Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #38

[BeckyF]

Long but informative. How the Pandemic Will End

 

[Tbone144]

Our farm vets sent emails/texts about limited availability.
I need to call to find out about pulling Coggins, and routine vaccinations.

Dang..I do get those done in the spring too. Mine are due in May. Wonder if she would let me do my own? Drop everything off and I drop it back off. Not sure the legal on Coggins, I’ve volunteered for her low cost clinics so I could do it if I’m allowed.

 

[Henry2326]

NY

"It’s noteworthy around March 1 you started to see change in visits for influenza like illness in New York at time when flu positivity was going back to baseline."
Scott Gottlieb, MD on Twitter
Scott Gottlieb, MD on Twitter

 

[Henry2326]

ITALY

Dr. Gai Peleg told Israeli television that in northern Italy, the orders are not to allow those over 60 access to respiratory machines.

Israeli M.D. Gai Peleg, who is currently working to save lives in Parma, Italy, told Channel 12 that things are only getting worse as the number of patients keeps growing.

Peleg said that, from what he sees and hears in the hospital, the instructions are not to offer access to artificial respiratory machines to patients over 60, as such machines are limited in number.

Israel is currently purchasing thousands of respiratory machines, and they are supposed to arrive in the country by mid-May. On Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel is using every means it has to secure medical equipment to help patients during the pandemic.

Israeli doctor in Italy: We no longer help those over 60

 

[Henry2326]

PA Rep. Mike Kelly, a Republican from Butler County, says he has tested positive for COVID-19. Laura Olson on Twitter
Laura Olson on Twitter

 

[Henry2326]

Singapore reports 54 new COVID-19 cases in highest daily spike, 48 imported infections Singapore reports 54 new COVID-19 cases in highest daily spike, including 48 imported infections

Marcus Mah on Twitter

 

[MyBelle]

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

Sorry, I'm not interested in political propaganda.

 

[jjenny]

NY

"It’s noteworthy around March 1 you started to see change in visits for influenza like illness in New York at time when flu positivity was going back to baseline."
Scott Gottlieb, MD on Twitter
Scott Gottlieb, MD on Twitter

Yea, it most likely wasn't the flu.

 

[Trudie]

Idk but horses will be on the move, so I can’t see delaying Coggins, can you? Nor would I want to. My canine vet is down to a bare minimum on gloves & masks she donated a lot.

Dang..I do get those done in the spring too. Mine are due in May. Wonder if she would let me do my own? Drop everything off and I drop it back off. Not sure the legal on Coggins, I’ve volunteered for her low cost clinics so I could do it if I’m allowed.

 

[Henry2326]

DEATH TRAJECTORY

US is on the 3 day doubling line.
Spain and France is running a little faster.

 

[Trudie]

Yesterday, day 12 I had no symptoms or fever. I feel okay today but fever back again.

If anyone remembers my quarantine greenhouses I made out of totes and cupcake carriers, this morning my lettuce and spinach sprouted and this afternoon my zucchini sprouted

@Tillicum what are you taking? Also, do you feel you were for sure exposed? I hope tomorrow is better.

 

[Henry2326]

Gwinnett County, GA

BREAKING -- all Gwinnett citizens, even those inside city limits, ordered to stay home. Certain businesses ordered closed. Full details below. @FOX5Atlanta Randy Travis on Twitter
Randy Travis on Twitter

 

[Midgie2]

 

[margarita25]

Long but informative. How the Pandemic Will End

““No matter what, a virus [like SARS-CoV-2] was going to test the resilience of even the most well-equipped health systems,” says Nahid Bhadelia, an infectious-diseases physician at the Boston University School of Medicine. More transmissible and fatal than seasonal influenza, the new coronavirus is also stealthier, spreading from one host to another for several days before triggering obvious symptoms. To contain such a pathogen, nations must develop a test and use it to identify infected people, isolate them, and trace those they’ve had contact with. That is what South Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong did to tremendous effect. It is what the United States did not.”

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In addition to many other things JMO

 

[Deleted member 158085]

I wonder how society is going to change after this.

It’s certainly going to change my marriage. My husband now appreciates my OCD.

 

[mickey2942]

You know, I really wonder about that, "Over 60, no ventilator".

So, if the Pope of the Catholic Church needed a ventilator? No way? Right.

I am pretty sure that a ventilator would be found for him. And that is what I don't like about those types of statements, because, really, there are always "exceptions".

 

[Trudie]

Yes, well, may as well "Stay at Home".

Seems like MT is awfully late with “stay home”, compared to the rest of us. At least you know what you’re in for, lol.

 

[Midgie2]

It’s certainly going to change my marriage. My husband now appreciates my OCD.

 

[Trudie]

@MimosaMornings can you walk late at night? Or is indoor exercise an option?

Yep. Go figure.

 

[Henry2326]

This is GAME CHANGER. Abbott to market, starting next week, a fast point-of-care #coronavirus test, delivering positive results in 5min and negative results in 13min. Will deliver 50K tests/day to start. Kudos to Abbott and FDA’s Jeff Shuren and team at CDRH who are in the fight.
Scott Gottlieb, MD on Twitter