Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #38

[10ofRods]

That's something that I've been concerned about. My son is fairly certain that he was infected shortly after he arrived in Melbourne, and is completing his 2 weeks isolation after returning home - 6 days to go. He didn't fully understand the situation until he did the online test.

He is still coughing, but he's well. He has not been tested, but has spoken with health authorities who told him to continue doing what he's doing. I don't know when I can see him again in a normal way. He's moving in with friends when his isolation is over, but he needs his bed from my house. I have to put it outside for him because he and his friend cannot come into the house to pick it up. My house is virus free and I can't take a chance. What strange times we live!

The new test kits should help you. He needs to be tested to see if he has live virus in his mucous membranes.

He might not get two test opportunities, though (and it might take him a while to get the test). If I were him, I'd wait about 2 weeks past the last symptom, get the test and see if there's live virus. His doctor will know.

I should say "live" virus - as some say it's not a life form, but more and more researchers speak of viruses as alive...

 

[otto]

Absolutely the pressure from employers on their employees to show up is a large reason that occurs.

We have a mandatory work from home order.

 

[branmuffin]

If any of you have the chance to watch Don Lemons later, please do. He has a woman/man married couple. She’s an MD & the husband a surgeon. The surgeon is only seeing emergency calls. They are living separately in their home and agree they will both get Covid, their goal is to get it at dif Xs so someone is home with the children.

I was just watching it. It's a terrible pragmatic choice to make, a modern take on Sophie's Choice. I think the husband is hanging on by a thread psychologically.

 

[Trudie]

I know. Do you have Schwan’s delivery in your area, the big yellow frozen food truck? They are a tad higher than a box grocer, but have a fairly good selection, again frozen only. You might google & if they do service your area, place an online order.

We haven’t left in 20 days! Now you get to a point where you’re like we’ve come this far, if we get sick now it would not only be terrible and dangerous but a waste of all that previous time.

 

[otto]

The new test kits should help you. He needs to be tested to see if he has live virus in his mucous membranes.

He might not get two test opportunities, though (and it might take him a while to get the test). If I were him, I'd wait about 2 weeks past the last symptom, get the test and see if there's live virus. His doctor will know.

I should say "live" virus - as some say it's not a life form, but more and more researchers speak of viruses as alive...

I agree. I need to figure out whether that is available and how to get him tested. I don't want to overwhelm him at this time - he's a real trooper doing isolation alone with yoga videos, gaming, Netflix, short solitary walks, eating the same boring thing every day, and doing whatever else he can find to do alone for days.

 

[Trudie]

Exactly, I wish a transcript was out. I was thinking I would not want him performing emergency surgery on me, because he seems too emotional. Is he able to clear his head when & if he’s called to the OR, or is he wondering if his wife will die?

I was just watching it. It's a terrible pragmatic choice to make, a modern take on Sophie's Choice. I think the husband is hanging on by a thread psychologically.

 

[Hatfield]

The new test kits should help you. He needs to be tested to see if he has live virus in his mucous membranes.

He might not get two test opportunities, though (and it might take him a while to get the test). If I were him, I'd wait about 2 weeks past the last symptom, get the test and see if there's live virus. His doctor will know.

I should say "live" virus - as some say it's not a life form, but more and more researchers speak of viruses as alive...

I agree. That is what I remember that ideally after falling ill and then getting better, if you could get 2 consecutive tests or 3 even to make sure you dont show any shedding of virus then that would be the best way to know you shouldnt infect others.

But the tests are so hard to come by its hard to make that happen.

 

[Boston Corbett]

ER doctor who criticized Bellingham hospital’s coronavirus protections has been fired (Seattle Times)

An emergency room physician who publicly decried what he called a lack of protective measures against the novel coronavirus at his workplace, PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center, has been fired.

Ming Lin, who has worked at the hospital for 17 years and became a local cause célèbre for his pleas for more safety equipment and more urgent measures to protect staff, was informed of his termination as he was preparing for a shift at the hospital Friday afternoon, he said.

