Federati Nu: Federated N-series GNU Social
  • Login
It's "All Of Us For All Of Us" Or We're On Our Own

  • Public

    • Public
    • Groups
    • Popular
    • People

Notices tagged with 2019ncov

  1. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2020 16:09:51 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    First known person-to-person spread of #COVID-19 #2019-nCoV in #Italy.

    https://nu.federati.net/url/263888 [ansa.it -- EN]

    https://nu.federati.net/url/263889 [ansa.it -- IT]

    Wuhan #coronavirus #SARS-CoV-2
    (fixed IT link)
    In conversation about 2 hours ago from web permalink

    Attachments

    1. Coronavirus: Six infected in Italy - English
      from Redazione ANSA
      The first six people have been infected with the coronavirus in Italy, all in Lombardy, regional health councillor Giulio Gallera said Friday. Gallera urged people to stay at home and avoid social contact. © ANSA
    2. Coronavirus, sei i contagiati in Lombardia. L'appello a restare a casa - Salute & Benessere
      from Redazione ANSA
      In prognosi riservata un 38enne risultato positivo e ricoverato all'ospedale di Codogno. L'uomo sarebbe andato a cena con un collega tornato dalla Cina che ora è all'ospedale Sacco di Milano. Tra gli altri contagiati, la moglie e un conoscente. Invito ai cittadini di Castiglione d'Adda, Codogno e Casalpusterlengo a restare a casa e ad evitare contatti sociali. Speranza va in Lombardia. Conte: 'No allarmismo sociale e panico' [https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2020/02/21/conte-quarantena-per-contatti-codogno_8a787477-fe00-4c10-8d1f-935ca6677a74.html] . Assessore lombardo al Welfare: '250 persone in isolamento'. (ANSA)
  2. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 20-Feb-2020 02:23:58 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    9:12 am: South Korea says another 31 new cases found

    South Korea's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed another 31 new cases, bringing the total number of people infected to 82.

    One case was identified in the capital of Seoul, the rest were in the city of Daegu and the Gyengbuk province, KCDC said. — Joanna Tan

    7:58 am: Hubei reports an additional 108 deaths bringing total fatalities in province to 2,029

    Hubei's health authorities reported there were 108 additional fatalities on Feb. 19, bringing the total number of people who died in the province to 2,029.

    The Hubei Provincial Health Committee reported there were 349 new cases on Feb. 19 — down from 1,693 newly confirmed cases the day before. The commission stated that 349 was the final tally after deducting 279 cases from 10 Hubei cities. According to Reuters, the number of new cases reported daily is a net figure including such deductions. That means the number of new cases on Wednesday stood at 628, when the deductions were removed.

    The virus — believed to have first emerged from Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province — has killed more than 2,000 people so far. Less than 10 people outside the mainland have died from the virus. — Joanna Tan

    2:41 pm: CDC issues travel guidelines for Hong Kong after second coronavirus-related death

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidelines on Wednesday for American travelers to Hong Kong after the city reported its second death from the new coronavirus. Travelers to Hong Kong should avoid contact with sick people, the CDC said, and regularly wash their hands. It is the CDC's lowest-level travel warning, but it is the first coronavirus-related travel notice issued by the U.S. government for a territory beyond mainland China. — Feuer

    https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/20/coronavirus-latest-updates-hubei-china-deaths.html [cnbc]

    #COVID-19 #2019-nCoV #Wuhan #Coronavirus #SARS-CoV-2
    In conversation about 2 days ago from web permalink

    Attachments

    1. Coronavirus live updates: China reports 114 additional deaths and 394 new cases
      from https://www.facebook.com/CNBC
      China's National Health Commission reported an additional 114 deaths, and 394 new confirmed cases as of Feb. 19.
  3. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2020 19:25:48 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    7:15 pm: German investor confidence falls sharply amid coronavirus fears

    German investor confidence has sharply deteriorated amid intensifying fears that China's coronavirus outbreak will significantly hamper world trade, according to a new survey.

    The ZEW Research Institute said Tuesday that its monthly survey showed economic sentiment fell to 8.7 in February, down from 26.7 in January. Analysts had anticipated a reading of 21.5 this month.

