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First Case of New Coronavirus Detected in U.S.

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Re: First Case of New Coronavirus Detected in U.S.

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Post by beat »

drocer88 wrote: post #15
jpollock wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Travel bans don't work for infectious disease management. Humans travel around barriers, and the disease generally doesn't care where the border is. Even worse, it will limit the ability for organisations to get staff and resources to affected regions, and move patients around to places with the ability to treat them. https://www.vox.com/2014/10/18/6994413/research-travel-bans-...

Some communites escaped the Spanish Flu via isolation: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181023-the-places-that-... “No one came in and no one came out. Schools were closed and there were no public gatherings. We came up with the term ‘protective sequestration’, where a defined and healthy group of people are shielded from the risk of infection from outsiders.”

That was rather easier a century ago, when most people were on foot or on horses.

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Post by satokema_work »

ryanmercer wrote: post #16

They suspected a man in Australia of having it and were awaiting test results yesterdayish too https://www.smh.com.au/national/first-australian-monitored-f... There is also /r/China_Flu/ for those that wanta centralized location for news. I think this is certainly not a great thing but I urge people not to panic. Any time some sort of new disease starts to spread a portion of the population immediately overreacts and…

I wish wearing hospital masks was more accepted. Out of the listed reactions, it's probably the least overreaction possible, especially if it's a fashionable one and not actually hospital color...

Re: First Case of New Coronavirus Detected in U.S.

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Post by jpollock »

beat wrote: post #21
drocer88 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some communites escaped the Spanish Flu via isolation: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181023-the-places-that-... “No one came in and no one came out. Schools were closed and there were no public gatherings. We came up with the term ‘protective sequestration’, where a defined and healthy group of people are shielded from the risk of infection from outsiders.”

That was rather easier a century ago, when most people were on foot or on horses.

and were able to feed themselves for extended periods of time.

Re: First Case of New Coronavirus Detected in U.S.

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Post by take_a_breath »

drocer88 wrote: post #15
jpollock wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Travel bans don't work for infectious disease management. Humans travel around barriers, and the disease generally doesn't care where the border is. Even worse, it will limit the ability for organisations to get staff and resources to affected regions, and move patients around to places with the ability to treat them. https://www.vox.com/2014/10/18/6994413/research-travel-bans-...

Some communites escaped the Spanish Flu via isolation: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181023-the-places-that-... “No one came in and no one came out. Schools were closed and there were no public gatherings. We came up with the term ‘protective sequestration’, where a defined and healthy group of people are shielded from the risk of infection from outsiders.”

Can we agree that a small (or very remote) village being sequestered in 1918 is not the same as a large nation enacting a travel ban in 2020?

Humans now have the ability to travel much greater distances at much greater speeds. That makes it a lot harder to sequester large groups of people. The long borders to the north and south make it nearly impossible to completely shut down US inflow.

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Post by [deleted] »

hanniabu wrote: post #19
tptacek wrote: post #13

Coronaviruses are transmitted in what seems to be the same manner as influenza and generate some of the same symptoms. Why do the worst coronaviruses, like SARS, transmit so slowly, while the flu is practically ubiquitous?

Probably has to do with the conditions it can survive in. For example they may both be able to be spread by coughing, but the coronaviruses may not survive as long at room temperature and therefore have a smaller window to inoculate. Granted, this is purely just my guess as I have no actual idea.

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Re: First Case of New Coronavirus Detected in U.S.

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Post by ryanmercer »

satokema_work wrote: post #22
ryanmercer wrote: post #16

They suspected a man in Australia of having it and were awaiting test results yesterdayish too https://www.smh.com.au/national/first-australian-monitored-f... There is also /r/China_Flu/ for those that wanta centralized location for news. I think this is certainly not a great thing but I urge people not to panic. Any time some sort of new disease starts to spread a portion of the population immediately overreacts and…

I wish wearing hospital masks was more accepted. Out of the listed reactions, it's probably the least overreaction possible, especially if it's a fashionable one and not actually hospital color...

I've read such conflicting information on them. Some sources say they protect other people from you more than they do you, some say they protect you 60-80%, some say washing your hands properly (and frequently) is more effective etc.

Re: First Case of New Coronavirus Detected in U.S.

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Post by TallGuyShort »

ryanmercer wrote: post #27
satokema_work wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wish wearing hospital masks was more accepted. Out of the listed reactions, it's probably the least overreaction possible, especially if it's a fashionable one and not actually hospital color...

I've read such conflicting information on them. Some sources say they protect other people from you more than they do you, some say they protect you 60-80%, some say washing your hands properly (and frequently) is more effective etc.

Either one of those cases is good, especially in cases where you're contagious before you have symptoms (not sure if this is such a case).
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