China Corona Virus Outbreak

[Little Missy]

..the welding the door part doesn't seem to be so far-fetched anymore, now, does it?
heh heh.

Nobody said hindi na lalabas ng bahay. Iwasan lang ang travelling and big events. Wala ring nagclaim na titigil na ang spread. You just want to slow it para hindi magexceed sa capacity ng health care system.





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[uls]

no joke dudes

it's not like we have thousands of healthcare workers in reserve just waiting for deployment

[uls]

Nobody said hindi na lalabas ng bahay. Iwasan lang ang travelling and big events. Wala ring nagclaim na titigil na ang spread. You just want to slow it para hindi magexceed sa capacity ng health care system.





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capacity of PH healthcare system is easily exceeded even in normal times

[Little Missy]

capacity of PH healthcare system is easily exceeded even in normal times

doesn't discredit the need for containment measures/practices, all the more reason why we need it.

Yung mga nagpositive di naman nila nakuha sa work or basta basta. Most of them may travel history or nagpunta sa crowded places.

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[jmc21420]

Flu and coronavirus: Similar symptoms, different fears
by: Associated Press
March 11, 2020


Is it the flu, a cold or the new coronavirus? Patients and doctors alike are parsing signs of illness to figure out who needs what tests or care and how worried they should be.

"You have three different major viruses floating around at the same time," causing somewhat similar symptoms --- but different levels of concern, said Dr. Gary LeRoy, president of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

So what's the biggest danger? And why are we responding to them so differently?

FAMILIAR FOE

COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, is a flu-like illness that has killed a small fraction of the number of people that the flu kills every year. Through the first four months of the outbreak, coronavirus has killed about 4,300 people. Flu kills 290,000 to 650,000 every year around the world, according to the World Health Organization.

To some, that comparison seems comforting because flu is such a familiar foe. President Donald Trump regularly brings it up, noting in a tweet how many more Americans die from flu and adding, "Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on ... Think about that!"

But to public health experts, the huge number of flu deaths is exactly why extraordinary steps should be taken to try to prevent the new coronavirus from spreading widely.

The flu's annual return can't be stopped because it's already so embedded in the population. There is still a chance COVID-19 cases can be limited or spread slowed while treatments are developed.

HOW DEADLY ARE THE VIRUSES?

Flu kills about 0.1% of those it infects, but that's still hundreds of thousands of people each year because it infects millions.

Researchers are still trying to understand just how deadly the new coronavirus is.

The mortality rate from infection with the virus isn't known yet because the cases caught in an early part of an outbreak are often the most severe, people with mild or no symptoms aren't being tested, and sometimes overwhelmed hospitals struggle to care for the sickest patients.

Various reports have estimated the fatality rate from less than 1% to as high as 4% among cases diagnosed so far, depending on location.

Most people infected by the new coronavirus develop mild or moderate symptoms and recover after about two weeks.

SO WHAT DO I HAVE?

Flu, cold and coronavirus often share certain symptoms, but differences in intensity and how they appear can offer clues to which one is causing the misery. Doctors can test for the flu and get results within a day, but coronavirus testing is still limited by availability in the United States.

Colds are often suspected because adults get about two on average each year, said LeRoy, a family medicine doctor and associate dean at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.

"The common cold just starts out with a sore or scratchy throat, cough, runny nose, stuffy nose" and any fever is usually mild, he said.

Flu symptoms are more intense and usually come on suddenly, the Yale New Haven Health System advises. They can include a high fever (over 100.5 degrees), extreme exhaustion, muscle or body aches, a dry cough and chills.

"It really hits you like a bus," and people may start a day well but feel terrible by afternoon, LeRoy said.

Flu symptoms can include a runny or stuffy nose, headaches and possibly vomiting or diarrhea, though the latter two are more common in children than adults, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

Symptoms of COVID-19 may appear more slowly. They usually include fever, a dry cough and noticeable shortness of breath, according to the World Health Organization. A minority of cases develop pneumonia, and the disease is especially worrisome for the elderly and those with other medical problems such as high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes or heart conditions.

One study of hospitalized patients in China found that about half did not have a fever when they were admitted but nearly all developed one.

WHAT TO DO IF YOU'RE SICK

Don't go straight to your doctor's office -- that just risks making more people sick, officials urge. Call ahead, and ask if you need to be seen and where.

Fever, cough and noticeable shortness of breath -- "if you have those three components, especially if it's associated with some recent travel or someone you know who's been exposed to COVID-19, those things should prompt you to call for medical attention," LeRoy said.

"Mildly ill patients should be encouraged to stay home," the CDC's Dr. Sue Gerber told doctors on a conference call last week. People having difficulty breathing should seek care, and older people or those with other conditions should contact their doctors early in the course of illness, she said.

PREVENTION

To protect yourself, wash your hands well and often, keep them away from your face, and avoid crowds and standing close to people.

There's one big difference between flu and coronavirus: A vaccine exists to help prevent the flu and it's not too late to get it. It won't protect you from catching the coronavirus, but may put you in a better position to fight it.

"You don't want to have a compromised immune system if you were to encounter coronavirus," LeRoy said.

