Coronavirus Daily(ish) Updates

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Quarantine hotel collapses
China closing two emergency coronavirus hospitals. Here’s hoping they can stay closed
Evidence shifting towards large undetected iceberg of mild cases. I find this intensely reassuring, as it means that the lethality of this disease is much lower than originally thought

For perspective, two weeks ago Italy had 20 official cases. Since then, they’ve put something like 100,000 peoples’ worth of towns on full on no-in-no-out lockdown. The US has about 350 official cases right now. This would suggest that we should expect Seattle area hospitals to be completely swamped within a week, and lockdowns in Washington state within two
Leader of Italy’s Democratic Party tests positive. I wonder how many politicians we’ll lose before this is over. I wonder how many we have to lose before they start taking this seriously
Italy putting most of northern Italy under full cordon. No entry, no leaving. ~10M people affected
Italy may choose not to treat people older than a certain age limit, triaging people who have more life left to live. I am assuming that the reddit headline on this article is true, but have not read to verify it

Trump visited the CDC and proceeded to give horrendously bad responses to questions. He is needlessly politicizing this, using it as a weapon against his political opponents, spreading outright lies about the status of COVID-19 in this country, and making decisions primarily based on what he thinks benefits him. I thought this was funny when he did it about things that didn’t matter, but this matters, and it’s not funny anymore.
Stanford moving to all virtual classes for remainder of semester. Presumably a reaction to finding an infected medschool faculty member
First official, police-enforced quarantine order. It is unclear exactly what they were enforcing. Nobody on the block could leave their houses?
[Some numbers out of the old folks home (https://twitter.com/ColeMillerTV/status/1236398655906516992) hit in the Seattle area.

Twitter thread exploring the numbers regarding how this is going to swamp our medical system.
Reminder that churches are also highly populated public places. I know religion is deeply personal for many, and I know it is hard to cut oneself off from one’s community, but it would be a good idea to start watching virtual sermons for the near future
Diamond Princess death toll reaches 7. To be honest, if the death toll from the Diamond Princess is only 7, that’s actually extremely optimistic news
Research roundup thread. Lots of important stuff in there, too much for me to summarize