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Having relatives and friends scattered all over the globe, I am getting an overload of input (some on the record and some off the record).

My intention for this thread is for community members from around the world to post first hand stories and/or links to information sources that, for the most part, should be reliable.

In my community, just outside a major southeastern city, 'assets' have been placed. Only because I have friends in both high and low places have I heard about some of this. At this point it is only some basic medical supplies that should be equally distributed anyway in preparation for a natural emergency (hurricane/wildfire/etc.).

I will start with posting a link to a site with current data that seems to come from an aggregate of sources and hope others will do the same as they come across similar sites/pages.

Because of the 'typhoid Mary' spread-ability of this disease, I feel we may be in for a really large spread globally which will impact the global economy and through extension, retail domain prices.

One thing is for sure...things will get worse before they get better.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa-coronavirus/
 
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The Singapore Solution
While the world shuts down in an effort to control the coronavirus pandemic, Singapore is more or less business as usual. Its schools and universities remain open and its restaurants and malls are operating – albeit with fewer customers.

So how has this Island State kept the new coronavirus under control, despite its strong business and cultural links with China?

As we find out in The Singapore Solution, the country was well prepared with a pandemic response plan. Once the world learned of this new coronavirus in December last year, the government acted on it.

Like many Asian countries, Singapore learned about the power of pandemics the hard way. When the deadly SARS (Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome) virus spread through north Asia seventeen years ago, governments were unprepared.

SARS killed hundreds of people across Asia, including thirty-three people in Singapore.

"We've been preparing for this since SARS ... this is something that is firmly etched in Singapore's medical history," explains Australian doctor Dale Fisher, an infectious diseases expert who is based in Singapore and is now part of the team battling the coronavirus.

To beat COVID-19, the Singaporeans have set up a network of clinics where symptomatic people can seek advice and if necessary, get sent for testing. Those who are positive are quarantined and tightly monitored.

Singaporeans are being asked to download a tracing app onto their phones. Those who are infected are subject to the "contact tracing" system, where health officials track down all those who’ve had contact with them.

Penalties for breaching these orders can be harsh. "If ... they’re caught ... there are jail terms," says Professor Dale Fisher.

Other measures include temperature checks outside public buildings and schools – those with a high temperature must go home – and clear public health messaging and information.

While the measures might evoke fears of a "surveillance state", they have been successful in flattening the rise of infections. The key to success has been to act fast and comprehensively.

Despite their success so far, authorities remain vigilant. As Singaporeans flock home to escape outbreaks elsewhere, the number of cases has begun to rise again. The government is tightening it’s polices and already the pandemic plan is being updated. Critics are asking if it’s enough.


Cheers
Corey
 
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Some Coronavirus Patients Show Signs of Brain Ailments

Doctors have observed neurological symptoms, including confusion, stroke and seizures, in a small subset of Covid-19 patients.

Neurologists around the world say that a small subset of patients with Covid-19 are developing serious impairments of the brain.

Although fever, cough and difficulty breathing are the typical hallmarks of infection with the new coronavirus, some patients exhibit altered mental status, or encephalopathy, a catchall term for brain disease or dysfunction that can have many underlying causes, as well as other serious conditions. These neurological syndromes join other unusual symptoms, such as diminished sense of smell and taste as well as heart ailments.
 
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An update on my friends cousin , I thought he said niece , but cousin in Louisiana who had COVID -19 passed away today, she was incubated almost since arrival to the hospital, her organs began to fail, she was 42 years old , lived in Metairie Louisiana
 
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@.X. Sorry for your loss

Cheers
Corey
 
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An update on my friends cousin , I thought he said niece , but cousin in Louisiana who had COVID -19 passed away today, she was incubated almost since arrival to the hospital, her organs began to fail, she was 42 years old , lived in Metairie Louisiana

So sorry.

Did she have pre-existing diseases?
 
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So sorry.

Did she have pre-existing diseases?

No Pre-Exsisting at all , completely healthy, It is thought that she got the virus at a funeral, A person at the funeral had COVID and didn't know it, 3 more people at the funeral have it right now, one is critical and the other two are recovering
 
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Current covid19 death numbers as of 9:00 am EST are below, primarily from the source in the original post (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus). Please copy and place the list to correct any wrong numbers and/or to add your country of origin.

Total: 49,153
US: 5,113
UK: 2,921
France: 4,032
Spain: 10,003
AU: 25
Italy: 13,155
Canada: 129
Indonesia: 170
India: 58
Mexico: 37
 
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An update on my friends cousin , I thought he said niece , but cousin in Louisiana who had COVID -19 passed away today, she was incubated almost since arrival to the hospital, her organs began to fail, she was 42 years old , lived in Metairie Louisiana

So sorry, @.X.
 
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An update on my friends cousin , I thought he said niece , but cousin in Louisiana who had COVID -19 passed away today, she was incubated almost since arrival to the hospital, her organs began to fail, she was 42 years old , lived in Metairie Louisiana

Sorry my condolences... COVID truly hit the world far too hard...

FL now starting to enact stay at home orders...

I thought that after the 3rd week of the stay-at-home deal, everyone with symptoms would show... and then there would be virtually no more new infections. But it seems we need to isolate more.
 
