# 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:** 166
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3311 "2020-05-25T23:40:29Z")
[WHO temporarily pauses hydroxychloroquine study due to safety concerns](https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/25/health/hydroxychloroquine-study-halt/index.html) ---
**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:** [May 26, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3312 "2020-05-26T04:03:45Z")
5,590,142 total cases 347,903 dead 2,366,551 recovered In the US: 1,706,226 total cases 99,805 dead 464,670 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 5,500,607 total cases > 346,721 dead > 2,302,069 recovered > > In the US: > > 1,686,436 total cases > 99,300 dead > 451,702 recovered ---
**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:** [May 26, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3313 "2020-05-26T14:49:31Z")
[WHO warns that 1st wave of pandemic not over](https://apnews.com/86b061844589b6e3f218007544d0de80) > [@](#): > > “Right now, we’re not in the second wave. We’re right in the middle of the first wave globally,” said Dr. Mike Ryan, the World Health Organization’s executive director. > > “We’re still very much in a phase where the disease is actually on the way up,” Ryan said, pointing to South America, South Asia and other parts of the world. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3314 "2020-05-26T15:19:00Z")
That news shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, and yet I know some people don’t want to hear it. I am so frustrated by Virginia right now. While our 14-day average is showing a decrease (don’t know if it is just a visual decrease or a statistically significant one), yesterday we just saw a major spike in new cases. Highest number of new cases in a single day ever. Despite it being a holiday! And we haven’t even reopened all the way. I totally get that staying locked down isn’t politically or economically feasible anymore. But it is hard not to feel like we have a very long way to go before we can seriously talk about “second wave”. We are still in the thick of the first wave. We don’t have hundreds of deaths each day, and that is good. But there is no reason to think that can’t happen and happen real fast. We are already at 30-40 deaths a day, and that is under semi-lockdown conditions. Sent from my moto x4 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3315 "2020-05-26T17:15:50Z")
The U.S. exceeds 100,000 deaths: > **[COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer](https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/)** > > Daily and weekly updated statistics tracking the number of COVID-19 cases, recovered, and deaths. Historical data with cumulative charts, graphs, and updates. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3316 "2020-05-26T17:54:32Z")
The US exceeds 100,080 deaths. > **[United States COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer](https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/)** > > United States Coronavirus update with statistics and graphs: total and new cases, deaths per day, mortality and recovery rates, current active cases, recoveries, trends and timeline. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3317 "2020-05-26T18:01:29Z")
[Dangerous blood clots pose a perplexing coronavirus threat](https://apnews.com/b9ff3e24ea6828413aac0f732f07bb8d) > [@](#): > > Blood clots that can cause strokes, heart attacks and dangerous blockages in the legs and lungs are increasingly being found in COVID-19 patients, including some children. Even tiny clots that can damage tissue throughout the body have been seen in hospitalized patients and in autopsies, confounding doctors’ understanding of what was once considered mainly a respiratory infection. > [@](#): > > Doctors and scientists at dozens of hospitals and universities around the globe are seeking answers while trying to measure virus patients’ risks for clots and testing drugs to treat or prevent them. > > Gildersleeve said health authorities “need to put out an urgent warning about strokes” and coronavirus. Not knowing the possible link “made me doubt myself” when symptoms appeared, she said. > > Some conditions that make some COVID-19 patients vulnerable to severe complications, including obesity and diabetes, can increase clot risks. But many authorities believe how the virus attacks and the way the body responds both play a role. > > “COVID-19 is the most thrombotic (clot-producing) disease we’ve ever seen in our lifetime,” said Dr. Alex Spyropoulos, a clot specialist and professor at Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research in Manhasset, New York. > [@](#): > > It’s unclear how many COVID-19 patients develop clots. Studies from China, Europe and the United States suggest rates ranging from 3% to 70% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients; more rigorous research is needed to determine the true prevalence, the National Institutes of Health says. > [@](#): > > Some hospitals have found 40% of deaths in COVID-19 patients are from blood clots. Spyropoulos said that’s been true at his 23-hospital system in the New York City area, Northwell Health, which has treated over 11,000 COVID-19 patients. > [@](#): > > In a small study published May 15, University of Colorado doctors found that combined scores on two tests measuring clotting markers in the blood can help determine which patients will develop large dangerous clots. One test measures a protein fragment called D-dimer, a remnant of dissolved clots. High levels sometimes indicate dangerous clots that form deep in leg veins and travel to the lungs or other organs. > > Dr. Behnood Bikdeli of Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center, said D-dimer levels in many of his COVID-19 patients have been alarmingly high, as much as 50 times higher than normal. > > Concerns about blood clots in COVID-19 patients prompted a recent 30-page consensus statement from an international group of physicians and researchers. Bikdeli is the lead author. