Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #42

[branmuffin]

Yes, but not to stay for extended periods. And not all crew members may be eligible to get off in the United states. That is the issue.

Can you provide a link to that information? Thanks.

 

[IceIce9]

Oh, I didn't take your post as a complaint.
In any case $990 a week is appx a $75-80k salary, imo.

During one of the many press conferences, it was mentioned that anyone making 60k or less won’t see a reduction in income due to Coronavirus-related unemployment or furlough.

 

[10ofRods]

Will anything good come out of this horror? We know most of the bad things.

1) Americans know 1000x more about a pandemic than they did before.
2) Governments relearned the hard way what is needed to combat a pandemic. It won't be ignored going forward, and they will be held accountable.
3) Americans (including me) have learned the importance of flu shots (it's not about you, dummy).
4) People are stepping up and helping neighbors.
5) Pollution is reduced, creating a possible vision of what could be.
6) Possible momentum for universal health care.
7) Time spent with family.
8) New recipes.
9) Self-evaluation of health status (what lifestyle changes are needed).

What else?

10) People may realize that scientists, including doctors, are more trustworthy than non-experts
11) People may learn that their own folk views of how to cure something must give way to medical expertise
12) Hopefully, people will learn to be nice to their carers and essential workers (although on that one, I have a few doubts)
13) Possible momentum for more working at home (permanently) so that there's less pollution
14) Possible workplace accommodations (work at home) for people who are at risk
15) Lots more birds and birdsong
16) Coyotes walking around San Francisco

and here is what I wish for

17) People will read more news, especially science news. Medical news. You know, like people on WS do.

 

[cass523]

During Thursday's coronavirus task force briefing, Trump claimed that the U.S. is testing “more than any other country in the world both in terms of the raw number, and also on a per capita basis, the most.”

We've fact-checked Trump's previous testing claims — and while it is technically true that the U.S. has run more tests for the disease caused by the virus than any other country, Trump is wrong on the issue of testing per capita.

The U.S. is not testing the same share of its population as other countries, a key measure that indicates the U.S. lags behind other nations. As of Thursday, April 2, the U.S has done more than 1.3 million COVID-19 tests. That's about one in every 250 Americans. South Korea, as of the same date, has tested about one in every 118 people. Read more fact checks here.

Fact check: Trump falsely claims U.S. is testing more people per capita than other countries

 

[Reasonable & Just]

10) People may realize that scientists, including doctors, are more trustworthy than non-experts
11) People may learn that their own folk views of how to cure something must give way to medical expertise
12) Hopefully, people will learn to be nice to their carers and essential workers (although on that one, I have a few doubts)
13) Possible momentum for more working at home (permanently) so that there's less pollution
14) Possible workplace accommodations (work at home) for people who are at risk
15) Lots more birds and birdsong
16) Coyotes walking around San Francisco

and here is what I wish for

17) People will read more news, especially science news. Medical news. You know, like people on WS do.

18) Renewed value of the words, "Competence", "Cooperation", and "Honor".

 

[Cool Cats]

This is helpful to know:


These Coronavirus Exposures Might Be the Most Danger

Does a high viral load or infectious dose make covid-19 worse?

The viral dose you are getting matters. A brief exposure to a person is better than a more prolonged exposure to that person, and being exposed to one person is better than being exposed to a group. Dose can affect the severity of your infection.

 

[Seenit]

The Navy announced that it relieved the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt who sounded the alarm about the COVID-19 outbreak aboard.

Navy relieves captain who sounded alarm about COVID-19 outbreak on aircraft carrier

I just be read that, too. Why would they do that?

 

[branmuffin]

The Navy announced that it relieved the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt who sounded the alarm about the COVID-19 outbreak aboard.


Navy relieves captain who sounded alarm about COVID-19 outbreak on aircraft carrier

That is disgraceful. Military members are not cannon fodder to appease political sensibilities.

 

[ilovewings]

I really hate to say this, because i try to stay positive most of the time, but because I am in my 70's with asthma, i have never felt a more existential threat to my life. My husband and I practice social distancing though we do go grocery shopping, which presents a risk--- we know that but ya gotta have food- I wash my hands all day long- I try to be as careful as I can but you can still contract the virus being as careful as you can be. i feel like I am in a horror film that won't end, and sadly I am part of the movie.

 

[cass523]

Are you saying nothing has changed? I can see why these measures are being taken, but I'm not seeing the click-bait part. From the article:

Typically, if someone is in cardiac arrest, even if there's no blood flow, EMS units will perform CPR and other lifesaving measures while en route to the hospital. Now, with very limited exceptions, that's not to happen.

In response to the new mandate, the FDNY has issued an order to all its EMTs with additional guidelines. According to the order, which a senior FDNY official shared with NBC News, the mandate applies only to adult patients. If an adult patient has obvious signs of death like rigor or has a do not resuscitate order, EMTs will not try to revive the patient.

The New York Post obtained a memo that was sent out to the city's EMTs on Tuesday, saying that if they can't get a pulse from a cardiac-arrest patient at the scene, they shouldn't transport them to the hospital as is normally advised.

