Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #45

[CSIDreamer]

Grounded Singapore Airlines' flight staff become "care ambassadors" at hospital

Singapore Airlines' cabin crew help out a patient at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital as they begin their roles as care ambassadors on April 7.

[...]

The Singapore Airlines' flight crew will be providing manpower to overworked medical teams, basic care to patients, and nutritional care in low-risk wards, according to a news release from the hospital.

Singapore Airlines' cabin crew are expected to work at the hospital for at least three months.
So far, 30 care ambassadors have joined the program, after receiving vaccinations and a medical screening, followed by a 90-minute hospital orientation.

[...]

Coronavirus live updates: Cases top 1.4 million globally - CNN

Vaccinations?

 

[KALI]

WHERE IS THE MONEY WE WERE PROMISED IN THE USA??
Where is it, and why don't we have it?
Nobody in our government is talking about this.
WHERE IS THE $1,200. WE WERE EACH ALLOCATED?
WTF.
People, families need this money now.
Yesterday. Where is our frigging promised money???

 

[pocketaccent]

(I love this news)

L.A. orders essential workers to wear masks, allows businesses to deny service to customers without face coverings

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is ordering workers at essential businesses to cover their face starting Friday, when they’ll also be able to deny service to customers who don’t wear masks.

So far, the city has recommended — but not mandated — that people cover their face when venturing into public to prevent the virus’ spread.
Employers will be required to supply essential workers with a mask or reimburse workers for the cost, the mayor said.

The order applies to workers at grocery stores, pharmacies, hotels and restaurants, as well as taxi and ride-share drivers, among others. Those who fail to comply could face a fine or prison time.
...

 

[Curious Me]

Lots more videos of John singing as an older man, but posting one of him in his younger years, so you can see how long he made his fine music.

Hats off to John Prine. Prayers. Fly Free John Prine.

John Prine Dead: Singer-Songwriter Was 73 – Variety

 

[pocketaccent]

WHERE IS THE MONEY WE WERE PROMISED IN THE USA??
Where is it, and why don't we have it?
Nobody in our government is talking about this.
WHERE IS THE $1,200. WE WERE EACH ALLOCATED?
WTF.
People, families need this money now.
Yesterday. Where is our frigging promised money???

(Hang on KALI, it's coming next week)

When will your stimulus check arrive? And how much will you receive?
...
60 million checks distributed through direct deposit will be issued the week of April 13.
The IRS will start sending paper stimulus checks the week of May 4.
Approximately 5 million paper checks will be issued each week after May 4.
...

 

[PommyMommy]

Vaccinations?

I think they must be standard vaccinations for hospital employment. They're not working with patients diagnosed with the Coronavirus. MOO

Coronavirus: SIA cabin crew redeployed as care ambassadors in Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

They will be assigned to low-risk wards and support hospital care teams to carry out basic caregiving procedures, nutritional care as well as patient service management for patients.

Patients in these general wards are treated for, among other things, chronic diseases, heart disorders and acute surgical conditions.

On Tuesday (April 7), the care ambassadors underwent medical screening, vaccinations and a hospital orientation.

 

[Bravo]

I don't think there is any war. Against the virus yes. Do I believe everyone, everywhere is taking this seriously? No I don't. Folks are just reporting on what they see. It's happening everywhere IMO most of us are home and don't see it.

 

[margarita25]

(Hang on KALI, it's coming next week)

When will your stimulus check arrive? And how much will you receive?
...
60 million checks distributed through direct deposit will be issued the week of April 13.
The IRS will start sending paper stimulus checks the week of May 4.
Approximately 5 million paper checks will be issued each week after May 4.
...

Yes and there’s a whole “stimulus thread” here woooooo:

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act

 

[Bravo]

Night all. Be safe. And be kind.

 

[SuziQ]

Matthew McConaughey continues to encourage fans to "turn a red light into a green light." The "True Detective" star recently joined a Zoom call to play bingo with the residents of the Enclave at Round Rock Senior Living in his home state of Texas. Matthew was with his wife Camila, their two kids and his mom Kay as they called into the senior meet-up.

This is so cute!

