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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Coronaplague Roundup:

2020-04-06

Coronavirus: Greece quarantines 2nd migrant camp
[DW] Public health authorities have locked down two migrant camps after residents tested positive for the novel coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)

...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
. Rights groups have called on Athens to move ~~migrants~~ colonists from squalid island camps to the mainland.

Greek authorities on Sunday announced that a second migrant camp has been placed under lockdown restrictions after a 53-year-old Afghan migrant tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

The Afghan man and his family reside in the Malakasa camp, which lies about 45 kilometers (28 miles) north of Athens. Public health authorities are attempting to trace the chain of transmission, although it could prove difficult with the camp hosting some 1,800 ~~migrants~~ colonists.

Greece last week placed the Ritsona migrant camp in northern Greece under lockdown. Both camps will remain under quarantine for at least 14 days, according to Greece's migration ministry.

More than 110,000 ~~migrants~~ colonists reside in overcrowded camps across the country, including 40,000 who live in squalid conditions on five Greek islands. Many of them arrived in 2015 after fleeing war and extreme poverty in the Middle East, Asia and Africa.

New Orleans Death Rate 3 Times Higher Than New York City
[OANN] Experts recently revealed coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)

...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
seems to be far deadlier in New Orleans, Louisiana, than anywhere else in the United States. New Orleans has reportedly experienced a COVID-19 death rate three times higher than New York City.

According to the CDC, 78 percent of patients in U.S. intensive care units had underlying conditions, such as obesity or diabetes.

Doctors in Louisiana have said this information is in line with the results they have been seeing in New Orleans cases.

"We think that a lot of the organ dysfunction that we see in this COVID syndrome is the result of excessive systemic inflammation," explained Dr. Kyle Happel. "We know that folks that are obese a lot of times have markers in their blood and, a lot of times, systemic inflammation."

As of Saturday, Louisiana reported more than 12,400 cases of COVID-19, with the corpse count reaching just over 400. The state’s health department has said that 97 percent of those killed by the virus had some form of preexisting condition.

Michigan surpasses 15,000 coronavirus cases, 600 deaths
[FREEP] The number of confirmed coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)

The #coronavirus death toll in #NewYork state rises to 4,159 up from 3,565 a day earlier, according to Governor Andrew Cuomo.#COVID_19 https://t.co/MojsW7kEl8
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) April 6, 2020

Checkpoints at Louisiana-Texas border open Sunday
[KHOU] The order does not apply to people traveling for military service, emergency response or healthcare workers coming to assist in the state.

#Italy records its lowest daily death toll of 525 from the #coronavirus in over two weeks and saw declining number of critical care patients for the second day.#COVID_19 https://t.co/h4LaeFw9HU
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) April 5, 2020

#Austria’s daily growth of #COVID_19 #coronavirus infections decreases to a single digit-percentage range from 40 percent three weeks ago as restrictions on people’s movement and the closure of schools and shops take effect, the health ministry says.https://t.co/toF12sALWA
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) April 5, 2020

British Prime Minister #BorisJohnson has been admitted to hospital for tests after showing persistent symptoms of #coronavirus ten days after testing positive for the virus.#COVID_19 https://t.co/wAL7NCVfLQ pic.twitter.com/ATCGjL7JJJ
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) April 5, 2020

UK COVID-19 death toll surpasses 4,900 as 621 deaths reported in 24 hours – government https://t.co/oMdqpr2tSA
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) April 6, 2020

Thousands of NY COVID patients are being treated with anti-malarial drug

[NYPOST] As many as 4,000 seriously ill coronavirus patients in New York are being treated with the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine, state health officials say.

President Trump has touted hydroxychloroquine as a potential life-saver, although there is no widespread scientific evidence to date showing it helps battle COVID-19.

But Gov. Andrew Cuomo last month said healthcare providers in the state would be using the drug in combination with the antibiotic Zithromax, or azithromycin, for some last-ditch cases, based on potentially promising research.

“Time is of the essence,’’ said Albany University Public Health Dean David Holtgrave, who is on the state’s research team, in a statement.

A state Health Department official said the DOH has shipped doses of hydroxychloroquine to 56 hospitals across New York, distributing enough “to treat 4,000 patients to date.”

