Powerful stuff from Cuomo. 

Coronavirus spreading in New York like 'a bullet train'

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has pleaded for medical supplies, warning Covid-19 is spreading in his state faster than "a bullet train".

"The apex is higher than we thought and the apex is sooner than we thought," Mr Cuomo told reporters on Tuesday.

He said the federal government was not sending enough equipment to combat the crisis, noting the state needs 30,000 ventilators.

New York now has over 25,000 confirmed virus cases and at least 210 deaths.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday the US could become the new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic.

"We are now seeing a very large acceleration in cases in the US. So it does have that potential," WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris said.

Mr Cuomo's warning comes as President Donald Trump suggested having the US back in business by early next month.

"We need federal help and we need the federal help now," Mr Cuomo said.

"New York is the canary in the coal mine, New York is happening first, what is happening to New York will happen to California and Illinois, it is just a matter of time."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52012048

Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze 

Powerful stuff from Cuomo. 

"New York is the canary in the coal mine, New York is happening first, what is happening to New York will happen to California and Illinois, it is just a matter of time."

Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze 

Latest comparative trajectory of deaths. Click for larger version.

Originally Posted by: RobN 

There can be no effective long term vaccine for a corona virus, that is part of the problem - otherwise we would have developed a vaccine for the common cold instead.

What has happened with the common cold (which is caused by a constantly mutating corona virus) is that humans have learned to tolerate it, even if they don't like the effects. As I have written previously, native Americans lacked any resistance to European diseases and after the Spanish arrived, their numbers were completely decimated.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/06/how-europeans-brought-sickness-new-world

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/01/world/european-colonization-climate-change-trnd/index.html

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/11/european-diseases-left-genetic-mark-native-americans

Originally Posted by: Maunder Minimum 

 Why do they include Iran in those charts? - their figures are even more complete rubbish than most - a 1,000 times over. I trust the stats from South Korea and that is about it.

Originally Posted by: Maunder Minimum 

The FT don't care who you don't trust or don't. 

Originally Posted by: xioni2 

Very interesting story in the FT half of the UK may have had corona already

"The new coronavirus may already have infected far more people in the UK than scientists had previously estimated — perhaps as much as half the population — according to modelling by researchers at the University of Oxford.

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 

In that case, we need to take such charts with a very liberal pinch of salt. They are nothing more than indicative.

Originally Posted by: Maunder Minimum 

Very interesting story in the FT half of the UK may have had corona already

"The new coronavirus may already have infected far more people in the UK than scientists had previously estimated — perhaps as much as half the population — according to modelling by researchers at the University of Oxford.

If the results are confirmed, they imply that fewer than one in a thousand of those infected with Covid-19 become ill enough to need hospital treatment, said Sunetra Gupta, professor of theoretical epidemiology, who led the study. The vast majority develop very mild symptoms or none at all.

“We need immediately to begin large-scale serological surveys — antibody testing — to assess what stage of the epidemic we are in now,” she said.

The modelling by Oxford’s Evolutionary Ecology of Infectious Disease group indicates that Covid-19 reached the UK by mid-January at the latest. Like many emerging infections, it spread invisibly for more than a month before the first transmissions within the UK were officially recorded at the end of February"

https://www.ft.com/content/5ff6469a-6dd8-11ea-89df-41bea055720b?desktop=true&segmentId=d8d3e364-5197-20eb-17cf-2437841d178a 

fascinating, counter-intuitive research from Oxford University suggesting that coronavirus may have already infected half of UK population @FT https://t.co/KFpLEEe1Sm via @financialtimes

— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) March 24, 2020

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 

There can be no effective long term vaccine for a corona virus, that is part of the problem - otherwise we would have developed a vaccine for the common cold instead.

