Coronavirus - COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #27

[Hatfield]

Thanks again to everyone sharing all the news and updates. The information is so important and the local reports are very helpful.

The shortages of things has taken its time to hit certain areas across the country. We saw it coming but until the shortages finally hits your local area, it was hard for a lot of folks to really believe the stores could start running out of things. We saw it first with masks and disposable gloves and disenfectant wipe shortages . I for one did not even think about shortages of other items until we started to see reports of that, and even then, it had not yet hit my local area so it was hard to even believe it could happen.

The shortages are so widespread now on many different items that it has woken up a lot of people, and with all the closures now of restaurants and businesses, more people are staying home more and using more home food and home supplies, so it has increased the demand on home supplies. A sort of chain reaction that I am not sure even the officials thought about as they ordered the closures

The good news is I have seen lots of reports about suppliers are making strong attempts to increase supplies and the stores are doing all they can to beef up their supply chains and trying to restock as they can.

I am keeping the hope that things will improve over time and we all just need to do our best to get through these trying times, and to take whatever measures one feels is best for their family to prevent catching this awful virus.

 

[margarita25]

BUMP / today’s isn’t up yet.

Situation report - 56
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
16 March 2020

 

[loveisthemovement]

Honest question - if GLOBALLY the cases are 190,000, why would predictions be in the millions for just the US alone? Is testing the problem? China under-reporting?

 

[dixiegirl1035]

I'm listening to Facui right now, and he's responding to a question about testing, and isn't it important to know who's infected to be able to control (and trace duhhhhhh). He answered that CDC is now going back to test older samples with high speed testing to figure out what was missed in the past.

*Dixie throws virtual computer against a wall* and puts in a call to Dr. Tedros and Mike to have a sit down with him on test test test as apparently our folks are NOT listening. We are going to have so many mini Wuhans throughout the country, and then they'll continue to reseed each other.

There is no exit from this folks, life has changed as we know it for some time.

 

[CoverMeCagney]

Going for the mud mask

Yay ladies we can sit around in mud masks and jammies.

Slumber Party!

I’m excited because I bought a weed mud mask.

You might be better just smoking it (as long as you have enough munchies in)

 

[Tillicum]

Oh my goodness. I really really appreciate all the information and questions/answers during these PCs but I'm finding it hard to keep up with my daily chores in the time I have left after watching.

 

[dotr]

rbbm.
BONOKOSKI: Are there enough hospital beds (or body bags)?
''The World Health Organization, which recently designated COVID-19 as a pandemic, said before the outbreak that five hospital beds per 1,000 people would deliver a reasonable health-care system.

The United States today has 2.8 beds per 1,000.

But Ontario is worse: 2.3 beds per 1,000.

In 2018, Canada’s average was 2.5 beds.

By comparison, the machine-like stoicism of Germany has resulted in it having eight hospital beds per 1,000 of its population—almost double the WHO’s recommendation—while China, Ground Zero for the coronavirus outbreak and its resulting global spread, has 4.3.

This means China, despite its massive population of nearly 1.4 billion, comes close to doubling Ontario’s hospital bed count per 1,000 people.

Acute-care beds in Ontario are even worse.''
The number of acute care hospital beds in Ontario has stayed effectively the same for two decades, at give-or-take 20,000, while the province’s population has grown by 3 million.

Ontario now has fewer acute-care hospital beds per capita than any other province: 1.4 beds for every 1,000 people.

That’s on par with Mexico, and half the number in the U.S.''
''It talked about having enough body bags, which arenas are cold enough to temporarily accommodate corpses, and what are the capacities of our crematoria.''

 

[cass523]

"Remdesivir is now being tested in five Covid-19 clinical trials that have been set up at breakneck speed.

 

[Herat]

Once again, the President, Vice President, and other members of the COVID-19 Task Force are standing close together in a very tight space. Why? We are advised to observe social distancing; they should set a better example.

YES. EXACTLY.

Look at how the Brits did their Press Conference yesterday. It was perfectly done. Only 3 people, and each one had their own podium, with probably 4-5 feet between them.

