Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #31

[Henry2326]

Forget the rhetoric. Just the facts:
1. People still can't get tests.
2. Hospital beds still not being added.
3. Doctors and nurses don't have protective gear
When that changes, then, the response will be moving.

Ronald Klain on Twitter

 

[Henry2326]

SOUTH KOREA

South Korea says it will test every person entering the country from Europe for coronavirus, starting on Sunday South Korea to test all travelers from Europe for coronavirus

 

[Henry2326]

The 500 million N95 air-filtering respirator masks President Donald Trump said the federal government ordered could take up to 18 months to be delivered, according to the grant application.

There has been a shortage of the masks, and health-care workers are being told to reuse them.

The government is expecting the masks to be delivered incrementally, according to the application, but will allow those deliveries to occur over 18 months. Manufacturers in China aren’t able to fulfill the request.

Health & Human Services Secretary Alex Azar could direct companies to produce and distribute the masks under an executive order signed Wednesday, but Trump said it would be used for a “worst-case scenario” and hopefully wouldn’t be needed.

Trump’s 500 Million Respirators Could Take 18 Months to Deliver

 

[Henry2326]

I think not enough people in the UK & US understand what the next few weeks will look like. Usually calm & measured, we are screaming for people to pay attention. We need action NOW. This is a crisis for all of us & we need strong decisive measures to protect all.

Devi Sridhar on Twitter

 

[afitzy]

I have a question if anyone’s able to answer, I wondered how different cases are chosen to be posted on websleuths...

It’s OT but I just found out a horrific murder happened in my building in Vermont. I’m out of state and trying to get more info but it’s 3 AM in the morning there and I’m not finding it on any search here on Websleuths

@Alohaj, if you don't find the case after doing a search then anyone can add a case here on WS. Just search from the main page on how to create a thread. You just need some official notice about the event either from LE or MSM to get the thread started. If you can't figure it out then you can PM a mod and send them your info about the case to have them set up a thread.

 

[badgersmythe]

UK coronavirus cases surge by 2,000 in a WEEK


UK coronavirus cases surge by 2,000 in a WEEK as the epidemic outstrips most of Europe | Daily Mail Online

 

[badgersmythe]

Coronavirus: Iranians urged to stay home during holiday Iranians urged to stay home as virus toll mounts

 

[badgersmythe]

Coronavirus: Asian nations face second wave of imported cases Asian nations face second wave of virus cases

 

[badgersmythe]

Coronavirus: When will the outbreak end and life get back to normal? When will the coronavirus outbreak end?

 

[Jax49]

Dang.....I don’t know how to link...poopie.
I just read on The Royal Gazette from Bermuda that Customs has walked off the job. The planes are still landing there....sheesh

Customs walkout at airport | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda News

 

[Simply Southern]

ATLANTA

Old hotel turned into quarantine base for metro Atlanta coronavirus patients: Old hotel turned into quarantine base for metro Atlanta coronavirus patients WSB-TV on Twitter

Yeah!!! Atlanta, GA is taking Action, haven't heard these folks screaming for the army to come build hospitals. They're smart, using alternate sites for less severe or quarantine, providing meals, and medial oversite.

LA turning recreation centers into homeless sites, 60k beds.

Some City and States are stepping up and taking action. Governors and mayors need to act now, this very minute.

 

[Simply Southern]

Walmart plans to hire 150,000 temporary workers by the end of May to work in stores, clubs, distribution centers and fulfillment centers. Walmart wants to hire 150,000 temporary workers as the coronavirus pandemic continues - CNN

@Henry2326 You are my go to for the most up-to-date information. I appreciate the work you do in finding and posting.

Thank you so much

 

[katydid23]

Have you tried Walgreens? That is where my son got either flour or sugar.

No, not yet. I do want to go there to see if I can get more VIt C and potassium supplements. And a thermometer. lol

 

[Simply Southern]

Walmart plans to hire 150,000 temporary workers by the end of May to work in stores, clubs, distribution centers and fulfillment centers. Walmart wants to hire 150,000 temporary workers as the coronavirus pandemic continues - CNN

Forward thinking. Wal-Mart will experience loss of employees due to illness or quarantine.

 

[FrostOwl]

if a certain age group of younger adults had Covid 19, I can see them carrying on as normal, attributing symptoms to work, classes, stress, and partying, maybe not feeling up to par but well enough to keep on keeping on, unknowingly spreading it. In my link the fact it can live a long time in asymptomatic hosts is most interesting. Weeks, months, or what? If months, it will continue to spread, imo.

The question is, are those asymptomatic hosts going to be asymptomatic, and not get any symptoms, or are they pre-symptomatic spreaders? It seems that many who caught the virus, did it from someone who hadn't got any symptoms yet, that it's more virulent before someone is ill than maybe other viruses are. Asymptomatic people without coronavirus symptoms might be driving the spread more than we realized - CNN

 

[Curious Me]

Flatten the Curve
but some woman wrote in to the Jimmy Fallon show that she was "Fattening the Curves". Me too.

 

[MadTing]

Wanted to do some panic buying, checked my bank, i can only panic.

 

[mrlime]

OT—This made me laugh! My husband taught elementary school for 30 years and about halfway in he developed polyps on his vocal chords, partly from “inside the large classroom voice” and partly from coaching kids outdoors. After having the polyps removed, not speaking for six weeks while they healed, and having speech therapy, he spoke very quietly in his classroom, so his kids had to be quiet to hear him. Worked like a charm. It helped that they we’re fifth graders, not middle schoolers, and wanted to hear him. (He used a portable megaphone outdoors.) Wishing your husband well. Such a challenge!

This is soooo true. Quiet teachers make for quiet classes even at younger ages provided that teacher can control the room.

 

[realanastasia]

More from this area of NJ—do they think this it’s like chicken pox?!

Lakewood police investigate reports of over 100 students sleeping in school

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Similar response in a predominantly Orthodox Jewish community in NJ:
Coronavirus rules hit Lakewood Orthodox Jewish traditions: 'Change is not easy'

 

[Sam970407]

Can you tell us where they are being shipped? LMAO

Northern U.S "orange box" stores. Hope that helps.