Monday, March 09, 2020
In looking at some population statistics, the spread in China seems to have leveled off now that it understands the nature of Covid-19. However, the West is seeing an increase in cases. That is fairly typical of any spread of disease.
So, I will look at those statistics again tomorrow, but, the USA had a very poor response to the disease even though enormous amounts of funding is spent on emergency preparedness. It would seem as though all the preparedness from previous administrations was squandered on a false emergency at the southern border by this one.
There is no reason to believe anything is going to get better overnight. There are still outbreaks in Asia, Europe and North America. Caution is still at play.
Distance from Wuhan to Guangdong, China
Guangdong is stated to be an industrial region in China.
10 h 29 min
(996.7 km) (619.3 miles)
The province of Guangdong is estimating the timeline of Covid-19 to end it's threat is June 2020 . The province is seeking to limit any influx of the virus as a strategy to reduce it's risk.
March 9, 2020
The global outbreak of novel coronavirus pneumonia (click here) will last at least until June, according to an expert, and the emphasis of China's fight will shift toward preventing the imported infections in the months to come.
Renowned respiratory expert Zhong Nanshan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, urged Guangdong province, a major manufacturing center, to introduce more effective measures to prevent the deadly disease from being imported into the province in the months ahead.
"Guangdong has a large number of international events and exchanges and therefore should strengthen border inspection measures and introduce necessary isolation measures for people who arrive from the countries and regions hit by the epidemic," Zhong said during an online forum on Monday.
"Meanwhile Guangdong may provide support to the foreign countries and regions where the epidemic has struck hardest, including offering them protection, reagents and treatment technologies in the future."
As of Sunday, Guangdong's population of more than 115 million has had a total of 1,352 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Of those, 1,260 have recovered and have been discharged from hospitals.
China is concentrating on it's people and limiting the virus from infecting anymore. There is a remarkable story out of Henen province about 492.7 km (306.1 miles) north of Wuhan of a days old infant infected with Covid-19 recovered with a month's treatment. I can only assume the infant is doing well.
These are great victories for China. The worst may have been prevented if the government was more trusting of it's own people, especially those that have higher education and the best for China at the heart of their work. These are doctors and nurses. They love the people. At times the caregivers have sacrificed their own lives and contracting the virus to care for the people.
These are magnificent stories of China can be proud of and should foster to increase the trusting nature of its government to its people.
March 9, 2020
The youngest novel coronavirus patient (click here) in Henan province, just five days old at the onset of symptoms, recovers and is discharged from the hospital on March 6, 2020, after undergoing a month of treatments. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The youngest novel coronavirus patient in central China's Henan province - just five days old at the onset of symptoms - recovered and was discharged from the hospital on Friday after a month of treatment.
The infant tested positive for the novel coronavirus and was sent to the hospital with severe respiratory conditions.
"The hospital assembled a special team that provided multidisciplinary treatment every day," said Cheng Yibing, vice-director of Henan Children's Hospital.
"We also paid great attention to the baby's nursing and feeding. So far, the CT shows the lungs are in good condition and negative for the coronavirus. His weight has increased and can drink 65 milliliters of milk at a time, which meets the standard for discharge."
During its monthlong fight against the virus, the medical personnel in the hospital acted as surrogate parents and took good care of the infant day and night.
So, I will look at those statistics again tomorrow, but, the USA had a very poor response to the disease even though enormous amounts of funding is spent on emergency preparedness. It would seem as though all the preparedness from previous administrations was squandered on a false emergency at the southern border by this one.
There is no reason to believe anything is going to get better overnight. There are still outbreaks in Asia, Europe and North America. Caution is still at play.
Distance from Wuhan to Guangdong, ChinaGuangdong is stated to be an industrial region in China.
10 h 29 min
(996.7 km) (619.3 miles)
The province of Guangdong is estimating the timeline of Covid-19 to end it's threat is June 2020 . The province is seeking to limit any influx of the virus as a strategy to reduce it's risk.
March 9, 2020
The global outbreak of novel coronavirus pneumonia (click here) will last at least until June, according to an expert, and the emphasis of China's fight will shift toward preventing the imported infections in the months to come.
Renowned respiratory expert Zhong Nanshan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, urged Guangdong province, a major manufacturing center, to introduce more effective measures to prevent the deadly disease from being imported into the province in the months ahead.
"Guangdong has a large number of international events and exchanges and therefore should strengthen border inspection measures and introduce necessary isolation measures for people who arrive from the countries and regions hit by the epidemic," Zhong said during an online forum on Monday.
"Meanwhile Guangdong may provide support to the foreign countries and regions where the epidemic has struck hardest, including offering them protection, reagents and treatment technologies in the future."
As of Sunday, Guangdong's population of more than 115 million has had a total of 1,352 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Of those, 1,260 have recovered and have been discharged from hospitals.
China is concentrating on it's people and limiting the virus from infecting anymore. There is a remarkable story out of Henen province about 492.7 km (306.1 miles) north of Wuhan of a days old infant infected with Covid-19 recovered with a month's treatment. I can only assume the infant is doing well.
