I most recently heard this on TMZ but there have been at least reported Covid-19 dog deaths reported, however it is not clear if dogs can transmit the virus to humans.
What you did — no, what you didn’t do — was irresponsible. Even reprehensible.
You were concerned enough about your own health to get tested for the coronavirus, but you didn’t care enough about other people to self-quarantine until you got the results.
When the story erupted Sunday, minutes after you told everyone on Twitter that you tested positive, you didn’t respond to tough questions that surfaced among your colleagues in Washington and your constituents here in Kentucky.
On Monday, you begged for compassion.
“The broader the testing and the less finger-pointing we have, the better,” you said.
“Perhaps it is too much to ask that we simply have compassion for our fellow Americans who are sick or fearful of becoming so,” you said.
No apologies.
No acknowledgement that you made a mistake.
This isn’t leadership, Rand Paul.
We are sorry that Kentucky’s junior senator tested positive. Yes, we do have compassion.
But we are gravely disturbed that a public official would show such disregard for a disease that has sickened more than 370,000 people worldwide and killed more than 16,000. Kentucky now has at least 124 cases and four deaths.
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Paul said he didn’t self-quarantine because he had no symptoms and had no contact with anyone who has tested positive or been sick.
Really?
Paul should know that with COVID-19, people have had the disease and shown no symptoms.
There is no acceptable excuse for Paul’s behavior.
His actions are a disgrace.
Feel better, Sen. Paul. Get healthy.
But Kentucky won’t soon forget this horrible lapse in judgment.
One of the few mercies during this crisis is that, by their nature, individual coronaviruses are easily destroyed.
Each virus particle consists of a small set of genes, enclosed by a sphere of fatty lipid molecules, and because lipid shells are easily torn apart by soap, 20 seconds of thorough hand-washing can take one down.
Lipid shells are also vulnerable to the elements; a recent study shows that the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, survives for no more than a day on cardboard, and about two to three days on steel and plastic. These viruses don’t endure in the world. They need bodies.
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To be clear, SARS-CoV-2 is not the flu. It causes a disease with different symptoms, spreads and kills more readily, and belongs to a completely different family of viruses.
This family, the coronaviruses, includes just six other members that infect humans. Four of them—OC43, HKU1, NL63, and 229E—have been gently annoying humans for more than a century, causing a third of common colds.
The other two—MERS and SARS (or “SARS-classic,” as some virologists have started calling it)—both cause far more severe disease. Why was this seventh coronavirus the one to go pandemic? Suddenly, what we do know about coronaviruses becomes a matter of international concern.
The structure of the virus provides some clues about its success. In shape, it’s essentially a spiky ball. Those spikes recognize and stick to a protein called ACE2, which is found on the surface of our cells: This is the first step to an infection.
The exact contours of SARS-CoV-2’s spikes allow it to stick far more strongly to ACE2 than SARS-classic did, and “it’s likely that this is really crucial for person-to-person transmission,” says Angela Rasmussen of Columbia University. In general terms, the tighter the bond, the less virus required to start an infection.
President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday that he sent a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un about cooperation on the novel coronavirus and offered assistance to North Korea, Iran and other countries that need help.
“On North Korea, Iran, and others, we are open for helping other countries. It is a very serious time. North Korea’s going through something, Iran is going through something very, very strong,” Trump said.
“Iran is really going through a difficult period with respect to this as you know. I have put the — it’s really a glad hand, to North Korea, to Iran and to many other countries.”
His confirmation comes after North Korea said Trump sent Kim a personal letter in which he expressed his willingness to help with “anti-epidemic work,” according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency early Sunday.
In the letter, Trump “explained his plan to propel the relations between the two countries of the DPRK and the U.S. and expressed his intent to render cooperation in the anti-epidemic work, saying that he was impressed by the efforts made by the Chairman to defend his people from the serious threat of the epidemic,” according to a statement from Kim Yo Jong, Kim’s younger sister and first vice department director for WPK Central Committee, as reported by KCNA.
Two ugly truths about any epic economic crisis are that not all businesses will survive, and government interventions help determine which businesses will survive.
As coronavirus crushes the economy, Washington policymakers are scrambling to figure out who to bail out, a responsibility that one veteran of the 2008 financial rescue morbidly but accurately compared to the frantic triage work that doctors are currently doing in overcrowded Italian hospitals.
They don’t want to waste precious resources on patients who can’t be saved, or on patients who can recover without their help.
They know they can’t prevent all deaths, but they want to prevent the preventable deaths.
That kind of economic triage is happening right now.
With American commerce facing an unprecedented shutdown, and just about every business other than Amazon, Costco and Purell taking devastating hits, Washington is gripped in a bailout frenzy.
Nearly every industry is sending its lobbyists to ask Congress for handouts, including the private jet industry.
