Chinese authorities said Wuhan and its surrounding province had no new COVID-19 cases to report https://t.co/g9s0DTVqvC
— TIME (@TIME) March 19, 2020
.@DPalder and I have made a nice rod for our own backs and will be maintaining a (not exhaustive) list of politicians and senior officials from around the world who have contracted coronavirushttps://t.co/9Gl86ug41y
— Amy Mackinnon? (@ak_mack) March 19, 2020
“Also, reading 500 coronavirus papers in a row and not sleeping? Probably not great for you either, but I haven’t found any studies confirming that yet. I’ll keep looking.”https://t.co/vrFYt2hNNw pic.twitter.com/w5Pxg31QMf
— Julie Wolf (@JulieMarieWolf) March 18, 2020
Global policy reaction #coronavirus – courtesy of @JPMorganAM pic.twitter.com/REl2oTAQbz
— Richard Philbin (@RichardPPhilbin) March 19, 2020
Countries that failed to test early (Italy) are seeing far higher death rates than countries that did (South Korea).
Why is testing so important?
“We should be clear that more testing saves lives by preventing the next infection.”https://t.co/IGqvFZ2CZr— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) March 17, 2020
How one small town at the center of the outbreak has cut infections virtually to zero: test all 3,300 in town, isolate the 3 percent who tested positive. Infection rate 10 days later down to .3 percent. https://t.co/5Tgpa7cCgl pic.twitter.com/qlydmYJ0mM
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) March 18, 2020
This is the town that reported Italy’s first death. A new study says they’ve stopped the epidemic there, cold.
How did they do it? Mass testing and isolating all positives, including those who were non-symptomatic but positive.https://t.co/b95c25hQOL
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) March 18, 2020
An 82-year-old woman with hypertension. A 39-year-old man with diabetes. A 68-year-old man with lung cancer. @NBCNews has analyzed media and official reports on more than 150 coronavirus deaths. Here is what we have found. https://t.co/7ttp5yxTRS
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 19, 2020
There is a common belief #coronavirus only harms the elderly. But, in the U.S., 40% of those hospitalized with serious symptoms are age 20-54, by @PamBelluck https://t.co/IgBflJ2Q5s via @NYThealth #COVID19
— André Picard (@picardonhealth) March 18, 2020
1. If the coverup in China hadn’t happened in Dec, the COVID outbreak wouldn’t be as bad as it is.
2. China’s actions since late Jan, incl the lockdown and huge costs borne by Hubei, were effective in slowing the spread.
Puzzling why so hard for many to accept both can be true.
— Ananth Krishnan (@ananthkrishnan) March 14, 2020
Incredible. “Denmark’s government told private companies struggling with drastic measures to curb the spread of coronavirus that it would cover 75% of employees’ salaries, if they promised not to cut staff.” https://t.co/kh5ngjW0tN
— Waleed Shahid (@_waleedshahid) March 17, 2020
Canada has spent the past two decades preparing for this moment, @Justin_Ling writes.https://t.co/UyBO4DLom8
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) March 19, 2020
Update: we’re expanding our safety rules to include content that could place people at a higher risk of transmitting COVID-19.
Now, we will require people to remove Tweets that include the following:
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) March 18, 2020
hope this includes banning Chinese official accounts that promote TCM https://t.co/E31RVvUwva
— James Palmer (@BeijingPalmer) March 18, 2020
(TCM = Traditional Chinese Medicine)
This Coronavirus Is Unlike Anything in Our Lifetime, and We Have to Stop Comparing It to the Flu — ProPublica https://t.co/R9s4vpX8h4 #coronavirus #covid19 #wuhanpneumonia pic.twitter.com/6oCNDTIVQg
— Novel Coronavirus – COVID19 (@PneumoniaWuhan) March 18, 2020
Politically motivated hoax tweet about non-existent coronavirus cure: 61,000 retweets, 263,000 likes
Thread debunking the hoax: 35 retweets, 131 likes
Don’t pollute the public discourse. Don’t share unconfirmed crazy claims about the coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/qYws8idNuo
— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) March 18, 2020
From the United Kingdom:
The pub at the end of our street is absolutely rammed tonight. The big sainsburys around the corner is completely empty, every aisle. Feel like there’s a failure in communicating to people what to do and why.
— Mark Di Stefano (@MarkDiStef) March 17, 2020
Neil did the Imperial College study that convinced #BorisJohnson & #DonaldTrump that their #COVID19 policies would kill tens of 1000s of people and fail.
