No, it just came to me and I said it. Didn't know it was happening. This sounds horrific!
I am sorry. I wasn't sure if I should have mentioned it.
Tonight I morn for my brothers and sisters in Africa and China.
I think that people who get really terrified about these pandemics need to understand that this one is not like in the movie Contagion. I've lived through several pandemics as have most of you. In this article by Business Insider, they compare some of the events in Contagion to the new Corona virus. Here are some highlights:
1. By day 29 of the pandemic in the movie, 26 million people worldwide were dead. Thursday was day 29 of the coronavirus outbreak, and only 210 people had died.
2. The virus in the movie affects everyone equally. But a study of 41 Wuhan coronavirus cases reported that the median age of those who have died is around 75. Many of those individuals had other health issues like high blood pressure, diabetes, and Parkinson's disease. A second study of 99 coronavirus cases, published Thursday in the journal The Lancet, revealed that the average age of infected patients was 55.5.
3. No infected patients in "Contagion" recover from the disease. But so far, 486 people in China, Japan, and Australia have recovered from the coronavirus. According to Todd Ellerin, a doctor and contributing writer at Harvard Health Publishing, "many people recover within a few days" from the coronavirus.
4. One of the biggest inaccuracies in the movie is that they developed a vaccine in 90 days. In reality it will take 9 months to develop a vaccine to the new coronavirus.
Here's another article this one from VOX on how the corona virus could go from here compared to other pandemics we've seen.
Just exactly what we needed said..
Bless you for chiming in and know that we all love you, value, appreciate and give thanks to you for all you do for so many.
You are in our thoughts and prayers and I hope you will give yourself the gift of loving perspective for taking care of yourself as you try so hard to care take here for us.
Heal well ???
20,438 cases.
426 recorded deaths
623 recovered.
According to an update from CNN, the death rate from the Wuhan coronavirus across mainland China remains at 2.1%, with 80% of the victims over 60 years of age, and 75% with underlying disease.
I also saw that doctors in the Philippines successfully treated the virus using a combo of HIV and flu medication. Maybe the coronavirus will have an unexpected benefit in the discovery of new treatment options for these viruses?
Below is a good article from The Guardian discussing the possible consequences of the Trump US response and restrictions stemming from the Coronavirus. The full article can be found at the link below.
The Trump administration’s decision to severely restrict travel from China to the US and to implement a mass quarantine, the first in the US in more than 50 years, could be an overreaction that causes unnecessary fear and weakens the global response, according to some legal scholars and health professionals. Although there is generally support for cautious policies to stop the spread of the virus, experts said they were worried the harsh approaches could waste limited resources on potentially ineffective tactics, needlessly limit civil liberties and even cause more harm than good.
“We should do the utmost to protect public health,” said Jennifer Nuzzo, the senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. “But we have to make sure the measures we’re implementing aren’t worse than the virus itself.”
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Friday that 195 Americans who were evacuated from Wuhan, China, would be placed under a required 14-day quarantine at the March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, 60 miles east of Los Angeles. Trump also signed an ordertemporarily barring entry of foreign nationals who have traveled to China within the previous two weeks, making exceptions for immediate family of US citizens and permanent residents.
But several experts told the Guardian the restrictive policies could spread more fear and could inhibit the government’s response in the event of a large-scale outbreak.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/04/coronavirus-us-quarantine-travel-ban-response
Business related news regarding the virus impacts
Disney said it is expecting to take a $175 million hit from the recent coronavirus outbreak if its Hong Kong and Shanghai Disney parks remain closed for two months.
Clorox, is making more of its bleach products in case there’s more customer demand amid the outbreak, CFO Kevin Jacobsen told analysts. However, officials from the World Health Organization said on a call earlier Tuesday that there was currently no evidence that bleach worked to protect against the virus.
Hyundai Motor Company, will suspend all domestic production this week because of a lack of parts due to the coronavirus outbreak in China, it said.
Macau will close all its casinos for two weeks because of the coronavirus, the leader of the semi-autonomous territry announced. Gaming forms the backbone of Macau's economy.
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd cancelled eight cruises out of China through March 4 in response to the coronavirus outbreak, the company said on Tuesday.
Most every airline flying in and out of China is impacted. Many are also canceling Hong Kong travel too. It is interesting to note that the passenger airlines also carry a lot of freight.
OPEC members and their ally Russia are discussing a further cut to crude oil output at a meeting in Vienna because of China's coronavirus epidemic, Iraq's oil ministry said Tuesday.
Crude prices have tumbled since the outbreak in the world's second-biggest economy, which is a huge consumer of crude.
Lates Numbers
-The global number of confirmed coronavirus cases currently stands at 24,324. There have been 490 confirmed deaths.
-Ten people on the Diamond Princess cruise ship moored in Yokohama Bay have been confirmed as having the Wuhan coronavirus, according to Japanese Health Ministry.
The 10 confirmed cases were from tests of 31 people. More than 273 samples from other passengers are still awaiting test results. Passengers and crew, total about 3,700 people, and remain on the ship. now officially in quarantine and are confined to their cabins
People who rely on medications are said to be running low.
This would be a bad time to have an inside cabin for sure. 14 days... nothing to do, no where to go no fresh air. I can't imagine.