The coal industry wants permission to stop making payments to miners with black lung disease.
The hotel industry alone has requested a $150 billion bailout, which would help President Donald Trump endure the cancelled bookings at his resorts.
✄
But triage is about priorities, and Washington’s top priority is as spectacularly obvious as it has been largely absent from the stimulus debate: It needs to do everything it can to contain the coronavirus right now.
The first rule for getting out of a hole is to stop digging, and that means throwing money at any business that can make more tests, masks or ventilators, provide more hospital beds or medical supplies, or otherwise help get the pandemic under control.
Trump’s two-page stimulus proposal did not specify one dime for these industries….
Are we off the “Dogs can get the virus” topic?… I’m avoiding them as much as humans. Wondering about owners infecting each other via their pets. Off topic: current relief package seems to fill the holes McConnell wanted to have in it. Thanks Ms. Pelosi.
Yes, it’s possible for animals to test positive for coronavirus.
According to The Miami Herald, they can test positive “for low levels of coronavirus,” and that’s according to the Hong Kong Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department.
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However, despite that report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), says that it’s not likely you will get coronavirus from a pet.
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However, the CDC advises that people with coronavirus avoid contact with pets, just in case, writing, “You should restrict contact with pets and other animals while you are sick with COVID-19, just like you would around other people.
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Although there have not been reports of pets or other animals becoming sick with COVID-19, it is still recommended that people sick with COVID-19 limit contact with animals until more information is known about the virus.
✄
According to MSN.com, coronavirus spreads through “direct contact with respiratory droplets.” So when someone sneezes or coughs, other people can get it by touching objects that those droplets have landed on.
MSN.com reports that experts aren’t sure yet whether coronavirus can be caught twice, and that concerns about that largely emanated from the Japanese case; it’s possible that the virus could remain in the lungs but people tested through the nose or throat could test negative for it.
sergioandrade Premium Member over 4 years ago
I most recently heard this on TMZ but there have been at least reported Covid-19 dog deaths reported, however it is not clear if dogs can transmit the virus to humans.
Silly Season over 4 years ago
Shame on you, Rand Paul.
What you did — no, what you didn’t do — was irresponsible. Even reprehensible.
You were concerned enough about your own health to get tested for the coronavirus, but you didn’t care enough about other people to self-quarantine until you got the results.
When the story erupted Sunday, minutes after you told everyone on Twitter that you tested positive, you didn’t respond to tough questions that surfaced among your colleagues in Washington and your constituents here in Kentucky.
On Monday, you begged for compassion.
“The broader the testing and the less finger-pointing we have, the better,” you said.
“Perhaps it is too much to ask that we simply have compassion for our fellow Americans who are sick or fearful of becoming so,” you said.
No apologies.
No acknowledgement that you made a mistake.
This isn’t leadership, Rand Paul.
We are sorry that Kentucky’s junior senator tested positive. Yes, we do have compassion.
But we are gravely disturbed that a public official would show such disregard for a disease that has sickened more than 370,000 people worldwide and killed more than 16,000. Kentucky now has at least 124 cases and four deaths.
✄
Paul said he didn’t self-quarantine because he had no symptoms and had no contact with anyone who has tested positive or been sick.
Really?
Paul should know that with COVID-19, people have had the disease and shown no symptoms.
There is no acceptable excuse for Paul’s behavior.
His actions are a disgrace.
Feel better, Sen. Paul. Get healthy.
But Kentucky won’t soon forget this horrible lapse in judgment.
We deserve better.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/2020/03/23/coronavirus-kentucky-rand-pauls-actions-were-disgraceful/2902844001/
Silly Season over 4 years ago
March 20, 2020
One of the few mercies during this crisis is that, by their nature, individual coronaviruses are easily destroyed.
Each virus particle consists of a small set of genes, enclosed by a sphere of fatty lipid molecules, and because lipid shells are easily torn apart by soap, 20 seconds of thorough hand-washing can take one down.
Lipid shells are also vulnerable to the elements; a recent study shows that the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, survives for no more than a day on cardboard, and about two to three days on steel and plastic. These viruses don’t endure in the world. They need bodies.
✄
To be clear, SARS-CoV-2 is not the flu. It causes a disease with different symptoms, spreads and kills more readily, and belongs to a completely different family of viruses.
This family, the coronaviruses, includes just six other members that infect humans. Four of them—OC43, HKU1, NL63, and 229E—have been gently annoying humans for more than a century, causing a third of common colds.
The other two—MERS and SARS (or “SARS-classic,” as some virologists have started calling it)—both cause far more severe disease. Why was this seventh coronavirus the one to go pandemic? Suddenly, what we do know about coronaviruses becomes a matter of international concern.
The structure of the virus provides some clues about its success. In shape, it’s essentially a spiky ball. Those spikes recognize and stick to a protein called ACE2, which is found on the surface of our cells: This is the first step to an infection.
