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Coronavirus 'harms the brain and nervous system of HALF of severely ill patients and a third of all cases' - causing symptoms such as stumbling, slurred speech and seizures Coronavirus harms the brain and nervous system of half of severely ill patients, a study on patients with COVID-19 in the Chinese city of Wuhan has found. Such impacts — which appear in a third of patients overall — lead to symptoms including headaches, stumbling, slurred speech, nerve pain and seizures. The study — the first to characterise the brain problems associated with coronavirus infection — suggest that these symptoms could indicate patients at a higher risk. In the study, neurologist Bo Hu of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology and colleagues analysed 214 patients with COVID-19 from Wuhan, China, the city where the outbreak emerged, between mid-January and mid-February. The patients were all treated in one of three dedicated special care centres in the university's Union Hospital. The experts sorted neurological symptoms into one of three categories, the first of which was central nervous system manifestations — including dizziness, headache, impaired consciousness, acute cerebrovascular disease, ataxia and seizure. The other categories were peripheral nervous system manifestations (taste impairment, smell impairment, vision impairment and nerve pain) and skeletal muscular injury manifestations. Overall, 78 patients (36.4 per cent) had neurologic manifestations,' the researchers wrote in their paper. 'Compared with patients with non-severe infection, patients with severe infection were older, had more underlying disorders, especially hypertension, and showed fewer typical symptoms of COVID-19, such as fever and cough,' they added. 'Patients with more severe infection had neurologic manifestations, such as acute cerebrovascular diseases (5 vs 1), impaired consciousness (13 vs 3) and skeletal muscle injury (17 vs 6).' During the epidemic period of COVID-19, when seeing patients with neurologic manifestations, clinicians should suspect severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection as a differential diagnosis,' the researchers said. This, they added, will avoid delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis and losing the chance to treat [the patients] and prevent further transmission.'

Unemployment benefits traditionally require a worker to be laid off to collect benefits, and so many people are not yet aware that the relief bill allows a person to quit and still collect as long as they “self-certify” that they had to quit because of the coronavirus situation

The average state already gives out $463 per week in unemployment benefits. When combined with the new $600 per week, that works out to $1,063 per week – the equivalent of more than $26 an hour, or $55,000 a year. That angers some essential workers on the front lines on the crisis. “I can tell you as a worker who barely makes over minimum wage, at $12 an hour, the whole thing is complete BS,” Otis Mitchell Jr., who works in West Virginia transporting hospital patients to get medical tests, told Fox News. Mitchell Jr. added that he has unemployed friends who already are getting the extra $600, and that “I prefer to work, but sadly I’d make more staying home.” “I work in a hospital of all places and we aren’t being compensated anything [extra],” he added. He said he also knows people at his workplace “who are just wanting to get laid off, completely because they’d get more money being at home.”

Some lawmakers think the extra$ should go even longer lol The generous payments are temporary, however. They are scheduled to last for four months, ending July 31. But politicians already are considering extending that end date in a follow-up relief bill. This weekend, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrote a letter to colleagues saying: "CARES 2 must go further... extending and strengthening unemployment benefits."

Well in 4 months 1.5+ million entities will be walking through the NY State Fair grounds plus employees, vendors etc ...Talk about a breeding ground lol

Supposedly when the infection rate is Lower then a 1 it just gradually disappears, but I do wonder the same thing lol

2 positive, 33 negative over the past 24 hours..

While deaths are up, new hospitalized are down..

Coronavirus leaves at least 10% of the American workforce unemployed in three weeks: 6.6 million file new claims in a week bringing the total out of work to 16 million Up to 50 million jobs are vulnerable to coronavirus-related layoffs, economists say - about one-third of all the jobs in the United States. That figure is based on a calculation of positions that are deemed non-essential by state and federal governments and that cannot be done from home. It's unlikely all those workers will be laid off or file a jobless claim but it suggests the extraordinary magnitude of unemployment that could result from the pandemic.

OSWEGO, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — With 36 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the county, Oswego County Legislature Chairman Jim Weatherup asked residents on Wednesday to follow a voluntary shelter-in-place order, similar to Onondaga County. Weatherup asked the residents of Oswego County to do their essential travel on an every-other-day basis. The rules for Oswego County’s voluntary shelter in place are as follows: Residents born during an odd year – Only travel on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays Residents born during an even year – Only travel on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays Sundays – Weatherup asks everyone to stay home The Chairman admitted he did not have any jurisdiction to enforce the recommended travel restrictions, but he said, “In the interest of public health and safety, we can police it and keep track of those who ignore it.” As of Wednesday, Oswego County has reported 36 cases of COVID-19, with 18 of those individuals recovering from the virus. Two people in Oswego County have also died from COVID-19. Chairman Weatherup also sent a warning ahead of Easter Sunday, urging his residents to celebrate Easter only within the confines of their own home. For the latest news related to COVID-19 in Oswego County, click here. The health department’s COVID-19 hotline number is 315-349-3330.

