Corona Virus Member Discussion

[WILMASBOYL78]

Spotted this story online today...folks are putting their Christmas lites back up to take away the darkness of this virus.

Americans rehanging Christmas lights to light darkness of coronavirus


https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/am...of-coronavirus

Now I know why we didn't take down our tree at the farm in the Adirondacks...it is on a cold porch and still is as fresh as when it went up on Christmas eve.

Hope the tree helps drive away this terrible virus.

Be safe...stay strong...don't panic

-wilma

[Lee Stewart]

The world's fastest supercomputer identified chemicals that could stop coronavirus from spreading, a crucial step toward a vaccine

Summit, IBM's supercomputer equipped with the "brain of AI," ran thousands of simulations to analyze which drug compounds might effectively stop the virus from infecting host cells.

The supercomputer identified 77 of them. It's a promising step toward creating the most effective vaccine.

Summit was commissioned by the US Department of Energy in 2014 for the purpose it's serving now -- solving the world's problems.

It's got the power of 200 petaflops, which means it has the computing speed of 200 quadrillion calculations per second, aka: It's 1 million times more powerful than the fastest laptop.

[Mr70]

Florida has got to be a state that will at least equal New York & California's case count,if not surpass it in the future.
The elder to younger ratio not to mention that attitude of those in charge like that of Clearwater.

[Lee Stewart]

Originally Posted by Mr70

Florida has got to be a state that will at least equal New York & California's case count,if not surpass it in the future.
The elder to younger ratio not to mention that attitude of those in charge like that of Clearwater.

Today FL is number 5 with 432 cases. #1 is NY with 5706 and #2 is WA with 1376. CA is #3 with 1021.

Yes the population of FL is slanted towards 65+. But so is Arizona. FL is 20% while AZ is 17%. Not too much of a difference.

Those photos and videos from Clearwater were disturbing yes. And the governor has refused to close all the beaches (FL gets $40 billion a year from tourism) leaving it in the hands of local mayors and city councils.

Unfortunately, times of need and guidance can bring out the worst in leaders (DeSantis) as it can bring out the best (Cuomo).

The biggest issue with FL is not the number of it's cases but with the number of people that visit FL for a short time then leave and go back home.

[Lee Stewart]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/co...tandhp#image=3

[Lee Stewart]

California governor issues statewide 'stay at home' order over coronavirus

LOS ANGELES, March 19 (Reuters) - California's governor on Thursday issued a statewide "stay at home order" directing residents to leave their homes only when necessary during the coronavirus pandemic.

Governor Gavin Newsom said that modeling has shown that 56 percent of California residents were expected to contract COVID-19 over the next eight weeks, requiring nearly 20,000 more hospital beds than the state could currently provide.

Newsom earlier on Thursday asked President Donald Trump to send a U.S. Navy hospital ship to the port of Los Angeles "immediately" as the state braces for the expected surge in the number of coronavirus cases.

He said Los Angeles, as the nation's second-largest city, would likely be "disproportionately impacted" by the pandemic in the coming weeks.

In a separate letter sent to U.S. congressional leaders, the governor asked for additional federal funding for unemployment insurance and social safety net programs and aid to small businesses, schools and universities.

[Lee Stewart]

Not shown are all the school closures. That pretty much the same as everywhere else?

[Lee Stewart]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom orders all Californians to stay at home

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday ordered all Californians to stay at home, marking the first mandatory restrictions placed on the lives of all 40 million residents in the state’s fight against the novel coronavirus.

The governor’s order comes at a critical time in California, where 19 people died and another 958 have tested positive for the disease.

Officials hope telling people to remain in their homes and restrict social interactions will slow the spread of the virus and ultimately prevent hospitals from being overrun with sick patients. The request for all residents to quarantine at home marks the strongest escalation of the Newsom administration’s response to the virus.

Newsom on Thursday also asked Congress for $1 billion in federal funds to support the state’s medical response to the novel coronavirus, which he said he expects will infect more than half of all Californians.

The state projects that 25.5 million people in California will be infected with the coronavirus over an eight-week period, Newsom said in a letter sent to President Donald Trump on Wednesday requesting the deployment of the U.S. Navy’s Mercy Hospital Ship to the Port of Los Angeles through Sept. 1.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ca...cid=spartandhp

[Vern B]

Makes you wonder how did it really start?

Anyone notice the arrest of the Harvard professor who
secretly set up the lab in Wuhan?

https://gizadeathstar.com/2020/02/wu...d-and-jeffrey/

[Lee Stewart]

French study finds anti-malarial and antibiotic combo could reduce COVID-19 duration

https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/19/fr...d-19-duration/