    "The feared negative effects of the Coronavirus epidemic in China on world trade have been causing a considerable decline of the ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany," ZEW President Achim Wambach said in a statement.

    "Expectations regarding the development of the export-intensive sectors of the economy have dropped particularly sharply." — Meredith.

    3:32 pm: Chinese study suggests people ages 60 and older are most at risk

    The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention released a study on Monday that looked in depth at the coronavirus epidemic on the mainland that has infected more than 72,000 and killed over 1,800.

    The report examined 72,314 unique patient records, including 44,672 confirmed cases as of Feb. 11.

    It found around 81% of the confirmed cases were said to be mild, 13.8% were severe and 4.7% were critical while information on the rest was missing.

    It also suggested that people ages 60 and above were most at risk, based off the reported case fatality rate — calculated by dividing the total number of deaths by the total number of cases. Of the cases examined, about 14.8% of people 80 and older died.

    The overall case fatality rate in the study was 2.3%. The study also noted that nearly half (49%) of the people who were in critical condition have died.

    1:53 pm: Director of hospital in Wuhan dies from virus

    The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission confirmed Liu Zhiming, the director of Wuchang Hospital in Wuhan, died Tuesday morning.

    According to an online report from state news broadcaster CCTV, medical staff sent from Beijing Xiehe Hospital said Liu died of the new coronavirus at 10:30 a.m. after an all-out rescue effort failed.

    Wuhan Municipal Health Commission later said Liu died at 10:54 a.m. and that he was 51 years old.

    Nearly two weeks ago, doctor Li Wenliang, who was initially reprimanded by local authorities for his early warnings about the virus, also died from the new coronavirus. — Cheng

    Underlying, existing illnesses such as cardiovascular disease increased the chance of fatality, the report found.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/18/coronavirus-covid-19-latest-updates-china-death.html [cnbc]

    #Wuhan #coronavirus #COVID-19 #2019-nCoV #SARS-CoV-2
    In conversation about 3 days ago from web permalink

    Attachments

    1. Wuhan hospital director dies from coronavirus, Moody's lowers China forecast
      from https://www.facebook.com/CNBC
      The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission confirmed Liu Zhiming, the director of Wuchang Hospital in Wuhan, died Tuesday morning.
  4. N-5-O-body (n5admin@n5.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2020 00:37:51 UTC N-5-O-body N-5-O-body
    Remote profile options...
    11:35 a.m. Coronavirus trends outside China seem promising, but every scenario is still on the table, WHO leader says

    The latest data provided by China shows a decline in new cases of coronavirus infections, but "every scenario is still on the table" in terms of the epidemic's evolution, the World Health Organization says.

    Dr. Mike Ryan, head of the organization's emergencies program, noted a positive trend in the virus' existence outside of China. "The real issue is whether we are seeing efficient community transmission outside of China and at the present time we are not observing that," he said. —Reuters

    https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/17/coronavirus-live-updates.html

    #COVID-19 #2019-nCoV Wuhan #coronavirus #SARS-CoV-2
    In conversation about 4 days ago from n5.federati.net permalink

    Attachments

    1. Apple says it will miss quarterly guidance amid coronavirus outbreak, China death toll tops 1,800
      from https://www.facebook.com/CNBC
      Apple detailed coronavirus' retail and supply impact as businesses around the world begin to calculate the early financial toll of the deadly outbreak.
  5. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2020 19:10:54 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    Disease modelers and #COVID-19 https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/14/disease-modelers-see-future-of-covid-19/ [statnews com]

    #2019-nCoV #SARS-CoV-2 Wuhan #coronavirus
    In conversation about 5 days ago from web permalink

    Attachments

    1. Invalid filename.
      Disease modelers gaze into their computers to see the future of Covid-19, and it isn’t good
      from Sharon Begley
      Infectious-disease models have been improving, thanks to a better understanding of everything from how germs behave to how much time people spend on buses.
  6. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2020 07:14:18 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    11:11 am: China sends more than 25,000 medical workers to Hubei

    China has dispatched more than 25,000 health workers to help Hubei as of Feb. 14, as the central Chinese province seeks to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, state-owned Xinhua reported, citing a senior official at the National Health Commission.

