Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #48

[NuttMegg]

Just an update: THE PORTAL worked for me just now!!!! So try again to those who have had problems with it like me.

@cody22 I'll take a helping of that popcorn with extra butter please....

Get My Payment | Internal Revenue Service

"Payment Status Not Available"
<<insert extreme frowny face here>>

 

[Gardenista]

Lead researcher at Wuhan virus lab warned that SARS-like coronavirus outbreaks linked to bats could happen in China almost a year before COVID-19 hit the city

 

[tresir2012]

For those in the UK waiting for Small Business Grant's from councils, check your bank account. I know someone who received £10k today.

In case I get accused of spreading fake news again, here is the link.

Financial support for businesses during coronavirus (COVID-19)

 

[CSIDreamer]

Gosh, I'm sorry to hear that. Can you get your mother a telehealth appointment if you need to? Every specialist I've ever been to, it seems, has been bombarding me with emails about the option for remote appointments via smartphone, Skype, etc.

Can you believe they just called me? Lol.

She has an appointment May 7. There's no way she can do telehealth. She can't hear and will randomly answer questions thinking no one will be the wiser.

 

[Inthedetails]

Takeover of NYC's Digital Billboards with Artistic Messages to Inspire New Yorkers - Untapped New York

My favorite is the "6 feet is 6 feet is 6 feet is 6 feet" one.

 

[gngr~snap]

ITA. The "wet markets" should have been banned a century ago.

I had a dream that I was having to wrestle a woman at the wet market to save my Bichon!
She was screaming at me and trying to cook my dog.
I didn't know what a wet market was before this!
In my defense, I had a 103.7° temp an elevated white blood count and was getting tested for COVID the next day. NEGATIVE!
MOO

 

[cody22]

I am trying to convince Mrs.22 that making me a fried eggs and cheese sandwich, is a new CDC Virus Fighting Control Measure, that I read about here on WS......It may be working................moo

 

[Inthedetails]

I had a dream that I was having to wrestle a woman at the wet market to save my Bichon!
She was screaming at me and trying to cook my dog.
I didn't know what a wet market was before this!
In my defense, I had a 103.7° temp an elevated white blood count and was getting tested for COVID the next day. NEGATIVE!
MOO

Fever dreams are crazy.

Hope you're feeling better.

 

[PommyMommy]

BNO Newsroom on Twitter
BREAKING: Wuhan, where the coronavirus pandemic began, revises death toll to 3,869, an increase of 50%
11:11 PM - 16 Apr 2020

BNO Newsroom on Twitter
Wuhan cites the following reasons for the sudden increase in deaths: the surge in patients overwhelmed hospitals, which meant some patients couldn't go there and they died at home. There were also missed reports and some agencies failed to report deaths.
11:16 PM - 16 Apr 2020

BNO Newsroom on Twitter
All of the additional deaths are confirmed cases of coronavirus. As previously reported, there were also many other people who were said to have died of coronavirus but were never tested. They are not included in the death toll.
11:32 PM - 16 Apr 2020

Ryan Struyk on Twitter
The latest University of Washington model cited by the White House would not expect us to hit ~33,300 US coronavirus deaths, the approximate current death count, for two more days, in order to be on track for ~70,000 total US deaths.
11:55 PM - 16 Apr 2020

BNO Newsroom on Twitter
Over the past 24 hours, the U.S. reported 31,307 new cases of coronavirus and 2,248 new deaths, raising total to 679,781 cases and 34,532 dead
11:56 PM - 16 Apr 2020

BNO Newsroom on Twitter
NEW: Russia reports 4,069 new cases of coronavirus and 41 new deaths, a daily record
4:05 AM - 17 Apr 2020

Ryan Struyk on Twitter
.@SpeakerPelosi calls the new WH guidelines "vague and inconsistent." "The President’s continued insistence on moving forward without testing, contact tracing, demographic data collection and a respect for science and the facts risks further death and economic disaster."
9:26 AM - 17 Apr 2020

Ryan Struyk on Twitter
ADAMS: "The thing I'm most concerned about... is that I want to make sure each of these states is looking at their public health capacity and understands that they've got testing in place and they've got the ability to contact trace, again, so that you don't have a big blowup."
10:42 AM - 17 Apr 2020

 

[CSIDreamer]

I had a dream that I was having to wrestle a woman at the wet market to save my Bichon!
She was screaming at me and trying to cook my dog.
I didn't know what a wet market was before this!
In my defense, I had a 103.7° temp an elevated white blood count and was getting tested for COVID the next day. NEGATIVE!
MOO

That sounds like a horrible nightmare.

 

[Ragnarok]

Can you believe they just called me? Lol.

She has an appointment May 7. There's no way she can do telehealth. She can't hear and will randomly answer questions thinking no one will be the wiser.

I'm hearing challenged due to loud 1960s music and construction equipment. My Audiologist recommended CaptionCall due to my poor hearing even with hearing aids. You read a screen display of what the person you're talking to is saying. Free in US. Requires an internet connection.

