Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #61

[tabitha111]

Oh yay!! speaking to myself...but I was ready to come on here all fired up and I see post was removed ...

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Why I hate, with all of my being... wearing a mask.
Many here have questioned, "What is the problem with wearing a mask?"
I can tell you how I feel about wearing a mask.
I feel like I no longer live in the United States of America.
Within a few short months, I feel like I've been transformed from a free person, to a person living under a regime.
I hate (knowing full well the strong meaning of the word" hate.
That my world, and the people of the United States of America now have to wear a mask in order to go about their normal business.
I hate it. Hate it.
Yes. I wear the damn things. They are in my car, they are in my business, they are everywhere in my community.
I cannot believe that in such a short time, we are now doing what the Chinese people have had to do for over a decade.
I pray, for the day to come soon, that we don't have to wear masks.
I hate them, and why we are forced to wear them.
Every single time I have to put one on.
So pissed.

I want to thank you so much for doing so.......

 

[nhmemorymaker]

dbm

 

[nhmemorymaker]

jjenny posted:



In my mom's retirement home it is very strictly locked down. There are 200 residents, and none have tested positive for CV19 so far. And only one staff member tested positive, but that was in early April.

The staff is not allowed to work in other nursing homes. Just this one.

And the personnel are not having any personal physical contact with the residents. Everything is by phone, or talking through the apartment door. And if they need to speak in person, both are masked and 6 feet apart.

The residents are urged to have their doctors appointments by phone, FaceTime or Zoom. My mom has not seen her cardiologist for 3 months and it does worry us. But he said it was more important for her to stay in her apartment for now. She is 89.

All the meals are being dropped off at their front doors, and they place the trays etc outside their doors when done.

Their mail is delivered to their rooms as well. My Mom is getting a bit tired of it. But she understands.

But it all sounds just so sad. One of my biggest sorrows is when I look at our seniors who are having to live in such isolation, within isolation. Having friends/relatives in such homes...the social gatherings, meals, cards, "happy hour" is how they can thrive... I keep hoping there is some "outside the box" remedy for this....... i hate to think it could be forever, if cases just keep rolling along the landscape.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Florida, Florida, Florida. I have been so angry that our numbers are fudged, and that many covid-probable deaths are labled "pneumonia" in numerous counties...but now I am really getting really nervous again.

I live in a "no-mask" country.

US Numbers 15 Jun 2020: cases: 2,144,258 + 2771 new cases
FL Numbers 15 Jun 2020 cases: 77,332 +1764 new cases
Florida more than half the countries cases~
Global COVID-19 Tracker & Interactive Charts | Real Time Updates & Digestable Information for Everyone | 1Point3Acres

FL more than 2000 both previous days!
Sunday’s update: Florida again reports more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases

Bars and hotels are closing down again. (my bet is that Disneyworld will have to reconsider their planned opening.
Amid Florida's biggest coronavirus spike, some Central Florida businesses close their doors after guests and staff test positive

 

[COSCitizen]

FDA revokes emergency use status of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19

The FDA said the drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine pose a greater risk to COVID-19 patients than any potential benefits.

FDA revokes emergency use status of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19

 

[ilovewings]

Health regulators pull emergency authorization for hydroxychloroquine - The Boston Globe

FDA pulls emergency authorization for hydroxychloroquine because it has not proven effective and because of potentially deadly side effects

 

[ilovewings]

FDA revokes emergency use status of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19

The FDA said the drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine pose a greater risk to COVID-19 patients than any potential benefits.

FDA revokes emergency use status of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19

oops- i just posted the same thing: didnt see your post!!!!

 

[Lavender Moon]

I keep a bag of masks in the car. I have been working on making my own masks, but I am still working on it.

Old Navy is selling masks, they probably are not great, but I ordered 10 from their website.

And someone here was selling masks at the Farmers Market, I bought ten from her the other day.

Masks are here to stay for awhile. I have a stack at work, in the car, and at home.

I do not understand why masks are not sold in more places. It would be so good to see selections of them in the clothing stores and at the grocery, for instance.
I may try making my own masks, too.

 

[Lavender Moon]

Yes, and daily contact is often necessary to help them eat and bathe.

The contact is probably as brisk and minimal as the staff can possibly manage. I worked in nursing homes for four years while in my teens. While we had to work quickly due to our patient load, we always found time to give hugs and backrubs and to kiss our patients goodnight after tucking them in. These interactions can no longer be done, I'm sure. What a loss. Coronavirus is an evil thief.

 

[sloane7777]

I cant get ANYONE at work to wear a mask its the rudest and stupidest thing ever , our techs go in and out of all the major hospitals but the company president says " Trump does not wear one , so we aren't "

 

[mickey2942]

I cant get ANYONE at work to wear a mask its the rudest and stupidest thing ever , our techs go in and out of all the major hospitals but the company president says " Trump does not wear one , so we aren't "

Interesting, because federal government employees are mandated to wear a mask at all times when at work. And this includes all vendors, contractors and people coming in for services.

 

[sloane7777]

Interesting, because federal government employees are mandated to wear a mask at all times when at work. And this includes all vendors, contractors and people coming in for services.

