Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #46

[Arkay]

That may be. But I responded because you said [all caps] ALL. That's not my experience here, nor, as far as I can tell, of many my clients near and far. There has been at least one case in the (smallish) building where I work, and I'm pretty sure myself and most of my close colleagues have had it. Even if that weren't the case, I'm not too terribly concerned because I'm just not a worrier. I have one child with a history of pediatric asthma, but he's been deliberately drinking out of my water bottles in defiance, and so far he's fine. I've mentioned previously, not a lot of kids are being significantly impacted by this like they are the flu. I've posted the statistics before, but there are so few fatalities under the age of 19 they don't even post the statistics. Iirc it's .03% for the above 20 to 25'ish crowd.

Here's just one link. I've posted others before.

Is COVID-19 dangerous in children?
COVID-19 appears on average to be much milder in children than it does in healthy adults or in older adults. Of the first 70,000 patients in China diagnosed with COVID-19, only 2.1 percent were children under 19 years old. No children under the age of 9 died according to this report. Only one death was reported in a child 10-19 years.

COVID-19 and children: What you should know

You're right. I shouldn't have said "all." Where I live I will say it's the vast, vast, vast majority. Particularly for those of us with underlying conditions who likely would perish once Covid got ahold of our lungs and other organs.
As to children, I have three young grandchildren. I know the percentage is low for kids but it does still happen. Even for a teenager in a remote indigenous tribe in Brazil. I also have a niece who's 24, and while more rare, people in their 20s and 30s, healthy people, are still dying.
I'm not willing to roll the dice. If there were no path out of it, there'd be no escape. But there is a path. Quarantine at home. And how blessed are we that this seemingly indestructible virus can actually be annihilated with soap and water!
So I'll be like Superman, in my Fortress of Solitude, and hope that helps the real supermen and superwomen working in health care to have fewer cases with which to contend.

 

[Tillicum]

For those who fear the US eventually lifting some of the guidelines in order for parts of the country to get back to work, what do you plan to eat in the coming months? I understand those at higher risk wanting to stay home and eliminate possible exposure, I wish my husband could. But seriously who's gonna grow, process and deliver that food when the warehouses run out? This is a link to Ohio's jobs available now. I'm sure it's similar to all other states. There's a shortage of health care professionals but there's a huge shortage of grocery, warehouse, shipping and delivery workers too.
Job Search Ohio

 

[MaryG12]

For those who fear the US eventually lifting some of the guidelines in order for parts of the country to get back to work, what do you plan to eat in the coming months? I understand those at higher risk wanting to stay home and eliminate possible exposure, I wish my husband could. But seriously who's gonna grow, process and deliver that food when the warehouses run out? This is a link to Ohio's jobs available now. I'm sure it's similar to all other states. There's a shortage of health care professionals but there's a huge shortage of grocery, warehouse, shipping and delivery workers too.
Job Search Ohio

I imagine Publix will still have produce etc stocked. Worse comes to worse we can drive out to Myakka or Arcadia there are some farmers who sell their harvest directly to the public.

 

[tresir2012]

"Coronavirus: Ofcom formally probes David Icke TV interview - BBC News" Ofcom 'urgently' probes Icke TV interview on virus

"The UK's media watchdog has launched a formal investigation into a TV network's broadcast of an interview with conspiracy theorist David Icke about coronavirus.

Ofcom acted after London Live screened the programme on Wednesday evening.

The regulator received more than 40 complaints following the broadcast.

It follows YouTube's introduction of stricter misinformation rules after a later interview with Mr Icke by the same team was streamed on its platform."

 

[NuttMegg]

The best UK doctors are NHS. Fact.

(Some may also work in private clinics)

"Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital | Top Doctors" Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital | Top Doctors

St. Thomas' is really the best.

Not quibbling about the quality of NHS docs. But I don't believe that he is getting the "regular" care that "everyone" gets.

 

[NuttMegg]

SBM

Spanish authorities to distribute millions of masks this week

The Spanish government will distribute roughly 10 million masks to workers returning to their jobs beginning this week when restrictions on some workplaces, such as construction sites, will be relaxed.

Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said the masks would be distributed at places like subway stations and other transport hubs by police officers or civil protection workers. Their use would be recommended but not required.

[...]

Coronavirus live updates: US reaches half a million cases - CNN

So. When did it get to the point where our country won't distribute masks to civilians but Spain will to their citizens.

 

[Bailey38]

It’s the heart issues I would be concerned about and want them to closely monitor. The eye issues tend to happen long term. People who are regularly on this drug have to have an eye exam yearly. So I really don’t worry about eyesight issues short-term.

I received a call from the pharmacy that my eye drops can't be refilled at this point as they are out of stock. First time ever, could be timing or maybe using it with the trials? It's for glaucoma, Timolol Maleate. I've had the laser surgery about 5 years ago and this just helps with the slowly rising pressure.

 

[tresir2012]

Not quibbling about the quality of NHS docs. But I don't believe that he is getting the "regular" care that "everyone" gets.

Believe me he is. He may well have his own private Doc but that hospital is a NHS foundation trust and world famous teaching hospital. Also, there is currently no cure so what do you think he could he be getting that others are not?

As an example, many years ago I had to have a major operation and my NHS doc said I would have to wait for an op. I had health insurance with work at the time so told him and he said that would mean I could get the op very quickly, which I did, and then I transferred back to the NHS for my recovery. I had the exact same consultant surgeon for the private op as I would have had on the NHS. This is common that the NHS docs also do private work at the same hospital, but the treatment and care is the same quality.

 

[Arkay]

Thing is, was PNEUMONIC plague carried by rats? I know it was blown through the air. SEPTICIMIC(sp) got in the blood, although by air or rats I do not know. BUBONIC was carried by flea bites off of rats. People on the second story/floor were luckier 'cause rats couldn't climb stairs.

My computer has gone a bit "off" so I have a hard job copying "sites". It's easy to look up.

The "buboes," tumor-like masses that grew in the lymph nodes, were oozy and bloody with pus. They could turn black when they were necrotic, like the necrotizing fasciitis of today, and allegedly is one of the reasons it became known as the Black Death. If it got into the bloodstream it would lead to the septicemic plague, if it got into the lungs (often by breathing the air of a bubonic sufferer) it would lead to pneumonic plague. All started by the fleas on black rats and spread from Asia or the Russian steppes and carried throughout Europe by Italian merchants on ships.
From what I remember, since people then knew nothing about germs, it was so contagious that it was feared it could be spread just by looking at someone who had it.
Social distancing in that time seemed to show results, although they didn't know why. Then as now, the rich and royal fled to other places that were less congested than the cities, and the plague was much less prevalent there.
Also, then as now, viruses want to multiply. If it kills all its hosts, it can't replicate, so it has strains that are milder. Part of the reason, I believe, that some people can shake it off while others have their lives shaken off.

 

[NuttMegg]

When Spain is requiring their citizens to go back to work apparently. It's not mandatory that they wear them but I guess if they don't wear them and get CV19 they can't sue their goverment.

There is nothing in the article about the Spanish government requiring any citizen to go back to work. And, maybe there would be more workers to eventually return to work, here, if the US government had invoked the DPA to get masks made, Oh, like 2-3 months ago. A simple mask from the government to help save lives of citizens, and health workers. This is beyond our national ability and expectations as citizens?

 

[Arkay]

'Like 9/11 every day': A New York paramedic's diary

What a gripping article, and so illustrative of what's going on here in NYC and why I haven't left my apartment in weeks. I'm ordering takeout a lot to help the small businesses survive.

9/11 was worse because it was done intentionally. But the ramifications of Coronavirus are worse because it's more lethal, more widespread and it's invisible.

The horror of 9/11 cannot be properly articulated. I knew 10 people who died. Some working in the World Trade Center, some firefighters and a paramedic, and one on the plane. My daughter was working in Manhattan and saw the second plane hit. But New Yorkers came together to help support one another. We were urged to support businesses in Lower Manhattan. We didn't fear each other, we weren't in isolation, and rather than being overwhelmed, hospitals were empty. I'll never forget the doctors and nurses standing in front of their hospitals, waiting to treat survivors who never came.