    "The total number of medical workers has far exceeded that for rescue in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, and we did it at a much faster speed," Wang Hesheng, deputy head of the commission, reportedly said. He was referring to a magnitude 8 earthquake in May 2008 that hit southwest China's Sichuan Province, that killed an estimated 70,000 to 80,000 people.

    Wang said that of the 25,633 medical workers sent to Hubei, about 20,000 are now working in Wuhan city — where the virus is thought to have first emerged. The official said that number does not include medical staff sent by the military, according to Xinhua. -- https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/16/coronavirus-latest-updates-china-death-toll-rises.html [cnbc]

    Twenty-five thousand more medical workers flowing into the center of the #COVID-19 / #2019-nCoV / Wuhan #coronavirus outbreak ... I'm really hoping they get a handle on this soon.
    In conversation about 5 days ago from web permalink

    Attachments

    1. Coronavirus updates: China death toll at 1,665, cruise operator waits for new test on passenger
      from https://www.facebook.com/CNBC
      The cruise ship operator for MS Westerdam says it's waiting for secondary testing to confirm if a passenger on MS Westerdam has the virus.
  7. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 15-Feb-2020 20:57:11 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    10:30 am: WHO calls on global leaders to 'stop stigma and hate' surrounding virus

    WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged global leaders on Saturday to stop stigma and hate amid the virus outbreak. His comments follow reports that people of Asian descent have faced discrimination amid fears of the virus.

    "It's easy to blame, it's easy to politicize, it's harder to tackle a problem together and find solutions together," Ghebreyesus said during an address at the Munich Security Conference. "We will all learn lessons from this outbreak, but now is not the time for reclamations or politicization."

    5:00 am: First coronavirus death confirmed in Europe

    An 80-year-old Chinese tourist died of the virus in France, French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn said on Saturday. The man was from the Chinese province of Hubei, the center of the outbreak, and arrived in France on Jan. 16. He was hospitalized since Jan. 25.

    The man's daughter also has the virus and was also hospitalized in Paris, but will be discharged soon, the health minister said.

    It's the first death that's been confirmed in Europe and the fourth from the virus outside of mainland China. France has 11 confirmed cases of the virus. -- https://nu.federati.net/url/263053 [cnbc]

    #COVID-19 #2019-nCoV #SARS-CoV-2 Wuhan #coronavirus
    In conversation about 6 days ago from web permalink

    Attachments

    1. Coronavirus live updates: WHO calls on leaders to 'stop stigma and hate' amid reports of discrimination
      from https://www.facebook.com/CNBC
      Chinese officials on Saturday reported 2,641 new coronavirus cases and 143 additional deaths in the last 24 hours.
  8. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 15-Feb-2020 02:37:58 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    • dude
    https://take.iteasy.club/objects/8ef5e0b6-e256-4a72-98a7-c459654970c2

    @dude@take.iteasy.club@take.iteasy.club found this link: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.12.20022418v1

    Suspicion that: along with kidney damage already noticed, #COVID-19 ( #2019-nCoV ) Wuhan #coronavirus infection may affect male organs such as testicles. (AFAIK, they did not perform corresponding research about female organs such as ovaries, so don't take this as an indication that only male fertility may be damaged.) #SARS-CoV-2
    In conversation about 7 days ago from web permalink

