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mickey2942 said:
In a way, I do feel for them. It is so nice to get together with friends, and push away this whole Covid situation.

The isolation, going on almost a year, is a lot for some people. Stay home, don't talk to anyone, and Heaven forbid you go out and have a drink with friends! Without a full PPE containment suit!
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Unfortunately they have now put their families at risk as well as anyone else they have had contact with.
 
mickey2942 said:
Hospital Workers Start to ‘Turn Against Each Other’ to Get Vaccine

Validates exactly what I said happened at the VA hospital.
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In the state of Indiana you have to register and make an appointment through a link that is emailed through your employer. The links are sent out in order according to your tier. You can’t make an appointment without the link.

Once you check in at your appointment time you have to show photo ID, confirmation of your appointment, and your work ID in order to receive the vaccine.
 
COVID-19 outbreaks at both In-N-Out locations in Colorado

Local news in Aurora is reporting there are still 2 1/2 to 3 hour wait times in the drive thru. Craziness!

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In-N-Out Burger’s two newly opened Colorado restaurants each have active COVID-19 outbreaks with 80 staff members having tested positive for the virus between the two locations, according to state data.

The wildly popular fast-food chain debuted in the state on Nov. 20 with locations in Aurora and Colorado Springs; each now have coronavirus outbreaks among employees, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
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COVID-19 severity affected by proportion of antibodies targeting crucial viral protein

[COVID-19 antibodies preferentially target a different part of the virus in mild cases of COVID-19 than they do in severe cases, and wane significantly within several months of infection, according to a new study.]

[The study found that people with severe COVID-19 have low proportions of antibodies targeting the spike protein used by the virus to enter human cells compared with the number of antibodies targeting proteins of the virus's inner shell.]

["This is one of the most comprehensive studies to date of the antibody immune response to SARS-CoV-2 in people across the entire spectrum of disease severity, from asymptomatic to fatal," said Scott Boyd, MD, PhD, associate professor of pathology.]
 
IceIce9 said:
In the state of Indiana you have to register and make an appointment through a link that is emailed through your employer. The links are sent out in order according to your tier. You can’t make an appointment without the link.

Once you check in at your appointment time you have to show photo ID, confirmation of your appointment, and your work ID in order to receive the vaccine.
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I've had my first close friend get a vaccine. She contacted me and I gave her my opinion. She works in the burn unit at a trauma 1 Center teaching Hospital / University. The distribution within hospitals is hitting this these days, I'm so glad she got her first one.
 
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ilovewings said:
L.A. County hospitals running dangerously low on oxygen, supplies as ER units are overwhelmed

This is really frightening: LA County hospitals running low on Oxygen and other supplies to treat Covid patients----
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I'm trying to remember, that happened in another country. It was a great problem as to the oxygen. It just floors me that the numbers that are in hospitals right now, match the numbers that were in the springtime when the significant amount was only in the state of New York. I just can't wrap my thoughts around it.
 
Dr. Peter Salk vaguely remembers the day he was vaccinated against polio in 1953.
His father, Dr. Jonas Salk, made history by creating the polio vaccine at the University of Pittsburgh and inoculated his family as soon as he felt it was safe and effective.

Jonas Salk’s vaccine helped wipe polio from most of the world, something that many people hope will happen with the coronavirus vaccine. However, Salk warns eradicating polio from the United States was a long and difficult journey, and he doesn’t expect eliminating COVID-19 will be any easier.

“It’s going to be a long road, just even getting enough vaccines out to people around the world ... this virus does not respect borders,” he said. “It travels by airplane everywhere in the world and unless this virus can be contained everywhere, it’s going to continue to spread and be a problem.”

USA TODAY
 
ilovewings said:
L.A. County hospitals running dangerously low on oxygen, supplies as ER units are overwhelmed

This is really frightening: LA County hospitals running low on Oxygen and other supplies to treat Covid patients----
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I remember several months ago, Dr. Mike talking about this, the concern that it’s not only the ventilators that are needed, but oxygen itself.

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Also from the above link:

“Patients are waiting as many as eight hours in ambulances before they can enter the emergency room. With intensive care units at 0% available capacity, health officials are urging that people avoid emergency rooms or dialing 911 for assistance unless absolutely necessary.“

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“As the coronavirus continues to spread widely and send unprecedented numbers of Angelenos to the hospital, hospitals in L.A. County are running dangerously low on their supplies of oxygen, a person familiar with the matter told The Times.

Oxygen is critical to treating severely ill COVID-19 patients who have begun to suffocate on account of their virus-inflamed lungs. Doctors and nurses have learned since the early days of the pandemic to, as much as possible, avoid placing patients on ventilators, which involves sticking a breathing tube down the throat.