Then Neil came down with it. https://t.co/VvMGGf6VIZ— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) March 18, 2020
Follow our live coverage of the #coronavirus pandemic here:
⚠️ Emergency legislation to be published in parliament
? Police handed powers to arrest and isolate
? Up to 40 tube stations to close across Londonhttps://t.co/hjOuEz03Vf
— The Independent (@Independent) March 19, 2020
Aerial footage shows nearly empty streets in Paris as France goes into unprecedented peacetime lockdown to combat the coronavirus outbreak. Latest updates on the pandemic: https://t.co/3uc2RSEjBO pic.twitter.com/JNlPWhbyXX
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 19, 2020
“MADRID—I realized the total lockdown in Spain was serious when I got pulled over by the cops while taking out the trash.” https://t.co/RD4VjTkC8z
— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) March 18, 2020
The only way we can contain the novel coronavirus from spreading further is by practicing ‘Social Distancing’. It is the need of the hour right now.#covid19 #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/Ht946VqK8V
— Indiatimes (@indiatimes) March 19, 2020
India’s response to the coronavirus impact could include cash transfers to the informal economy https://t.co/5o9XrKlwTe
— The Capital Daily (@TheCapitalDaily) March 19, 2020
120 tertiary healthcare workers trained today in infection prevention and control in Lagos by @NCDCgov and @AfricaCDC to respond to #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/cpdYM51Zdz
— Africa CDC (@AfricaCDC) March 18, 2020
Battle lines in Israel: “Health Ministry is pushing for a total and immediate shutdown. The army… wants more time to prepare, while the Finance Ministry is fighting with everything it has to delay a shutdown…Netanyahu is still caught in the middle.”https://t.co/8Yhhum1d5z
— Henry Rome (@hrome2) March 18, 2020
Iranians are blaming their government (not US sanctions) for a horrifically botched coronavirus response https://t.co/OXMX2tQK4J
— Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) March 18, 2020
still trying to wrap my head around the reasoning for imposing more sanctions on iran during a pandemic that may leave them with one of the higher death counts of any country. I promise you iran isn’t out here thinking “oh this is the perfect time to start building nukes”
— Gerry Doyle (@mgerrydoyle) March 18, 2020
Epidemiologists in Venezuela are warning that a news media blackout and an already-ruined health care system is risking a coronavirus medical disaster. https://t.co/k9rCqLB5Ez
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 19, 2020
Thai hospitals are deploying “ninja robots” to measure fevers and protect the health of overburdened medical workers on the frontlines of the #coronavirus outbreakhttps://t.co/5jd90vIws3
— AFP news agency (@AFP) March 19, 2020
Everyone will need to be tested. Even the (apparently) healthy. The sooner we realize this, the better.
Antibody (“serologic”) tests are only beginning to arrive—these will be essential, to discover exposure and immunity. https://t.co/sDKvfi5Laq
— James Gleick (@JamesGleick) March 18, 2020
You won’t necessarily find relief here, but you will see quite a bit about what it felt like, how reluctant doctors were to test for COVID, and how that ultimately played out… https://t.co/koq2pb5WOR
— Adia Benton (@Ethnography911) March 18, 2020
New coronavirus stable for hours on surfaces https://t.co/hQF6jgJW28
— ɪᴀɴ ᴍ ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ ????? (@MackayIM) March 19, 2020
Great illustration of herd immunity, and why in the absence of a vaccine, effective antivirals, or widespread testing that would enable more targeted measures, social distancing is ESSENTIAL to stop the spread. https://t.co/5VzwZKuMRr
— Dr. Angela Rasmussen (@angie_rasmussen) March 19, 2020
Interesting thread (via Ian Mackay’s feed):
This is a thread on use of drugs for #COVID19
Hydroxychloroquine (Lupus, RA) Lopinavir/Ritonavir (HIV/AIDS) Remdisivir and Favipiravir (Ebola) and Camostat (Pancreatitis, Japan) are drugs that seem to have activity against SARSCov2
Some of these are used on Emergency Basis. 1/n pic.twitter.com/6cT0G4sZo0— Dr Able Lawrence MD DM (@abledoc) March 18, 2020
Sadly, the cocktail of anti-#HIV drugs that many hoped would treat #COVID19 has failed.
“In hospitalized adult patients w/severe Covid19, no benefit was observed w/lopinavir–ritonavir treatment beyond standard care.”https://t.co/w7CbOplfMt— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) March 18, 2020
WereBear
Doh! Once again, sound bite information is wrong…
OzarkHillbilly
NYT:
Lapassionara
Thank you for this, AL. Very informative.
I went to my doctor yesterday and was handed a mask at the registration desk. Elsewhere, I hear of nurses on the front lines who cannot get masks.
Anybody know the shortage of masks story.
And good morning, everyone
Baud
@OzarkHillbilly:
Ouch.
Mary G
W00t!
I’ve taken that first drug – hydroxychloroquine – continuously since 1985! Maybe I am safe! It can ruin your eyes so I get them checked once a year, but there haven’t been any side effects over the 35 years.
Lapassionara
@OzarkHillbilly: Sigh.
WereBear
@Mary G: Happy about any GOOD news :)
My own management of my autoimmune, which was horrible last January, is so much better. I took heroic efforts to revamp my response, and the peace of mind was worth all the sacrifices :)
Chyron HR
@WereBear:
They’re probably all Biden voters.
WereBear
@Chyron HR: I don’t understand.
