COVID-19 Coronavirus UPDATES, BANS, CLOSURES, ADVISORY, etc.

[Pheroze]

New York City’s multitentacled subway system was a major disseminator – if not the principal transmission vehicle – of coronavirus infection during the initial takeoff of the massive epidemic that became evident throughout the city during March 2020.

THE SUBWAYS SEEDED THE MASSIVE CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC IN NEW YORK CITY Jeffrey E. Harris Working Paper 27021 http://www.nber.org/papers/w27021 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 April 2020

 

[Daniel V]

Some big commercial fishing vessels have been exempt and are proceeding to fish for tuna in the Cape but only a handful

 

[Brent in Az]

New York City’s multitentacled subway system was a major disseminator – if not the principal transmission vehicle – of coronavirus infection during the initial takeoff of the massive epidemic that became evident throughout the city during March 2020.

THE SUBWAYS SEEDED THE MASSIVE CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC IN NEW YORK CITY Jeffrey E. Harris Working Paper 27021 http://www.nber.org/papers/w27021 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 April 2020

That, and the fact thay NYC is an international travel hub.

 

[LivingTheDream]

Any bets that soon it will be reported that Epstien was actually killed by the Coronavirus??

 

[Brent in Az]

Any bets that soon it will be reported that Epstien was actually killed by the Coronavirus??

Clintonvirus, took his life.

 

[BRICKBURN]

1918 Spanish Flu, to be renamed properly after the actual origin in Kansas, USA:

1918 American Flu

The parallels between 102 years ago and today make a rather interesting read.

Denial; "Oh, it's just the flu."
Erroneous attributions: Source country; France, Spain, deaths,
Censorship & Media manipulation; "Have to keep morale up", "The Flu" does not exist.
Health care overwhelmed; No Doctors, etc.
Prescribing untried medication without knowledge (out of desperation). Aspirin.

The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, the deadliest in history, infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide—about one-third of the planet’s population—and killed an estimated 20 million to 50 million victims, including some 675,000 Americans. The 1918 flu was first observed in Europe, the United States and parts of Asia before swiftly spreading around the world. At the time, there were no effective drugs or vaccines to treat this killer flu strain. Citizens were ordered to wear masks, schools, theaters and businesses were shuttered and bodies piled up in makeshift morgues before the virus ended its deadly global march.



What Is the Flu?
Influenza, or flu, is a virus that attacks the respiratory system. The flu virus is highly contagious: When an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks, respiratory droplets are generated and transmitted into the air, and can then can be inhaled by anyone nearby.

Additionally, a person who touches something with the virus on it and then touches his or her mouth, eyes or nose can become infected.



Flu Season
In the United States, “flu season” generally runs from late fall into spring. In a typical year, more than 200,000 Americans are hospitalized for flu-related complications, and over the past three decades, there have been some 3,000 to 49,000 flu-related U.S. deaths annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Young children, people over age 65, pregnant women and people with certain medical conditions, such as asthma, diabetes or heart disease, face a higher risk of flu-related complications, including pneumonia, ear and sinus infections and bronchitis.

A flu pandemic, such as the one in 1918, occurs when an especially virulent new influenza strain for which there’s little or no immunity appears and spreads quickly from person to person around the globe.

Spanish Flu Symptoms
The first wave of the 1918 pandemic occurred in the spring and was generally mild. The sick, who experienced such typical flu symptoms as chills, fever and fatigue, usually recovered after several days, and the number of reported deaths was low.

However, a second, highly contagious wave of influenza appeared with a vengeance in the fall of that same year. Victims died within hours or days of developing symptoms, their skin turning blue and their lungs filling with fluid that caused them to suffocate. In just one year, 1918, the average life expectancy in America plummeted by a dozen years.

World War I servicemen.

In fact, more U.S. soldiers died from the 1918 flu than were killed in battle during the war. Forty percent of the U.S. Navy was hit with the flu, while 36 percent of the Army became ill, and troops moving around the world in crowded ships and trains helped to spread the killer virus.

Although the death toll attributed to the Spanish flu is often estimated at 20 million to 50 million victims worldwide, other estimates run as high as 100 million victims—around 3 percent of the world’s population. The exact numbers are impossible to know due to a lack of medical record-keeping in many places.

What is known, however, is that few locations were immune to the 1918 flu—in America, victims ranged from residents of major cities to those of remote Alaskan communities. Even President reportedly contracted the flu in early 1919 while negotiating the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I.

Why Was The Spanish Flu Called The Spanish Flu?
The Spanish Flu [did not originate in Spain, though news coverage of it did. During World War I, Spain was a neutral country with a free media that covered the outbreak from the start, first reporting on it in Madrid in late May of 1918. Meanwhile, Allied countries and the Central Powers had wartime censors who covered up news of the flu to keep morale high. Because Spanish news sources were the only ones reporting on the flu, many believed it originated there (the Spanish, meanwhile, believed the virus came from France and called it the “French Flu.”)



