Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #84

[Trino]

Cocaine has been illegal since the 1920’s. Are you sure you don’t mean codeine?

10 Dangerous Drugs Once Marketed as Medicine - BestMedicalDegrees.com

Yes. Sorry Codeine.

 

[SouthAussie]

<RSBM>
Tourists Still Showing Up to Salem Weekend Before Halloween Despite COVID Measures

Even so, tourists like Jeanne Stewart and Michelle Spronk were not deterred.
“I’m fine. I’ve been to the apple orchard today. Around a lot of people, I don’t have any problems. I feel perfectly safe," Stewart said. "As long as I have my mask on, I feel good. And others keep their masks on.”
Spronk brought her three kids from New York and is happy she made the trip.
“It does seem safe. I think it’s great here," she said. "We saw all the signs that say ‘don’t come, it's shut down,' but it’s such a cute little town. I’m glad that we did come.”

I, I, I, I ... it's all about them. Doesn't matter that Salem is trying to keep itself safe.

 

[CoverMeCagney]

Could you boil water in a pot on the stove?

You’ll be suggesting we make tea in the microwave next

 

[mickey2942]

The stuff that I got was flavored with cocaine. Really. Now, even with a very bad cough, lots of luck getting a doctor to prescribe it.

I remember that stuff, you got actual "Coke" syrup from the pharmacy. Dang that was good.

 

[GRT]

Death rates are dropping, which is good news, but why are they dropping? This study suggests it might be because more resilient people are catching the disease now.

To me, this suggests that we may be doing a better job at protecting the people who are at the greatest risk.

According to the findings, the likelihood of death was on average 18 percentage points lower in August than in March for most critically ill patients.

The average age of hospitalized COVID-19 patients also dropped from 63 to 49. In March, while 81 percent had chronic conditions like lung disease and diabetes, by mid-June only about 72 percent had such risk factors.

“Other pandemic hotspots should take hope from the lessons learned here in New York,” says study senior author Christopher M. Petrilli, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at NYU Langone. “If we can do better at managing the disease, they can too.”

 

[GRT]

I remember that stuff, you got actual "Coke" syrup from the pharmacy. Dang that was good.

It would clear up a cough right now...

 

[musicaljoke]

You’ll be suggesting we make tea in the microwave next

Heh! There are limits. Now ... how can we bring this tea topic back to CoVid? Awh, here we go... it's about mental health during these odd times. People thrive on rituals. When all routines around them have crashed, a cup of tea is needed.

Why drinking tea might just help in a crisis

 

[ilovewings]

Wonderful JFK saying, but IMO for a long time in this country it's been ask what you can do for yourself.

I never thought (until this pandemic) how dangerous the me me me generation could be---

 

[musicaljoke]

Death rates are dropping, which is good news, but why are they dropping? This study suggests it might be because more resilient people are catching the disease now.

To me, this suggests that we may be doing a better job at protecting the people who are at the greatest risk.

MOO ... yes, some places are doing a good job of protecting vulnerable people. But, we are also seeing that that vulnerable people are having to protect themselves and are choosing to self isolate, stop their volunteer work, stop seeing their families, stop their normal routines and activities while CoVid runs amok without the oversight needed to bring it under control. If protecting the vulnerable is just forcing them into self isolation, then I don't think that defines "protecting" the people who are at greatest risk.

 

[ilovewings]

Feb 1. So 3 months and 10 days away. 160,000 further deaths. 1600 a day.

However, there is easing going on (DeSantis wants the nursing homes to open up more; California is opening up gradually; Arizona is opening; Illinois has opened quite a bit).

The measures we've had in place in California had businesses at 25% of capacity and no indoor dining. Now, some places (San Francisco) are moving up to indoor dining and 50% capacity at regular businesses. I think gyms are opening. California is going to see an uptick.

So...it'll probably be in between the worst case scenario and the best case. Also, as the health people in ND are saying: "mask mandates don't work, no one is wearing them." (Paraphrased by me).

I just know that we're back in that situation we were in, in April, where most of us who are worried should just stay home. I feel like I missed a window of opportunity to get my flu shot (getting it this weekend), but will be very careful about mask/goggles and hope for the best.

