Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2/Covid-19 Megathread

[Tamas]

64 new cases in the UK.

Certainly not slowing down but not exploding either, I guess.

[Iormlund]

Police in CBRN suits getting ready to patrol the town of Haro, currently in lockdown. Spain's largest outbreak has been traced back to this town (the funeral Larchie spoke about)

Huh, I was there last year to enjoy some Rioja. It's a rather small place though, easy to contain.

It's less the place itself than the nature of those contained therein. AFAIK the outbreak started when members of a gypsy clan attended a funeral despite being on lockdown. Thus the police intervention.

[Liep]

I might have missed something, but why are South Korea able to test so many more people than the rest of the world?

[Iormlund]

They might be taking this seriously.

[Legbiter]

The result was that many people living in Milan and area (being this the most productive region of Italy, there's a lot of internal immigration towards the district) left in a hurry, to return to their native homes before a presumed lockdown.
Trains were full, buses were full, and no one knows what will happen tomorrow morning when industries and offices will open.

L.

They just spread the pandemic to the rest of Italy, thus defeating the purpose of the lockdown.

[Sheilbh]

64 new cases in the UK.

Certainly not slowing down but not exploding either, I guess.

Yeah - I've got no basis for this but I do think it will increase and we'll be a bit like Germany probably more than Italy.

But at this stage it doesn't seem too out of control and we seem to have had luckily few "super-spreaders" here.

Also got a Whatsapp from a friend who's been washing her hands so much they're bleeding

So perhaps people are just taking the advice a little bit too seriously at times.

[Legbiter]

6 more cases here today, all either already in quarantine after arriving from Italy or close family members of theirs. An entire shift of ICU nurses and their families are out of action because one of them tested positive after coming back from holiday. Visitors to retirement homes, the local hospital and other care facilities are barred from coming. Religious services are being cancelled and there's serious talk of doing Lutheran confirmations, which start at the end of this month, via the internet. The last one affects me, our oldest son is getting confirmed in a few weeks and relatives were due to arrive from Norway and Britain. I've already told my grandfather and aunt to not come for their own safety.

[Zanza]

I might have missed something, but why are South Korea able to test so many more people than the rest of the world?

China can supposedly test one million per day now...

[Tamas]

Also got a Whatsapp from a friend who's been washing her hands so much they're bleeding

Ok that is just messed up.

[Fate]

64 new cases in the UK.

Certainly not slowing down but not exploding either, I guess.

It will be thousands within two weeks if testing is performed on all symptomatic people.

[Fate]

The Hill: CDC has tested 1,583 people for coronavirus | TheHill.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/486452-cdc-has-tested-1583-people-for-coronavirus

The province of British Columbia has tested more than the US.

Pence said the CDC suppliers are supposed to send out 1 million tests Monday and up to 4 million by the end of the week. We're kinda in limbo until then and limiting who we're testing. He may be full of bullshit and covering for Trump, though.

[Iormlund]

I think I'll call my doc tomorrow. I don't expect them to know much about the virus, but it would be nice to know what to do regarding medication and if/when I should skip work (since I work with a thousand people).

[Legbiter]

Can you work remotely, at least a little bit Iormlund?

[Grey Fox]

I think Mono might be right & it might time for us to buy some inane amount of Toilet paper rolls for the inevitable quarantine. 

[Legbiter]

By the way, how is Canada doing? I'm not hearing about any big clusters popping up or people dying.