Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #52

[Inthedetails]

"it is legal in Michigan to carry firearms as long as it is done with lawful intent and the weapon is visible"

Even though lawful in Michigan, I don't see the point of bringing a gun to a protest that is about the economy and public health. What's the gun for?

jmo

 

[Bravo]

Even though lawful in Michigan, I don't see the point of bringing a gun to a protest that is about the economy and public health. What's the gun for?

jmo

That's the scary part

 

[Inthedetails]

That's the scary part

And a turn off to potential supporters to their cause, fwiw.

jmo

 

[tabitha111]

I have made a personal decision that if the employees are not wearing mask, I won't be using that business. I went to do a pick up at the local owned pet store. I like to give them my business and do an order at least once a week.
This was the second time an employee (different one each time) came to my car with my stuff without a mask on.
I will also let the business know that is my reason for taking my order elsewhere.
Even the folks delivering my farm purchases are wearing masks...I don't understand how in a tiny store pet store they are not. BTW, there are so many mask makers in our town, there is really no excuse to not "have" them for your employees. I have 4 myself and have sent my parents a couple in nice designs (to encourage them to wear them!)

 

[Curious Me]

This 66 yr. old man spent 16 days in the hospital and lost 25 lbs. He thought he might not make it. Yes, he survived, but not everyone does and some come out of it damaged. So, keep taking the threat of this virus seriously. Don't get it, my Friends!

Tierresanta COVID-19 Survivor Participated in Remdesivir Trial

When asked what he wants people to know about the deadly virus, he responded:

"People have really got to understand that while they think this is their individual right to do whatever they want, and I’m in full support of that, they also have to take social responsibility."

 

[cody22]

House doesn't extend virus emergency, moves to sue Whitmer

More Michigan Virus News....moo

 

[Cool Cats]

So here is what is happening 12 miles from me today:
Hundreds of protesters, some carrying guns in the state Capitol, demonstrate against Michigan's emergency measures


Dartunorro Clark
NBC NewsApril 30, 2020

And how is your day going?
Michigan protesters storm state Capitol in fight over coronavirus rules: 'Men with rifles yelling at us'

A protester carrying his rifle at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich., Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Charlie Hurt on protesters rallying outside Michigan governor’s home
Protesters gathered outside the home of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as reports say she plans to extend the state’s coronavirus stay-at-home order; reaction and analysis from Fox News contributor Charlie Hurt.

 

[cass523]

As of April 30, there were 118,652 reported cases in the state, including 2,633 additional cases disclosed Thursday.

New Jersey has completed a total of 222,241 tests with 42% of the tests coming back positive as of Wednesday.

There have been 7,228 deaths related to coronavirus in New Jersey. Officials reported 460 new deaths statewide on Thursday.

In New Jersey, 6,137 individuals with confirmed or potential cases of COVID-19 were hospitalized as of 10:00 p.m. Wednesday. This is the lowest number of hospitalizations since April 2.

1,765 patients are in intensive care or critical care and 4,175 are in medical surgical beds.

The state is using 40.8% of its statewide ventilator capacity, with 1,271 patients on ventilators. That's the lowest number of patients on ventilators since April 4.

There were 514 patients discharged in the last 24 hours and 502 new hospitalizations yesterday.

Coronavirus deaths surpass 7K with over 450 reported Thursday; cases rise to 118K

Gov. Phil Murphy met Thursday with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office to discuss the response to the coronavirus pandemic and left with promises of aid and a ringing endorsement from the very president he's used as a foil for the past two years.

Murphy said that as a result of the meeting, large shipments of testing supplies and personal protective equipment were on the way. That includes 550,000 test kits and 750,000 swabs, Murphy said. And 358 nursing homes will share shipments of protective gear, including about 220,000 masks, 19,000 goggles, 200,000 gowns and 1 million gloves.

“This proves that it is possible to put people over politics," the governor said during his Thursday afternoon briefing. "It’s no secret that the president and I disagree on some things. But that’s not going to stop me from doing everything I can to make sure New Jersey has all the resources we need to move forward."