People are traveling again - motel reservations in California are up, national parks are sort of open, etc. Southwest Airlines is going back to full capacity on its flight on Nov 1, IIRC.

So the very optimistic "all measures stay in place" is not going to be reality, IMO.

I don't get it!!!! wishful thinking v reality?

 

[SouthAussie]

Death rates are dropping, which is good news, but why are they dropping? This study suggests it might be because more resilient people are catching the disease now.

Others say that it is because doctors are getting better at treating covid patients.

And also because more younger people are getting sick, and they have a better chance of survival.


Tending to COVID-19 patients in the early days of the pandemic, Leora Horwitz felt like a doctor from the 18th century, desperately trying to discover more about a new disease to learn how to stop people from dying.
“We couldn’t tell how quickly people were likely to deteriorate, what kinds of deterioration they would have , or when they were out of the woods,” says the clinician-researcher at NYU Langone, an academic medical centre in New York. “We had no idea.”

Effective COVID-19 treatment still eludes global medical profession
(Sorry, this may be paywalled for some ... but we get one free article a month, so I was able to read it)

 

[ilovewings]

The irony...we want to go to the race season...but don’t you dare hit our police horses! Luckily numbers are low in VIC now...but still not good in terms of COVID spread...I think Broadmeadows and suburbs like that may continue to present issues as well...

I love animals and i get sick when people are cruel or abuse them. Hitting a horse in the face? horrible.

 

[weepingangel]

New England/casinos
More at link
Patron numbers at MGM, Encore casinos still well below reduced COVID capacity
SPRINGFIELD — Despite the return of roulette earlier this month, the number of patrons at MGM Springfield and Encore Boston Harbor is still well below the already reduced capacity allowed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The assessment was shared Thursday with the Massachusetts Gaming Commission during its regular meeting.

The Gaming Commission voted Oct. 8 to allow the casinos to begin offering roulette again. But the occupancy levels didn’t increase, and instead remain “well below the reduced level you have authorized,” said Loretta Lillios, interim director of the Investigations and Enforcement Bureau.





Foxwoods Brings Back Indoor Live Entertainment
Complete safety precaution list and more at link/Connecticut
Foxwoods Casino is bringing back indoor live entertainment at the Grand Theater after pausing live shows due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Foxwoods it kicked off a return to live entertainment with comedian Bob Marley on Oct. 16 and 17 and Almost Queen will perform on Nov. 5 and more acts to follow throughout November and December. Tickets bought for Almost Queen’s March 4 show will be valid for the new date. Learn more here.

The theater will operate at 25% capacity, according to Foxwoods.

 

[ilovewings]

New England/casinos
More at link
Patron numbers at MGM, Encore casinos still well below reduced COVID capacity
SPRINGFIELD — Despite the return of roulette earlier this month, the number of patrons at MGM Springfield and Encore Boston Harbor is still well below the already reduced capacity allowed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The assessment was shared Thursday with the Massachusetts Gaming Commission during its regular meeting.

The Gaming Commission voted Oct. 8 to allow the casinos to begin offering roulette again. But the occupancy levels didn’t increase, and instead remain “well below the reduced level you have authorized,” said Loretta Lillios, interim director of the Investigations and Enforcement Bureau.





Foxwoods Brings Back Indoor Live Entertainment
Complete safety precaution list and more at link
Foxwoods Casino is bringing back indoor live entertainment at the Grand Theater after pausing live shows due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Foxwoods it kicked off a return to live entertainment with comedian Bob Marley on Oct. 16 and 17 and Almost Queen will perform on Nov. 5 and more acts to follow throughout November and December. Tickets bought for Almost Queen’s March 4 show will be valid for the new date. Learn more here.

The theater will operate at 25% capacity, according to Foxwoods.

You won't find me at a casino ( and I love and miss the slots) or any movie theater, or any indoor facility where there is even semblance of a crowd. it is just foolish.

 

[weepingangel]

Worcester Church Choir Finds Innovative Way to Practice Without Spreading COVID-19
more plus short vid at link
Members of the choir at Trinity Lutheran Church practice inside their cars in the parking lot. Members sing into wireless microphones while they listen to one another and to the director playing his keyboard on their car radios.
During indoor services, choir members distance themselves and wear masks that resemble a duck-billed platypus.



