Anyone know if any of these areas have Peace Corps volunteers…and what is happening to them?
3 more cases in Santa Clara County (Bay Area).
Bing bing bing, three more cases in Santa Clara County, CA, bringing the number of known cases here to seven. Two are a couple that traveled to Egypt. One is a woman who has no known contacts with coronavirus.
Perhaps the couple stayed at this fine establishment: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2020/03/01/Egypt-testing-staff-at-lodging-of-tourists-who-caught-coronavirus-PM.html
The number of deaths reported in the press conference was later rectified from 34 to 41 (31 in Lombardy, 8 in Emilia Romagna, and 2 in Veneto), when Lombardy’s councilor corrected the initial report of 24 deaths to 31 deaths for Lombardy. The total number of cases has been adjusted as well, to reflect this correction.
ITALY - 573 new cases for a total of 1,701 and 12 new deaths for a total of 41 deaths. Among the 1,577 active cases, 779 (49%) are hospitalized, 140 are in intensive care. Among the 124 closed cases, 83 (67%) have recovered, 41 (33%) have died.
So, a lot of these West Coast cases are presenting in people with existing conditions. No doubt there are many others with mild to no symptoms walking about that aren’t being noticed, tested, and counted.
Of course, once states and counties can start testing, the positive cases show up.
First case of novel coronavirus confirmed in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo says
“We have learned of the 1st positive case of COVID-19 in NY. The patient contracted the virus while in Iran & is isolated…The patient is a woman in her late 30s, contracted the virus while traveling abroad in Iran, and is currently isolated in her home…“The patient has respiratory symptoms, but is not in serious condition and has been in a controlled situation since arriving to New York…Cuomo said approval for state-testing was granted on Saturday and the positive test was confirmed by New York’s Wadsworth Lab in Albany.” (CNN)
Still want to know what these existing conditions are…are they serious, or the minor things that all of us have?For example, I have the lowest measurable amount of plaque buildup in one of my arteries, which can’t be seen in an angiogram. So technically, I have CAD (coronary artery disease), while I’m very healthy, this could be classified as an existing condition.
I keep wondering what cut-off they are using when they refer to “older American”.
Well, 10% of the US has asthma, a good % have diabetes, some have heart conditions, so who knows?
^^I think they also specified obesity. So what is that, half of America? Why do they even specify that people had existing conditions, except to placate us?
This was in the article about the Santa Clara county cases:
Does this mean this person has been in home isolation for a month?
Why? Still showing symptoms??
Seems to be 60+
My guess is still testing positive. From what I’ve read, people have to test negative twice before they are deemed cured. This virus, by reports, has a long recovery time for many. It’s not a week or so.
Santa Clara County #2 would have to still be showing symptoms, wouldn’t they? Otherwise why would they still be in home isolation?
This goes into more detail about who is at risk:
“Individuals at highest risk for severe disease and death include people aged over 60 years and those with underlying conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease and cancer.”
Still positive, may not be showing symptoms.
Some sad updates in Washington state. Another death and more patients who are in critical condition, including a man in his forties.
“The new case is a male in his 40s, hospitalized at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland. The man is in critical condition.”
Not old. 
“Seattle & King County confirmed Sunday the second coronavirus-related death in the United States, a man in his 70s, in Kirkland…Both men who died had underlying health conditions”
This is starting to really bum me out.
https://www.denverpost.com/2020/03/01/american-physical-society-march-meeting-canceled-denver/
Kind of a big deal in the field, but people coming from around the world could be a problem.
Friend of mine works for 3m that makes the masks and other protective health gear . She said the factories are 24/7 and can’t keep up with demand. She also pointed out their stock is up due to all of this (not a stock tip BTW ?).
She said there is definitely an allocation rules in place etc. It was interesting to hear from the manufactory side of things. My broker (Merrill Lynch), they had a leading doctor talk to them via video to explain the spread and help them understand how they should proceed. Thought that was interesting and never considered this before.
Since they’re keeping the names of the people private - as they should - it would not compromise privacy yet would be very helpful if they started giving more information about what “underlying health conditions” means. For example, technically asthma is classified as a chronic respiratory disease, does that mean that the 10% of the US population that has asthma needs to be concerned or is it just people with severe uncontrolled asthma, COPD, etc.? Similarly, as another poster mentioned, if a person has a small amount of plaque but no other heart issues does that mean they’re at the same risk as the people classified as having “heart disease”?
Again, one of the reasons people are becoming a bit fixated on this thing is that there is so little real data or helpful information so they keep watching to see if there have been new developments. The more information is available and the more people trust that information they will be able to make their own decisions about personal risk and necessary measures.