COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic infectious disease[1] caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
The disease has spread globally since 2019, resulting in the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. Common symptoms include fever, cough and shortness of breath. Muscle pain, sputum production and sore throat are less common symptoms. While the majority of cases result in mild symptoms, some progress to pneumonia and multi-organ failure. The deaths per number of diagnosed cases is estimated at between 1% and 5% but varies by age and other health conditions.
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Cause and diagnosis
The infection is spread from one person to others via respiratory droplets, often produced during coughing and sneezing. Time from exposure to onset of symptoms is generally between two and fourteen days, with an average of five days. The standard method of diagnosis is by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) from a nasopharyngeal swab or throat swab. The infection can also be diagnosed from a combination of symptoms, risk factors and a chest CT scan showing features of pneumonia.
Prevention and management
Recommended measures to prevent the disease include frequent hand washing, maintaining distance from other people|Social distancing|maintaining distance from other people and not touching one's face. The use of masks is recommended for those who suspect they have the virus and their caregivers but not the general public. As of early 2020, there is no vaccine or specific antiviral treatment for COVID-19; management involves treatment of symptoms, supportive care and experimental measures.
COVID-19 and furry
Multiple furry events have been cancelled, postponed or restricted to prevent the spread of COVID-19. These include:
Conventions
- Biggest Little Fur Con 2020 - Postponed to Halloween weekend[2]
- Blue Ridge Furfare 2020 - Restrictions for Sunday March 15, 2020 gathering to comply with North Carolina's public association ban on gatherings of more than 100 people[3]
- Fauntastic 2020 - Postponed [4]
- Furnal Equinox 2020 - Cancelled[5]
- Furnexion 2020 - Cancelled[6]
- Furry Weekend Atlanta 2020 - Pending convention committee's decision[7]
- Gateway FurMeet 2020 - Cancelled[8]
- Golden State Fur Con 2020 - Postponed[9]
- Motor City Furry Con 2020 - Postponed[10]
- Little Island Furcon 2020 - Restricted to 249 people plus medical screenings at registration/check in[11]
- Thaitails 2020 - Postponed[12]
- Woods Flock 2020 - Restricted to a maximum of 50 people per con indoor floor area[13][14][15]
Furmeets
- Aurora Furs meets - Cancelled until further notice[16]
- DFW Furs furmeets - Cancelled until further notice[17]
- Georgia Furs events - Postponed for the month of March 2020[18]
- Madison Furry Bowling - Cancelled for the month of March 2020[19]
- Otterdance - Postponed[20]
- SoCalFurs' FurBQ - On hiatus until July 2020, pending COVID's progress[21]
- Delaware Furbowl 74 - Moved from March 28, 2020, to May 30, 2020[22]
- Warsaw Monthly Furmeet - Cancelled until further notice[23]
References
- ↑ 2020 World Health Organization "Rolling updates on coronavirus disease (COVID-19)". Retrieved ?.
- ↑ 2020 Biggest Little Fur Con "BLFC 2020 Update Regarding COVID-19". Retrieved ?.
- ↑ ATTENTION BLUE RIDGE FURFARE GUESTS post on Telegram. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
- ↑ 2020 Fauntastic "Official statement about the situation with Covid-19 and the convention". Retrieved ?.
- ↑ 2020 Furnal Equinox "Furnal Equinox 2020: Official Cancellation Of Event". Retrieved ?.
- ↑ OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT post on Twitter. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- ↑ We would like to share an update to the current situation with Coronavirus (COVID-19). post on Twitter. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- ↑ CORONAVIRUS UPDATE GFM 2020 Cancelled post on the Gateway FurMeet website. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- ↑ 2020 Golden State Fur Con "GSFC 2020 Postponed". Retrieved ?.
- ↑ 2020 Motor City Fur Con "MCFC 2020 Postponed". Retrieved ?.
- ↑ Heya! post on Twitter. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- ↑ 2020 Taitails2020 "Statement from the Thaitails staff: Postponed the convention due to an ongoing epidemic COVID-19". Retrieved ?.
- ↑ Sorry I didn't get this up here on twitter earlier. post on Twitter. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- ↑ Get Your Mass Gatherings or Large Community Events Ready article on the CDC website. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- ↑ Update re: coronavirus post on Telegram. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- ↑ ATTENTION: post on Twitter. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- ↑ IMPORTANT UPDATE REGARDING FURMEETS THIS MONTH! post on the DFW Furs Twitter channel. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- ↑ Hi everyone: post on Telegram. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ↑ Due to the concerns of COVID-19, and some other factors post on Twitter. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- ↑ 2020 Otterdance! "In agreement with @WORM_Rotterdam, @Otterdance has been postponed. We're discussing future dates and ticket refunds and will keep you informed.". Retrieved ?.
- ↑ SoCal Distancing and Remaining Constructive post on the SoCalFurs website. Dated March 14, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- ↑ Due to health concerns for our community we have decided to cancel the March 28th furbowl. post on Twitter. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- ↑ Aaaaand cancelled the Warsaw Monthly Furmeet. Stay safe! post on Twitter. Dated March 11, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
See also
External links
- Coronavirus COVID-19 on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website
- Coronavirus COVID-19 on the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) website
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