Wuhan Virus Update

From the Park County Website

COVID-19
UPDATED: MARCH 24, 2020 10:30 a.m.
There is 1 laboratory confirmed case of Coronavirus
Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Park County.


Park County Public Health is closely monitoring the evolving
Coronavirus outbreak and remain in collaboration with local,
regional, and state partners. This is a rapidly evolving
situation and we are committed to providing reliable and
timely information through frequent updates.
Stay Informed:

Important Things to Know:

Park County Public Health is ready to respond should a
case of COVID-19 be identified here. Our primary
responsibility would be to promptly identify a
suspected case and implement measures to prevent
any additional spread of illness locally.

In that Park County is According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,211 square miles and 16K + people, it would be helpful to know where geographically the case is located. The physical condition and age would be useful knowledge also

Is this the Covid-19 virus?

You will have to ask Park County's health department for that answer.

Rather than make additional post, I offer the following from powerlineblog.com 3/25/20.
Scott Johnson is reporting on an article that Kevin Roche cannot get published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, (he is a Minnesota resident),

The best evidence of the threat the virus poses is found by the unintended experiment of the Diamond Princess cruise ship. There were over 3700 passengers and crew on the vessel. Everyone of them undoubtedly had constant, heavy exposure to the virus in close quarters. Using gold standard testing, less than 20% of the 3711 people were positive, meaning they were actually infected. And out of those positive tests, a little over half were actually symptomatic. 8 people died, or about 2% of those with symptoms or .2% of percent of the vessel population. The cruise ship population skewed older than a general population and was therefore more susceptible and obviously had far more contact with the virus than the general population will.

We have 3 cases in Montrose,at least one if not more in Grd. Jct.....because Telluride is the
major destination,last stop out of town is City Market South......always well stocked with large
variety......would not surprise me if our numbers ballooned,as travelers from across the world and the whole of the US fly in during ski season (many direct flights now out/in to Montrose because
of Telluride....we are on lock down at 6pm thurs. (BUT,the liquor stores are OPEN)......GUESS they learned from Denver.....

ramage wrote: You will have to ask Park County's health department for that answer.

Rather than make additional post, I offer the following from powerlineblog.com 3/25/20.
Scott Johnson is reporting on an article that Kevin Roche cannot get published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, (he is a Minnesota resident),

The best evidence of the threat the virus poses is found by the unintended experiment of the Diamond Princess cruise ship. There were over 3700 passengers and crew on the vessel. Everyone of them undoubtedly had constant, heavy exposure to the virus in close quarters. Using gold standard testing, less than 20% of the 3711 people were positive, meaning they were actually infected. And out of those positive tests, a little over half were actually symptomatic. 8 people died, or about 2% of those with symptoms or .2% of percent of the vessel population. The cruise ship population skewed older than a general population and was therefore more susceptible and obviously had far more contact with the virus than the general population will.

bolded....wasn't that the ship they found to have residual virus spores....days AFTER the
passengers had departed?

homeagain wrote:

ramage wrote: You will have to ask Park County's health department for that answer.

Rather than make additional post, I offer the following from powerlineblog.com 3/25/20.
Scott Johnson is reporting on an article that Kevin Roche cannot get published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, (he is a Minnesota resident),

The best evidence of the threat the virus poses is found by the unintended experiment of the Diamond Princess cruise ship. There were over 3700 passengers and crew on the vessel. Everyone of them undoubtedly had constant, heavy exposure to the virus in close quarters. Using gold standard testing, less than 20% of the 3711 people were positive, meaning they were actually infected. And out of those positive tests, a little over half were actually symptomatic. 8 people died, or about 2% of those with symptoms or .2% of percent of the vessel population. The cruise ship population skewed older than a general population and was therefore more susceptible and obviously had far more contact with the virus than the general population will.

bolded....wasn't that the ship they found to have residual virus spores....days AFTER the
passengers had departed?

I went deeper on that story, and it said they were able to find residual Coronavirus RNA but it wasn't dangerous for others to be in contact with. Like how you can find snakeskins but without the dangerous Cobra inside.

This informative article is especially apt for the MMT community.

Six Best Toilet Paper Substitutes from
Nature
Can’t find any bathroom tissue thanks to coronavirus hoarders? Don’t worry, the outdoors has your backside.

From fieldandstream.com 3/20/2020

From yesterday's update:
“We remain deeply concerned about New York City and the New York metro area,” Dr. Deborah Birx, the task force’s response coordinator, said. Birx noted that roughly 56% of all U.S. cases and 31% of all death are in the city.

30,000 people have tested positive for coronavirus in New York and 17,856 in New York City. 285 have died from the virus.

I've got over a hundred rolls. I'll have TP long after the food is gone....

Today's chart showing the dramatic drop in new cases starting March 14th



www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-...tes/cases-in-us.html