Coronavirus Thread

PatrThom

PatrThom

Cog said:
everyone has a favorite t-shirt that you have since high school
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Yes I still have my sweatshirt from our production of Pirates of Penzance (I was The Pirate Kiiiiiing). Someone stole my Science Olympiad sweatsuit out of the laundry in college, though. Grr.

EDIT: @Dubyamn feels I might've made a better Sergeant of the Police? It was originally supposed to be my role, but then when our Fredrick got a scholarship to Interlochen Arts Academy and transferred, everyone else got bumped up a role.

--Patrick
 
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jwhouk

jwhouk

Even if we do not have another reported case, nor a reported death, this will have been the worst week for COVID-19 in Arizona.

Despite some really shoddy reporting (two times in the last 10 days new cases weren't reported), There have been 1,538 confirmed new cases of COVID in the state, and 97 new deaths.

The seven-day average (including last Saturday's 273 new cases/19 new deaths) is now 258.7 new cases per day and 16.6 new deaths per day.

Meanwhile, Governor Ducey's on the fence as to whether or not to "reopen" the state. :facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:
 
jwhouk

jwhouk

Just as an update: Arizona's totals for the week of April 19-25:
  • 253.3 average new cases per day
  • 14.9 average new deaths per day
 
blotsfan

blotsfan

Its interesting to see the consistent decline in deaths when they're in the state where everyone starts staying inside because of coronavirus, but not that many people have symptoms yet.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

And hopefully "Total Mortality" will give a better picture since it keeps people from gaming the "Due to Coronavirus" numbers via classifying a death as something else.

--Patrick
 
Bubble181

Bubble181

PatrThom said:
And hopefully "Total Mortality" will give a better picture since it keeps people from gaming the "Due to Coronavirus" numbers via classifying a death as something else.

--Patrick
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Belgium is the country reporting by far the highest deaths per capita due to Corona, but we're also the only country in the world where all "suspected" cases are considered corona fatalities - pretty much everyone who dies of pneumonia or something is counted as corona. Practically everyone who dies in a nursing home right now is entered into the numbers, even if they had cancer or were on already on hospice care or palliative.
The excess mortality rates give a much better point of comparison - we've been hit hard, but not THAT hard.
The numbers they're using in that comparison still aren't great due too other factors, but it's a much better comparison, at least.
 
figmentPez

figmentPez

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E.R. doctor on 'front lines' of coronavirus fight in N.Y. dies by suicide
"Dr. Lorna Breen, 49, who worked at New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, was in Virginia when she died on Sunday, said Tyler Hawn, a spokesman for the Charlottesville Police Department."

The Hill says she was "the medical director of the emergency department" and that she was home in Virginia at the time because she'd contracted COVID-19, survived, but still wasn't allowed back at work.

I'm torn between sympathizing with her becoming suicidal in the face of such tragedy, and being wary because Trump is trying to claim that coronavirus deaths are being inflated to make him look bad. I want someone checking to see if this woman really did kill herself.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

figmentPez said:
I want someone checking to see if this woman really did kill herself.
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I can completely believe it. Being the person in charge of the emergency department BUT not allowed to oversee it is a special level of frustration I hope I never have to experience.

--Patrick
 
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Dubyamn

PatrThom said:
Yes I still have my sweatshirt from our production of Pirates of Penzance (I was The Pirate Kiiiiiing). Someone stole my Science Olympiad sweatsuit out of the laundry in college, though. Grr.

EDIT: @Dubyamn feels I might've made a better Sergeant of the Police? It was originally supposed to be my role, but then when our Fredrick got a scholarship to Interlochen Arts Academy and transferred, everyone else got bumped up a role.

--Patrick
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I'm sure you were fine. I just have a position on musicals.

And the site loaded wierd.
 
jwhouk

jwhouk

figmentPez said:
E.R. doctor on 'front lines' of coronavirus fight in N.Y. dies by suicide
"Dr. Lorna Breen, 49, who worked at New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, was in Virginia when she died on Sunday, said Tyler Hawn, a spokesman for the Charlottesville Police Department."

The Hill says she was "the medical director of the emergency department" and that she was home in Virginia at the time because she'd contracted COVID-19, survived, but still wasn't allowed back at work.

I'm torn between sympathizing with her becoming suicidal in the face of such tragedy, and being wary because Trump is trying to claim that coronavirus deaths are being inflated to make him look bad. I want someone checking to see if this woman really did kill herself.
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Funny you mention this. I have to complete Suicide Intervention training for work (something we would have gone over in safety meetings had we actually been working), and as I'm getting deeper into the online training, I'm wondering if suicide rates will start climbing because of COVID.

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In other news: First 24-hour period without a new COVID-related death in AZ since March 21.
 
WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

jwhouk said:
I'm wondering if suicide rates will start climbing because of COVID.
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I definitely think we are going to see a rise among healthcare workers and others on the frontline especially in the hardest hit areas, like New York. They are living through the constant trauma of loss and struggling to get equipment that will help to ensure their safety. Some have taken to isolating themselves from loved ones out of fear that they may unknowingly transmit the virus. Then you have the added stress of this kind of shift work anyway. I think people in social work and similar positions are going to need to focus on trauma-informed approaches to therapy and intervention as well as suicide prevention for the healthcare workers, their families, and the surviving family/friends of those who died due to COVID-19.
 
evilmike

evilmike

Pence flouts Mayo Clinic policy on masks -- which is to wear one

When Vice President Mike Pence walked into the Mayo Clinic on Tuesday, he wasn't wearing a face mask.

Everyone else in the building was, according to reporters who were traveling with him. After all, it has been the policy at the renowned Rochester, Minnesota, facility since April 13. They even say they'll provide one. (CNN)
 
Celt Z

Celt Z

evilmike said:
Pence flouts Mayo Clinic policy on masks -- which is to wear one

When Vice President Mike Pence walked into the Mayo Clinic on Tuesday, he wasn't wearing a face mask.

Everyone else in the building was, according to reporters who were traveling with him. After all, it has been the policy at the renowned Rochester, Minnesota, facility since April 13. They even say they'll provide one. (CNN)
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Oh no. Pleeeaaaase don't catch it. And bring it back to the White House.

/s
 
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