Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #42

[Teche]

And, in Louisiana....
Central pastor cited after defying coronavirus order: 'This is an attack on religion'

This is my state and I’m so upset. I hope they go for the congregation too. Many are bussed in for services.

 

[gregjrichards]

Italy

760 people have died in the last 24 hours. New total 13,915 total lives lost. New positive cases 4,500 the total positive virus cases is 115,000. Approximately 4,000 people in critical condition.

Spain

950 people have died in the last 24 hours. New total more than 10,000 deaths.

Source Sky News U.K

 

[Trudie]

And, contrary to Canada, IIRC, in the USA we have to pay our medicare and gap insurance from SS checks, if that is all a person gets. That's roughly $300 for medicare part B and a very minimum gap insurance. So, if you are a woman who gets the average <$1,200 SS check, you start the month with only $900. And that doesn't include part D medicare (drugs), and does not include dental care and eye glasses (refraction). Then, there is a yearly fee of over $100 (IIRC = $135 annual charge) just to start seeing a doctor, and co-pays and drug costs depending on your health.

Then, going back to this person making the average woman's monthly SS of 1,200, there is rent unless that person is lucky enough to own a house or live with relatives. If she does own a house, she pays property taxes and all the rest. Whether or not she rents or owns, there is electricity, heating, internet and phone charges. Doe that person deserve to eat, and to have a pet? Does she deserve to pay for transportation ie bus or subway? Or should she just stay at home and be happy if is heating in the house through the winter.

I get a little peeved at the people who think a person can live on the average SS payment, a fund those seniors paid into for decades.

And who are begrudging a one time stimulus check of 1,200 to these seniors.

I don’t think anyone is peeved or begrudging seniors getting stimulus. Some laid off workers will draw an extra $600 weekly from the federal UI program, in some cases tripling or quadrupling their monthly income.
I think some of us were/are curious because we didn’t pay attention to the stimulus package if it did not pertain to us.
Had this not happened, how would SS recips’ get by? Is the $1200 even enough for them? It is a rather paltry sum.
Especially when a fast food employee that previously had net pay of $350 per week might now have $800 due to the enhanced UI.

 

[Trudie]

Have you been using extra or new cleaning chemicals? Is it ultra windy or dry air quality?

Ok so this is crazy. I have developed a dry cough. Nothing else. I never get coughs and do not have allergy issues typically.
No other symptoms at all and trust me I am looking.

I get groceries delivered no contact. We have not been out for 14 days and that was to pick up a grocery order. I did have to sign a paper that time. It was outside.

I know you are not docs so I am just venting here.

 

[raysgirl1126]

New England Patriots team plane flying 1.2 million N95 masks from China to help ease coronavirus shortages - CNN

 

[Trudie]

This is my state and I’m so upset. I hope they go for the congregation too. Many are bussed in for services.

Do you know if kids are on his buses?
Smh.....wth is wrong with his parishioners, are they brainwashed?

 

[MajorHoople]

UK has 'bought 2million coronavirus antibody tests from China' | Daily Mail Online

China probably sold the ones that don't work well to the UK.

 

[Spartygirl]

Selfish people! Ask any RN or medical person about how they feel when people are out enjoying themselves on needless flying, trips and so on.

Cruise ship passengers desperately plead with Florida to allow them in

Right ???
Like they didn't know about the coronavirus when they Boarded the cruise ship 3 weeks ago??
I am pretty sure they were aware of the crisis, yet they all still wanted to go play on the big cruise ship.
Also- apparently, 3 other countries have DENIED them to depart the ship on their land so we need to do so also.
USA certainly does NOT need anymore infected people. (So far it has been rejected by Chile, Peru and Argentina, which all sealed their ports because of the coronavirus outbreak.)**
SMH this morning as I am reading about all these people who just don't seem to care or be worried and are just continuing along in everyday life as before without a care for others.
Selfish idiots.

 

[gregjrichards]

It really is incredible, isn’t it. Every so often, a figure like that comes up and it’s so hard to believe the numbers involved.
I was thinking about your Mum, Greg, and how fortunate her surgery happened when it did. I hope she is doing well.

My Mum is doing well, thank you so much for asking. She was lucky she had her surgery as all non-emergency surgeries after that day have been postponed indefinitely. I hope you and your family are all well. Thank you for your kindness.

 

[Spartygirl]

Do you know if kids are on his buses?
Smh.....wth is wrong with his parishioners, are they brainwashed?

Apparently none of them have any common sense.
He, along with all his parishioners who are attending should all be locked up, together, in one room until this is over.
If it's togetherness they want, let them have it, locked up and quarantined somewhere far away. LOL

 

[Auntie Cipation]

Ok so this is crazy. I have developed a dry cough. Nothing else. I never get coughs and do not have allergy issues typically.
No other symptoms at all and trust me I am looking.

I get groceries delivered no contact. We have not been out for 14 days and that was to pick up a grocery order. I did have to sign a paper that time. It was outside.

