Stay Informed Of Updated COVID-19 Info, 3/9/2020
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Senior Day crowd, The Florida Department of Health Highlights Importance of Vaccination at Florida Senior Day (Attribution: Florida Department of Health, Presented at: WindermereSun.com)
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Senior Day crowd, The Florida Department of Health Highlights Importance of Vaccination at Florida Senior Day (Attribution: Florida Department of Health, Presented at: WindermereSun.com)
Cross section model of COVID-19, showing the components of the virus (Attribution: scientificanimations.com, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/, Presented at: WindermereSun.com)
Symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (attribution: Mikael Häggström, M.D.,Presented at: WindermereSun.com)
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For updated info & data on COVID-19, please click HERE.
There are several important web sites that would help you to stay informed of updated information regarding COVID-19 spread, below:
- COVID-19 Global data & useful news, information since the beginning of the spread on timeline: http://www.covid19info.site/
- COVID-19 cases and death counts in USA by state: https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-updates-united-states.html
- John Hopkins CSSE COVID-19 case & death counts by country: https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
- Be sure to check with your respective state Health Department about protocol. For example, in state of Florida, people with symptoms of COVID-19 (dry cough, sneeze, runny nose, sore throat, fever, fatigue, shortness of breath, diarrhea, decreased kidney function, decreased white blood cells) are not recommended to go to urgent care or doctors but to contact Florida Health Department directly for test kits: http://www.floridahealth.gov/
- CDC recommendations for COVID-19: remember coronavirus.gov https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
Members of the Coronavirus Task Force, charged with leading the U.S. response to the global coronavirus outbreak, hold a press briefing at the White House on Monday, March 9, 2020, 6:30 pm, in the video “Watch live: VP Pence & Coronavirus Task Force hold press briefing“, below:
Dr. Jay Butler, CDC’s Deputy Director for Infectious Diseases and Senior Response Official for the COVID-19 response provided a situational update for CDC partners, including members of the private sector, public health organizations, universities, and clinical societies. He provided the most up-to-date information on what is currently happening in the United States and abroad, discussed current travel notices, and answered participants’ questions, in the video “CDC Public and Private Partner Call for COVID-19 – March 4, 2020“, below:
Dr. Nancy Messonnier provided a situational update on COVID-19 with CDC partners and answered questions that some private sector partners provided prior to the call. Topics included travel restrictions, recommended use of facemasks and N95 respirators, and prevention techniques, in the video “CDC Business Sector Call for COVID-19 – February 21, 2020“, below:
Clean hands can help prevent the spread of infectious diseases, such as flu. This podcast explains the proper way to wash your hands, in the video “Clean Hands Help Prevent the Flu“, below:
Each year in the United States, patients get more than a million infections in the hospital while being treated for something else. The best way to help prevent infection is to practice proper hand hygiene. Hand Hygiene Saves Lives shows how patients can play an active role in reminding healthcare providers to practice hand hygiene in hospitals and other healthcare facilities, in the video “Hand Hygiene Saves Lives“, below:
Although there is no need to panic, it is important for us to remember and learn from history. The pandemic of H1N1 virus in 1918 infected about one-third of the world’s population, causing at least 50 million deaths, including more than a half-million in the United States. Martha Teichner reports, in the video “The story of the 1918 flu pandemic”, below:
Some of the basics needed in prepping for potential self-quarantine:
- Hand cleanser (soap & water & hand sanitizer)
- Cleaning products: for cleaning household surfaces such as countertops, faucets, door knobs, drawer pulls, light switches, telephone, handles of brooms, mops, etc., for reference list suggested by CDC, click HERE.)
- Laundry detergent
- Food (at least 3 weeks worth of staples:beans, pasta, rice, canned vegetables, frozen food, canned soup, shelf-stable milk, or dehydrated food, etc.)
- Water (be it in bottled water form or activated carbon filter pitcher and/or distiller)
- Face masks
- Prescription meds (talk to your doctor as to how much of your prescription meds need to be stocked)
- Over-the-counter medicine (acetaminophen, ibuprofen, cough medicine, etc.)
- Thermometer
- Robust WiFi
- Video conferencing services
- Entertainment (check out: Netflix’s Pandemic & Amazon’s Contagion)
- Exercise guides or equipment
You may be interested in these podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/worldaffairs/id101215657
You may also be interested in these articles/posts below:
- How & What To Prepare For Emergency Food & Supplies
- Alternatives To Handshake
- Global Town Hall: Coronavirus – Facts & Fear & What To Prep For
- U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee Meeting On Containing The COVID-19
- Congress Agrees On $8.3 Billion Funding To Combat COVID-19 Or Coronavirus
- How To Prevent The Spread Of COVID-19, Novel Coronavirus
- COVID-19 Is Here In Florida, 2 Confirmed Cases, Gov. DeSantis Lays Out Plan
- First Death In USA Due To COVID-19, In King County, Washington State
- Global Economic Impact Of COVID-19
- Masked Mass Wedding in Philippines
- Thank You, Medecins Sans Frontieres (aka: Doctors Without Borders)
- Difference In Opinion Between Trump Administration & Scientists On COVID-19
- Americans Should Get Ready: It Is Not A Question Of “If” But “When” COVID-19 Will Spread In USA
- Understanding Pandemic Of COVID-19
- Need To Prepare & Prevent Potential Pandemic By Looking Into History
- Update Of COVID-19 Or nCoV-2019, As Of Feb. 19, 2020
- American Evacuees From Wuhan Need Your Help
- China Tries 3,000-Year-Old Traditional Remedy on Virus Patients
- For COVID-19 Coronavirus, How Well Do Thermometer Guns Even Work?
- World Health Organization Declares Coronavirus Outbreak An International Emergency
- Wuhan Coronavirus News Update-January 29, 2020
- First American Infected With Wuhan Coronavirus, In Seattle, Washington, Is In Good Condition
- What To Do To Prevent 2019 n-Cov (aka: Wuhan Coronavirus) & Help People in Wuhan
- Update on 2019 nCoV (2019 Coronavirus) Global Impact & How You Can Help Wuhan Hospitals Directly
- Update Of nCoV With Hope In Anti-Viral Drugs
- Latest Update Of nCoV On 2/10/2020
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