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Rand Paul tests positive
Kentucky's Rand Paul the first known U.S. senator to test positive for coronavirus
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is the first sitting member of the U.S. Senate to have tested positive for the virus.
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figmentPez
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Maybe you can try distilling water at home?
Dave
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You know who else has it? Harvey Weinstein. Classic!
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At New York prison, Harvey Weinstein put in isolation after contracting virus
ALBANY — Oscar-winning movie producer Harvey Weinstein, now one of New York's most notorious prison inmates after being sentenced for sexual assault, has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, according
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Wiah woah woah, we're already being forced to reevaluate our terrible healthcare system, now you want prison reform too? What do you think this is, some sort of society?
He may have passed it to all the GOP. He was using the gym, as late as this morning!Rand Paul tests positive
Kentucky's Rand Paul the first known U.S. senator to test positive for coronavirus
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is the first sitting member of the U.S. Senate to have tested positive for the virus.www.courier-journal.com
I have not stepped into the prison at my office for 2 weeks, worried that I could spread it into the unit. My buzz cut is getting shaggy and I have not had a free meal for days. But I will not go in there for their safety.
We just had the first confirmed case in my county. Likely a spring breaking college student. I don't think he/she is physically in the county though. Nobody that I know of has been tested here. Community message boards are full of people complaining about not getting tested.
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It's been a while since I posted here. Now is as good as a time as any.
Here are my COVID updates, if anyone is interested.
1. Third baby (a boy) was born on 3/15. No nurses or docs had masks due to the shortages. Most docs tried to keep distant which was interesting. Baby and momma are fine and at home. Due to the baby, we missed any grocery shopping, and now we've had a hell of a time getting staples. I am pissed at the hoarders. I am also pissed that grocery chains didn't put limits on shit early on. They made a fuckton of money. Now, I look like a dick for trying to buy a couple weeks worth of groceries.
2. We had my in-laws flight coming in from overseas on the 15th of April, but that is likely going to be cancelled. At this point, we've told them they shouldn't come until things blow over. We may have to eat the airfare.
3. My job will only last as long as supple chains last. If our suppliers shut down, we shut down. Also, I work with a bunch of morons who think I am paranoid about social distancing. I should sneeze on the next fucker that gets within 3 feet of me (joking, kind of). I have accepted a new position at a different company as of Feb 24th. I delayed the start date b/c of the baby. Now they have indefinitely delayed the start date b/c of the virus.
4. They are laying off people left and right at my wife's work. She might be protected since she is on maternity leave, but who knows what happens after.
5. I have volunteered my skills at the local university to help with the testing. Right now they are going a RT-PCR test which I am highly-skilled at. We'll see what happens.
6. My elderly parents came from rural Oklahoma to visit for the baby. Now I worry that they may get the virus while they are here. They would have been low risk if they would have stayed where they were.
Good luck Halforumites. Godspeed.
Here are my COVID updates, if anyone is interested.
1. Third baby (a boy) was born on 3/15. No nurses or docs had masks due to the shortages. Most docs tried to keep distant which was interesting. Baby and momma are fine and at home. Due to the baby, we missed any grocery shopping, and now we've had a hell of a time getting staples. I am pissed at the hoarders. I am also pissed that grocery chains didn't put limits on shit early on. They made a fuckton of money. Now, I look like a dick for trying to buy a couple weeks worth of groceries.
2. We had my in-laws flight coming in from overseas on the 15th of April, but that is likely going to be cancelled. At this point, we've told them they shouldn't come until things blow over. We may have to eat the airfare.
3. My job will only last as long as supple chains last. If our suppliers shut down, we shut down. Also, I work with a bunch of morons who think I am paranoid about social distancing. I should sneeze on the next fucker that gets within 3 feet of me (joking, kind of). I have accepted a new position at a different company as of Feb 24th. I delayed the start date b/c of the baby. Now they have indefinitely delayed the start date b/c of the virus.