Where Did The Spanish Flu Come From?
Scientists still do not know for sure where the Spanish Flu originated, though theories point to France, China, Britain, or the United States, where the first known case was reported at Camp Funston in Fort Riley, Kansas, on March 11, 1918.

Some believe infected soldiers spread the disease to other military camps across the country, then brought it overseas. In March 1918, 84,000 American soldiers headed across the Atlantic and were followed by 118,000 more the following month.



Fighting the Spanish Flu
When the 1918 flu hit, doctors and scientists were unsure what caused it or how to treat it. Unlike today, there were no effective vaccines or antivirals, drugs that treat the flu. (The first licensed flu vaccine appeared in America in the 1940s. By the following decade, vaccine manufacturers could routinely produce vaccines that would help control and prevent future pandemics.)

New York City approached people they’d seen spitting on the street and gave them cards that read: “You are in violation of the Sanitary Code.”

Aspirin Poisoning and the Flu
With no cure for the flu, many doctors prescribed medication that they felt would alleviate symptoms… including, which had been trademarked by Bayer in 1899—a patent that expired in 1917, meaning new companies were able to produce the drug during the Spanish Flu epidemic.

Before the spike in deaths attributed to the Spanish Flu in 1918, the U.S. Surgeon General, Navy and the Journal of the American Medical Association had all recommended the use of aspirin. Medical professionals advised patients to take up to 30 grams per day, a dose now known to be toxic. (For comparison’s sake, the medical consensus today is that doses above four grams are unsafe.) Symptoms of aspirin poisoning include hyperventilation and pulmonary edema, or the buildup of fluid in the lungs, and it’s now believed that many of the October deaths were actually caused or hastened by aspirin poisoning.

The Flu Takes Heavy Toll on Society
The flu took a heavy human toll, wiping out entire families and leaving countless widows and orphans in its wake. Funeral parlors were overwhelmed and bodies piled up. Many people had to dig graves for their own family members.

The flu was also detrimental to the economy. In the United States, businesses were forced to shut down because so many employees were sick. Basic services such as mail delivery and garbage collection were hindered due to flu-stricken workers.

In some places there weren’t enough farm workers to harvest crops. Even state and local health departments closed for business, hampering efforts to chronicle the spread of the 1918 flu and provide the public with answers about it.


How U.S. Cities Tried to Stop The 1918 Flu Pandemic
A devastating second wave of the Spanish Flu hit American shores in the summer of 1918, as returning soldiers infected with the disease spread it to the general population—especially in densely-crowded cities. Without a vaccine or approved treatment plan, it fell to local mayors and healthy officials to improvise plans to safeguard the safety of their citizens. With pressure to appear patriotic at wartime and with a censored media downplaying the disease’s spread, many made tragic decisions.

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https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemic

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

China Epicenter of 1918 Flu Pandemic, Historian Says
According to new research by a Canadian historian, the 1918 flu outbreak that killed 50 million people originated in China.

https://www.history.com/news/china-epicenter-of-1918-flu-pandemic-historian-says

 

[BRICKBURN]

China Epicenter of 1918 Flu Pandemic, Historian Says
According to new research by a Canadian historian, the 1918 flu outbreak that killed 50 million people originated in China.

https://www.history.com/news/china-epicenter-of-1918-flu-pandemic-historian-says

Don't trust a Canadian.

 

[jeanes]

TRUST NO ONE. The truth is out there.

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

Don't trust a Canadian.

So this paper, published in China, says there is no evidence the 1918 pandemic originated in China.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1726490115002610

 

[spike.t]

 

[Nyati]

The Oktoberfest in Munich, and the San Fermín (running of the bulls) in Pamplona have been canceled

 

[spike.t]

The Oktoberfest in Munich, and the San Fermín (running of the bulls) in Pamplona have been canceled

Saw that in news app.....seems everything is being cancelled......

 

[Wheels]

.......and the San Fermín (running of the bulls) in Pamplona have been canceled

.....and I had already bought my white pants, shirt and red belt and had been training so hard.....

This is the year when national heritage events will not take place. Hopefully 2021 will be much better.

 

[Standard Velocity]

Our state is going to be launching into reopening immediately. Restaurants will still be closed but most other businesses will be open.

The rate of new cases has not plateaued here and the health department doesn’t sound optimistic about the plan. The southeast has not, in my opinion, seen it’s biggest spike yet.

I don’t believe this is going to be a wise decision for our state but hope I’m wrong. I plan to be pretty cautious for two to three weeks anyway. Fingers crossed.

 

[Wheels]

 

[BRICKBURN]

Those two ingredients will make an absolutely devastating cocktail.

 

[Wheels]

Those two ingredients will make an absolutely devastating cocktail.

2020 may become the defining year of our generation.

 

[Scott CWO]

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Mike, please send me this picture on WhatsApp. Thanks.

 

[Wheels]

Life is full of risks. We make decisions everyday, where we manage risk. There is currently enough information in the public domain regarding the virus for an adult to determine for himself/herself the risks they are willing to take. We are currently at the point with this virus that the government should step back and let the individual have self determination!


This moment in time reminds me of a great quote by Hunter Thompson:

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”

What an epitaph!