OzarkHillbilly
@Lapassionara: Via the NYT:
The Latest Obstacle to Getting Tested? A Shortage of Swabs and Face Masks
Plenty about swabs:
Other than a mention of “A shortage of masks, gowns and other protective gear,” next to nothing
SFAW
“NextDoor” in my area has had multiple threads discussing/dealing with COVID-19. Initially, some of the responses were akin to “Don’t tell me what to do!! Murica! Fuck yeah!” Others were “It’s a choice (not to social distance), just like not taking MMR vaccines because autism mumble mumble.” (One of those commenters claimed to be a nurse who had “done all the reading” or some such.) Fortunately, most responses to idiocy like those were “Show us the peer-reviewed research. Don’t have it? Then FOAD, moron.” When the moderators deleted one anti-vaxxer, and later a whole thread of “vitamin C will cure it,” that set of persons complained.
Amazingly enough, I don’t have a sad that those numbskulls are getting their comments deleted. Liberal Fascism strikes!!!
Lapassionara
@OzarkHillbilly: Thanks. Another thing to worry about.
I’ve had more than one young person tell me that the press is blowing this way out of proportion. Really?
OzarkHillbilly
@Lapassionara: Tell them this is a great time to see Italy or Iran. Lots of good deals to be had.
SFAW
@OzarkHillbilly:
But Orange Plague said he was leading the charge against COVID-19, like 3 years ago! And he gave himself a 10 out of 10 rating/score for his efforts to keep the Chinese Virus away from ‘Murica!
I hope Biden (or blue-friendly PACs) run myriad ads showing the Liar-in-Chief’s “It’s a Demon-rat hoax” (with a Fox logo) side-by-side with his “I never said that” horseshit.
La Nonna
Re-posting from earlier, the time difference makes it interesting…if you need/want to make facemasks which are washable and re-usable, youtube has some good tutorials labeled EasySew…you need a sewing machine, but I made half a dozen in less than an hour, complete with metal/plastic twist tie for nose fitting. Still enjoying lockdown in Puglia, long walks, spring cleaning, outdoor painting jobs, gardening, and the morning dose of opera instead of just the awful news. Looks like my US based children are in for a world of hurt, small business owners, chef, teacher…worried about the brutal triage coming, they are in the 35-50 years old range. And the economics look awful, too. We don’t expect to be ojt of lockdown before summer soonest.
SFAW
@OzarkHillbilly:
Or run ads of that nature on Fox. [Only because the kiddies might just be stupid (as some otherwise-decent kiddies have been), not malicious.]
WereBear
A lot of it is defensiveness. And the more Republican their thinking, the more their Denial muscles are big and strong!
Robert Sneddon
@Lapassionara:
Re: masks – when SARS hit the US over ten years ago an American manufacturer of medical PPE and masks ramped up production massively, invested in new machines and stocks of materials and took on more workers. After the epidemic died down their customers went back to buying these items in bulk from cheap Chinese suppliers and they were left in the lurch.
They’re ramping up production again but this time round they’re insisting on five-year contracts before they will fulfill orders.
Chyron HR
@WereBear:
The virus only harms boomers, thus anyone younger that gets hospitalized must be in league with the boomers. Our Revolution PAC says so.
OzarkHillbilly
@SFAW:My thinking is that they would be smart enough to figure it out when they found that they quite literally can’t go there just now because too many people are dying. Of course, you may be right. They may actually be stupid.
Matt McIrvin
@WereBear: A lot of people don’t seem to understand the vast gulf between “you probably won’t die” and “you’ll be fine”.
Amir Khalid
The number of cases in Malaysia has jumped to 900 as of today, the most in southeast Asia. There’s now a problem of people just disregarding the current movement restrictions, so the government is reportedly considering deploying the army at roadblocks to help in enforcement.
There have so far been two coronavirus fatalities here, a man who attended a big gathering for Muslim missionaries in KL and a Christian pastor in Sarawak. These deaths were reported on Tuesday.
debbie
@Chyron HR:
There’s a confirmed case here of a 2-year-old. They’re still trying to figure out how he got it.
debbie
@Mary G:
That is good news! I’ve been on it since 1987 myself.
rikyrah
debbie
@rikyrah:
satby
AL, if you’re still up you may want to use this video for a future post because it’s excellent on illustrating germ spread.
WereBear
@Chyron HR: Thanks.
SFAW
@rikyrah: @debbie:
Those tweets should be disseminated far and wide. I would think that the more they’re spread, the likelier it becomes the “Trump Virus.”
Well, were this a rational country, I would think that. But since 40-plus percent of the populace seems irrational …
Ken
It convinced them? I’ve seen no evidence of that.
CindyH
@Ken: I saw that Tucker Carlson is the one who got dump’s attention – maybe Carlson saw that study
WereBear
@CindyH: Carlson got exposed at Mar-a-Lago, I heard. Naked self interest, as always.
logicman
As the number of coronavirus cases grows, Canada’s chief public health officer says she’s concerned about hateful comments targeting minority groups including Chinese-Canadians.