# 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:** 79
**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:** [March 27, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/1563 "2020-03-27T04:34:21Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > The US now has the most confirmed infections of any nation on the planet, as well as the most active cases. USA! USA! That chant is so tired. Let’s change it up! > [@](#): > > USA! Co-ro-na! USA! Co-ro-na! ---
**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:** [March 27, 2020, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/1564 "2020-03-27T04:50:27Z")
Taiwan news: Yesterday was up to 252 with 17 more cases, 15 of which are imported and only two which are from community transmission. Fortunately, the transmission route for both of the new cases are known. In one of the local infections, the man in his 60s contracted the virus from a family member who had visited the United States in early January and was diagnosed with COVID-19 a few days after returning to Taiwan on March 19. The new patient was tested because of his proximity to that family member but had not been showing any symptoms of COVID-19, the CECC said. The Taiwanese government is moving ahead on other planning. My school is following government guidance on developing a contingency plan for online teaching. We will have a training session next Wednesday. Health Minister Chen Shih-chung heads the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) and is widely respected and trusted here in Taiwan. He give a daily update, announcing the news for the day. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2020, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/1565 "2020-03-27T06:25:48Z")
By the way, I expect the US total confirmed infections to top 100K tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/1566 "2020-03-27T06:35:03Z")
I wonder when Trump is going to order all testing to stop. At this point, it’s really making him look bad. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/1567 "2020-03-27T10:24:10Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > The widespread obsession, here and in the media in general, with total numbers of cases and deaths, puzzles me. > > Why is there so much discussion of totals by country, yet only sporadic mentions of numbers of cases per country _per capita_? > > There is so much hand-wringing over which country is ahead in total numbers. Italy for the win! Wait, Spain ahead by a length now! United States coming from behind, may take the lead next week! It sounds like a day at the horse races. > > Why is there so little emphasis on the numbers per capita? The Unites States is a big country. Seen that way, we’re nowhere near Italy or Spain in the numbers. > > Same remark applies to the numbers being tested. We may have tested more than South Korea by now, but does that mean we’re ahead of South Korea in testing? Wait for it. That will come. {GRIMLY} ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/1568 "2020-03-27T10:24:43Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > By the way, I expect the US total confirmed infections to top 100K tomorrow. Yes, and just 11 days ago, this total was only 100k for the entire world (excluding China). Of course, part of this was due to lack of testing. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/1569 "2020-03-27T11:01:34Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Why is there so little emphasis on the numbers per capita? The Unites States is a big country. Seen that way, we’re nowhere near Italy or Spain in the numbers. The US now has more confirmed cases than China, which has four times our population. Do you really need another statistic? ---
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/1570 "2020-03-27T11:25:58Z")
[Boris Johnson](https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1243496858095411200) tests positive for Coronavirus. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/1571 "2020-03-27T11:27:51Z")
> [@blue\_infinity](#): > > [Boris Johnson](https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1243496858095411200) tests positive for Coronavirus. _ **Where is your herd immunity now?!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/1572 "2020-03-27T13:06:28Z")
> [@blue\_infinity](#): > > [Boris Johnson](https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1243496858095411200) tests positive for Coronavirus. And now the Health Secretary Matt Hancock. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/1573 "2020-03-27T13:18:16Z")
> [@blue\_infinity](#): > > [Boris Johnson](https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1243496858095411200) tests positive for Coronavirus. > [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > And now the Health Secretary Matt Hancock. > [@](#): > > Several weeks ago, Johnson had pledged he would “go on shaking hands with everybody.” > **[US eyes new outbreaks as infections worldwide top 590,000](https://apnews.com/article/health-spain-ap-top-news-boris-johnson-virus-outbreak-9099bff02a25d38a2777f5a6d7c40fc1)** > > NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans rushed to build a makeshift hospital in its convention center Friday as troubling new outbreaks bubbled in the United States, deaths surged in Italy and Spain and the world warily trudged through the pandemic that has... ---
**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:** [March 27, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/1574 "2020-03-27T15:05:59Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I wonder when Trump is going to order all testing to stop. At this point, it’s really making him look bad. They seem to be pulling back on testing again. Instead of ramping up and testing everyone, they are recommending testing only for those who are critically ill. You don’t have outright ban testing (and make the news about having done so) to significantly reduce testing. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/1575 "2020-03-27T18:40:37Z")
[Fascinating video featuring a cell phone tracking map of where Fort Lauderdale spring breakers dispersed to.](https://twitter.com/TectonixGEO/status/1242628347034767361?s=20) ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/1576 "2020-03-27T18:43:24Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > They seem to be pulling back on testing again. Instead of ramping up and testing everyone, they are recommending testing only for those who are critically ill. > > You don’t have outright ban testing (and make the news about having done so) to significantly reduce testing. ☹ Hold on a second, was testing everyone ever a goal? ---
**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:** [March 27, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/1577 "2020-03-27T19:04:25Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > Hold on a second, was testing everyone ever a goal? I was exaggerating, but imho, the goal ought to be too rest everyone with a snuggle and everyone in contact with anyone who tested positive, and quarantine all the people who test positive. That’s a lot less disruptive than “quarantine the entire country”, and also more feasible. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/1578 "2020-03-27T19:13:41Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I was exaggerating, but imho, the goal ought to be too rest everyone with a snuggle… I wholeheartedly support this goal. We could all use more rest and snuggles right now. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/1579 "2020-03-27T19:17:01Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I was exaggerating, but imho, the goal ought to be too rest everyone with a snuggle I also wholeheartedly support this goal. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/1580 "2020-03-27T19:20:24Z")
Lol, I guess i should proofread my autocorrect more carefully. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/1581 "2020-03-27T19:52:57Z")
[The US government reportedly has a stockpile of 1.5 million expired N95 masks in storage as hospitals around the country face critical shortage](https://www.businessinsider.com/cbp-stockpile-expired-n95-masks-in-storage-indiana-coronavirus-2020-3) > [@](#): > > The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released [new guidelines for using expired masks in February](https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/release-stockpiled-N95.html), stating that masks that are past their manufacturer-designated shelf life are no longer certified by the CDC but can be considered for use in the event of an emergency, like COVID-19. > > According to the CDC, expired masks can still be effective if stored correctly. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/1582 "2020-03-27T20:03:09Z")
U.S. hits 100,000 confirmed cases: > **[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. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758.md?page=78) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758.md?page=80)