# Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2020 Breaking News **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [February 11, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758 "2020-02-11T01:16:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 128
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/2547 "2020-04-19T22:19:53Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > Found a [very comprehensive and, frankly, terrifying article](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/how-does-coronavirus-kill-clinicians-trace-ferocious-rampage-through-body-brain-toes) detailing exactly how this shit fucks you up and kills you. In case anyone was thinking of breaking quarantine, this oughta scotch that for the nonce. Yeah. Unfortunately, some of us still have to go to work in risky environments. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/2548 "2020-04-19T22:37:42Z")
If I were in one of those “essential” positions I’d be making a lot of noise and encouraging my fellow draftees to make a similar amount of noise regarding general strikes and what that would mean to the remaining economy. Because those shitbag rich fucks are so upset about how their stonnnnnks are doing that they’re perfectly willing to send millions off to die to make sure their favorite casino stays open. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/2549 "2020-04-19T22:44:24Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > If the religious idiots in Kansas want to worship their invisible sky pixie **Moderator Note** Let’s keep the religious jabs out of this forum. No warning issued. Colibri Quarantine Zone Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/2550 "2020-04-20T00:37:23Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > Found a [very comprehensive and, frankly, terrifying article](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/how-does-coronavirus-kill-clinicians-trace-ferocious-rampage-through-body-brain-toes) detailing exactly how this shit fucks you up and kills you. In case anyone was thinking of breaking quarantine, this oughta scotch that for the nonce. That is an excellent and very detailed article; thanks for posting it. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/2551 "2020-04-20T01:02:13Z")
> [@Snowboarder Bo (Wednesday April 15th)](#): > > 2,083,326 confirmed infections > 134,616 dead > 510,350 recovered > > In the US: > > 644,089 confirmed infections > 28,529 dead > 48,708 recovered > > The US should top 30,000 deaths tomorrow. The CNN tracker now has US losses at over 41K. That is over ten thousand in four days. Hopefully we will start to see the rate decline pretty soon. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/2552 "2020-04-20T01:09:05Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > That is an excellent and very detailed article; thanks for posting it. Yes. Wow: “A 53-year-old woman walked into the emergency room of her local hospital with all the classic symptoms of a heart attack… Further tests showed … a left ventricle—normally the powerhouse chamber of the heart—so weak that it could only pump one-third its normal amount of blood. But when doctors injected dye in the coronary arteries, looking for the blockage that signifies a heart attack, they found none. Another test revealed why: The woman had COVID-19.” And RioRico, thanks for the link. Mexico the eighth most important producer of medical supplies - wow… ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/2553 "2020-04-20T02:08:09Z")
[Another casualty of COVID-19 is international gaming](https://fossbytes.com/china-bans-online-gaming-with-foreigners/): > [@](#): > > **China Bans Online Gaming With Foreigners, Because Free Speech Hurts** > > Previously, we saw how China banned one of the most popular online games, Animal Crossing: New Horizons. That’s because pro-democracy activist, Joshua Wong, mocked China’s leader Xi Jinping in the game. > > Now, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) went a further ahead this time to ban online gaming or even chatting with foreigners outside the Great Firewall. > > According to the new guidelines by CCP, Chinese online gamers can no longer play online games and interact with their friends outside China. As reposted by Taiwan News, online multiplayer games provide an authority vacuum for players to interact with the world without monitoring; and CCP didn’t like that. > > The Chinese government is shutting down the right of free speech for its people. That is because, through online games, people expressed their discontent on how CCP failed to act against the Coronavirus. _More at the link._ ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/2554 "2020-04-20T04:03:29Z")
2,407,341 total cases 165,069 dead 625,128 recovered In the US: 764,265 total cases 40,565 dead 71,012 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 2,331,956 total cases > 160,767 dead > 597,217 recovered > > In the US: > > 738,913 total cases > 39,015 dead > 68,285 recovered ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/2555 "2020-04-20T10:09:38Z")
> [@](#): > > The Chinese government is shutting down the right of free speech for its people. Didn’t know they’d had that in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/2556 "2020-04-20T10:36:10Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Didn’t know they’d had that in the first place. They do at least nominally. Article 35 of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China provides that citizens “shall enjoy freedom of speech, the press, assembly, association, procession and demonstration”. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/2557 "2020-04-20T15:11:57Z")
[Virginia Dept. of Health reports a spike in new cases in Arlington County on Saturday, the largest one-day increase since this began.](https://www.arlnow.com/2020/04/20/new-virus-cases-up-by-more-than-100-since-friday/) ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/2558 "2020-04-20T20:18:15Z")
