Coronavirus Thread
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Really interested in hearing from @Grytpipe-Thynne about now.
To inquire about his health, and also to find out WTF is going on in Britain right now.
--Patrick
To inquire about his health, and also to find out WTF is going on in Britain right now.
--Patrick
They're not really testing all that much in other places, either.
Only the hospitalized ones, etc etc. Most people with minor complaints (for who it's mostly a flu) are just quarantined at home for safety. No way to tell which ones are actually sick due to Corona, or who is just having a throat ache or w/o.
So I don't even know how to get tested, but a very close proximity coworker just tested positive
I know I'm getting screened on Thursday, and then again on Monday, and Tuesday.... all of that week.
figmentPez
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Reminder that the CDC hasn't updated it's numbers since 4pm on Thursday (posted noon on Friday), and we won't know how many new infections and deaths have (officially) happened this weekend until Monday at noon.
figmentPez
Staff member
It isn't quarantine, it is social distancing. Limit contact, not eliminate it.
An account from an Italian doctor (translated; Reddit).
the epidemiological disaster is taking place. And there are no more surgeons, urologists, orthopedists, we are only doctors who suddenly become part of a single team to face this tsunami that has overwhelmed us.
Cases are multiplying, we arrive at a rate of 15-20 admissions per day all for the same reason. The results of the swabs now come one after the other: positive, positive, positive. Suddenly the E.R. is collapsing.
Reasons for the access always the same: fever and breathing difficulties, fever and cough, respiratory failure. Radiology reports always the same: bilateral interstitial pneumonia, bilateral interstitial pneumonia, bilateral interstitial pneumonia. All to be hospitalized.
Someone already to be intubated and go to intensive care. For others it's too late... Every ventilator becomes like gold: those in operating theatres that have now suspended their non-urgent activity become intensive care places that did not exist before.
The staff is exhausted. I saw the tiredness on faces that didn't know what it was despite the already exhausting workloads they had. I saw a solidarity of all of us, who never failed to go to our internist colleagues to ask "what can I do for you now?"
Doctors who move beds and transfer patients, who administer therapies instead of nurses. Nurses with tears in their eyes because we can't save everyone, and the vital parameters of several patients at the same time reveal an already marked destiny.
There are no more shifts, no more hours. Social life is suspended for us. We no longer see our families for fear of infecting them. Some of us have already become infected despite the protocols.
Some of our colleagues who are infected also have infected relatives and some of their relatives are already struggling between life and death. So be patient, you can't go to the theatre, museums or the gym. Try to have pity on the myriad of old people you could exterminate.
We just try to make ourselves useful. You should do the same: we influence the life and death of a few dozen people. You with yours, many more. Please share this message. We must spread the word to prevent what is happening here from happening all over Italy."
I finish by saying that I really don't understand this war on panic. The only reason I see is mask shortages, but there's no mask on sale anymore. We don't have a lot of studies, but is it panic really worse than neglect and carelessness during an epidemic of this sort?
Cases are multiplying, we arrive at a rate of 15-20 admissions per day all for the same reason. The results of the swabs now come one after the other: positive, positive, positive. Suddenly the E.R. is collapsing.
Reasons for the access always the same: fever and breathing difficulties, fever and cough, respiratory failure. Radiology reports always the same: bilateral interstitial pneumonia, bilateral interstitial pneumonia, bilateral interstitial pneumonia. All to be hospitalized.
Someone already to be intubated and go to intensive care. For others it's too late... Every ventilator becomes like gold: those in operating theatres that have now suspended their non-urgent activity become intensive care places that did not exist before.
The staff is exhausted. I saw the tiredness on faces that didn't know what it was despite the already exhausting workloads they had. I saw a solidarity of all of us, who never failed to go to our internist colleagues to ask "what can I do for you now?"
Doctors who move beds and transfer patients, who administer therapies instead of nurses. Nurses with tears in their eyes because we can't save everyone, and the vital parameters of several patients at the same time reveal an already marked destiny.
There are no more shifts, no more hours. Social life is suspended for us. We no longer see our families for fear of infecting them. Some of us have already become infected despite the protocols.
Some of our colleagues who are infected also have infected relatives and some of their relatives are already struggling between life and death. So be patient, you can't go to the theatre, museums or the gym. Try to have pity on the myriad of old people you could exterminate.
We just try to make ourselves useful. You should do the same: we influence the life and death of a few dozen people. You with yours, many more. Please share this message. We must spread the word to prevent what is happening here from happening all over Italy."
I finish by saying that I really don't understand this war on panic. The only reason I see is mask shortages, but there's no mask on sale anymore. We don't have a lot of studies, but is it panic really worse than neglect and carelessness during an epidemic of this sort?
Dave
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Was thinking about him as well.
figmentPez
Staff member
Fox News and Devin Nunes are trying to get more people killed:
Don't worry. They will.
figmentPez
Staff member
I recommend English.
'Cuz if you say it in French or Spanish, they're not going to get it.
--Patrick
Fed cuts interest rates to near 0; futures drop 1000 points.
www.foxbusiness.com
Dow futures tumble 1,000 points after Fed takes emergency action
U.S. equity futures plunged after the Federal Reserve cut rates to near zero and announced a $700 billion asset-purchase program,
www.foxbusiness.com
Adventures in Grocery Shopping, the sequel:
Went to a different store in the same chain here in Mesa (Fry's, which is equiv. to Krogers). They did have a lot of stuff... until I looked at the liquid soap (very light on the shelves), ANY paper supplies (completely empty row of shelves), canned food (very light - soup and stuff like Spaghettios and ravioli were pretty much gone, as were most types of chili), Rice-a-Roni, Mac & Cheese, tortillas (in case I'd forgotten where I live), lot of frozen meals, very little frozen potatoes outside of weird types of fries and country-style hash brown potatoes.
And STILL no Dark Chocolate M&M's. This one I really don't get. Is this on some internet hoarding site list? Because there's practically every other type of M&M's still on the shelves.
Went to a different store in the same chain here in Mesa (Fry's, which is equiv. to Krogers). They did have a lot of stuff... until I looked at the liquid soap (very light on the shelves), ANY paper supplies (completely empty row of shelves), canned food (very light - soup and stuff like Spaghettios and ravioli were pretty much gone, as were most types of chili), Rice-a-Roni, Mac & Cheese, tortillas (in case I'd forgotten where I live), lot of frozen meals, very little frozen potatoes outside of weird types of fries and country-style hash brown potatoes.
And STILL no Dark Chocolate M&M's. This one I really don't get. Is this on some internet hoarding site list? Because there's practically every other type of M&M's still on the shelves.
Zappit
Staff member
Massachusetts schools are closed for three weeks starting Tuesday. My district was going to start a two week shutdown on Monday, so now we won’t be back to work until April.
I’m honestly relieved. I’m in that high-risk group because of my kidneys and asthma, and there’s been a lot of colds/flus running around my building unchecked this year.
I’m honestly relieved. I’m in that high-risk group because of my kidneys and asthma, and there’s been a lot of colds/flus running around my building unchecked this year.
figmentPez
Staff member
There are a lot of propaganda bots spreading misinformation about COVID-19 on Twitter, and probably other sites as well.
Ironic that it's the place that actually has daily, close contact with the community
My parents are actually in London right now visiting my sisters, and we're working on getting them back to Taiwan ASAP, because we don't trust BoJo's government's disease prevention measures. They'll have to self-quarantine for 14 days after they come back to Taiwan, so my wife and I have been working on stocking their apartment with food and other necessities.
We got them some toilet paper, just in case.
We got them some toilet paper, just in case.
