Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #46

[Boston Corbett]

@ryanstruyk
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Reported US coronavirus deaths:
Right now: 20,071 deaths
24 hrs ago: 17,925 deaths
48 hrs ago: 15,938 deaths
72 hrs ago: 13,829 deaths

 

[Really?]

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[BHughes]

The Blood Center collects first COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma donation in South Louisiana

The Blood Center collects first COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma donation in South Louisiana

“Plasma from donors who have recently recovered from a COVID-19 infection may contain antibodies capable of neutralizing the virus. Studies suggest that the early transfusion of convalescent plasma in seriously ill patients has had a significant affect in decreasing ventilator dependency and length of hospitalization.”

 

[katydid23]

China somehow manages it, and it has a lot more people. When I look at photos there, I see people wearing masks, and those masks don't look homemade.

Chinese citizens have worn masks for years because of the smog. I have seen many pictures of commuters wearing them, in recent years.

And they are the country that manufactures them.

 

[Deleted member 39678]

I am not asking anybody to give me anything for free. I however want to purchase these masks and that's not happening right now. Where exactly did non medical grade N95 masks go? They are not for use by medical professionals.

That's like asking where did all of the toilet paper go.

 

[otto]

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Canadian provinces are sharing - giving - medical resources : from who with less need to those with more need. The virus has inspired the country to pull together.

 

[ilovewings]

Test results Thursday night confirmed a Charlotte woman's fears. Despite staying home, her fever, headache, trouble breathing and coughing are from COVID-19.

Charlotte woman hasn't left her house in three weeks but tested positive for COVID-19

ETA: well the headline is misleading - she did receive groceries from a covid-positive person and her husband leaves the house and she didn't think to sanitize groceries

Yep, and it sounds like she actually met with the woman who later tested positive, when this woman dropped off groceries. She said she barely had any contact with this woman and didn't touch her, but you don't need to have actual physical contact since covid is airborne.

Do You Really Have to Disinfect All Groceries Now? An Expert Explains

I try to be a reasonable person-- i do not sanitize all the groceries that come into my house. This article seems to suggest that is not necessary. I wash my hands 30 times a day- after i bring the groceries home, after i put the groceries away: from what i can gather from scientific information the most likely transmission of the virus is person to person. I am thinking that perhaps the lady's husband who comes and goes from the home brought it into the home or perhaps the lady who contracted the virus got it from the lady who brought her groceries (maybe she had more contact than she recalls)--- there is still so much we don't know but i am trying not to make myself nuts- and do what seems reasonable after i do a little research.

 

[tresir2012]

That's like asking where did all of the toilet paper go.

I wonder if masks are being hoarded like TP? Vendor hoping for the price to go up? They were about 70 cents IIRC.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Well, apparently some hepa vacuum bags have fiberglass n them so they don't make good filters. While we are making masks out of vacuum bags, we could get ourselves sick without even having covid.

I wouldn’t get anywhere near fiberglass. My dad used to build fishing boats and he would start with fiberglass shells. He was always hollering at us to stop getting close to them. We soon found out why and learned our lessons. We would have red itchies up and down our arms and legs. It burned like fire. With six kids, we all stood in the hallway in front of our only bathroom forming a line to take a bath. He didn’t have to holler much about those old boats again.

 

[NuttMegg]

But if EVERYONE is wearing them, then they will be preventing others from catching anything from them.

When I went out last week briefly, wearing my baseball cap, protective glasses, surgical mask and scarf and gloves, I went into a pharmacy. EVERYONE else had masks or bandanas on. The few customers inside and the pharmacist and the clerk.

So my mask was protecting me because everyone else was masked as well. And I wore gloves, never touched my face, and threw the gloves out when I got to my car.

I left the package in the back seat for 2 days.

It completely depends on the quality of the other person 's mask, and tbeir behavior. Did they wash it after coughing in it? Did they take it off between stops at the gas station and grocery store and tie it on backwards? Did they wash their own hands before using the bandanna? The only guideline I've seen from the government was the surg general showing how to make a bandanna mask with 2 rubber bands. Have we seen anything from the government re acceptable filters? (I haven't). It's every person for themself.

 

[mickey2942]

Louisiana church expecting 2,000 at Easter service despite coronavirus: 'Satan and a virus will not stop us'

In the current situation, it seems to me that these folks could easily celebrate a home, and watch services on tv, like so many other people in the world will be doing on Easter Sunday.

