{COVID-19} Coronavirus Pandemic: Toilet Paper Rationing

[mallister]

California putting out the call to medical professionals of all stripes, including students:

https://covid19.ca.gov/healthcorps/

[Dimmauk]

You want sobering news? Even trump is saying we are looking at 100k casualties in the states as a best case scenario.

The virus response coordinator, Dr. Birx, says it's more like 200k if we handle it perfectly, which isnt happening.

https://news.yahoo.com/dr-birx-predi...115800421.html

That number seems incredibly high.

[6souls]

That number seems incredibly high.

A couple days ago Trump's task force was estimating 200k-300k.

[Guitarman]

Megachurch pastor who had congregation yesterday of over a THOUSAND people against orders was arrested and put up on charges.

https://www.fox13news.com/news/tampa...at-home-orders

[Roranora]

That number seems incredibly high.

nah, high is 1.5 million, which is closer to upper bound estimates for the least social distancing and other measures

[6souls]

[zoobernut]

So how much truth is there to the idea that China is far worse off than they are sharing and their numbers are closer to hundreds of thousands sick and 40k+ dead? It seems like the world could have been better prepared if the true severity of this was shared earlier on.

Edit: It also seems like that maybe their heavy duty quarantine measures were not as effective as people think?

[Krandor]

China is definitely lying but no one knows how much and we honestly might never know.

[6souls]

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-...ost_type=share

The UK will begin charging anyone who coughs on another person. Those caught face six months in jail.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-...ost_type=share

A man spat in an officer's face and claimed to have been infected. The man tested negative, but has been sentenced to 12 months in jail.

[mallister]

There werent any measures until much too late.

[Dimmauk]

A couple days ago Trump's task force was estimating 200k-300k.

I could see globally. If that's nationally, then we will all know someone that will die.

[Yabby]

So how much truth is there to the idea that China is far worse off than they are sharing and their numbers are closer to hundreds of thousands sick and 40k+ dead? It seems like the world could have been better prepared if the true severity of this was shared earlier on.

Edit: It also seems like that maybe their heavy duty quarantine measures were not as effective as people think?

[6souls]

https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-...ashman-center/

Vegas has turned a carpark into an outdoor "shelter" for the homeless.

[Cail]

CT's federal disaster declaration approved.

We're at 1993 confirmed cases and 34 deaths

An increase of 578 confirmed cases in the last 24hrs

[Cail]

Iran’s Health Ministry said Monday that the country’s coronavirus death toll had reached 2,757, as state media reported unrest inside several of the country’s prisons.

“In the past 24 hours, we had 117 new deaths and 3,186 new confirmed cases of people infected with the coronavirus,” Kianush Jahanpur, a ministry spokesman, told state television, calling on Iranians to stay at home. With more than 41,000 confirmed cases, Iran is the site of the Middle East’s worst outbreak.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...s-latest-news/

[Cail]

The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Spain exceeded China’s reported figures on Monday, as Spanish authorities said there were more than 6,000 new cases within 24 hours.

The total number of confirmed cases in Spain rose to 85,195 by Monday, Spanish authorities said, whereas China had reported 82,356 by Sunday, according to the World Health Organization. New cases in China remain rare, despite concerns over imported infections and potential underreporting of asymptomatic carriers of the virus.

The number of health workers infected by the coronavirus in Spain also continued to climb, hitting 12,298 professionals on Monday.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...s-latest-news/

[Cail]

The Hungarian parliament Monday passed a bill allowing its populist prime minister Viktor Orban to govern unchallenged for an emergency period with no clear time limit.

The government has argued the measures are necessary to fight the coronavirus outbreak, but rights groups say it effectively suspends democracy in the country by removing checks and balances on the executive and allowing Orban to govern by decree.

The legislation is another cause of concern for the European Union, which already launched punitive proceedings against Hungary due to concerns over the slipping rule of law in the country.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...s-latest-news/

[Malithar]

God damn, 1/7th of their cases are the people helping. Are the asymptomatic infected medical staff continuing to treat others, or do they all end up side lined, making more die from lack of care?

[6souls]

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-...ost_type=share

President Trump says private companies working with the government are soon going to outpace the nation's needs.

He says 8,100 ventilators have been sent out thus far. Four hundred more are going to Michigan, 300 to New Jersey, 150 to Illinois, 150 to Louisiana, 50 to Connecticut.

Mr Trump adds that the Ford Motor Company will be producing 50,000 new ventilators and doing so "in less than 100 days".

[Cail]

An additional 812 people have died in Italy after contracting the novel coronavirus, officials there said Monday, bringing the country’s total number of deaths linked to the outbreak to 11,591.

Monday’s death toll was up slightly from Sunday, when 756 people were confirmed dead, but down from Friday, when Italy recorded 919 deaths, the highest daily death toll of any country since the outbreak was first recorded in China late last year.

An additional 1,648 people in Italy were diagnosed with the coronavirus, officials said Monday, bringing the country’s total number of confirmed cases to 101,739. That’s down from 3,815 new cases Sunday.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...s-latest-news/