    Attachments

    1. ACE2 Expression in Kidney and Testis May Cause Kidney and Testis Damage After 2019-nCoV Infection
      In December 2019 and January 2020, novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) - infected pneumonia (NCIP) occurred in Wuhan, and has already posed a serious threat to public health. ACE2 (Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2) has been shown to be one of the major receptors that mediate the entry of 2019-nCoV into human cells, which also happens in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS). Several researches have indicated that some patients have abnormal renal function or even kidney damage in addition to injury in respiratory system, and the related mechanism is unknown. This arouses our interest in whether coronavirus infection will affect the urinary and male reproductive systems. Here in this study, we used the online datasets to analyze ACE2 expression in different human organs. The results indicate that ACE2 highly expresses in renal tubular cells, Leydig cells and cells in seminiferous ducts in testis. Therefore, virus might directly bind to such ACE2 positive cells and damage the kidney and testicular tissue of patients. Our results indicate that renal function evaluation and special care should be performed in 2019-nCoV patients during clinical work, because of the kidney damage caused by virus and antiviral drugs with certain renal toxicity. In addition, due to the potential pathogenicity of the virus to testicular tissues, clinicians should pay attention to the risk of testicular lesions in patients during hospitalization and later clinical follow-up, especially the assessment and appropriate intervention in young patients' fertility. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. ### Funding Statement The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (81802565 and 81773014), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (grant no. BK20180216), Key Project of the Scientific Research Project of Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Suzhou Hospital (grant no. szslyy2017005). ### Author Declarations All relevant ethical guidelines have been followed; any necessary IRB and/or ethics committee approvals have been obtained and details of the IRB/oversight body are included in the manuscript. Yes All necessary patient/participant consent has been obtained and the appropriate institutional forms have been archived. Yes I understand that all clinical trials and any other prospective interventional studies must be registered with an ICMJE-approved registry, such as ClinicalTrials.gov. I confirm that any such study reported in the manuscript has been registered and the trial registration ID is provided (note: if posting a prospective study registered retrospectively, please provide a statement in the trial ID field explaining why the study was not registered in advance). Yes I have followed all appropriate research reporting guidelines and uploaded the relevant EQUATOR Network research reporting checklist(s) and other pertinent material as supplementary files, if applicable. Yes In this article, we made use of some online renal single cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) gene expression data sets that were publicly usable. These contained the data reported in GSE131685 and GSE107585. We used RNA and protein expression data of ACE2 in different human tissues and cancer cell lines through The Human Protein Atlas portal (Website: http://www.proteinatlas.org/) , GTEx portal (Website: https://gtexportal.org) and The Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia (CCLE) . All data are available directly online.
  9. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2020 19:54:50 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    7:30 pm: China's XI says country must fix loopholes exposed during coronavirus outbreak

    Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the ruling Communist Party to repair loopholes and weaknesses exposed during the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak, Reuters reported on Friday, citing state television.

    His reported comments come shortly after China's National Health Commission reported an additional 121 deaths nationwide, with 5,090 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus.

    The flu-like virus was found to have killed a total of 1,380 people in mainland China as of Thursday evening after the health commission said it had removed 108 deaths from the total figure due to a double-count in Hubei province — the epicenter of the global coronavirus outbreak.

    It is the second day in a row that the province's data changes have caused significant changes to a nationwide figure, fueling doubts many have about their accuracy. (See 1:15 p.m. update).

    The White House does "not have high confidence in the information coming out of China," a senior U.S. administration official told CNBC on Thursday.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/14/coronavirus-latest-updates-chinas-hubei.html [cnbc]

    #COVID-19 #2019-nCoV #SARS-CoV-2 #coronavirus
    In conversation about 7 days ago from web permalink

    Attachments

    1. China says six health workers have died from coronavirus, Singapore warns of recession
      from https://www.facebook.com/CNBC
      The United States does "not have high confidence in the information coming out of China" regarding the count of coronavirus cases, a senior administration official told CNBC.
  10. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2020 21:00:35 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    11:35 am: WHO officials scramble to measure size of coronavirus epidemic: 'How big is the iceberg?'