 

[tresir2012]

@ryanstruyk
·
12m
Reported US coronavirus deaths:
Right now: 20,071 deaths
24 hrs ago: 17,925 deaths
48 hrs ago: 15,938 deaths
72 hrs ago: 13,829 deaths

Woah.

 

[Ragnarok]

What’s the Best Material for a Mask?

 

[astheworldfallsdown]

Boris Johnson: I owe doctors and nurses my life after coronavirus treatment

Boris Johnson: I owe doctors and nurses my life after coronavirus treatment
Hailing the work of medics at St Thomas' Hospital in London, the prime minister has told friends: "I can't thank them enough."

Boris Johnson has praised the "exemplary" care he has received from doctors and nurses during his coronavirus treatment, saying: "I owe them my life."

Hailing the work of medics at St Thomas' Hospital in London, the prime minister has told friends: "I can't thank them enough."


Mr Johnson is spending his seventh night in hospital after being admitted last Sunday, 10 days after testing positive for COVID-19.

Fears grew for his health when his symptoms worsened and he was transferred to intensive care the following day.

He spent three nights there before Downing Street confirmed he was in the "early phase of his recovery" and moved back to a normal hospital ward.

 

[CSIDreamer]

Indiana

Positive 7435
Deaths 330
Tested 39215

ISDH - Novel Coronavirus: Indiana Novel Coronavirus Map

Metrics attached

 

[Ragnarok]

I don't think the masks went anywhere. The masks didn't exist. They were not sitting in some warehouse. The governors spent elsewhere. I don't think our government was prepared for a Pandemic. The last major one was 100 years ago. Yet, if you asked me where I would rather be, I'll still take the USA, for all of our faults that people like to point out.

Most inventories now, from local sellers to manufacturing, are just in time based on selling history or seasonal expectations. It will take awhile for supplies to normalize. The panic buying was to be expected when talk of lock downs and social distancing began. The toilet paper issue is odd to me.

Glad we are both retired and have minimal need to go out. We bulk buy the sales which helped minimize our need to grocery shop.

 

[weepingangel]

People in long-term care facilities account for nearly half of COVID-19 deaths in Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health released new numbers showing that the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected long-term care facilities across the state.
Of the 686 coronavirus-related deaths reported in Massachusetts by Saturday, 44% were reported in long-term care facilities.

 

[tresir2012]

Boris Johnson: I owe doctors and nurses my life after coronavirus treatment

Boris Johnson: I owe doctors and nurses my life after coronavirus treatment
Hailing the work of medics at St Thomas' Hospital in London, the prime minister has told friends: "I can't thank them enough."

Boris Johnson has praised the "exemplary" care he has received from doctors and nurses during his coronavirus treatment, saying: "I owe them my life."

Hailing the work of medics at St Thomas' Hospital in London, the prime minister has told friends: "I can't thank them enough."


Mr Johnson is spending his seventh night in hospital after being admitted last Sunday, 10 days after testing positive for COVID-19.

Fears grew for his health when his symptoms worsened and he was transferred to intensive care the following day.

He spent three nights there before Downing Street confirmed he was in the "early phase of his recovery" and moved back to a normal hospital ward.

So a week in hospital now. Another week there perhaps?

Do they mean he is back on a non Covid ward now? I guess he is no longer infectious as he has had it for 17 days? Anyone know?

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Dr. Cambell Youtube for today... "Easter staycation" ...

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[10ofRods]

335 million 'one use' masks=335 million to purchase and how much more to distribute?

ONE USE masks are not the priority for us now. Homemade washable masks are more effective and useful in the long run.

Comparing this to the money invested in the stimulus bill is comparing apples to oranges, in my opinion.

But neither is optimal, especially for the wearer. I worry about the viral load issue with homemade cotton masks. If they're just for a quick run to the pharmacy, not much problem but I fear people are going to wear them back to work and for several hours in a day (and wearing masks does nothing to keep people from touching their faces, even in a room of nurses and firefighters, which was demonstrated to me recently by a veteran firefighter).

That's why that one guy put magnets up his nose by accident. Trying to invent a face touch monitoring system.

Still, as long as people are hacking and sneezing within 15 feet, they should really help with prevention.

Tightly woven cotton (from say pillowcases) is best, but that's not all that I'm seeing people wear. In fact, a lot of people seem to have made them from t-shirts. Better than nothing, but certainly not good if in fact you are in the presence of someone heavily shedding virus or in a place (say a subway) with an already high viral load.