Yesterday this group had 9 people all cluster up there shoulder to shoulder, stacked up and using only one podium and one mike. I saw 3 of them touch or grasp the same places on the podium.

Come on folks, this isn't an Oscar acceptance show where you all have to be on camera at the same time.

 

[Tadpole12]

Canada, and Ontario

Coronavirus: Trudeau says House of Commons expected to reconvene for emergency measures

Ontario government declares state of emergency amid coronavirus pandemic

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/coronavirus-march-17-covid19-canada-world-1.5499998

Ontario health minister confirms first coronavirus-related death in province

8 new coronavirus cases reported in Ontario, 185 in total - CityNews Toronto

Map of Ontario's coronavirus assessment centres - CityNews Toronto

 

[lucidtx]

Going for the mud mask

Yay ladies we can sit around in mud masks and jammies.

Slumber Party!

I’m excited because I bought a weed mud mask.

I love our state lol

 

[Gardener1850]

Ugh,,,,,

COVID-19 is hitting very close to home for me today, one of my nieces (20 yrs old) has been sent home as an “assumed” positive. Has the symptoms, flu ruled out, won’t receive official test due to age and not critical....
(and shortage of tests )

A text from her to her dad:

“It might already be in my lungs. It hurts to cough and I feel like I’m trying to breathe through mucus. But yeah I am young so I don’t imagine it’ll get bad enough for me to go to the hospital”

Requesting prayers for her, and for all of us. It’s definitely not going to affect just the elderly....

Praying for her and for all of your family now.

 

[Tippy Lynn]

Honest question - if GLOBALLY the cases are 190,000, why would predictions be in the millions for just the US alone? Is testing the problem? China under-reporting?

Testing is the problem. BIG PROBLEM.

 

[Midgie2]

FYI, Costco.com (online) has several coffee creamers available. They do deliver.
In the past I’ve always bought the box of individual International Delight creamers as “emergency” creamers just in case. They do not need to be refrigerated.

 

[SeattleStew]

I just ran out of coffee creamer!!! I may have to give up coffee.

May I suggest a little Bailey's?

 

[CSIDreamer]

Question on the John Hopkins ticker. I'm unable to find the answer. It has confirmed cases, deaths, recovered. Is confirmed cases actually active cases? Or does it include recovered?

 

[CoverMeCagney]

"Remdesivir is now being tested in five Covid-19 clinical trials that have been set up at breakneck speed.

Wow, this is amazing news!

I hope they can give it to everyone in critical condition. I know if it was me (or a loved one) at death's door I'd want them to try everything and anything, even if it was an untested "cure".

 

[Herat]

I'm listening to Facui right now, and he's responding to a question about testing, and isn't it important to know who's infected to be able to control (and trace duhhhhhh). He answered that CDC is now going back to test older samples with high speed testing to figure out what was missed in the past.

*Dixie throws virtual computer against a wall* and puts in a call to Dr. Tedros and Mike to have a sit down with him on test test test as apparently our folks are NOT listening. We are going to have so many mini Wuhans throughout the country, and then they'll continue to reseed each other.

There is no exit from this folks, life has changed as we know it for some time.

1. I know. I'm getting the creepy feeling that NIH, CDC, and FDA have lost the plot here.....

2. We DON'T have enough ventilators. Surgeons in my hospital are considering shutting down the OR's except for true emergencies and using the OR's and the anesthesia machines as ventilators because there just won't be enough if there are multiple Wuhan's going on around the country. And most of the ventilators used in the US are made in Germany, I read, so it's not like we can crank up Ford to start making them instead of pickuptrucks.

What would it take for Trump to ask China for their ventilators? China was so gracious to ship them to Italy to be used.

We are going to need ALL the ventilators we can get in about 10-14 days.

 

[Kensie]

I use a spoonful of ice cream when that happens to me.


That's why I keep emergency ice cream on hand.

I have eaten all my ice cream, no more coffee creamer , no more wine , no more potato chips,

 

[Herat]

Wow, this is amazing news!

I hope they can give it to everyone in critical condition. I know if it was me or a loved one I'd want them to try everything and anything, even if it was an untested "cure".

I'm pretty sure China was using Remdesivir. I hope they are making more of it, too.