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An update on my friends cousin , I thought he said niece , but cousin in Louisiana who had COVID -19 passed away today, she was incubated almost since arrival to the hospital, her organs began to fail, she was 42 years old , lived in Metairie Louisiana

Ahhh man, sorry to hear that news! :xf.frown:

New Orleans is getting hit hard.... so sad to see. In a lot of ways they still haven't recovered from Hurricane Katrina 15 years ago.

Many years ago I used to live across the lake (Pontchartrain) from Metairie. New Orleans will always be dear to me. Great people, great food, beautiful scenery.

This morning I boxed up 10 pounds of N95 and P100 face masks and filters to donate to the city. I feel like they're getting overlooked compared to some places and I know they are really struggling. If anyone else has supplies to donate, check out their website. I emailed and got the mailing address - if anyone needs it PM me or email them.
 
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UK considers "immunity certificates" for those who have recovered from coronavirus

The United Kingdom is “looking at” the idea of an “immunity certificate” — or passport — for people who have had coronavirus and have got the antibodies, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Thursday.

People with the passports would be able to show them “and get as much as possible back to normal life," he said.

Asked if an immunity passport is a possible way out of the lockdown, Hancock said: “That is an important thing that we will be doing, that we are looking at.”

However, he cautioned: “It's too early in that science to be able to put clarity around that. I wish that we could but the reason that we can't is because the science isn't yet advanced enough.”

Hancock said the "number one thing people can do to get out of this as fast as possible" is to stay at home and follow social distancing measures.
 
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Navy removes commander of aircraft carrier hit by coronavirus outbreak

The commander of a US aircraft carrier that has been hit by a major outbreak of coronavirus has been relieved of command days after writing a memo warning Navy leadership that decisive action was needed to save the lives of the ship's crew, acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly announced on Thursday.

Modly told reporters that Crozier was not removed because of any evidence suggesting he leaked the memo to the press, but rather for allowing "the complexity of his challenge with the COVID breakout on the ship to overwhelm his ability to act professionally when acting professionally was what was needed the most at the time."

"I have no information nor am I trying to suggest that he leaked the information. It was published in the San Francisco Chronicle. It all came as a big surprise to all of us that it was in the paper and that's the first time I had seen it," he added. "What I will say, he sent it out pretty broadly and in sending it out broadly he did not take care to ensure that it couldn't be leaked and that's part of his responsibility in my opinion."

Modly said Crozier was relieved because he went outside the chain of command and sent his memo over an unsecured system adding to the chances it could be leaked.
 
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Navarro previews additional Defense Production Act action

Peter Navarro said President Donald Trump will sign an additional order that will crack down on price gouging related to personal protective equipment.

“There is a black market which you have described, where we’re having people bid against each other, brokers come in, they’re bidding and bidding on all this different (personal protective equipment),” Navarro, the White House’s Defense Production Act policy coordinator, said during the White House briefing. “It’s driving the price up and guess what? You know where it’s going? The domestic sources here are being exported.”

Navarro said the order will “empower Customs and Border Protection with the help of the people at the post office and express mail consigners like UPS to basically deal with that issue.”

“We are going to crack down unmercifully,” he added.
 
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Medical supplies seized from seller accused of hoarding get redistributed

The Health and Human Services Department said Thursday it used its authority under the Defense Production Act to distribute roughly 192,000 N95 respirator masks and a large haul of other scarce medical supplies that the FBI seized during the arrest of a Brooklyn man.

These supplies were distributed to healthcare workers in New York and New Jersey, HHS said.

Baruch Feldheim, 43, was arrested Monday after he allegedly coughed on FBI agents and told them he had the coronavirus. Prosecutors alleged in court documents that Feldheim sold the N95 masks to doctors and nurses at inflated prices; in one instance at as much as a 700% markup.

Justice Department prosecutors in Newark charged him with assaulting federal officers and making false statements to law enforcement.

Feldheim kept the items in a repair shop in Irvington, New Jersey, which contained enough materials to outfit an entire hospital, a doctor who purchased masks from Feldheim told authorities.

FBI agents, as part of the Justice Department's Covid-19 Hoarding and Price Gouging Task Force, seized the items, which in addition to the N95 masks also included: 598,000 medical-grade gloves, 130,000 surgical and other masks, surgical gowns, disinfectant towels, particulate filters, and bottles of hand sanitizer and spray disinfectants, the Justice Department and HHS said in a press release.

 
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NYC mayor says he told Trump to mobilize the military

Mayor Bill de Blasio said he told President Trump during a phone call Thursday that “a full mobilization of the military is needed" in New York City.

“I just think this is the only way we are all going to be able to get through this, and save as many lives as possible, is to use the military much more deeply,” de Blasio added.

Calling the coronavirus pandemic a wartime dynamic, de Blasio said, “Everyone in Washington has to understand that right now, too much of what’s happening is on a peacetime basis.”

De Blasio says he also told the President that it’s time to enlist medical personnel on a national basis.

“We don’t have the same kind of draft we used to have. But we’re gonna have to create something new, right now, at this moment in history, to enlist all available medical personnel from around the country with medical training — and I mean civilians — anyone with medical training, anywhere in the country, who can be spared by their city, their town, their state, to come to to the front,” de Blasio added. “And right now it’s New York City.”
 
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The Chinese city of Shenzhen has banned the eating of dogs and cats as part of a wider clampdown on the wildlife trade since the emergence of the new coronavirus.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-wildlife-idUSKBN21K0EW


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