2 New confirmed last 24 hours 62 negative results

In sporting news, MLB is trying to get going in MAY, most likely in Phoenix Arizona with no fans..Players will be "isolated" in their hotel rooms, they will only be able to go to the ballpark and back... UFC commissioner Dana white has secured a private island in order to get UFC back up and running lol

Initial Data From China In March, doctors from China published two studies that gave the first glimpse at how prevalent cardiac problems were among patients with COVID-19 illness. The larger of the two studies looked at 416 hospitalized patients. The researchers found that 19% showed signs of heart damage. And those who did were significantly more likely to die: 51% of those with heart damage died versus 4.5% who did not have it. Patients who had heart disease before their coronavirus infections were much more likely to show heart damage afterward. But some patients with no previous heart disease also showed signs of cardiac damage. In fact, patients with no preexisting heart conditions who incurred heart damage during their infection were more likely to die than patients with previous heart disease but no COVID-19-induced cardiac damage. It’s unclear why some patients experience more cardiac effects than others. Bonow said that could be due to a genetic predisposition or it could be because they’re exposed to higher viral loads. Those uncertainties underscore the need for closer monitoring of cardiac markers in COVID-19 patients, Jorde said. If doctors in New York, Washington state and other hot spots can start to tease out how the virus is affecting the heart, they may be able to provide a risk score or other guidance to help clinicians manage COVID-19 patients in other parts of the country. “We have to assume, maybe, that the virus affects the heart directly,” Jorde said. “But it’s essential to find out.”

Toggle navigation COVID-19 Mysterious Heart Damage, Not Just Lung Troubles, Befalling COVID-19 Patients By Markian Hawryluk APRIL 6, 2020 REPUBLISH THIS STORY DISPONIBLE EN ESPAÑOL (KHN Illustration; Getty Images) While the focus of the COVID-19 pandemic has been on respiratory problems and securing enough ventilators, doctors on the front lines are grappling with a new medical mystery. In addition to lung damage, many COVID-19 patients are also developing heart problems — and dying of cardiac arrest. As more data comes in from China and Italy, as well as Washington state and New York, more cardiac experts are coming to believe the COVID-19 virus can infect the heart muscle. An initial study found cardiac damage in as many as 1 in 5 patients, leading to heart failure and death even among those who show no signs of respiratory distress. That could change the way doctors and hospitals need to think about patients, particularly in the early stages of illness. It also could open up a second front in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, with a need for new precautions in people with preexisting heart problems, new demands for equipment and, ultimately, new treatment plans for damaged hearts among those who survive.

Up 1 case last 24 hours and unfortunately they had to add a column for deceased which is 2.. Many more people tested.. I'm wondering if people are confusing symptoms from the common cold or allergies (as alluded by BW) for the coronavirus.. Awfully a lot of negatives for only testing the"sickest" Obviously max brought this up earlier.. Unless many of these people had contact with someone that is positive

All 800 residents and staff of a Beaver County, Pennsylvania, nursing home are presumed to have the coronavirus, according to a KDKA-TV report Tuesday.

As the country battles a rapidly growing number of coronavirus infections, 13 coroners and medical examiners in nine states told CNN that they are struggling to acquire the supplies needed to test bodies arriving at their facilities for the disease. With concerns growing about the coronavirus death toll being incomplete because of lack of testing for the living, coroners and medical examiners said being unable to test the dead compounds the issue. They said they are worried that deaths are being significantly undercounted and that as a result, the statistics used by the federal and state governments to chart the virus's spread and severity are far from reliable. Contacts of the deceased may not get the warnings they need to help keep the disease from spreading; families may be left not knowing what killed their loved ones.

If you die at home from the coronavirus, there’s a good chance you won’t be included in the official death toll, because of a discrepancy in New York City’s reporting process. The problem means the city’s official death count is likely far lower than the real toll taken by the virus, according to public health officials. It also means that victims without access to testing are not being counted, and even epidemiologists are left without a full understanding of the pandemic. Continue reading

I'm pretty sure the deceased were the owners of ponderosa steakhouse in Pulaski, last I heard they were on ventilators... They caught this virus at a funeral in a neighboring county..

OSWEGO COUNTY, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — The Oswego County Health Department says that two Oswego County residents have died from coronavirus. They were both in hospitals in a neighboring county, and were both adults. That is as much information as the health department will release. “We extend our deepest condolences to the loved ones of these patients,” said Oswego County Legislature Chairman James Weatherup. “While we have anticipated and prepared for the spread of coronavirus to our county, the deaths are an unfortunate development in our efforts to fight this disease, and something that we never wanted to see.” County Public Health Director Jiancheng Huang said, “We are working with our state and local partners to limit the impacts of this disease in our community. Most cases of COVID-19 exhibit mild or moderate symptoms. However, elderly persons and those with underlying health conditions are particularly vulnerable to developing more serious complications.”

Yeah I didn't take out taxes with this last claim as my previous job offset that so to speak..I will be doing it starting this week so I don't get screwed at the end of this year...

I have noticed my anxiety going down big time since I stopped paying attention to what's going on in the world and only concentrate on Oswego county...It's pretty much been 1 new confirmed each day.. Total # people tested: 668 (yesterday: 642) Total # of positive cases: 33 (yesterday: 32) Total # of negative results: 585 (yesterday: 564) Pending results: 50 (yesterday: 43) Total # of people in precautionary quarantine: 69 (yesterday: 62) Total # of people in mandatory isolation/quarantine: 88 (yesterday: 97 ) Total recoveries: 16 (yesterday: 14) Total completed/released from monitoring: 605 (yesterday: 575

I actually got my first $600 check yesterday so the government is not lying (lol) which many people seem to believe is the case..

I'm pretty sure even partial unemployment receives these checks.. So you can work 3 days a week, collect 1 day of unemployment (4 effective days) and still qualify for$600 extra a week..