Vt. Community Group Adapts Haunted House for COVID-19 Era
More plus short vid at link
Guests will drive through the property in Highgate that in normal years hosts the Franklin County Field Days, not getting out of their vehicles, for a series of scary skits.
Ticket holders are told to keep face coverings on to guard against possibly transmitting the virus while screaming.
Passes for a few hundred carloads sold out completely, and quickly, the fire auxiliary’s president told NECN.
“People want normal,” Ashley Chevalier observed. “All our volunteers, when they showed up for our dress rehearsal, they just said, ‘It just feels good to see people,’ you know? It’s not normal, but this kind of felt a little bit normal again.”

 

[GRT]

The CDC has some ideas for making trick or treating safer this Halloween.

I guess I thought there would not be trick or treating this year, but if there is -- these ideas might help keep kids safe.

Make trick-or-treating safer

• Avoid direct contact with trick-or-treaters.
• Give out treats outdoors, if possible.
• Set up a station with individually bagged treats for kids to take.
• Wash hands before handling treats.
• Wear a mask.

Wear a mask

• Make your cloth mask part of your costume.
• A costume mask is not a substitute for a cloth mask.
• Do NOT wear a costume mask over a cloth mask. It can make breathing more difficult.
• Masks should NOT be worn by children under the age of 2 or anyone who has trouble breathing

 

[mickey2942]

US nears daily Covid cases record amid warning of 500,000 deaths by February

Has anyone done the math on this? What kind of daily positive rate and daily death rate might we be looking at?

I don't know the math, but right now, in Montana the rate is rising so fast, exponentially, that doing contact tracing, quarantine is at a point of collapse.

It was manageable for small towns and communities to have a rigorous contact tracing program, until recently. The numbers went too high, too fast.

 

[303gmf]

It would clear up a cough right now...

Sure make your nose drip though, lol

 

[weepingangel]

Five coronavirus-related deaths, over 30 positive cases reported at Chelmsford nursing home
Mass/more at link
CHELMSFORD, MASS. (WHDH) - A coronavirus outbreak at a nursing home in Chelmsford has left five people dead and more than 30 testing positive for the virus.

The Sunny Acres Nursing and Rehabilitation Center recently reported the five coronavirus-related deaths to state health officials. More than 30 people at the home have also tested positive for the virus since the outbreak began in late September

In a statement the home said in part, “it has proved impossible to keep this rapidly spreading and highly contagious virus out of this center.”


Why a Harvard expert is worried about rising coronavirus hospitalizations | Boston.com



New sewer samples from the Boston area show evidence of a COVID-19 spike | Boston.com
This week, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority’s weekly study — tracking traces of the coronavirus in wastewater — found the highest amounts of viral RNA since the pandemic’s surge in the spring, according the newspaper. The wastewater samples are taken three times a week at the Deer Island Treatment Plant, and this week, those samples consistently surpassed 200 viral RNA copies per milliliter, which hasn’t occurred since April. The samples some days this week topped 300 copies per milliliter.
Boston University infectious diseases specialist Davidson Hamer told the Heraldthe sewage data is “more evidence” that the Boston area is seeing a second wave of COVID-19.
“It’s super worrisome,” Hamer said. “I’m worried. A lot of us are nervous.”

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Well, here is reality. I'm over 60, and a bunch of us always got together many times a year (a group of 30-50 folks 5 times a year).

One person sent out an invite to go to a large restaurant to get together for the holidays, and this was one persons response. Her inside Christmas party is still on!

"Sounds like a great idea.... I couldn't... as it's too close to my xmas party probably on Sunday the dec 6th" (e.d. where 40 folks usually attend indoors in a VERY small house shoulder to shoulder with buffet over a 4 hour period)

Please folks, y'all were talking about how to nicely educate others on how such gatherings are soooo very wrong right now. But I can only think to just sit on hands and reply "I'm not going to crowd gatherings until into next year".

Does anyone who has been talking about "kindly educating" others have a comeback? I'm just sitting on hands vs. trying to educate a bunch of EDUCATED FOLKS in this group. I just cannot fathom any response to a group of 40 on this email invite for 2 inside gatherings during a damn pandemic.

WTH? What's a gal to do? Anything I say will appear sanctimonious? SMDH... I just have to sit on hands and not even discuss? How to handle?