Many patients instead receive a high-flow oxygen treatment, where oxygen is sent through plastic tubes placed in the nose.

And the need for that assistance is high. While a non-COVID patient may receive six liters of oxygen per minute, COVID-19 patients need 60 to 80 liters a minute.

So now, hospitals need 10 times more oxygen than they did before. There have been periods of time where hospitals have run dangerously low on their stores of oxygen before obtaining additional supplies, said the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Hospitals are also running short of other key supplies, such as the special plastic tubes used to bring the oxygen into the lungs.“
 
margarita25 said:
I remember several months ago, Dr. Mike talking about this, the concern that it’s not only the ventilators that are needed, but oxygen itself.

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Also from the above link:

“Patients are waiting as many as eight hours in ambulances before they can enter the emergency room. With intensive care units at 0% available capacity, health officials are urging that people avoid emergency rooms or dialing 911 for assistance unless absolutely necessary.“

[...]

“As the coronavirus continues to spread widely and send unprecedented numbers of Angelenos to the hospital, hospitals in L.A. County are running dangerously low on their supplies of oxygen, a person familiar with the matter told The Times.

Oxygen is critical to treating severely ill COVID-19 patients who have begun to suffocate on account of their virus-inflamed lungs. Doctors and nurses have learned since the early days of the pandemic to, as much as possible, avoid placing patients on ventilators, which involves sticking a breathing tube down the throat.

Many patients instead receive a high-flow oxygen treatment, where oxygen is sent through plastic tubes placed in the nose.

And the need for that assistance is high. While a non-COVID patient may receive six liters of oxygen per minute, COVID-19 patients need 60 to 80 liters a minute.

So now, hospitals need 10 times more oxygen than they did before. There have been periods of time where hospitals have run dangerously low on their stores of oxygen before obtaining additional supplies, said the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Hospitals are also running short of other key supplies, such as the special plastic tubes used to bring the oxygen into the lungs.“
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Ugh - it’s all so brutal for the world. Merry Christmas.
 
margarita25 said:
I remember several months ago, Dr. Mike talking about this, the concern that it’s not only the ventilators that are needed, but oxygen itself.

—-

Also from the above link:

“Patients are waiting as many as eight hours in ambulances before they can enter the emergency room. With intensive care units at 0% available capacity, health officials are urging that people avoid emergency rooms or dialing 911 for assistance unless absolutely necessary.“

[...]

“As the coronavirus continues to spread widely and send unprecedented numbers of Angelenos to the hospital, hospitals in L.A. County are running dangerously low on their supplies of oxygen, a person familiar with the matter told The Times.

Oxygen is critical to treating severely ill COVID-19 patients who have begun to suffocate on account of their virus-inflamed lungs. Doctors and nurses have learned since the early days of the pandemic to, as much as possible, avoid placing patients on ventilators, which involves sticking a breathing tube down the throat.

Many patients instead receive a high-flow oxygen treatment, where oxygen is sent through plastic tubes placed in the nose.

And the need for that assistance is high. While a non-COVID patient may receive six liters of oxygen per minute, COVID-19 patients need 60 to 80 liters a minute.

So now, hospitals need 10 times more oxygen than they did before. There have been periods of time where hospitals have run dangerously low on their stores of oxygen before obtaining additional supplies, said the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Hospitals are also running short of other key supplies, such as the special plastic tubes used to bring the oxygen into the lungs.“
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horrifying
 
Australian golf great Greg Norman has revealed he tested positive for Covid-19 on Christmas Day.

The 65-year-old two-time British Open champion, who now lives in the United States, announced the news in an Instagram post containing photos of him in a hospital bed.

“This sums it all up. My Christmas Day. On behalf of millions, Covid,” Norman wrote to his 188,000 followers “Get this *advertiser censored* behind us never to experience it again.”

Australian golf great Greg Norman tests positive for Covid-19
 
SouthAussie said:
Australian golf great Greg Norman has revealed he tested positive for Covid-19 on Christmas Day.

The 65-year-old two-time British Open champion, who now lives in the United States, announced the news in an Instagram post containing photos of him in a hospital bed.

“This sums it all up. My Christmas Day. On behalf of millions, **** Covid,” Norman wrote to his 188,000 followers “Get this **** behind us never to experience it again.”

Australian golf great Greg Norman tests positive for Covid-19
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I watched that father-son golf tournament and there was alot of hugging going
on-no masks and no social distancing--we shall see if he spread it to others
 
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