# 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:** 168
**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:** [May 30, 2020, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3351 "2020-05-30T05:55:07Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > Brazil is also approaching the U.S. in being the most obese country in the world. Good chance there is a strong correlation. [Nauru is the most obese country in the world, while the US ranks number 12.](https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/most-obese-countries/) ---
**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:** [May 30, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3352 "2020-05-30T08:31:03Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > I’ve noticed that Brazil has had more new cases the last three days than the US. Their number of new deaths has not yet exceeded the US’s, but it’s getting close. Don’t worry, they’re get there. Which is a very sad statement to make. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3353 "2020-05-30T10:51:21Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Don’t worry, they’re get there. > > Which is a very sad statement to make. Fortunately, about half the reason is that the US daily death counts have been on a steady decline, after accounting for the weekend effect, that is. But the US’s number of new cases actually went up those three days, yet Brazil still had more. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3354 "2020-05-30T17:51:28Z")
Say WHAT?!? "A group of monkeys in India swiped blood samples from coronavirus patients from a local medical college, stoking fears they could further the virus’ spread in nearby regions, [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-monkey-idUSKBN2351KV?taid=5ed110b0b4f7010001631c1f&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter) reported on Friday. Before they fled the scene, the monkeys attacked a health worker, according to authorities cited by the outlet. The incident occurred this week at Meerut Medical College in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The troop of monkeys attacked a laboratory technician who was walking across the campus holding the blood samples before taking the samples for themselves, according to [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-monkey-idUSKBN2351KV?taid=5ed110b0b4f7010001631c1f&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter). “Monkeys grabbed and fled with the blood samples of four COVID-19 patients who are undergoing treatment,” Dr. S. K. Garg, a top official at the college, told the outlet. “We had to take their blood samples again,” he said. " > **[Monkeys snatch COVID-19 blood samples after attacking lab worker in India](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/monkeys-snatch-covid-19-coronavirus-blood-samples-lab-india/)** > > The monkeys attacked a lab technician before taking off with the samples, officials said. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3355 "2020-05-30T18:03:00Z")
Scroll up ten posts. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3356 "2020-05-30T18:19:29Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Scroll up ten posts. Yep, you posted that first. [Well, in _this_ thread, at least](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22327562&postcount=150). ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3357 "2020-05-30T19:52:38Z")
The issue may be diabetes, not obesity per se. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3358 "2020-05-30T20:24:27Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > Brazil is also approaching the U.S. in being the most obese country in the world. Good chance there is a strong correlation. Look at the crowding in the slums in the photo way down the page here. But people can’t just sit at home or they’ll starve, so they go out, and the virus spreads. Crowding is more likely the cause than overweight. > **[The world's new Covid-19 epicenter could be the worst yet](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/05/30/americas/latin-america-covid-19-epicenter-intl/index.html)** > > For months, Latin America watched the rest of the world suffer as the coronavirus spread. It is a spectator no longer. ---
**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 30, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3359 "2020-05-30T21:09:45Z")
Today in Austria: [ul] [li] The **customer capacity limit for shops** (no more than one customer per ten square metres of floor space) was scrapped today. The same limit was also lifted for museums.[/li][li] As of Wednesday, it will no longer be required to wear face coverings in **schools**. Physical education classes will resume on 15 June. High school graduation parties will be allowed.[/li][li] Starting in June, **visiting people in hospital** will be permitted once again.[/li][li] The government has withdrawn its standing call for **civilian service volunteers** to help with the pandemic.[/li][li] Current statistics: 16,685 confirmed infections, 668 deaths, 15,520 recovered. The number of active infections has fallen below 500, of which 98 are in hospital, including 23 in intensive care.[/li][/ul] ---
**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 30, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3360 "2020-05-30T21:32:59Z")
Yesterday was the 48th day with no domestic transmissions. The last local infection was on April 12. The new based are returning Taiwanese from overseas or the sailors. Taijuan is opening up more and more. More and more restrictions are being lifted. Other than the quarantine after returning from overseas, it doesn’t seem like there’s that many restrictions left. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3361 "2020-05-30T21:39:14Z")
Sigh. The US is in for a long haul. I’m jealous of those of you who live in places that have beaten this back. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3362 "2020-05-30T21:41:19Z")
