Anonymous ID: b5766b Aug. 24, 2020, 12:28 a.m. No.10399881   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>9889 >>9909 >>0042 >>0234 >>0310 >>0337

Boulder resident hospitalized with West Nile Virus, 2nd Colorado case this yearsCali got the plague, Colorado got the skeeters

BCPH said the patient in their 70s has been hospitalized with meningitis, a rare and severe symptom of West Nile Virus.

 

Colorado's health department reported the state's first case of West Nile Virus this year on Aug. 14.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) said that case was in a person who lives in Delta County.

 

Mosquitoes collected from three sites in Weld County tested positive for the virus, according to the Weld County Health Department (WCHD).

They were collected Aug. 3 and Aug. 10 from the Johnstown, Milliken and Platteville areas as part of the county's West Nile Virus surveillance program.

The first instance of the virus this year in Weld County was found in traps on the east side of the Town of Berthoud during the week of July 27. The identification of infected mosquitoes was slightly delayed, as the state lab was also meeting the demands of COVID-19 testing.

“Finding WNV-positive mosquitoes is no surprise for this time of year, with the hotter temperatures we’ve had in July and August,” said Dan Joseph, director of the Environmental Health Services Division. “We are also seeing above average number of Culex mosquitoes (the mosquitoes known to transmit WNV) for the first time this summer.”

Mosquitoes in Superior, Louisville and Longmont have also tested positive for the virus.

BCPH confirmed on Aug. 18 that the positive mosquito pools came from traps near Coal Creek Golf Course and Coal Creek Trail in Louisville, Original Town in Superior, and Izaak Walton Park and St. Vrain Greenway in Longmont.

 

*At this time there has been no proof of covid-19 being able to transmit via mosquitos, or any previous version of the sars virus.

 

https://www.9news.com/article/news/health/west-nile-virus/2nd-west-nile-virus-case-colorado-2020/73-2be21e57-a6ba-4840-9ae1-c95ab599fb02

Anonymous ID: b5766b Aug. 24, 2020, 12:37 a.m. No.10399915   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>0009 >>0025 >>0036 >>0042 >>0234 >>0310 >>0337

No mask exemptions for kidswith asthma from Children’s Hospital Colorado

 

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — As school is starting up again, many parents are asking doctors for mask exemptions for their kids, especially those who suffer from asthma. But, doctors at Children’s Hospital Colorado are not providing them.

 

Dr. Monica Federico, the medical director of the asthma program at the hospital, says many parents are concerned that masks will make it more difficult for their kids with asthma to breathe, but she says that’s not the case, and those kids need to wear the masks.

 

“As recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, we will not provide exemptions for asthma, or any other conditions, other than those where they are incapacitated or have severe mental illness,” Dr. Federico said.

 

Any type of respiratory infection can trigger an asthma attack, she said, so kids over the age of two should wear masks while in public and where social distancing is difficult, including school.

 

“If it’s really hard on the child, or the parent is very worried that the child can’t wear a mask, thenthey should stay home, and they should do their schooling at home,” Dr. Federico said.

 

She adds that wearing a mask will protect the child with asthma, and the people around them. She says if a mask truly makes it hard for an asthma patients to breathe, that could be a sign their asthma is not under control and they should see a provider.

 

https://kdvr.com/news/no-mask-exemptions-for-kids-with-asthma-from-childrens-hospital-colorado/

Anonymous ID: b5766b Aug. 24, 2020, 12:49 a.m. No.10399958   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>9966 >>0042 >>0234 >>0310 >>0337

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona has seen a 20% increase in deaths in the first seven months of this year — and not all of them have been directly linked to the coronavirus.

 

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/arizona/articles/2020-08-21/arizona-sees-20-rise-in-deaths-not-all-directly-from-virus