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'No other case like this': 3-year-old in Missouri had stroke after Covid diagnosis, doctors say

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Doctors in Missouri said a 3-year-old boy experienced a stroke after he tested positive for Covid-19, in what they called a possible example of the neurological effects associated with the coronavirus pandemic.

The toddler, Colt Parris, was recuperating on Thursday at the University of Missouri’s Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Columbia, Missouri, after surgery to address a brain clot, NBC affiliate KSN-TV reported. He is expected to make a full recovery, doctors told the outlet.


Dr. Camilo Gomez, a neurologist at the hospital, said that doctors were examining the extent of the link between Covid-19 and neurological problems.
 
Kent: Lorry backlog cleared as hauliers told they can head to Dover again

Freight drivers waiting to cross into France have been told they can head back to Dover instead of waiting in an overflow lorry park.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said that by 9am on Boxing Day, all hauliers had left Manston airfield - the site used to manage disruption in Kent caused by France's travel and partial trade ban.

He added that 15,526 coronavirus tests have now been carried out on drivers, yielding 36 positive results which "are being verified".
 
A terrible personal experience to share that I have not seen posted on a threads. Remember a week ago I shared with you guys that a friend of the family in Florida was positive because of having coffee with her neighbors at the condominium? People have been keeping in touch with her by phone. She has no family. She is elderly. No one was able to get in touch with her yesterday. She wasn't answering her phone. (Day 8 from exposure) Learned that she has been taken to the hospital and is on oxygen, but nothing can be released to anybody. Due to HIPAA laws.

Anyone and everyone, please note that if anyone you love goes into the hospital with COVID, have them sign a HIPAA release form immediately so your loved ones, especially those of elderly single people without spouse or children , can know what is going on and help to assist and intervene. This am, folks trying to do back door connections to get information.

I wonder if her casual condo snowbird friends from New Jersey that she caught it from even know this is going on. SMDH.

All you guys are so compassionate and sweet, I am just angry these days at this virus

ETA, I just went back to the original dates. She was exposed on Saturday 12th, she found out she was positive on Wednesday the 16th,
 
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dixiegirl1035 said:
A terrible personal experience to share that I have not seen posted on a threads. Remember a week ago I shared with you guys that a friend of the family in Florida was positive because of having coffee with her neighbors at the condominium? People have been keeping in touch with her by phone. She has no family. She is elderly. No one was able to get in touch with her yesterday. She wasn't answering her phone. (Day 8 from exposure) Learned that she has been taken to the hospital and is on oxygen, but nothing can be released to anybody. Due to HIPAA laws.

Anyone and everyone, please note that if anyone you love goes into the hospital with COVID, have them sign a HIPAA release form immediately so your loved ones, especially those of elderly single people without spouse or children , can know what is going on and help to assist and intervene. This am, folks trying to do back door connections to get information.

I wonder if her casual condo snowbird friends from New Jersey that she caught it from even know this is going on. SMDH.

All you guys are so compassionate and sweet, I am just angry these days at this virus

ETA, I just went back to the original dates. She was exposed on Saturday 12th, she found out she was positive on Wednesday the 16th,
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I hope she recovers well!! So sorry to read this.
 
Mainland Scotland moves into level 4 lockdown

Mainland Scotland has moved into the toughest level of coronavirus restrictions.

Millions of people are now living under level four curbs - the highest of the country's five-tier system of anti-virus measures.E

The change means non-essential retail and hospitality have been closed and additional travel restrictions imposed to curb a new strain of the virus.

The restrictions are due to be reviewed in three weeks.

Those living in Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles, along with other island communities off the Scottish mainland, are subject to level three measures.
 
nightowl1975 said:
This is an interesting view of posting about getting the vaccine on social media. I’m in healthcare with access to getting vaccinated on Monday. We have all been strongly encouraged to post photos and such about getting it to encourage others to do so when they are able. Right now, we are at about a 60/40 split for those willing to get vaccinated vs those who don’t want it right now in my company.

It never occurred to me some would view it as “bragging” or whatever word that would make it distasteful to post about on social media. IMO, health care workers willing to get vaccinated at this point are worthy of nothing but respect for basically being a guinea pig for this vaccine. I guess it just goes to show how people can look at the exact same situation and see entirely different things.
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Seriously? "Respect for being 'guinea pigs'?"

If this vaccine was not perfectly safe, no medical personnel would be lining up for the vaccine.

And it is tone deaf hubris to proclaim on Social Media their "exalted" status. I wouldn't have that opinion, if it was actually "front line staff" like paramedics, fire fighters, police officers, and ICU nurses and cleaning staff.

My vitriol is reserved the CEO's of hospitals, social workers who haven't stepped foot in a hospital since March, on "Tele-Work" status, others of the same ilk, being queued up in line with "front line staff". When those people post their "Covid Vaccine Status" it is pure status symbol. And it deserves a raspberry.
 
