Coronavirus ~ COVID-19

homoe · 03-24-2020, 01:14 PM

There’s an unusual addition to the list of possible COVID-19 symptoms: A sudden loss of smell or taste may be a warning sign a person could be infected by the new coronavirus, European and U.S. experts said. The American Academy of Otolaryngology on Sunday announced “rapidly accumulating” anecdotal evidence showed anosmia — the loss of smell — and dysgeusia — an altered sense of taste — were “significant symptoms” associated with COVID-19 when a patient had no other respiratory disease. Many people, including Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert who tested positive for COVID-19, are reporting these unsettling changes in their bodies.

The World Health Organization has seen "quite a few reports" of people losing their sense of smell and taste, and is looking into whether this is an early sign of the disease, said Dr. Maria Kerkhove during a WHO briefing Monday. “Our senses of smell and taste are closely linked together and changes in these senses may occur from inflammation in the upper airway,” Dr. Kris Jatana, associate professor of otolaryngology — head and neck surgery at Nationwide Children's Hospital and Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University, told TODAY.

https://www.today.com/health/coronav...-taste-t176597

Bèsame* · 03-24-2020, 03:13 PM

nhplowboi · 03-24-2020, 03:21 PM

Really Donald? It is going to be a "wonderful thing" this Easter to see the churches packed. Oh, they are going to be packed alright but in the most horrendous of ways. Clearly you still believe in the Easter Bunny.

homoe · 03-24-2020, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by nhplowboi

Really Donald? It is going to be a "wonderful thing" this Easter to see the churches packed. Oh, they are going to be packed alright but in the most horrendous of ways. Clearly you still believe in the Easter Bunny.

That stupid idiot! And just in case you don't know what nhplowboi is refering to...

Trump says he wants the country 'opened up and just raring to go by Easter,' despite health experts' warnings.

charley · 03-24-2020, 04:19 PM

Japan has "decided" (because of all the pressure) to postpone the Olympics for one year.

Orema · 03-25-2020, 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by nhplowboi

Really Donald? It is going to be a "wonderful thing" this Easter to see the churches packed. Oh, they are going to be packed alright but in the most horrendous of ways. Clearly you still believe in the Easter Bunny.

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Originally Posted by homoe

That stupid idiot! And just in case you don't know what nhplowboi is refering to...

Trump says he wants the country 'opened up and just raring to go by Easter,' despite health experts' warnings.

Sounds like the religious hustlers are pushing Trump to get the country back up and running because Easter is one of the biggest money making holidays for Christians. They can’t make money if the church doors aren’t open.

charley · 03-25-2020, 05:52 AM

"Iceland, which says it’s tested a higher proportion of inhabitants than any other country, found that about half those who tested positive have no symptoms of Covid-19, Thorolfur Gudnason, the nation’s chief epidemiologist, told BuzzFeed News. As many as a third of the people who test positive show delayed symptoms or none at all, the South China Morning Post reported Sunday, citing classified data from the Chinese government."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...m-scmp-reports

This is why there should be more testing, even of those who show no symptoms, and why there is so much more community spread. Please note that from what I have read online and seen on the news, the asymptomatic carrier is contagious .... to others. Hence, the need for social distancing.

My heart is full of sorrow for the millions who will be hurt by this virus, and when I think of them, my eyes tear up, as they are doing now.

theoddz · 03-25-2020, 09:21 AM

This video is very informative for a lot of folks. I thought I'd post it here.

The guy in the video is a health care professional, and he's showing some techniques we use in the hospital environment to maintain clean/sterile surfaces and items.

Stay safe, everyone!!!!

~Theo~

nhplowboi · 03-25-2020, 04:41 PM

Yesterday Donald said "the U.S. is beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel". Hate to tell you Donald but I think that may just be "the bullet train" Governor Coumo was talking about.

03-24-2020, 01:14 PM	#1
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charley Timed Out - Permanent How Do You Identify?: gentle stonebutch [vanilla] Relationship Status: single Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: canada Posts: 497 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 906 Thanked 1,204 Times in 422 Posts Rep Power: 0	Asymptomatic Carriers of Covid-19 "Iceland, which says it’s tested a higher proportion of inhabitants than any other country, found that about half those who tested positive have no symptoms of Covid-19, Thorolfur Gudnason, the nation’s chief epidemiologist, told BuzzFeed News. As many as a third of the people who test positive show delayed symptoms or none at all, the South China Morning Post reported Sunday, citing classified data from the Chinese government." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...m-scmp-reports This is why there should be more testing, even of those who show no symptoms, and why there is so much more community spread. Please note that from what I have read online and seen on the news, the asymptomatic carrier is contagious .... to others. Hence, the need for social distancing. My heart is full of sorrow for the millions who will be hurt by this virus, and when I think of them, my eyes tear up, as they are doing now.

03-25-2020, 09:21 AM	#8
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