Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.
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The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, the deadliest in history, infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide—about one-third of the planet’s population—and killed an estimated 20 million to 50 million victims, including some 675,000 Americans.
Good thing we all have access to healthcare and modern medicine now…
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.:
@approxinfinity https://twitter.com/aslavitt/status/1238817274590629888?s=21
Well reading that was depressing, I’m going to bed lol
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It sounds like this thing is getting worse in parts of Europe. Think folks were really quick to say only old folks are at risk. https://twitter.com/stanveuger/status/1239025372290785280?s=21
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@FarmerJayhawk besides the England guy going full derp I think my favorite thing so far is the yellow jackets in France still protesting. Hard no from me to leave my house more than absolutely necessary for at least two months.
The better health one is in the better off you will be with this. I hope this is a wake up call for those that need it.
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@BShark and then there’s this https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1239026641675923456?s=21
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And this I think is not good. https://twitter.com/brookegmcdonald/status/1238986272137502720?s=21
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@benshawks08 said in Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.:
@BShark and then there’s this https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1239026641675923456?s=21
To be fair a lot of GOP governors have done a good job (Charlie Baker in MA, Mike DeWine in OH, and Bill Lee in TN come to mind). I think it’s really bringing out who’s capable of doing more than campaigning.
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@FarmerJayhawk Yeah just reading more about the corona virus sick leave bill and feeling disappointed that dems allowed the republicans to get an exemption for employers with more than 500 employees which ends up being about half of all workers. And honestly if Super Tuesday were this coming Tuesday I think the dem result might be a little different.
It’s not really a dem v rep thing and leaders all around need to step up right now or step aside.
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@benshawks08 said in Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.:
@FarmerJayhawk Yeah just reading more about the corona virus sick leave bill and feeling disappointed that dems allowed the republicans to get an exemption for employers with more than 500 employees which ends up being about half of all workers. And honestly if Super Tuesday were this coming Tuesday I think the dem result might be a little different.
It’s not really a dem v rep thing and leaders all around need to step up right now or step aside.
Yeah, that’s what happens when they rush a bill through. Members only got 20 minutes to read it before the vote. No way to run a legislature. They’re going to re-run the bill this weekend because there were significant errors. It’s shocking, I know
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@benshawks08 I’d pass out in that congested mess!
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just following on this dam thing , and it spreading like wild fire. 272 new confirmed cases in less then 6hours. Total confirmed for the United States now is 3,324 cases with 63 deaths - 3 new deaths in this 6 hour time and a long way to go I’m afraid.
I think what is making this more some staggering to this guy is , that I’m just not used to something like this in my lifetime.
I’m just not used to seeing something of this magnitude in this Nation that I love , guess I’ve been lured into a false sense of security. - -Just thought our nation was to good for something like this to happen. - -Another NBA player Confirmed to have it. - -A college Basketball player has been confirmedto have it ,no name - - no school but a College player - -NOT GOOD
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This is why it’s so important to stay home over the last few days and the next 2 weeks at least while still trying to minimize risk after that.
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Thankfully, some senators are trying to show that they can work together and respond quickly to public needs when there is a crisis. Maybe this will jolt more senators into a bipartisan mindset permanently.
Sadly, some “leaders” (local, state and federal) deny there is a crisis and others still want to push agendas. Hopefully, their selfish and irresponsible tweets will not be forgotten in the next election cycle.
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By April 1, we’re all going to know someone who has it. And I don’t mean like Tom Hanks or Rudy G.
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@bskeet not if we stay in Schrödingers box until then. Tests schmests amirite? Let this remain just a rich persons disease… ahh I can’t even be sarcastic, someone might take me seriously.
TRANSLATION: We only know celebrities that have it because only celebrities have tests!
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@approxinfinity That’s a good point…
What I meant is that by April 1, the symptoms will have manifested (we won’t need tests) to those who are infected as of now. The estimate is 60% of the population…
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Guys here is another thing that has come to mind for me on this Corona Virus. They are going to have a huge problem/headache when it comes time for containment. Here is my reason why:
Someone please tell me how can or will they have containment be able to quarantine when the /officials are dealing with ALL the homeless people on the streets and such throughout the US ?
