Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #38

[MimosaMornings]

If WaWa is like a gas station, go back and read Trudie's post about gas station coffee. I used to think Mapco had the best Hazelnut coffee and they probably do, but Trudie opened my eyes to coffee patrons at gas stations. You cannot be weak stomached to read Trudie's post.

Oh my goodness. Loved my WaWa when in PA. Get coffee on a cold day or evening and add Godiva white chocolate liquer to it. Mmmm
It’s more than just a gas station.
And then there is Buc-ees.

 

[Bravo]

Magz busting moves. I'm better at chair dancing

 

[jjenny]

The part that sucks is we had SARS and MERS but managed to contain them, and so there was no interest in developing coronavirus vaccine-was hard to get money to develop such a vaccine. We could have potentially had a vaccine on the ready if people weren't so short sighted.
"Coronaviruses have caused two other recent epidemics – severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) in China in 2002-04, and Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers), which started in Saudi Arabia in 2012. In both cases, work began on vaccines that were later shelved when the outbreaks were contained. One company, Maryland-based Novavax, has now repurposed those vaccines for Sars-CoV-2, and says it has several candidates ready to enter human trials this spring. Moderna, meanwhile, built on earlier work on the Mers virus conducted at the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, Maryland."
Coronavirus vaccine: when will it be ready?

 

[Kensie]

So tonight, I'm making a new recipe. Cheesy, potato, ham, bacon and corn soup with green chilies.
If it's great, I'll share the recipe. ;-)

Kali, save some soup for me. Sounds wonderful.

 

[Tadpole12]

So this is a serious tip from “30 days in the hole” over here.

Like I said a week ago, just because...it doesn’t mean we can’t still smile and dance.

Fire it up and dance. I demand.

Must watch:

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Get down, get down, ha

 

[Deleted member 39678]

I took a look to see if I could find some hard facts about price gouging by medical equipment companies. Didn't find much other than Gov. Cuomo making that claim.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned that states are counter-productively bidding up the prices of critical medical equipment and protective gear as they attempt to amass supplies from manufacturers amid the coronavirus pandemic.

I don't understand why he isn't reporting this obvious price gouging to the Justice Department and have it stopped.

Andrew Cuomo says states are outbidding each other and raising prices for critical coronavirus medical supplies

 

[mickey2942]

I wonder how society is going to change after this.

 

[MsArk]

Hey Kensie........give your pups a kiss for me......they don’t mind if you didn’t take them out today.......they only want to love you.

Wish I had a pup to kiss.

Pups are the best kissers while social distancing.

 

[Bravo]

I wonder how society is going to change after this.

I hope for the better. Enjoy the little things we take for granted. Love our loved one's even more. Help those in need etc. etc.

 

[MyBelle]

How would anyone know? Which is the point. Many drugs save one group of people and kill another. Like penicillin.

I wouldn't want to be responsible for making that decision for someone else. Many patients who are severely ill and having difficulty breathing are surviving without that drug.

If a large group of people in one city could be (all) given the drug under the same clinical conditions (that takes some definition), then in another city of same size, no one got the drug (I'm sure we could find one), that would help sort it out.

In those places where people survived (after the drug), I'd like to see the mortality rates from the same hospital for people who also got the drug. If it is the case that no one died after receiving that drug, that would be quite a recommendation even given its lack of trials. But if that were the case, then the doctors involved would (I believe) be pre-publishing the results all over the place. Writing letters to journals. Having pressers.

I find it hard to believe that all people who have been giving the anti-malaria drug have lived and the only way we know about that is basically through SM. Instead, there are some people who died and it is their conditions, allergies, ages, etc. that we need to know before we give the drug to everyone.

BBM. Link, please.

Nobody has suggested that all people who have been given the anti-malaria drug--have lived. It's up to the ICU physician to decide if the patient should be given the drug or not.

JMO

 

[JerseyGirl]

If WaWa is like a gas station, go back and read Trudie's post about gas station coffee. I used to think Mapco had the best Hazelnut coffee and they probably do, but Trudie opened my eyes to coffee patrons at gas stations. You cannot be weak stomached to read Trudie's post.

The state shut down all self-serve beverages.

