The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19

[Buffalo Bills Fan]

CORONAVIRUS

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Texas woman tests positive for coronavirus for second time

By Kayla Rivas | Fox News

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A woman in Texas recently took to social media, sharing her tearful journey after she says she contracted COVID-19 twice.

Meredith McKee urged her Facebook followers to take the disease seriously, and uploaded pictures from her hospital bed at Texas Health Presbyterian in Dallas, swathed in a face mask and gown.

TO PROTECT AGAINST CORONAVIRUS, CDC SAYS TO HAVE THESE 3 ITEMS ON HAND WHEN VENTURING OUT

“For the SECOND time in 12 weeks I have contracted Covid19. Yes, you can get it again & it hit me like a ton of bricks...again,” McKee wrote.

She said the infection was different the second time around “but no less horrendous.”

McKee wrote that she sought hospital care due to high blood pressure.

“I knew there was a serious problem,” she wrote.

SCIENTIST DEMONSTRATES IMPORTANCE OF CORONAVIRUS FACE MASK USE IN UNIQUE AIRFLOW VIDEO

The woman told NBC-5 when she was diagnosed in February, she had “clear and obvious” symptoms, like a dry cough. She reportedly fought the virus at home and beat the disease.

An antibody test allegedly detected a positive presence of antibodies, and McKee claims she donated her plasma in an effort to help others overcome the virus.

 

 

https://www.foxnews.com/health/texas-woman-tests-coronavirus-positive-for-second-time

[Chef Jim]

News from the front. 
 

Dentist appoint today. Just had to call from the car when I arrive and wear a mask until in the chair. So in the past three weeks. 
 

Haircut 

Dr Appt (2)

In restaurant dining 

Gym

Dentist

 

Nothing to see her folks. Move along. Party’s over. 

[BillStime]

1 hour ago, Chef Jim said:

 

 

You have to be the only one in the world that has dumb memes saved on their computer.   

Where do you think I got the image from? 

 

 

[LB3]

2 hours ago, plenzmd1 said:

Man, i played 9 early afternoon..started Par-Birdie-Par---ended 44..i suck!

I started with par-bogey-bogey-bogey. All were birdie putts to start. ?? I literally also finished with a 44. Golf = my favorite headache.

[shoshin]

8 hours ago, plenzmd1 said:

so could this not be the case? And it may not, and these case spike worry me, but here goes

 

Contact tracing has expanded..so now a positive test triggers many more tests of those in close proximity...so even asymptomatic people who 4 weeks ago would never see a test are getting tested now and proving positive. Asymptomatic still , but positive.

 

Contact tracing didn’t start finding new cases in the last 6 days after not finding them before. 
 

Quote

 

I thought thought that was what was happening in Florida. Migrant farm worker test positive, even though asymptomatic, every one who has contact with that person is then tested, and they test positive as well. 95% asymptomatic(guess on my part)...

 

I think the real test is ICU and deaths in the next 7-10 days in these hot spots, and 3 weeks out from the rally in Tulsa.

 

A couple weeks. Hopefully cases will settle and this is short-lived. Because if not, it will bode ill for the northeast and other reopening places, especially with fall coming. 

7 hours ago, Buffalo Bills Fan said:

CORONAVIRUS

Published 1 day ago

Texas woman tests positive for coronavirus for second time

By Kayla Rivas | Fox News

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Fox News Flash top headlines for June 17

A woman in Texas recently took to social media, sharing her tearful journey after she says she contracted COVID-19 twice.

Meredith McKee urged her Facebook followers to take the disease seriously, and uploaded pictures from her hospital bed at Texas Health Presbyterian in Dallas, swathed in a face mask and gown.

TO PROTECT AGAINST CORONAVIRUS, CDC SAYS TO HAVE THESE 3 ITEMS ON HAND WHEN VENTURING OUT

“For the SECOND time in 12 weeks I have contracted Covid19. Yes, you can get it again & it hit me like a ton of bricks...again,” McKee wrote.

She said the infection was different the second time around “but no less horrendous.”

McKee wrote that she sought hospital care due to high blood pressure.

“I knew there was a serious problem,” she wrote.

SCIENTIST DEMONSTRATES IMPORTANCE OF CORONAVIRUS FACE MASK USE IN UNIQUE AIRFLOW VIDEO

The woman told NBC-5 when she was diagnosed in February, she had “clear and obvious” symptoms, like a dry cough. She reportedly fought the virus at home and beat the disease.

An antibody test allegedly detected a positive presence of antibodies, and McKee claims she donated her plasma in an effort to help others overcome the virus.

 

 

https://www.foxnews.com/health/texas-woman-tests-coronavirus-positive-for-second-time

She would be the first documented person to get hit a second time after recovering. 
 

I have my doubts. Sounds like panic porn or just a simple resurgent case that they thought went dormant. With all the cases so far worldwide, whatever she is is an outlier. 

Edited June 19, 2020 by shoshin

[Chef Jim]

42 minutes ago, BillStime said:

Where do you think I got the image from? 

 

 

Your private Donald porn stash?  Obsession is not healthy. 

[Warren Zevon]

[Chef Jim]

33 minutes ago, Warren Zevon said:

Why is this in this thread? 
 

EDIT:

Oh wait....I know why

 

BEST

PANDEMIC

EVER!!!

Edited June 19, 2020 by Chef Jim

[Magox]

Clearly some dynamic has changed with the testing to cause the average age of each COVID infected person to plummet

 

 

[Rob's House]

 

[shoshin]

These numbers in Texas look a lot like where AZ hospitals were a few weeks ago. Exponential looking rise starting there. We will see if FL follows suit in the coming days--their case rise was a little behind Texas and a few weeks behind AZ.  