Patients have received doses as part of four- or 10-day regimens, officials said.

The University of Albany’s School of Public Health is observing the drug’s impact on the patients, and its preliminary study could come back in weeks instead of the usual months, officials said.

UPDATE: 39 new cases of COVID-19 registered in China, one person died - health authorities#SputnikUpdates #CoronavirusPandemic https://t.co/97TjtQ2I7i
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) April 6, 2020

Bill de Blasio says New York City will run out of ventilators by Wednesday

[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]

Mayor said city needs up to 1,500 ventilators to get through next week

De Blasio also repeated call for medical volunteers from across nation to help

Mayor defended himself after being spotted in park with wife on Saturday

De Blasio wasn't covering his face despite city recommendations to do so

Mayor claimed he wore a scarf over face and there was nobody around

Seen in Prospect Park in Brooklyn some 10 miles from his official residence

As of Sunday, more than 67,500 NYC residents tested positive for COVID-19

There were 4,159 fatalities in New York State as of Sunday morning

A record 630 deaths were reported Saturday as fatalities dropped over 24 hours

'The apex could be a plateau and we could be on that plateau now', Cuomo said

There were 574 new hospitalizations Sunday - down from 1,095 on Saturday

And the number of people discharged from hospitals has also gone 'way up'

Philippines reports 8 additional coronavirus deaths, 152 new cases

Follow our live updates on #coronavirus here: https://t.co/vY4fVgAjuk
— Dawn.com (@dawn_com) April 5, 2020

Singapore reports 120 new coronavirus cases in record daily jump

Follow our live updates on #coronavirus here: https://t.co/vY4fVgAjuk
— Dawn.com (@dawn_com) April 5, 2020

Spain sees 3rd daily drop in coronavirus deaths, at 674

Follow our live updates on #coronavirus here: https://t.co/vY4fVgAjuk
— Dawn.com (@dawn_com) April 5, 2020

Malaysia reports 179 new coronavirus cases and four more deaths

Follow our live updates on #coronavirus here: https://t.co/vY4fVgAjuk
— Dawn.com (@dawn_com) April 5, 2020

Big cats getting the virus

A tiger the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, and six other big cats are exhibiting symptoms consistent with the illness, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Sunday afternoon. #Covid_19 https://t.co/QlepjsOHGR via @NatGeo
— Velina Tchakarova (@vtchakarova) April 6, 2020

France reports lowest daily virus toll in a week, total now 8,078

The Jerusalem Post adds:

For the third day in a row, the French health ministry also reported the cumulative tally of deaths in nursing homes since the start of the epidemic in early March, which were previously unreported.

This added another 2,028 deaths to the national tally for a total death toll of 7,560, an increase of 1,053 on the cumulative figure reported on Friday.
Previously unreported, nursing home deaths now make up nearly a third of total coronavirus deaths

Posted by:trailing wife

#16 apparently at his press conf today, Gov Cuomo said somthing positive about the hcq + antibiotic treatment regime

can't find the transcript - just people tweeting about it

Posted by: lord garth 2020-04-06 16:37

#15 1 Grecian Formula: Quarantine all of them

2 Snark I read y'day - Michigan shouldn't worry. They'll lose out to Iowa and Wisconsin, then drop out of the Top 20.

3 De Blasio is the one who needs to be ventilated

4. Phillipines - no 9 deaths since the cops shot a guy who refused to wear a mask.

Posted by: Mercutio 2020-04-06 15:26

#14 In NY there are probably dozens of different treatment regimes, some using HCQ for mild cases, some using HCQ only for serious cases, some using it for prophylactic, some with zinc some without zinc. Probably a few cases where they are still enlisting patients for clinical trials.

NY is truly the nation's hot spot for the Wu. About 45% of the USA Wu deaths are from NY. LA, MI and NJ together are about 25%

Posted by: lord garth 2020-04-06 14:48

#13 I’m guessing that doctors in NYC are prescribing HCQ to more patients earlier in the disease cycle and that is contributing to the reduced hospitalizations.