One issue I have seen with the vaccination tiers is that receptionists, concierge, valets, and other non-clinical staff aren’t able to get the vaccination yet. As non-clinical employees they are not on a tier that is able to get the vaccine.

Yet these employees are face-to-face with dozens of patients every day. Our receptionists register each patient that comes in. Valets get in and out of the cars they park for patients. The concierge takes patients from the reception area to exam rooms, imaging, lab, etc.
 
IceIce9 said:
One issue I have seen with the vaccination tiers is that receptionists, concierge, valets, and other non-clinical staff aren’t able to get the vaccination yet. As non-clinical employees they are not on a tier that is able to get the vaccine.

Yet these employees are face-to-face with dozens of patients every day. Our receptionists register each patient that comes in. Valets get in and out of the cars they park for patients. The concierge takes patients from the reception area to exam rooms, imaging, lab, etc.
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Here in Michigan, at Henry Ford Hospital, they have discontinued Valet parking because of the Covid uptick. I think that is wise, but you make a good point about those other non-clinical people who come in contact with patients; I think they should be able to get the vaccine as well.
 
Fred Piccolo, a communications director for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), found himself at the center of controversy for his gross disregard of the lives lost to COVID-19.

In a late-night Twitter post on Wednesday evening, Piccolo shared a tweet that appeared to belittle the fact that people have died from the pandemic. He tweeted, "I'm wondering since 99% [of] Covid patients survive shouldn't you have 99 photos of survivors for every one fatality? Otherwise, you're just trying to create a narrative that is not reality."

According to the Orlando Sentinel, screenshots of Piccolo's remarks were captured by Miami Herald reporter Ben Conarck. The tweets, which were posted around 4:00 a.m., were reportedly a response to remarks made by Reuters editor Corinne Perkins.

She tweeted a photo of a deceased COVID patient to shed light on the grim side of the pandemic that many people do not see. With the photo, Perkins tweeted, "This thread is dedicated to those saying we aren't seeing images of the reality of COVID-19 in hospitals across the U.S. This is not an exhaustive list but I wanted to highlight the stories [Reuters Pictures] photographers bring to light."

DeSantis aide flees Twitter after backlash over shocking remarks about COVID-19 victims

As COVID spreads, Florida governor’s spokesman pushes misinformation
By Mario Ariza, Cindy Krischer Goodman and David Fleshler
South Florida Sun Sentinel | Dec 03, 2020 at 12:28 PM

Since taking the top communications post for Florida’s governor in July, Fred Piccolo Jr. has used his personal Twitter account to spread misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic.

During the gravest health crisis the state has ever faced, the governor’s spokesman has questioned the efficacy of mask wearing and mask mandates at least 16 times, and has claimed that COVID-19 is less deadly than the flu at least three times.

Piccolo, a public employee who government records say makes over $154,000 a year, offered “context” for his tweets. The South Florida Sun Sentinel asked independent experts to fact-check his tweets and the context he offered.

Since taking office in late July, Piccolo has tweeted about masks at least 16 times. In his tweets, he has shared questionable scientific studies about the effectiveness of masks, mischaracterized other scientific studies that show masks work to stop the spread of the virus, and consistently cast doubt on the efficacy of mask mandates as a policy tool.

When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a study on Nov. 27 showing that the virus spread more slowly in counties in Kansas that had mask ordinances than in counties without a mask requirement, Piccolo shared criticism of the study and its media coverage. “Must read. Major bias alert,” he said.

On three separate occasions, Piccolo has replied to people on Twitter with claims that COVID-19 is less deadly than the flu.

As COVID spreads, Florida governor’s spokesman pushes misinformation
 
mickey2942 said:
Seriously? "Respect for being 'guinea pigs'?"

If this vaccine was not perfectly safe, no medical personnel would be lining up for the vaccine.

And it is tone deaf hubris to proclaim on Social Media their "exalted" status. I wouldn't have that opinion, if it was actually "front line staff" like paramedics, fire fighters, police officers, and ICU nurses and cleaning staff.

My vitriol is reserved the CEO's of hospitals, social workers who haven't stepped foot in a hospital since March, on "Tele-Work" status, others of the same ilk, being queued up in line with "front line staff". When those people post their "Covid Vaccine Status" it is pure status symbol. And it deserves a raspberry.
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Again, fascinating to read different viewpoints of the same situation. In my healthcare world, the pressure to get the vaccine is tremendous, especially for the CEO types. We all seem to understand there is inherent risk to getting the vaccine with so little data and time compared to any other vaccine rolled out to the masses, so for the leaders in health care to refuse to get it when they have access to do so is extremely frowned upon. As for folks like social workers who have been working remotely, there are many job roles not deemed “essential” to be in the facility, but telehealth and working remotely aren’t the same, so IMO, the idea that we could get some of those people safely back to work is the reasoning for vaccinating them.