After meeting with Trump, Gov. Murphy says testing supplies, PPE is on the way to NJ

 

[Deleted member 158085]

UMass Memorial easing visitor restrictions for end-of-life care



UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, which like other hospitals has had to prohibit nearly all visitors, is now loosening restrictions on visitors to coronavirus patients in end-of-life care.

The hospital's new initiative allows two loved ones to have a one-time visit with a patient, a step that UMass Memorial President Dr. Michael Gustafson said in a staff memo makes the hospital among the first in Massachusetts and potentially the country to implement what he called a compassionate patient-centered intervention.

Massachusetts/more at link

This has been one of the most heartbreaking things about this damned virus, taking away our opportunity to hold the hands of the ones we love as they pass.

 

[10ofRods]

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Dread the dry in SoCal summers. Mouth gets so dry. Do you think a humidifier would be a good idea? WWVD -- What would the Virus do?

The people in my building are going wild blatantly taunting the virus. No masks, congregating in the courtyard. At risks people! All their grandkids come not wearing masks and getting on the elevators. We have a ninety year old not one bit worried visiting a woman recovering from a stroke. They all make me feel foolish like I'm being too careful. Must wear face masks rule goes into effect tomorrow.

For awhile I was opening my door and spraying this old Lysol spray out into the hallway at quiet times, thinking I was maybe killing some virus in the hallways. I mop with bleach in my section of hallway.

I wipe all food packages down. I have my bag of oranges on the balcony, but not everyone has room to keep their groceries out. Besides, my neighbors are doing their best to expose me. I wonder if we'll all luck out and live, or who will be the unfortunate one.

I've been reading some articles from HVAC engineers and specialists and they say keeping CoVid wards humid is a big reason they're being called out. One man said that in the past 10 years, all of the HVAC systems installed in hospitals had humidifiers in his region.

Apparently if there are more molecules of H2O in the air, they join together, get heavier and fall faster toward the ground. In very dry air, they are light as a feather or a speck of dust and float around just like those things do.

Also, higher humidity does the same thing with dust and allergens, which I did not know (I didn't know any of this until about a month ago).

So we're getting out the good old humidifier and our humidity gadget. Hygrometer, I had to look it up. I think the virus will find itself less able to float into my respiratory system, it will be trapped in increasingly heavy non-aerosolized droplets if it ever gets to my house. Which it better not.

But it does make me rethink any sort of road trip, no matter how remote from civilization. Would have to be here in California - but away from the coast, which will be so crowded. But the rest of the state will be dry as a bone and dusty as a mule. Horrible for the lungs, lots of smoggy things too.

I want to head out to the upper Sierra, near a lake, but that will be crowded too. . And it's the crowds themselves that are so hard to bear, CoVid or no CoVid.

I do wonder if the crowds will be way down. The park will share some visitor numbers, I think.

 

[Inthedetails]

"Maryland @GovLarryHogan on whether he was concerned that the federal government would seize the tests the state procured from South Korea. He says the tests are being guarded by the National Guard at an undisclosed location."

Washington Post Live on Twitter
Washington Post

 

[tmar]

No end in sight: 100,000 crew on cruise ships stranded at sea

Erin McCormick and Patrick Greenfield
10 hrs ago
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While most cruise ship passengers have now made it back to land, another crisis has been growing with no safe haven in sight.
Around the world, more than 100,000 crew workers are still trapped on cruise ships, at least 50 of which have Covid-19 infections, a Guardian investigation has found. They are shut out of ports and banned from air travel that would allow them to return to their homes.

Many of these crew are quarantined in tiny cabins, and some have had their pay cut off. They have effectively become a nation of floating castaways, marooned on boats from the Galapagos Islands to the port of Dubai.
Many of the crew have only minimal communication with the outside world, making their situations hard to scrutinise. But at least 17 cruise ship workers are confirmed to have died from suspected Covid-19, and dozens more have had to be medically evacuated off ships and hospitalised, the Guardian found.
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[Lilibet]

This 66 yr. old man spent 16 days in the hospital and lost 25 lbs. He thought he might not make it. Yes, he survived, but not everyone does and some come out of it damaged. So, keep taking the threat of this virus seriously. Don't get it, my Friends!

