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Borrow TP?
Ummm....people might prefer you just take it.
jmo
I thought I might be judged poorly if I said steal it.
Borrow TP?
Ummm....people might prefer you just take it.
jmo
Distraction..Debbie Downer moment here...I don’t think I can take the anxiety of this anymore. It saps the energy right out of me. Everybody (hubby, two grown daughters think I’m being a nutter) my husband travels (air) on to the east coast for the week and comes home on most weekends. So I worry that he could get it, and we could then infect our granddaughter, and daughter who is due in May. He has diabetes, I’ve been through hell with breast cancer and have HBP, pre diabetes, etc.
I’m usually a fighter, but tonight I feel very defeated.
HMM... interesting!
Outbreaks and Pandemics
"For this reason, the United States has stockpiled mechanical ventilators in strategically located warehouses for use in public health emergencies, such as an influenza pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) manages this Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) and has plans for rapid deployment to states during critical events."
Stockpiling Ventilators for Influenza Pandemics
The total number of ventilators available in the entire US is roughly 60k including stockpiles. Assuming (and this is a BAD assumption) we have the staff and supplies to effectively run all 60k vents AND assuming (a 100% bad assumption) that not one single soul in the US is already on a vent for any other reason whatsoever, we simply cannot mechanically ventilate the sheer volume of patients that would need it if this thing spreads too quickly.HMM... interesting!
Outbreaks and Pandemics
"For this reason, the United States has stockpiled mechanical ventilators in strategically located warehouses for use in public health emergencies, such as an influenza pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) manages this Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) and has plans for rapid deployment to states during critical events."
Stockpiling Ventilators for Influenza Pandemics
Thank you, you have no idea how much it helps to just write down my feelings and share. You don’t feel so alone then.(((((((( @Midgie2 ))))))))). I think this is a stressful situation for all of us. Sometimes I have to turn away from my computer and do something else. Maybe watch some silly TV show that makes me laugh. I think a constant, steady diet of the CV news is very difficult on our psyche. Try something that will distract you from the current state of affairs.
The total number of ventilators available in the entire US is roughly 60k including stockpiles. Assuming (and this is a BAD assumption) we have the staff and supplies to effectively run all 60k vents AND assuming (a 100% bad assumption) that not one single soul in the US is already on a vent for any other reason whatsoever, we simply cannot mechanically ventilate the sheer volume of patients that would need it if this thing spreads too quickly.
We must slow it down. We won’t stop it, but we must slow it down. Otherwise, people will absolutely die that would have otherwise survived if we had been able to take care of them. This includes people who will die of other things like car accidents because if the vents are all in use... what happens then?
Triage happens. <not good, in a pandemic (or similar) situation.The total number of ventilators available in the entire US is roughly 60k including stockpiles. Assuming (and this is a BAD assumption) we have the staff and supplies to effectively run all 60k vents AND assuming (a 100% bad assumption) that not one single soul in the US is already on a vent for any other reason whatsoever, we simply cannot mechanically ventilate the sheer volume of patients that would need it if this thing spreads too quickly.
We must slow it down. We won’t stop it, but we must slow it down. Otherwise, people will absolutely die that would have otherwise survived if we had been able to take care of them. This includes people who will die of other things like car accidents because if the vents are all in use... what happens then?
Debbie Downer moment here...I don’t think I can take the anxiety of this anymore. It saps the energy right out of me. Everybody (hubby, two grown daughters think I’m being a nutter) my husband travels (air) on to the east coast for the week and comes home on most weekends. So I worry that he could get it, and we could then infect our granddaughter, and daughter who is due in May. He has diabetes, I’ve been through hell with breast cancer and have HBP, pre diabetes, etc.
I’m usually a fighter, but tonight I feel very defeated.
I have my own business and love it. I have several clients in the medical field, emergency room drs in our busiest hospitals, cdc people...I carry alcohol on a spray bottle with me and use it often but if the virus lingers in the air...
I will not stop working, people depend on me. But when I think too much late at night..kinda scary.
I feel the same way. I will stop if I become symptomatic but otherwise......it's my job to be there for people.
LOVE Downton Abbey!Thank you, you have no idea how much it helps to just write down my feelings and share. You don’t feel so alone then.
All of you are amazing people and I’m so blessed to have a place to learn what is going on, share our thoughts and get virtual hugs!
Off to watch some Downtown Abby.
I have never sleuthed a missing toilet paper thread before. It might have been fun............mooI thought I might be judged poorly if I said steal it.