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3318 "2020-05-26T21:18:27Z")
Today in Austria: [ul] [li] **Unemployment figures** continue to improve. There are currently 523,300 people registered as unemployed, which is 123,000 more than before the pandemic. Since the middle of April, 65,000 people have returned to employment, including 5000 in the food service industry.[/li][li] The number of coronavirus infections continues to sink across the country, so the federal government has announced that a **further relaxation of the lockdown** is imminent. Details are yet to be released.[/li][li] Vienna’s hospitals are slowly clearing their **backlog of elective surgeries** that were postponed due to the pandemic. By special agreement, private hospitals are taking on some of the burden from public hospitals.[/li][li] There have been no further developments on the scandal involving **the president violating the lockdown**. Yesterday the chancellor sidestepped reporters’ questions about whether the president should be held accountable, suggesting he would rather allow the matter to blow over. The far-right opposition party would normally jump at the chance to attack the left-wing president, but they can’t do so in this case without coming off as hypocritical, since they’ve long been ridiculing and protesting against the lockdown rules. The story did get picked up by some further international news outlets, including CNN, but here in Austria it’s already fallen off the front page of the newspapers.[/li][li] Current statistics: 16,497 confirmed infections, 643 deaths, 15,182 recovered.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3319 "2020-05-27T00:33:32Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > The U.S. exceeds 100,000 deaths: > [COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer](https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/) Yeah, I made note of the unfortunate occasion in calls to my Congresscritters today. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3320 "2020-05-27T01:08:59Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > That news shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, and yet I know some people don’t want to hear it. > > I am so frustrated by Virginia right now. While our 14-day average is showing a decrease (don’t know if it is just a visual decrease or a statistically significant one), yesterday we just saw a major spike in new cases. Highest number of new cases in a single day ever. Despite it being a holiday! And we haven’t even reopened all the way. So now that I’ve looked at how we are doing in Virginia [today](https://coronavirusbellcurve.com/#va), my frustrating is intensifying. Just as I feared it would, our 14-day trend line is going back up. ☹ ---
**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:** [May 27, 2020, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3321 "2020-05-27T04:05:54Z")
5,684,803 total cases 352,225 dead 2,430,603 recovered In the US: 1,725,275 total cases 100,572 dead 479,969 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 5,590,142 total cases > 347,903 dead > 2,366,551 recovered > > In the US: > > 1,706,226 total cases > 99,805 dead > 464,670 recovered ---
**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:** [May 27, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3322 "2020-05-27T04:38:55Z")
Panama’s government announced today that on June 1 the “total curfew” will be relaxed. Everyone will be able to leave the house between the hours of 5 AM and 7 PM. Previously we were only able to leave the house for two hours a day based on ID number every other day, with men and women on alternate days. It will be a great relief to be able to go to the store at times we can pick. Also, I’ll be able to go back to taking my daily walk for exercise in the early evening every day. Right now I’m only allowed to go out between 11 AM and 1 PM, when the sun is brutal. They will also be opening up additional parts of the economy including public works construction and industry, and allowing parks, places of worship, and recreational areas to reopen. I usually take my daily walk along an oceanside park near my apartment. I was shocked when I returned there last week to find it all overgrown since no maintenance has taken place for two months. Today they were out cutting grass and trimming trees again. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3323 "2020-05-27T10:04:39Z")
Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Tuesday (May 26) announced zero new cases of Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), marking 44 days without a new local infection and increasing the odds that crowd limits could soon be lifted. During his daily press conference on Tuesday afternoon, Minister of Health and Welfare and CECC head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) announced there were no new cases of coronavirus for the fifth day in a row. Taiwan’s total number of cases still stands at 441. Other news: Bans on large gatherings will likely be lifted soon. The government is looking at offering subsidies for domestic travel starting in July. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3324 "2020-05-27T13:55:05Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > So now that I’ve looked at how we are doing in Virginia [today](https://coronavirusbellcurve.com/#va), my frustrating is intensifying. Just as I feared it would, our 14-day trend line is going back up. > > ☹ Haven’t they had a lot of free testing events there over the last week? Just because there are more confirmed cases does not guarantee that things are getting worse. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3325 "2020-05-27T15:15:18Z")
My county is setting up a drive-through [testing](https://urldefense.com/v3/ __https://www.kmbc.com/article/johnson-county-kansas-offering-free-drive-thru-covid-19-tests-to-residents-friday/32661957__ ;!!HSro1Vka!3Fsz_c2Anye3NClfdGBKhnuw2tusUIehu9VUVCcyYAXWfCnfxtDrQUu3amal9Jincl50sCg%24) center on Friday for residents. Don’t have to be symptomatic, just have to show up and wait in line. Wife and I will be going. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3326 "2020-05-27T18:35:31Z")
We can hope that this works out, > **[Coronavirus: UK authorises anti-viral drug remdesivir](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52805828)** > > Remdesivir shortens recovery time by about four days, research suggests. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3327 "2020-05-27T20:00:07Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I was shocked when I returned there last week to find it all overgrown since no maintenance has taken place for two months. Today they were out cutting grass and trimming trees again. I drive past a junior high school during my commute and noticed the baseball infield was badly infested with weeds. No regular raking or footsteps, plus a bunch of rain has been very good for the local dandelions. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3328 "2020-05-27T20:04:35Z")
Today in Austria: [ul] [li] In order to encourage the unemployed to go back to work, even if it means taking a part-time job, the government has promised to **top off the salaries of part-time workers** to up to 80% of the full-time equivalent.[/li][li] The **financial aid program for small businesses** has been extended from three to six months. Eligible proprietors will also receive an extra €500 per month.[/li][li] Under the EU’s new **post-corona reconstruction plan** , Austria will receive €4 billion.[/li][li] Austria’s **film industry** will be permitted to resume operations next week. The government has made available €25 million in extra funding.[/li][li] From 29 May, it will be permitted to hold **weddings and funerals** with up to 100 participants, provided they maintain distance and wear face coverings.[/li][li] The latest **highway traffic statistics** show a 39% drop in traffic in March and a further 57% drop in April. Anecdotally, having just made a trip on the Autobahn today, I can report that traffic seems almost back to pre-coronavirus levels now.[/li][li] Current statistics: 16,514 confirmed infections, 645 deaths, 15,228 recovered.[/li][/ul] ---
**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:** [May 28, 2020, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3329 "2020-05-28T04:11:12Z")
5,790,103 total cases 357,432 dead 2,497,618 recovered In the US: 1,745,803 total cases 102,107 dead 490,130 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 5,684,803 total cases > 352,225 dead > 2,430,603 recovered > > In the US: > > 1,725,275 total cases > 100,572 dead > 479,969 recovered Today I noticed that for cases with an outcome, the world is sitting at 87% recovered/discharged and 13% dead while the US is 83% recovered/discharged and 17% dead. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3330 "2020-05-28T13:57:09Z")
The latest out of China is they are [claiming](https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/coronavirus-chinese-researchers-say-covid-19-not-originated-from-wuhan-wet-market-2236297) that the virus didn’t come from the Wuhan Seafood Market (there are, apparently, no ‘wet markets’ in China, according to officials). Instead, it mysteriously came from sewage. I thought it was interesting that the same guy who gave an interview in February saying that it came from illegal wild animals in the wet market (they called them that back then) is now saying, no, there is no evidence it was from any wild animals, but instead it was in the sewage in the area. On another note, the missing virologist called the Bat Woman, Shi Zhengli, has now resurfaced after months where she was present only occasionally on social media. Just an interesting FYI. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758.md?page=165) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758.md?page=167)