Coronavirus - COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #25

[pugmom]

My daughter's school is out for March Break right now until March 23rd. As of yet, there have been no plans to extend the break. I'm hoping that changes, especially now that the first case in our province was announced yesterday. I don't know how they'll keep a safe distance between the kids in the classroom and on the school bus.

 

[MyBelle]

Washington (CNN)The nation's top infectious disease expert on Sunday did not rule out supporting a temporary national lockdown of the country's restaurants and bars in order to curb the spread of coronavirus,

Anthony Fauci doesn't rule out supporting temporary national lockdown to combat coronavirus - CNNPolitics

Easy for him to say but it would cause absolute mayhem in urban areas and would accomplish nothing. Healthy people want to go out and about. If they pass the virus to each other, then let it happen.

JMO

 

[Bampot]

I know last week my hubby and I were reluctant to go to church in case the huggers didn't keep their distance (OMG so much has changed in a week). Anyway we decided to go and insist the huggers distance themselves and run for the exit if they didn't. A lady in her late 60s hugged us just before service started and we were seated and impossible to get away from her. She even kissed my hubby on the forehead! I'll never forget the look on his face! I love her dearly but I'm afraid my feelings toward her are very different now. I think as this all unfolds we will be reevaluating our relationships with others. In the beginning I worried about offending someone by refusing to shake hands. Now I'm offended that anyone would try.

My gran is a hugger but she has dementia so she doesn't retain the information about the virus and what she should/shouldn't be doing. It's going to break my heart not to hug my gran and hold her hand.

 

[Shadow205]

Governor Mike Dewine says Ohio schools could be closed for the year

“We’ve informed the superintendents, that the odds are this is going to go on a lot longer and it would not surprise me at all if schools did not open again this
year,” said Governor Dewine.

Wow! So how would that work when school does resume? Would the kids be in the same grade as the last day of school? Would Seniors graduate?

 

[Trudie]

On the last thread someone posted MI “hot spots”, many appeared to be fast food establishments & the airport. Moo

If that’s the case, then shut down everything! Lockdown all employment, all postal services, grocery and drug stores, Everything! Do not single out an industry that has not been proven to have spread anything. How about shutting down travel? That seems to be the only unifying fact in the spread between states. This makes me angry, and distrustful of Fauci .

MOO

 

[JerseyGirl]

Maybe a separate thread where we can pay our respects and light a virtual candle? How would that sound?

I like this idea. If someone sets it up or needs help let me know.

 

[LaborDayRN]

I'm all for posting those who have passed greg. Folks can scroll by if too distressing. Right now these people are numbers. They are human beings with grieving loved ones.

I agree. We have lot's of posts about the financial fallout (which are also very important!) but IMO it's the loss of lives, the PEOPLE that matter the most. I think it's important that we keep that front and center.

 

[Shadow205]

Governor Mike Dewine says Ohio schools could be closed for the year

“We’ve informed the superintendents, that the odds are this is going to go on a lot longer and it would not surprise me at all if schools did not open again this
year,” said Governor Dewine.

Wow! So how would that work when school does resume? Would the kids be in the same grade as the last day of school? Would Seniors graduate?

 

[Wicked Strong]

Lots of discussion this evening with my Dad about his upcoming visit (that likely won’t happen) and about quarantining the over-70s. I feel so bad for him - his church service this morning was the last one for the foreseeable future, as the congregation is all 70+. His macular (my Dad is registered blind) activities have been cancelled. The Blind Veterans events he attends, they are all postponed. He really wants to be able to maintain his independence by being able to at least stroll to the shops to buy his own groceries, but right now because our government is only drip-feeding information, we don’t know if that will be possible during the social isolation. I’ve offered to make him a Grandpaw (so called because my cats are his grandcats) room of his own here at home, however he doesn’t want to leave his own home for four months and although he didn’t say as much, I think he still feels safer in Cornwall than in London.
Right now, we’ve agreed to review things late next week. If he is quarantined, we’ll talk twice a day and (I haven’t told him this yet) I’ll keep him supplied with audiobooks.
If someone had told me just three weeks ago that I would be posting on here about a conversation like this, I’d likely have rolled my eyes and backed away fast. I do not like any aspect of this. Not one bit.

And that is truly sad for him, the last few years of his life is relegated to a form of prison. Is the government truly concerned about the health of the elderly, or do they just wish they be out of the way. If family is not available, will the government just collect the bodies of those that died without thought that they caused this.