[Police say: Don’t call 911 when you run out of toilet paper](https://boingboing.net/2020/03/16/police-no-more-calling-911-wh.html) > [@](#): > > In Oregon, the Newport Police Department posted a message on Facebook urging citizens not to dial 911 when they run out of toilet paper. The reason they posted this is because[del], yes, people have been[/del] they expect stupid people will be calling 911 after running out of toilet paper. But officer, it’s an EMERGENCY! ---
**Author:** ![MulderMuffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldermuffin/32/2862_2.png) [@MulderMuffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MulderMuffin)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/2559 "2020-04-20T20:26:57Z")
Georgia governor just held a press conference saying the state is reopening Friday. Reaction on the livestream was _ **not** _ supportive. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/2560 "2020-04-20T20:37:55Z")
> [@MulderMuffin](#): > > Georgia governor just held a press conference saying the state is reopening Friday. Reaction on the livestream was _ **not** _ supportive. My parents live there. I know they are being “good” right now and staying home, but I fear they will have a hard time not going back to their old ways if everything opens up. ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/2561 "2020-04-20T20:42:02Z")
To add some details to **MulderMuffin** ’s post: - barber shops, salons; gyms to open this coming Friday - restaurants to open this coming Monday (apparently; I did not hear the Governor speak those words, but I must have missed it; there are some caveats, in that the restaurants must follow some additional guidelines to be released later in the week) ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/2562 "2020-04-20T21:00:19Z")
Today in Austria: [ul] [li] As of Friday, 17 April, 871,039 **employees have been furloughed** , up from 608,607 the week before. The ministry of labour is processing 63,189 aid applications from the corresponding employers, which should cover 80 to 90% of the workers’ salaries. Some 40,000 applications have already been successfully processed.[/li] [li] **A French couple and their toddler were refused entry to Austria** when they showed up at the border and claimed to be on vacation. They were arrested by Bavarian police shortly after and, as it turns out, they are wanted in France for abandoning three further minor children at home. It’s not clear how the couple managed to cross from France to Germany, given the coronavirus-related travel restrictions in force by both countries.[/li] [li] Last month it was reported that there was an uptick in **domestic violence** , as those with physically abusive spouses were forced to stay home during the lockdown. The government had been quick to act then by providing hotlines for women in distress and increasing support for women’s shelters. Today it has launched a nationwide hotline for men who want to prevent violence in their homes, or who have already become violent and want help stopping this. The hotline will provide professional crisis, de-escalation, and conflict management.[/li] [li] Vienna’s tourist industry reports that **hotel bookings** for March were down 72.5% over the previous year.[/li] [li] **McDonald’s locations reopened for take-out** today. This resulted in huge queues at drive-throughs—one Twitter user posted a photo of a line of 64 cars.[/li] [li] In neighbouring Germany, **Oktoberfest has been cancelled** , sparking speculation and concern that the corresponding autumn festivals here in Austria will get the axe.[/li] [li] Current statistics: 14,755 confirmed infections, 470 deaths, 10,631 recovered. The daily growth in new infections, measured over a four-day average, is just 0.5%.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/2563 "2020-04-20T21:31:39Z")
My goodness, who could have possibly foreseen this eventuality: [Kentucky Reports Highest Coronavirus Infection Increase After a Week of Protests to Reopen State](https://www.newsweek.com/kentucky-reports-highest-coronavirus-infection-increase-after-week-protests-reopen-state-1498835) ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/2564 "2020-04-20T22:54:07Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > My goodness, who could have possibly foreseen this eventuality: [Kentucky Reports Highest Coronavirus Infection Increase After a Week of Protests to Reopen State](https://www.newsweek.com/kentucky-reports-highest-coronavirus-infection-increase-after-week-protests-reopen-state-1498835) The headline makes it seem like the protests are responsible for the uptick in infection rates. But a week isn’t long enough time for that to make sense given the long incubation period. _Next_ week we will see the protest chickens come home to roost. The chickens we see today are the result of people being unaware that the virus was in their community and not being as diligent as they could have been. And we can hardly blame them for this, the way the president and Fox News have made this thing out to be a NYC disease as opposed to something that every single American should be concerned about. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/2565 "2020-04-20T23:03:06Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > The headline makes it seem like the protests are responsible for the uptick in infection rates. But a week isn’t long enough time for that to make sense given the long incubation period. I thought two weeks was a max, and you could start showing symptoms in as little as five days? ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/2566 "2020-04-20T23:07:12Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > I thought two weeks was a max, and you could start showing symptoms in as little as five days? Yes, but most people get tested only when their symptoms are severe enough to warrant a visit to the hospital. Severe symptoms typically take longer than a week to manifest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758.md?page=127) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758.md?page=129)