 

 

The thing to really watch for is whether these states can flatten the hospital usage resource curve while remaining open. 

[Foxx]

[Magox]

Since the average age of each COVID person is plummeting which we are clearly seeing in Texas and Florida, it changes the dynamic and no longer are hospital admissions the key metric but rather ICU and ventilator usage.   
 

The more you delve into the data the more you realize this is panic porn.  Don’t expect most of the media to report these nuances.

 

 

 

It’s not that it’s going down nearly as much as that seniors aren’t being infected as much as before.

[shoshin]

26 minutes ago, Magox said:

Since the average age of each COVID person is plummeting which we are clearly seeing in Texas and Florida, it changes the dynamic and no longer are hospital admissions the key metric but rather ICU and ventilator usage.   
 

The more you delve into the data the more you realize this is panic porn.  Don’t expect most of the media to report these nuances.

 

 

It’s not that it’s going down nearly as much as that seniors aren’t being infected as much as before.

 

Numbers above about TX current patients in the hospital for covid and here is the ICU usage for everyone and COVID, showing 130 new covid ICU beds in use in the last 4 days (an increase of 40% in 4 days) with a current operational capacity to accept 200 more into ICU beds.

 

The info on that page shows a surge capacity (which means it would take some time to set up) that could handle about 450 more. 

 

When you see 130 new ICU beds used in 4 days in an exponential rise, and you have 200 free beds across the entire state--remember these are distributed resources--this isn't panic porn but surely attention-worthy. 

 

I'd really like to see that TX hospitalization curve flatten, as well as the ICU bed one. The case spike precedes the hospitalization spike precedes the ICU bed spike precedes the death spike. No place has set a different pattern than this to date. 

 

 

Edited June 19, 2020 by shoshin

[SoCal Deek]

Yesterday, Thursday, only THREE states (ILL, CA and North Carolina oddly enough) reported in excess of 50 Covid 19 deaths and once again none were anywhere close to being in triple digits. A total of 30 states were in single digits with 10 states reporting zero. There’s been very little change now for a few weeks. A bump or a dip here or there but it seems to have reached an equilibrium. While nobody like the deaths, the steady statistical stabilization is just what we needed to be able to judge the actual impact, if any, of reopening, public gatherings, etc.

[Magox]

12 minutes ago, shoshin said:

 

Numbers above about TX current patients in the hospital for covid and here is the ICU usage for everyone and COVID, showing 130 new covid beds in use in the last 4 days (an increase of 40% in 4 days) with a current operational capacity to accept 200 more into ICU beds.

 

This shows a surge capacity (which means it would take some time to set up) that could handle about 450 more. 

 

When you see 130 new ICU beds used in 4 days in an exponential rise, and you have 200 free beds across the entire state--remember these are distributed resources--this isn't panic porn but attention-worthy. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ICU has gone up but ventilator use is flat.    

 

It sort of a progression, Infected - Hospital - ICU - Ventilator. 

 

Also, that ventilator use nor ICU nor Hospital beds are nowhere near in any sort of critical mass.

 

I read that 25% Of Hospitalizations in Texas related to COVID are below age 30.  Meaning that very likely we will see the vast majority of these folks get out of those hospitals quickly, dwell times will be lower than the previous means.

 

Yeah, it's all panic porn at this point.

 

But that's a good site.  I will make sure to keep it up on my tabs.

Edited June 19, 2020 by Magox

[shoshin]

7 minutes ago, Magox said:

 

 

ICU has gone up but ventilator use is flat.    

 

It sort of a progression, Infected - Hospital - ICU - Ventilator. 

 

Also, that ventilator use nor ICU nor Hospital beds are nowhere near in any sort of critical mass.

 

 

 

ICU covid usage went up by 130 beds in 4 days. There is a total operational capacity of 200 ICU beds free and 450 nonoperational more across the entirety of Texas. That's not panic porn: That's "pay attention to these numbers."

 

Ventilator usage is down everywhere because we are much better at treating this with other modalities. I don't see that as a limiting resource and don't really track it. 

 

And I agree about that site. I wish every state had that exact chart. 

Edited June 19, 2020 by shoshin

[FireChans]

3 minutes ago, shoshin said:

 

ICU covid usage went up by 130 beds in 4 days. There is a total operational capacity of 200 ICU beds free and 450 nonoperational more across the entirety of Texas. That's not panic porn: That's "pay attention to these numbers."

 

Ventilator usage is down everywhere because we are much better at treating this with other modalities. I don't see that as a limiting resource and don't really track it. 

I would LOVE to hear you explain this.

[SoCal Deek]

3 minutes ago, shoshin said:

 

ICU covid usage went up by 130 beds in 4 days. There is a total operational capacity of 200 ICU beds free and 450 nonoperational more across the entirety of Texas. That's not panic porn: That's "pay attention to these numbers."

 

Ventilator usage is down everywhere because we are much better at treating this with other modalities. I don't see that as a limiting resource and don't really track it. 

 

And I agree about that site. I wish every state had that exact chart. 

So isn’t this exactly why the President and his task force built so many thousands of ventilators? The point was to be able to move them where they are needed....no? 

[shoshin]

1 minute ago, FireChans said:

I would LOVE to hear you explain this.

 

Do you follow the progress in medical treatments for Covid? If you don't you can find plenty of sources. I'm not going to google a ton of articles on point for you. Pretty basic knowledge at this point that we've gotten a lot better at treating a novel disease over the 6 months we've been treating it. The early ventilator panic was based on a lack of understanding that more critical patients needed more oxygen than just plain inhalation support.