We always want to know who these homeless have come in contact with , HELL the Homeless come in contact with EVERYBODY when their on the streets, then your going to have to find the certain homeless that may have been infected as we know they usually never stay in a certain area very long, you have to try and find when and or where individuals people picked up the infection , the typical who you came into contact with. - How can they identify when your dealing with homeless, I’m not trying to kick at the unfortunate that are o the streets but they could very well become one of the very biggest carriers
You also have to think that a large majority of the homeless probably won’t even get tested/be tested. As you know also a lot of these homeless aren’t actually in the best of Health causing them even more susceptible to the virus/ low immunities, this could very easily become one of the major problems in this whole scenario - -THAT scares me
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@jayballer73 you’re absolutely right and it’s an excellent point.
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To be clear, when officials talk about containment right now, it is not literally to stop the virus. The containment effort is to slow down the contagion and “flatten the curve” so as not to overwhelm the health care system with patients (See Italy right now).
People who get the virus will be infected indefinitely. They may recover from the virus, only to get sick again later.
Anyone who gets infected will likely need to keep their distance from the elderly and at-risk for the foreseeable future.
Sadly, I do not think the homeless population is going to be a “problem” because they are an ‘at-risk’ group already and are likely to succumb. Those who do survive will be a health issue, but really no more than Tom Hanks or a bus driver or basketball player or a politician who comes in contact with many other people every day.
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I saw a couple solicitor ladies going door to door to my neighbors houses today, standing right in the doorframe. I yelled at them “Hey, you guys shouldn’t be soliciting.” I got a cutesey “Oh we’re not solicitiiiing” response.
I said “You’re going door to door. That’s the definition of soliciting. In this time of coronavirus you should be socially distancing. Its the moral thing to do.”
Them : “Ok” (clearly dismissive, like I’m a wingnut)
Me : “You’re like a honey bee going flower to flower infecting the whole neighborhood if you’re sick”
(They talk to each other and hurriedly leave to their car)
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@bskeet said in Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.:
To be clear, when officials talk about containment right now, it is not literally to stop the virus. The containment effort is to slow down the contagion and “flatten the curve” so as not to overwhelm the health care system with patients (See Italy right now).
People who get the virus will be infected indefinitely. They may recover from the virus, only to get sick again later.
Anyone who gets infected will likely need to keep their distance from the elderly and at-risk for the foreseeable future.
Sadly, I do not think the homeless population is going to be a “problem” because they are an ‘at-risk’ group already and are likely to succumb. Those who do survive will be a health issue, but really no more than Tom Hanks or a bus driver or basketball player or a politician who comes in contact with many other people every day.
Oh I disa agree they are going to be a very large problem the % of homeless that are infected, walking the streets they will be in such close contact HUGE PROBLEM , true they succumb your right but before that happens there can be major infection - -with them being an at risk group already as you say just makes it a much more dangerous situation with them
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Here’s a great article that uses a set of simulators to illustrate the containment strategy and explain “flattening the curve.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/
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@bskeet said in Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.:
Here’s a great article that uses a set of simulators to illustrate the containment strategy and explain “flattening the curve.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/
It’s good thing about flattening the curve - -thing is you have to have a starting point to know WHERE it is you need to flatten that curve. This is what’s going to make it so much harder concerning homeless you have no idea where that curve is
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A total of 694 new cases of the virus in just a little over 12 hours today with 73 recoveries and 68 deaths. - these numbers are about to go off the charts when they start all these new testing Tomorrow , the number of cases is just going to explode
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A very important Coronavirus update: https://twitter.com/rexchapman/status/1239367483317981190?s=21
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@jayballer73 said in Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.:
A total of 694 new cases of the virus in just a little over 12 hours today with 73 recoveries and 68 deaths. - these numbers are about to go off the charts when they start all these new testing Tomorrow , the number of cases is just going to explode
I just hope people realize that we are about to get the full picture with widespread testing, rather than thinking that the virus has started spreading more rapidly.
We are heading for thousands of new cases on a daily basis once testing is widespread enough. To everyone on the board, try to make sure people around you don’t freak out. Practice safe social distancing, so hopefully the number of serious cases (needing hospitalization and ventilators) stays manageable. We do not want to be in the situation they are in over in Italy, where they are having to make decisions about which patients need a ventilator the most, or which has the best chance to recover if using the ventilator.
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On a less serious note I don’t think many of you are clicking on the link I shared above and I would highly encourage you to do so for a good laugh.
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@benshawks08 Rex is great.