• The New York Post obtained a memo sent out to New York City ambulance workers, advising them not bring cardiac-arrest patients to the hospital if they can't get a pulse at the scene.
• 
  
• Such patients were previously brought to the hospital, where doctors would try to revive them, but these cases are being deprioritized during the coronavirus outbreak.
• 
  
• The city's ambulance service has been overwhelmed by the pandemic. Last week, Reuters reported that about 20% of the city's EMTs weren't working because they were either sick with coronavirus or had been exposed.

NYC paramedics are stretched so thin by the coronavirus they're being told to leave cardiac-arrest sufferers at home if they can't get a pulse at the scene

 

[Reasonable & Just]

I just be read that, too. Why would they do that?

There are reasons, none of them good, IMO, or discussable here. So I'll just say, may Captain Brett Crozier's name shine in history as a good man who did the right thing, in contrast to his detractors.

 

[K.jill]

What is the difference between a stay at home order and a shelter in place order?

 

[Seenit]

There are reasons, none of them good, IMO, or discussable here. So I'll just say, may Captain Brett Crozier's name shine in history as a good man who did the right thing, in contrast to his detractors.

Oooh, I don't like that answer...but I suspect I am thinking something similar.

 

[cass523]

All the people who have been using Zoom

It looks as if Zoom's security problems are snowballing.

According to a Tuesday article from Motherboard, the video-call service inadvertently exposed the personal email addresses and photos of thousands of people. Zoom's "Company Directory" feature automatically groups together users who share the same email domain; as such, it's meant to make it easier for work colleagues to find one another.

Cybersecurity researchers have found the Windows version of Zoom is vulnerable to attackers who could send malicious links to users' chat interfaces and gain access to their network credentials.

Zoom has witnessed a boom in popularity amid the coronavirus outbreak. In a note seen by CNBC in late February, analysts at Bernstein said the service had added 2.22 million monthly active users so far in 2020 — more than the 1.99 million it added in the whole of 2019.

Zoom's security and privacy problems are snowballing

 

[Seenit]

Just curious, I would love to hear your thoughts.
Two neighbors across the street have decided that they are going to "quarantine together"...not together in one house, but allow their two families to get together and to let their kids run about the neighborhood together. There are ten people between both houses. However, we have seen people coming and going into each of the houses separately.

I feel so extremely irritated, but not sure what to do. Do I say nothing and let them live their own lives or do I, as a friendly and elder neighbor, politely share my concerns?

Last night they went so far as to have a fire pit, a cookout, a party together and all the kids were screaming and dancing on the roof of their shed. I think it is selfish and is hurtful (in man you ways) to all the other neighbor kids that can't go see their friends or family members.

To top it all off, one family is a pastor's family.

 

[Reasonable & Just]

Just curious, I would love to hear your thoughts.
Two neighbors across the street have decided that they are going to "quarantine together"...not together in one house, but allow their two families to get together and to let their kids run about the neighborhood together. There are ten people between both houses. However, we have seen people coming and going into each of the houses separately.

I feel so extremely irritated, but not sure what to do. Do I say nothing and let them live their own lives or do I, as a friendly and elder neighbor, politely share my concerns?

Last night they went so far as to have a fire pit, a cookout, a party together and all the kids were screaming and dancing on the roof of their shed. I think it is selfish and is hurtful (in man you ways) to all the other neighbor kids that can't go see their friends or family members.

To top it all off, one family is a pastor's family.

Would it make a difference? They know better. People are going to do what they will do. I agree with the temptation to speak up, though.

 

[MimosaMornings]

Did you see Jack Black’s dance moves?? I think they’re pretty good! I’d take a hip out if I tried those moves. But I was thinking maybe I could try to learn it in a low impact version. Seriously!! Wouldn’t that be funny if we all learned this dance:

Jack Black's shirtless Quarantine Dance takes TikTok by storm - CNN

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Maybe after your achy legs get better.

Does anything help? Hot towels? Bath? I guess it just has to run it’s course but you’re almost there!!!

Oh my goodness! Thanks for the chuckle!

You hang in there! Will think of you when I go to the garage for my nightly drink and evening prayers. Not necessarily in that order.

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Jared Kushner looks quite tired and his eyes concern me. They look similar to Chris Cuomo’s prior to his positive test. Jmo

Or he ate one of Margarita's brownies? I too thought his eyes looked glazy and red.

 

[IceIce9]

I really hate to say this, because i try to stay positive most of the time, but because I am in my 70's with asthma, i have never felt a more existential threat to my life. My husband and I practice social distancing though we do go grocery shopping, which presents a risk--- we know that but ya gotta have food- I wash my hands all day long- I try to be as careful as I can but you can still contract the virus being as careful as you can be. i feel like I am in a horror film that won't end, and sadly I am part of the movie.

Do they have grocery delivery where you live? In the area where I live all major grocery stores deliver including Meijer, Walmart, Kroger, Costco, Whole Foods, and Aldi.

If not, can you pay a teenager or someone else to shop for you?

If you have no option for delivery at least let your husband shop for groceries. No reason to risk 2 people in the store.

 

[MaryG12]

Coronavirus: Florida cases surpass 9,000, death toll nears 150

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – As the global count surges past 1,000,000, Florida reported an additional 2,000 cases of coronavirus on Thursday, bringing the total number of cases over 9,000.