    World health officials are scrambling to determine just how widespread the new coronavirus is as Chinese authorities reported a surge in new cases overnight after changing how it counts confirmed infections. "How big is the iceberg?" Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization's emergencies program, said at a news conference at the agency's headquarters in Geneva. "We do know, and we all accept, that there is transmission occurring at some level in communities," he said. "We've all seen those clusters, we've all seen those super spreading events. The question is how much is happening outside what we see?" — Lovelace

    https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/13/coronavirus-latest-updates.html

    #COVID-19 #2019-nCoV #SARS-CoV-2 #Wuhan #coronavirus
    In conversation about 8 days ago from web permalink

    Attachments

    1. Coronavirus live updates: US confirms 15th case, global cases soar above 60,300
      from https://www.facebook.com/CNBC
      The total number of cases climbed above 60,000 after China changed the way it counts confirmed infections, and deaths soared to at least 1,369.
  11. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2020 20:57:16 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    10:25 am: CDC confirms 15th US case in evacuee under quarantine at Texas military base

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a 15th case in the U.S., a recent evacuee from Wuhan who was quarantined at the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas. The U.S. evacuated roughly 800 Americans from Wuhan, more than 600 of which remain under quarantine at military facilities across the nation. Two other evacuees at a Marine Corps base near San Diego, California also have COVID-19, the CDC said Wednesday. "There will likely be additional cases in the coming days and weeks, including among other people recently returned from Wuhan," the CDC said. — Feuer

    https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/13/coronavirus-latest-updates.html [cnbc]

    #Wuhan #coronavirus #COVID-19 #2019-nCoV #CDC
    In conversation about 8 days ago from web permalink

    Attachments

    1. Coronavirus live updates: US confirms 15th case, global cases soar above 60,300
      from https://www.facebook.com/CNBC
      The total number of cases climbed above 60,000 after China changed the way it counts confirmed infections, and deaths soared to at least 1,369.
  12. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2020 20:29:29 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    12:29 pm: IMF chief says coronavirus 'clearly more impactful' on global growth than SARS

    IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told CNBC's Sara Eisen on Wednesday the new coronavirus that started in China is "clearly more impactful" on the world economy than the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic. "China was different [then], the world was different," said Georgieva, in an interview with Ivanka Trump from a State Department event on economic empowerment for women. During the SARS outbreak, China was only 8% of the global economy, Georgieva pointed out. "Today, China manufactures 28%, with possible impact through value chains on other countries." — Belvedere

    From CNBC's daily summary https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/13/coronavirus-latest-updates-china-hubei.html [cnbc]

    #COVID-19 #2019-nCoV #coronavirus #SARS-CoV-2 #economy
    In conversation about 8 days ago from web permalink

    Attachments

    1. China confirms 15,152 new coronavirus cases, 254 additional deaths
      from https://www.facebook.com/CNBC
      Earlier, Hubei province said it is starting to include "clinically diagnosed" cases in its figures and that 13,332 of the new cases fall under that classification.
  13. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2020 02:38:00 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    Over 15,000 new confirmed cases of #COVID-19 #2019-nCoV #coronavirus infection within the past 24 hours.

    I haven't seen an explanation yet. My first guess would be that they recently received a new supply of test kits, and are now testing people who are not as sick. If so, the alarming 2% fatality rate should start falling soon.
    In conversation about 9 days ago from web permalink
  14. N-5-O-body (n5admin@n5.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2020 19:15:19 UTC N-5-O-body N-5-O-body
    Remote profile options...
    #Wuhan funeral home employee: We're burning hundreds of bodies each day. https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3875039

    #2019-nCoV #COVID-19 #coronavirus #SARS-CoV-2
    In conversation about 9 days ago from n5.federati.net permalink

    Attachments

    1. Chinese funeral home overwhelmed as coronavir... | Taiwan News
      from Taiwan News
      Wuhan funeral home worker says number of bodies cremated each day far exceeds official CCP numbers
  15. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2020 03:55:37 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/labs-scramble-spot-hidden-coronavirus-infections [sciencemag org]

    Trying to cast a wider diagnostic net for #COVID-19 ( #2019-nCoV ) infections. Belief is that many, many mild cases are not being diagnosed, leading to the 2% fatality rate statistic. It is thought that once they get a better look at the number of infections, the fatality rate will be far lower than 2%.
    In conversation about 10 days ago from web permalink

    Attachments

    1. Labs scramble to spot hidden coronavirus infections
      from @NewsfromScience
      Lack of antibody tests obscures impact of the novel virus
  16. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2020 01:52:22 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-has-a-name-the-deadly-disease-is-covid-19/ [wired]

    #2019-nCoV is now #COVID-19 caused by #SARS-CoV2
    In conversation about 10 days ago from Shoyu permalink

    Attachments

    1. Coronavirus Has a Name: The Deadly Disease Is Covid-19
      from Adam Rogers
      The virus that causes it is SARS-CoV-2. (We didn't say they were good names.)
  17. Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) SE HK (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Feb-2020 23:51:33 UTC Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) SE HK Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) SE HK
    Remote profile options...
    #2019ncov #COVID19

    > According to WHO, Novel Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV is now officially called COVID-19.