Tierresanta COVID-19 Survivor Participated in Remdesivir Trial

When asked what he wants people to know about the deadly virus, he responded:

"People have really got to understand that while they think this is their individual right to do whatever they want, and I’m in full support of that, they also have to take social responsibility."

I’m so glad this fellow survived! My 90 year old FIL lives in Tierrasanta. He just got home from the hospital after a fall and some tests. I hope he didn’t get exposed there. Fortunately, he can’t leave the house. But he does have to have home care, so it’s a concern.

 

[Curious Me]

Apparently if there are more molecules of H2O in the air, they join together, get heavier and fall faster toward the ground.

I read early on that high humidity slowed down the virus particles. From what you just said, I can picture it as the Brownian motion when water particles bump into each other.

Apparently if there are more molecules of H2O in the air, they join together, get heavier and fall faster toward the ground. In very dry air, they are light as a feather or a speck of dust and float around just like those things do.

Also, higher humidity does the same thing with dust and allergens, which I did not know (I didn't know any of this until about a month ago).

At first, I thought the dry summers would just make that virus shrivel up, but I guess not. You'd think there'd be less particles clinging to things, but you described it another way. What you're saying makes sense about the dry air and lots of specks can fly easier and we'd suck them right up into our noses and lungs.

 

[Curious Me]

I’m so glad this fellow survived! My 90 year old FIL lives in Tierrasanta. He just got home from the hospital after a fall and some tests. I hope he didn’t get exposed there. Fortunately, he can’t leave the house. But he does have to have home care, so it’s a concern.

Wow, I used to live in Tierrasanta. Oh yes, your FIL can't get this Covid-19. No, no. I know you will keep track of how he's feeling. He might already have been exposed, but let's hope not. Does the home care person wear a mask and take their own temp everyday?

 

[tmar]

Forrest pledges $160m for virus supplies - The Canberra Times
APRIL 1 2020 - 6:36PM
Forrest secures Chinese virus supplies
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Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest will spend millions of dollars on procuring medical supplies and equipment to help Australia through the COVID-19 pandemic.

His philanthropic organisation Minderoo Foundation and Fortescue Metals Group, which he founded and chairs, are chartering three aircraft from China to deliver more than 90 tonnes of medical supplies to Perth this week.

It includes more than one million face masks, 400,000 surgical masks, 2.3 million medical-grade gloves, 100,000 nasal swabs, 200,000 medical coveralls, 10,000 medical goggles, 5000 touchless thermometers and more than 30 intensive care unit-grade ventilators.

Mr Forrest plans to outlay $160 million but if the protective equipment is found to be fit for purpose, it will be sold at cost to state and federal governments.

Mr Forrest, who has deep business ties in China, said more deliveries would follow in coming weeks "until we can take the panic and the stress out of the medical industries".
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[Cool Cats]

Not quite, but good pic. I feel for those officers who had to go to work. Breathed on, drooled on, screamed at by a bunch of people armed to the teeth who don't look especially peaceful in their protests. Who apparently are being treated decently while they protest. Hope the officers don't get sick.

The Lansing police should get hazard pay for this.

Thankx for the reminder that what gets lost in the shuffle between the MI Guv and the gun toting public is indeed, the officers who are just trying to do their job , finish their shift, and go home to "dinner" with the family, hoping not to infect their family.

 

[Curious Me]

The Lansing police should get hazard pay for this.

Thankx for the reminder that what gets lost in the shuffle between the MI Guv and the gun toting public is indeed, the officers who are just trying to do their job , finish their shift, and go home to "dinner" with the family, hoping not to infect their family.

Don't they have to wear face masks? If spit is flying at me, I want to wear a mask.

 

[Sundog]

U.S. Supreme Court weighs in on Pennsylvania stay-at-home order

Alito orders Pennsylvania to respond in case asking Supreme Court to halt enforcement of stay-at-home order

 

[margarita25]

Disney's new line of face masks features Baby Yoda, Hulk and more of your favorite characters - CNN

Disney unveils new cloth face masks, to donate up to $1 million in profits to MedShare

Disney Introduces Cloth Face Masks and Donations for Families and Communities in Need