Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #53

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60 minutes CBS 7 pm EST

-Finding a job in America during the coronavirus pandemic

-Farmers affected by the pandemic shutdown and trade war tariffs

-Healthcare providers in rural areas of Texas warn if COVID-19 gets worse, the system will be overwhelmed

Trade war relief money mostly going to large farms

Watching this now. As always 60 Minutes report is wonderful. 1st section now of all the unemployed. So sad.

 

[Kensie]

So sorry Tony. I hope your son gets better really soon and that you can have some peace.

 

[weepingangel]

You’re welcome.

@weepingangel I've been meaning to thank you for your posts about covid news in Massachusetts. I lived in central MA for 62 years and spent my working life there. (relocated to southwest NM). I am amazed how MA is struggling with this virus.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

I know we are all desperate to hear good things so I’ll share how Mom’s visit went today. I stood back and videoed doggo as she realized “grandma” was here. She’s a big dog, but she’s somehow able to jump on mom and give her full body hugs without knocking her down. As soon as Mom opened the gate, the full body hug went into effect, was mutual as mom tried to kiss doggo’s head through her mask, and lasted longer than usual.

I had set out watermelon chunks for her to give the chickens and I set up a chair in the handicapped chicken’s yard. Mom sat there with her favorite chicken in her lap and the dog by her side for a good, long while, and we stayed a good distance away with masks on as well and chatted.

I actually got the greatest picture of those three together, content. The handicapped chicken and the dog are best friends, too, so everybody was happy.

i am just so "loving your mom"... if she can't move in, I just hope she can continue to come visit and you to share these visits.... it is just so beautiful a vision. "If you open the gate she will come"

 

[Kensie]

I don't scrub cans or spray mail either. I know I should. Thankfully, I don't get much mail.

 

[cody22]

LIers rally to protest coronavirus lockdown

Long Island, New York Virus News....moo

 

[nhmemorymaker]

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thank you.

 

[SA55]

So here it is in this hell hole of a holler 30 minutes from the Gulf: I went to 7 places yesterday for an essentials run. Feed & seed store—4 people no masks, no social distancing. One hardware store—numerous people, only 3 (self included) wearing masks, & at checkout someone comes within 3’ of me before I’m done. I gave him the angry mom eye & held up my hand. He looked at me like I was nuts. The sole nursery in town—everyone working had masks, it was call in & pick up but I used a piece of paper to get what I wanted, 1/2 of which was gone. Used mask & gloves. What’s with the run on basil plants? Are they the new TP? The line at the bank was so long by the time I got to the teller I had ordered 10 different bizarre hand sanitizers on my smart phone, & 2 face masks, LSU & Saints. I’m in the most insane buying mode.
The masks are for my son in VA who works for a defense contractor & is furloughed due to a pre-existing heart issue. Well Mommy found out the real issue when he called last night: major arrhythmia for months & some cardio something treatment. And my brothers have know for over 4 months. So after disowning my brothers & crying over the phone with said son, I drank an entire bottle of an inferior white wine. I’m depressed, son seriously ill but going back to work in 2 weeks, garden 2 months late, house a mess. OK sorry for the rant. I’m miserable but at least I have a massive veg garden & fruit trees I can sit in on 8 acres. But it gives me no joy. Not even the coastal cardinals, pipits, swamp canary & white wing doves singing their hearts out. Think I’m losing it. Sorry for hijacking the thread.

Breaks my heart to hear about other troubles on top of the pandemic stress. Take care of yourself, it's the only way we can care for those we love. Enjoy those 8 acres and your veggie and fruit bounties once they come in. One day at a time, sometimes one hour at a time. Prayers with you

 

[mickey2942]

https://nypost.com/2020/05/03/taser-wielding-cop-attacks-bystander-during-social-distancing-bust/

New York City Virus News....This one is going viral right now....moo

Police here may show up, as a presence, and ask people to move on. But that is it. They don't get into any arrests.

More than likely, because everyone here seems to be open carrying their weapons ALL of the time lately.

 

[cody22]

About 500 gather at Capitol to protest stay-at-home order

Arizona Virus News...moo

 

[Tony1902]

Merci to all of you. It means so much to me. A pipit is singing right now. A song for y’all:
chewy chewy choooeee!

 

[otto]

BBM

Wait what? I am being tracked as to what stores I'm going in? I expect this on the internet with cookies when I visit sites and then find those site ads following me but not when I literally walk into a store.

So I clicked on this cool pair of jeans with flowers all over them months ago, and sure enough this same pair of jeans follows me around the internet in ads.

I don't find this creepy, but it is creepy to have companies track me through my phone just because I walk into a store. So if I go into Barnes and Noble with a Starbucks I will be getting text messages of book and coffee ads?

The tracking doesn't stop because you enter a shop.

Your smartphone is tracking you: How to stop it from sharing data, ads

This gives you an idea of how widespread it is. People Tracking didn't start in March 2020, it became a public conversation in March.

Compulsory selfies and contact-tracing: Authorities everywhere are using smartphones to track the coronavirus, and it's part of a massive increase in global surveillance

 

[musicaljoke]

Vaccine Info...
Trump wants to deliver 300 million doses of vaccine by the end of the year. Is that even possible?

Could probably do it if no one was too hung up about whether or not it was effective.