I know you are not docs so I am just venting here.

Several years ago I developed a dry cough with no other symptoms. A dear friend had recently died of lung cancer so I was understandably spooked. Doc rx'd an inhaler which did nothing, then at my request gave me a tb test and a chest xray to rule out the scary stuff. Nothing found there to explain the cough.

Finally it went away after a course of omeprazole (Prilosec). Apparently the cough was an odd symptom of my reflux...

 

[Kensie]

I always preferred watching church services on tv. I could be comfy and drink coffee while listening to the preacher. I hated going to an actual church service. Too many hypocrites for me. I remember women talking about other womens' clothes during the church service.

 

[COSCitizen]

@oceanblueeyes when we have prevalent equine viruses in the area, we put foot baths in the barns, one at each door. Mandatory anyone entering or exiting sanitize their soles. We use bleach/water in a shallow feed pan. I have one on my porch, After I’m in a store, I disinfectant, leaving shoes outside. Exercise caution if leaving footwear outdoors. A friend had around recluse in his boot last year, he nearly died & ended up losing 2 toes. Also, my dog isn’t interested in drinking bleach water, but some might.

Years ago, we had pigeon fever come through the local horse barns. Since I boarded at one barn, and also had horses at home, I got used to stripping off in the garage before entering the house. Finally, the epidemic seemed to have waned, and Rags, my partner's Appaloosa, came limping into the barn one night. I thought he had foundered at first, but then I saw the characteristic swelling on his chest. I think he may have been the last horse in the county to get it. His stablemate didn't, despite it being highly infectious. I must have passed it to him, though it had been weeks since I had been around a horse that I knew had the infection.

 

[Kensie]

Huntsville Hospital cutting jobs, says focused on retaining clinical personnel, trimming losses

I never thought of nurses getting laid-off at a time like this.

 

[Trudie]

Apparently none of them have any common sense.
He, along with all his parishioners who are attending should all be locked up, together, in one room until this is over.
If it's togetherness they want, let them have it, locked up and quarantined somewhere far away. LOL

Yes, let them set sail on a Corona Cruise liner.

 

[Herat]

Several years ago I developed a dry cough with no other symptoms. A dear friend had recently died of lung cancer so I was understandably spooked. Doc rx'd an inhaler which did nothing, then at my request gave me a tb test and a chest xray to rule out the scary stuff. Nothing found there to explain the cough.

Finally it went away after a course of omeprazole (Prilosec). Apparently the cough was an odd symptom of my reflux...

Reflux is a Very Common cause of chronic cough.

It is not odd or unusual and a pulmonary specialist may have a patient worked up for gastrointestinal reflux disease.

 

[NuttMegg]

I don’t think anyone is peeved or begrudging seniors getting stimulus. Some laid off will draw an extra $600 weekly from the federal UI program, in some cases tripling or quadrupling their monthly income.
I think some of us were/are curious because we didn’t pay attention to the stimulus package if it did not pertain to us.
Had this not happened, how would SS recips’ get by? Is the $1200 even enough for them? It is a rather paltry sum.
Especially when a fast food employee that previously had net pay of $350 per week might now have $800 due to the enhanced UI.

I think very poor seniors, and those that don't even qualify for SS can get medicaid/food stamps in some states, sometimes in effect earning more than a monthly SS check because they don't pay (some/all, not sure) of their own health expenses. To get SS people need to have worked 40 quarters, with an employer who took out FICA, payroll deductions, and women overall get less SS because they took time out for raising kids and worked at low paying jobs, or part time.

If a person wasn't able to plan for retirement by saving with an IRA, 401k or even buying a house, I don't know how they get along as a single retiree, without living with relatives/friends. Many people have pensions through work, but even that is disappearing. People are encouraged instead to form 401K's that are vulnerable to wall street flim flam.

It's a mess. And so much of it could be solved by single payer. God bless the people who, even without being hospitalized with COVID, still are getting bills of >$30K. (I posted that earlier from Time mag). And, if hospitalized, a bill in the 70k's for COVID 19 treatment.

 

[Trudie]

Kentucky is closing hospitals, or at least they were, in the Appalachia district. Moo

Huntsville Hospital cutting jobs, says focused on retaining clinical personnel, trimming losses

I never thought of nurses getting laid-off at a time like this.

 

[bluedivergirl]

These "Churches" can barely be called churches, IMO. They're more concerned about collecting money each week than the health and safety of their parishioners. Our Catholic diocese suspended mass in early March and encouraged people to watch on TV or streaming online. You're not going to have much of a flock if you let them all die from the plague.

Time for a re-reading of Elmer Gantry.

 

[MelInTN]

Our church in small town Tennessee (1 stop light in entire county) held a drive in service this past Sunday. Everyone sat in their vehicles or in a camping chair behind their vehicles, while our pastor spoke through a PA system at the entry way. I was impressed to see everyone adhering to social distancing guidelines. It was actually a very pleasant experience.