiger's immune system, this could make things worse for all I know.

Domestic cats have been infected with COVID-19 by their owners, Live Science previously reported. Cats seem to have a receptor protein on the outsides of respiratory cells that is similar to the human counterpart involved in SARS-CoV-2 infections. Called ACE2, this receptor protein is what allows the virus to break into these cells and multiply.

"The feline ACE2 protein resembles the human ACE2 homologue, which is most likely the cellular receptor which is being used by SARS-CoV-2 for cell entry," Steven Van Gucht, virologist and federal spokesperson for the coronavirus epidemic in Belgium, told Live Science previously.

Do you think there's an odds that it could mutate into something deadlier?

My fever has gone down, but the chills have gotten worse. I cannot stop shivering.

Yikes. Have you had any difficulty breathing?

 

[wuzak]

I've got chills.

Mainly because the boss just came into his office and opened his door. I am convinced his office is the source of all coldness in this building!

 

[wuzak]

FWIW cats have their own common coronovirus type. Apparently this novel coronavirus is quite similar to the cat version, and almost a perfect match to the bat version.

So it may not be so surprising that cats can get this virus.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Yikes. Have you had any difficulty breathing?

Nope

 

[ThomasP]

Minnesota report, April 5
cases 935, recovered 451, hospitalized 202, deaths 29, tested 26,777*
fatality rate 3.1%
mortality rate 5.1 per million
tests rate 4.5 per thousand*
*Test kits are in short supply, and are currently being used only for suspected COVID-19 cases and first responder/healthcare/medical personnel.

 

[jetcal1]

Nope

Take care of yourself. You have a lot of friends here who will be mad at you if you don't.

 

[Gnomey]

Mike - glad you posted that. I saw this article this morning and my blood boiled. I'm no scientist or doctor but I think this was totally off base and irresponsible to publish, I could be wrong and if I am I'll admit it. Hugh, please chime in as well...

"Prather has found that the ocean churns up all kinds of particulate and microscopic pathogens, and every time the ocean sneezes with a big wave or two, it sprays these particles into the air. She believes that this new coronavirus is light enough to float through the air much farther than we think. The six-feet physical distancing rule, she said, doesn't apply at the beach, where coastal winds can get quite strong and send viral particles soaring."

Coronavirus at beaches? Surfers, swimmers should stay away, scientist says

No consideration to the items Mike mentioned, let alone the salt environment. If she went out and actually detected COVIS particulants, I'd find this more believable. IMO this is just adding to the hysteria.

Wind will certainly spread the virus particles more than 6ft (then so can a sneeze). The salty environment should counteract that. So there is some truth to it but very hard to prove either way so just follow the prescribed precautions.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I am not having breathing difficulties, but last night was weird. I kept feeling like I would stop breathing, but I wouldn't. My breathing is normal, no shortness of breath, just a weird feeling.

Fever might have broken last night. I don't have one at the moment, but I did take meds last night before bed.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Wind will certainly spread the virus particles more than 6ft (then so can a sneeze). The salty environment should counteract that. So there is some truth to it but very hard to prove either way so just follow the prescribed precautions.

Thanks Hugh - my thoughts as well. As always appreciate your input especially with all the BS being thrown around in the media.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Official Counts Understate the U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll

 

[Vincenzo]

Italy report, 5 p.m. (CEST) today
cases 132,547, new 3,599, deaths 16,523, new 636, recovered 22,837, new 1,022, tests 721,732, new 30,271
fatality rate 12.5%
mortality rate 274 per million
test rate 12 per thousand
today test rate 502 per million

 

[mikewint]

Now here's the man that knows how to survive in this now virus infected world

 

[Airframes]

Just been announced that British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has been moved into ICU as the CV-19 symptoms have worsened.

 

[Marcel]

Just been announced that British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has been moved into ICU as the CV-19 symptoms have worsened.

Don't like the guy, but I hope he will be okay.

here 4 weeks of quarantine start to ask its toll It's mostly hard on the kids, with no social contracts which the computer cannot replace. They start to learn that having so much free time is not as fun as it seems to be at first. For me it's easier, I work from home, making a 7:30 to 16:00h workday and actually doing what I do every day at work as well.

 

[vikingBerserker]

I hate being cooped up and this is maddening. I started getting a bad headache and cramps so I was worried about catching COVID, but thankfully it's just my better half trying to poison me. PHEW!

 

[mikewint]

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui salutis perpetuae illorum qui creditis: exaudi nos pro tua infirmum a fámulo tuo Boris Johnson., pro quo obsecro ut ope misericordiae tuae misericordiae misericordes, quia, cum corporali sanatione a restaurata, et ut Propter magnam gloriam tuam