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2020-03-29 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Coronavirus Roundup: Trump 'considering quarantine on New York'

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Posted by Besoeker 2020-03-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 In North Texas, 80% tested are negative. I assume you must have some serious symptoms to be tested. Which suggests there is something else nasty circulating out there.

[Two data points] A few weeks ago, my seven-year old grandson had a roller-coaster fever for ten days, which he seems to have passed to his Nanna. Nanna (not my wife) has been really sick for the last ten days, improving, she says), but not sick enough to get tested.

So is there something else out there - maybe another flu virus, or some mutations of the WuFlu, or another novel virus, perhaps? Or are the tests incredibly inaccurate? Or both?

Posted by Bobby 2020-03-29 08:14|| 2020-03-29 08:14|| Front Page Top

#2 I dunno. There's a nasty and long-lasting flu going around--my wife got that back in Jan. There's an hardhitting head-cold, and something that acts like norovirus--I got the combo deal, and my symptoms were drastic enough that they tested me (negative--but a serious inconvenience to my daughter, who couldn't work until my test cleared). And I gather there's a fourth bug as well--all over and above the Wuhan flu.

OTOH I have family/friends (in their 30s) in another city that do seem to have gotten the Wuhan flu (no tests available)--and their recovery looks like it's going to be a multi-week affair.

Posted by James 2020-03-29 13:14|| https://idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2020-03-29 13:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Numbers I've seen vary from 5-20% require hospitalization. There is also some meaningful percentage who are completely asymptomatic. Part of why this thing is so insidious. You have it and pass it around without knowing.

That said, no reason why someone couldn't get regular sick. That still happens.

Posted by Iblis 2020-03-29 13:39|| 2020-03-29 13:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Hydroxychloroquine wrap up here.

Posted by lord garth 2020-03-29 15:09|| 2020-03-29 15:09|| Front Page Top

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