Corona Virus Upsurge Since Beginning of Pandemic in Israel, Elsewhere

 Nadene Goldfoot                                             

Israelis wearing protective face masks due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, take part in a demonstration on July 18, 2020, in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv to protest against the Israeli government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the broken promises made by the Israeli government during the Covid-19 pandemic. - Israel's government said today it was imposing new restrictions to limit the spiraling spread of coronavirus in the hope of avoiding a general lockdown further along the line. Photo by: Tomer Neuberg-JINIPIX

Israel:  Tuesday-10/13/20 The Health Ministry reported 2,255 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday. That puts the contagion rate at 5.4%, which is the lowest since July. There are currently 48,000 active cases of which 808 people are hospitalized in serious condition and 240 on ventilators. There have been 2,255 coronavirus related deaths since the start of the pandemic.  Population of Israel is 8.884.  (2018) 

Reaction: Israel is in lockdown again.  People are reacting strongly to this by demonstrating, marching.  

JERUSALEM (AP) — When Israel went into lockdown last spring, Jerusalem pub

 owner Leon Shvartz moved quickly to save his business — shifting to a delivery and

takeaway model that kept him afloat throughout the summer. Then came the second

 lockdown.

With restaurants and shops shuttered again, Shvartz’s business is struggling to

 survive. He has laid off 16 of his 17 employees.

By contrast, Israeli software maker Bizzabo, which operates in the hard-hit 

conference-management sector, quickly reinvented itself last spring by offering

 “virtual events.” It has more than doubled its sales and is expanding its workforce.

The lockdown came at a great cost, pushing unemployment near 35% in April as 

hundreds of thousands were either laid off or furloughed, mainly in low-paying 

jobs such as retail, travel and hospitality.

       Update for Tuesday 10/13/20

PORTLAND, Ore. — Cases of COVID-19 began popping up in the United States in January. The first case in Oregon was reported on Feb. 28.2020.

• Oregon: 605 deaths, 2,817 hospitalizations, 37,780 cases, 749,375 tests (713,497 negative tests) Latest Oregon numbers. Population of Oregon is 4.218 million (2019) 
• Washington: 2,190 deaths, 7,786 hospitalizations, 93,035 cases Latest Washington numbers.  The population of Washington is 7.615 million.  (2019)
• United States: 215,101 deaths,  update 10/16/20 217,700 deaths cases Latest U.S. numbers
• World: 1,081,951 deaths, 37,880,040 cases Latest global numbers

Cases by Country/Region/Sovereignty

7,860,452 USA  population: 328.2 million (2019)

7,239,389 India  population:  1.353 billion (2018) 

5,113,628 Brazil

1,332,824 Russia

924,098 Colombia

917,035 Argentina

896,086 Spain

853,974 Peru

825,340 Mexico

798,257 France

694,537 South Africa

637,725 United Kingdom

513,219 Iran

485,372 Chile

413,215 Iraq

382,959 Bangladesh

Resource: 

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/oregon-covid-19-updates-october-13/283-075fef20-3766-4665-a97d-a100c468443a

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/in-pictures-israeli-protesters-demonstrate-against-netanyahus-covid-response/

https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-technology-israel-jerusalem-poverty-595a3f83c2d34c0ae2e3078c20e3cc3a

Coronavirus Pandemic : Difference From other Killer Diseases --Update June 30, 2020

Nadene Goldfoot                                                     

April or May 2020 and here I am after making my own
mask to wear from directions seen on TV.  It doesn't stay
on my ears.  I need to use my pharmacy-bought  one from 2 years ago when
we had forest fires with smoke coming into our city.  I've had asthma,
so needed to stay indoors then, too.   Luckily, I had kept the box of
masks.   