These are great victories for China. The worst may have been prevented if the government was more trusting of it's own people, especially those that have higher education and the best for China at the heart of their work. These are doctors and nurses. They love the people. At times the caregivers have sacrificed their own lives and contracting the virus to care for the people.
These are magnificent stories of China can be proud of and should foster to increase the trusting nature of its government to its people.
March 9, 2020
The youngest novel coronavirus patient (click here) in Henan province, just five days old at the onset of symptoms, recovers and is discharged from the hospital on March 6, 2020, after undergoing a month of treatments. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The youngest novel coronavirus patient in central China's Henan province - just five days old at the onset of symptoms - recovered and was discharged from the hospital on Friday after a month of treatment.
The infant tested positive for the novel coronavirus and was sent to the hospital with severe respiratory conditions.
"The hospital assembled a special team that provided multidisciplinary treatment every day," said Cheng Yibing, vice-director of Henan Children's Hospital.
"We also paid great attention to the baby's nursing and feeding. So far, the CT shows the lungs are in good condition and negative for the coronavirus. His weight has increased and can drink 65 milliliters of milk at a time, which meets the standard for discharge."
During its monthlong fight against the virus, the medical personnel in the hospital acted as surrogate parents and took good care of the infant day and night.
This is not surprising. One of the first statements I made about Covid-19 was that it will be first found in major cities. Mr. Cotton is typical of people in government on the front lines of these emergencies. He takes risks that he believes he can handle. He couldn't. It is not sincerely his fault. He does the unthinkable because of his dedication to leadership.
While Mr. Cotton is a leader and very brave to assist with the assessment of how best to protect the public, HE SHOULD HAVE PROCEEDED with his job AFTER BEING ADVISED by emergency management personnel from US Homeland Security. That didn't happen, so Mr. Cotton went forward with the knowledge at hand and this was the result.
The USA government managed by Trump is incapable of leading and providing the best way forward with any emergency. The first question is "Who is in charge?" Denying the seriousness of this virus and calling it no more dangerous than the flu is opening the country and it's people to danger.
State Governors have no one to turn to at this point. The CDC, NIH, WHO and major hospitals like the Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, John Hopkins in Baltimore and the New York Presbyterian Hospital along with University of California hospitals should be tapped for advice and BEST PRACTICES.
March 9, 2020
By Bernadette Hogan and Kato Sheenly
The head of the Port Authority (click here) — who has been visiting local airports — has the coronavirus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday, as the state’s infection toll rose by 37, to now 142 patients.
Cuomo said he himself “could have been in contact” with infected PA Executive Director Rick Cotton but hasn’t been tested because he’s an “improbable positive,” meaning he isn’t likely to have the virus.
The governor didn’t say how Cotton may have contracted the potentially deadly bug but noted that the executive director “has been at the airports, obviously, when many people were coming back with the virus.
Cuomo specifically mentioned JFK Airport in Queens.
Cotton “will be working from home, and now the senior team that works with Rick will also be tested so several of them may be on quarantine and they’ll be working from home,” Cuomo said.
The PA chief and his “senior leadership team” are under a 14-day quarantine, officials later added....
While Mr. Cotton is a leader and very brave to assist with the assessment of how best to protect the public, HE SHOULD HAVE PROCEEDED with his job AFTER BEING ADVISED by emergency management personnel from US Homeland Security. That didn't happen, so Mr. Cotton went forward with the knowledge at hand and this was the result.
The USA government managed by Trump is incapable of leading and providing the best way forward with any emergency. The first question is "Who is in charge?" Denying the seriousness of this virus and calling it no more dangerous than the flu is opening the country and it's people to danger.
State Governors have no one to turn to at this point. The CDC, NIH, WHO and major hospitals like the Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, John Hopkins in Baltimore and the New York Presbyterian Hospital along with University of California hospitals should be tapped for advice and BEST PRACTICES.
March 9, 2020
By Bernadette Hogan and Kato Sheenly
The head of the Port Authority (click here) — who has been visiting local airports — has the coronavirus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday, as the state’s infection toll rose by 37, to now 142 patients.
Cuomo said he himself “could have been in contact” with infected PA Executive Director Rick Cotton but hasn’t been tested because he’s an “improbable positive,” meaning he isn’t likely to have the virus.
The governor didn’t say how Cotton may have contracted the potentially deadly bug but noted that the executive director “has been at the airports, obviously, when many people were coming back with the virus.
Cuomo specifically mentioned JFK Airport in Queens.
Cotton “will be working from home, and now the senior team that works with Rick will also be tested so several of them may be on quarantine and they’ll be working from home,” Cuomo said.
The PA chief and his “senior leadership team” are under a 14-day quarantine, officials later added....
It is not safe to travel at this time! Remember the words "STAYCATION."
March 8, 2020
By Tanya Snyder and Brianna Gurcillo
New guidance from the CDC (click here) urges travelers, especially the elderly and those with compromised health, to avoid long plane trips “and especially” cruises — a stark shift in rhetoric from an administration that had previously appeared reluctant to discourage Americans from moving around the globe.