Posted by: Remoteman 2020-04-06 12:29

#12 * detailed

Posted by: Lex 2020-04-06 10:01

#11 Until we have derailed breakdowns of infection and fatalities by sub-region, neighborhood and ethnicity, we cannot say that Sweden's approach is not the wise approach.

It may well be the case that the spike we are now seeing in Sweden is concentrated in a small number of at-risk demographics groups clustered in a few districts or neighborhoods in central Stockholm.

We don't know for sure because apparently the Swedish authorities do not disaggregate their health stats by ethnicity or race.

But if those press reports from a week ago are correct, then this behavioral + demographic explanation of the trend in Sweden is the most likely one for Sweden's -- really, Stockholm's - recent COVID spike.

Posted by: Lex 2020-04-06 10:00

#10 #3 do you have any links?

In Swedish, here's one of many articles that leads with the "6 out of 15" statistic. It also includes a discussion of cultural aspects (cf. paragraph about "kukturella aspekter"), also a quote from a local Swedish Muslim named Jihan Mohamed, and that appears to have been written by someone from the Swedish Muslim community.

Posted by: Lex 2020-04-06 09:41

#9 Wells Fargo ($10 Billion Dollars allotted to them) is already out of SBA money for the small business payroll protection program (in only a few hours), leaving a massive number of small businesses in deep dodo.

Posted by: Phomoper Lumplump4826 2020-04-06 08:16

#8 About the tigers, wasn't there an article somewhere about the Chinese rounding up "pets" in Wuhan. You have to grow a virus in something be it a cell line or a host. House cats have been used as lab animals before, and this begins to sound like a badB-movie.

Posted by: Vinegar Spolusing6485 2020-04-06 08:01

#7 But Gov. Andrew Cuomo last month said healthcare providers in the state would be using the drug in combination with the antibiotic Zithromax, or azithromycin, for some last-ditch cases, based on potentially promising research.

Seems a few days late. Hydroxychloroquine is said to be the most effective during the early disease stage and avoids the need for ventilators. Almost like NY Government doesn't want to admit Trump may be right (again).

Posted by: Shock Ominese5736 2020-04-06 02:48

#6 #1 Well, that would explain why Swedes are so phlegmatic about coronavirus.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-06 02:36

#5 Curiously, we've not seen a single mention of a Chinese gov't or military stricken with the virus.

Posted by: Besoeker 2020-04-06 01:56

#4 TW, my guess wold be that they are nastier that others, seems to be a going thing with this pandemic.

Posted by: Chris 2020-04-06 01:47

#3 Do we know how many of the 400 additional deaths since last week were Somali-Swedes?

I suspect you are our subject specialist on this, Lex. Do you happen to have any links on the information you shared above?

Posted by: trailing wife 2020-04-06 01:07

#2 all muslims pieces of shit , send them home to die.

Posted by: Chris 2020-04-06 00:57

#1 It's not gained any traction in the English-language press but multiple reports appeared a week ago in the Swedish-language local press that 40% of the initial 15 deaths in Sweden were Somali-Svensk ie Somali immigrants, who make up 0.6% of Sweden's population.

If my reading of the Swedish press is correct, Somalis also accounted for about 14% of the total infections in Sweden as of the beginning of the last week in March.

Putting these together yields a deaths-per-population rate for the Somali population that is about 100x that of the non-Somali Swedish population.

Do we know how many of the 400 additional deaths since last week were Somali-Swedes? We do know they are overwhelmingly concentrated in Stockholm, which is where the Somali-Swedish population is concentrated. Stockholm accounts 10% of Sweden's population but ca 70% of Saeden's coronavirus fatalities.

Based on anecdotal descriptions of Somali behavior during this crisis, it seems likely that Somali-Swedes continue to have orders of magnitude higher infection and death rates than Swedes overall.

Not to blame anyone or any group - every death is horrible, regardless of nationality or behavior - but we need to get beneath the scary numbers, disaggregate them by locality and neighborhood and every demographic attribute and then try to see the real drivers of the epidemic's spread.

It would seem logical for the Swedes to begin testing everyone in Jarva and the other Stockholm neighborhood's which reportedly contain this and other at-risk populations, and then to take appropriate, targeted measures as needed in those areas.

- Just my two kroner.

Posted by: Lex 2020-04-06 00:46

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