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Coronavirus (Stay on Topic)
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Homemade Apple Pie...
Here are the world markets all down as well
I'm curious as to how long it takes for other cases to start showing up once they've been exposed? I mean I noticed in NC for instance, they've basically mapped out everywhere the one patient here has been, including RDU Airport, a local popular restaurant and his church.... as contagious as it is, aren't we fairly confident that someone in any of those locations has contracted Covid-19?
Downeastnc
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Its more a matter of actually testing, there are probably dozens of people in NC positive for Corona....it literally is not being checked for its like we are going out of our way to not test people that need to be tested......
Stuff like this...
"I just landed at JFK after reporting on
Yep the key is testing. Right now we just approved the funding for wayyyyy more test kits and they’ll come in in the coming weeks o think we get 75000 spread out this week and next week and then millions get deployed after that ... this story isn’t going away for a while
smast16
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Now wait one cotton picking minute here. If the Gov't is authorizing money for the CDC to create more kits, who are then dissiminated through the states down to the local hospitals.... Why are governors forcing Insurance companies to cover testing? If the test was paid for by the gov't why am I paying insurance costs for this??
Am i missing something here?
I don't think it's as simple as more test, which obviously is needed, but the logistics behind it. Not sure how in the world you track down every single person he may have come into contact with and test them.
Yep. It can take a while to show symptoms, but I expect that sooner or later, we'll start seeing reports pop up, tied to this person...that is, if we test for it, like others have said.
Yellow Snow
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This article isn't exactly a shocker; kids are walking disease vectors who spend all day in a germ factory (school).
www.nasdaq.com
Kids May Be the Hidden Carriers of COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, affects those it infects in widely varied ways. Its symptoms of fever, coughing, and fatigue can be so mild that a person can go about their daily routine normally, or so severe that they develop into pneumonia, which is the path
I dont know if you are or not we just got funding approved for MANY things and more testing is only a part of what it is funding .. more tests that go out the less we will have to pay for them I assume
NoSnowATL
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Does the government pay for the flu vaccine? People pay $20 for that shot right? If you go to the doctor you pay the co pay to be seen right?
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snowlover91
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This right here... at this point it's pretty much logistically impossible IMO to do the testing needed with how widespread this is. The issue isn't just in the US but also globally with people flying in/out... not to mention who they may be in contact with during that time on those flights, at airports, restaurants, etc. I said it a few days ago, I think this is too widespread at this point to effectively do anything about it outside of testing those who are showing symptoms and doing what is possible to keep them from spreading it to those most at risk. Furthermore, even people who have been quarantined have not been following it in some areas. The only option would be to basically shut everything down for 3-4 weeks, which still likely would not work since this is global, and the economic effects of that could possibly be far more harmful than the coronavirus itself. JMO on it but I think the US is taking the approach of letting this run its course now that this is so widespread globally while trying to contain those who are displaying symptoms as much as possible.
Rally in the market today going to be huge.
Yellow Snow
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Correct - in fact a huge chunk of the $8.3 billion package is broadly appropriated to public health agencies to use at their discretion, e.g., $2.2 billion to "CDC–Wide Activities and Program Support", an additional $3.1 billion to the HHS Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund's existing $2.6 billion FY 2020 budget, etc.
Text - H.R.6074 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020
Text for H.R.6074 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020
www.congress.gov
Second confirmed case in Chatham county in NC
unrelated to the first case
unrelated to the first case
Downeastnc
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We are a day late and a dollar short at any attempt to limit the virus in America.....once these finally available test start getting used the number of cases will shoot up and so will the closing of schools and businesses etc.
Well yep that didn't take long, 2nd NC case and it's not related to the first one...
He did travel to Italy
"A North Carolina man from Chatham County traveled in late February to an area in Italy that now has a COVID-19 outbreak. He had two days of mild, flu-like symptoms while in Italy. His fever resolved and symptoms were improving, and he flew back to the United States the following day. This person was a contact to a case in Georgia and the Georgia Department of Health notified North Carolina health officials"
He did travel to Italy
"A North Carolina man from Chatham County traveled in late February to an area in Italy that now has a COVID-19 outbreak. He had two days of mild, flu-like symptoms while in Italy. His fever resolved and symptoms were improving, and he flew back to the United States the following day. This person was a contact to a case in Georgia and the Georgia Department of Health notified North Carolina health officials"
Why is it taking so long for people to come forward? Fear?
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