The CDC now recommends that travelers “defer all cruise ship travel worldwide” and notes that “cruise ship passengers are at increased risk of person-to-person spread of infectious diseases, including COVID-19.” The State Department on Sunday also recommended against cruise travel, citing an increased risk of coronavirus infection, and issued a warning that citizens should not rely on repatriation flights "as an option for U.S. citizens under the potential risk of quarantine by local authorities.”...
By Tanya Snyder and Brianna Gurcillo
New guidance from the CDC (click here) urges travelers, especially the elderly and those with compromised health, to avoid long plane trips “and especially” cruises — a stark shift in rhetoric from an administration that had previously appeared reluctant to discourage Americans from moving around the globe.
The CDC now recommends that travelers “defer all cruise ship travel worldwide” and notes that “cruise ship passengers are at increased risk of person-to-person spread of infectious diseases, including COVID-19.” The State Department on Sunday also recommended against cruise travel, citing an increased risk of coronavirus infection, and issued a warning that citizens should not rely on repatriation flights "as an option for U.S. citizens under the potential risk of quarantine by local authorities.”...
Trump is lame. Sorry for the analogy to the sincerely physically lame.
To the left is a BIO-CONTAINMENT Unit. I would be confident a unit like this would handily protect the care givers as well as the air around the containment unit. It is a unit that is easily used in transport.
This is the kind of containment unit that can be placed on ships and used when people are tested for positive or they develop symptoms of the virus. It is highly effective and very mobile. There is no reason for all this mess going on with the cruise ships.
THIS IS NOT NEW or REVOLUTIONARY TECHNOLOGY. IT IS TRIED AND TRUE.
For these biocontainment units to work and guarantee containment of the virus it requires QUALIFIED STAFF familiar with it's operation. The team of professionals wear special biocontainment suits to protect them from ACCIDENTS with any unit. They are also protecting the COMPROMISED patient from any potential infection with a weakened body condition.
I don't know what kind of medical professionals line the Board of Directors Room at these cruise ships, but, they should be required to have a Board Certified Physician/Surgeon as a part of their high level management team. Also, there needs to be well staffed and equipped "Hospital Unit" on these ships.
My mother, currently 85 years old has been traveling a lot over the past ten years after outliving my father by ten years. He passed in 2010 and travel helps her find her own identity separate from the woman that mourned her loving husband of 66 years. I am asking her to now stay at home and not make anymore travel plans until this health emergency passes. I love my mother and her mother and my grandmother lived well into her 90s, so, I expect my mother to be in this world for at the very least 10 more years. She would be one of the causalities if exposed to this virus.
I cannot tell you how disillusioned I am by the loss of expertise and prompt action by the federal government. Trump has gutted the experts because he claims to know everything. HE DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING!
The existence of this biocontainment unit alone PROVES that Trump is not doing anything to help those suffering from the virus.
A cruise ships MUST have an evacuation agreement with every port they visit regardless the country. No seriously ill passenger should be maintained with the same ventilation system as the state rooms or the captain's bridge or any other room of the ship. The hospital unit on the ships have to maintain an independent ventilation system from the rest of the ship. The unit has to be equipped with filters that act on the air as it enters the unit and expelled to the outside air.
The cruise ships have been the source of many infected passengers before Covid-19. Norovirus is know to be a problem on these ships. (click here) This is not a new problem. The regulation of these ships are necessary for many reasons.
December 18, 2018
One of the worst Ebola outbreaks in history (click here) is happening right now with hundreds of confirmed cases of the deadly virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The biocontainment unit (BCU) at The Johns Hopkins Hospital is a state-of-the-art facility designed to care for patients with high consequence pathogens, such as Ebola. Since its opening in 2015, the BCU, one of 10 regional centers in the U.S., has served as a site of research and training for highly infectious diseases. Staff members are now passing on that knowledge to other Maryland hospitals.
Through the support of an $800,000 grant from the Maryland Department of Health, the BCU team has begun a statewide program aimed at supporting and providing resources to special pathogen assessment hospitals. These hospitals can safely isolate and care for a suspected Ebola patient until a diagnosis is confirmed or ruled out, and the patient is transferred or discharged. As part of the grant, the BCU team is able to travel to each of the five assessment hospitals in Maryland to understand each facility’s successes and challenges in preparing for patients with Ebola....
This is ridiculous. There is nothing that troubling to allow the people off board from the ship. Hospitals and the NIH can provide the STANDARD used by them to handle infectious disease.
The Rooster
"Okeydoke"
Donald “Kompromat” Trump’s advice to our senior citizens to fly and travel will cause them illness and quite possibly death. Listen to Pope Francis. The Pope has excellent advisors and covets the health of people of all nations and religions. Pope Francis loves people, not their money. People give to the Catholic Church because it cares for them. I swear, Trump loves to cause people misery because it makes him feel powerful. Don’t listen to Donald “Grim Reaper” Trump.
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