 

[bears10]

WHERE IS THE MONEY WE WERE PROMISED IN THE USA??
Where is it, and why don't we have it?
Nobody in our government is talking about this.
WHERE IS THE $1,200. WE WERE EACH ALLOCATED?
WTF.
People, families need this money now.
Yesterday. Where is our frigging promised money???

Mid April if you’re set up with direct deposit. Much longer for paper checks.

 

[PommyMommy]

The US FDA commissioner is warning against false claims by antibody test manufacturers

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House on Saturday, April 4, in Washington.

The US Food and Drug Administration will take “appropriate action against firms making false claims or marketing” coronavirus tests, according to a news release from FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn.

As of Tuesday, only one Emergency Use Authorization has been issued by the FDA for a serological test for coronavirus. The test is intended only for clinical laboratory use.

[...]

"However, some firms are falsely claiming that their serological tests are FDA approved or authorized, or falsely claiming that they can diagnose COVID-19."
In March, the FDA issued a new policy which allows companies to market serological tests for coronavirus without FDA review so long as they met certain conditions. The new policy was an effort to identify individuals who have overcome an infection and have developed an immune response to coronavirus, according to Hahn.

Coronavirus live updates: Cases top 1.4 million globally - CNN

 

[Curious Me]

Last night I reported no deaths in my city for yesterday, but there were 12 more deaths today. We went from 19 to 31 deaths.

San Diego County coronavirus deaths rise to 31

"1,454 people in San Diego County have tested positive, but a little less than 300 more people are under investigation. 19.9 % of those people that tested positive have been hospitalized."

"Additionally, 31 people have died of COVID-19 in San Diego County, an increase of 12 compared to Monday."

and

"61% of the county's deaths are male are 39% are female."

 

[margarita25]

I don't think there is any war. Against the virus yes. Do I believe everyone, everywhere is taking this seriously? No I don't. Folks are just reporting on what they see. It's happening everywhere IMO most of us are home and don't see it.

Wooooww I just thinking the same thing, how we are at home and not “seeing things”, and about how far removed we really are in isolation - it’s the people who are out there working right now that see’s what’s really happening and have to deal with this. We can read about it on the internet, but for those people who are actually there, it’s just gotta be...I’m recalling a documentary piece from the early days, I think it was Locked in Wuhan or something like that, one nurse crying “I can’t take it anymore”, and her colleagues were all around her trying to comfort her...

I wonder if the people in Wuhan that were locked down and not out there working also had that weird, distanced, feeling. Sure they did. This is surreal. I was just in the kitchen having a conversation with myself. It was very short. I just stood there staring at the stove and the conversation went like this:

“Dude.”

Then I just stood there.

Then a few minutes later I say, “WT(H)” (censored).

Seriously. That’s the conversation I just had with myself. That’s all I’ve got sometimes.

Last night I reported no deaths in my city for yesterday, but there were 12 more deaths today. We went from 19 to 31 deaths.

San Diego County coronavirus deaths rise to 31

"1,454 people in San Diego County have tested positive, but a little less than 300 more people are under investigation. 19.9 % of those people that tested positive have been hospitalized."

"Additionally, 31 people have died of COVID-19 in San Diego County, an increase of 12 compared to Monday."

PS I agree with everyone you are amazing and awesome for being so cool and unselfish re: your medication shortage.

 

[Sundog]

Advil and Aleve are Nsaids. Do you have a Pharmacy that delivers?

Please remember to check with your pharmacist if Tylenol or NSAIDS are compatible with any medications you take. At our house, I can take tylenol but not NSAIDS due to blood pressure medication I take, and my husband can take NSAIDS but not Tylenol due to medication he takes for a different condition. Best to check with your pharmacist. MOO.

 

[BHughes]

WHERE IS THE MONEY WE WERE PROMISED IN THE USA??
Where is it, and why don't we have it?
Nobody in our government is talking about this.
WHERE IS THE $1,200. WE WERE EACH ALLOCATED?
WTF.
People, families need this money now.
Yesterday. Where is our frigging promised money???

