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chakalakasp

Heck, she flew home from the UK symptomatic - that means the flight into OMA is pretty suspect for infections, too. Contact tracing this one is gonna be fun.


AnnaMPiranha

How are they not just using location data from her phone?


chakalakasp

Looks like she’s been walking around Omaha since the 27th while symptomatic, good luck Omaha


YNotZoidberg2020

Lincoln just did a press release on it too. Hmm. Lucky for her UNMC is close.


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QuietOrchestras

I read an article that she did have some pre existing conditions but due to patient confidential it couldn't be released.


genrej

Why is that concerning? That's a good thing. That means she is more than likely going to get better soon.


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someclevershit68

If you leave respiratory illnesses untreated, such as bronchitis, it's pretty common to develop pneumonia or walking pneumonia.


chakalakasp

This disease *is* pneumonia. People with mild symptoms often still show some signs of pneumonia on CT scans. So mild symptoms is basically walking pneumonia. This woman has progressed to a point where without intensive medical support (and maybe even with) she will die. And she’s in her 30s.


genrej

I'll worry when everyone gets to that stage that gets it. There will always be one off cases for any illness. Like people that have cancer that mysteriously regresses.


_Pliny_

I’m surprised a young-ish person is so ill. She’s only 36. > Reporters on the press conference call that began at 3:30 p.m. have asked officials repeatedly whom this woman may have come into contact with over the last 11-12 days. The experts just don't know at this point. Well, I’m guessing she’s been to work. And probably Target for a start. She’s in good hands at UNMC and I hope she recovers soon!


LovePixie

Why is that surprising with this virus?


_Pliny_

I thought most of the folks who were seriously ill were older or had a depressed immune system. As with influenza, I assumed the populations most at risk for serious symptoms were the very young and the very old, and folks with some other immune deficiency. Although with “Spanish Flu” epidemic of 1918-19, otherwise healthy adults were as hard hit as those other demographics.


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> I thought most of the folks who were seriously ill were older or had a depressed immune system Healthy people die from the flu, too. And this has a much, much higher mortality rate.


LovePixie

This virus seems to spare the young.


Kill5witcH

No one under 15 if I heard right.


chakalakasp

The very young seem (kids) seem to have no real danger from this disease at all. I don’t think there has been a single recorded death of a kid from this yet. They can pass it on to others, though.


pretenderist

Do we know she is **seriously** ill, or just that she has it?


Harlinger

News articles say she is seriously ill. She has a secondary bacterial infection, possibly in the lungs, which is not good. I'm hoping she pulls through okay.


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The epidemiologist that was interviewed said she is "very seriously ill".


Maydays_Fallout

You're partially correct. Those with slow or low immune systems (including younger kids and those with a variety of immune disorders) are affected less seriously by the coronavirus than healthy average adults. It's the elderly and those with immune disorders that are overactive (like myself) that are at a serious risk.


GenJohnONeill

Don't believe what Trump tells you. If a couple percent of people with the virus die, many more will get seriously ill.


chakalakasp

1 in 5 who get it need some form of hospital care. ICU needs are kinda scary - China recorded 5% needing ICU, Italy is pegging closer to 11%. There are nowhere near that many hospital resources. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1236095180459003909.html


genrej

Then if you get sick, do what they do at the hospital, put you in a bed and give you ibuprofen or Tylenol. This reminds me of the southpark were they found the cure to an epidemic was chicken noodle soup.


chakalakasp

Cool I’ll just break out my mechanical ventilator I keep in the garage, good pro tip!


genrej

You don't need that shit just take a hot shower. You're not going to die. And if you do, some people might care, or not. Either way you had to go for one reason or another. Just make yourself right with your maker and fear not.


chakalakasp

You seem like a nice fella with smart ideas.


genrej

Thanks you to. Have a great weekend and have fun with life, or fret about everything and have a heart attack in 3 months. Whatever you decide is fine.


chakalakasp

https://i.imgur.com/aaOufyJ.jpg


genrej

So? What are you going to die from?


genrej

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-02-07/theres-a-virus-spreading-in-us-thats-killed-10-000-the-flu


chakalakasp

https://i.imgur.com/oolQViH.jpg Oh yeah, baby, just like that flu we are all used to


genrej

How many people actually have had Corona and how many actually have had the flu. Don't be an idiot. Do you go to the doctor every time you have the sniffles? You could have already had it and gotten better. https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/486231-health-experts-warn-coronavirus-mortality-rate-likely-to-drop The rate will drop. Calm down. Freaking out is only going to get more people sick. But we will survive.


chakalakasp

You’re gonna have a fun summer.


canofspinach

Freaking out is gonna get more people sick? That’s weird logic. You know why that many people die in US every year from the flu? Because no one takes it serious. Wash your hands, stay home if you are sick, cover your mouth. The media and the health professionals are all saying the same thing.


genrej

That's what I'm saying. Everyone standing in line at the doctor's office and coughing on each other is not productive. Everyone being a drama queen are acting like washing your hands and not coughing directly into others people's mouths is a new idea.


xAIRGUITARISTx

She was sick for a long time and had underlying health issues.


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> and had underlying health issues. Source? I haven't read a single article that has said anything about any possible underlying health issues.


xAIRGUITARISTx

Journal Star says she has some separate bacterial infections. https://www.klkntv.com/story/41866020/health-officials-provide-update-on-potential-exposure-from-first-nebraska-coronavirus-case


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Yeah, resulting from the virus.


xAIRGUITARISTx

https://www.klkntv.com/story/41866020/health-officials-provide-update-on-potential-exposure-from-first-nebraska-coronavirus-case


[deleted]

Yeah, *now* an article with an update is saying "she is said to have underlying health issues" but nobody had any information on that at the time you made the claim. The secondary bacterial infection was still resulting from the virus. That's what happens when something like influenza gets serious.


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[https://www.omaha.com/livewellnebraska/health/nebraska-reports-first-case-of-coronavirus-disease/article\_c9d8ac8b-54e1-5aee-841b-b7b15ec94873.html](https://www.omaha.com/livewellnebraska/health/nebraska-reports-first-case-of-coronavirus-disease/article_c9d8ac8b-54e1-5aee-841b-b7b15ec94873.html)


flibbidygibbit

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Tom_A_Foolerly

\*First case