What has happened with the common cold (which is caused by a constantly mutating corona virus) is that humans have learned to tolerate it, even if they don't like the effects. As I have written previously, native Americans lacked any resistance to European diseases and after the Spanish arrived, their numbers were completely decimated.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/06/how-europeans-brought-sickness-new-world

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/01/world/european-colonization-climate-change-trnd/index.html

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/11/european-diseases-left-genetic-mark-native-americans

Originally Posted by: Maunder Minimum 

Very interesting story in the FT half of the UK may have had corona already

"The new coronavirus may already have infected far more people in the UK than scientists had previously estimated — perhaps as much as half the population — according to modelling by researchers at the University of Oxford.

If the results are confirmed, they imply that fewer than one in a thousand of those infected with Covid-19 become ill enough to need hospital treatment, said Sunetra Gupta, professor of theoretical epidemiology, who led the study. The vast majority develop very mild symptoms or none at all.

“We need immediately to begin large-scale serological surveys — antibody testing — to assess what stage of the epidemic we are in now,” she said.

The modelling by Oxford’s Evolutionary Ecology of Infectious Disease group indicates that Covid-19 reached the UK by mid-January at the latest. Like many emerging infections, it spread invisibly for more than a month before the first transmissions within the UK were officially recorded at the end of February"

https://www.ft.com/content/5ff6469a-6dd8-11ea-89df-41bea055720b?desktop=true&segmentId=d8d3e364-5197-20eb-17cf-2437841d178a 

fascinating, counter-intuitive research from Oxford University suggesting that coronavirus may have already infected half of UK population @FT https://t.co/KFpLEEe1Sm via @financialtimes

— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) March 24, 2020

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 

There can be no effective long term vaccine for a corona virus, that is part of the problem - otherwise we would have developed a vaccine for the common cold instead.

What has happened with the common cold (which is caused by a constantly mutating corona virus) is that humans have learned to tolerate it, even if they don't like the effects. As I have written previously, native Americans lacked any resistance to European diseases and after the Spanish arrived, their numbers were completely decimated.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/06/how-europeans-brought-sickness-new-world

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/01/world/european-colonization-climate-change-trnd/index.html

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/11/european-diseases-left-genetic-mark-native-americans

Originally Posted by: Maunder Minimum 

And yet, a virus is really only a chemical substance (it's only some carbon based acids with a carbon based envelope), really just an extraordinary complex group of chemicals. Its action of invading cells to make copies of itself is really because of chemical reactions, series of such extraordinarily complex reactions that has become some kind of 'intelligence'.

Maybe scientists need to look for alternative ways to combat viruses, a chemical way!

Originally Posted by: ozone_aurora 

This article also suggests that mutation of SARS-Cov2 is very limited and that a signal vaccine may we'll be sufficient.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/the-coronavirus-isnt-mutating-quickly-suggesting-a-vaccine-would-offer-lasting-protection/2020/03/24/406522d6-6dfd-11ea-b148-e4ce3fbd85b5_story.html

Originally Posted by: Gandalf The White 

link not working Peter but I have seen it even if it mutates vaccine development is unlikely to cause a problem.

Originally Posted by: Polar Low 

After Christmas I had annoying dry tickly cough which lasted about 3 weeks, no fever just night time sweats at times in bed etc.

If it was Covid-19 back then it must have been a very mild strain because I was with vulnerable people around the time over New Year but did keep my distance.

My Mrs though is asthmatic and even after sharing a bed for the duration she managed to escape it.....so highly likely it wasn't covid-19 but similar.

Originally Posted by: Jonesy 

Here’s a situation. 

My Daughter bought her ticket to fly back to the UK from Taiwan this morning. The flight was via Hong Kong as of 4hrs ago Hong Kong has changed its rules and anybody landing must isolate for 14 days even if you are transiting through the airport. 
The only option is to buy yet another ticket to flight straight back to the UK on the last flight out of Taiwan on China Air. What a mess. This will cost her £2,500 in total.

Originally Posted by: roadrunnerajn 

It's worth remembering that if you need a one-way long haul ticket, it's always cheaper to book a return (making sure it's a week or more away) and then just not fly back. That will save you £££!

Originally Posted by: Retron