MOO

 

[Trudie]

The Oakland County Health Division is working diligently to find out who may have been exposed. In the meantime, here are the locations of where these two men have been:

• March 1st and March 4th at the Detroit Metro Airport
• March 5th at the Burger King on Twenty-Three Mile Road in Chesterfield Township; also White Castle on Twenty-Three Mile Road in New Baltimore; and Hobby Lobby on Twenty-Fourth Ave in Fort Gratiot Township.
• March 6th at the Poole’s Tavern in Northville and Five Guys on Twenty-Eighth St. in Grand Rapids
• March 7th at the Tap Room on Michigan Avenue in Ypsilanti; the MSA Woodland on 28th St in Grand Rapids; the Texas Roadhouse on 28th Street East in Kentwood, and also at the USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth
• And lastly, on March 8th the locations are the Subway restaurant on 28th Street in Grand Rapids; Jimmy Johns on 28th Street in Grand Rapids, and also Burger King on East Grand River Ave in Portland.

Now the third person who was diagnosed earlier this week is an adult woman. And we’re told that she’s have had very little contact with people. So community exposure in regards to this case is considered minimal.
Coronavirus in MI: 16 cases total, locations identified in Oakland County, impact on hospitals and a new faster test

imo every state needs to do this! KY was remiss, imo. Fortunately the WMT employee lives in a small, rural town. Word immediately spread & we knew what gov’ & WMT tried to hide.

 

[jjenny]

Another example: If you don't do any testing, you aren't going to find any disease

But people are still going to die.

 

[LaborDayRN]

Lovely idea.

@Tricia @JerseyGirl could we have a thread dedicated to the virus victims, please? News reports are starting to come out with names and pictures (which could run into thousands) and it would be good to have somewhere to list them together.
EDIT: as someone else suggested, maybe in the basement. Families might be shocked to stumble upon posts about their loved ones on a crime forum.

I hadn't seen the idea of a separate thread when I posted ^^^. Agreed. It's a lovely idea.

 

[Wicked Strong]

Wow! So how would that work when school does resume? Would the kids be in the same grade as the last day of school? Would Seniors graduate?

If they don’t have the adequate credits to graduate, then no, they shouldn’t be allowed to graduate.

MOO

 

[Tippy Lynn]

Wow! So how would that work when school does resume? Would the kids be in the same grade as the last day of school? Would Seniors graduate?

Most schools can do e-learning and continue the school year online. I'm not sure how it will work for schools that aren't equipped for e-learning.

 

[jjenny]

Italy has it bad. Hundreds of people died just today alone. Do they even know who brought it into the country, or did they never figure it out?

 

[happyday]

https://detroitsportsnation.com/tom...hitaker/detroit-lions-news/03/12/2020/221688/

Never thought I’d say this but Tom Brady has a good point about perspective.

 

[LaborDayRN]

A post from a young person on FB, one of my son's besties.

For real people. We got this
You can play at home. You can workout at home. You can eat, drink and be merry. At. Home. Don’t be selfish - yes, you could get it and survive it but what about alllll the people who can’t. Don’t make our healthcare workers decide who lives and who dies.

I love this!

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Fauci: Americans are 'going to have to hunker down significantly more' to fight coronavirus

"I think we should really be overly aggressive and get criticized for over-reacting," Fauci said.

 

[Love Never Fails]

If that’s the case, then shut down everything! Lockdown all employment, all postal services, grocery and drug stores, Everything! Do not single out an industry that has not been proven to have spread anything. How about shutting down travel? That seems to be the only unifying fact in the spread between states. This makes me angry, and distrustful of Fauci .

MOO

Please don’t wish for that.

But...I haven’t trusted him since day one. Something doesn’t feel right. Bad virus and all. But shutting down things? For how long? We have had infectious diseases since the beginning of time. And this feels wrong somehow. Not saying it isn’t serious.

But how many die of flu?

CDC said on Thursday that 20,000 people in the US alone have died of flu since January 1 of this year. Compare that to 5,000 worldwide from CV.

 

[zecats]

Wow! So how would that work when school does resume? Would the kids be in the same grade as the last day of school? Would Seniors graduate?

It would work the same way as home tutoring. Or even home schooling, where parents follow a certain curriculum. . As long as students complete the work sent home, and complete it with passing effort, it should be the same as actually being in the building.

I have home schooled many a student who was not in school for one reason or another..some medical, some disciplinary. They all pass or graduate if they complete the assignments.