\*\*Coronavirus May Be a Blood Vessel Disease, Which Explains Everything \*\* > **[Coronavirus May Be a Blood Vessel Disease, Which Explains Everything](https://elemental.medium.com/coronavirus-may-be-a-blood-vessel-disease-which-explains-everything-2c4032481ab2)** > > Many of the infection’s bizarre symptoms have one thing in common > [@](#): > > Many of the infection’s bizarre symptoms have one thing in common > April, blood clots emerged as one of the many mysterious symptoms attributed to Covid-19, a disease that had initially been thought to largely affect the lungs in the form of pneumonia. Quickly after came reports of young people dying due to coronavirus-related strokes. Next it was Covid toes — painful red or purple digits. > What do all of these symptoms have in common? An impairment in blood circulation. Add in the fact that 40% of deaths from Covid-19 are related to cardiovascular complications, and the disease starts to look like a vascular infection instead of a purely respiratory one. > … ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3363 "2020-05-30T23:19:00Z")
> [@susan](#): > > The issue may be diabetes, not obesity per se. From what I understand, obesity by itself is a factor in getting severe illness and death. It doesn’t matter if you have diabetes or hypertension or some other condition that’s commonly associated with obesity. [cite](https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/latest-evidence-on-obesity-and-covid-19) > [@needscoffee](#): > > Look at the crowding in the slums in the photo way down the page here. But people can’t just sit at home or they’ll starve, so they go out, and the virus spreads. Crowding is more likely the cause than overweight. > [The world's new Covid-19 epicenter could be the worst yet - CNN](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/05/30/americas/latin-america-covid-19-epicenter-intl/index.html) The obesity is a factor in the severity of the illness; crowding is a factor in how much it spreads. ---
**Author:** ![yo\_han\_go](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yo_han_go/32/130_2.png) [@yo\_han\_go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yo_han_go)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3364 "2020-05-31T01:14:25Z")
Down to only active 8 cases (2 serious) in whole country here in Slovenia. Current restrictions similar to Austrian ones. Officially, emergency ends as tomorrow. So wearing mask and social distancing guides expected to generally lessen from mandatory to recommended in the next week. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3365 "2020-05-31T02:27:35Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > For samples taken 14 days or more after symptoms. This seems to be a problem: it seems that some medical authorities really really want an antibody test that can be done immediately after symptoms have come or gone: not to wait 2 weeks and then find out. > > Also, with no data for if the tests fails at “much more than 14 days”. So at present, you need to have a good record of “when symptoms first developed” to have a reliable test. And also, the test verification showed that 88 out of 88 cases (where symptoms were more than 14 days) were detected. That’s good, but 88 people isn’t a lot. And I see that when I wrote that, I missed the elephant in the room. The top antibody test on the list, the one with 100% success rate, got the 100% for 88 people tested \>= 14 days after symptoms. _So it’s not validated for people who are asymptomatic_ ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3366 "2020-05-31T02:54:29Z")
Nm ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3367 "2020-05-31T03:03:34Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > Brazil is also approaching the U.S. in being the most obese country in the world. Good chance there is a strong correlation. > [@needscoffee](#): > > Look at the crowding in the slums in the photo way down the page here. But people can’t just sit at home or they’ll starve, so they go out, and the virus spreads. Crowding is more likely the cause than overweight. > [The world's new Covid-19 epicenter could be the worst yet - CNN](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/05/30/americas/latin-america-covid-19-epicenter-intl/index.html) > [@dtilque](#): > > From what I understand, obesity by itself is a factor in getting severe illness and death. It doesn’t matter if you have diabetes or hypertension or some other condition that’s commonly associated with obesity. [cite](https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/latest-evidence-on-obesity-and-covid-19) > > The obesity is a factor in the severity of the illness; crowding is a factor in how much it spreads. Yes, but if many thousands more are contracting it due to overcrowding, then many more will die of it, whether or not they’re obese or diabetic or hypertensive. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3368 "2020-05-31T03:06:52Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > [Moscow Doubles Last Month’s Coronavirus Death Toll Amid Suspicions Of Undercounting](https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/29/865044503/moscow-doubles-last-months-coronavirus-death-toll-amid-suspicions-of-undercounti) For some reason, these additional Moscow deaths haven’t shown up in the Worldometer counts. I recall that when China reported a big addition to deaths in Wuhan that they added those. Did they just miss the news? I don’t follow the Johns Hopkins site. Did they add the Moscow deaths? ---
**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 31, 2020, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3369 "2020-05-31T04:27:00Z")
6,160,295 total cases 371,006 dead 2,738,284 recovered In the US: 1,816,820 total cases 105,557 dead 535,238 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 6,033,814 total cases > 366,890 dead > 2,661,145 recovered > > In the US: > > 1,793,530 total cases > 104,542 dead > 519,569 recovered ---
**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 31, 2020, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3370 "2020-05-31T08:29:43Z")
Hawaii had three days in a row this week without a new case, then suddenly three new ones a day for three days in a row, all on Oahu. But barbers opened on Oahu yesterday, and I got my first haircut in 2-1/2 months today, although my regular shop is still not open. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758.md?page=167) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758.md?page=169)