Stimulus payments will be deposited as early as April 9
https://www-businessinsider-com.cdn...3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s

 

[Sundog]

DBM Double post

 

[PommyMommy]

Scott Gottlieb, MD on Twitter
1/n There's some concerns being expressed about the implications for privacy and liberty of case based interventions that encourage widespread screening for #COVID19, and use public health interventions that require people who are infected and contagious to self isolate.
5:33 PM - 7 Apr 2020

Scott Gottlieb, MD on Twitter
2/n These concerns shouldn't be ignored, but also should be put in context. Case-based interventions that identify disease outbreaks, and contain spread, are a mainstay of public health prevention for deadly pathogens from Polio to Ebola to Measles, and countless deadly pathogens
5:35 PM - 7 Apr 2020

Scott Gottlieb, MD on Twitter
3/n How we implement these efforts, and seek consent, should be carefully considered. But ultimately, we face hard trade-offs between pervasive risk of epidemics and outbreaks; population mitigation (what we have now); or the effective application of case-based interventions.
5:38 PM - 7 Apr 2020

Scott Gottlieb, MD on Twitter
4/n That doesn't mean one hard reality will give way to another. We may implement case based interventions and still have large outbreaks. But we need to balance our considerations against the harsh reality that, until we get to a vaccine, #COVID19 will remain a constant menace.
5:42 PM - 7 Apr 2020

Scott Gottlieb, MD on Twitter
5/n In near term we are faced with unattractive choices that require hard tradeoffs and careful balancing. But one of greatest threats to liberty, perhaps, is the prospect that #COVID19 continues to circulate unchecked, and populations are confined to homes of fear or legal order
5:47 PM - 7 Apr 2020

Scott Gottlieb, MD on Twitter
6/n What we do to contain spread must balance all these risks and concerns. The issues related to individual liberty are important. We can't let a virus claim cherished freedoms. But ultimately, it's hard to envision a vibrant society while this virus is also circulating freely
6:07 PM - 7 Apr 2020

Scott Gottlieb, MD on Twitter
7/n In the end we'll vanquish this threat with our technology. We'll have a vaccine in a few years, and hopefully effective drugs before then. How much death and disease it causes until we can get these interventions will turn on many factors both outside, and within, our control
6:08 PM - 7 Apr 2020

 

[Snoods]

This is an example of why we must always question the stories being told.

CBS News panned for tearful video of nurse claiming she quit over coronavirus concerns

MOO

This is the second article and false video in which CBS has been caught blatantly lying in the last few weeks alone.

They played a video from an Italian hospital and claimed it was in the ‘apex of New York City.’

CBS News has admitted that alarming footage of an overflowing ward used during a report on the coronavirus crisis in Big Apple hospitals was actually shot in Italy.

CBS’ breakfast show, “This Morning,” used the footage of a packed ward last Wednesday just after saying the pandemic’s epicenter was “found right here” in New York.

The same footage had been aired earlier by Sky News — which correctly identified it as one of Europe’s “most hard-hit” hospitals located in Bergamo, Lombardy.

It is difficult to believe anything in the news these days.

https://nypost.com/2020/04/01/cbs-admits-to-using-footage-from-italy-in-report-about-nyc/

 

[PommyMommy]

A second US coronavirus vaccine trial has administered its first dose

The biotechnology company Inovio began a Phase 1 clinical trial of its Covid-19 vaccine this week, with its first dose given to a subject at the University of Pennsylvania on Monday.

The Phase 1 trial is estimated to be completed by late summer of 2020, a spokesperson for Inovio told CNN in an email. It will enroll up to 40 healthy adult volunteers in Philadelphia and Kansas City, Missouri, according to a news release.

The Phase 1 trial is meant to establish that the vaccine is safe and induces a desired response from participants' immune systems. Proving that the vaccine is effective in preventing Covid-19 infection requires follow-up studies involving many more participants, which will take many more months.

[...]

Inovio received funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.

“In ten weeks from funding, INOVIO manufactured thousands of doses of INO-4800 to support on-going Phase 1 and planned Phase 2 clinical trials,” the news release said.

Coronavirus live updates: Cases top 1.4 million globally - CNN