I know ....so this totally ticks me off , I have emailed my ears off to several agencies , I just started copying to everyone I even sent to the FTC and reporting is one thing but who follows up ? no one that I can find!

 

[weepingangel]

osha is currently useless
Call the local health depts where the hospitals are located - the hospitals should be universal masking. Everyone. (Or not)

I cant get ANYONE at work to wear a mask its the rudest and stupidest thing ever , our techs go in and out of all the major hospitals but the company president says " Trump does not wear one , so we aren't "

 

[weepingangel]

Our local community numbers have been slowly decreasing While the City’s hospitals employee numbers still increasing
City data (updates Weekly only now/Thursdays)
COVID-19 Update for June 11, 5,068 Positive Cases | City of Worcester, MA

State info
Massachusetts
(Daily?)
COVID-19 Response Reporting

Mass DPH weekly/Wednesday
https://www.mass.gov/doc/weekly-covid-19-public-health-report-june-10-2020/download

 

[CoverMeCagney]

Health regulators pull emergency authorization for hydroxychloroquine - The Boston Globe

FDA pulls emergency authorization for hydroxychloroquine because it has not proven effective and because of potentially deadly side effects

I thought that drug had been pulled a while ago. Must be quite a few weeks since it was shown to exacerbate heart problems so I'm surprised it was still in use.

 

[girlhasnoname]

I do not understand why masks are not sold in more places. It would be so good to see selections of them in the clothing stores and at the grocery, for instance.
I may try making my own masks, too.

Disposable masks are being sold currently online at Amazon and I've seen them in Walmart near the pharmacy. They've been running around $22-25 for 50.

 

[CoverMeCagney]

Florida, Florida, Florida. I have been so angry that our numbers are fudged, and that many covid-probable deaths are labled "pneumonia" in numerous counties...but now I am really getting really nervous again.

I live in a "no-mask" country.

US Numbers 15 Jun 2020: cases: 2,144,258 + 2771 new cases
FL Numbers 15 Jun 2020 cases: 77,332 +1764 new cases
Florida more than half the countries cases~
Global COVID-19 Tracker & Interactive Charts | Real Time Updates & Digestable Information for Everyone | 1Point3Acres

FL more than 2000 both previous days!
Sunday’s update: Florida again reports more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases

Bars and hotels are closing down again. (my bet is that Disneyworld will have to reconsider their planned opening.
Amid Florida's biggest coronavirus spike, some Central Florida businesses close their doors after guests and staff test positive

I remember all you guys saying that Florida was going to end up royally screwed by the virus.

Are care home stats being included in the US death rate yet? Last I heard I think a third of states were underreporting by failing to add those deaths to the tally.

It will be interesting to see what the excess death rates are, worldwide, by the end of the year. So many countries aren't being truthful or accurate in their reported numbers. India's stats are crazy low, Russia's too. While the UK does include care home deaths, it is said the actual figure may be 10-20% higher than the official stats; I'm not sure where those extra deaths are occurring though.

 

[SoCalDavidS]

Ruh Ro. CNN is reporting that several Dallas Cowboys & Houston Texans players have tested positive.

But I thought things were going so well in TX.

 

[tresir2012]

I thought that drug had been pulled a while ago. Must be quite a few weeks since it was shown to exacerbate heart problems so I'm surprised it was still in use.

COVID-19 Clinical Trials Report Card: Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine - CEBM

There is a lot of confusion about the trials. I don't know if this article might make it clearer or more confusing.

Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine (CQ/HCQ) are antimalarial medications and are also used in the treatment of lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis. Both have been prominently touted as prospective candidates for the treatment and/or prevention of infection by SARS-Cov-2. This has led to an explosion of research into these treatments.

Here we assess the trial designs specified in national and international registry entries of CQ/HCQ trials.

What we did

We downloaded the ICTRP COVID-19 database on 29 April 2020 and applied our data cleaning and extraction code for covid19.trialstracker.net. Known cross-registrations are removed to avoid double-counting and fields are normalized to common terms (e.g. Phase II becomes Phase 2). For all current, planned, or completed studies in the final dataset (n=1760) we extracted all interventions explicitly mentioned in the relevant registry fields. For this report card, we included every trial that mentioned CQ/HCQ as an intervention, and extracted key trial characteristics (blinding, randomization, study type, control type) and the purpose of the trial (treatment, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PREP), or post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP)) from the registry entry. We further examined the registry entry for each study to determine if CQ/HCQ was the focus of the study, or if it was being used as a control, in combination with the active therapy of interest, or for other purposes.

Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine Trials

Chloroquine and/or hydroxychloroquine were mentioned in 218 studies. This represented 12% of all unique studies of COVID-19 in the ICTRP dataset. Of those, 158 (72%) were examining CQ/HCQ as active investigational treatments. The 60 trials in which either CQ or HCQ was being used as a control probably understates the true number, as many trials that plan to control with a “standard of care” are probably using CQ/HCQ. For example, in Iran it appears that use of hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir as a “standard of care” is widespread, even if not explicitly mentioned in the registration. Of the 159 trials focused on these therapies, 133 (84%) included hydroxychloroquine and 41 (26%) included chloroquine; 16 (10%) included both therapies either as separate arms or in a single arm in which either drug could be given.

More at link including data.