Clearly your experience with reading social media posts from medical peeps is very different from my own, and perhaps I would also have different opinions if my experience was similar to yours. The frontline healthcare workers I know don’t want accolades or high fives or free coffee. We want people to stop being idiots. Alas, we settle for the free coffee and lining up for a vaccine we hope and pray doesn’t have unknown consequences down the road. The alternative is covid, which also offers unknown consequences. So it’s very much a pick your poison sort of decision.
 
Another bad restaurant experience: I ordered Jimmy John’s and paid for it on the app. Went inside to pick it up and they were still making my sandwich. The employee was not even wearing gloves! He was wearing three big rings on one hand and four on the other. He was wearing a mask but it was below his mouth, leaving his nose and mustache exposed.

As a healthcare worker I can tell you how much bacteria hides under and around rings. We have to remove our rings when we wash our hands. I wonder if he removes all 7 of his rings when he washes his hands?

I called Jimmy John’s corporate office to report this incident but they told me this location was a franchise, and not a company location so there really wasn’t anything they could really do about it. I had asked for a refund for my food because I didn’t even want to touch the bag. And I suggested that they inform the employees at this location that they need to wear gloves but they couldn’t even do that since it was not a company store.
 
IceIce9 said:
One issue I have seen with the vaccination tiers is that receptionists, concierge, valets, and other non-clinical staff aren’t able to get the vaccination yet. As non-clinical employees they are not on a tier that is able to get the vaccine.

Yet these employees are face-to-face with dozens of patients every day. Our receptionists register each patient that comes in. Valets get in and out of the cars they park for patients. The concierge takes patients from the reception area to exam rooms, imaging, lab, etc.
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I believe the logic here is that, according to decision makers for who gets the extremely limited supply of vaccines, we need to vaccinate those medical professionals who cannot be replaced quickly if they were to need to quarantine and those most at risk of dying if they get covid. Those two groups include doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, higher level admin, etc, as well as the elderly in congregate living settings who have died at hugely disproportionate rates during this pandemic. The receptionists and drivers and such hold positions that could be worked around or temp help hired to complete while they quarantine if necessary.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s far from ideal. But we only have so many vaccines available. It makes more sense from a logistics standpoint to vaccinate the doctor over the receptionist if we have to make choices (and we do). We can train someone fairly quickly to fill in for the receptionist. The doctor, not so much.
 
IceIce9 said:
I did not eat the sandwich or even open the bag. I walked to my car and called Jimmy John’s corporate and told them I wasn’t going to eat it and asked for a refund.
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I tried to reply to your original post. Using my phone. My old eyes and fingers messed it up. I would have done the same thing. Any way you can try and find local mgt of that store to talk to? Perhaps the owner would be as distressed as you to hear of this.
 
Yesiamapirate said:
I tried to reply to your original post. Using my phone. My old eyes and fingers messed it up. I would have done the same thing. Any way you can try and find local mgt of that store to talk to? Perhaps the owner would be as distressed as you to hear of this.
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I am going to try to find out.

I have tried to support restaurants with carry out food and curbside pickup, and I always felt Jimmy John’s restaurants were clean snd sanitary.
 
IceIce9 said:
Another bad restaurant experience: I ordered Jimmy John’s and paid for it on the app. Went inside to pick it up and they were still making my sandwich. The employee was not even wearing gloves! He was wearing three big rings on one hand and four on the other. He was wearing a mask but it was below his mouth, leaving his nose and mustache exposed.

As a healthcare worker I can tell you how much bacteria hides under and around rings. We have to remove our rings when we wash our hands. I wonder if he removes all 7 of his rings when he washes his hands?

I called Jimmy John’s corporate office to report this incident but they told me this location was a franchise, and not a company location so there really wasn’t anything they could really do about it. I had asked for a refund for my food because I didn’t even want to touch the bag. And I suggested that they inform the employees at this location that they need to wear gloves but they couldn’t even do that since it was not a company store.
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Ewwwh. :eek:
 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/inve...b418ae-4206-11eb-8db8-395dedaaa036_story.html

A threat underestimated: a test overcomplicated

The CDC really let the United States down at the beginning of this pandemic- wasting precious time

Makes you just shake your head in wonderment at how such a respected part of our government with respect to health crises, could have sunk this low as to actually cost lives. They refused to use a test that was already developed, and was considered adequate, and instead insisted on developing a brand new test, which was an abysmal failure.
 
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IceIce9 said:
I am going to try to find out.

I have tried to support restaurants with carry out food and curbside pickup, and I always felt Jimmy John’s restaurants were clean snd sanitary.
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I would think it is a safer, cleaner place - yuck surprise, what goes on behind our backs ordering food we will never know. I worked fast food during my younger years and of all the people my boss made me gag and I will not go into detail.
 
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