4. They are laying off people left and right at my wife's work. She might be protected since she is on maternity leave, but who knows what happens after.
5. I have volunteered my skills at the local university to help with the testing. Right now they are going a RT-PCR test which I am highly-skilled at. We'll see what happens.
6. My elderly parents came from rural Oklahoma to visit for the baby. Now I worry that they may get the virus while they are here. They would have been low risk if they would have stayed where they were.
Good luck Halforumites. Godspeed.
We had been fine. Wife has a sore throat and coughing, which we chalked up to seasonal allergies. Theirs are particularly bad, so flu-like symptoms are not out of the ordinary. Except yesterday they got a 100 degree fever. So we went to the hospital today to see if we could get a test. They ran one, but also requested a chest x-ray and a few other tests. Chest x-ray came back fine and we got the results of a flu test, which was negative. They told us it will be 10 days or so before they have the results, so now we just wait and see.
Dave
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My chest has been feeling tight and I've been fatigued for the last few days. But again, with no testing available I don't know if it's allergies or what. Hope the best for you @General Specific and @drawn_inward !
We went from 3 cases last Sunday to 56 confirmed as of this morning. The majority are either people who live here and traveled to the mainland recently or visitors from the mainland who developed symptoms while here. The governor passed a law that put everyone coming to the islands into a mandatory 14-day quarantine. Violation of the law is a misdemeanor with a $5k fine and up to a year in jail. But our jails are already incredibly overcrowded, so I see it as more of a deterrent than something enforceable. It also doesn't go into effect until Thursday. The Mayor of Honolulu has just issued a stay home/work from home order starting tomorrow. My department is considered essential, but I can do work from home. However, I found out that the City only has a set number of VPN licenses. Last week Thursday I couldn't get on the network until 3pm because of that. It's a mess already and this is just the tip of the COVID-19 iceberg. It is going to be interesting.
Canada has withdrawn from the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.
My province just entered a state of emergency. All people who cross our border are to isolate for 14 days. No gatherings above 5 people. No going outside save your neighbourhood or to go to work. Trips to the grocery store, pharmacy are limited to once per week. Our Premier was pissed during his announcement over the level of dumbfuckery many citizens were showing about self distancing and not congregating.
My province just entered a state of emergency. All people who cross our border are to isolate for 14 days. No gatherings above 5 people. No going outside save your neighbourhood or to go to work. Trips to the grocery store, pharmacy are limited to once per week. Our Premier was pissed during his announcement over the level of dumbfuckery many citizens were showing about self distancing and not congregating.
How does this work? Are you given a time its allowed or is it just honor system?
Honour system/nosy neighbour/everybody knows everybidy system.
Supported by police stoppages.
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New early symptoms documented - a loss of taste and smell can manifest days before other symptoms.
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Loss of taste and smell could be crucial symptoms of coronavirus
Young patients who don’t have a cough or fever may experience a loss of smell and taste.
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Trump looks to be ending social distancing after 15 days
If he does this, I'm pretty sure that's about 400-500.000 EXTRA victims you can just plain put in his name, making him the most deadly weapon Russia has ever unleashed upon the USA.
Seriously. I hope states with good governors will go against him and properly close borders with those states not following the right course.
If he does this, I'm pretty sure that's about 400-500.000 EXTRA victims you can just plain put in his name, making him the most deadly weapon Russia has ever unleashed upon the USA.
Seriously. I hope states with good governors will go against him and properly close borders with those states not following the right course.
Yes, my mom was saying this too. That if people aren't going to listen anyways, they might as well go back to work. I'm pretty sure she was crying when she hung up the phone because I always fight with her about things like this. And I don't care if she cries about this.
Dr. Fauci, the guy face palming in Trump's CV19 briefings, and the dude in charge of the task force, seems like a genuine decent human being and excellent doctor trying to do his best in the face of this completely insane administration led by sub-human intelligence possessing man baby.
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So of course, the Trumpites are beginning to tear him down.
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So of course, the Trumpites are beginning to tear him down.