I just received word that ShopRite shut down their deli departments.

 

[katydid23]

It is still not a real "strategic plan" it is just revenge. When are we going to get experts to create a real Plan.

You don't think the Task Force combined with FEMA has a disaster plan in place?

That article linked, had a 'spin' on it, making it appear as if it was 'revenge.' That's the problem with some msm articles. Too much spin involved, imo.

 

[cody22]

I don't believe it. I go eat a little dinner, do bath time, story time, and prayer time with my grandson. I come back and yall are all dancing on the chairs and table tops..................moo

 

[MsMarple]

SOUTHERN OREGON (@kodi and others who live here)

I posted earlier today local news that the Oregon Shakespeare Festival has laid off 80% of its 500 employees, about 400. We have made the New York Times now...a dubious distinction but worth noting what a big deal this is (link sent to me by my friend halfway around the world in Timor Leste who grew up here.). Some may wonder why the closing of a theatre is a big deal. I used to work there and know many employees who are affected, so it’s a big deal personally. But also, this is a town of about 22,000 and OSF is one of its largest employers and brings about 400,000 visitors to town. So the trickle down impact on small businesses and the atmosphere of the town is huge. This is being repeated in other theatre towns around the country, not just in Ashland. And we’re not even talking about people dying....

From the link:

“We’re trying to make sure we have enough cash to regroup and come back,” said Nataki Garrett, the artistic director of the festival, which in ordinary seasons has about 800 performances attended by about 400,000 people. “Without money coming in from ticket sales for current shows or future shows, we have to say we have this much cash, and it will last us this long.”
<snip>

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, founded in 1935, won the regional theater Tony Award in 1983 and presents contemporary work as well as classics; the festival has helped develop several shows that ultimately landed on Broadway, including the Pulitzer-winning “Sweat” and the Tony-winning “All the Way.”

The festival, which has three theaters, has a particularly long season, running eight months of the year in Ashland, a Rogue Valley city just north of the California border. The city is heavily dependent on tourism — visitors to the festival sustain a number of hotels, restaurants and shops — and has had a rough few years because smoke from wildfires in the Northwest has forced the cancellation of some outdoor performances and deterred some travelers.

Spring Culture Fell to Virus. In Oregon, Summer Theater Now Succumbs.

I get exactly what you're saying. My town is much smaller (about 9.5k) and also depends heavily on tourism. We host a film festival, wooden boat festival, Kinetic races and more, all of which may not happen this year. BnBs will suffer, small businesses will suffer - some may never recover.

People often work two or more jobs just to be able to live here because it's such a nice place to live. I sincerely hope the virus doesn't reshape small town life in a bad way.

 

[Tadpole12]

I would really appreciate a link for this. I'm interested in learning more please.

Coronavirus Politics Daily: Bolsonaro vs govs, Wuhan ashes vs statistics, US states vs each other

It's a brief mention,
but I would like to see the online photos of the urns.

 

[TMAN2014]

The state shut down all self-serve beverages.

I just received word that ShopRite shut down their deli departments.

Wawa stopped their hoagies. I went to a pizza shop for takeout, and they would not even let me enter door. They brought it out. Wrong order, cost more, and I was treated like a red headed stepchild.....

 

[Trudie]

Is Los Angeles facing New York-level coronavirus disaster? Here is what we know

 

[Sunny123]

Hopefully Covid will be under control before Hurricane season gets here. If not, omg......

I just started looking over my hurricane supplies, and noting items I needed. I will start buying them slowly, to be ready for it. I can't imagine what it will be like, if it isn't under control by then.

 

[gngr~snap]

Where do you get the idea the drug is in short supply? Days ago, manufacturers said they were stepping up production.

Industry ups chloroquine production, donates millions of doses

People who have taken it FOR YEARS for lupus are being denied refills by pharmacists.
Moo
Vital drug for people with lupus running out after unproven Covid-19 link

Coronavirus: Lupus Patient's Chloroquine Prescription Was Cancelled By Kaiser Permanente

Lupus Patients Can’t Get Crucial Medication After President Trump Pushes Unproven Coronavirus Treatment — ProPublica

 

[Recidivist]

There are 1485 positive cases in Los Angeles County alone.