                                                                             

We've lived through the first pandemic flu virus of 1918, an outgrowth of WWI.  
People then went through very similar things that we are today.  You'd think we'd learn to prevent such a thing but that's not the case.  Ours today started we believe, in China without a war yet came here.  Today we have air travel that didn't exist in 1918.  Yet we have vaccines that didn't exist then, either.  One has to be created to fight this virus, and doctors are working on it still. One thing they learned is that so many of the cases died of pneumonia, as this hit the lungs the most.   
                                                          

                                                    

A pandemic is caused by a contagious disease like the flu that becomes out of hand.  It hits the whole world.  This particular flu is scary because it harms the whole body of those it comes in contact with.  All the organs will be permanently affected.  Autopsies show that the lungs show signs of it even in those people who were carriers but hadn't shown signs of having the virus.  Other killer diseases are horrible but not like this one.  This one hops from person to person like a magnet with the speed of lightening.  Groups have been attacked like in churches where people were close together, and high numbers show all were victimized.  
                                                         

Older people with immune systems that were damaged have been the first to die of this disease which came to our attention in March of 2020.  I'm in this group and certainly want to live through it so am following all the rules.  Luckily I have a son who is a retired RN who has constantly harped about what to do and why I need to stay home and out of harm's way.  
                                                          

The contagion caused our schools to close, jobs to freeze, life came to a halt.  We're still in that phase of improving and crashing again.  All are to wear masks by the decision of our governor so as to not spread the disease even if we think we're well, for younger people have been catching it.  Many people feeling great may be carriers and are the ones spreading the disease.  If you can't wear a mask because of physical reasons, please stay home and let someone else do your bidding.  Don't frighten people with a bare face.  
                                                            

Today, with our advanced science where we know so much more than people from WWI 1914-1918 in that flu pandemic, and so realize all the more why this flu is so much more dangerous and how easily it spreads.  We hope that our scientists will create a vaccine against it soon, but in the meantime we have to follow all these preventative measures;  stay home, wear a mask in public, and wear rubber gloves when touching anything, too, like doors of buildings or in supermarkets.  

We thought heat would kill the virus.  The problem with that is that it's the worst in our southern states.  Florida and Texas have been hard hit.  
                                                      

Since I'm Jewish Bubba, I must say something about that.  In the Middle Ages, diseases spread and the Jews, who lived by their Mosaic laws, were not catching diseases like the rest of the non-Jewish population due to this as they were required to visit a mikvah once a month; yes, even men would go too, but not for the menses, of course;   where they immersed in water, where they washed their hands before eating, right after rising in the morning; where they didn't eat certain meats such as that from a pig;  and no insects, etc following the laws of Kashrut as they are called.  The population would turn on them and do harm to them for not coming down with illnesses.  
                                                       

Our populations have reached a critical mass where disease spreads so easily.  We are witnessing a change in our lives that no other times has experienced like the seriousness of of this era.  We are adjusting quickly.  Life has been doing that since the beginning, and if it hadn't, we wouldn't be here now.  That's why homo-sapiens still rule on this planet.  Where Neanderthal died out, we're still here and will use our intelligence to overcome viruses.  
                                                       

Other disease have killed more people, to be sure, but they were in contained areas, or could be contained, at least.  This one is far more allusive.  It's not a bacteria, it's a virus and reacts differently.  

In Gresham, a married couple fighting the illness was asked to self quarantine after both made 3 trips to the ER.  They're asking their community to take COVID-19 seriously.  

Multnomah County

Confirmed 2,171

Recovered -

Deaths 71

Oregon

Confirmed 8,494 +144

Recovered -

Deaths 206 +2

United States

Confirmed 2.64M +36,390

Recovered 811K

Deaths 128K +338

Worldwide

Confirmed 10.3M

Recovered 5.24M

Deaths 506K

2,604,295

Confirmed cases in U.S.

126,882

Deaths in U.S.

Coronavirus deaths in the United States

Hover over a state to see how many confirmed cases and deaths there are across the country.

1-10 deaths

11-100

101-1,000

More than 1,000

Maryland

Confirmed: 67,559 cases

Deaths: 3,190

Data as of June 30, 10:55 a.m. EDT.

resource: pictures: 

https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/1918-flu-pandemic?mediatype=photography&phrase=1918%20flu%20pandemic&sort=mostpopular

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/gresham-couple-fighting-illness-asks-community-to-take-covid-19-seriously/283-61013cf1-0e2e-4a1d-9ccd-ad1e8add9fe1
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