Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #32

[Deleted member 158085]

Yes, as is Ohio. KY gov’ sugarcoats.....he begins his daily PC with nonsense. We get about 20 minutes of “we are the best state, we will get through this, we are KY strong....blah blah & blah.” No one wants to hear irrelevant jabber, we are tuned in for stats. When he gets to those we get the “these aren’t true numbers, lab probs, blah blah.” All paraphrased by me but you get the point. Fortunately, people talk so word spreads, what he’s not telling many of us know. Lol local county officials do not get elected for keeping their lips zipped! Not in my county and the next one over, at least. But, it will catch up with Gov’. One day the numbers will drastically jump, he’s said as much, he’s priming us up.

Judging by my Facebook timeline, the KY governor is adored right now by my KY friends and his pep talks are greatly appreciated. <modsnip>So I think there's real value in terms of morale, in how he goes about his updates.

 

[mickey2942]

The story behind West Virginia's 'no coronavirus' statistic - CNN

This story is government bureaucracy at it's best. This is why I believe that the data we have is completely inaccurate.

Imagine, if this family was from another culture, and spoke English as a second language. The run around was frustrating for this woman, who is obviously well educated, with health insurance and a high socioeconomic status.

 

[Teche]

Teche....my cousin used to work on the drilling rigs in the Gulf. Can your son
work on one of those until he can go back and forth to Newfoundland?

The company has a Houston TX base. I think as the curve has flattened, workers will be moved around. His company is worldwide. Hopefully he’ll be transferred to the Gulf of Mexico again.

 

[10ofRods]

Maybe parents are letting their children spend time with other children while they are out of school, which would reduce the effectiveness of cancelling school. I know my daughter is doing that with 2 friends - children back and forth between homes as usual.

Then your daughter is exposed to all the people that 2 friends X 2 parents have (and miscellaneous other family members). The number gets pretty large, pretty quickly. It does slow the curve though.

It is much easier to track the vector in the situation your daughter has, than if they were all at school. We are all going to be exposed eventually and I do understand taking a less compulsive path through all of this.

 

[kmclaren]

Yep I use cloth bags and they go right into washer. Husband does the grocery run and we keep that minimal.

A lot of our grocery stores have stopped allowing reusable bags in the store and instead providing plastic or paper. Ironically, we have a plastic bag ban in our municipality, stores are required to charge if we don't bring our own (even for a tiny paper bag) so we are all very used to that but they don't want the cashiers handling them or placed on the conveyer belt, etc.

 

[Kensie]

I feel for you. That's how my son lived in Melbourne. He wondered if people living farther apart, less populated areas, would fare better.

I just cannot figure out why anyone would want to live like that. I guess I am lucky to have always had some acreage and privacy. I bet people that lived further apart would fare better.
These over populated high rent areas are too close for comfort for me. I need some elbow room.

 

[SuziQ]

Oh Chit. We just had an earthquake. About 5.o. Scary. Ran out of the house

I don't need any more stress

Scary! But never run out of a house or building during or immediately after a quake.

 

[Trudie]

Judging by my Facebook timeline, the KY governor is adored right now by my KY friends and his pep talks are greatly appreciated. <modsnip> So I think there's real value in terms of morale, in how he goes about his updates.

because he’s cheerful. Ita, I see adoration on his FB page, too. Because people want to believe there is no crisis & his calm, happy nature convinces them, imo.
idk how he will explain once the real info comes out, I guess smile & advise he doesn’t want to talk about it.

 

[Kensie]

Where are you Herat??? Be careful. Yes, you don't need anymore stress.

 

[Deleted member 158085]

because he’s cheerful. Ita, I see adoration on his FB page, too. Because people want to believe there is no crisis & his calm, happy nature convinces them, imo.
idk how he will explain once the real info comes out, I guess smile & advise he doesn’t want to talk about it.

I really believe most of my friends are aware of what's coming. It's still nice to have someone like him at the helm.

I'm actually getting a kick out of all the memes they are sharing about him. They are very smitten with him!

 

[Lilibet]

Don't use plastic bags from the supermarket - use paper or cloth bag for groceries.

My husband got back a little while ago from a rice run to our natural food co-op and they wouldn’t let him use his own cloth bags as usual. I imagine it’s not considered sanitary. But they weren’t charging for paper bags. The checkers were wearing gloves and employees stocking shelves wore gloves. The hot food was no longer serve-yourself...we’re avoiding that anyway. No one is allowed to sit outside and eat...which is a big social thing there. We had gotten an email from the store manager discussing what they’re doing and asking customers to be kind to the employees despite stress. So my very dear husband let several know how much he appreciates them.

