Coronavirus - COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #25

[Lato]

Current Stats for Louisiana....Number of Cases, Number tested, Deaths

Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Department of Health | State of Louisiana

 

[Trudie]

This dude is being guarded by armed deputies to make sure he doesn't leave his home.

I know, he wants to go visit with a friend, MOO
Imagine his wife, if he has one. He sounds most belingerent.

 

[FlossyMay]

My teenage daughter and her boyfriend are having picnics at the lake and playing video games online together instead of going to restaurants and movies.

 

[gitana1]

Good! At least people are thinking to stock up on pet food, just in case.

I have. But not enough I fear.

 

[Trudie]

This dude is being guarded by armed deputies to make sure he doesn't leave his home.

Person in Nelson County tests positive for COVID-19 | KYStandard.com

 

[Henry2326]

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

Friend....let's not shoot the messenger....he is one of few that is telling the truth....

 

[Tillicum]

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[zecats]

In my opinion, a lot of West Virginia folks don’t travel a lot. And most areas are pretty rural! Other than the influx of fleeing tourists from other states, I can understand there being less being brought in by locals. That said, a lot of WV people on my social media feeds are minimizing and still think it’s like the flu. Last I looked WV has tested I think 36 people total? As of last week the health departments were told not to test people unless they’ve been to China or Italy or such. I think if/ when they start testing more there will be some cases. From my understanding of the respiratory distress onset, I’m imagining the addicts will be so sick they won’t care about being tested, or they will be too neglected by the company they keep to be taken in to the hospital.
WV has high obesity too so I’d assume diabetes, high blood pressure, heart problems. There aren’t many large research hospitals. Fortunately many WV folks are very kind, generous, and can live a lot off the land with hunting fishing foraging etc. There’s still toilet paper in some small town stores, people know their neighbors and look out for one another, generally speaking.
Sorry for the long ramble but wanted to share the perspective of someone who loves the mountain state!


I didn’t even think about the coal miners!!! Omg it’s gonna be really bad if it’s unleashed uncontained across WV!!! And an hour drive to the hospital....
stay home everyone!!!

I love West Virginia as well. My son attended and graduated from WVU and it was a beautiful place to visit.

 

[CoverMeCagney]

UK - looks like our supermarkets have put any rivalry to one side to issue this statement. They're also sharing delivery vans to make sure those in need get their orders. Good to see

 

[Henry2326]

But people are still going to die.

But hopefully fewer people because we can target mitigation to the hot spots of infection...rather than apply it to the whole country, when we don't have enough resources already. IMO

 

[LaborDayRN]

I got this link from the twitter page of Dr. Syra Madad. She is a senior director of Systems Special Pathogens Program in NY and was on the Netflix docuseries Pandemic. I’ve been regularly checking her twitter page since I first saw the docuseries. (shortly after the news broke in China)

9 coronavirus charts everyone should see

Dr. Syra Madad’s Twitter: Dr. Syra Madad (@syramadad) on Twitter

Great information! A MUST read in my opinion.

 

[MyBelle]

Australia

Woolworths has become the first supermarket giant to announce it will open early with a dedicated shopping hour for the elderly and disabled to stock up without being caught up in the panic-buying process.

Woolworths opens early for elderly and disabled people to shop during coronavirus frenzy | Daily Mail Online

This is great all supermarkets everywhere should be doing this. I am disabled I walk with crutches and my Dad walks with a walking stick. Going shopping has been a nightmare recently even though we have gone first thing in the morning.

Great idea!!

 

[JerseyGirl]

I am going to make a memorial thread for those who have died from the virus in the Rest In Peace section of the jury room. I hope this is ok. I will post a link to it.

Perfect. Thank you so much. Once you post it here it will have that post on every future thread.

 

[enelram]

I have. But not enough I fear.

I ordered mine from Chewy.com, free delivery to
my door. Great service too.

 

[Henry2326]

All restaurants and bars to shut down at 9pm in Ohio.
Governor Mike DeWine on Twitter
They may stay open for carry out and delivery.
Moo

He said on Face the Nation this morning that he was considering this action....Go Dude!

 

[Trudie]

Another, a 53-year-old man in Nelson County, had been diagnosed but refused to self-isolate and continued to leave his home despite medical guidance. Beshear said the state had stepped in to forcibly quarantine him.

“It’s a step that I hope I never had to take, but we can’t allow one person who has this virus to refuse to protect their neighbors,” he said.
Kentucky forcibly quarantines COVID-19 patient who refused to self-isolate

 

[gitana1]

Sadly, while she was saying this, she also was warning of how ill prepared the US is and how we lack the funding to deal with this. This is a hard topic to not get political with, so I will stop myself now. Hopefully in the future we will have learned our lesson.

Yes. We had a pandemic response team created in 2014 in response to the Ebola virus. It was disbanded in 2018. The whole thing. And it has been super hard to convince people of the seriousness of this disease due to minimization by politicians and others in the public eye.

That plus the appalling decision not to accept test kits from the WHO and our under-testing and delays in concrete action.

THAT is what has made my fear increase.

 

[Henry2326]

My husband says this is nothing more than an identified common cold causing mass hysteria and the economy is going to lose trillions of dollars because of it.

Needless to say, I've given up on trying to convince him.

I'm sorry....hope you both are safe....

 

[What if...]

It’s odd to me too. The numbers don’t match the mass hysteria and talk of forced quarantines and martial law. It’s a virus to take seriously and we all need to do our part to stop the spread, but this is sort of becoming unreal to me.

IMOO - There’s more to the story than meets the eye. Actions speak louder than words. Don’t focus on just the numbers.

 

[zecats]

We don’t have any websleuthers who have passed, do we?

How would we know. I’m missing a couple who used to post regularly and have just stopped. @Steelslady for one. How to be sensitive and not intrude on privacy yet also show concern. .