 

[Bailey38]

Insanity .

https://nypost.com/2020/05/03/crowd...an-sneakers-in-atlanta-after-lockdown-lifted/

Michael Jordan STILL selling out with sneakers is insanity also.

 

[dmac55]

Warning:
This is way too long so feel free to skim or skip
I'm grateful for a safe place to say my feelings
(Feel free to send me a bill for therapy)

I have read your stories of the heartache and internal struggles of not being able to see grandkids, elderly parents, or grandparents

I AM the elderly parent, grandparent, and great-grandparent
(Re: great-grandchildren The best thing ever!
Whoever thought of that should get a gold star)

I also am debating daily with myself

My children are in their 40's
They get it
They also have lives, so we weren't seeing each other constantly before the coronavirus

My grandchildren are in their early 20's
They don't truly get it
They could tell me what stay at home means, but you know, they're out their living their best lives as they say
They all still have teenagery behavior so if we dont see each other in person right now, that's ok by me
Sometimes that had to happen before the coronavirus

But the great-grandchildren...
They are toddlers
Their understanding is that there is a virus (they know that word, but not, you know, what it means), that might make us sick, so we cant go to the store
So...
Basically they think I have been taking a nap since late February because that's what I tell them when we talk on the phone and they want me to come play
I say I can't because I have to take a nap
It only works because they are so little
It doesn't occur to them that I couldn't have really been taking a nap for 2+months

So they keep asking me when I wake up (as I'm talking to them), (they're little), can I come over to play

And I keep saying yes because I dont know what else to say

But my greatest fear in all of this, is that I will die of natural causes without having hugged the people I love

 

[jjenny]

People seem to think that because shutdown is over, the virus is over. They are sadly mistaken. We didn't contain the virus. We have new cases every day. And they are going to go up because a lot of people are not taking precautions.

 

[dixiegirl1035]

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[CSIDreamer]

Warning:
This is way too long so feel free to skim or skip
I'm grateful for a safe place to say my feelings
(Feel free to send me a bill for therapy)

I have read your stories of the heartache and internal struggles of not being able to see grandkids, elderly parents, or grandparents

I AM the elderly parent, grandparent, and great-grandparent
(Re: great-grandchildren The best thing ever!
Whoever thought of that should get a gold star)

I also am debating daily with myself

My children are in their 40's
They get it
They also have lives, so we weren't seeing each other constantly before the coronavirus

My grandchildren are in their early 20's
They don't truly get it
They could tell me what stay at home means, but you know, they're out their living their best lives as they say
They all still have teenagery behavior so if we dont see each other in person right now, that's ok by me
Sometimes that had to happen before the coronavirus

But the great-grandchildren...
They are toddlers
Their understanding is that there is a virus (they know that word, but not, you know, what it means), that might make us sick, so we cant go to the store
So...
Basically they think I have been taking a nap since late February because that's what I tell them when we talk on the phone and they want me to come play
I say I can't because I have to take a nap
It only works because they are so little
It doesn't occur to them that I couldn't have really been taking a nap for 2+months

So they keep asking me when I wake up (as I'm talking to them), (they're little), can I come over to play

And I keep saying yes because I dont know what else to say

But my greatest fear in all of this, is that I will die of natural causes without having hugged the people I love

Well, now I'm crying. That was beautiful. And heartfelt.

 

[PingTheRouter]

someone decided to be stupid down here

we had almost eradicated the virus, other states have had 0 cases for 10 days

victoria nope.. people continue to think the rules don't apply to them and now we've had another outbreak

lockdown extended i guess >_>

There have been 22 new coronavirus cases overnight bringing the state total to 1406.

^ highhest jump in about a month haven't seen increases like this since the early days of lockdown wave 2 i guess

Of those, 19 are connected to the outbreak at the meatworks, two are returned travellers currently quarantined in hotels and one case is still being investigated.

this is how fast this thing spreads, they identified the meatworks friday, originally had i think 6 cases, then 7 the next days.. its monday and now its 19 extra cases almost 30 people total.. want an example of why not to gather in a small area this has to be it

 

[katydid23]

Damn, this makes me crazy! Why bother with the original shutdown anyway if everything is just going to open up again? People will get sick, there will be more deaths, hospitals and icu's will overload, health care workers at greater risk? I admit, I don't get it.

I can think of a few reasons.

Number one, the doctors know a lot more about the virus and how to treat it effectively now than they did a month ago.

We have narrowed down the treatment list to the ones that seem most successful. AND we now have some anti-body plasmas which have proven to be very helpful. And those will increase rapidly as more patients recover.

Number two, we have had time to set up more emergency beds and pop up hospitals, in preparation for the 2nd inevitable wave.

Number three, it is inevitable that people will have to start going out into the world again, if we want to build up some immunity in the local communities. We cannot all hide out in our homes for 2 years straight. It is not possible.

The food supply would shut down, the medications would not be available, many states would go totally bankrupt and there would be a total economic collapse.

We can afford to shelter the most vulnerable 10 or 20% of our society for the next 2 years. But the remainder will eventually have to go back to school and work and get use back on track to avoid total calamity.

We dont have the luxury of allowing the entire population to shelter in place for very much longer.

The essential workers that have been shouldering the burden for all of us are at the end of their ropes already. It cannot continue this way. Others will have to step up if we are going to keep our supply lines up and running.