It’s a beautiful day here in Southern Oregon and normally the sidewalks would be packed in the late afternoon, but it was like a ghost town. Restaurants are mostly closed, so that explains a lot.

 

[10ofRods]

So strange to think about a simple errand becoming a real task. I break it down as to what I am touching and what I need to do. I even sanitized my bank card. Hope it still works lol

They're saying you really should sanitize bank cards. Because they touch surfaces that are more prone to host the virus for a couple of days (and you can be sure that most people are not sanitizing their cards).

This is why I'm not going out of the house yet, these are new habits and I'm quite distractible.

 

[Trudie]

The story behind West Virginia's 'no coronavirus' statistic - CNN

This story is government bureaucracy at it's best. This is why I believe that the data we have is completely inaccurate.

Imagine, if this family was from another culture, and spoke English as a second language. The run around was frustrating for this woman, who is obviously well educated, with health insurance and a high socioeconomic status.

@mickey2942 this is so similar to the timeline of the Cynthiana, KY, 27 yo woman. She’s so lucky to be alive after being sent home from the doctor/clinic/hospital 4x.
Because she had not traveled, she did not meet criteria. Omg! She worked at WMT, she did not need to be a frequent flyer. Just disgusting.

 

[Kensie]

I should have been working on my big project that is due on Monday. I decided it can go as is. It is usable but does have some issues that need to be addressed. I will write a statement itemizing the issues that are not resolved. I am too distracted by this virus. The one person that has it in my county lives on my street . We have a huge distance between houses but it is still scary. The big boss can mark the task complete. Like it even matters now that the world is shutting down. Basically two birds can be killed with one stone, the big boss can mark complete and I can mark complete with some issues that need to be addressed. This just makes me sick. I never deliver a product with known issues but then again I have never been in this situation before. It is not a life/death type of situation just a click off the list for the big boss.

 

[otto]

I cannot explain how very angry I am against the Chinese regime's deception.

What difference does it make. Everyone had 3 months heads up - the world saw footage of children laid in body bags, 24/7 crematoriums, people locked into their homes, people dropping dead on the streets. What didn't we know? Would 3.5 months have made a difference. The WHO didn't declare a pandemic until it was everywhere. This is a global problem.

 

[MyBelle]

It has nothing to do with gov't orders. Schools around the world have been closed. Religious leaders have to choose what's best for their congregations, however, given that teachings are now online - makes sense that religious teachings should be online as well. Hopefully they're not waiting for the government to tell them what to do.

I never said schools around the world shouldn't be closed. In my own state, all schools followed the recommendations of the Health Department more than a week ago.

My posting was in response to the OP complaining that the Michigan governor did not order CHURCHES to close and that the governor would be responsible if someone got sick or spread the disease after religious services. In the U.S., the government can't order any church to close the physical doors to any house of worship no matter the religion. Here again is the link to the letter from the Archbishop of Detroit releasing followers from the obligation to attend Mass.

If you do not feel well, please use good judgment and stay home, including from Mass. The obligation we have to attend Mass on Sunday does not apply when your health and the health of others is seriously threatened should you attend Mass. I extend this counsel to those of you with significant, pre-existing health concerns which, in your prayerful judgement and with the help of your doctors, necessitate that you avoid large crowds while the virus is spreading.

Letter from Archbishop Vigneron Regarding COVID-19 - Archdiocese of Detroit

 

[Henry2326]

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[ilovewings]

I cannot explain how very angry I am against the Chinese regime's deception.

you and me both and that's besides my anger they
caused this horror due to the horrific fact of the wet market---
In 2003 the wet market was responsible for Sars- the wet market was banned but then the ban was lifted-

 

[otto]

Then your daughter is exposed to all the people that 2 friends X 2 parents have (and miscellaneous other family members). The number gets pretty large, pretty quickly. It does slow the curve though.

It is much easier to track the vector in the situation your daughter has, than if they were all at school. We are all going to be exposed eventually and I do understand taking a less compulsive path through all of this.

Yes. I think they're all in the same bucket regarding husbands at home off work and mom's carrying on sharing raising the children so everyone gets a break.

 

[Henry2326]

First person to receive #coronavirus vaccine in the U.S. will get second (and final) inoculation on April 13. She is one of 45 healthy volunteers in the Moderna trial. By June we’ll know if the new jab is safe. But we won’t know if it’s effective. That will be a separate study.

Matt McCarthy on Twitter