    [ . . . ]

    > “We had to find a name that did not refer to a geographical location, an animal, an individual or group of people, and which is also pronounceable and related to the disease,” the WHO chief said. “It also gives us a standard format to use for any future coronavirus outbreak.”

    thebiologynotes.com/2019-ncov-…

    /via cybre.space/@nonphatic/1036427…
    In conversation about 10 days ago from libranet.de permalink
  18. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 09-Feb-2020 21:57:24 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    Looks like the quarantines for the #2019-nCoV outbreak are starting to affect supplies of parts and components used in producing products such as Nintendo #Switch gaming consoles and #Tesla vehicles. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/51353147

    I guess that's the bad side of JIT and similar inventory management practices which reduce the inventory of incoming parts.
    In conversation about 12 days ago from web permalink

    Attachments

    1. Coronavirus hits Nintendo Switch production
      from https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews
      Delays in shipments of Nintendo's console to Japan are now "unavoidable", the company says.
  19. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2020 19:14:01 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3873016 [Taiwan news com]

    Medical official briefly admits #2019-nCoV #coronavirus fatality rate is 4.9%.

    (Remember to take this with a grain of salt, as there is no way to confirm this number and the official numbers are still showing a far lower 2-3% rate.)
    In conversation about 14 days ago from web permalink

    Attachments

    1. Death rate in Wuhan climbs to 4.9% | Taiwan News
      from Taiwan News
      Chinese official admits death rate is 4.9%, but can't give real number of deaths
  20. N-5-O-body (n5admin@n5.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2020 16:27:59 UTC N-5-O-body N-5-O-body
    Remote profile options...
    • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) SE HK
    "Coronavirus? A person in Michigan can do literally nothing about their risk of infection because it is practically zero. Sure, inform yourself in case it becomes zero, maybe buy some hand sanitizer. Done. Worrying beyond that just means blocking Chinese-looking people from entering your restaurant and other detrimental actions."

    Yeah, maybe. But because I see daily in my job what happens when people wait, I'm wholly against that stance.

    If #2019-nCoV does come here, it may be necessary to avoid public spaces for a week or two. So besides buying hand sanitizer, people can buy a little extra food (canned goods), get a little extra of their normal medications. Then there are the things that certainly won't help this year, but if they start doing them now, may help them stay out of the most vulnerable group (health compromised individuals) in the future. Selecting a good, healthy diet, controlling the quantities and sticking to it. Getting outdoors and exercising, absorbing sunlight regularly when it is available. Catching up on immunizations / vaccinations, including the non-mandatory recommended ones. Establishing a regular practice of meeting and communicating in person with nearby family members and neighbors and friends (if person X shows any signs of this or other infectious disease, one can encourage them to seek medical attention early).

    What won't help: quack cures (cow urine / dung? really?), avoiding / persecuting people of Asian ancestry, sitting passively until people are dying on your doorstep.

    But I guess my view is skewed by having family members working in public health and my work in a government agency that will also be very involved if it does start to spread here.

    @clacke
    In conversation about 14 days ago from n5.federati.net permalink
  • Before

Feeds

  • Activity Streams
  • RSS 1.0
  • RSS 2.0
  • Atom
  • Help
  • About
  • FAQ
  • TOS
  • Privacy
  • Source
  • Version
  • Contact

Federati Nu: Federated N-series GNU Social is a social network, courtesy of Federati Networks. It runs on GNU social, version 2.0.0-dev, available under the GNU Affero General Public License.

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 All Federati Nu: Federated N-series GNU Social content and data are available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.

Switch to mobile site layout.