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@justanotherfan said in Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.:
@jayballer73 said in Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.:
A total of 694 new cases of the virus in just a little over 12 hours today with 73 recoveries and 68 deaths. - these numbers are about to go off the charts when they start all these new testing Tomorrow , the number of cases is just going to explode
I just hope people realize that we are about to get the full picture with widespread testing, rather than thinking that the virus has started spreading more rapidly.
We are heading for thousands of new cases on a daily basis once testing is widespread enough. To everyone on the board, try to make sure people around you don’t freak out. Practice safe social distancing, so hopefully the number of serious cases (needing hospitalization and ventilators) stays manageable. We do not want to be in the situation they are in over in Italy, where they are having to make decisions about which patients need a ventilator the most, or which has the best chance to recover if using the ventilator.
now saying they don’t want groups of more then 3-4 people
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@jayballer73 basically stay home if you can.
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@BShark said in Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.:
@jayballer73 basically stay home if you can
ya I hear you bud and I appreciate you hollering. That’s what I’m fully planning on doing.
Now don’t hold me to this but was told and again it’s hear say but yet from inside sources has family in Service and pentagon - they are talking like in about two weeks which would be right at the end of the Month they are going to announce Nation wide shut down quarinteen . -talking about people need to buy supplies NOW. - again don’t hold me to this statement just was passing along but this would seem to be falling right in line with things tat are going on right now.
Today in President Trump’s briefing he was talking that this could go into July or August & now not wanting people in any groups bigger then 3 or 4. - - -Obama’s former head talking about that by the 23rd of March how the Hospitals would be over run.
Kind of curious here in Topeka things going down makes you wonder , they are putting up military guard stations around the VA hospital - - makes you wonder , falls in line with shut down quarinte you take care buddy. - -me myself as an older guy with Heart and kidney conditions really have to be careful. - -I believe got supplies for awhile, plenty of water just ration food if it comes to it - -THANKS for hollering bud and ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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https://www.kshb.com/news/coronavirus/live-blog-kc-metro-covid-19-updates-for-march-17
In Lawrence now
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There’s something weird going on in my town in Wyoming. Last Friday I heard, through very credible sources, that there are 6 confirmed cases that are in the hospital now. However there’s no public knowledge of this.
I was in part of the hospital Friday and over heard a practice manager and someone else higher up talk. All I heard clearly was “we got another one” The other person said “shit we better get in front of this and not let the press know.”
Why would they not want the public to know? Now this hospital is as corrupt as can be.
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No school in ks, rest of year!
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@rockchalkwyo panic?
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.:
No school in ks, rest of year!
Know a lot of people that are NOT going to be happy about this.
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@Crimsonorblue22 Yeah that’s my only guess. Hopefully it’s as innocent as that. Again I know of how shady every upper management is in that place including the CEO. Sad it’s one of the 2 biggest hospitals in our state.
Any who be safe guys.
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.:
No school in ks, rest of year!
Moving to remote learning. Hope teachers are good with Zoom.
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This will put a fair share strain on several Kansas families. But I do think it is the right move going forward to protect our youth. It’s gonna get hairy for several small business, which is scary because I work for a small business that employs 17 people. It will be tough for us to survive with no income business wise.
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Ok, were all pretty sports knowledgeable here So here is one you may not have heard yet. - - KEVIN DURANT has tested positive for the virus
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Things really taking off with this Virus in Kansas now. - - - Johnson County now has like 10 confirmed cases. - - - 17 presumtive positive cases here in Shawnee County and 50 others being monitered. - -Wynadotte County with I believe 5 positive cases now - - - Ford county - -Douglas County right there with ou boys, Douglas County has gotten it’s 1st positive case - - -KEVIN DURANT has tested positive. - - ALL SCHOOLS DONE for the year -the entire the rest of the year.
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@FarmerJayhawk google classroom
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@BShark yeah, I know! It’s kinda like the Jayhawks bb season. Right thing but it’s sucks. No proms, graduations. Our bb team was probably going to be ranked #1. I feel for them. I can’t imagine losing your senior yr if u r involved in activities. I know this will help me. On the other hand I have 1 son that’s in a high risk medical category job. They will shut down next week except for emergencies. Just hate this.
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Working on the kids that depend on the free lunches, some the only decent food they get. Lots of churches and groups stepping up. Mahomes and chiefs are stepping up!
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A guy I know has a two year old daughter with a 105 degree fever. Hoping it’s not the rona.
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7 month old baby in South Carolina has tested positive for the Virus.
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@BShark that’s hi