GSG





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[111prez]

Dapat ibalik na yung home service ng mga duktor

Noong unang panahon, ganyan sila. Isang tawag, nandyan na sila sa bahay mo.

[dr. d]

Nobody said hindi na lalabas ng bahay.

hija, pag winelding pa-sara, weweldingin rin pa-bukas.

the point was,
pag strict self-quarantine, dapat walang time-out time-out to go to the mall or anywhere else.
bahai lang talaga.

it would appear,
the chinese authority knows its people better than anyone else.

[dr. d]

Dapat ibalik na yung home service ng mga duktor

Noong unang panahon, ganyan sila. Isang tawag, nandyan na sila sa bahay mo.

unless the duktor has multiple sets of disposable microbiological protective clothing...
baka siya pa ang maging sanhi ng pag-kalat ng bigh-russ.

[Monseratto]

PBA to refund tickets amid indefinite league cancelation

[Little Missy]

hija, pag winelding pa-sara, weweldingin rin pa-bukas.

the point was,
pag strict self-quarantine, dapat walang time-out time-out to go to the mall or anywhere else.
bahai lang talaga.

it would appear,
the chinese authority knows its people better than anyone else.

We are not talking about the Chinese. We are talking about us now that it is here and growing.

Read the original photo i shared. It doesn't say quarantine. It's only talking about 'not traveling and holding big events'.


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[kagalingan]

Flu and coronavirus: Similar symptoms, different fears
by: Associated Press
March 11, 2020

WHAT TO DO IF YOU'RE SICK

Don't go straight to your doctor's office -- that just risks making more people sick, officials urge. Call ahead, and ask if you need to be seen and where.

Hello heavenknows, madball, ry_tow. shaider

Scoobydoo where are you?

#imonfirebangbangbang

#anoschoolnyo

#kagalingankinukuhanasamensabutirefuse

[uls]

korek dok

China govt knows pasaway mga tao nila

[uls]

We are not talking about the Chinese. We are talking about us now that it is here and growing.

Read the original photo i shared. It doesn't say quarantine. It's only talking about 'not traveling and holding big events'.


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well events are already being canceled

live TV shows no longer have live audience

PBA canceled

etc

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re travel

ung DOT gusto nila mag local tourism mga pinoy

haha

[170kphlang]

sadly, they won't understand until it happens to them

[shadow]

Hello heavenknows, madball, ry_tow. shaider

Scoobydoo where are you?

#imonfirebangbangbang

#anoschoolnyo

#kagalingankinukuhanasamensabutirefuse

Matagal na sinasabi ng mga totoong experts yan, kaya nga meron 2 parameters ma meet mo muna bago ka pumunta ng hospital kahit meron ka symptoms, travel history and positive contact. Ok?

Kaya huwag ka nagmamagaling nanaman na ikaw lang nakaisip niyang. Most of us here alam na yan. Nothing new.

Nagtataka lang ako, bakit hinde mo maantay na ibang tao magsabi na magaling sinasabi mo? Bakit laging binubuhat mo sarili mo?

Sobranf deprive ka ba at walang pumupuri sayo nun bata ka at habang lumalaki? Hinde na normal yan attitude mo Kags.

Why do you always feel na dapat purihin mo yun sarili mo? I don't get it.


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[BlancNoir]

sadly, they won't understand until it happens to them

Symptom daw yung sudden urge to leave the house, and travel around the world.

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[shadow]

Ano yun disinfectant na ginagamit nilang pang mist? Chlorine ba yun or bleach?

Ano ginagawa ninyo yo disenfect mga bahay ninyo?

Wala.na talagang mabiling malalaking bottles ng 70% alcohol.
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[170kphlang]

Symptom daw yung sudden urge to leave the house, and travel around the world.

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so i've heard. like my friend who possibly got exposed in gh and took a vacation the next day to the south.

[Monseratto]

Alarm as coronavirus clusters swell on both sides of US | South China Morning Post

Alarming clusters of the coronavirus swelled on both coasts of the United States on Tuesday, with 70 cases now tied to a biotech conference in Boston and infections turning up at 10 nursing homes in the hard-hit Seattle area.

And one of the biggest resort operators in Las Vegas, MGM Resorts International, said it would close buffets at all of its Las Vegas Strip casinos as a precaution.

A top federal health official pointed to Europe, rather than the virus’ point of origin in China, as the likely source for the infection’s continued spread to the US.

“Right now the epicentre – the new China – is Europe,” Robert Redfield, director of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, said on Capitol Hill. “And there’s a lot of people coming back and forth from Europe that are now starting to seed these communities.”

For most people, the virus causes only mild or moderate symptoms such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. Most people recover in a matter of weeks, as has happened with three-quarters of those infected in China.

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump asserted again that the US had done an excellent job testing for the disease, saying it “has gone very well”. The reality is that a troubled roll-out of diagnostic kits consumed weeks and meant that local health labs had little ability to conduct wide surveillance of patients. That made the number of infections look far smaller than it likely was.

[jmc21420]

He’s Mensa. He knows everything. We should be grateful and happy he is here interacting with us.

Thank you, Mister, you bring us enlightenment.

I hope you will be the one to discover the vaccine of this pandemic plaguing humanity. That will put you in the pantheon of the great.

Please keep your posts coming.



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