Posted on 01/23/2020 5:14:15 PM PST by Windflier
Texas investigates a THIRD potential US coronavirus case as second suspected victim is hospitalized in LA and doctors monitor SIXTEEN people who came into contact with Patient Zero in Washington State.
Health officials in Brazos County on Thursday said they are investigating a suspected case of the deadly new coronavirus.
The person possibly infected, who has not been named, recently traveled to Wuhan - the Chinese city where the disease originated.
They have been isolated in their home after health care providers recognized their symptoms as consistent with the coronavirus.
So far only one US case of the virus has been confirmed in Washington state.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
And you weep after you reap what you sow.
He may have flown nonstop from Beijing to Houston.
He may have flown nonstop from Beijing to Houston.
Could have. Or, JFK. Or, LA.
More info....
....”The patient we’re tracking had very mild symptoms,” Dr. Eric Wilke, of the Brazos County Health Department, said at a Thursday news conference.
The patient is in isolation at home as health care workers are performing tests to determine whether the student contracted the coronavirus. Wilke said the department expects to have results back from the CDC in Atlanta by Monday at the latest.
Should the case be confirmed, health officials will begin contact tracing to determine with which individuals he came in contact and whether to monitor them.
Wilke did not say whether the student lived on campus.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/coronavirus-live-updates-china-locks-cities/story?id=68478585
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
He probably got infected in China over winter break and came through IAH on his way back to College Station.
My son flew in and out of IAH When he was a student at A&M and coming home to California.
Yes...IAH is Houston area largest international airport.
So Washington State, Los Angeles and Texas.
Tennessee is slowly being surrounded.
Can you make a medical bubble out of bubble wrap and duct tape?
That is an ugly thing to say.
No sensationalism here. It compares more to pneumonia than the flu.
It’s kind of a SARS-lite.
Considering this is the medium that uses “deadly” writing of that Charlottesville protest, yeah, I think it could be. 1 death paints it all “deadly”.
Not saying this can’t be dangerous. Just saying I don’t think it’s the “deadly” level of ebola, e.g., yet. Ebola was basically certain death.
We haven’t even heard the nature of the deaths yet - again, are they just old people or HIV people who have a harder time with it all, or what?
"...Coronavirus patients in Washington and Texas..."
Add me to the Texas ping list please
The flu causes pneumonia....
China not so much....even with their economic success they still have many areas of poor hygiene and suspect food....
viruses, like bacteria are opportunistic......if one is reasonably healthy with a reasonable clean source of food and water, they should be okay.
What are the symptoms to look out for?
FYI..Internet search for you:The symptoms of most coronaviruses are similar to any other upper respiratory infection, including runny nose, coughing, sore throat, and sometimes a fever. In most cases, you won't know whether you have a coronavirus or a different cold-causing virus, such as rhinovirus.You could get lab tests, including nose and throat cultures and bloodwork, to find out whether your cold was caused by a coronavirus, but there's no reason to. The test results wouldn't change how you treat your symptoms, which typically go away in a few days.
Symptoms include:
sneezing
a runny nose
fatigue
a cough
in rare cases,feverBut if a coronavirus infection spreads to the lower respiratory tract (your windpipe and your lungs), it can cause pneumonia, especially in older people, people with heart disease, or people with weakened immune systems.
a sore throat
exacerbated asthmaCoronaviruses can spread in the following ways:
Coughing and sneezing without covering the mouth can disperse droplets into the air, spreading the virus.Touching or shaking hands with a person that has the virus can pass the virus from one person to another.Making contact with a surface or object that has the virus and then touching your nose, eyes, or mouth.On rare occasions, a coronavirus may spread through contact with feces.
People in the U.S. are more likely to contract the disease in the winter or fall. The disease is still active during the rest of the year. Young people are most likely to contract a coronavirus, and people can contract more than one infection over the course of a lifetime. Most people will become infected with at least one coronavirus in their life.
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