9/11 changed NYC and the world.
One of my best friends lost her brother on 9/11, so that's a tragedy that can never be healed, but even she feels that the general atmosphere in NY is worse now. I've lived here all my life and have never seen this city shut down. I couldn't even imagine how it could be done.

 

[astheworldfallsdown]

Coronavirus: Priti Patel unveils more help for domestic abuse victims in virus lockdown




Speaking for the first time at a government daily briefing on the virus, Priti Patel said the Home Office is working with charities to provide an extra £2m for domestic abuse helplines and online support.


There has been a 25% rise in phone calls to the National Domestic Abuse Helpline in the lockdown, according to the support charity Refuge.

The organisation reported the increase in calls during the week beginning 30 March, seven days after Prime Minister Boris Johnson introduced significant restrictions on the movement of people in the UK.

Refuge also said visits to their website, nationaldahelpline.org.uk, in that same period had gone up by 150% compared with the last week in February.

 

[astheworldfallsdown]

Coronavirus: More than 1,000 fines handed out by police for lockdown breaches

Police officers from 37 forces in England and Wales have issued 1,084 fines for breaches of coronavirus regulations up until Thursday.

Despite some high-profile reports of people breaking the government's coronavirus lockdown restrictions in recent days, the vast majority of the population appears to have adhered to the rules this sunny Easter weekend to only go out for essential food and medicine and exercise.


Chairman of the National Police Chiefs' Council Martin Hewitt said there had been a "small minority of people" who have failed to follow the guidance brought in during the pandemic.

 

[Boston Corbett]

More Paul Simon song trivia:

The real queen of Corona? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Corona, Queens, neighborhood's 14th District representative in the U.S. Congress.​

 

[Sillybilly]

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[dotr]

Cannot seem to find a pic of this guy, it would be interesting if see if he gets sick and is recognized by the very people whose tires he slashed, imo.
N.Y. nurses lauded for coronavirus efforts find their tires slashed
''Some nurses at a New York hospital who had just been lauded for their work during the coronavirus pandemic ended their stress-filled overnight shifts to find their tires had been slashed while they worked.

New York state police reported that the tires of 22 vehicles were found slashed Friday morning outside New York-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital in Cortlandt.''

''Daniel R. Hall, 29, was arrested on charges including criminal mischief and possession of a controlled substance.''

 

[rogue ant]

Reflection:

So, I have not left the house for over a month. At all. Not even once. I haven’t been to any stores, haven’t been anywhere. The only humans I’ve seen for over a month are my neighbors walking their dogs and joggers/bicyclists going by.

Well, since just a few days ago, these same people I see going by everyday are now wearing masks.

The vision is both surreal and scary.

I envy you! While I rarely leave the house (maybe once every 10 days to buy food), my DH has to go to work every day. I wish we could both stay in. I worry a lot about him being out there

 

[astheworldfallsdown]

Cannot seem to find a pic of this guy, it would be interesting if see if he gets sick and is recognized by the very people whose tires he slashed, imo.
N.Y. nurses lauded for coronavirus efforts find their tires slashed
''Some nurses at a New York hospital who had just been lauded for their work during the coronavirus pandemic ended their stress-filled overnight shifts to find their tires had been slashed while they worked.

New York state police reported that the tires of 22 vehicles were found slashed Friday morning outside New York-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital in Cortlandt.''

''Daniel R. Hall, 29, was arrested on charges including criminal mischief and possession of a controlled substance.''

In a time other people are pulling together, clowns like this seem to want to prove how low they can go. He should have been made go buy new tyres and change them all himself. JMO

 

[NuttMegg]

In a time other people are pulling together, clowns like this seem to want to prove how low they can go. He should have been made go buy new tyres and change them all himself. JMO

I don't understand why that would be criminal "mischief"

 

[BHughes]

20,014 CasesReported*
806 Deaths Reported
2,067 Patients in hospital
470 of those on ventilators
5,326 Tests Completed by State Lab
Commercial Tests Completed
91,589

64 of 64
Parishes with Reported Cases



Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Department of Health | State of Louisiana