“I got a message that said, ‘Your shift has been covered,’” Lin told The Seattle Times. He phoned his supervisor and was told, “You’ve been terminated.” (more at link)​

 

[KALI]

What is Wawa, and where are you?

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]

With Folly beach open, he will get some tourists.

SOUTH CAROLINA

Governor orders quarantine for visitors coming to SC from COVID-19 hot spots
Hot spots include New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and the City of New Orleans Governor orders quarantine for visitors coming to SC from COVID-19 hot spots #chsnews #scnews
Live5News on Twitter

 

[Jax49]

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I'm not familiar with ProPublica either, but they are rated high for factual reporting. moo

Propublica - Media Bias/Fact Check

Overall, we rate ProPublica Left-Center biased based on story selection that favors the left and factually High due to proper sourcing and evidence based reporting.

 

[KALI]

Right. In a city of nearly 12 million.
Testing positive is not a death sentence. Statistics are 98% or more will be fine.
Being prudent is great. Panicking is not.
My opinion.

There are 1485 positive cases in Los Angeles County alone.

 

[roche.analisa]

ProPublica does incredible, thorough investigative pieces.

 

[Trudie]

Online Grocery Delivery Service | Frozen Foods Home Delivery - Schwan’s®

Here’s the link for Schwan’s if anyone’s interested. Every so often they have $50 off first order of $100.

 

[otto]

ER doctor who criticized Bellingham hospital’s coronavirus protections has been fired (Seattle Times)

An emergency room physician who publicly decried what he called a lack of protective measures against the novel coronavirus at his workplace, PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center, has been fired.

Ming Lin, who has worked at the hospital for 17 years and became a local cause célèbre for his pleas for more safety equipment and more urgent measures to protect staff, was informed of his termination as he was preparing for a shift at the hospital Friday afternoon, he said.

“I got a message that said, ‘Your shift has been covered,’” Lin told The Seattle Times. He phoned his supervisor and was told, “You’ve been terminated.” (more at link)​

Just like China - whistleblowers are silenced.

 

[MyBelle]

““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

I think it is ridiculous and incredibly self-serving for the writer to compare the health care delivery systems in three much smaller areas in both geographic size and population to a country that has the third largest population in the world spread out over nearly 3 million square miles. Early test kits the U.S. received were unreliable. Now, Spain is experiencing the same problem with test kits.

The reality is that people were exposed to the virus, were asymptomatic and spread it to others much earlier than the world knew the virus had spread outside of China. Trying to rewrite the narrative to fit a political agenda is a waste of everyone's time.

Spanish capital ditches ‘unreliable’ Chinese coronavirus kits

 

[KALI]

Hey Kensie, I am going to throw a party like no other. Lead by the best Funk/Motown band I can get together.
Don't worry about Lysol. Bleach is your friend.

When this is over, we are all going to KALI's for celebration food. Never been to San Diego but have heard great things about it. On a side note, Philip Rivers is from my Rednecktown.
Yep, an NFL quarterback is from Redneckville, AL.

On a side note, I am out of Lysol. Where do I find it?? Not at Walmart, not at Amazon.

 

[Trudie]

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article241523151.html
Are people who are obese at higher risk of coronavirus? Here’s what experts say

Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article241523151.html#storylink=cpy

 

[Deleted member 158085]

Propublica is a very legitimate news source. They do a lot of investigative journalism.

Never heard of this news media, propublical.
That is worrisome to me. There's enough fake news flying around.
Please everyone, let's check our sources.
Before posting what could be a rumor. Tia

 

[Rose in SC]

FOLLY BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA.....smh

Folly Beach Mayor Tim Goodwin tells me the beach is open to the public once again. Regular beach rules apply @ABCNews4 #chsnews.

Rachel Ellis on Twitter

Seriously, Mayor Goodwin?
Definition of FOLLY: "the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense"
Definition of folly | Dictionary.com