 

[MsBetsy]

I am trying to convince Mrs.22 that making me a fried eggs and cheese sandwich, is a new CDC Virus Fighting Control Measure, that I read about here on WS......It may be working................moo

Haha, you can also try what my daughter says to convince me to make her something.

"It tastes better when you make it because it's made with love."

 

[drama_farmer]

"Payment Status Not Available"
<<insert extreme frowny face here>>

You're not alone! Every time I type in my info, I'm thinking: Another opportunity for hackers to get it! (You just know that's going to be the next news we hear about the Portal, lol). I think my issue is I forgot to file for 2018 (getting a refund, so I look at it as forced savings). I did file 2019.

 

[Tillicum]

For those in the UK waiting for Small Business Grant's from councils, check your bank account. I know someone who received £10k today.

In case I get accused of spreading fake news again, here is the link.

Financial support for businesses during coronavirus (COVID-19)

My sister (USA) just got approval on her small business loan today. She applied a week ago and was scared when it was reported yesterday that the money had run out. I'm so relieved for her.

 

[Trino]

I am trying to convince Mrs.22 that making me a fried eggs and cheese sandwich, is a new CDC Virus Fighting Control Measure, that I read about here on WS......It may be working................moo

Add a little lettuce and tomato. Yummy.

 

[Midwestmom2019]

Gosh, I'm sorry to hear that. Can you get your mother a telehealth appointment if you need to? Every specialist I've ever been to, it seems, has been bombarding me with emails about the option for remote appointments via smartphone, Skype, etc.

Do it. Last time I had to go in to renew a prescription, the dr. called me several days later to say that patients behind me had tested positive for the virus. Quarantine myself for 14 days. ?????
There was only one man in the waiting room when I left at 8:10 am. After he described them as a couple, I realized I had seen them. They pulled in right next to me as I backed out. I just missed the potential deadly infection by a few minutes. Seconds, really.
Absolutely. Video appts. Do it.

 

[BHughes]

"Payment Status Not Available"
<<insert extreme frowny face here>>

I needed to add bank info but it kept saying my information did not match their records. I waited the 24 hours and tried again this morning. It worked for that, I don't know about it working to check status. Sorry

 

[PommyMommy]

There have been 33,318 coronavirus-related deaths in the US

There are at least 672,246 cases of coronavirus in the US and roughly 33,318 people have died, according to Johns Hopkins University's tally of cases in the country.

As states begin to include “probable deaths” in their counts, so will Johns Hopkins University. In the upcoming days, these changes may show a surge of deaths in the United States.

[...]

Roughly 40% of French aircraft carrier personnel have tested positive for coronavirus

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Dr. Maryline Gygax Genero, who testified before the French Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and the Armed Forces, said all 2,300 personnel were tested for the virus, and 940 were positive.

so far, 20 personnel have been hospitalized, eight are on oxygen therapy and one is in intensive care. The personnel who tested negative are all in quarantine in military facilities.

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Florida ramps up coronavirus testing with "walk-up" sites

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says his state is almost "neck and neck" with California in terms of Covid-19 testing.

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The sites will be operated with the help of the National Guard, the Florida Department of Health and Broward Sheriff's Office and will only test those with symptoms. DeSantis said these testing sites will be help the underserved communities who might not have access to drive-thru locations.

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Number of hospitalizations across New York continues to decline, governor says

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"Net change in total hospitalizations is undeniably on the decline. The three-day average, which is more accurate than any one-day number, also says the same thing. That's not that telling to me because, as I said, the entire hospital is now basically an ICU ward," Cuomo said as a news conference Friday.
Cuomo also added that intubations are down and "that is very good news."

"Because intubations 80% of the time wind up in a person not recovering. So that's really good news," he said.

630 people died from coronavirus on Thursday, New York governor says

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The number of deaths “refuses to come down dramatically,” Cuomo said in his daily briefing.

It is “breathtaking in its pain and grief and tragedy," the governor added.

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Coronavirus news and live updates: Cases surpass 2.1 million globally - CNN

 

[Tillicum]

Coronavirus pandemic and grocery shopping: No need to wipe down food packaging, FDA says

“We want to reassure consumers that there is currently no evidence of human or animal food or food packaging being associated with transmission of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.”

“This particular coronavirus causes respiratory illness and is spread from person-to-person, unlike foodborne gastrointestinal or GI viruses, such as norovirus and hepatitis A that often make people ill through contaminated food,” it added, noting there are currently no nationwide shortages of food, though some stores may be out of certain products. (Speaking of, what drives people to panic buy?)

The FDA also provided tips on how to protect yourself, other shoppers and store employees when buying essential items.
More at link

 

[NuttMegg]

I needed to add bank info but it kept saying my information did not match their records. I waited the 24 hours and tried again this morning. It worked for that, I don't know about it working to check status. Sorry

Oh I'm not destitute, I can wait I guess. I notice that the results of that site are browser dependent, ie I get a quite nasty error message on Brave, something like Paraphrased "you do NOT have permission to access this page", in black and white letters squished up in the corner. Different results on FF, Edge, Chrome.