The exact contours of SARS-CoV-2’s spikes allow it to stick far more strongly to ACE2 than SARS-classic did, and “it’s likely that this is really crucial for person-to-person transmission,” says Angela Rasmussen of Columbia University. In general terms, the tighter the bond, the less virus required to start an infection.
More at the link…
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/03/biography-new-coronavirus/608338/
Silly Season over 4 years ago
President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday that he sent a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un about cooperation on the novel coronavirus and offered assistance to North Korea, Iran and other countries that need help.
“On North Korea, Iran, and others, we are open for helping other countries. It is a very serious time. North Korea’s going through something, Iran is going through something very, very strong,” Trump said.
“Iran is really going through a difficult period with respect to this as you know. I have put the — it’s really a glad hand, to North Korea, to Iran and to many other countries.”
His confirmation comes after North Korea said Trump sent Kim a personal letter in which he expressed his willingness to help with “anti-epidemic work,” according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency early Sunday.
In the letter, Trump “explained his plan to propel the relations between the two countries of the DPRK and the U.S. and expressed his intent to render cooperation in the anti-epidemic work, saying that he was impressed by the efforts made by the Chairman to defend his people from the serious threat of the epidemic,” according to a statement from Kim Yo Jong, Kim’s younger sister and first vice department director for WPK Central Committee, as reported by KCNA.
https://abc17news.com/news/politics/national-politics/2020/03/22/north-korea-says-it-received-a-letter-from-trump/
Silly Season over 4 years ago
Two ugly truths about any epic economic crisis are that not all businesses will survive, and government interventions help determine which businesses will survive.
As coronavirus crushes the economy, Washington policymakers are scrambling to figure out who to bail out, a responsibility that one veteran of the 2008 financial rescue morbidly but accurately compared to the frantic triage work that doctors are currently doing in overcrowded Italian hospitals.
They don’t want to waste precious resources on patients who can’t be saved, or on patients who can recover without their help.
They know they can’t prevent all deaths, but they want to prevent the preventable deaths.
That kind of economic triage is happening right now.
With American commerce facing an unprecedented shutdown, and just about every business other than Amazon, Costco and Purell taking devastating hits, Washington is gripped in a bailout frenzy.
Nearly every industry is sending its lobbyists to ask Congress for handouts, including the private jet industry.
The coal industry wants permission to stop making payments to miners with black lung disease.
The hotel industry alone has requested a $150 billion bailout, which would help President Donald Trump endure the cancelled bookings at his resorts.
✄
But triage is about priorities, and Washington’s top priority is as spectacularly obvious as it has been largely absent from the stimulus debate: It needs to do everything it can to contain the coronavirus right now.
The first rule for getting out of a hole is to stop digging, and that means throwing money at any business that can make more tests, masks or ventilators, provide more hospital beds or medical supplies, or otherwise help get the pandemic under control.
Trump’s two-page stimulus proposal did not specify one dime for these industries….
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/03/22/bailout-coronavirus-congress-crisis-142961
JamieLee Premium Member over 4 years ago
If my memory is correct the US had 11 people with the virus in EARLY February. Now we have 50,000 +
William Robbins Premium Member over 4 years ago
Are we off the “Dogs can get the virus” topic?… I’m avoiding them as much as humans. Wondering about owners infecting each other via their pets. Off topic: current relief package seems to fill the holes McConnell wanted to have in it. Thanks Ms. Pelosi.
Silly Season over 4 years ago
Yes, it’s possible for animals to test positive for coronavirus.
According to The Miami Herald, they can test positive “for low levels of coronavirus,” and that’s according to the Hong Kong Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department.
✄
However, despite that report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), says that it’s not likely you will get coronavirus from a pet.
✄
However, the CDC advises that people with coronavirus avoid contact with pets, just in case, writing, “You should restrict contact with pets and other animals while you are sick with COVID-19, just like you would around other people.
✄
Although there have not been reports of pets or other animals becoming sick with COVID-19, it is still recommended that people sick with COVID-19 limit contact with animals until more information is known about the virus.
✄
According to MSN.com, coronavirus spreads through “direct contact with respiratory droplets.” So when someone sneezes or coughs, other people can get it by touching objects that those droplets have landed on.
MSN.com reports that experts aren’t sure yet whether coronavirus can be caught twice, and that concerns about that largely emanated from the Japanese case; it’s possible that the virus could remain in the lungs but people tested through the nose or throat could test negative for it.
https://heavy.com/news/2020/03/can-dogs-cats-pets-get-coronavirus/
MichaelSFC90 over 4 years ago
Dogs can carry it, however they can’t get sick from it. Let’s stick to the storyline shall we?
bookworm0812 over 4 years ago
Did they have to make the virus look cute?